marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
Other than Darth Maul, has there ever been a mainish character we thought was dead, but wasn't? 4/27/2023 4:29:14 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsjwVu_ihKU 4/27/2023 6:28:33 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
lol how did i miss that... holy duh! thank you
that said HE CAME BACK IN THE OLD BOOKS TOO
and they had that crazy Luke clone, "Luuke Skywalker"
[Edited on May 2, 2023 at 11:15 AM. Reason : LUUUUUUUUKE] 5/2/2023 11:14:54 AM |
FroshKiller All American 51911 Posts user info edit post |
They tried to fake us out that Chewbacca was dead for like five seconds in that awful The Rise of Skywalker. 5/2/2023 1:07:11 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
Boba Fett is another one. 5/3/2023 10:41:49 AM |
ShinAntonio Zinc Saucier 18947 Posts user info edit post |
"No one's ever really gone" 5/3/2023 11:49:43 AM |
StTexan Suggestions??? 7141 Posts user info edit post |
They always come back 5/4/2023 12:06:50 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
I’m just gonna say Ahsoka stuff in here. Cause why start a new thread?
SPOILERS:
Pros: landscape shots show a deep deep respect to those old Ralph McQuarrie paintings, it’s nice when you have time to linger on the environments… really cool 70s retro-futurism with the tech… like the slide projector and when they had the robot’s head open… the characters look great, and the vibe picked up as more of them were around each other and they were getting the band back together…
Cons: Stop fucking stabbing people so close to mortal areas and having them just bounce back… it felt wonky in obi-wan and it felt wonky here… if you don’t know Rebels, it’s gotta be kinda weird coming into this thing… I feel like they should have played up that that evil lady who fought Ahsoka as a Nightsister in Mando if they were gonna do this…
The plot is kind of weird so far, if you ask me. Like: Why would an ancient compass have a map to Thrawn? My guess is that it’s not really a map to Thrawn as much as it is a space-whale migration chart. But who knows.
I still highly enjoyed it. 8/23/2023 7:16:44 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23026 Posts user info edit post |
^I felt the same way in the last Disney trilogy movie where they had to find that dagger that had cutouts that matched up to the Death Star remnants. I mean we're only talking what, 30 years passing since the thing exploded, so why try and make it feel like we're watching Indiana Jones. 8/23/2023 9:44:49 PM |
synapse play so hard 60935 Posts user info edit post |
SUSPEND MARKO!!!!!!! 8/24/2023 1:55:13 PM |
moron All American 34141 Posts user info edit post |
^^^
I haven’t watched any of the animated series and barely understand the nuances of the plots and characters, but I’m loving the references to other anime and the visuals
—SPOILERS— Also side question isn’t it fairly significant that they travel to another galaxy? Doesn’t all of Star Wars just take place in 1 galaxy?
[Edited on August 27, 2023 at 10:39 PM. Reason : ] 8/27/2023 10:38:27 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23026 Posts user info edit post |
Yes, it's a pretty big deal.
Lol if it's the Milky Way, and Thrawn's hangin out on earth with the dinos. I wouldn't put it past Disney. 8/28/2023 8:43:25 AM |
jbtilley All American 12797 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "The plot is kind of weird so far, if you ask me. Like: Why would an ancient compass have a map to Thrawn? My guess is that it’s not really a map to Thrawn as much as it is a space-whale migration chart. But who knows." |
Best I could come up with is that Thrawn was ?banished? to some other galaxy and there were no star charts to connect Thrawn's galaxy to theirs. The map somehow provided a star chart so they could travel between galaxies. Without the star chart, going into hyperspace was too risky; might crash into a star or go in the wrong direction or something.
Something like that. I don't know extended Star Wars lore.8/28/2023 7:35:10 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
I'm sure Dave Filoni would sacrifice his entire career to have Thrawn hanging out on Earth... 8/28/2023 7:37:59 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23026 Posts user info edit post |
Dave Filoni? Absolutely not. Disney executives? Most certainly. 8/29/2023 9:34:14 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
Lol it was totally whale migration maps. 8/30/2023 10:27:56 PM |
BigMan157 no u 103354 Posts user info edit post |
there was a comic where indiana jones found the ancient remains of han solo crash landed on earth once. also chewie became bigfoot. so there's a chance... 9/4/2023 9:15:36 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
***spoilers***
i guess they can use that place where ahsoka is to travel all around the universe or something, i think they did that in either clone wars or rebels 9/6/2023 8:34:23 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
dope 9/13/2023 1:03:40 AM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27824 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "there was a comic where indiana jones found the ancient remains of han solo crash landed on earth once. also chewie became bigfoot. so there's a chance..." |
Well there was also a comic with SKIPPY THE JEDI DROID9/13/2023 8:43:49 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
I enjoyed the episode, and was struck with how good it looked, but I am more than ready to move beyond the Clone Wars. 9/15/2023 5:34:16 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
thoughts so far:
1. Please more Rebels together as a crew. Don't like that Hera/Chopper/KidWhoShouldHaveHeadBumps didn't jump. I hope there's a reason they didn't.
2. Feel like we're just building for Ezra/Thrawn showing up as a cliffhanger for 2026 instead of getting on with it. Has S2 already filmed too?
3. Miss the 1970s tech designs from the first couple episodes.
4. I still want to see the witch in more traditional Nightsister face makeup if she's gonna chew the scenery so much.
5. It still pisses me off how they stabbed Sabine at the beginning. There was no point. So much happened after that.
6. RIP that dark jedi dude. guess we're about done with him either way (still more eps, i reckon)
7. Love that fucking map shit at the end. 9/16/2023 5:26:54 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "thoughts so far:
1. Please more Rebels together as a crew. Don't like that Hera/Chopper/KidWhoShouldHaveHeadBumps didn't jump. I hope there's a reason they didn't.
Almost there!
2. Feel like we're just building for Ezra/Thrawn showing up as a cliffhanger for 2026 instead of getting on with it. Has S2 already filmed too?
Glad we got to see the characters, but clearly with one episode left, they ain't gonna resolve... Thrawn has to jump back to the original galaxy, I'd imagine.
3. Miss the 1970s tech designs from the first couple episodes.
4. I still want to see the witch in more traditional Nightsister face makeup if she's gonna chew the scenery so much.
hell yeah, got some proper Nightsisters!
5. It still pisses me off how they stabbed Sabine at the beginning. There was no point. So much happened after that.
6. RIP that dark jedi dude. guess we're about done with him either way (still more eps, i reckon)
7. Love that fucking map shit at the end." |
9/27/2023 1:13:50 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "5. It still pisses me off how they stabbed Sabine at the beginning. There was no point. So much happened after that." |
lol it had pretty much zero consequences. If the evil padawan was evil enough to want to kill her, why would she just stab her, then pull the lightsaber out cleanly? Why wouldn't she just cleave her whole body in half through that wound, ensuring instant death and no chance of recovery? If she isn't "fully" evil and didn't wanna kill her (doesn't sound like it given what we've seen of her), why not just have her knock Sabine out or something?9/27/2023 1:39:21 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
that Asian senator is such a bitch. Or maybe also an undercover Imperial.] 9/27/2023 6:46:54 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23026 Posts user info edit post |
Really enjoyed the latest episode. I kinda figured these new old stormtroopers were going to be less of a pushover than they were.
I’m really going to miss Baylan Skoll - I hope they at least had planned to wrap up his story before Ray passed away 9/27/2023 11:14:35 PM |
FroshKiller All American 51911 Posts user info edit post |
If I have to watch one more episode of motherfuckers riding on those cartoon dogs, I'm gonna scream. 9/28/2023 6:46:29 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "that Asian senator is such a bitch. Or maybe also an undercover Imperial." |
His kid, Kazuda, is the main character of Star Wars: Resistance, and the kid's def in the rebel camp and has beef with his dad. That show takes place during the ep 7-9 timeline (Poe shows up and BB-8 is on it for a good while.) Xiono is still a senator then, so unless they're revamping that storyline somehow, that would lead me to believe that he's not directly a spy, though he could seriously still bone stuff up.
And yes, like Frosh, I'm also sick of the dogs. 10/2/2023 1:30:36 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
I guess Snips and Sabine will have to use that World Between Worlds to return. Or maybe they just hitch a ride with some whales again. Do Baylan and his apprentice just never get brought up again or does he get re-cast since the actor died? 10/5/2023 1:52:51 AM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
Ezra knows where they are though, can't be that difficult for him to get a New Republic ship to go pick them up. Speaking of Ezra though, how did he steal a shuttle and sneak off into hyperspace from Thrawn's star destroyer without anyone noticing? 10/5/2023 9:46:51 AM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12520 Posts user info edit post |
He knows where they are, he doesn’t know how to get there. Wasn’t that a big plot point of most of this series? 10/5/2023 9:17:04 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
He knew they got there from the space whale’s overall migration. Took Asohka a while to figure that out, but surely there are resources for studying the space whale movements in general? That planet where they were in the clouds were full of them. Admittedly Asohka’s connection with the force is what allowed her to communicate with them. 10/5/2023 9:54:56 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
I don't think any of the New Republic ships have hyperdrives capable of making that voyage 10/5/2023 10:12:27 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
goddammit
Carl Weathers had become the heart of Mandalorian.
rip 2/2/2024 3:59:31 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
"The Acolyte" so far has some really good fights, but I dunno how I feel about it. The special effects are kinda dubious at times, too. Some of the spaceship/setting shots feel like they needed to be refined. Probably usual timecrunch/overworked animators.
It is nice that most of this is a totally different time period. The mystery is interesting. Hopefully I'll start to care more when I settle in with the characters. 6/6/2024 3:50:45 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23026 Posts user info edit post |
I read a pretty good review that I felt was accurate - it stated that this show, for the first time, feels like something made for TV. The reviewer was right…I can’t quite place my finger on why, but it feels a lot more like a Star Trek DS9 than say, The Mandalorian. 6/7/2024 12:49:16 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
that's pretty dang spot-on! 6/7/2024 1:54:56 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148436 Posts user info edit post |
I haven't watched. The trailers just haven't done it for me. 6/7/2024 6:58:57 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
it's pretty much just a martial arts cop show so far
there's about to be a Wookie tho
[Edited on June 8, 2024 at 11:24 AM. Reason : +] 6/8/2024 11:23:31 AM |
FroshKiller All American 51911 Posts user info edit post |
I despise this term "meknek." 6/8/2024 3:41:33 PM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27824 Posts user info edit post |
ur a meknek 6/8/2024 3:50:32 PM |
Wraith All American 27257 Posts user info edit post |
First episode when that dude was teaching the kids (and countless other Star Wars media): “Don’t trust your eyes, they can deceive you”
Second episode: Fugitive gets away from two Jedi and a Padawan in a ship (with seemingly some kind of heat tracing technology) by kicking up a bunch of dust. 6/9/2024 2:49:49 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
This is now clearly a show about child abuse. 6/12/2024 9:02:54 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
This episode was scary. 6/19/2024 4:35:40 PM |
justinh524 Sprots Talk Mod 27824 Posts user info edit post |
When is Disney going to come out with a jar jar binks show? 6/24/2024 9:16:00 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
Jesus Fucking Christ
So much for… characters in general? 6/25/2024 10:46:24 PM |
rjrumfel All American 23026 Posts user info edit post |
I’ve stepped away from the show. I take it from the comments that it hasn’t gotten any better?
Here’s to Andor season 2 for saving Disney+’s Star Wars shows. 6/26/2024 8:32:37 AM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
i don't even know anymore
last night's episode was one of the most horrific (like the horror genre) Star Wars things i've ever seen
[Edited on June 26, 2024 at 12:50 PM. Reason : +] 6/26/2024 12:49:41 PM |
marko Tom Joad 72828 Posts user info edit post |
The swordplay was bananas tho 6/26/2024 2:48:18 PM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12520 Posts user info edit post |
So that was the big terrible secret they’ve been hiding for 16 years??? Lame as fuck 7/10/2024 3:35:14 PM |