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If Ahsoka was on the same level as The Bad Batch it might have been good news, but alas.

I’m not sure which line change is worse, that one or the Luke “you don’t taste so good” being cut. Technically not a SE change but I still kinda hate it.

RIP legendary movie poster artist Roger Kastel - ESB, Jaws, Superman et al.

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Asaki said:
DOUBLE LIFE DAY

To be fair everyone’s decisions were inexplicably dumb.

That’s really interesting, as I remember the “A New Hope” name being a thing, but looking at the 1995 artwork for the Obi-wan/THX edition it’s only on the spine as a smaller subtitle. I guess it’s become habit, like how EPISODE ONE was everywhere instead of the movie name back in the day.

Then a lot of scenes in ROTJ would need changing from a redemption arc to a forgiveness one.

Obi-wan says that Anakin was a good friend… and doesn’t mention any kind of rule breaking by having a child. The idea of the dark side giving easier access to strength and power is one thing, but linking it to romance is a bizarre later addition. In fact all the OT discussion of the Force relates to things like a lust for action and excitement, in opposition to the peaceful zen-like themes of the Jedi way. What does not having friends and family have to do with being a good Guardian of the Republic?

I get the feeling that George mis-remembered ESB and the scene where Yoda tells Luke not to risk the future by running off to save his friends. Surely if attachment was a no-no then Luke would have a problem rescuing Vader? Isn’t being sad and trying to get him back against the Jedi way? I get that it wasn’t fleshed out until later but the PT stuff is ridiculous, and often contradicts itself anyway.

That much huh? Jeez.

That’s just the marketing lesson Disney has learned from movies liked “Frozen” and “Tangled”. Anything complex or meaningful is too much.

Calling it a Rebels season at all is a big stretch. More like a bunch of five-minute “Tales of the Republic” plot ideas thrown together… and padded out to a long running time. And missing all the actual personalities like Hondo, Zeb, Rex, Kallus… etc.

Imagine if they’d had flashbacks to the kind of things that made Thrawn intimidating, by showing the TIE Defender program in live action or his use of forced labour, through how people like Ryder remembering him. They could have done something.

I was thinking back to how Mando season one felt like so well done at the time, compared to how things have unravelled now. So much in Ahsoka is tell not show. Whereas Din barely speaks so you have great moments like the Super Battle Droid attack or that scene where the probes search the fires on Mandalore. Where the hell was that stuff here, in show heavily relying on a series of past events to lend it drama? Where was Sabine’s family or her decision to become a Jedi? By comparison the Clone Wars flashback was clunky and cheap looking, with each setting and time period being the same orange smog.

I never really thought about Yoda’s original outfit being the same as Obi-wan, but I guess it’s kinda true. Anakin’s ghost is wearing the exact thing though, not sure why. I have definitely seen artwork in which Luke’s black Jedi gear was supposed to be what they wore. I think some of Doug Chiang’s work.

Could’ve been 4 episodes without losing anything.

Me too, since it seems very unlikely.

We can probably agree that someone didn’t feel like animating scorch marks by hand in that case.

These are minor details since Boba Fett isn’t a match for Luke. Any real connecting tissue would have to come in two parts - one being the Rebel Alliance and the other being Luke’s sister. The former would have to involve some kind of overall tie back to the real mission; the Battle of Endor. Why is the Alliance letting their top fighters go off to save one man when such a big campaign is being fought? We never find out, and it’s odd. The latter of course would be a bigger re-structure that ties this tease from ESB into the first and third act of the movie. There’s still be a bunch of forest moon antics lodged in the middle but that’s another story.

Thrawn has the voice of course but it seems like he’s acting with a lot heavier makeup on that is actually the case. Strange effect. This episode was weirdly structed like the rest of these shows, again suggesting the chapter breaks are arbitrary. It had a bunch more action though I guess. For a show about Ahsoka I don’t feel like I know anything more about her than in the prior shows… which wasn’t much. She’s suddenly lightened up as if something meaningful happened but nothing did. I don’t understand why the story so far (getting to Ezra) wasn’t just parts 1-2 so they could do something meanginful with the cast on this new planet against Thrawn, exploring his situation, the witches, etc.

IG-88 showed as much emotion as Dengar so that’s not the best comparison.

He’s bickering with R2 right away though in the original movie. He’s written as a neurotic servant and not a robot.

Del Toro should definitely make a space movie of his own.

If you haven’t seen those shows it’s probably better since you’d have no prior expectations. If anything this often feels like a stilted creepy cosplay rather than a continuation. Especially all the contact lenses they picked.

Imagine if your fave was Sabine in Rebels, but now she’s just an idiot: taking them map without thinking who else wants it, taking Balan’s offer without thinking that she’s obviously leading him to Ezra. She wasn’t a complete dope before right?

This show is kinda boring. Everyone in it is very dry and detached. That’s all I can really say beyond weird contrivances and things that just seem to happen to move things along without really being explored properly. People act on things that aren’t said, but don’t say things that would help certain actions be taken. It’s all very weird. I’m pretty sure Kanan did some basic training with Sabine but she never learned anything from Ahsoka. I could be mistaken but bulding up so much of this on an apparent falling out or a tragedy that’s barely mentioned is also weird.

Other things are just out of nowhere. Like that whole Anakin dream thing seems to be nonsensical given how difficult accessing the time warp world was before in Rebels, and how it seemed to function. It’s not like… overtly bad like Mando S3. But it’s not great in ways that are hard to explain. Which is odd when the Clone Wars Finale and the Bad Batch were a lot more interesting.

Sure. Fear, self-pity, bitterness, hubris, loneliness, whatever. You could argue that’s just the way he’s programmed but it’s not that kind of movie.