Star Wars Megathread

D Train said:
Meanwhile, casuals are like, “Who?” Lol
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Movie only casuals don't bother me....but...

The old nerd in me gets more triggered when I hear
"Yay now we get Ezra" or "He was such a good badguy in Rebels"

I'm like "Bitch! This motherfucker didn't get resurrected by Disney for nothing! Put some respek on his name goddamnit!!!! This motherfucker is Father of the EU, bitch smacked the New Republic and he don't even have the Force!!!"
 
GSP_37 said:
1) I saw an article say the UK village huge physical village set is for Andor, not Obi Wan show.
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I saw multiple sources claiming it was for the Cassian show too (aimed for 2022 premiere). Not sure but it doers make sense we saw Diego Luna talking from the set so we know he is filming SW stuff in UK and I think the only other filming is happening in LA at the 'void' for the Boba Fett show (aimed for Xmas 2021 premiere).

Now the Obi show should have started or about to start to film asap in UK too so maybe they will re-purpose and re-use the same sets (this show is also for 2022 maybe the later part of the year).

GSP_37 said:
2) The remote old man Luke projection vs. Kylo should have had Luke being able to remotely use the force to impale Kylo and not just be a hologram type thing. If Rey and Kylo could do remote teleportation hand offs of various physical items, and Vader can remotely force choke, old man Luke should have been able to do a remote DBZ Kamehameha to blast a hole thru Kylo.
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Maybe it was about proximity too (they were in running range not on different planets), just the distance of sending a small inanimate object.

Also that bond they had going on the force dyad thing (was the pairing of two Force-sensitive beings, making them one in the Force. The power of a dyad was as strong as life itself, and the individuals who formed a dyad shared a connection that spanned across space and time. Those in a dyad possessed rare Force powers).

Thrawn33 said:
Can't wait for Thrawn personally.
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That will be a longer wait I'm thinking 2023 for the Ahsoka show where he will be featured as the big bad. Maybe they rush it and you get it faster but not so sure.

They have a bunch of TV series announced, from next year we will have at least two shows a year if not three going forward.

What is curious Mando not yet back on deck so they could take a 2 years brake before we see him again.
 
One MMA Fan said:
They have a bunch of TV series announced, from next year we will have at least two shows a year if not three going forward.

What is curious Mando not yet back on deck so they could take a 2 years brake before we see him again.
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I will gladly suffer a slow burn Thanos level Thrawn
 
One MMA Fan said:
That will be a longer wait I'm thinking 2023 for the Ahsoka show where he will be featured as the big bad. Maybe they rush it and you get it faster but not so sure.
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Thrawn33 said:
I will gladly suffer a slow burn Thanos level Thrawn
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The way it's all shaking out with them saying that all these different series will climax in one big showdown, like the MCU did... it's gotta be Thrawn that's the big bad.

I'm pretty sure Sid enters the equation... (with all the cloning in the Mando series) but just like Vader was the big bad of the OT... even though Sid was calling the shots... I think we all gravitated to Vader 40 yrz ago. Same thing here I think with Thrawn.
 
Myrddin Wild said:
The way it's all shaking out with them saying that all these different series will climax in one big showdown, like the MCU did... it's gotta be Thrawn that's the big bad.

I'm pretty sure Sid enters the equation... (with all the cloning in the Mando series) but just like Vader was the big bad of the OT... even though Sid was calling the shots... I think we all gravitated to Vader 40 yrz ago. Same thing here I think with Thrawn.
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Thrawn is the only acceptable answer. Snoke is already neutered, and folks know Palps comes back as a big bad in the sequels.

You have 20ish in universe years, plenty of time to build the Man, and end his story if they do in fact decide to keep the ST relevant.

EU Thrawn fucked shit up in 2 universe years after his return to scale things. He can pull some Thanos level fuckery, hopefully after killing some beloved characters
 
Thrawn33 said:
Thrawn is the only acceptable answer. Snoke is already neutered, and folks know Palps comes back as a big bad in the sequels.

You have 20ish in universe years, plenty of time to build the Man, and end his story if they do in fact decide to keep the ST relevant.

EU Thrawn fucked shit up in 2 universe years after his return to scale things. He can pull some Thanos level fuckery, hopefully after killing some beloved characters
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Think well ever get the truth about what was threatening the chiss and why he was siding with the emperor?
 
UberKneeOf209 said:
Think well ever get the truth about what was threatening the chiss and why he was siding with the emperor?
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EU theory that I buy was the Vong....

New Disney Canon....unknown...if the say fuck the Sequel Trilogy than its wide open...if ST still exists...something undiscovered or possibly the First Order in its infancy ruled by Snoke
 
A lot of those shows are set in different time periods though arent they? Andor and Obi Wan will be pre ANH so maybe there might be some link up between them but it can't link into post ROTJ series like The Mandorian, at least not directly. You could at best have someone like Thawn introduced in the earlier time period and then also feature in the latter one.

When it comes to plot though I think the Mandorian and Rogue One do highlight what "feels like starwars", going back to the originals I think you have the sense that whilst the story were seeing is obviously very important it is something of a frontier setting. We don't really see the centre of politics, we see more the fringes in a kind of space western setting.

Its the same as the style of the show, Starwars is that kind of techno western were you have grand natural environments mixed in with used future tech.
 
moreorless87 said:
A lot of those shows are set in different time periods though arent they? Andor and Obi Wan will be pre ANH so maybe there might be some link up between them but it can't link into post ROTJ series like The Mandorian, at least not directly. You could at best have someone like Thawn introduced in the earlier time period and then also feature in the latter one.

When it comes to plot though I think the Mandorian and Rogue One do highlight what "feels like starwars", going back to the originals I think you have the sense that whilst the story were seeing is obviously very important it is something of a frontier setting. We don't really see the centre of politics, we see more the fringes in a kind of space western setting.

Its the same as the style of the show, Starwars is that kind of techno western were you have grand natural environments mixed in with used future tech.
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IMO, I think that was what might have turned people off to the prequels the first time around. You went from the main group of outer rim rebels to big city politics that didn’t have that same feel as the OT. That’s why it took the Clone Wars animated series fleshing out the PT for folks to say it wasn’t so bad after all once the big picture was attained. By the end of Clone Wars, it had that Star Wars feeling leading into Order 66.

The ST tried to get back to that outer rim rebel feel, but was too consumed by box ticking and optics to make sure a good cohesive story was being told. TFA is a direct copy of ANH to me. That’s what happens when you have multiple directors with multiple visions under leadership that doesn’t care what gets to screen as long as it hits the target demographics.

F&F have shown you can do both. Have a good story with a diverse cast that doesn’t shove identity politics in your face to take you out of the story.
 
FyrFytr998 said:
IMO, I think that was what might have turned people off to the prequels the first time around. You went from the main group of outer rim rebels to big city politics that didn’t have that same feel as the OT. That’s why it took the Clone Wars animated series fleshing out the PT for folks to say it wasn’t so bad after all once the big picture was attained. By the end of Clone Wars, it had that Star Wars feeling leading into Order 66.

The ST tried to get back to that outer rim rebel feel, but was too consumed by box ticking and optics to make sure a good cohesive story was being told. TFA is a direct copy of ANH to me. That’s what happens when you have multiple directors with multiple visions under leadership that doesn’t care what gets to screen as long as it hits the target demographics.

F&F have shown you can do both. Have a good story with a diverse cast that doesn’t shove identity politics in your face to take you out of the story.
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I think if TFA was more of a successful copy of ANH I'd think more kindly of it but whilst it nicked a lot of plot elements from that film it totally failed to recreate the original for me.

You look at just how long ANH spends on Tatooine, building up the setting, building up Luke, etc its probably a good what 45 mins or more until we get any real action after the opening? TFA is going into plot/action/humour/nostalgia overload by 20 mins into the film and generally doesnt have much idea what it whats to achieve.

Honestly though with Abrams I just feel like pointing out weaknesses is a bit of a waste of time, the fundamental problem there is the man was hired as an autuer film maker(rather than say ESB and ROTJ directors) when in reality he's simply not very talented and never has been. He has a very formulaic and simplistic box of tricks to pull which really doesnt stand up to more than one viewing, not even that for anyone expecting much.

Just on a visual level the original films(espeically ANH and ESB) really are great tasteful looking cinema, you see it in the cinematographers and who else they worked with like Kubrick and Cronenberg. Gareth Edwards and Greig Fraser I think brought that kind of level of visual skill as well which just wasnt there for me on most of the ST(part of TLS were pretty good I spose).
 
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