https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yix_9g_Ob74
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 19 December 2020 00:01 (three years ago) link
Kind of interesting article (with a minor spoiler about future plans, if you haven't finished The Mandalorian yet): https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/disney-star-wars-marvel-studios-1234866986/
― good karma, my aesthetic (morrisp), Saturday, 19 December 2020 18:14 (three years ago) link
I'm just going to post this now because I can see that I'm going to get a lot of requests - Yes, Rian's SW trilogy is still on. No dates or timelines because he has other projects going on, but it is happening.THAT IS ALL I KNOW ABOUT IT. 😁😁😁— Sariah Wilson (@sariahwilson) February 16, 2021
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 16 February 2021 12:17 (three years ago) link
Not sure where this goes (it’s not tv or movie related, but relevant): https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/star-wars-high-republic-novels/2021/02/22/adbb4338-72e3-11eb-85fa-e0ccb3660358_story.html
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15:53 (three years ago) link
The incredible cast includes Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christensen, Moses Ingram, Joel Edgerton, Bonnie Piesse, Kumail Nanjiani, Indira Varma, Rupert Friend, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Sung Kang, Simone Kessell and Benny Safdie. pic.twitter.com/VltHs5Aw6r— Star Wars (@starwars) March 29, 2021
― groovypanda, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:15 (three years ago) link
that is a pick names out of a hat cast there
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link
Hayden C. unrecognizable in that pic
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:39 (three years ago) link
lol Benny really sticking out there
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:43 (three years ago) link
cast certainly is... incredible...
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Monday, 29 March 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
Edgerton returning as Uncle Owen. Nice. (and uh, Bonnie Piesse as Beru)
― Nhex, Monday, 29 March 2021 17:52 (three years ago) link
So is Christensen gonna be running around sans mask and Scarred Eggplant Man makeup through most of this or will he be wearing full Vader gear? Which, if it’s Full Vader, means *anyone* could’ve played The Dark Lord. The mind boggles. Also, looking forward to more blue milk gags.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link
Yeah - cool to see the "ROTS" Owen x Beru team back
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 29 March 2021 18:50 (three years ago) link
xpost I assume it'll be like the scene in Empire where we briefly saw the back of Vader's helmet-free noggin only this time we'll briefly get to see the front, as well.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Monday, 29 March 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
Benny Safdie?!?
― assert (MatthewK), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
the second lead of Good Time, who's also in the new PTA?
― armoured van, Holden (sic), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:45 (three years ago) link
I suspect Kenobi will be seeing a lot of Anakin's screwed up face in his dreams or some fucked up Force projection (as per Luke in TLJ). Hard to see how any direct confrontation with the real DV could be good in this.
― nashwan, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
Yeah - as someone in that Twitter thread commented, it feels like it would be weird for Obi-Wan to encounter Vader before ANH. Has that happened in the comics or anything?
― beer drops on my keytar (morrisp), Monday, 29 March 2021 21:51 (three years ago) link
Recently got through most of The Clone Wars over the last few months and ended up really enjoying those smart, tense final four episodes from the last season and how it links with events in ROTS.
― nashwan, Monday, 29 March 2021 21:58 (three years ago) link
psyched to see Benny Safdie play Anakin's long lost mentally disabled brother
― Mr. Cacciatore (Moodles), Monday, 29 March 2021 22:58 (three years ago) link
Can we also get him to direct an episode pls
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:05 (three years ago) link
sic yeah but in a Star Wars TV show? seems a little off-brand
― assert (MatthewK), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:08 (three years ago) link
After her turn in The Vow as the one of that whole bunch who figured out it was crap near the start and got out, hey, bring her back!
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:09 (three years ago) link
xp if they could make Werner Herzog work...
― Nhex, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 00:31 (three years ago) link
I just wound up watching the various Star Wars animations over the last month or so. ON Clone Wars season 5, finished Rebels and Resistance.I noticed there seemed to be a problem with the timeline between teh end of Rebels and Mandalorian assumed Rebels should be canon to Mandalorian. BUt something a little off. Won't say more cos may be too much spoiler.
Found Resistance quite amusing and liked the animation. So wouldn't mind more of it or more done by the team working on it.
Haven't finished Clone Wars and only realised that Season 7 was made several years after the bulk of it recently. have only watched the first 2 episodes of that so far. Assumed since there was a gap it wouldn't be too much of a spoiler to the last few seasons of the earlier stuff.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 09:12 (three years ago) link
S6 and S7 of Clone Wars are definitely worthwhile - especially the last one - mostly dedicated to trying the series into the timeline of Revenge of the Sith. There are some plot threads from S6 that pay off in S7, so I don't know if would just skip it. Those last two seasons are short, anyway.
― Nhex, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 15:37 (three years ago) link
Well went back to S5 anyway
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
Anyway, the batch, it is bad.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsOmYpP4UDU
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 16:17 (three years ago) link
looks like shit
― intern at pepe le pew research (Simon H.), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:04 (three years ago) link
They pop up earlier in Clone Wars, is that the 1st 2 episodes of S7?Obviously long hair is supposed to be a Rambo.Did hope it had some merit, could have been something semi worthwhile but also could just be a toy tie in.There have been gropups like this that have been interesting in terms of tensions etc but probably just going to be gung ho and very puerile.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
Those are the same characters from the beginning of S7. Thought that arc was OK so I'm down for this. Plus, more Fennec!
― Nhex, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 18:02 (three years ago) link
There is something about the style of animation of these Star Wars series that makes them unwatchable to me. I'm not sure what it is, too much in the video-game cutscene circa mid 00s style maybe. It's just ugly to me.
― silverfish, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:37 (three years ago) link
The visual style of the Star Wars cartoons always reminds me of that movie Antz.
― Dan I., Tuesday, 30 March 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
I found the animation style on The Clone Wars to be a nigh-insurmountable barrier to entry for years. I'm glad I finally pushed through my aesthetic objections because it's the best filmed SW thing since The Empire Strikes Back imo. And the animation improves considerably as the show progresses.
― You Can't Have the Woogie Without a Little Boogie (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:15 (three years ago) link
I see there's another character from the Clone Wars Bad Batch story arc that is now part of the team.
― Stevolende, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 20:29 (three years ago) link
Same for me, OL. In fact, watching this trailer now, I'm thinking it looks great visually, whereas five years ago I probably wouldn't have thought much of it! I'll watch this
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
First episode of The Bad Batch was actually pretty good
― groovypanda, Friday, 7 May 2021 11:02 (three years ago) link
i guess technically they couldn't call it Clone Wars Season 8, given that the wars end in the first episode, but that's what it is
― Nhex, Friday, 7 May 2021 12:38 (three years ago) link
Yeah both of the first two episodes were sharp, I thought. My hope is that we move from specific callbacks/return appearances more.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 8 May 2021 15:15 (three years ago) link
this is most insane thing ive seen on tik tok pic.twitter.com/8RREvCvqEe— chris (ツ) (@Iameaschris) May 9, 2021
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
glad that's getting around, it's incredible
― intern at pelican brief consulting (Simon H.), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:30 (three years ago) link
My first reaction was "that's hilarious" but then I started to feel it was actually pretty mean
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 18:57 (three years ago) link
It's creative and well executed, but a lot of work for a "haha Star Wars nerds don't have girlfriends" joke that was stale 15 years ago.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
he deserved memification, but why add public mockery to poor brittany's suffering?
― sharpening the contraindications (Aimless), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:20 (three years ago) link
i know i posted it in the star wars thread but this guy's delivery was what deserved memeification, the sci-fi context is almost purely incidental to the cringe
― Draymond is "Mr Dumpy" (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:22 (three years ago) link
Okay I'll admit that I didn't even consider that the first one was earnest until now. I assumed the entire thing was a joke.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 19:30 (three years ago) link
Guess I’m officially too old, I cannot parse the layers of meta-textuality or whatever is going on.
― Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (CBTL) stan (morrisp), Wednesday, 12 May 2021 21:24 (three years ago) link
Okay I'll admit that I didn't even consider that the first one was earnest until now.
If the original video was a goof I retract my claim that it was mean but I assumed they were all making fun of an awkward guy in a "so not gonna happen" kind of way
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:06 (three years ago) link
I have no idea! I'm just so skeptical of viral stuff that I assume everything is a bit. I didn't even think about the possibility that the original video was earnest.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 13 May 2021 16:08 (three years ago) link
So anyway who else has been watching Bad Batch regularly? While the feature-not-bug of the galaxy apparently consisting of twenty people that keep running into each other remains in full effect, the show’s set up some great visuals and set pieces and the easy chemistry of the Batch and Omega always charms. Last week’s episode and this week’s were both really sharp, all the sneaking around ruins and firing up old equipment like the cruiser engine.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 26 June 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
Yeah I’m enjoying it. Big credit to Dee Bradley Baker who’s basically voicing every single character.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Saturday, 26 June 2021 14:39 (two years ago) link
Yes, great episode. Still feel like this show probably could have gone at least one more season but this was a satisfying wrap to the season and the coda was a nice touch to give it a bit more finality, for at least some of the characters.Ned, my kids were also convinced that there was going to be a Tech reveal, and I’m so glad there wasn’t. It would have nullified how well done season 2 was. I’m glad they allowed that plot to stand.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Friday, 3 May 2024 01:50 (one week ago) link
I really think it's remarkable that of the four major animated series under Filoni's care, three of them are top-notch fantastic both as entertaining TV and building up the universe. (Resistance absolutely has its moments but felt more like a random obligation for the sequel trilogy.) Much as I appreciate him doing more on the live action side too, I absolutely hope there's more to come from him and the wider animation team; he pretty clearly is the major creative voice post-Lucas.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 3 May 2024 15:14 (one week ago) link
Happy Star Wars day!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day#History
The first recorded reference of the phrase being used was on May 4, 1979, the day after Margaret Thatcher was elected as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Her political party, the Conservatives, placed a congratulatory advertisement in the Evening News saying "May the Fourth Be with You, Maggie. Congratulations."
― StanM, Saturday, 4 May 2024 10:10 (one week ago) link
i fucking knew it
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 May 2024 10:30 (one week ago) link
Roffle.
Speaking of dark sides:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tzur6JrUEA
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 4 May 2024 16:11 (one week ago) link
Tales From the Empire was a nice little fillip -- especially liked the arc of Barriss Offee given her path in Clone Wars, it was a good way to show where it all led; the Elspeth arc had its good points too and I did like how it touched on everything from Mandalorian to Ahsoka to even a little bit of Andor, in its own way.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 May 2024 18:27 (one week ago) link
Meantime…well then:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O77VTIAYGVA
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 7 May 2024 02:02 (six days ago) link