Tobar

TavorX said:

I do have one question out of curiosity, do you ever get other companions that can accompany you along your travels? Or is it only that Droid? Do those featured characters on the ship basically just stay on the ship or do they do other tasks depending where in the story you’re in?

In terms of adventuring out with you I think it’ll always just be BD. The rest of the crew stays with the ship.

Spottyfriend said:

Can anyone recommend some good video reviews of this? I can only find the 4-minute IGN-style ones that are not in-depth at all…

I’m always fond of Easy Allies. It’s the same team that used to do the GameTrailers reviews. Real professional productions that give you a break down of everything you need to know without giving away big story spoilers.

It’s fantastic. I would say the best Star Wars game since Jedi Outcast.

RogueLeader said:

But it does make me wonder if Lucasfilm actually has some psuedo-vocabulary they use for simple Huttese when writing alien dialogue for the actors/voice actors to speak, and the variations are just due actors pronouncing words slightly different or loose translations.

Ben Burtt invented Huttese for Return of the Jedi. He published a book with common phrases in a number of Star Wars languages years ago. So yes, Huttese has always been consistent.

sade1212 said:

How do the Hayden scenes look in ROTJ? I’d be interested to see if they’ve improved that or made it worse, and whether the bottom left corner in the wide shot is still a duplicated mess.

Mavimao said:

I’d like to see a screenshot of the Tantive door right before the imperials blow it up. It’s been used as an example of how much detail was lost in the cleaning process for the dvd/bluray.

BedeHistory731 said:

I wonder if the rancor recomposites remain. Those were some of the only good '04 alterations, owing to the darkness of the scene.

sade1212 said:

Anyone got screenshots of that new TPM colour grade? The Bluray colours are all kinds of awful.

Broom Kid said:

The Gonk droid sound effect WAS different, wasn’t it?

Yeah while watching I thought it odd that they recycled the Imperial Spy’s dialog from SW and the gatekeeper droid’s dialog from ROTJ but then recorded new Gonk sounds.

I LOVED it! Felt far more like Star Wars than the ST ever has. It’s so obvious it was made with care for fans by fans. So many nods to various things. It’s surprisingly dark in tone with some of the action and a little of the humor. The main character is intriguing and I can’t wait to find out more about him. Similarly, the end of the first episode has me excited to see more!

BedeHistory731 said:

Tobar said:

Is this a brand new audio mix as well? It has the Threepio narration over the death star plans and also has “Close the blast doors!”

That’s been there since 1997.

My understanding was that the only mix that had both of those together was the original mono mix.

Is this a brand new audio mix as well? It has the Threepio narration over the death star plans and also has “Close the blast doors!”

The Rebel Alliance has destroyed the Death Star, defeated Darth Vader and the Emperor, and driven the remnants of the old Imperial Starfleet to a distant corner of the galaxy.

Princess Leia and Han Solo are married and expecting Jedi twins. And Luke Skywalker has become the first in a long-awaited line of Jedi Knights.

But thousands of light-years away, the last of the Emperor’s warlords has taken command of the shattered Imperial fleet, readied it for war, and pointed it at the fragile heart of the New Republic…

Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Chapter 1
Star Wars: Heir to the Empire - Chapter 2

Pretty rough around the edges but a pretty solid adaptation all things considered. I’m really digging this rise of animated fan films.

ray_afraid said:

But what’s the difference? Looks just like him, talks just like him, acts just like him. Has the same job.
Would it really be that different if he also once captured a guy named Han?
Why not truly make him a new character? Why the familiar costume?
I’m looking forward to it, but not totally sold.

That’s just judging based on all superficial aspects. This last trailer seems to hint heavily we’ll be exploring his relationship with his family and probably see what became of Mandalore.

As long as it’s not a leak it belongs in this thread. The other thread will come to life once the show starts airing.

GLogus said:

Luke’s instinct is to destroy the texts, and Yoda confirms that this instinct is correct. The texts were dry and boring and what really matters is the Force itself, because it alone will guide you. Rey needs to look forward, not backward, if she is to succeed.

But Yoda didn’t destroy the texts, they’re aboard the Falcon at the end of the film.

Someone mentioned somewhere that the show would touch on the subject and the internet blew up about it.

Jedit: This looks to be the source of it: The Mandalorian to explore the origins of the First Order

Here’s the relevant quote from Dave as I suspected:

This doesn’t turn into a good guy universe because you blew up two Death Stars. You get that the Rebels won and they’re trying to establish a Republic, but there’s no way that could have set in for everybody all at once. You have in a Western where you’re out on the frontier and there might be Washington and they might have some marshals, but sometimes good luck finding one.

Also, what could happen in the 30 years between celebrating the defeat of the Empire and then the First Order? You come in on Episode VII, [the First Order are] not just starting out. They’re pretty far along, pretty well equipped. So somehow, things weren’t necessarily managed as well as they could have been if [the galaxy] ended up in hot water again like that.

So that quote got conflated into The Mandalorian is a First Order origin story.

Valheru_84 said:

Was increasingly excited for this series in a hopeful way but hearing it will explore the origins of the First Order really killed most of that excitement and I’m just clinging to hope that maybe it’s just one episode that delves into it with only the very occasional random reference here and there. If it’s part of the central story arc then this series is in the bin for me before it even started…

Given this series was conceived and written by Favreau I very much doubt the birth of the FO plays any big part. He’s all about the OT era. Mentions and minor threads tying to the FO I would peg as contributions by Dave to try to help tie things together.

Don’t thank me, I had nothing to do with it. Just thought I’d share!

If JJ Abrams Did THE FINAL ROTJ Trailer (Rise Of Skywalker Style)

Rodney-2187 said:

Is it possible I’ll never see my favorite movies properly again? It’s infuriating.

I mean…

If you’re a fan of the EU and wish we could have seen some of it adapted for the screen. This just might be for you.

An animator is working on adapting the Dark Horse comic Dark Empire as an animated web series.

He’s just released the first episode a few days ago:
Dark Empire Episode 1: The Destiny of a Jedi

As a bonus here’s also:
Dark Empire series trailer
Summary of the events between ROTJ and DE

SilverWook said:

How is it a big budgeted film can’t get Yoda spot on but a dedicated fan can?

Well, it probably helps that he worked with Stuart Freeborn on the original Yoda.

Then again…

A side by side:

There’s definitely more going on here. TLJ almost looks like what you’d get if you tried to convert the animated Clone Wars Yoda back into a puppet.

I think the problem with TLJ Yoda was a combination of weird lighting, different latex/rubber material and they changed the interior puppetry mechanics.

He looks okay under normal lighting:

But his face gets puffy when he’s being actively puppeted:

When it launched in the Netherlands, the Clone Wars movie was categorized under “Specials” instead of with the films. I don’t blame them. =P

Jedit: It looks like they might have updated the article. The Clone Wars movie is now listed after ROTS in the films section.

nl0428 said:

It would be interesting if a new more enhanced puppet of Sy Snootles was used.

Interestingly, for some reason they’ve uploaded the first episode of season 2 to Youtube for free:
Into the Unknown | Star Wars Resistance

Are the ratings for it that bad?