I’m actually very excited for this one! I’ve always said that Star Wars works best when it’s for children, so hopefully this project in particular really embraces that angle.
This one has me VERY intrigued! Definitely one of the announcements from yesterday that excites me the most!
I feel weird about the show being called Obi-Wan instead of Ben…
Sounds promising!
When do you guys think this will take place? I’m thinking this is going to be during the galactic civil war.
It’s confirmed to be after TRoS.
I don’t mind Hayden Christensen at the end of ROTJ.
Phantom Menace has the best soundtrack of any SW movie.
The ST was doomed from the start.
Rogue One sucks.
I agree with pretty much all of this.
Seems interesting!
The PT & ST reflect each other perfectly — equally terrible in diametrically polar ways.
Is this really an unpopular opinion? Thought it was cannon…
From what I’ve seen, most fans love one trilogy, loathe the other, or enjoy both. Fans who dislike both trilogies seem to be in the minority.
I don’t think fans who dislike both trilogies are so rare, moreso that they end up picking one side or the other on the internet.
I find that fans like me, who like to point out the flaws of the OT (mainly ESB and RotJ) are even more in the minority.
EDIT: Meant to quote Duracell there. My bad.
I’ve already posted this elsewhere on this forum, but I guess I might as well share it again on this thread specifically cause it fits the topic at hand:
I recently wrote a four-part blog post explaining why I think ESB was really the movie where Star Wars “broke.”
You can read Part 1 here (each part ends with a link to the next part): https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-real-reason-you-probably-dont-like.html?m=1
Didn’t like the directing style of this episode. Apparently James Mangold was originally supposed to direct this one, but had to drop out at the last minute to focus on writing for Indiana Jones 5 (lol!). So Robert Rodriguez replaced him at the last minute, and it shows. Directing felt very haphazard. Writing was good tho! Still looking forward to the next episode.
I don’t think DE was implying that it isn’t something that exists. I think he was voicing disgust at the idea that such a thing does exist and that it’s being referenced on this message board.
This. Absolutely this.
Power creep like this is why I’ve come to hate telekinesis, Force lightning, and the other unsubtle Force abilities.
Yeah I mentioned on my blog that I don’t like how ESB turned the force into an excuse for “super powers,” and those powers have only been getting worse and worse ever since…
I suspect that the Thrawn mention will come into play next season. Wouldn’t surprise me if we don’t see Ahsoka again until then.
Upon reflection, I was really impressed how this episode felt like every kind of Star Wars coming together in a unified whole and not feeling disjointed. PT (Clone Wars, Corouscant), OT (Yoda, explaining the Force, McQuarrie-ism), ST (the village, the guards), cartoons (Ahsoka, Thrawn), and EU (Thrawn, imperial remnants, Tython): it all felt like it belonged together.
Will be interesting to see how and when they get to Tython, and how that affects the show. It’s a Core World iirc, and this show has been very based in one corner of the Outer Rim. If we assume that S2 will conclude with dark troopers & Gideon, possibly with a kidnapping Grogu cliffhanger, then S3 is set up for traveling to Tython.
How did the village and the guards remind you of the ST exactly? Just outta curiosity.
Couple of things I forgot to mention before:
1.Always great to see Michael Biehn getting work in Hollywood still!
2.It’s cool how this season has so many references to the Old Republic video games (the Krait Dragon battle, droids that look like HK47, the planet Tython, etc.).
Finally got around to seeing the full episode. Overall I liked it. Rosario did a great job as Ahsoka, and Filoni seems to be getting better at directing live-action, tho I did notice a few weird editing moments, and also the yellow tint on this planet was weird. Maybe yellow lighting somehow works better for live-action Ahsoka? Idk. Also I think it’s weird that now they’re saying Baby Yoda (Grogu) was on coruscant during the clone wars and we never saw him. I’m kinda getting tired of starwars doing retcons like that, but oh well. It’ll be interesting to see where this all goes.
I just wrote a four-part blog series about how I think ESB is overrated. You can read part 1 here if you want (each part ends with a link to the next one): https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-real-reason-you-probably-dont-like.html?m=1
Really enjoyed your blog - thanks! I pretty much agree with everything you said - I guess where we part company is that I’m in that Harry Potter camp you described. I was 8 years-old when SW came out and 14 for ROTJ, so you can see why I’d be of a ‘grow with the audience’ mindset. In fact when my wife introduced me to Harry Potter, and we got to the final instalments, I was like “that right there is what Lucas should’ve done!”. So yes, I maintain that TESB is the best SW film (from my certain point of view) even as I agree with 98% of what you said. Thanks for a great read!
Thanks! Glad you liked what I had to say 😃 even if you didn’t agree with everything. To each their own! I wish more of the fanbase was better at “agreeing to disagree” like this.
I just wrote a four-part blog series about how I think ESB is overrated. You can read part 1 here if you want (each part ends with a link to the next one): https://henrynsilva.blogspot.com/2020/11/the-real-reason-you-probably-dont-like.html?m=1
Not a big fan of RotJ, but I don’t hate it either. It’s just okay, imo. Then again, that’s how I feel about all of these movies apart from sw77.
To answer the OP: Yea. As a matter of fact, he probably should’ve already been gone by ESB. He doesn’t really do much, as cool as he is…
Just saw the newest episode. Wonderful! Best episode of the entire show so far, for me. Bo-Katan looked perfect in live action! My guess is that after Mando finally delivers Baby Yoda to Asohka he will shift his focus on helping Bo Katan take back Mandalore.
Was that Boba show confirmed? It honestly just looked like it was running around the different parts of the internet notorious for non-sense
It was reported by Deadline, which I coulda sworn was a credible source, but maybe it was misinformation, idk.
Theory time: The other “mandalorians” that the frog lady’s husband claimed to have seen are actually Sabine and Rex.
Theory 2: Mando learns (probably through Sabine) that not all Mandalorian sects keep their armor on 24/7 and that the armor shouldn’t define them. Then at the end of the season Boba catches up to him and explains the sentimental value of his armor (since it used to belong to his dead dad and whatnot), and then Mando gives it back to him, which would be a solid setup for the Boba show that was recently confirmed.
EDIT: Ah wait I forgot that Bo-Katan is already confirmed for the show too. Add her to my theory above.
The budget this season is definitely WAY bigger than season 1, but I kinda feel like it’s taking some of the “charm” away from the show.
Just saw the new episode. Not bad… But I have a couple of issues with it:
1.I didn’t like the gag of Baby Yoda eating the eggs throughout the entire episode
2.That giant white spider design (which is based on old ralph mcquarie concept art btw!) was already used the Rebels cartoon show for a completely different planet
This was actually my favorite episode of the whole show so far!
Yeah Luke and Leia being related is one of the retcons that irritates me the most.
While the fact that Rey’s origin kept changing throughout production is weird, I find it funny that most people in the reddit/YouTube sphere seem to be ignoring the fact that all of starwars has practically been BUILT on retcons and the idea of “making it up as you go along.”
One can’t help but wonder what the fandom would be like now had we gotten Splinter instead of Empire as the sequel to Star Wars. Sure, maybe there wouldn’t be as much fans or as much passion, and maybe the movies wouldn’t feel as “grand” as they do now, but it sounds like things wouldn’t have been so “retconny” had the series stuck more closely to its “pulp serial” roots.