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TMBTM said:I remember the episode with the betrayal of a Rodian leader, that was very reminiscent of Lando's character in ESB. There are tons of little lines, and situations, that ring a bell of the OT in that show (okay that does not make it as good as the OT, but it's fun enough to watch the show IMO). Even the droid army and their "Rodger Rodger" sounds silly but in a way that you feel that the writers know it's silly, and want to play with it (and even laugh AT it). I feel like it's really a try to reunite the "prequels kids" (don't forget it's a kids show) and their "OT parents.
That said I did not see the "movie" yet. I was aware that it was just a pilot for the TV series and so not really made for the big screen.
I didn't find the Rodian leader the slightest bit reminiscent of Lando. You can have an old friend leader who betrays you to your enemies in all sorts of stories. Just because it has a basic element of story in common with the OT doesn't mean it is genuinely reminsicent of the OT. And yeah they can throw in lines or story bits that echo the OT, but that doesn't mean the overall product is at all reminiscent of the OT. No offense meant, but your sort of attitude just looks to me like desperately scrambling for scraps so you can say "Here, I got a bit that's like the OT." All these things are superficial. They don't dictate the overall flavor or mentality or nature of the show.
The OT was a very heartfelt classic story with deep emotions, characters that make a strong connection with the audience, vivid strongly realized imagination and a 70s-80s feel. This show is a fairly amiable but shallow modern-feeling fairly bland piece of work without a strong imaginative vision and with only one regular character who makes any sort of real connection (Ashoka). The OT existed in an unpretentious universe. This show builds on the prequels' envisioning the Star Wars universe as a place full of pretentious bullshit, such as the Jedi being a bunch of posers. In the OT Kenobi was wise not pretentious. In the prequels Kenobi had an edge of affectation to him and the same is true in the show. In the OT Yoda came out with some silly crap but he wasn't the arrogant poser he became in the prequels. In this show we've had Fisto, Luminara and Aayla coming off very artificial. This show lives in the prequels' interpretation of the Star Wars universe. And it's basically a show of shallow cheerful fun, which is what much of the Phantom Menace was. The OT's fun was of a different tone. This show shares the unreal unconvincing feel of the prequels, rather than the convincing imagination-brought-to-life feel of the OT. This show is very far from being like the OT, and no amount of throwing in OT references and items and OT-echoing lines and story elements will change that. The foundation mentality of this show is deeply at odds with the OT.
I think maybe people want too much for this to be like the OT.
Also, the Roger Roger robots are an element that is very strongly at odds with the OT. In the OT the villains weren't a joke like they were in the PT and this show. The robots are bloody annoying.