Darth Tremor

Sideburns of BoShek said:

Fan_edit_fan said:

I don’t know why anyone has their hopes up on this show…given the track record of their writers recently. But I guess even I hope it’ll be cool. 🤷‍♂️

It is all relative, but as this show is in its own timeline, doesn’t have Filoni working on it, isn’t a crossover show, does not much fan service to include, is using real sets and locations as opposed to the Volume, and that Headland has a good reputation going on her previous work, I do have my hopes up a bit. They are not high hopes.

If it is anywhere near approaching the quality of Andor; production, writing, characters, acting, compelling storylines, risk taking, having something to say that resonates, even the use of sound and things like that, then I’ll be happy.

Christ, that is a low bar in modern Star Wars, isn’t it? Those things should be the minimum expected.

Fair point, this is not Filoni project, and the director I hope goes into depths of the dark side in Coppola Dracula 1992 way.

I think the Jedi are seen as flawed in PT because we want to blame them for Anakin’s fall, that they have a hand in his exasperation that led to his transformation into Lord Vader. The problem is Anakin knew he was joining a monastic military order, and that they follow strict codes of conduct, behavior, and life. Qui-Gon warned Anakin, “To be a Jedi is a hard life.” Anakin sis not “weight the cost.” He could have left at any time rather than backstab and take out his angst, and anger on his friends.

Superweapon VII said:

Eyepainter said:

Hamsters.

What coke cola tastes like now… its nasty tasting.

Sideburns of BoShek said:

Star Wars: The Old Republic has a new developer

In a BioWare blog, the developer stated it’s moving development on the Star Wars MMO to Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot studio Broadsword.
 

 
'The Star Wars MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic is changing development studios. In a developer blog on the BioWare website, BioWare general manager Greg McKay wrote that while EA will remain the game’s publisher, active development will move from BioWare to Broadsword — the studio known for its work on Ultima Online and Dark Age of Camelot.

“Players will continue to enjoy the SWTOR they know and love,” McKay wrote. “There are also exciting new features planned that the team is not quite ready to talk about yet, but suffice it to say that players can expect improvements and new content into the future.”

SWTOR’s studio move was long rumored. Earlier this month, IGN reported that EA and Broadsword signed a letter of intent indicating that SWTOR would indeed be changing developers. In a statement to IGN, EA wrote:

“We’re evaluating how we give the game and the team the best opportunity to grow and evolve, which includes conversations with Broadsword, a boutique studio that specializes in delivering online, community-driven experiences. Our goal is to do what is best for the game and its players.”

In addition to that statement, McKay posted on the SWTOR forums reassuring players that the game would still be actively supported. “All future content updates are also moving forward as planned.”’

 

I know they are denying the game is going into to “maintenance mode”, but it sure seems like it is.

Fans on their forum have done their homework, and think it will be dead soon, that it has been mistreated for a while now, note the layoffs (it will be around half the number of devs over the past few years; 80 down to 40?), that Broadsword have a history of being the place where games go for “maintenance mode” too, and Broadsword’s silence on the issues, questions and in general:

https://forums.swtor.com/topic/929816-an-update-on-the-development-of-swtor

Sadly, the fate of all MMORPGS & other online games is that they will eventually end. They are like the stars that will one day go supernova or turn into a black hole.

I wonder if somehow the main story can be salvaged and turned into chopped down Kotor like single player game?

Spartacus01 said:

One of the most popular criticisms of the Prequels is that “George Lucas can’t write romantic dialogue and can’t create well-written love stories.” And while I partially agree with this criticism, I personally don’t see it as black and white as the majority of Prequel critics view it. Personally, I think that Anakin and Padmé’s love story has everything necessary to be a very compelling and well-written love story, it just needs to be refined and trimmed. The proof of this is the fact that you don’t need to rewrite the entire love story to make it work, you just have to create simple fan edits. And you don’t even need to modify the majority of the romantic scenes, you just need to modify a couple of scenes in order to make the love story to be more fluid, compelling, and likable. If Anakin and Padmé’s love story was bad at its core, then creating fan edits would not improve it at all. But that’s not the case, and creating fan edits is more than enough to improve it. This, in my opinion, proves that George Lucas is not entirely bad at writing love stories. He has the basics, he just needs someone else to refine what he has done.

I agree, Irvin Kreshner was the one who refined Han and Leia’s romance. GL really did not delve into it in ANH.

Emre16O1 said:

The more I see of trailers and promos for the show the less interested I’ve become in it. I’ll still watch the opening 2 episodes, but not holding out much hope it will be much different from BoBF, Kenobi, and recent Mandalorian levels of quality and style.

The new bad guys appear more interesting than the already known characters from previous series.

I think I’m more interested in seeing Skeleton Crew and Acolyte.

Shin Hati, the blond Force User with an orange saber has my interest. She looks so much like Darth Zannah.

Fires have ravaged The Island of Maui. 80 have died, 1000 are missing, 3000 buildings destroyed. Maui is without telecommunications, the fires are not yet contained, winds of 80mph are spreading the flames on the dry brush from drought.

The stories of survivors breaks the heart, “as twelve to save their lives in a harbor leapt into sea,” (News) and “families as the flames came around their homes huddled together…” (NEWS) 😦

Please pray for Maui and its people.

Caston said:

I’m Caston. I’ve been a lurker for a good while now, but decided to finally join, and happy to be here.

Welcome to the forums! May athe Force Be With You.

Servii said:

I just found out that Shadows of the Empire got its own soundtrack. Listening to it now. I love it.

I loved that soundtrack. Shadows of the Empire needs tp be re-published in the new line of essentials legends.

My passion for SW has ebbed. Couldn’t get into Andor. I will give Ahsoka a chance, and tune into The Acolyte. Gee that is a lot of A titles.

Superweapon VII said:

Darth Tremor said:

My favorite EU is:

Tales of the Jedi
-Ulic Qel Droma
-Exar Kun
-Aleena Keto
-Vima Sunrider

Love TOTJ, but I’ve never been a fan of how compressed it all is. The Great Sith War spans, what, a year at most? If you’ve read the Dark Empire endnotes, you’d know Veitch originally envisioned the rise of the Krath and Ulic’s fall to the dark side as a process which spanned several years than the weeks/months the comics imply, so I don’t know why the storylines came out so truncated. KJA’s eventual involvement or some editorial decree from on high throwing a spanner in the works?

If I had any faith in the nuEU doing it justice, I’d like to see TOTJ redone as an ongoing title in the same vein as the KOTOR comic, but I just know it wouldn’t recapture any of the magic of the original. Probably end up with a scene of Kun bleeding a kyber crystal red in the process of constructing his double-bladed lightsaber, because that’s the stupid bullshit that typifies modern SW.

Haha Kun bleeding a lightsaber lol I can see Disney Wars doing that cuz Sith only use red sabers! 😄

I think Marrok will be my fav character.

screams in the void said:

Not sure if this has been brought up before , but I noticed something watching my 1992 letterbox vhs of ROTJ this weekend …in the scene on the landing platform ,right after Luke says , " Then my father is truly dead ." , there are two stormtroopers within earshot of him . When they escort Luke back into the hold of the AT-AT , you can see one of the troopers turn his head and look at Luke ,probably thinking , " Holy Shit , Vader’s son !" I can only think of 2 plausible consequences of this …A. Vader has those troopers killed or B. Luke Jedi mind tricks them to forget the conversation ever took place .

I actually think Vader did not kill them, he is too occupied by the “conflict” inside, and Luke probably was too busy preparing to face Palpatine to mind wipe those troopers.

Perturbator said:

I’d prefer if this winds up focusing on the development of the rule of 2 and therefore possibly revolving around the rise of Darth Bane and the fall of the Brotherhood of Darkness due the outcome of the Jedi-Sith War.

I wish it was Bane and Zannah, alas it will not be. Old EU is only honored in re-publications right now.

The Phantom Menace- Duel of Fates

Attack of the Clones - Across The Stars

Revenge of the Sith -Battle of the Heroes

A New Hope -The Throne Room and End Titles

The Empire Strikes Back -The Imperial March

Return of the Jedi -Final Duel

The Force Awakens - Kylo Ren Arrives At The Battle

The Last Jedi - Supremacy

The Rise of Skywalker - The Rise of Skywalker Theme

Rogue One - He’s Here For Us

Solo - N/A

Spartacus01 said:

If the Force did not exist, the inhabitants of the Star Wars Galaxy would have experienced not even half of the wars they experienced through Galactic history. The Force is the real problem of the Star Wars Galaxy. The more I look at the Saga, and the more I realize that this is the case. If Kreia had managed to extinguish the Force and make everyone insensitive to the Force, then the Star Wars Galaxy would have been much better for the next millennia. Sure, some of my favorite characters would never have been born, but it would have been worth it

You’d be interested in a Canon Sect called The Elders of the Path, they consider The Force a dangerous flame that must be rejected due to its causing such vast destruction in The Force Wars.

Elders of the Path:

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Elders_of_the_Path#:~:text=The Elders of the Path,by the Council of Elders.

If greatness in this case is measured in typical sense of contributions, reforms, innovations, and influence I’d say Anakin isn’t the greatest Jedi, especially because he tore down everything The Jedi stand for. If Filoni means greatness in the sense of impact on the galaxy, and his prowess as a Jedi then yes he is great.

What does everyone think of Bioware abandoning The Old Republic servers, and it passing to another party? Is this the death nail for TOR or more like Bungie passing the torch to 343 Industries?

rocknroll41 said:

I woulda done away with the whole “fear of loss leads to evil” or whatever. Instead, I’d rather that Anakin have a god complex and think that he needs to inherit as much power as possible to maintain order across the galaxy. I think that aligns more with the Empire’s values anyways. I would also probably have Obi-Wan be the central character of the PT, rather than Anakin, and have Anakin’s downfall happen at the end of the second movie, and then the third movie is all about Obi-Wan coming to terms with things.

A god complex would be intriguing, there is a foundation for that in AOTC with Anakin conversation with Padme:

Padme: You are not all powerful Ani.
Anakin: Well I should be. Someday I will be. I will become the most powerful Jedi ever! I promise you. I will even learn how to stop people from dying.

In those lines Anakin says he wants omnipotence like a god, and to control death is god like too.

Is wondering if the Alien Series will be postponed because of the writers and actors strike in Hollywood.

Indie films and shows are getting a waiver like The Chosen, which can keep filming despite the strikes.

My favorite EU is:

Tales of the Jedi
-Ulic Qel Droma
-Exar Kun
-Aleena Keto
-Vima Sunrider

The Emperor’s Hand
-Mara Jade Skywalker

The Jedi Knight Series
-Kyle Katarn
-Jaden
-Cal Kestis
-Merrin

Knights of the Old Republic
-Revan
-Darth Marr
-Satale Shan
-Bastila Shan

The fear of loss is the path to the dark side… and yet the Jedi feared the loss of their dominion via The Republic. Which raises the question, are not the Jedi bound by fear? They fear the fall of the Republic, they fear the Sith and their return, and they fear letting systems fall; are they not suppose to adopt “let go of all you fear to lose?” (Yoda, ROTS)

It seems a true Jedi has to step back from conflict completely because it leads to fear of loss, and “fear is the path to the dark side.” (Yoda, TPM). While the Sith in contrast use conquest and thrive via Conflict and fear.

Anakin being trained as a Jedi Knight doomed him to fall, the Clone Wars put the thirst for combat and power in him. It was inevitable he would become Darth Vader, because he was already conquest oriented thanks to the Clone Wars.

Palpatine did a stroke of genius, the Clone Wars transformed Jedi into potential inquisitors and made Anakin his disciple.

Servii said:

I really like your version of events. Especially how Anakin dabbles with Sith knowledge for a while before fully committing to it. It fits better with the idea of Anakin being seduced by the Dark Side rather than just being duped into it.

For a while, I considered cutting out Anakin’s discovery by the Jedi altogether, and just having him start as a padawan or knight at the beginning of Episode I. But I decided it is still important to show Obi-Wan meeting him for the first time, so I’ll have their meeting occur very early in the movie. And midway through, Anakin will already be Obi-Wan’s padawan, at least in an informal sense. Anakin will be nineteen, and an indentured servant living on Tatooine, when Obi-Wan meets him. Anakin ends up saving the day at the end of the movie, and is celebrated on Coruscant as a hero of the Republic.

Anakin can be knighted early in Episode II. Make it clear that a lot of people look up to him, but that the pressure of that is starting to get to him. He tries to put up this front of a stoic, selfless hero, but privately, he’s wracked by self doubt and PTSD. He tries to hide his problems, but the stress of the Clone Wars and all the death he’s surrounded by is keeping him up at night. Despite that, the soldiers under his command have great respect for him, and Anakin is shown to have a stern, commanding presence and a strong tactical mind.

Anakin’s mother dies near the end of Episode II, in a way that Anakin narrowly fails to prevent. Anakin goes into a whirlwind of emotion, and almost massacres the people responsible, but is stopped and calmed down by Obi-Wan.

Either at the end of II or the beginning of III, Coruscant is attacked and large swathes of the city are destroyed. Anakin and Padme work to rally the planet’s defenders, but Padme is then injured in the attack and is bedridden in a hospital. This throws Anakin further off balance. Anakin fights Darth Maul in the Chancellor’s office, and Maul taunts Anakin about how everything the Jedi have fought for is crumbling around him. Maul then senses Anakin’s distress about his wife, and taunts him about how she will be dead soon. This causes Anakin to finally snap and overpower Maul in a fit of rage, killing him as he begs for mercy.

From this point onward, even though Anakin isn’t technically a Sith yet, he’s already essentially on the Dark Side. When we see him again in III, he’s leading a bloody campaign of vengeance against those responsible for Coruscant. He’s soon expelled from the Jedi Order for committing war crimes and being driven by hate and revenge. Instead of Anakin becoming more unstable or fiery as he turns to the Dark Side, he becomes callous and cold. A ruthless general of the Republic/Empire.

It’s then that, per Palpatine’s subtle suggestion, he begins to dabble in Sith knowledge, looking for ways to destroy the enemy and end the war. He learns that Palpatine is planning to have the Jedi killed to solidify his power, and he decides that this is a necessary evil to restore order to the galaxy, and that the Jedi have become a liability, so he agrees to go along with it. When he confronts Obi-Wan on Mustafar, neither of them wants to kill the other. Obi-Wan begs Anakin to come back with him, while Anakin demands that Obi-Wan stand down. So with that impasse, they’re forced to fight. And you know the rest.

I agree, seduced by the dark side not duped. That is the problem with The Prequels, all the Jedi including Anakin are to quote Lord Malgus, “deceived.”

In a way Anakin could be both like Paul in Dune, how the Bene Gisseret were trying to creatw their messiah to manipulate and the Fremen were looking for The Mau’Dib. The Sith have The Sith’ari, and the Jedi have The Chosen One. GL definitely took inspiration from Dune, hence Tatooine and the Dune Sea. It is possible that Anakin could be like Paul, one or the other, one forged by Plagueis and the dark side, the other The Will of the Force.

fmalover said:

Darth Tremor said:

Kotor I is a classic. Sadly Kotor II I never could get past the first world.

The first world is a chore, no doubt about that. But the rest of the game is totally worth it. Be sure to install TSLRCM and give the game a second chance, you won’t regret it.

Is the app version smoother? I had a glitch where I could not complete the main story quest.