Star Wars Megathread

[The Larch]

Yeah, I'm broadly anti-pirate, but if there's no legitimate way to purchase a piece of media I'd pirate away without feeling bad about it.

Is this actually the first time you endore something illegal in the forum? What about your impeccable Lawful Good alignment?

[Habbaku]

It would not be Good if the Law were unjust, would it?

[FunkMonk]

I haven't seen it yet, but think it's already worth however much money they spent for this interview with Werner Herzog:

Favreau has made some highly successful films recently; did you feel an element of pressure working with him?
I do not know what other films he has made.

You don't?
No.

He made "The Lion King" earlier this year with Beyonce and Donald Glover.
Well I like "The Lion King," but the animated version 30 years back or so. That was a wonderful film, the music was particularly great, Hans Zimmer's score.
[...]

Do you watch any television?
I do, I watch the news from different sources. Sometimes I see things that are completely against my cultural nature. I was raised with Latin and Ancient Greek and poetry from Greek antiquity, but sometimes, just to see the world I live in, I watch "WrestleMania."
[...]

So you've been watching "Keeping Up With the Kardashians?"
I'm starting to discover it. I'm curious; that's my guiding principle.
[...]

What's the next project you're working on?
I have a documentary on meteorites and the cultural implications they have, which I'm currently shooting. It's in the vein of the volcano film I made, "Into the Inferno," which is currently streaming on Netflix.

In that case, you have extra incentive to pay for some more streaming platforms.
You're right. I have no choice but to sign up for Disney Plus and Netflix. I shall go do that now.

Hell yes 

Sign that man up for more Star Wars please, Disney.

[ulmont]

SW Rebels is pretty awesome. My son & I watched the first 3 season together.

Can you do something for me BB? Check on Disney+ if the new stuff is available in French?

The Mandalorian at least is.  In fact it claims to have quite a few languages.  My memory is that the Clone Wars was similarly well translated.

[Barrister]

Yeah, I'm broadly anti-pirate, but if there's no legitimate way to purchase a piece of media I'd pirate away without feeling bad about it.

Is this actually the first time you endore something illegal in the forum? What about your impeccable Lawful Good alignment?

I'm lawful good, not Lawful Neutral. 

[HVC]

I haven't seen it yet, but think it's already worth however much money they spent for this interview with Werner Herzog:

So... autistic?

[celedhring]

Yeah, I'm broadly anti-pirate, but if there's no legitimate way to purchase a piece of media I'd pirate away without feeling bad about it.

Good to know I won't be prosecuted in Canada! 

[dps]

Yeah, I'm broadly anti-pirate, but if there's no legitimate way to purchase a piece of media I'd pirate away without feeling bad about it.

Good to know I won't be prosecuted in Canada! 

No need to worry, as long a BB is the one prosecuting you;  he never wins a case anyway.

[Syt]

The boys and I always watch a cartoon as they get ready for bed.  So with Disney+, we watch the first episode of Star Wars Rebels.  Andrew was entranced.  I haven't watched this show before, thought it was pretty good.

The first season is the weakest. It has its share of kid friendly silliness. From the end of season 1 it picks up, and seasons 3 and 4 are IMHO very good.

[Syt]

Got Disney+ free with my Verizon sub
1st ep was OK.  Basically a Clint Eastwood/Leone Western rip-off with Star Wars type characters instead of overdubbed Italians pretending to be cowboys.

I've watched ... a preview of Ep. 1 and agree, though I liked it a lot. But I like spaghetti westerns, and this was basically what I was hoping for.

I thought the Blurrg reminded me of the Guar of Morrowind, so I looked them up. Turns out they first showed up in Ewoks - Battle for Endor and were canonized in the Clone Wars series: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Blurrg

[Maladict]

Is it just not available in Spain at the moment?

Looks like it's limited to the US and Canada. And the Netherlands, for some reason.
I took a look, don't think there's anything I'd be interested in tbh.

[Syt]

Just heard that there's a *new* edit of the "Han shot Greedo first" scene from A New Hope. 

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-han-shot-first-scene-from-star-wars-has-been-change-1839802913

TL;DR: The versions on Disney+ are from a remaster that Lucas was preparing but wasn't released so far.

[Syt]

Couldn't find an appropriate thread, so thought I'd start a new one. Besides we have Episode 9 coming soon.

We had this one: http://languish.org/forums/index.php/topic,13608.0.html

[Malthus]

Yeah, I'm broadly anti-pirate, but if there's no legitimate way to purchase a piece of media I'd pirate away without feeling bad about it.

I will never understand why companies use different release dates in different nations, particularly for media with active fandoms. Don't they even realize this is a direct encouragement to piracy?

If there's a fandom, staggering the release dates means that part of the fandom is simply excluded from the whole point of being a fan - shared excitement, theories, fan art, all the rest will have passed them by, by the time the show is legally available to them (assuming it ever is). On the other hand ... if they are fans they will have lots of online friends able to get them links to see the show. The result: piracy proliferates.

[celedhring]

AFAIK Disney has had trouble getting back the online rights for a lot of their stuff (Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars) in many countries, so it has held on launching Disney+ until they can get most of their content back. For example in Spain most of Disney stuff is on Netflix, and the deal expires some time in 2020.