You are transparent. I see many things. I see basements within basements.
“Why would he want the Skywalker’s…son…killed?”
I definitely got Princess Mononoke vibes as well, and it was a good, evocative location.
Agree with RL in that the show is starting to feel disjointed in its desire to set up so many bigger players.
One issue that I have had with Filoni’s work in the past is that the main characters of his shows almost never feel like they are in danger, even when up against superior forces. I hoped that this problem would have been fixed by live action, but it seems to be getting worse. For example, twice in S2E4 the Empire’s ships had target lock on our protagonists yet they never managed to hit them, and in the latest episode there was not tension whatsoever that Mando and Ahsoka would clean house with this random town. I don’t know why Ahsoka hadn’t already dealt with them, honestly. Her final fight with the Magistrate could have ended in two seconds with her two lightsabers, and Mando’s fight with the enforcer could have ended sooner since he has blasterproof Beskar.
Finally, it was a nice change of pace for S1 to take a slower pace with the plot and fill it out with a bunch of side-quests, but in the middle of S2 I’m getting pretty tired of ‘Mando tries to do _ but problems arise and he ends up doing _ for the episode’. Rinse, repeat half a dozen times. It wouldn’t be so bad if it wasn’t so often ‘Mando goes to a planet seeking someone and has to fix a problem for them before they can regurgitate a new destination.’
I don’t mean to be too harsh on this show, since it has a lot going for it. But these issues are endemic across Filoni’s shows, and it’s becoming too much to ignore.
Watched it up to the point fat divorcee Spider-Man appeared, then turned it off. Found it absolutely uninteresting; I won’t be finishing it.
I think I’ve seen this one three times, one of the best animated movies of the decade imo.
You’ve done a great work here over the years. Enjoy the completion. You’ve earned it, Hal. 😃
I’ve only had limited experience with the EU but I’d be surprised if there was anything worse then The Crystal Star. I can also vaguely recall a novel where Luke falls in love with a ghost or something.
Children of the Jedi is a gem and you will not speak ill of it.
That’s just a crew member.
I’m glad you’re here to tell us these things.
I’m also pretty sure Nev (perhaps someone else, Ridley?) did an edit where the ground didn’t break between Rey and Kylo, and Rey just ran off on her own accord.
Maybe Digmod? I’m not sure who did that effect.
BTW, Pasaana as a desert planet feels really stupid on reflection, since the plot dictates a large, crowded celebration in the middle of nowhere. It would have made a lot more sense to combine Pasaana and Kijimi, since there would be visible cities on the planet and now we would have met some actual civilians before it got blown up and there would have been some interesting twists in evading the First Order while seeking out the droid mechanic and getting the Falcon back.
I wonder if that’s at all feasible, just to make Kijimi a different city in a different latitude of the same planet. The planet could be called Pasaana and the new Star Destroyers would use their not-quite-Death Star laser to destroy the city of Kijimi, implying that they can just destroy the capital cities of each world without the needless Death Star overkill.
AOTC actually tries to have a mystery plot, which is a new and interesting direction for a Star Wars movie. Even if it doesn’t ultimately work, it at least tries. In comparison, TPM and ROTS are much more straightforward.
If they start veering down the Snoke/Palpatine/Exogol thread. I’m out.
It may very well be the backdrop of the story…
Exactly. Ever since we saw the kamino symbol on the doctor, when Mando delivers the child, it’s been pointing to the child being the important factor in the creation of Snoke and the resurrection of the Emperor.
God that would suck.
Inspired from another thread:
Have Rey rename the Millennium Falcon the Millennial Falcon.
Not that it was hard to predict, but I remember saying that TROS would be a dumpster fire the moment JJ was announced as the director.
If someone does decide to work on this idea, it might be good to go from the end of the film forward so that if Kewlfish returns there is less of a chance of replicated work.
Sorry about the late reply, Zig!
Here’s a rough version of the new sequence I’m considering for the Hosnian Destruction. It’s closer to Restructured, but unlike that scene there’s actually too many shots to fit into the music duration.
Hey, I know it’s been awhile Nev, but I checked in just to see how the project has been coming along.
It’s going in fits and starts. The latest addition is a change to the end credits music to include Williams’ 2018 Han & Leia Theme, which I think musically evokes the story of Han & Leia’s relationship that we never got to see on-screen, and this transitions to the Kylo theme to give that story its necessary tragic end. It’s not a super necessary change, but I like it.
The clip you shared above back several weeks ago is really well done. I think that flows very nicely and is probably the best take so far at the Hosnian destruction.
Thanks! It’s still a work in progress. I’ve found that the Hosnian destruction is just so weak on its own that it only gains any power from the events surrounding it, so I’m considering how to continue the Oscillator scene around the destruction kind of like the Luke vision was intercut with R2 finding the map. We’ll see. 😃
For the pilot reactions, you might be able to use a shot of Poe from either TLJ or TROS. I know there’s a couple shots of him in TROS final battle that might match the emotional weight of the scene.
That’s a good idea. I assume he has a similar-enough costume for that to work?
Has anybody heard this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KboCO09N7A4
I don’t know if there’s ever been a studio recording of this version but I love it and it would be a nice song to fill in some of the musical gaps, or even for TFA or TLJ
Lovely!
I’m hesitant to click music links these days because of the danger on hitting yet another Samuel Kim video, but this was a pleasant surprise.
I’m tempted to put this into my TFA edit as is.
To be fair, the problem goes beyond just Snoke. The whole ST (particularly TFA and TROS) seems to be made by people with no sense of object permanence, whose understanding of the previous story began and ended with the base objects present during the runtimes of episodes 4-6. The Emperor and the Death Star were just table-setting in the originals to show the overwhelming power of the dominant government in the universe, so they are here as well despite being the ostensible underdogs. You want thousands of Star Destroyers? The originals had that, so why not? Stormtroopers are soulless cannon fodder too, except that one of our main characters is a Stormtrooper. No problem making Rey related to a powerfully evil Force user, except that her nobody status is her one unique character trait. And on it goes. The ST has a toddler’s understanding of storytelling.
Anyway, if you want to make Snoke compelling you have to strip him of his Force powers. Make him a person who has power through his ability to project the air of a Force user and his emotional manipulation of Kylo Ren, otherwise he’s just another Palpatine.
If you’d said ESB I would have suggested watching Reign of Fire 😉
Sounds good!
(As I’m watching the news…that’s a fitting countdown).
The solution is simple - make The Last Crusade the first film chronologically, that way it is assumed that these characters grew between films. All that would need to be ignored is Indy’s mention of the Ark, and even that isn’t an absolute giveaway.
Almost sure that I got another ulcer last night.
But this morning is better.
I wonder how fast Cobb Vanth’s bike is.
The fastest ever.
Elan Sleazebaggano, Coruscant’s premier dealer of Death Sticks.
Curse Covid.
