Star Wars Megathread

[Oexmelin]

I am sure there might be an analog  about the arrogance of self-satisfied elites who are blind to the rise of fascism but for the life of me, I can't find it.

[crazy canuck]

I am sure there might be an analog  about the arrogance of self-satisfied elites who are blind to the rise of fascism but for the life of me, I can't find it.

Niether did the Acolyte series.  I think Syt was correct in his summary that the show tried its best to portray it as just normal folks trying to do their best in difficult circumstances. 

[garbon]

I finished watching The Acolyte. I'd say it was a pleasant enough diversion though I think it suffered greatly from being a show that acted like it was deep but there was actually very little depth.

[DontSayBanana]

I finished watching The Acolyte. I'd say it was a pleasant enough diversion though I think it suffered greatly from being a show that acted like it was deep but there was actually very little depth.

Just finished it myself, and this is spot on. Like I told my wife, this 8-hour series was 2 hours of meat with 6 hours of useless fat.

I wanted to like it so bad, but it just never got any traction. And just like Ahsoka, they didn't resolve any of the plot threads and left all of them cliffhangers. Like, c'mon guys, that's no way to run a show when Bob Iger's publicly giving "too much streaming" serious side-eye. Don't just give them the excuses to cancel the shows...

[Syt]

I found some of the callbacks interesting. Star Wars Explained has an "Easter Eggs" video that covers many connections. But it was mentioned Leslye Headland was a fan of e.g. KotOR, and it does shine through in bits. Of course the Revan-style mind wipe. But also the structure of hunting down a group of Jedi who wronged the main character, and the final confrontations in the ruins of the coven reminded me of KotOR2 with the quest for the "hiding" Jedi who (supposedly) severed the Exile's connection to the Force, and the confrontation in the Jedi Enclave ruins on Dantooine. Qimir isn't Kreia, but he's also more than "RAHH EVIL" ... Force Center likened him to a trollish podcaster. "Hey, just asking questions ...!" while pursuing his agenda.

I've seen comments that the comment in Ep. 1 about repairs on ship hulls should only be done by Astromechs was a call back to Phantom Menace, but it reminded me of the tutorial part in KotOR2 where you do such work yourself (which was probably also inspired by Phantom Menace tbh) - maybe I was thinking of it because both "spacewalk" scene happened at the very start of the story.

[Syt]

Trailer for Skeleton Crew:

Getting vibes of Goonies, Explorers, Flight of the Navigator, etc.

Not sure about the "Star Wars suburbs" shown at the start ... though I guess that ship sailed when we got an American 50s diner in Attack of the Clones.

[celedhring]

Star Wars has always cannibalized other stuff so I'm fine with that, but I think it works best when they don't make the source material so obvious.

[Syt]

It may sound pretentious, but I like when Star Wars makes the mundane fantastical, but even I found planet SoCal 'burbs in this trailer a bit much.

[Josquius]

It is very odd. Like a 80s throwback Goonies /Stranger Things sort of thing... But with star wars.

[Sophie Scholl]

I'm excited for it! I think it looks really fun and lighthearted. 

[Syt]

I'm excited for it! I think it looks really fun and lighthearted. 

I hope it is, it would be nice after various more serious stories.

[Tamas]

I suspect we have reached the stage when somebody proposes a draft of a series at Disney and it goes something like this:

-Well this is kind of bland, plus it's been done before
-What if we do a Star Wars version of it?
-Ah yeah, good idea, approved.

[crazy canuck]

It is very odd. Like a 80s throwback Goonies /Stranger Things sort of thing... But with star wars.

Star Wars is an 80s throwback. Glad to see it is going back to it's roots.

[Syt]

Star Wars Explained's trailer breakdown:

[Oexmelin]

No Acolyte season 2.