Star Wars Megathread

[crazy canuck]

Well, this episode was brilliant. Might be my favorite of the show. Echoes of Kurosawa. 

Yes, that was amazing.

[Crazy_Ivan80]

I suppose we'll eventually learn what happened to him all the way until Werner Herzog put up a contract for him. Incidentally, I hope this particular arc *doesn't* turn out to be Snoke's origin story (since Gideon was trying to create artificial force users). Honestly couldn't care less about Snoke. Rather the show kept carving his own niche.

The way he perks up when Mando calls his name was adorable, by the way. I was afraid that "Baby Yoda being cute" would get played out this season but somehow it keeps working 

it might be better if everyone somehow forgets about the sequels completely.

[Tamas]

it might be better if everyone somehow forgets about the sequels completely.

Yes, let's hope so.

[Eddie Teach]

Truthfully, of the original trilogy i only like the first one anyway

So why are you reading this thread?

[HVC]

Because I like the mandalorian

[Eddie Teach]

It doesn't make sense that you've seen The Mandalorian though.

[mongers]

David Prowse, Darth Vader, died today age 85. 

[HVC]

It doesn't make sense that you've seen The Mandalorian though.

Star Wars is a cultural thing. I've seen all the movies at some point.

[viper37]

Fair points. What, then, if Thrawn and Gideon were rivals and Gideon using his weapons projects to try and overpower Thrawn to become the "true" leader of the Empire?

Good point.  In the non-canon universe, it was hinted at that Thrawn had a rival killed at some point before coming back to the known galaxy.  They might (sort of) re-canonize that story with this.  Interesting

Also, someone pointed out that the HK droids had the emblem of Thrawn's 7th Fleet on their heads:

Damn maniacs for noticing this! 

Since we didn't hear of Sabine or Ezra, I would assume they're been reunited, and Ahsoka is now pursuing Thrawn for ... whatever reason there might be. The Empire re-arming in the Unknown Regions (which is also where the Chiss Ascendancy is) despite the disarmament treaty with the New Republic? I could see her working for the early Resistance trying to keep tabs on what the Not-Yet-First Order is doing. The X-Wing cop last episode already hinted that they're aware of things happening "out here" (i.e. the Rim).

Maybe Ahsoka heard that Thrawn was back and now wants to find Ezra?  Maybe Sabine is busy on her side searching on her own?  They could have decided to split up at some point to pursue two concurrent leads.

In the EU, Thrawn was busy building his own little Empire of the Hand in the unknown regions.  I wonder if they will try to bring something like this into the series, eventually. 

Knowing Thrawns pragmatism, there might be an alliance of convenience to take down Gideon?

It's entirely possible.

Tython is according to current lore in the Deep Core. So there might be a chance next episode is set somewhere in the core worlds while on the way there? Also, I'd imagine Tython is not a generally well known location, and we might have to hunt information again next episode, which usually means doing a favor for someone.

Hmm.  Correlia would be nice.

Sidenote: we have Bo-Katan and Ahsoka on quests to hunt down one man, Gideon and Thrawn, respectively. Wonder if those quests will intersect. But Bo-Katan and Ahsoka together on screen feels more like a Season 3 thing, maybe? Or maybe we just round up the people from earlier in the season again for the big finale.

Season 2 will be the showdown at the Jedi temple against Moff Gideon. That is telegraphed since the beginning, imho.

I'm still kind of expecting that the series will culminate in the re-taking of Mandalore, and Din becoming the next Mandalore (with the show title meaning THE Mandalorian), but I'm happy to be completely wrong if it turns out the series is headed some place else entirely.

It would be a fitting end for the series.

[viper37]

Christ, just give Filoni a Star Wars movie.

Why just one?  Why not three?

[Grey Fox]

I don't understand Smoke hate. He was good vilain.

[mongers]

David Prowse, Darth Vader, died today age 85. 

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55117704

Dave Prowse: Darth Vader actor dies aged 85

Dave Prowse, the Bristolian former bodybuilder best known for playing Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy, has died aged 85.

Prowse was cast as Vader for his imposing physique, even though the role was voiced by James Earl Jones.

But the weightlifter-turned-actor was most proud of playing the Green Cross Code Man. The role, promoting road safety in the UK, earned him an MBE.

"May the force be with him, always!" said his agent Thomas Bowington.

"Though famous for playing many monsters - for myself, and all who knew Dave and worked with him, he was a hero in our lives."

Prowse, a personal trainer, and his brother were responsible for starting some of the first gyms in England

Mr Bowington called the actor's death, after a short illness, "a truly and deeply heart-wrenching loss for us and millions of fans all over the world".

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars movies, said he was "so sad" to hear the news.

"He was a kind man and much more than Darth Vader," Hamill said on Twitter. "He loved his fans as much as they loved him."
'My first recollection of him was he was enormous'

Star Wars co-star - and fellow Briton - Anthony Daniels, who has played C-3PO in 11 of the 12 Star Wars instalments, paid tribute to Prowse's contribution to the epic series.

"Dave's iconic figure dominated the finished film in '77 and has done so ever since," he wrote on Twitter on Sunday.

The family of the late actor Peter Mayhew, who played Chewbacca alongside Prowse's Vader, posted a picture of the pair with R2-D2 actor Kenny Baker, who died in 2016: "I hope you're up there sharing a pint and a story with the boys," said the tweet posted by the Peter Mayhew Foundation.

Doctor Who star John Barrowman recalled how Prowse "got me into shape" for a stage role in the musical Matador.

"Dave was a huge part of our #confamily - his smile will be missed," he added, referring to the star's popular presence at fan conventions.

Meanwhile, Mayor of Bristol Marvin Rees hailed Prowse's Bristol roots and his legacy: "A Bristol man and along with #WhyDon'tYou and #GrangeHill, part of our 70s and 80s childhoods," he wrote.

Prowse's career as an actor spanned 50 years, but it was his role as the Sith Lord in Star Wars that brought him international fame.

Unfortunately, his West Country accent was not deemed suitable for the part of a menacing Hollywood villain and his lines were dubbed.

However, Prowse was a definitive presence in all three of the early films, thanks to his hulking 6ft 6in (1.98 m) frame, honed by the weightlifting skills which saw him represent England at the Commonwealth Games in the early 1960s.

During this period, he reportedly became close friends with rival bodybuilding competitors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno (later better known as TV's Incredible Hulk) - long before their on-

Prowse claimed he was unaware the voice of Darth Vader would be dubbed by another actor

Prowse made his film debut in 1967 James Bond spoof Casino Royale playing Frankenstein's Creature, a part he was asked to play again in two films from the iconic Hammer film series, 1970's Horror Of Frankenstein and 1974's Frankenstein and the Monster From Hell.

He also regularly featured on cult series such as The Saint, Space 1999 and Doctor Who, in which he was cast as a minotaur in the 1972 episode The Time Monster, opposite Jon Pertwee.

Behind the scenes in Hollywood circles, Prowse prepared the late Christopher Reeve for the physical demands of his role as Superman, as the actor's personal trainer.

Spotted by director George Lucas in the 1971 film Clockwork Orange, in which he played a bodyguard, Prowse was invited to audition for the roles of Darth Vader and Chewbacca in 1977's Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope.

He later told the BBC's Tanya Beckett, he chose Vader over Chewbacca because "you always remember the bad guys".

Lucas films response:
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55128932

[viper37]

I don't understand Smoke hate. He was good vilain.

So good that he let himself be killed by his apprentice in total surprise.

[Eddie Teach]

Like Palpatine?

[viper37]

Like Palpatine?

No, in a totally different way.

Vader killed Palpatine to save his son, that was not premiditated, he acted upon seeing Luke tortured and imploring him, you can see, in that wordless scene the powerful emotions taking him, his devotion to his master vs redeeming himself in the eyes of the son he never knew.

Where as the kid killed his master, something he planned all along and was just waiting for the right moment, not out of love, but to simply take his place, something any true Sith would expect.

At least Palpatine killed his master in his sleep.