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A Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy: The Star Wars Thread
Egarwaen
(He/Him)
And other people do that. Snoke force-pushes dudes around Star Destroyer bridges during video calls, for example. I'm not going to say no-one else ever pulls the telekinesis trick off, but Vader's one of the few to do it in a big scene like that, so in the modern context it comes off as surprisingly scary.
Egarwaen
(He/Him)
If you haven’t watched the Final Season of Clone Wars you need to watch the Final Season of Clone Wars. This is the ending this series deserved to have gotten.
It’s three arcs. The first, the Bad Batch arc, is mostly a straightforward Clone Wars action arc. Though it does have one fantastic bit at the end where Anakin straight up murders a dude in cold blood; it’s one of the few times Clone Wars actually lets Anakin’s bloodthirsty dictator out to play, and it’s super effective. Especially since it communicates that one of the reasons he’s been relatively restrained through most of Clone Wars is that he’s been trying to act like a role model for Ahsoka.
The second arc is Ahsoka doing heist shenanigans with a pair of girls from the Coruscant underworld. It’s... Okay? There’s a bit that really feels like it’s padded for time, but one of Ahsoka’s lines later on puts it in context: since she became a Jedi she’s only been allowed to be a soldier. This is the first time she’s gotten to just try and help people and... She doesn’t really know what she’s doing.
The final arc is cleaning up some loose ends with Mandalore and Maul, and it’s incredible. It fills in the gap in Maul’s story between his earlier Clone Wars appearances and Rebels, and puts a lot of context down for his relationship to Sideous. Maul is wonderful here; it’s possibly his best appearance. He’s utterly and completely irredeemable and it’s played to very good effect. And the duel between him and Ahsoka is perfect.
The best thing about the arc is that it takes place concurrently with Revenge of the Sith. The constant reminders of what’s happening over in the film are so well handled. There’s a couple moments in particular that just make your stomach drop out because you can see the train wreck coming... And the characters often get to see it just before it hits them. The best part is the way it teases a conversation between Ahsoka and Anakin that we know can’t happen, but dangles the question of what would have changed if it had.
I was extremely skeptical of Ahsoka when I watched the Clone Wars film... But from the other end of a series that was ultimately about her, I think she’s the best thing to come out of the prequel era. Anakin spurns the help the Jedi offer him; the Masters tolerate his bullshit long past the point they should have cut him off. Ahsoka wants to be what the order expects of her, but finds that impossible ... And also starts questioning whether what they want is a good thing to be. Anakin is given every advantage and opportunity and fails; Ahsoka is subjected to unbearable pressure and ultimately is failed... And still wants to find a way to use her talents to help others.
The second arc is Ahsoka doing heist shenanigans with a pair of girls from the Coruscant underworld. It’s... Okay? There’s a bit that really feels like it’s padded for time, but one of Ahsoka’s lines later on puts it in context: since she became a Jedi she’s only been allowed to be a soldier. This is the first time she’s gotten to just try and help people and... She doesn’t really know what she’s doing.
The final arc is cleaning up some loose ends with Mandalore and Maul, and it’s incredible. It fills in the gap in Maul’s story between his earlier Clone Wars appearances and Rebels, and puts a lot of context down for his relationship to Sideous. Maul is wonderful here; it’s possibly his best appearance. He’s utterly and completely irredeemable and it’s played to very good effect. And the duel between him and Ahsoka is perfect.
The best thing about the arc is that it takes place concurrently with Revenge of the Sith. The constant reminders of what’s happening over in the film are so well handled. There’s a couple moments in particular that just make your stomach drop out because you can see the train wreck coming... And the characters often get to see it just before it hits them. The best part is the way it teases a conversation between Ahsoka and Anakin that we know can’t happen, but dangles the question of what would have changed if it had.
I was extremely skeptical of Ahsoka when I watched the Clone Wars film... But from the other end of a series that was ultimately about her, I think she’s the best thing to come out of the prequel era. Anakin spurns the help the Jedi offer him; the Masters tolerate his bullshit long past the point they should have cut him off. Ahsoka wants to be what the order expects of her, but finds that impossible ... And also starts questioning whether what they want is a good thing to be. Anakin is given every advantage and opportunity and fails; Ahsoka is subjected to unbearable pressure and ultimately is failed... And still wants to find a way to use her talents to help others.
The second arc is why I really don't get why people praise the show so much. For every admittedly quite good third arc there's a second arc just around the corner.
Egarwaen
(He/Him)
In this case, someone clearly wanted enough episodes to make a "full season" rather than just releasing a four-episode finale. The Martez sisters are fun, and there's good stuff in the arc... But there's not four episodes of good stuff in it.
Jeanie
(Fem or Gender Neutral)
This looks so good.
OK, that cheeky joke at the end did make me guffaw 
And I SWEAR I've seen Poe's Ugly Sweater in real life (he also strikes me as someone who would absolutely wear an Ugly Sweater ironically AND secretly enjoy it). Since it'll be a time-travel "greatest hits" show I wonder if they'll make fun of the Loth Wolves from Rebels.
How's the Lego Star Wars series, in general? I've glanced at it a few times while I wait for the something else to start on Disney XD, and while I fully acknowledge the Lego shows are aimed at kids, the humor in LSW sometimes feels forced? (I mean, compared to the Lego Justice League ones, for example.)
And I SWEAR I've seen Poe's Ugly Sweater in real life (he also strikes me as someone who would absolutely wear an Ugly Sweater ironically AND secretly enjoy it). Since it'll be a time-travel "greatest hits" show I wonder if they'll make fun of the Loth Wolves from Rebels.How's the Lego Star Wars series, in general? I've glanced at it a few times while I wait for the something else to start on Disney XD, and while I fully acknowledge the Lego shows are aimed at kids, the humor in LSW sometimes feels forced? (I mean, compared to the Lego Justice League ones, for example.)
Oh yes please.
Poe 10000% wears Ugly Christmas Sweaters for the sheer love of it, not a hint of irony.
He forces the other rebels into Ugly Sweater Contests
He forces the other rebels into Ugly Sweater Contests
Doesn't look nearly as good as say, Lego Batman or the Lego Movies, but it looks like a pretty fun holiday special nonetheless.
I feel reasonably confident it will be the better of the Star Wars Holiday Specials.
I feel less confident that it will have as much of Chewbacca uncle watching ASMR porn
I feel less confident that it will have as much of Chewbacca uncle watching ASMR porn
How can these two statements both be true?
I am getting real sick of your shit, Baby Yoda.
The Lego Holiday Special is out on Disney+ and, well, it's fine. Good goofy fun. Maybe a touch too cheeky with the references (it was less than a year ago we first heard 'Maclunky', did that need to get a shout out?) but still entertaining.
But man, some of them voices. Only Kelly Marie Tran, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Daniels reprise their roles, all the rest are sound-alikes that range from Pretty Good Actually (Vader) to Uncanny Valley Yikes (Rey) with some Just Kinda Meh (Finn) thrown in there.
But man, some of them voices. Only Kelly Marie Tran, Billy Dee Williams, and Anthony Daniels reprise their roles, all the rest are sound-alikes that range from Pretty Good Actually (Vader) to Uncanny Valley Yikes (Rey) with some Just Kinda Meh (Finn) thrown in there.
Having just watched it, while It was even less of a Christmas Special than the original, it was pretty darn fun.
The guy who played Palpatine didn’t sound a blessed thing like Ian McDiarmid, but he did manage to rival him in terms of having the most fun possible being an evil space wizard.
The guy who played Palpatine didn’t sound a blessed thing like Ian McDiarmid, but he did manage to rival him in terms of having the most fun possible being an evil space wizard.
Well, that is a LOT of Star Wars stuff just announced/elaborated upon
Andor, Bad Bunch, Lando, and Ahsoka series, a Rogue Squadron movie, more info on Obi-Wan (Hayden's back as Vader), and that's just some of it:
Ahsoka
Rangers of the New Republic
Andor
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lando
The High Republic
The Acolyte
Bad Batch
Visions
A Droid Story
Rogue Squadron
Taika Waititi movie
No word on more Rian Johnson movies.
Andor, Bad Bunch, Lando, and Ahsoka series, a Rogue Squadron movie, more info on Obi-Wan (Hayden's back as Vader), and that's just some of it:
Ahsoka
Rangers of the New Republic
Andor
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Lando
The High Republic
The Acolyte
Bad Batch
Visions
A Droid Story
Rogue Squadron
Taika Waititi movie
No word on more Rian Johnson movies.
Andor and Rogue Squadron are the ones I'm most excited about.
A Droid Story should damn well better be a live-action version of the DROIDS cartoon, slapstick and all.
(Why is Vader even in a story about OBW's exile in Tatooine, though, I thought he'd avoid the planet like the plague.)
A Droid Story should damn well better be a live-action version of the DROIDS cartoon, slapstick and all.
(Why is Vader even in a story about OBW's exile in Tatooine, though, I thought he'd avoid the planet like the plague.)
Sprite
(He/Him/His)
I'm assuming so at this point.
Phantoon
I cuss you bad
Now I’m picturing Roadrunner cartoons, with Vader instead of Wile E Coyote
And now there’s nothing I want more than that.
And now there’s nothing I want more than that.
Sounds like Rangers, Mandalorian, and Ahsoka will all cross over at some point. Hopefully that goes better than The Defenders.
There’s nothing saying that they meet. I hope the writers are smarter than that.