I’d prefer some proof it was a error, not just George changing his mind twenty years later again.
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Good to hear that the Rebels creators said no to Ysalamiri. As someone on this website said, the Ysalamiri were like if the Bible had religion-cancelling cats that prevented Jesus from walking on water.
Self-serving context: http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/What-do-you-LIKE-about-the-EU/id/10207/page/44#966807
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I still think the worst aspect about the ysalamiri isn’t their ability to take away a Force-user’s powers but the way their ability was described. Were I in Zahn’s shoes, I would’ve said that the ysalamiri scramble the Force instead of literally pushing it away.
I’d prefer some proof it was a error, not just George changing his mind twenty years later again.
Proof, I don’t have one. But I grew up with the OT reading the “Star Wars chronology” (the ancient basis for the UE, released in the early 90’s I guess) where the volcano duel is mentioned; so even before the 1997 SE (or the 2004 SE, the eyebrows changes not being part of the “first” SE) I was always surprised by Vader’s look: so the guy is deeply wounded, has lost his hair and has even injuries on his face and around his eyes, but he still has his eyebrows ?!? It reallly is a small change, but to me it is more aligned not only with the PT but even with TESB (I mean, look at his back head…); and don’t forget we saw this change before the release of ROTS (and I was, “hum… well, ok, good call George !” and then the celebration scene “hum… what the fuck are you doing with Hayden ?!?”). A small change, and a well done one (I don’t spot the CGI make-up). Had Lucas only done alterations like this one (to the canon I mean), people wouldn’t despise the SE so much. To sum up: I’m a semi-SE/semi-DE fan (so I watch Q2’s version of ROTJ as my canon edit).
Just to say the Rebels eyebrows have more to do with animation than anything else (it easier to read the character’s expression that way). Had it been a true OT hommage, eyebrows would have been Sebastian’s dark, not Hayden’s blonde… (it’s a “in between” hommage we can say) and remember that TCW/Rebels creator has recently defended Hayden’s ghost…
Back to eyebrows: would you believe they actually acknowledge this on starwars.com on the episode page?!
“Although the final cut of Return Of The Jedi has an eyebrow-less unhelmeted Darth Vader, to better read in animation, the animation model has the dark brow visible through the cracked helmet.”!
I just watched the finale, and was so excited about the eyebrows that the first thing I did was open up this thread and search for it. Maybe these dumbass changes will slowly slip from the grip of canon.
The creators said the only reason they put the eyebrows back on was because the character model looked really dumb without them. It was only artistic and does not change the canon.
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So I’ve gotten through both seasons of Rebels, since I’m a hopeless completionist on anything Star Wars, and was going to write a review of the entire show, but I just got through the final two episodes and had to focus on this:
I realize that there is constant pressure to do visually interesting things with lightsabers, and I didn’t even mind the double-bladed spinning design up until now, but the final showdown at the end of season 2 is completely baffling. Apparently the inquisitors use these lightsabers as…helicopters? Like, to fly around? At first I assumed that the Inquisitors merely used the Force to levitate themselves and they thought that the spinning saber thing was a cool thing to do (it isn’t), but one of the sabers is damaged and breaks in mid flight, dropping the Inquisitor out of the air. I am left with the feeling that I have just witnessed the most blatant attempt at physics BS-ery in Star Wars. I don’t care if it is a kid’s show - THAT SHIT DOESN’T FLY.
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Yeah the helicopter sabers are literally one of the most stupid things in all of Star Wars ever.
I love Dave and I love Rebels and The Clone Wars and all of that, but man, they can’t all be winners.
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Everything about the inquisitors sucked major Hutt ass, and I’m 99% certain the suckage was intentional. The showrunners probably knew how laughable the helicopter-sabers would make the inquisitors look.
So, will people stop kvetching about Kylo Ren’s saber now? 😉
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I’ll never like the crossguard saber, but compared to the spinning lightsabers, it’s the pearl-inlaid gold cross from Last Crusade.
Don’t you mean the Cross of Coronado?
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I really enjoy Rebels, think it’s a well done tv show and am pumped for season 3 but the helicopter lightsabers were some of the dumbest Star Wars related shit I have ever seen.
P.S., I love the cross guard saber. It’s just badass.
Everything about the inquisitors sucked major Hutt ass . . .
Surely “everything” doesn’t extend to the dulcet tones of Jason Isaacs’ voice.
I’ve heard that apparently there’s jetpack repulsor technology in the saber hilts.
Everything about the inquisitors sucked major Hutt ass, and I’m 99% certain the suckage was intentional. The showrunners probably knew how laughable the helicopter-sabers would make the inquisitors look.
Wait, do Hutt’s even have butts? 😉
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So, will people stop kvetching about Kylo Ren’s saber now? 😉
So they made an even more stupid thing in attempt to overshadow the previous stuff thing. That is not how it should be done. The strategy should be to not make any stupid things in the first place.
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So, will people stop kvetching about Kylo Ren’s saber now? 😉
So they made an even more stupid thing in attempt to overshadow the previous stuff thing. That is not how it should be done. The strategy should be to not make any stupid things in the first place.
Except the cross guard saber is badass. A type of regal badass.
Meh. I would’ve preferred a Sith sword.
So, will people stop kvetching about Kylo Ren’s saber now? 😉
So they made an even more stupid thing in attempt to overshadow the previous stuff thing. That is not how it should be done. The strategy should be to not make any stupid things in the first place.
Except the cross guard saber is badass. A type of regal badass.
Only after you split “badass” into “bad” and “ass”, the separate parts can be used to describe that thing.
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So, will people stop kvetching about Kylo Ren’s saber now? 😉
So they made an even more stupid thing in attempt to overshadow the previous stuff thing. That is not how it should be done. The strategy should be to not make any stupid things in the first place.
Except the cross guard saber is badass. A type of regal badass.
Only after you split “badass” into “bad” and “ass”, the separate parts can be used to describe that thing.
That was a surprisingly witty comeback. But it’s still bad ass…subjectively…in my opinion.
The crossguard saber is OK, but I get the feeling that after the popularity of Darth Maul’s double-bladed saber in TPM, the SW films that came after it have been searching without success for similarly “kewl” and “hip” variations on traditional lightsabers.
Dooku’s bent saber hilt in AOTC was another example, but it was so subtle most people missed it.
Still surprised we haven’t got anyone in a SW live-action film who habitually wields two sabers. Or more daringly, maybe one blade with a new color, like white or yellow.
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If the people at Kenner who kept pushing yellow sabers on us for years are still around, they will be thrilled. 😉
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Kenner be damned, I say if it’s good enough for Kyle Katarn, it’s good enough for cinema screens. ;D
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Still surprised we haven’t got anyone in a SW live-action film who habitually wields two sabers. Or more daringly, maybe one blade with a new color, like white or yellow.
Or a Jedi with a red lightsaber and/or a darksider with a blue/green lightsaber. Either would be enough to satisfy me at this point.
The premiere is tomorrow!
Who’s hyped for some sweet Thrawn/Maul/who knows what action? I know I am!
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