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Knight of Kalee said:

I agree that season 2 in general improved on the strengths of the first series, though I’ll conceed some of the new faces or references to the lore could became a bit overwhelming for those who hadn’t kept up with all of the Star Wars content (particularly Filoni’s previous animated works). One of the things I liked the most about season 1 was that even someone who grasps only the basic stuff about SW could enjoy the series. Season 2 isn’t as newcomer-friendly in that regard. However, now that the parallel spin-offs (Boba, Ahsoka, etc.) have been properly set-up, the upcoming third season can go back to a more self-contained narrative, even if it’s bigger in scale.

I don’t think it’s confusing for newcomers, just less exciting. I haven’t seen seasons 5-7 of the Clone Wars, so Bo-Katan was just a new character for me, and it worked. And I don’t really know what Ahsoka’s been up to since season 4, aside from the occasional spoiler I’ve had the misfortune to read recently.

Ha, yeah, pretty much. Once more people started coming West, the mods understandably wanted things to be a bit tamer.

StarkillerAG said:

Yeah, Duracell was the glue keeping Off-Topic together. With him gone, I doubt many people will want to post here. It’s a shame, but I understand why it happened.

I think the glue holding Off Topic together was Frink (just by the sheer volume and hilarity of his posts), but he joined the “abuse the guy who made this site possible” bandwagon, unfortunately. Duracell was the just the last of a handful of members who were major contributors to Off Topic, all of whom have now been banned or rarely post anymore.

The thing is, Off Topic had a certain flavour unique to the Internet, but when it became moderated and the rules changed, the kind of people it had attracted in the past and which had made it so much fun also became the kind of people who didn’t like or disregarded the new rules. And then the Politics thread became a catalyst for a personal conflict, which resulted in the Off Topic contributors being decimated, and which has never really ended (the only thing ending it is everyone on one side getting banned for keeping it up).

Glad to see you’re back, Handman.

Ah. Well, welcome back. 😛

StarkillerAG said:

Let me guess, in the next few days Spuffure is going to be posting here again. It’s like the episode of Seinfeld where Elaine kept breaking up and getting back together with the same guy.

The “ignore this post” at the bottom makes me think he’s already given up on giving up on this forum.

Mocata said:

They would never admit fault and retcon anything, but Clone Wars sets a precedent for additional media that normalises and patches over mistakes for an existing trilogy over time.

This seems more likely to me. A future animated series could feature Luke, Leia, and Han, but be set closer to the OT and have more freedom to do something different.

Or he could be in a throne room chair a la ROTJ, but with the chair facing away from the viewers, giving him a scene without actually showing him.

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DominicCobb said:

Now we have the mods editing and now removing comments that poked holes in their side of the story (and again, mine was simply proposing a simple way to get to the bottom of it all), for frankly very dubious reasons, it’s shady as hell and makes me lose a lot of sympathy for them. Kind of makes me think that Junior’s comment was onto something…

As I’ve said before, I’ve been on this forum a heck of a long time. Through thick and thin and some of the worst times in my life, this forum was often my refuge. Accepting the moderator gig was a way to give back to this crazy wonderful place. If people think I’m being shady or dishonest now, maybe I should retire? What good am I as a mod if I don’t have your trust?
I had just emerged from a lengthy personal crisis days before the pandemic started, and was stressed and worn out already. I’ve already planned to take a sabbatical when I can finally get my damned eye surgery. The pandemic and insurance shenanigans have played hell with that.

Something I’ll have to ponder for a while.

Speaking for myself, you’re one of the mods I’ve appreciated the most. I don’t think any of the issues are with you.

oojason said:

Dom, Frink’s perma-ban was for ‘continued derailing threads / and spread unrelated forum drama across the site - despite multiple previous requests & warnings not to do so, and then followed by temporary bans.’

This was after a temp-ban a few weeks earlier for ‘repeated derailing of threads, flaming/baiting, personal attacks etc… despite multiple requests, PMs, and warnings not to continue’.

Before this, there were other similar issues over a considerable length of time with Frink - with him even admitting he had derailed threads on here.

Haha, the constant derailing of threads was my favourite part about this place. 😃 But to each their own.

Nilbog said:

Rather than regurgitate the Empire in the sequel trilogy and The Mandalorian, they should have invented a brand-new enemy.

Additionally, I wish Stormtroopers would actually pose a threat rather than be disposable fodder ala the putty patrol in Power Rangers. It’s a wonder they’ve conquered anything at all.

For the sequel trilogy, I agree. For The Mandalorian, not so much. It makes perfect sense given the time period of the series.

LOL, I didn’t pay any attention to this announcement to begin with because I thought it was literally just a book. 😛 Now I understand why there’s an active thread about it…

Yeah, pretty much all the people I used to interact with have either been banned or left for other reasons. It’s a completely different community than the one I joined. Off Topic is dead. The fan edit that got me interested in this site to begin with is being created by a now-banned member as well.

The only thing that brought me back here recently is PMs. 😛

It was a running joke that Frink was an ancient old man. I think he’s still in his 40s.

Haha, kind of funny to see people early in the thread getting upset at it having no opening crawl and no 20th Century Fox fanfare… How Star Wars has changed.

StarkillerAG said:

jedi_bendu said:

No offence meant at all Duracell, but for a Star Wars fan it sounds like you really hate most of Star Wars!

I don’t think he even identifies as a Star Wars fan. He’s pretty much just here to shitpost.

For someone who spends as much time on Star Wars rewrites as he does, and has read as much EU-content, he is certainly not just shitposting.

Haha, it’s only illegible if you’re not used to reading it. I find it very useful, because I write a lot by hand. It’s way faster than printing ever can be. Good luck writing very quickly and legibly without using cursive.

And also thanks to Jay for designing and programming this site from scratch, devoting who-knows-how-many hours to it, and making this community possible.

Compare OT Vader with ST Kylo Ren (specifically TFA). I think that highlights what people mean when they say that Vader is cold and calculating. Vader doesn’t fly off the handle when he’s upset.

Wow, that’s very tough, especially so close to Christmas. My sympathies, Puggo. I hope you and your friend’s family are doing OK.

Merry Christmas to all of you!

That’s great!

Also, it’s a little crazy how many people in this thread are banned… 😦
(I’m not trying to comment specifically on recent events, I just feel like it’s sad how much the community changes because of people getting banned, regardless of whether it’s merited.)

Read a little further back in the thread. And oojason’s post.

oojason said:

Handman, have a couple of weeks off from here to cool off

Is that really necessary given that he’s already had almost two weeks to cool off and this hasn’t been a problem since then? This seems a bit inflammatory to me, even if Handman was in the wrong.

JEDIT: And for someone talking about not stirring the pot, coming here a week and a half after an argument has died in order to ban someone out of the blue is a little hypocritical. You make it seem like you just wanted to get the last word in. If you’d stopped by a little earlier, it would have made a little more sense.

OutboundFlight said:

Rogue One is incredibly overrated – it’s not a bad movie by any means, but it gets too much credit for fan service elements and a). rode the wave of euphoria generated by TFA from 2015-2017, and b) had a primetime Christmas release with no rival blockbusters.

It’s funny…I hated TFA, but loved Rogue One. It didn’t feel fan-servicey to me at all, because the fan-service elements made sense in the context of the movie.

I enjoyed the Solo movie overall, but some things felt a bit forced. I liked it better than anything in the ST though.