Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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@mn5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
I reckon the CGI/de-aging or whatever has improved significantly since Rogue 1. I recall Leia being a little dodgy looking in that one. I was a bit apprehensive about Luke this time but forgot all about the tech after a while it was that good. Tbh I'd have no problem with them going forward with that and I'm 99% positive they will. Anything with Luke breaks viewing records. Makes the decision to destroy his character in TLJ even more baffling. After all, he's the character that the franchise was mostly built upon.
Yeah I dunno, one of them yes but Han was on just as many lunch boxes as Luke was in the 70s and 80s and of course they realised what an iconic villain Darth Vader was hence they gave him a trilogy back story.
But yeah, Lukes grumpy old man efforts tarnished his legacy massively in my opinion.
Of course the other characters were huge but Luke was the guy all the kids wanted to be. At least I did. Or Wedge. Fark Wedge is the unsung hero of the Rebellion.
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I’d say Han and even Vader were much bigger, at least with me and my friends
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@kiwiwomble said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
I’d say Han and even Vader were much bigger, at least with me and my friends
Much bigger? Have to disagree there. At the end of the day Luke is the glue that binds it all together. It's his story.
It's awesome that they want to focus on others but I wish they didn't have to destroy or kill the existing favourites to do it. It's not new though. Transformers the Movie basically massacred the old characters to make way for the new toys, I mean characters.
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BTW, if given the choice would people want to continue to see what Boba is up to or follow the Mando-Grogu plot arc? I reckon most would go Mando. Makes you wonder how much time and effort was put into Boba vs Mando.
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@rancid-schnitzel as i say, i was only talking from me and my fields point of view, dont remember anyone wanting play luke. i think the point is several characters transcend the intended narrative, Vader would be one of the first times i ever remember thinking a "bad guy" was cool, Han is written like a bit of an arsehole....but hugely popular...Bobo has 6 minuites of screen time in the whole OT and he was hugely popular
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Then there's that long held fan theory that SW is R2's story. For a while there was a thought that the whole thing would tie up to being a history lesson from R2. I think that came in part from Lucas talking about the book of whills and a theory that R2 had the only copy in his memory.
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@bovidae said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
So what to make of the finale. No cameos from MH or HF.
Fennec Shand might be my favourite character across both shows. Good to know Cobb Vanth is alive.
I thought they said he wasn’t?
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@bovidae said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
So what to make of the finale. No cameos from MH or HF.
Fennec Shand might be my favourite character across both shows. Good to know Cobb Vanth is alive.
For this show, I've been looking to my son's reactions since he's in the target demographic.
He loved Fennec murdering the leaders ("Did she just hang him?!?"), obviously loved the Rancor riding, loved all the action. Was seriously concerned they were going to kill the Wookie who seems to be his favourite.
Was sad that they killed Cad Bane, as he's another favourite of his and was bummed by the lack of a cameo.
Which I think is the main point about most of the show's criticism - expectations get raised by online guesses/rumours and they people get disappointed. Been trying to get my son to just enjoy what he's watching.
It's not a bad show, but the pacing and jumping around (some of the direction) was lacking. From what we saw, if they just told it chronoligcally, then Fett's decision to put down roots and want to rule would have made more sense and it would have felt more gradual.
I wouldn't have had Luke in this one at all as well. It makes me remember JJ talking about the issues writing The Force Awakens, once you have Luke in the story it's hard to to have him not be the focus. I thought the Mandalorian used him perfectly as a climax. Interesingly, that's how Mark Hamill thought he was going to be introduced in TFA - when in the forest the lightsaber is flying through the air, he thought Luke was going to catch it and then take down Ben. Would have been so much better.
Still a solid show with some enjoyable scenes. Fun Star Wars with clear good and bad guys. Good kids show.
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Some cool scenes but otherwise a complete jumbled mess. Killing Cad Bane was a bit shit IMHO. Plenty of other characters that deserved a good killing.
Has a second season been greenlit for Boba? Hard to see where they go from here.
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Some cool scenes but otherwise a complete jumbled mess. Killing Cad Bane was a bit shit IMHO. Plenty of other characters that deserved a good killing.
Has a second season been greenlit for Boba? Hard to see where they go from here.
Yeah all those “kids” survived and the Gamoreans bit the dust. What exactly were they guarding ?
I know they’re not the sharpest tools in the shed but surely someone could have given them a couple of guns ?
The action scenes were cool as fuck though, how good was it seeing a Rancor go nuts like that ?
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Some cool scenes but otherwise a complete jumbled mess. Killing Cad Bane was a bit shit IMHO. Plenty of other characters that deserved a good killing.
Has a second season been greenlit for Boba? Hard to see where they go from here.
Not sure if a series is greenlit but they set things up right at the end when Boba says that he isn’t sure that running the town is really their thing. Fennec says someone has to do it but who. Then we see the Marshall in the bacta.
