Star Wars Megathread

[celedhring]

I've read up on this Acolyte thing. So it's essentially Knights of the Not-Old Republic? Heh, I'll check it out.

I wish somebody decided to bring the Tales of the Jedi comics back into the canon... man, I loved that shit as a kid.

[FunkMonk]

Not gonna lie, 90% of this show for me was the relationship between Mando and the kid. Not sure how next season is going to turn out now 

[The Larch]

 




I always thought that linking Baby Yoda with Luke would be narratively interesting. Given that Luke was trained by Yoda, having him train Grogu is a nice closing of the circle. I never thought that they'd pute Luke on the show, though (Boba Fett? Sure, he's a glorified background character, but Luke is a big deal), I thought it was way too important a character, but man am I happily surprised. And let's not forget R2 - D2 and his happy beeping! This is the kind of fanservice that warms my soul. 

Now, this opens tons of questions for next season. I even discussed it with a buddy this week, he argued that if Baby Yoda was to be finally delivered to the jedis then the show would stop having a purpose, while I thought that the protagonist is the Mando, not Baby Yoda (as much a scene stealer and fan favourite as he was). Let's see what happens now...

[Berkut]

Sigh, very dissapointed that fucking Luke showed up.

First of all, it makes no sense. They are talking about Baby Yoda being super important, and he ends up with THE primary character in a story arc that has been done to death, yet we've never heard of him before? How does that make any sense?

But more importantly, once again, the writers lack imagination. A universe of 10,000 planets with trillions of sentient beings, and it has to be fucking Luke who strolls in. At least they weren't on Tattooine. The SW universe is apparently about the size of a high school campus.

[viper37]

but I feel after I watched the finale my main reaction is: er, ok, now what?

that's called a cliffhanger, I believe

[viper37]

Fans were suggesting Sebastian Stan (Winter Soldier) as a possible recast for a young Luke.

he has his own series

[viper37]

Um where have you heard Acolyte is animated?

It seems I mixed that up.

Do not fail me again.

[Legbiter]

I had to go into a 1 week quarantine because of an infected teacher at my local school, with my 7 year old son. He loves the series. Me, we've watched the first 3 episodes and will keep going. Except I'm imaging this is a tragedy involving a upstanding citizen who via an alien mind parasite turns on longstanding colleagues, friends, and even family. 

[Syt]

First of all, it makes no sense. They are talking about Baby Yoda being super important, and he ends up with THE primary character in a story arc that has been done to death, yet we've never heard of him before? How does that make any sense?

That's one thing where I trust the writers for now. A big question during the run of Clone Wars was what to do with Ahsoka. She was arguably the most important person in Anakin's live together with Padme and Kenobi yet wasn't heard or seen of in the movies ever. They handled that quite well IMO with her arcs in the last two seasons of Clone Wars (the finale intersecting a few times with the events of Revenge of the Sith), and her role in Rebels. I expect them to have a good explanation what happened with Grogu as well. Kylo Ren's massacre is ca. 20 years into the future, so I'm sure he will leave before then. Also, much of the gap between ROTJ and TFA is not very mapped out yet in stories and comics, especially for the main cast, so there's a lot of wiggle room yet.

I agree it's a bit odd that we keep returning to the same planets a lot, but to be fair, Tatooine showed up only once this season, and all other worlds were new or were created for the show (Nevarro). Tatooine is a fascinating setting for me, so I don't mind returning to it but YMMV of course.

[Barrister]

I geeked out when it was Luke, even if the de-aging tech is still less than perfect.

Yeah, interested to see where it goes since Grogu apparently is going to be out of commission for along while (though I firmly believe he'll be back).  So I guess the ongoing storyline will be Din Djarin and his relationship with the rest of the Mandalorians?  Could be interesting.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

for a few seconds during the finale I hoped Filoni has managed to retrieve Kyle Katarn from the abyss (and why not: he canonized the dark troopers). Now that would have been a surprise

[Tamas]

I geeked out when it was Luke, even if the de-aging tech is still less than perfect.

Yeah, interested to see where it goes since Grogu apparently is going to be out of commission for along while (though I firmly believe he'll be back).  So I guess the ongoing storyline will be Din Djarin and his relationship with the rest of the Mandalorians?  Could be interesting.

Yeah I also totally geeked out I think he looked as convincing as can reasonably be expected

[Sophie Scholl]

Sigh, very dissapointed that fucking Luke showed up.

First of all, it makes no sense. They are talking about Baby Yoda being super important, and he ends up with THE primary character in a story arc that has been done to death, yet we've never heard of him before? How does that make any sense?

But more importantly, once again, the writers lack imagination. A universe of 10,000 planets with trillions of sentient beings, and it has to be fucking Luke who strolls in. At least they weren't on Tattooine. The SW universe is apparently about the size of a high school campus.

It reminds me of the Zahn books. I guess we should be happy Luuke hasn't shown up yet.

[celedhring]

Finished Rebels season 2.

I'd have never figured out [spoiler]Darth Maul as the mannerly-speaking villain[/spoiler]. I guess I should finish watching Clone Wars at some point, but the number of seasons is a bit unwieldly.

[Syt]

I guess I should finish watching Clone Wars at some point, but the number of seasons is a bit unwieldly.

Most episodes arrange into arcs. Just watch them one arc at a time (usually 2-5 episodes). Or take your time. No rush.

Kotaku has a list of key episodes for Season 1-6. I think its missing some interesting ones, but I feel it's a good starting point if you want the basic gist of it (feel free to skip the Zillo beast episodes, unless you want a Star Wars take on Godzilla and King Kong - Season 2 had several homages to classic movies). Personally, I would add Season 3, Episodes 15 - 17 (Overlords, Altar of Mortis, Ghosts of Mortis), but the episodes are very divisive among fandom, and a lot of people hate the side of force mysticism it added. And the Season 2 episode Bounty Hunters for a Star Wars take on Seven Samurai.