Escape Pods

Interesting that the depiction in that TFA cross-section doesn’t match up with the design we see in TLJ.

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DominicCobb said:

Tobar said:

Tell me, how badly would the main plot of TFA been affected if they’d established that the conflict with the First Order had started before the film?

Isn’t the whole point of the Resistance that the New Republic won’t go to outright war? If anything, TFA didn’t take that far enough. Honestly that whole situation was a favor to expanded material writers, who now have the chance to write more interesting stories than just another civil war. I love the whole cold war angle.

But how important was the Resistance to the plot? What difference would it have made if Leia was just in charge of the Republic Navy or at least that base/branch of it? Would that not have made more sense, after the majority of the fleet is destroyed and it’s just her band, to then label themselves the Resistance?

Nothing about the main plot, the introduction of Rey, the defection of Finn, the surprise superweapon. None of that would have been adversely affected had this film been set after this new Galactic Civil War had already begun. Same as Star Wars starts with the war already in progress.

Instead we have what we have, a 30 year period where nothing happens and then more nothing until after two whole films at least.

Tell me, how badly would the main plot of TFA been affected if they’d established that the conflict with the First Order had started before the film?

DominicCobb said:

timdiggerm said:

DominicCobb said:

As much as we all love the OT, I think it’s time for them to move past it a bit and start telling more stories in what is ostensibly the “current” era of Star Wars. At the moment, the amount of material in the ST period is shockingly low, considering.

I think this has been so that they don’t box themselves into any corners with ST plot/worldbuilding, but as EpIX is (presumably) written by now they’re free from that.

No doubt, and it makes sense, just a little weird when you think about it and compare it to the onslaught of material that came out during the prequels, about the prequels. Even the OT had a good amount of stuff at the time too, between the various comics and such.

The PT and the OT both had plenty of leg room to work with. They shot themselves in the foot with how they setup the ST time period. Very little can happen pre-TFA. Same problem with TLJ. I’ll never understand why they didn’t make sure to structure it to easily allow for additional stories when that’s their bread and butter.

DominicCobb said:

I’m in.

Though I would have preferred a series about fighter pilots to be set during the OT era. It’ll be interesting to see where they take this series. I wonder if eventually it will lead through TFA and past TLJ.

If you need a refresher before going in, watch this.

THANOS DEMANDS YOUR SILENCE

These next few days are going to be real tricky. The premiere was last night so undoubtedly the huge spoilers are now out there. Be careful!

It would be nice if the redneck alien’s dialog could be replaced with generic Huttese. His body language is enough to convey what’s he saying. Or you could even throw in some subtitles.

As for the clip as a whole. Very well done, it’s been a while since I’ve seen that whole sequence and I wasn’t able to pick up on the where the cuts are.

As I said in my original post, I’ve enjoyed what I’ve read so far. Minus the reductive nonsense.

LuckyGungan2001 said:

Tobar said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tobar said:

Think about the logistics of this. The battle of Endor just happened three years ago. But somehow in that time a coffee magnate has traveled out to Endor, found their local variety of bean, negotiated with the local Ewoks to harvest them for him, ramped up production to a galactic scale and successfully marketed it? That’s ridiculously improbable and silly. The Star Wars galaxy is made up of billions of planets, referencing the same handful over and over shrinks the galaxy.

Same as it ever was, then.

Sadly. I really thought they were going to take the canon reset as an opportunity to dump the chaff and focus on quality. But the early Marvel revival and the Aftermath series proved otherwise.

Um, no, they’re both pretty good.

Truly exceptional work:

The TIE wibbles and wobbles in the air, careening drunkenly across the Myrran rooftops-it zigzags herkily-jerkily out of sight. - Excerpt from Aftermath

The ki-a-ki bushes tremble in the warm wind, dark thorny scrubs whose gentle tremors call to mind an animal trying very hard not to be seen. The thirstgrass conspires with the breeze: whispers and shushes and hissed hushes. - Excerpt from Aftermath: Life Debt

DuracellEnergizer said:

Tobar said:

Think about the logistics of this. The battle of Endor just happened three years ago. But somehow in that time a coffee magnate has traveled out to Endor, found their local variety of bean, negotiated with the local Ewoks to harvest them for him, ramped up production to a galactic scale and successfully marketed it? That’s ridiculously improbable and silly. The Star Wars galaxy is made up of billions of planets, referencing the same handful over and over shrinks the galaxy.

Same as it ever was, then.

Sadly. I really thought they were going to take the canon reset as an opportunity to dump the chaff and focus on quality. But the early Marvel revival and the Aftermath series proved otherwise.

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Future World

The EditDroid release is based on a broadcast master. The best possible quality one could hope for or obtain short of raiding the LFL vault.

The way that auction is worded sounds like it’s just a recording.

Yeah, that feels like a holdover from Lord & Miller.

Think about the logistics of this. The battle of Endor just happened three years ago. But somehow in that time a coffee magnate has traveled out to Endor, found their local variety of bean, negotiated with the local Ewoks to harvest them for him, ramped up production to a galactic scale and successfully marketed it? That’s ridiculously improbable and silly. The Star Wars galaxy is made up of billions of planets, referencing the same handful over and over shrinks the galaxy.

The Yavin one is slightly more forgivable. But if it’s anything like the Yavin from the old EU, there have to be thousands of safer worlds they’d turn to first before resorting to using Yavin like that. And I still maintain the 10 year limit on exploiting Endor to the point of having gourmet Endorian coffee. But that’s just the tip of that iceberg as I know later on in the book there’s a freaking Ewok that is an expert computer hacker. 😐

I just started it so I’m not very far in. So far I’ve really enjoyed the character writing but have been annoyed by the movie planet shoutouts. The section they’re in takes place like three years after ROTJ but they reference gourmet Endorian beans harvested by Ewoks and crop farming on Yavin IV. You could get away with that maybe 10 years after ROTJ but just three? No. Stuff like that makes me wonder how much the Story Group even vets these things.

That aside though, the story so far has been pretty good. Loved the opening.

Found this while wandering around Etsy:

TV’s Frink said:

Sorry Tobar, you’re wrong. It’s a good movie and you need to leave the thread with your head hung in shame.

No thanks, I think I’ll walk out with my head held high and my desire for better storytelling intact.

Santo & Johnny

Spoilers

Early in the film they mention that she used to make children’s books and it shows how her son is slowly chipping away at her sanity.

But do they do anything with that? No. It’s a real creature and she traps it in her basement like a weird pet. LAME.

Ugh, the Babadook was such a disappointment for me.