Star Wars Griefing Thread (SPOILERS) - Safety off

[Marissa Moira]

However you look at it, I highly doubt that the ST will get as much exposure like the other eras have.

You really don't need to Jump Forward or Back, the 3 movies don't take place across the whole galaxy. You can have another story co-exist within the same timeframe in another location.

And being that this is a large corporation I think knowing what people are going to buy is going to be a big influence on what they put resources into. Mando is Disney's first actual success with a cast of almost entirely original characters. They were even caught off guard by it, the last time something like this happened it was with My Little Pony.

 

[HeyYou]

You really don't need to Jump Forward or Back, the 3 movies don't take place across the whole galaxy. You can have another story co-exist within the same timeframe in another location.

The entire sequel trilogy takes place over one year, it's not a very good time period for spin-offs.

 

[Relic 31]

Speaking of armor and helmets, it is such a shame that the original TFA Kylo Ren helmet was wasted on such a pathetic character.

It’s a great design and before the film came out it was one of the things that really got me exited to see the character in action. Needless to say, the actual Kylo Ren did not live up to or come close to the character I had imagined in my head based on his appearance.

I had imagined he would be a more Cobra Commander-like character, not having the imposing physical presence or raw power of Vader, but a more cunning and devious viciousness. What a waste.

 

[Marissa Moira]

The entire sequel trilogy takes place over one year, it's not a very good time period for spin-offs.

You don't need a spin-off. You can have a separate series of events taking place within the same era in a different location by an entirely different cast of characters.

 

[Cyril Sneer]

I've got an idea.

Retcon the entire Disney Star Wars Saga.

Make Mandalorians Force Sensitive and have them have different 'schools' which train them. They're able to use very limited force powers and hunt serial killers, monsters, smugglers and other people.

And yes, I'm literally suggesting you just turn Star Wars into a series about Space Wtichers.

 

[Love Machine]

Yes, but she may simply mean that it will stand out in comparison with his previous panoply of (duraplast?) armor (which would make sense, since he's such well-known figure, apparently).

Not necessarily. As I've noted, the show cribs a lot from Karen Traviss for its depiction of Mandalorian culture, and one of the more "colorful" elements of her take on Mandos was that they almost always paint their armor in very distinctive ways, each hue communicating a different message about its wearer's mindset, intentions or personality. Blue, for example, was supposed to indicate a Mandalorian who cherished "reliability," and that does seem to fit the Heavy, who comes to blows with Mando over a point of cultural decorum but is still willing to charge in, giant gun blazing, to haul his ass out of the fire when it counts.

We could go full autist and point out the paint chipping on their armor shows it to be closer to whatever duraplast or durasteel armor that mando's old armor was. But that doesnt throw the painting thing out the window because I doubt the armor mistress' gold helmet isnt beskar.
Mostly I think your interpretation is mostly spot on. He is indecisive now that you mention it, but I'd probably write it off as just the creators wanting a knight in shining armor rather then him not choosing to paint it to not stand out.
But the real question is why he doesnt have a jetpack (yet)?

 

[Scarlett Johansson]

It shows that they didn't even watch Star Wars, Leia in ANH grabbed Luke's blaster and made a hole in the vents to escape 'Someone has to save our skins. Into the garbage chute, fly boy!'

Omg yes. That is one of the reasons Carrie signed on, that she wasn't just a damsel in distress. I'm pretty sure Leia had one of the highest rate of fire/accuracy ratings in the entire franchise.
With the exception of TRoS she always has a pistol on hand and she almost always hits her mark.

Were there ever plans to have Mara Jade appear? Before Disney hit the exterminate button on the canon I mean.

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

On the sorta same subject, and because it's fresh in my mind, Shadows of the Empire isn't the worlds greatest SW game, but it's a charming game, and I'd rather have the hand-drawn cutscenes from emulating than the CG in the official PC release, ESPECIALLY 90's CG

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Tie Fighter also had loads of imperial officers that were basically not-Tarkin's design-wise, and even those have a certain human spark to them, although some of that's probably because nobody's being superimposed over reality either

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You could tell they knew it looked weird based on how many shadowy scenes he was part of, but even obscuring him and quick cuts won't change the fact he still clashes with the smoothskins. The younger guy we saw from behind in ROTS didn't piss anybody off, so was it just impossible to recreate Cushing with makeup and recasting?

That game also had Thrawn and the real prophets of the dark side (the once in Jedi Prince were retconned to be imposters working for Palpatine who was running gay ops against Isard) in it. Also Thrawn voice in that game was jusywrong

 

[Vault Boy]

You don't need a spin-off. You can have a separate series of events taking place within the same era in a different location by an entirely different cast of characters.

They tried doing that with Resistance, the ST equivalent to The Clone Wars (both Genndy and Filoni versions) and Rebels.

It only lasted two seasons before getting canned.

 

[HeyYou]

Omg yes. That is one of the reasons Carrie signed on, that she wasn't just a damsel in distress. I'm pretty sure Leia had one of the highest rate of fire/accuracy ratings in the entire franchise.
With the exception of TRoS she always has a pistol on hand and she almost always hits her mark.

Were there ever plans to have Mara Jade appear? Before Disney hit the exterminate button on the canon I mean.

In movies? I doubt it, George hated her and by all accounts would heavily retcon the NJO era if his sequel trilogy came to fruition. Then again, the Vong were supposed to appear in The Clone Wars, so maybe he came around to the era.

 

[OwO What's This?]

if you want to watch a camrip, look for the infohash 81ae5f1d4a1b5abcbe9ed1832acd2d6a387b5203

it's from a korean source instead of a hindu one and all the text is in english, also the video quality is just better and there are no pinatas

 

[Ihavetinyweewee]

He's great at concept and broad strokes. He's got the right sort of charisma of getting great work out people and finding what he wants to enhance and direct visually, without being the sort of overbearing abusive father like Jobs was. I don't think (cast & brass reigning him in asside) he captured lightning in a bottle. He truly got it, he knew what to do and what to deliver, he just had to be shown the way, and how to translate his idea into something humans will get.

Watching him go through concepts for the PT on the behind the scenes is amazing, he really has an eye and understanding of what works and why, and a solid vision. He understands cinematography extremely well, but as you said, does not get directing.

Lucas understands directing just fine. It's his style, he is an avant-garde.

Humans are props to him, they are components in a viserial composotion.

You will notice this in THX, American Graffiti, or Star Wars.

He is trying to convey information with everything in a shot. He is trying to overwhelm you and transport you in a setting...

The actors are secondary or sometimes tertiary..

But, the man can't write for shit. He has admitted this, repeatedly...

I doubt that it's literally half the size, but the standard Mandalorian helmet is actually pretty big.

It may have been, actually. Disney apparently put Fisher (who was, let's remember, a 5'2" sexagenarian woman with lifelong substance abuse problems) on a very intensive crash-course of weight-loss and physical conditioning to get into shape for TFA. It wouldn't surprise me if they pushed her just a little too hard to slim down.

It blows my mind that they didn't just show up at Wayne Pygram's door with his Tarkin costume from ROTS. Talk about missed opportunities...

Eh, Disney gets no blame on Carrie's death. They found she was doing speedballs on her toxicology report. For a women in her 60's, thats a loaded gun...

Her demons caught up with her, shame.

 

[IcyHotStuntaz]

Do I have to do another "the prequels had a ton of practical effects" post?

Please don't, the last thing Star Wars threads need is more nitrous powered OCD. Besides, that's missing the entire point. Nobody gives a shit about that midget they made wear the adult sized Greedo mask to portray a child of the Greedo species... we all fondly remember that embarrassment of the pod racing scenes. The issue at hand are the actors looking bored and dull and having no fucking clue what they were supposed to be doing while surrounded by green walls in a warehouse. My recollections may be fuzzy as I don't make it a habit to regularly revisit the prequels... and I think AOTC was the worst offender in this regard... but next time you watch any of those movies just concentrate on the completely dull, vanilla, lazy blocking of the actors. Shot / reverse shot General Hospital film school 101 bullshit with video game cut scenes superimposed in the background. It's just dull.

 

[Old Man Mario]

Of fucking course.
Gotta buy the book to see
That The new Character, Jannah, is his kid.

Then again JJ is so lazy most of us guessed this.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

Jesus fucking CHRIST this movie was terrible.

 

[Clipper]

It was like a video game story pretending to be a full length feature film. Fast paced plot that barely focused on any of the characters, with constant action (stupid) action. Also, all the stupid moves they Rey, and Kylo would occasionally do during battle just made it hilarious, especially since JJ probably thought they were cool or something.

 

[Oh Shit I'm Sorry]

muh sexist trolls

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muh perfect kween

"What we do get in TROS is Palpatine’s nonsensically-rushed entrance and exit, as if Abrams and Terrio scrambled for a loophole specifically to mollify the “fans” upset that this hero—worse, this girl—dared to wield such incredible abilities with only her own strength. No, no, they’ve now assured those sectors of fandom, you see, her power comes from someone else, a character you already know and accept: Grandpa Palpatine!"

 

[Remove Goat]

On the bright side, as dim as it may be, the memes are fucking lit right now.
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Based, my meme still gets edited

 

[Atomic Wangler]

I may have missed it posted in the thread, but does anyone know how long after TLJ episode 9 is supposed to take place?

 

[Adamska]

I may have missed it posted in the thread, but does anyone know how long after TLJ episode 9 is supposed to take place?

Like a year, maybe 13 or 14 months at most.

This trilogy has serious Zoomer Disease when it comes to pacing.