Superweapon VII

I’m mostly indifferent to gender-swapped Kynes. There was a theory floating around that the change was made to make Stilgar Chani’s father, but IIRC, this ended up not being the case (someone with a fresher memory of the film can correct me if I’m wrong on this point). So an altogether arbitrary change, and mildly irritating on that front, but the actress gave a strong performance, so I wasn’t horribly perturbed. There were many other aspects of the filmmaking which left me far more cold. For example, Chalamet’s entire performance, his hair, and his stupid “Iron Man” moment.

Hyperspace is the gateway to the midi-chlorian microverse.

I didn’t get home Internet until late 2007, and I never followed Star Wars news/discussions when online at the school/library before that point. So while I can’t say I hated the prequels prior to 2008, with each prequel I watched in/around the time of release, the sense that something was amiss with the filmmaking grew, and with it dissatisfaction. I distinctly recall the ennui I felt towards SW in the interregnum between first seeing ROTS and first encountering prequel criticisms online.

Here’s a hot take that might upset a subset of the forum: Fans haven’t “started to come around and start showing the prequels the appreciation that they should have gotten in the first place”. It’s almost exclusively the fans who always loved the prequels unironically continuing to love the prequels unironically, be they the gushers from the days of yore or the kiddies who’ve grown up on them now adding their voice to the echo chamber.

Though I’m generally put off by multiversal shenanigans these days (I’ll never, ever see Everything Everywhere All at Once), a part of me still would like a SW Multiverse to be canonized, if only to say that the OOT and the pre-1999 EU are just as valid as the “real” SW Universe.

screams in the void said:

Superweapon VII said:

screams in the void said:

Mocata said:

Anyway I might find a few online copies of Dark Empire or the Thrawn trilogy.

to paraphrase Yoda , " If into Dark Empire 2 and Empire’s End you go , only pain will you find . "

Well, that and nice art.

^ sure , if you don’t mind Cam Kennedy being switched out for a different artist, in a tonally different style on Empire’s End and the rush job that was done on it , wrapping the whole thing up in just 2 issues

Eh, I think Jim Baikie was a fine replacement, though I certainly don’t prefer him over Kennedy. And the story was a rushed hack job; I don’t disagree.

screams in the void said:

Mocata said:

Anyway I might find a few online copies of Dark Empire or the Thrawn trilogy.

to paraphrase Yoda , " If into Dark Empire 2 and Empire’s End you go , only pain will you find . "

Well, that and nice art.

I’m a huge Studio Ghibli fan, but most other anime I’ve watched is a mixed bag for me. I think I’m on the same page as Hayao Miyazaki vis-à-vis “otaku” culture.

Gotta love Hayden’s lecherous Kubrick stare emblazoned on that card. Just a dash of extra spiciness to make the farce complete.

Mocata said:

I gotta say… I watched the entire dub of Backstroke of the West some time ago and it was still really boring. In fact that might have been the last time I watched any of these. I was tempted to go back at some stage recently but… eh. I have other things to do besides let SW give me a headache.

I couldn’t get through Backstroke of the West. The opening act was the most I was able to digest. Any more than that, and my brain would’ve overheated.

jedi_bendu said:

For example, “Some say Luke, Han and Leia fought many more years to end the Empire, before a destructive alien force invaded and Leia’s children became the future of the galaxy. Some say the Empire rose again, and a girl called Rey, the granddaughter of Palpatine, rose to become a Jedi and right the wrongs of her grandfh ather.”

“And some say the Clone Wars was a conflict between the Republic and Mandalorian clone shock troopers which ended in 35 BBY. And Palpatine wasn’t a Sith Lord. And lightsaber colours had no intrinsic meanings and varied by individual. And Kir Kanos did go on to have a confrontation with Luke and the Crimson Empire trilogy wasn’t just a pointless cocktease after all.”

I’ve been dissatisfied with official canon since I first watched ROTS. This is all old hat to me.

I used to stan for Kenneth Branagh, but James Spader is now who I picture as my ideal young Obi-Wan.

Everything interesting about the Sith ultimately came from Tom Veitch. Everything that came from the prequels is horseshit.

For a moment there, I was concerned they’d cancelled the show full stop.

Guess it’ll take extra time to shoot next season, finding a suitable new location or *shudder* going bluescreen.

Haarspalter said:

UNPOPULAR OPINION

Every single added Darth Anybody, Sith Inquisitor, Sith Witch, Sith whatever – the Emperor excluded – made Darth Vader less and less unique during the decades.

Don’t wholly disagree. That said, I’ll always defend the Imperial Inquisitor concept. Makes little sense that Vader would be the only Jedi to turn to the dark side and join the Empire.

Eleonora Dobrinina

The only entry in the Planet of the Apes franchise worth anyone’s time is Stop the Planet of the Apes. I Want to Get Off!

fmalover said:

Mocata said:

That is basically Filoni’s whole MO isn’t it, patching over things until people like it.

It’s part of the reason I don’t get the adoration many have expressed for him.

It’s the hat. Chicks dig the hat.

1. The Empire Strikes Back
2. Star Wars
3. Andor
4. The Clone Wars (2008)
5. Rogue One
6. Droids
7. Return of the Jedi
8. Clone Wars (2003)
9. Rebels
10. The Force Awakens
11. The Phantom Menace
12. The Star Wars Holiday Special
13. Attack of the Clones + Revenge of the Sith (tie)

But don’t ask me to rate EU material. There’s too much – too much I love, too much I loathe, too much in between.

I don’t know why so many women pluck their eyebrows. I think it’s stupid, and natural brows look better anyhow.

Mocata said:

Nobody grows hair or washes in these movies. How much food is on the ship? Where do they dump waste material? It’s just a movie.

*cue MST3K mantra*

Dead Can Dance: “Cantara”

Lisa Gerrard certainly has a set of pipes on her. I’m in love. ❤️

“What, you think you’re some kinda Jedi, waving your hand around like that? I’m a Toydarian. Mind tricks don’t work on me; only money.”