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I'm actually relieved with how they handled the season ender. And it gives me hope for the future of the show.

2 hours ago, Roy Focker said:

All of this Mandalorian stuff is just very cartoonish. Which is where it came from. This show is made by 10-year-olds for 10-year olds.

Anything Filoni is involved in is going to skew more towards a young audience. Notice he isn't even a producer on Andor and how much more adult it is.

27 minutes ago, Dynaman said:

All they need now is a Bo-Katan show where half the episodes mainly feature Boba Fett.

I'd be ok if we never saw Boba Fett again. 

15 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

None, which is part of my point! Plus Sharmeen's resume doesn't look like it'll translate to a positively exciting STAR WARS experience. Getting Patty Jenkins's Rogue Squadron vibes with Sharmeen tbh.

 

 

Fair point. But I would argue that the one thing Disney Star Wars hasn't suffered from is poor directors. When there's a failure or misfire, it's generally a story/script issue. I'm not overly concerned.

9 minutes ago, TangledThorns said:

REY's director leaves me with a lot of concerns.

How much of Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy'a work have you seen?

7 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Whether it was a good vision or not, it was a single vision, which I still think would have come out better than what we got

Highly unlikely, given Lucas's track record. And whatever you think of the stories, the sequels were well casted, acted, and shot, and made very effective use of practical, in-camera effects. We would have gotten none of that with Lucas. They would have been a green-screen, CGI-fest mess.

5 hours ago, Roy Focker said:

Was that Orson Welles as that mysterious cloaked Sith lord in the end of the trailer?

Titus Pullo

11 minutes ago, Bolt said:

They blew their chance to follow George's thread. He had a pretty good vision IMO.

I'm sorry, no. That's some serious revisionist history that doesn't match up with reality. The man was chalk full of bad ideas and poor instincts.

48 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

I'd watch the Bo-Katan spinoff if it happens.

Season 3 is pretty much The Book of Bo-Katan.

I've decided the Darksaber storyline isn't working for me.

5 minutes ago, Seto Kaiba said:

For a while there, I'd have sworn that she was competing with Jar-Jar Binks to be the single most hated character in Disney's Star Wars franchise.

I'm not sure where you'd get such an idea, outside of the depths of toxic Star Wars fandom.

9 minutes ago, Roy Focker said:

Where the hell were all these characters during the original trilogy?

You know the answer to this, Roy: everything released over the past 25 years has been a retcon of the original trilogy. They've long since thrown continuity out the window. Filoni is a bigger offender in this than even Lucas was.

Edit: small correction, Andor doesn't contradict the original trilogy.

12 minutes ago, levzloi said:

The Clone Wars on the whole were not written for children anymore than The Mandalorian is. 

Oh, The Clone Wars was definitely written for children. There's no shame in admitting this and still liking it.

So, is the female dark-ish force user we see in the trailer supposed to be the replacement for Mara Jade in the Heir story? Or, uh, actually Mara Jade?

3 minutes ago, azrael said:

Best to go with Filoni's characters at this point. Or spend money on bad deep-fakes that some Youtuber could do a better job at...

They hired that guy, which is why Boba Fett Luke looked a lot better.

9 hours ago, Roy Focker said:

Worst they assume everyone has been following the cartoons.

This is the main problem with what they've been doing. Most of us haven't seen them, or at least all of them. I find myself having to dig through Wookiepedia to find out what's going on.

So, the Rebels crew is essentially replacing Luke, Han, and Leia in the Heir story? Not that they have a choice there.

5 minutes ago, Bolt said:

Ya, I agree with all that too.

Rumor is Rey will rebuild the Jedi order. So it took a whole failed trilogy to do what Luke was supposed to do..?

It made what, $5 billion dollars combined? And then add in merchandise and the rest. Yeah, definitely not failed, whether you like the movies or not.

9 minutes ago, Roy Focker said:

As for the bad. Enough with the celebrity cameos. People liked Bill Burr how about more comedians. It is getting distracting. Especially when the celebrities are more known for being celebrities instead of actors that disappear into their parts.

I was actually amused by the cameos in this episode. That said, three in one episode felt like a little bit too much. 

I'm sorry, this looks entertaining to me.

Max and Milia. No contest. It's not an option though...

7 minutes ago, Briandmd said:

Unfortunately, he has a point when you look at her track record at Lucasfilm.   Does anybody have to be reminded on the projects and directors gone during her ten year?   

Does anyone have to be reminded how much money the Sequels made? Or how hugely successful The Mandalorian has been? Or how great Andor is? Yeah, a lot of noise and nonsense from clowns like that guy on YouTube. 

Disney wanted to turn Star Wars into Marvel. I can't blame Kennedy for that. They were smart enough to pull black from that plan after Solo. If something hasn't gotten off the ground since then, it's probably because it wasn't good enough. And if that's the case, we're better off without them being made.

The Horizon Forbidden West: The Burning Shores DLC is up for pre-order. $19.99.

BOFURI has been cute, wholesome fun, but as the second season is coming to a close I may be getting a little bored with it.

I've started watching Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, which ended its run this past fall. I'm a big Dragon Quest fan dating back to the first game, so I'm already invested in the aesthetic and general vibe. 100 episodes is a lot, though. I'm going to try to do three episodes a day all the way through.