STAR WARS: REBELS (animated tv series) - a general discussion thread — Page 28

SilverWook said:

Are they even using the same animation house they set up for TCW?

You'd think they had a well oiled machine on that end, even though it's a new show.

 Actually, I'm pretty sure they're not. They're using a lot of the same team, but many people were also let go. Keep in mind as well that when you're using a new style in 3D animation, it takes time to get into the groove with a new style. Not to mention they don't have an extensive library of stock characters to give more life to the scenery.

Frankly, I like SWR's art style WAY more than TCW's wood block, stilted look. It already looks better than TCW did when it started, so I don't know what the big deal is since it's only going to get better as they get more experienced with these models.

I don't know where you get your info, but TCW didn't have a low budget. At all. Unlike TCW, Rebels doesn't have an eccentric billionaire throwing money at it left and right. SWR is the one being made cheaply (or cheaper anyway). Another point to add is that TCW had a much longer creation process for each episode than SWR.

The rest of your points are entirely subjective.

EDIT: Not to mention TCW's visual style isn't even all that unique when you consider the character designs were mostly lifted from the Micro series' look. Especially Anakin and Count Dooku.

Tobar said:

*ponders pointing out yet again that Lucasfilm, not Disney is developing this series*

Ponders pointing out that we get the point. 

If the movie is any indication on price per episode on Clone Wars, each episode probably cost 2 million to produce. I remember reading a while back a more official source, and I believe it also indicated George kinda just threw money at The Clone Wars, though it's been a while, and I don't know where this article was.

skyjedi2005 said:

i refuse to buy DVD's in 2014. They are standard def and obsolete.

Don't be such a definition queen. =P 

I really enjoyed it, and my 5 year old just lit up.

I still hate that Sabine wears a helmet and shoulder armor, but bare sleeves. 

I liked Captain Sideburns, and his side-burns helmet.

Ezra and Kanaan? Are they doing a 'Jedi in diaspora' Jewish thing intentionally?

I like that Kanaan and the pilot apparently have an adult mature relationship. Not something you usually see in genre adventures. 

I hope the big monkey guy stays grumpy, I like him.

http://www.starwars.com/news/abc-to-air-star-wars-rebels-spark-of-rebellion-with-a-new-scene-featuring-darth-vader

Strange that none of you are talking about the James Earle Jones scene.

James Earle Jones wouldn't happen to be related to James Earl Jones by any chance, would he? ;-P

Oh shi, only two minutes into the new episode but I got to say huge points for the Star Tours reference.

DominicCobb said:

Oh shi, only two minutes into the new episode but I got to said huge points for the Star Tours reference.

 I got to said you could work on your spelling and grammar.

Finished the ep, it was alright, nothing special. I like how they gave Zeb some depth.

C-3PO and R2-D2 struck me as nothing but fan service. It was weird, when I saw them appear I was like "yeah okay whatever," but when I saw the Rex type droid I was actually really surprised and happy (seriously they should just do a whole show based on Rex). 

Who/what's Rex?

Rusty Venture said:

The metal man from my nightmares! He's real!

Saw the [second] episode. Thought it was pretty dull. The animation here really isn't good enough to carry a weak storyline for several seasons.

They have an open sandbox to play in with rebels, here's hoping they decide to do something actually interesting. The first episode had hints at potentially interesting stuff.

I love that Droids in Distress is lightsaber-free.