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Star Wars |OT| I have a very good feeling about this...
- Thread starter WadiumArcadium
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You know I'm noticing out of all the new Star Wars canon stuff, there's a distinct lack of material that takes place between Episode V and Episode VI. I wonder if there's big plans for a Shadows of the Empire retool or reboot of sorts, like maybe they're going to give Dave Filoni a shot at it with Luke, Leia, and Han being the central characters.
Correct me if I'm wrong though but it just seems to be an untouched period right now.
Correct me if I'm wrong though but it just seems to be an untouched period right now.
Cross-Section
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I think the only Canon work we've had so far in that timespan is the YA book where Leia and Nien Nunb steal the Tydirium.
I wonder if they're leaving it for the ongoing Star Wars comic to deal with.
I wonder if they're leaving it for the ongoing Star Wars comic to deal with.
Heh, apparently had a bit role in one my all time favourite films (The Social Network).
"Is that a weapon?"
My exact thoughts.
First two were better.
Honestly, Forces of Destiny could easily be Rey and BB-8 fuckin' off in Jakku and I would be entertained all the same.
Hers will be 3 minutes of just a pile of ash.
WadiumArcadium
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But she does have hope.
WadiumArcadium
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Pretty sweet SDCC exclusive version of Inferno Squad:
Anakin looks...odd. Other than that I liked it.
Anakin looks...odd. Other than that I liked it.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Anakin looks really weird. I think they tried to make him look more closely to Luke but...yeah...it's weird.
Duane Cunningham
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It's weird, he actually looks like Kylo to me kinda.
That's gotta be the most unimaginative battle droid design I've seen.
Ahsoka in Battlefront when?
Hopefully never. I don't need a reason to buy that game and playable Ahsoka would do it.
Damn it Filoni.
Quiet you! I would pay more money than I care to admit for playable Ahsoka. Preferably the Rebels version.
Quiet you! I would pay more money than I care to admit for playable Ahsoka. Preferably the Rebels version.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
Rebels version for life.
I would too and that's the problem. I paid full price for Battlefront and played it maybe a couple hours. I don't think it's for me but put Ashoka in it and I'll be sold which I really don't want.
What a lovely scene.
Not sure what it's supposed to imply, though. Ashoka isn't dead.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3II-zqUe6M
New Forces of Destiny that's clearly inspired by that popular deleted ESB scene on Hoth.
New Forces of Destiny that's clearly inspired by that popular deleted ESB scene on Hoth.
Fuck episode 5, I guess.
KeyBladerXIII
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Did Chewbacca get drunk and have a one night stand with that Wampa? I don't know how else he could have gotten into that dilemma.
Fuck R2-D2. He just stood there to see how many times Chewie would frantically press the button.
Did Chewbacca just get raped by a Wampa or something?! Lol it's so weird to see him get snugglged like that.
SargerusBR
I love Pokken!
He's scared of Dianogas as well.
R2 is the ultimate troll
Garel. The sister system. Tooka are found all over the galaxy.
Also I burst into tears watching this one, but that's me!
How do we know this?
Ehh, these shorts are really not doing it for me. This one especially. One of the things that was so interesting about Jyn Erso is that she wasn't the cliched heroine. I got the sense from the movie that Rogue One was the only noble, selfless thing she had ever done in her life. But it was also the most important thing. The idea of her helping little kids get their kittens back (which is cartoonishly evil even by Star Wars standards), just doesn't fit with the Jyn we see in the movie.
EDIT: Also Jyn Erso would not have left those troopers lying there. She would have executed all four of them on the spot.
EDIT: Also Jyn Erso would not have left those troopers lying there. She would have executed all four of them on the spot.
KeyBladerXIII
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Code 310: Standard protocol allowing Stormtroopers on patrol to be douchebags towards people with cats.
Doublesith
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Wookipedians who are better at this stuff figured it out via the sky and skyline and Leeland Chee confirmed it. (My entire Wook edit record is entirely on one page, and it amuses me to keep it that way.)
Ok this came up a LOT in the YT comments and it bugged me to no end. Jyn isn't a selfish person, she just has no interest in ANY DAMN CAUSE. The Empire took her family and destroyed her life. The Rebellion (Mostly through Saw) went and wrecked more of it. Then she's in prison where she has to look out for herself, ok.
And yet, when we get to Jedha, and Saw's people decided to start a MASSIVE firefight in the middle of the crowded streets what does Jyn do? RUN OUT AND RISK HER NECK TO SAVE A LITTLE GIRL. It's the cause, the greater good that Jyn needs to find hope in. Jyn herself when faced with an innocent deciding to intervene is totally in character.
As for the troopers, like the ones on Endor, I'm going with all deaths are happening offscreen.
Because it's a show Lucasfilm made for Disney's web and TV platforms and that is where it goes? All the Star Wars social media is alerting people to new episodes and their own channel page has the videos listed and the playlist available, so they sure ain't hiding it.
Any way, this batch of eight is now done, curmudgeons can crawl back into caves, me, I've got a book and toy line to collect. Yessssssshhhhh.
Stormtrooper aim in full effect.
WadiumArcadium
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She's probably the most expensive isn't she? I haven't watched it yet. How many of those words are 'hope'?
It's practically random allied NPC-tier lines.
I was also kinda chucking a bit because it reminded me so much of Kiefer Sutherland replacing David Hayter for Metal Gear Solid. You expect an important character to say something during a certain moment, but they just shut up for the most part.
But it's just a short, so it's not the end of the world or anything.
So Amazon is offering $5 off book purchases of $15 or more when you use code PRIMEBOOKS17. I want to get volume 4 of the Star Wars comics (for like half off!) but I need to spend at least $5 more to use that code. I'm thinking one of the newer novels — I haven't read any of them. Which should I go for? Lost Stars? Bloodline? Maybe A New Dawn? I've heard those are probably the best ones, and they're all about $10.
WadiumArcadium
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If you want a better idea of the political situation before TFA and a great Leia story, go with Bloodline. Lost Stars is based around witnessing the main events of the OT from the perspective of two Imperial cadets with a romance story mixed in.
A New Dawn's good as well and is worth reading if you like Rebels. I don't rate it as highly as the other two though.
For now. Eight more to come in October apparently.