Originally Posted by A Salt Weapon:
Did I miss how Ezra ended up with a ship in the main galaxy. Perhaps I missed something when Thrawn arrived at the planet (I didn’t catch the name of it).
Shop was Baylor Skolls. He yoinked it.
Planet was Dathomir, a planet those crazy cunt witches inhabited.
I really had to watch dork videos for all this shit. The New Rockstars flavor of dork videos were best IMO
Originally Posted by lawrenceRaider:
Reality is 8 episodes are simply not enough to properly fill out a season.
Yeah essentially Baylan Skoll and his apprentice are useless for the last two episodes, given so little screen time that it feels like a crime, Baylan in particular, you spend the first four episodes building up his character, then his character is the most intriguing of the series, it just felt like the biggest disservice.
Spoiler!
I didn't mind anything else with the episode, loved how it ended, loved Sabine staying behind with Ahsoka, loved seeing Anakin's force ghost at the end meaning he'll be apart of season 2 which is an awesome way of bringing Hayden Christensen back into the fold and giving him a redemption of what he was in the prequels, this has to be the jumping off point for Star Wars in the future. Alot of people aren't going to take the time to go back and watch the Clone Wars and Rebels but making quality content from this beginning is paramount and I'm in for Season 2 for sure.
I thought the lightsaber combat in this one was much better, too. I know that's been a complaint.
Ahsoka is probably as hard to port to live-action as Yoda would be. You watch her lightsaber combat in the Rebels or Clone Wars cartoons, and it's a whole other level beyond what they're able to show in live action.
If you watch the lightsaber combat between Ashoka and Anakin in the Clone Wars temple fight, especially, and you see her doing things athletically that you just can't make a real person do without a Matrix-style approach to combat, and that is costly in time and money.
Spoiler!
Seeing the ties to Mortis in this last episode (the statues of the Father and the Son), I have a new theory.
1. Anakin, in death, has taken the role of the Father as a Force Ghost. The first step in him fulfilling the prophecy of The Chosen One who brings balance to the Force.
2. There will be conflict between Ahsoka and Baylan as he tries to usurp Anakin's role as The Father. She will stop Baylan and die in the effort, but she will take up the role of The Daughter in her death (while also using the "ways between" to send Sabine back to the known galaxy)
Do you see where I'm going with this? What's next?
So, the role of the son? Who fills that. It's obvious, right? Anakin's de facto daughter is serving as The Daughter in the Mortis triad.
See it yet?
3. The role of the son won't be filled until 34 ABY, when Luke Skywalker dies during the events of The Last Jedi.
But wait! The Son was the emboidment of the Dark, the Daughter the embodiment of the Light, and the Father the balance between the two. How does this work? Luke wasn't a Sith or Dark Side user!
That's where I think the balance angle pays off. How do you ensure balance in the Force Trinity? By having all three roles filled with beings who have experienced the Light and the Dark and found balance internally between them.
Been working my way through Clone Wars and man, these guys LOVE leaving stuff unresolved, don't they?
I suspect they fill in a lot of gaps in comics, etc... but even from one episode to the next, you have to listen to the 'recap' at the beginning because about half the time they seem to have moved forward months.
So if I'm gonna really nerd out at all, I'm gonna have to get reading aren't I? [Reply]
Originally Posted by DJ's left nut:
Been working my way through Clone Wars and man, these guys LOVE leaving stuff unresolved, don't they?
I suspect they fill in a lot of gaps in comics, etc... but even from one episode to the next, you have to listen to the 'recap' at the beginning because about half the time they seem to have moved forward months.
So if I'm gonna really nerd out at all, I'm gonna have to get reading aren't I?
I didn't. And I think I'm to the point that I won't. I enjoyed Clone Wars and Rebels well enough, but I just am not in a position to commit the time to it.
The dork videos I watch will have to suffice for filling in the gaps. [Reply]
As far as the episode, I thought it was pretty strong.
I've been fairly critical of the lightsaber battles, and this one was the best by a wide margin. Powered up Morgan Elzbeth was a nice foil and damn if that wasn't a good fight scene - really did a nice job with space, no dumbass moves getting inside the defense radius and not spilling their guts, Motion was with intent and force, good stuff. I'm here for that.
I appreciated the ending with Sabine staying with her Master. As well as Ahsoka coming to terms with her being an adequate master, and ultimately conquering her fear of Sabine going dark. That was a nice touch. I don't know if it was worth how miserable it was watching Sabine be awful.
I thought the interactions with Ezra and Sabine were good - finally. For whatever reason, the fights with the troopers felt like it had stakes. I was impressed.
Sabine's progress with her training in a couple days was a little on the nose, but whatever.
As far as not wrapping it up, I'm fine IF they do S2. But Disney is bleeding cash, Iger is under fire, and the management is frankly FUBAR. And they're chopping shit like mexicans in a cane field. It's risky - especially if it underperforms.
I'm in for S2. I thought it wasn't great to start, but really hit it's stride and sucked me in. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Tribal Warfare:
On a side note Jedi Prime/1st known force user apparently had dealings with Marvel's Asgardians and Hasbro's Transformers which could be shown or hinted in a project centered around him
