Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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@Kiwiwomble yeah overall I liked it, the episodes/stories have an 80s/90s feel to them being more simplistic, where good triumphs with the cheese and a bit of ridiculousness of the era.
I think they hit the spot in terms of entertainment.
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They concluded some of the other storylines (e.g., Bo-Katan uniting the clans) but left others unanswered or open (the Mythosaur, beskar on the prison transport).
Speaking of Moff Gideon, there are a few stories doing the rounds that that was a clone that died as his appearance was different (no moustache). We'll see.
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Moff Gideon ( and Kylo Ren ) tried so hard as the black suited villain but as decent as they were there’s only one DV.
I’ll have to watch the final scene again, got pretty confusing with so many people jet packing around. Also it defies belief a bit that they didn’t get Dins helmet off the moment they captured him.
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@Bovidae said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
They concluded some of the other storylines (e.g., Bo-Katan uniting the clans) but left others unanswered or open (the Mythosaur, beskar on the prison transport).
Speaking of Moff Gideon, there are a few stories doing the rounds that that was a clone that died as his appearance was different (no moustache). We'll see.
Beskar on the transport was answered, it was his troops and not another mandalorian clan that saved him, he gave the monologue about fitting his troopers out in beskar
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@Kiwiwomble said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Bovidae said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
They concluded some of the other storylines (e.g., Bo-Katan uniting the clans) but left others unanswered or open (the Mythosaur, beskar on the prison transport).
Speaking of Moff Gideon, there are a few stories doing the rounds that that was a clone that died as his appearance was different (no moustache). We'll see.
Beskar on the transport was answered, it was his troops and not another mandalorian clan that saved him, he gave the monologue about fitting his troopers out in beskar
Great move for the series IMO. A small group of Mandos would wipe the floor with an army of “normal” stormtroopers. I’m glad they got upgraded to the kind of troopers your average rebel would struggle with !
Those praetorian guards are ruthless and lethal, was discussing with my boys, are they a bit force sensitive or are they just extremely well trained badasses ?
Mandos kill count is bordering on ridiculous too, geez he is ruthless.
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@taniwharugby said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Kiwiwomble yeah overall I liked it, the episodes/stories have an 80s/90s feel to them being more simplistic, where good triumphs with the cheese and a bit of ridiculousness of the era.
I think they hit the spot in terms of entertainment.
Haven't seen the latest episodes but The Mandalorian somehow reminds me of Spaghetti Westerns meets CHiPs in outer space...
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Among all the faff that SW fans post on YT I found this quite interesting. The original Ep1 script.
Certainly sounds better to me. A lot of the annoying things are missing.
Setting Qui Gonn up as a major character and then killing him off.
Annoying JarJar
Young irritating Anakin
The age gap thing
...Seems to me like a lot of decisions were based around improving the merchandising opportunities
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if ive said ti once ive said ti a thousand times...Ep 1 would be significantly better if Anakin was just a little older and a bit of a street urchin rather than this angelic little kid
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so which one of you is this? lol
Amazing Kyneton ‘Star Wars house’ property for sale - realestate.com.au
Approved plans for a house based on a Star Wars light cruiser are up for grabs with the sale of an otherworldly Kyneton block.
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@Kiwiwomble said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
if ive said ti once ive said ti a thousand times...Ep 1 would be significantly better if Anakin was just a little older and a bit of a street urchin rather than this angelic little kid
Which is what they then did in Rebels with Ezra Bridger.
I could never really follow the Anakin to Vader arc. There were too many questions around why he acted as he did. Why was he such a surly fuck? What did Padme see in him? Why didn't the Jedi embrace his abilities instead of pushing him aside?
Lucas really did fuck the story up and there has had to be so much in novels, comics, animated series etc to try and fill the gaps.
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@bayimports said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
so which one of you is this? lol
Approved plans for a house based on a Star Wars light cruiser are up for grabs with the sale of an otherworldly Kyneton block.
That looks fucking hideous. So no, not me (even if I had huge numbers of imperial credits to throw around).
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@Crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Kiwiwomble said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
if ive said ti once ive said ti a thousand times...Ep 1 would be significantly better if Anakin was just a little older and a bit of a street urchin rather than this angelic little kid
Which is what they then did in Rebels with Ezra Bridger.
I could never really follow the Anakin to Vader arc. There were too many questions around why he acted as he did. Why was he such a surly fuck? What did Padme see in him? Why didn't the Jedi embrace his abilities instead of pushing him aside?
Lucas really did fuck the story up and there has had to be so much in novels, comics, animated series etc to try and fill the gaps.
Having him jump from being a hero/good guy to a child murderer so quickly was weird.I’ll try to answer these.
Growing up as a slave for an ugly pot bellied sleazy arabic looking flying gambling addict alien would piss anyone off.
Chicks like moody blokes.
The Jedi were very set in the “indoctrine padawans from a young age” train of thought. Very stuck in their ways ( which is why Qui Gonn never made the council, too much of a maverick ) Anakin was quite old by the time they met him.
As for your last point he was fucked off at their outdated ways and Palpatine offered him a way that seemed way cooler. The tension between him and Mace Windu had been simmering for quite awhile and to see him ( Windu ) about to execute Palpatine was too much. From there killing the Younglings seemed the only sensible thing.
The problem isn’t with Lucas, it’s with you.
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@MN5 …but he was angelic when he was a slave…and then became an arsehole when he was given the world
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@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Crucial said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Kiwiwomble said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
if ive said ti once ive said ti a thousand times...Ep 1 would be significantly better if Anakin was just a little older and a bit of a street urchin rather than this angelic little kid
Which is what they then did in Rebels with Ezra Bridger.
I could never really follow the Anakin to Vader arc. There were too many questions around why he acted as he did. Why was he such a surly fuck? What did Padme see in him? Why didn't the Jedi embrace his abilities instead of pushing him aside?
Lucas really did fuck the story up and there has had to be so much in novels, comics, animated series etc to try and fill the gaps.
Having him jump from being a hero/good guy to a child murderer so quickly was weird.I’ll try to answer these.
Growing up as a slave for an ugly pot bellied sleazy arabic looking flying gambling addict alien would piss anyone off.
Chicks like moody blokes.
The Jedi were very set in the “indoctrine padawans from a young age” train of thought. Very stuck in their ways ( which is why Qui Gonn never made the council, too much of a maverick ) Anakin was quite old by the time they met him.
As for your last point he was fucked off at their outdated ways and Palpatine offered him a way that seemed way cooler. The tension between him and Mace Windu had been simmering for quite awhile and to see him ( Windu ) about to execute Palpatine was too much. From there killing the Younglings seemed the only sensible thing.
The problem isn’t with Lucas, it’s with you.
Gee, and I always thought it had something to do with sand.
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By "In chaos" does she mean "mostly dead?". Weren't we led to believe the Jedi we're all but wiped out after Order 66? The main SW trilogy story arc is so bad. Best stick with more series of Andor, Mandalorian etc. Ashoka should be good too
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@Kiwiwomble said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 …but he was angelic when he was a slave…and then became an arsehole when he was given the world
Yeah that’s a pretty good point to be fair.
( although I won’t agree @Crucial is right
that would go against my fern programming )
