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Started by Barrister, November 13, 2019, 12:54:52 AM

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viper37

A bit of trivia from The Mandalorian, for those of you who were not entirely familiar with the whole universe :)
Moff Gideon's weird sword


And, finally, maybe some good news on the Star Wars movie front! :)
Taika Waititi in Early Talks to Develop 'Star Wars' Movie
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After what he did with Thor 3 that is indeed promising
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11B4V

They need to reboot the entire thing.
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Quote from: 11B4V on January 17, 2020, 08:23:24 PM
They need to reboot the entire thing.

I saw it last night and could not agree more!

In case I am not the last one to see it I will use spoiler quotes

[spoiler]Turns out the rebels had overwhelming firepower and support with which they could have taken out the bad guys at any time.  The implication is their leadership, including the Skywalker siblings, were totally inept.

The only thing saving the good guys from their inept leadership is that Palpatine was a terrible father and grandfather.  But even so, his plan almost worked because the Skywalkers didn't do anything to help/protect the one person in the whole galaxy that mattered - even though they knew who and how important she was.

Lastly, it turns out Han and Leia really were terrible parents and didnt show love to their son until it was to late for him.

But lots of nice fan stroking to keep the fanbois from walking away completely.[/spoiler]

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Quote from: crazy canuck on January 19, 2020, 11:56:43 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 17, 2020, 08:23:24 PM
They need to reboot the entire thing.
I saw it last night and could not agree more!

No, no! please no. No more Skywalker! Please.
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crazy canuck

Well, without a reboot that is exactly what you are going to get.

Berkut

A full reboot of the entire series.

1-6 could be well done with a reboot assuming you had good people doing it, of course.

7-9 The story itself is such a mess, Im not sure what you could do in a reboot unless you REALLY rebooted....
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Habbaku

No reboot, please. Just go elsewhere in the galaxy and do a tangentially-related story. The universe has room for plenty of shit besides a rehashed Skywalker tale.
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Valmy

Quote from: Habbaku on January 21, 2020, 11:39:24 AM
No reboot, please. Just go elsewhere in the galaxy and do a tangentially-related story. The universe has room for plenty of shit besides a rehashed Skywalker tale.

One would think...
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Habbaku

Mandalorian--which people are inexplicably raving over--has very little attachment to the Skywalker tale. If they can make that work, they can make a film work. Disney does not lack for money or for talent.

I really, really hope Waititi takes the job.
The medievals were only too right in taking nolo episcopari as the best reason a man could give to others for making him a bishop. Give me a king whose chief interest in life is stamps, railways, or race-horses; and who has the power to sack his Vizier (or whatever you care to call him) if he does not like the cut of his trousers.

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Admiral Yi

Even Mandalorian had a connection to the EPIC BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL through baby Yoda.

Zoupa

That's not really Yoda as a baby. Just a member of the same race.