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Congrats! At least the hunt was quick and now over...
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Just to add more context on why Obi Wan's current disposition makes no sense at all is the fact that he was personally involved in eliminating the only 2 Sith to appear in the galaxy for generations....the stakes were too high and given the known precedent he personally had first-hand knowledge of...there is no way he would have buried his lightsabers and head in the sand and conclude that would be the best way to ensure the Jedi could possibly "return" one day...
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Wish some one at Bandai had enough sense to pose the HMR VF-0S Focker next to the HMR VF-1S Focker....but who wants to see that, right?
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The most important thing from that article was that it seems to imply that the writer himself originally had his doubts (rightly so) about Obi Wan not knowing Vader/ Anakin had survived and was out there doing his Sith thing....so he decides to ask the idiots at Lucasfilm "Story" Group (likely in fear of being sh!t- canned for "creative differences" like so many before him) who he is now essentially blaming for how the OWK show unfolded.....in short, he is establishing his defense for any potential criticism: "don't blame me...my hands were tied"...
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Forget about having to train him later....what about having to protect him against another Sithlord during the 19 years before he can actually kickoff Luke's training? Did he forget about the "Rule of Two"? In his mind (according to the show) Anakin died on Mustafar so he is aware of the possibility of Darth Sidious replacing Darth Vader is high...He knows it because it happened when Darth Maul and Darth Tyranus were killed...heck...Sithlords are his "speciality"... Obi Wan knows the Sith play the long game....so he should have know that he would never be able to let his guard down or "go soft"....once again, the writers are going against the nature of the established characters just for the sake of shock value, which in this case no longer is shocking...it's just dumb....Yoda too apparently must have cried himself to sleep on Dagobah for 19 years until Luke arrived....we'll see that when they screw with his character in his TV spinoff! LOL
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So basically, they are following the same formula they used for Luke Skywalker....Uber Jedi loses his mojo and then he is depicted in a way that no one would have guessed (except, love or hate it, at least it was shocking the first time)....yes, the audience is to blame if they keep accepting more helpings of the same slop from Disney's lazy writers, it seems they are just phoning it in now ....but I guess as long as their target audience is cool with it....
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As suspected....you need to read the books and comics to fill in the plotholes... https://screenrant.com/obi-wan-kenobi-anakin-survive-explained-details/ The fact that this article even exists means others are also asking the same questions.... I don't mind books and comics for side stories, but I don't think they should be required reading...the shows/movies should be able to make logical sense on their own.... Basically, the writers took the easy route and just made Obi Wan an idiot from the get-go....good thing for him, in the Star Wars universe, the writers make sure the Empire is filled with even bigger idiots....
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Kitz Concept Toy Thread 2.0
jvmacross replied to Stampeed Valkyrie's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
So the KC feet/thrusters are also on a ball joint....unfortunately, it is too tight and I really do not want to damage it....however, it does seem like the issue was simply an assemby error....all that needs to happen to correct it, is to turn the feet 180 degrees, but that cannot happen without disassembly...or as you suggested, pop it off and pop it back in facing the correct position.....but the dang thing is so tight I am afraid to rip the ball joint off...maybe once I have the replacement leg in hand, I can try it with less worry about damaging it -
Those are really nice....I'd buy a set from you if you ever made casts of them....did you glue them on or using magnets?
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100% correct.....too much backstory is muddling up what was already good to begin with and should have been just left alone....it's like George tinkering with his Special Editions, except those tweaks did not cause issues with the established canon, story, or things that really did not need convoluted explanations.........I'll keep watching because they still could possibly stick the landing somehow
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Great! If it is as low or lower than Galactic Toys, I'll grab one
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I'm still waiting for magic hands.....one of these decades they will include a snap on part....wonder if anyone has ever done a 3D print of these?
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Kool-Aid man, that you? LOL Newsflash....All of the surviving Jedi are in hiding and they don't know where any of them are! Imagine that! The whole existence of the Inquisitors is to ferret them out, no? Again, because they are in hiding....Obi Wan being no different...as such, of course they wouldn't know he was on Tatooine....but location doesn't matter though, as the Jedi, according to the Inquisitors, hunt themselves....again, not sure why pointing out that neither Vader or the Inquisitors know that Obi Wan was on Tatooine is relevant... But this is going away from my original argument, which was that only an imminent threat to Luke's safety should have forced him off-planet....the canon is so busted now that as someone else pointed out....less is now looking better...the more they keep adding to the backstory, the more the existing canon starts to crumble and make less sense than before.... We know Obi Wan was a "crazy old hermit" when we first heard of him in ANH....but by the end, he was a wise old badass.....did we really need to know that he was a butcher on Tattooine for years? Did we really need him to have a "rematch of the century" with Vader, even if the going assumption was, rightly so, that their last encounter was seen in ROTS...seriously, the concept of the "rematch of the century" just shites on that last epic battle between them and lessens the impact of their final confrontation....it's literally the worst gimmick yet to come out of Disney's Star Wars...none of this adds to the story as we already know...it just makes it more convoluted....the only thing that matters is where it all ends up....which is why The Mandalorian, although the best series so far, is also meaningless....that time period is simply building up to the Sequel Trilogy.... Disney has no clue how to recover from the Sequel Trilogy other than more of these backfill stories that take place before the ST and for the most part, during the Galactic Empire’s reign or immediately after it....but they know that for Star Wars to really grow...it needs to get past the Skywalker Era...so far....nothing they have planned is venturing into completely new territory that leads into events that we are not already familiar with...
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But...but....the show has established Vader's desire to find him specifically...Obi Wan was his to deal with....it took 10 years to formulate this grand plan....and to add insult to injury....to tweak the plan to "work" took some former Padawan who was apparently found in the gutters somewhere....It all makes sense only if you..... Keep drinking the Star Wars kool-aid! LOL
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Yeah...no argument there...I'm here just for the Star Wars scenery at this point....
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Yeah, yeah....I know...it's Star Wars...leave all logic behind and come veg with us for a while.... But don't fans deserve better than to be expected to accept mediocrity?...(looks at latest videos of the lightsaber wielding crowds at Star Wars Celebration).... Nevermind...
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Thanks for the link...Will give them a shot...they did charge me tax (IL) and I went for standard shipping (10-15 day v 2-3 day Priority Mail delivery) ....total was some change over $150 using a code I found....First10 If they reject it, I'll cancel and just wait for a better deal...used CC in case of any PayPal shenanigans post 90 days.... Clipboard!
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And again, this is all part of the problem...why did it take 10 years for the Inquisitors to hatch this plan? Or for that matter, why didn't Vader come up with it? Hey team, need to find Obi Wan, go start your search on Tattooine, yeah, I know I hate sand to... squeeze that a-hole brother-in-law of mine who, along with my "step-father" left my mother for dead at the hands of the Sandpeople, who I hate....oh, you just arrived at the Lars homestead and they have a son named Luke Skywalker?....take them all and send out the message across the galaxy that they will be executed in a week if the fugitive Obi Wan doesn't turn himself in...on second thought, just burn the Lars and take the kid.. have his DNA checked and get me his midichlorian count! Oh and keep this all on the down- low, I don't want the Emperor to know about any of this...your loyalty will be rewarded once we overthrow him...yes, Obi Wan's failure is now complete.....well, that is until Leia becomes the last hope.....(queue in the World Between Worlds) But I guess the only important thing now is that Disney can sell Leia dolls and Lola droids!....
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If I ever get to removing any of mine from their MISB existence I will keep this tip in mind....lol
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Yes...it is, but that's because of the bad stories and writing... Setting BOBF all in Tattooine did not ruin the show...it was the complete retconning of Boba Fett that did it....to me, the best line in the entire show was when Cad Bane called out Boba Fett as a cold-blooded murderer for the Empire.....but the show turned him into Papa Fett instead..... If Leia was the "obvious" reason the writers used to get Obi Wan "off-planet" it would demonstrate the lack of understanding of Obi Wan's character....the only obvious reason should have been a direct threat to the safety of Luke Skywalker. Period. Of course Owen would never willingly leave the planet or do anything considered "reckless"...that has been his shtick through his demise in ANH, but what if there had been "that one time" he had no choice...either because Luke was taken or because he himself was forcibly taken.... Anways, we still have 3 eps left, perhaps they can pull off a successful hail mary at the end...to me, if they do not rationalize a valid reason why Vader or the Inquisitors did not question why Obi Wan was hiding on Tatooine, Anakin's birthplace....home to his deceased mother and step-family.....then we are back at square one, pointing out the same questionable logic that has been out there since the end of ROTS...or perhaps since at minimum Rogue One.... I'm wondering if Reva is more powerful than we know....if she was indeed able to gain knowledge of Luke from her encounter with Owen, that could lead into how that piece of Intel will need to stay hidden, via her sacrifice, either heroically or not......her actions so far seem to be pointing to greater evil ambitions, but perhaps she is just another Kylo, struggling to keep the light out for her own survival....and let's not discount the fact that former Jedi that slice off appendages get redeemed....or decapitated....lol
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For the most part, Star Wars has become Macross for me....I only follow it for some of the things in it that make it what it is....for Macross, I don't care much for the stories anymore, but even if the VF's dance now...they are still VF's that I can appreciate, plus, like Star Wars, they have taken to dipping into the nostalgia well by incorporating character cameos of characters I actually care about.... Same with Star Wars...still enjoy the "Star Wars" things in the shows and even the movies....like Macross, they bring back the old characters too....Han, Chewie, Luke, Leia, Yoda, Boba Fett etc....heck, even the old ships get resurrected....and now Star Wars is taking it a step further by setting the timelines of their shows back to when Star Wars was widely liked...basically pre-sequel trilogy era Macross could start doing that again too...surely there could be some good stories to be told immediately post SDFM or somewhere pre-M7? But I guess that's for another thread....lol
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That is basically the problem.....as others have also pointed out...the writing/story is the problem....you shouldn't have put your protagonist into this situation because he is still at his core, a Jedi, and would not have denied Bail his "ask".......the writers did not want to fail Obi Wan's character, like they did with Luke Skywalker's in TLJ, by having him tell Bail "I won't or can't help"...it is not in Obi Wan's character to do so, and yes, that would have been very bad and very much taking him to the level they brought Luke down to in TLJ....unfortunately, they failed anyways because they could not come up with a better reason to get Obi Wan "off-planet" so they could deliver on their dumb "re-match of the century" gimmick.....so now you have Obi Wan deserting his post/mission, which has always been to ensure LUKE SKYWALKER stays safe until "the time comes"....Leia was NEVER a part of his mandate...as I pointed out, this was his take all the way through ESB and it was all made clear at the end of ROTS.....Luke was HIS responsibility....Leia was the responsibility of the Organa Family, and they certainly chose an odd way of keeping her "safe"...but I won't go into that.... My suggestion would have been to leave the Organa Family out of this and have instead found a way to take Luke and the Lars "off-planet", which would at that point also force Obi Wan into action....but maybe that story would be way more difficult to pull off for these Disney Star Wars writers