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How the anthropomorphic citrus acquired Anakin’s lightsaber was never revealed in TLJ or TROS, was it? Called that one.

Seemed obvious to me.

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StarkillerAG said:

Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I completely expected the latter.

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DuracellEnergizer said:

StarkillerAG said:

Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I completely expected the latter.

The EU writers didn’t, though. All of the descriptions of the Clone Wars in the spinoff material described it as a war between the Jedi of the Old Republic and the evil clones of Palpatine’s Empire. That’s mainly what I was referring to when I talked about people’s expectations.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
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StarkillerAG said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

StarkillerAG said:

Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I completely expected the latter.

The EU writers didn’t, though. All of the descriptions of the Clone Wars in the spinoff material described it as a war between the Jedi of the Old Republic and the evil clones of Palpatine’s Empire. That’s mainly what I was referring to when I talked about people’s expectations.

I’m familiar with that material. I interpreted their recollection of the Clone Wars a different way.

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StarkillerAG said:

I don’t see why people are so disappointed that the prequels didn’t include some mind-blowing revelations that would change the way we looked at the OT. Adding needless complications to a prequel of an already existing franchise tends to feel contrived (case in point: Star Trek Discovery). Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I don’t think anyone’s disappointed by it. At least to my knowledge. Personally, if there really was some trick about Palpatine not actually being the Emperor or not actually being the big evil guy in control, I think it would’ve been really awful.

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SparkySywer said:

StarkillerAG said:

I don’t see why people are so disappointed that the prequels didn’t include some mind-blowing revelations that would change the way we looked at the OT. Adding needless complications to a prequel of an already existing franchise tends to feel contrived (case in point: Star Trek Discovery). Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I don’t think anyone’s disappointed by it. At least to my knowledge. Personally, if there really was some trick about Palpatine not actually being the Emperor or not actually being the big evil guy in control, I think it would’ve been really awful.

Sorry, I just gathered from the tone of your previous post that you were disappointed something like that didn’t happen. Referencing the ESB twist as an example of how great Star Wars plot twists can be, then seeming bored with how it ended up being played straight. I understand that I could have misinterpreted though.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

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StarkillerAG said:

SparkySywer said:

StarkillerAG said:

I don’t see why people are so disappointed that the prequels didn’t include some mind-blowing revelations that would change the way we looked at the OT. Adding needless complications to a prequel of an already existing franchise tends to feel contrived (case in point: Star Trek Discovery). Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I don’t think anyone’s disappointed by it. At least to my knowledge. Personally, if there really was some trick about Palpatine not actually being the Emperor or not actually being the big evil guy in control, I think it would’ve been really awful.

Sorry, I just gathered from the tone of your previous post that you were disappointed something like that didn’t happen. Referencing the ESB twist as an example of how great Star Wars plot twists can be, then seeming bored with how it ended up being played straight. I understand that I could have misinterpreted though.

I’m sorry

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SparkySywer said:

StarkillerAG said:

SparkySywer said:

StarkillerAG said:

I don’t see why people are so disappointed that the prequels didn’t include some mind-blowing revelations that would change the way we looked at the OT. Adding needless complications to a prequel of an already existing franchise tends to feel contrived (case in point: Star Trek Discovery). Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I don’t think anyone’s disappointed by it. At least to my knowledge. Personally, if there really was some trick about Palpatine not actually being the Emperor or not actually being the big evil guy in control, I think it would’ve been really awful.

Sorry, I just gathered from the tone of your previous post that you were disappointed something like that didn’t happen. Referencing the ESB twist as an example of how great Star Wars plot twists can be, then seeming bored with how it ended up being played straight. I understand that I could have misinterpreted though.

I’m sorry

Was this meant to be condescending? If so, I should be the one who’s sorry. I didn’t mean to put you down in any way. But then again, maybe I’m just misinterpreting again.

My preferred Skywalker Saga experience:
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX

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Hux attempting to undermine Kylo’s rule was something I predicted when walking out of the theater after seeing TLJ, granted I excepted a coup-attempt and not giving intel to the Resistance and freeing our heroes from capture. Still it’s the closest I got to predicting anything correctly in TROS.

Use the Force, Joh Yowza.

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StarkillerAG said:

SparkySywer said:

StarkillerAG said:

SparkySywer said:

StarkillerAG said:

I don’t see why people are so disappointed that the prequels didn’t include some mind-blowing revelations that would change the way we looked at the OT. Adding needless complications to a prequel of an already existing franchise tends to feel contrived (case in point: Star Trek Discovery). Even then, they already introduced some ideas people weren’t expecting, most importantly the clones being the good guys and the Republic falling from within.

I don’t think anyone’s disappointed by it. At least to my knowledge. Personally, if there really was some trick about Palpatine not actually being the Emperor or not actually being the big evil guy in control, I think it would’ve been really awful.

Sorry, I just gathered from the tone of your previous post that you were disappointed something like that didn’t happen. Referencing the ESB twist as an example of how great Star Wars plot twists can be, then seeming bored with how it ended up being played straight. I understand that I could have misinterpreted though.

I’m sorry

Was this meant to be condescending? If so, I should be the one who’s sorry. I didn’t mean to put you down in any way. But then again, maybe I’m just misinterpreting again.

No I was genuinely apologizing

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force choke

“Apology accepted, Captain Needa!”