We are supposed to accept Anakin was in his forties when he died and Obi Wan in his fifties.
That reminds me: how f****ed up is it not that a single Skywalker lives to age 60? (Except maybe Leia)
Does anyone know of an instance in TCW of Obi-Wan saying the name “Skywalker?” He doesn’t do it in any of the movies (except for Return of the Jedi, but that’s a completely different voice).
I don’t mind Hayden Christensen at the end of ROTJ.
Phantom Menace has the best soundtrack of any SW movie.
The ST was doomed from the start.
Rogue One sucks.
Honestly, Rogue One could be the worst movie ever for 98% of its runtime and I wouldn’t care because I only ever re-watch the last five minutes.
Also, was this the first episode to not include the Child?
Does the Microseries depiction of the immediate precursor to ROTS conflict with TCW’s? I certainly wouldn’t mind essentially having Volumes 1 and 2 of the Microseries bookend this project, but for all I know the Palptine kidnapping thing might fly in the face of TCW.
Definitely looking forward to seeing this and getting caught up in light of the slew of new TV we’re in for.
I think the only time they actually contradict each other is that they both show of Anakin being told about Palpatine’s kidnapping for the first time.
As much as I still love and appreciate SW77/ A New Hope, I’ve found it to be one of the least… watchable of all the Star Wars movies. So much of it has aged horribly. The space battles feature ugly composite shots that get repeated over and over again, Han is so blatantly sexist that he uses the term “female advice” as an insult, the lightsabers look incredibly fake (and not even in a consistent or stylized way), and worst of all: some of the extras have mullets.
But while we’re on the topic of cartoons that did The Rise of Skywalker better than the Rise of Skywalker…
anyone here see the She-Ra finale?
Does Yugoslavia exist in the GFFA?
It did a long time ago…
Ever since the concept of the “Machete Order” was popularized, I’ve been fascinated by the idea of a Star Wars saga experience that doesn’t include the Phantom Menace. It’s not that it’s a terrible movie on its own, but rather that it doesn’t relate much to the rest of Anakin’s overarching story.
On the other hand, one piece of prequel media that very much does relate to Anakin’s story is 2003’s Clone Wars miniseries, created by Genndy Tartakovsky. It may be visually distinct from the other prequels (because it’s a cartoon), but I’ve always felt its characterization of Anakin did a great job of matching and expanding on the character shown in the movies. The writing, as well as Mat Lucas’ performance, balances violent-and-unstable with naive-and-well-intentioned in a way that makes his future bamboozlement in Revenge of the Sith more believable.
However, that wouldn’t fix my main problem with Anakin’s fall to the Dark Side: the way he talks and screams throughout his confrontation (and eventual duel) with Obi-Wan. His loud voice-cracking makes him seem simultaneously more emotional and less sure of himself - which interrupts the Anakin-Vader transition by making him act less like Vader at the end than he did at the beginning. Fortunately, Mat Lucas also did Anakin’s voice in several Star Wars games, including the official ROTS game.
Because of all this, I feel it would be worth making an edit that:
Though I’ve edited a few scenes as concepts, I’m still in the ideas phase and any additional ideas or discussions on this thread would be appreciated. This project doesn’t have a name yet, but hopefully I’ll eventually be able to make this version of the trilogy a reality.
Here is where I’ll compile all the clips I’ve edited:
The thing this episode made me realize about Boba Fett is that - even though he’s already a really famous character whose return was highly anticipated - we don’t actually know much about him as a person. We knew him as a child/young-teenager, but now he’s a 40-year-old played by a 60-year-old (that dang twin-sun radiation is at it again) and the show is kind of just assuming that we already know what he’s all about…
I also think its interesting that since we in the last episode we saw the magistrate block Ahsoka’s lightsabers with the beskar spear it’s very likely that Din will use it to fight Gideon and the darksaber.
I think he lost his rifle too. I think it was on the Razor Crest.
I was thinking it would be Bo-Katan who would fight Gideon. It would make sense for her to “win” the Darksaber from him, instead of having it given to her, if she is to rule Mandalore. But then again, she seems almost maniacally fanatic about it. Is she the right one to lead Mandalore? Has she changed somewhat? Could she become a villain of sorts? There’s just so many directions they could go with everything.
That reminds me of something else that occurred to me about Bo-Katan: are the “Children of the Watch” somehow connected to Death Watch? They obviously couldn’t be the exact same (since Death Watch members take their helmets off), but it would explain a lot about the way she describes them.
I don’t want to spoil anything, but if you’re thinking of updating the edit, the latest episode of The Mandalorian has some footage that might interest you…
Did anyone else wonder why Boba Fett seemed to hate stormtroopers so much in this episode? He looked like there was a lot of anger behind it every time he hit a trooper with his gaffi stick.
Bariss dies on Felucia in Order 66.
Wouldn’t she have been in prison at that time, though?
I don’t think it will be answered anytime soon, but my main question at this point is who got Grogu out of the Jedi temple before order 66? I wonder if it’s someone we know, or someone new?
I only have two other questions I’d really like answered in a of Star Wars. What became of Barriss Offee and how did Maz get the saber Luke lost over Bespin?
I actually have a theory that Kuiil found the lightsaber and sold it to Maz, and that’s how he bought his freedom. According to Wookieepedia, Cloud City was the settlement with the largest population of Ugnaughts, and if he were working for the city as an indentured servant then technically he would have been “sold to the Empire” when the city was. It would also make sense for a “gas miner” to be the one to initially find the lightsaber.
I’m new to this thread, and I’m not sure if this belongs here, but I just had this idea about how Ben’s redemption works thematically. At first I was a little confused as to why they chose to revisit Kylo’s confrontation with Han (who had already failed to bring him back to the light) instead of having him meet the ghost of Anakin (the person he idolized most). I was also slightly confused when I read the Rise of Skywalker novelization and saw how much it downplayed what Leia was doing when she died: I had assumed from the movie that she had died of force-exhaustion after using all of her strength to contact Ben, but the book says that she had been using the force to prolong her life (after being injured on the Raddus), then simply decided to stop, causing Ben to sense her death. This would mean that Leia had nothing to do with Han’s appearance and that it really was just a memory/hallucination. If true, this would actually make a lot of sense, because the Last Jedi comic ends by saying not that Kylo is irredeemable, but that the only person capable of saving him is himself. Based on what he says to Luke in TLJ, Kylo clearly expects other people to try to persuade him away from the dark side. He even seems really surprised when Rey leaves him on Kef-Bir instead of offering her hand. Perhaps Kylo Ren’s evil is like a more extreme version of when a child acts out because they want attention. So rather than sending a telepathic message, Leia is communicating something symbolic: nobody is going to come “save” Ben from the dark side; he has to decide to do the right thing. I actually like that a lot more than my original interpretation.
Has it occurred to anyone else that, if Grogu really was raised in the Jedi Temple, there’s a decent chance that he actually is the son of Yoda and Yaddle?
That just sounds like animation with extra steps…
(not saying it’s a bad idea though.)
What scene is the Yoda screenshot from?
I wonder if you can replace Hayden with Matt Lucas’ voice or MattLanter’s…
This thread is 8 years old…
Could I get a link to this, please?
I don’t think so, and I honestly like the Mustafar planet shot we have in TRoS.
I wasn’t referring to the planet shots, I meant the shots of the masked guards running through the burnt forest. Maybe with some different tinting they could be used as build-up before Kylo Ren’s appearance.
Has anyone else here seen Episode 5 of Season 2 of the Mandalorian? Without spoiling anything, I’ll say that the opening scene of the episode has some shots that might work as inserts for Kylo Ren’s scene on Mustafar.
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