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  On 5/30/2022 at 8:46 AM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

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Side note 1: I'm not sure if there's been a change at top management.

But I think after what the Star Wars mods/PR had to deal with for Boyega and Kelly Marie Tran...

...they did not come to play this time.

 

Yes, there have been death threats to Moses, and to Vivien Blair. Who is, incidentally, ten years old this week.

 

As much as I've loved these movies since I first sat in a vast, dark shed on a ratty seat covered in substances that would probably get the place shut and/or thermited now, wondering why other kids were quaking at that weird but stylish dude who probably needed to lay off the smokes...

 

...and as much as I love (most of) the fandom, their creativity, passion, mildly unhinged encyclopedic knowledge and dedication...

 

...they are fictional movies set in a place and time so remote no-one could conceivably know the truth of them. 

And the choice of stories, actors, directors, whatever are fully up to Lucasfilm. Like them, dislike them, ignore them, rant if you wish, but do not threaten actors for something they didn't write - or writers for trying to take you new places you haven't seen before.

 

Side note 2: GRRM also did an interview this week, where he's puzzled about the toxicity of certain bits of fandoms.

Not least that he got slated for the Red Wedding, whereas Lucas killed off 20 billion at a stroke with Alderaan.

Still, always good to have goals: and he's catching up. 

 

  On 5/31/2022 at 12:18 AM, Glacier Peak said:

Man half the fun is watching the Disney/Marvel/StarWars stuff then coming back here to read what folks who are way smarter than me come up with 

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...and probably be wrong about it. But that's half the fun for me too. Seriously, I've been overjoyed that this whole show took a massive Joysee left turn from where I thought it was going and I'm hoping to be wrong some more.

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Don't get me started on Disney and PR...they're all over the place and do some rather stupid things *coughs*Johnny*coughs*. I get Why they may choose to, but still.

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  On 5/31/2022 at 12:18 AM, Glacier Peak said:

Man half the fun is watching the Disney/Marvel/StarWars stuff then coming back here to read what folks who are way smarter than me come up with 😁

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  On 5/31/2022 at 12:47 PM, ThaOGDreamWeaver said:

...and probably be wrong about it. But that's half the fun for me too. Seriously, I've been overjoyed that this whole show took a massive Joysee left turn from where I thought it was going and I'm hoping to be wrong some more.

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Was thinking the exact same thing.  I started a deliberate effort to ramp up my Star Wars lore several years ago when I was watching The Clone Wars for the second time.  I'm nowhere near the level of some reactors I watch on YouTube*, but I feel much greater satisfaction in understanding the attention to detail and connections that the creators weave into that vast fictional universe.  And yeah, I guess wrong often, but that's indeed half the fun (unless we're talking the Sequel Trilogy, but that's another matter).

 

*And I probably will never be.  Honestly, if you're telling me how many elevators are on Darth Vader's flagship Executor in comparison to those on Grand Admiral Thrawn's flagship, the Chimaera, you probably need to spend a few days hiking or involved with some other sunshine activity.

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So, let's see what we were wrong about this week, shall we?

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As a very nasty Australian newspaper editor said to my dad back in the 80s, "there's one story in making a hero: there's ten stories in breakin'im". He was right, I suppose, and he's got very, very rich off that. Though he seems to enjoy the breaking part a bit much.

 

So it's so far, so Hero's Journey. You have to take a hero to their absolute lowest point before you can start building them up again. Fear. Failure. Guilt. Shame. And a fairly mild but ironic ass-kicking. Then give them a job to do, a thing to find, a kingdom to win, someone to protect.

 

Unless there's some kind of massive twist/parallel universe/World Between Worlds malarkey, we know all three of the key characters get out of this alive. But I think Deb & co are going to put us through the wringer to get there.

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Good thing he had that blaster since there was no town to go back to for a big sack o' dimes. 

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  On 6/1/2022 at 5:17 PM, Mr. Vee said:

Good thing he had that blaster since there was no town to go back to for a big sack o' dimes. 

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This felt intentionally done, imo. 

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So, let's see what we were wrong about this week, shall we?   In orange, yadda yadda...

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As a very nasty Australian newspaper editor said to my dad back in the 80s, "there's one story in making a hero: there's ten stories in breakin'im". He was right, I suppose, and he's got very, very rich off that. Though he seems to enjoy the breaking part a bit much.

 

So it's so far, so Hero's Journey. You have to take a hero to their absolute lowest point before you can start building them up again. Fear. Failure. Guilt. Shame. And a fairly mild but ironic ass-kicking. Then give them a job to do, a thing to find, a kingdom to win, someone to protect.

 

Unless there's some kind of massive twist/parallel universe/World Between Worlds malarkey, we know all three of the key characters get out of this alive. But I think Deb & co are going to put us through the wringer to get there.  Getting out alive and getting out unscarred are two different things.  What injuries are revealed to be hidden under the robe we always see?  What psychological scars are hidden under the hood?  What ages a man prematurely?  How many roads must a man walk down before you call him...  oh, sorry, wrong discussion.

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So far I am very much loving this series.  I have watched every episode several times already, which is something I very rarely do.  I just absolutely adore Ewan McGregor in this role.  You can really see his passion for the character coming through in his performance.  I cannot say enough good things about him.  He is so perfectly cast in the part of Obi Wan in my opinion and his performance is so nuanced and layered, McGregor is showing what a phenomenal actor he is.  You can see and feel how heart broken and defeated Obi Wan is with the weight of everything that happened on his shoulders.  I very much enjoy the "Unforgiven" vibe here - the aged and broken down gunfighter going out on one last mission. 

 

My gripes are very minor -

 

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I am looking forward to how they wrap this one up.  Absolute best of the Star Wars on D+ so far in my opinion.  They really hit it out of the park with Obi Wan.

 

 

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I am looking forward to how they wrap this one up.  Absolute best of the Star Wars on D+ so far in my opinion.  They really hit it out of the park with Obi Wan.

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Ah, I see what you're on about.  But I'd note it is "what we saw last episode".  I rather think you'll see a very different result by the the end of the miniseries, one that dovetails with the canon future

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  On 6/1/2022 at 10:46 PM, Glacier Peak said:

This felt intentionally done, imo. 

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I saw that scene and was like:

 

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So apparently there's been a couple of nods to the Legends books which might be setting material up for the future:

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Translating graffiti is some high level nerdery even for star wars nerds. You start down that dark path and you may wind up with Klingon wedding vows.

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Small note re the GI: series co-creator Joby-Wan Harold has said that they do not and will not break canon during this series in an interview.

Is he:

a) messing with the fans

b) saying Rebels != canon (or there's a slight spin on it)

c) saying GI = OK

d) GI = new GI

 

Please write your answers on a postcard, and feed it to the nearest bantha.

 

  On 6/4/2022 at 7:27 PM, Mr. Vee said:

Translating graffiti is some high level nerdery even for star wars nerds. You start down that dark path and you may wind up with Klingon wedding vows.

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Side note: my brain has a habit of storing useless trash rather than things I should actually be doing, so I know that HoGH'ran rln 'RAM vi va vi va va va va vogh, from a copy of The Face, which I read on a train going into Cambridge far too many years ago, translates to this.

(Of course, it's better in the original Klingon.)

 

 

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Rumors abound that they plan to incorporate Legends material and story elements/characters into the assorted Star Wars TV series, including Thrawn.  We shall see.

 

Another rumor is that Mace Windu may have survived, but I hope not. Nothing against Sam Jackson, but Mace took about a million volts after being literally disarmed and was blasted out the window for a long fall. If he survived, what reason would have for not seeking out Yoda, Obi Wan and other Jedi and forming a strike team to first shut down and destroy Vader and then the Emperor?

 

As to Obi-wan, I am enjoying this series and await the next episode with eager anticipation.  This skirmish was only round 1, I predict that round 2 may well occur on Mustafar as Leia might be taken there to lure Obi-wan to Vader.  By that point, Obi should have gotten his head back into the game and regained his fighting edge and spirit. 

 

At this point he is no match for Vader at all as we saw.  He is horrified at what Anakin has become, he does not believe he can defeat Vader and that lack of belief is making him even more unfocused.

 

Rumors also abound that the ghost of Qui-Gon will indeed appear to Obi Wan after Obi gets his head back into the fight.

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  On 6/5/2022 at 9:28 AM, Voltor said:

Rumors abound that they plan to incorporate Legends material and story elements/characters into the assorted Star Wars TV series, including Thrawn.  We shall see.

 

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Thrawn's already been brought into 'official canon' with Rebels and new novels so it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point we'll see him. Innertubes seems to want Benadryl Bandersnatch for the part, because innertubes.

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Rumors abound that they plan to incorporate Legends material and story elements/characters into the assorted Star Wars TV series, including Thrawn.  We shall see.

 

Another rumor is that Mace Windu may have survived, but I hope not. Nothing against Sam Jackson, but Mace took about a million volts after being literally disarmed and was blasted out the window for a long fall. If he survived, what reason would have for not seeking out Yoda, Obi Wan and other Jedi and forming a strike team to first shut down and destroy Vader and then the Emperor?

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Some of the Legends & Extended Universe material has already been remade into canon.  In addition to @Mr. Vee's comment on what was brought in via Rebels (incidentally the Inquisitors first appeared not in Rebels but in a 1987 sourcebook for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game), other source material was used in the Mandalorian.  Although the general idea of disintegrations was mention in Empire, Mando's disintegration weapon was first featured in The Holiday Special, as were the mythosaurs that Mando's ugnaught buddie named.  And then there's Freetown and its marshall.  Probably lots of other stuff, too.

 

As to Windu, I have to agree.  Best leave him wherever he fell.  Your point regarding lack of contact is sound.  The only other possibility I see is that Windu was considered to be a Jedi that came close to the Dark Side at times.  As such, he might have pulled a Darth Maul, survived by going full dark side, but unwilling to join Sidious & Vader because of the last fight.  As such, he may be off roaming somewhere with a fractured mind, much as Maul did in the aftermath of his fall.   But its still cleaner storytelling to say he died.  Besides, how effective is Order 66 if most named Jedi survived?

 

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Thrawn's already been brought into 'official canon' with Rebels and new novels so it's pretty much a foregone conclusion at this point we'll see him. Innertubes seems to want Benadryl Bandersnatch for the part, because innertubes.

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Benny would be amazing in the role no doubt, but they'd have to do the opposite of Mark Hamill and notably age the actor for the role.  At the time of The Mandalorian season 2 episode "The Jedi" (14 ABY), Thrawn would be 73.  From what I've read online, Chiss are considered "venerable" if they reach 80 years, which appears to be their version of our 100 years. 

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