Star Wars Megathread

[Syt]

The tactics of Scarif is one of the topics (partially= discussed in this video.

[crazy canuck]

Weren't the Mon Cala ships retrofitted to be fighting ships? Perhaps it being set during the early days of the Rebellion, they hadn't been armed or fully armed yet and were more utilized as just big command and control centers.

What bugs me slightly about the Rogue One battle (well, not really, I'm not that obsessed with continuity), is that they show you this large rebel fleet, and then in A New Hope they can only muster a few figther squadrons to attack the Death Star.

I guess you can say most of it was obliterated at Scariff, but still.

I thought it was consistent.  The rebel admiral doesn't want to send ships off to Scariff because he doesn't want to risk an engagement and have the fleet destroyed on a long shot bet that the intel is correct, and the plans can be retrieved, and even if they get the plans it will have any meaningful impact.

His caution is proven correct because there are a lot of losses, but it turned out that the long shot bet paid off.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

What bugs me slightly about the Rogue One battle (well, not really, I'm not that obsessed with continuity), is that they show you this large rebel fleet, and then in A New Hope they can only muster a few figther squadrons to attack the Death Star.

I guess you can say most of it was obliterated at Scariff, but still.

I thought it was consistent.  The rebel admiral doesn't want to send ships off to Scariff because he doesn't want to risk an engagement and have the fleet destroyed on a long shot bet that the intel is correct, and the plans can be retrieved, and even if they get the plans it will have any meaningful impact.

His caution is proven correct because there are a lot of losses, but it turned out that the long shot bet paid off.

In addition, I imagine Rebel command viewed a fleet assault on the Death Star as suicide.  The station was designed to defend itself against capital ships, and the design flaw as specifically something that required a fighter's precision to exploit.  Even if the fleet had not been gutted at Scariff, it likely would have retreated before the Death Star arrived at Yavin.

[Syt]

Trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu:

It looks like silly pulpy action.

Liked the shot of Zeb

Slightly confused about the Razorcrest (II?) - a replacement, I guess?

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu:

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It looks like silly pulpy action.

The title card being styled like a 50s campy sci-fi movie feels like the production leaning into that.

[Syt]

Yeah, seems they're trying HARD to signal, "This is NOT like Andor!"

[garbon]

Kinda good. As much as I enjoyed Andor, it was so bleak.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

now if only they would decanonize the last trilogy...

[HVC]

More than likely they just make another trilogy so bad it'll make the sequels look good like what happened with the prequels.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

2035 or so should be about the time to start that, based on the timings of the previous trilogies.

[Sophie Scholl]

I still have yet to watch The Mandalorian, but... didn't it go from like a Lone Wolf and Cub/Western/Samurai style pulpy adventure series to Filoni's Follies in later seasons where the goal was to fit as many Filoni characters, fan service, backend pilots, and celebrity cameos as possible?

[Habbaku]

Yes. Season 1 was average at worst, very good at best. Season 2 hit a stride where they figured out what they wanted to do long-term and went with it to great effect. Then Disney (or Filoni?) pulled the rug out and started dictating story beats and season 3 was a goddamn disaster.

[crazy canuck]

Yes. Season 1 was average at worst, very good at best. Season 2 hit a stride where they figured out what they wanted to do long-term and went with it to great effect. Then Disney (or Filoni?) pulled the rug out and started dictating story beats and season 3 was a goddamn disaster.

Bang on

[Syt]

I was mostly disappointed that much of the Filoniverse (Clone Wars, Rebels, Mandalorian, Ahsoka to some degree) has been heavily focused on the Mandalorians. I know there's many fans who like the idea of Spartans IN SPAAAACE, but it's not my favorite thing. I thought S3 of Mando was the weakest, partly because it seemed to rush towards wrapping up the Darksaber/ruler of Mandalore story.

I guess that's why I liked Skeleton Crew so much. It was a complete story, not tying into or relying on the BIG ARCS of the other shows, had a lot of heart, and was just plain fun. Jude Law SM-33 and the kids were excellent. Just a fun adventure in the style of The Goonies or Explorers.



Meanwhile, photos from Starfighter, the Ryan Gosling movie set after Ep. IX have come out.





Those are photos of Ryan Gosling alright.


And apparently a Rey movie is in the works.

[HVC]

Those are photos of Ryan Gosling alright.

They remaking rebels with Kanan as the main character?