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So basically what every rational person assumed
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Thank goodness Now maybe if hade an interesting story, too.
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Jun 16, 2016 14:49
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Thank god. Apologies for the sperging panic attack.
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Jun 16, 2016 14:54
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Of course, it could still turn out to be a bad movie (though obviously I hope it's good, because it's out right in time for my birthday).  One rumour about something that was being changed in reshoots was from a Reddit user who purported to have worked on the set and claimed (might as well spoiler) that they'd shot a scene where Darth Vader wipes out a team of Rebel soldiers and it's played like a slasher movie, and they were asked to tone that down.
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Jun 16, 2016 15:03
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Wheat Loaf posted:Of course, it could still turn out to be a bad movie (though obviously I hope it's good, because it's out right in time for my birthday). Which is unfortunate because that sounds really cool.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Which is unfortunate because that sounds really cool. True, but the legitimacy of the source isn't verified to the best of my knowledge.
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Gammatron 64 posted:Which is unfortunate because that sounds really cool. Hell yes, this would be awesome. One of the things I liked about Paul Kemp's Vader-and-Emperor novel was how freaking scared -everyone- is of Vader. A slasher-esque sequence with Vader just destroying an otherwise overwhelming force would go a long way to introducing/reinforcing Vader-as-bogeyman to the general Star Wars audience. If that rumor is true, I hope they don't tone it down too much.
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Ferret posted:Hell yes, this would be awesome. One of the things I liked about Paul Kemp's Vader-and-Emperor novel was how freaking scared -everyone- is of Vader. A slasher-esque sequence with Vader just destroying an otherwise overwhelming force would go a long way to introducing/reinforcing Vader-as-bogeyman to the general Star Wars audience. Honestly, I kinda just want an entire movie of Darth Vader being a badass and slaughtering Jedi. I've kinda wanted that for years before the prequels even existed.
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Jun 17, 2016 14:06
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At least those comics he did that were mostly good.
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Jun 17, 2016 14:50
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There's also the bit in Rebels where he massacres a squadron of A-Wings and their flagship, and the scene with the AT-AT where the heroes realize their only hope for survival is to run like hell. I thought the show did a decent job of showing Vader as the terrifying Dark Side Force god that he was built up to be.
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Ferret posted:Hell yes, this would be awesome. One of the things I liked about Paul Kemp's Vader-and-Emperor novel was how freaking scared -everyone- is of Vader. A slasher-esque sequence with Vader just destroying an otherwise overwhelming force would go a long way to introducing/reinforcing Vader-as-bogeyman to the general Star Wars audience. Not that it matters at all, but is that canon or did it come out during the last throes of the EU? I assume you are referring to Lords of the Sith, here.
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mdemone posted:Not that it matters at all, but is that canon or did it come out during the last throes of the EU? I assume you are referring to Lords of the Sith, here. It ties into Rebels and The Clone Wars so I'd assume it's canon.
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Jun 18, 2016 00:08
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Lords of the Sith is one of the new Canonical novels, yes.
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Is Rebels any good? I heard it started diving back into Clone Wars stuff and that threw me off, because I was really hoping for something divorced from that show. And the animation never looked quite right to me.
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Arcsquad12 posted:Is Rebels any good? I heard it started diving back into Clone Wars stuff and that threw me off, because I was really hoping for something divorced from that show. And the animation never looked quite right to me. I rather like it. I'm much more a fan of the "band of assholes that tries to be a family" dynamic than I was of "master/apprentice" shenanigans.
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Jun 19, 2016 20:48
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Arcsquad12 posted:Is Rebels any good? I heard it started diving back into Clone Wars stuff and that threw me off, because I was really hoping for something divorced from that show. And the animation never looked quite right to me. It's pretty dang good in my opinion. There are a couple of clunker episodes but overall very good. The Clone Wars stuff isn't that big a part of the storyline. Some characters make cameos, some are relegated almost entirely to the background, and only one is kind of central to the plot.
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Rebels is very "problem of the week" early on, but stick with it because the last half of season two is loving fantastic. It's very obvious that the early goal was to market to kids for merchandise licensing purposes and once they proved it could make money, they started doing what they wanted.
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Except from what I've seen, "do what they wanted" translates into "bring back a ton of clone wars characters because filoni's last show got canceled". I'd really rather not deal with Darth maul or ahsoka again
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Arcsquad12 posted:Except from what I've seen, "do what they wanted" translates into "bring back a ton of clone wars characters because filoni's last show got canceled". I'd really rather not deal with Darth maul or ahsoka again Maul only shows up for a couple episodes and is really well utilized. Ahsoka is a recurring character throughout, but she's not a main character like she was back in Clone Wars, and she's also well used. No more of the whiny petulant apprentice crap; she's more or less an independent that works with the Rebels once in a while.
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Has there been any confirmation for the rumour about whether Rebels will be ending after its third season?
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Jun 21, 2016 20:16
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Darth maul not only being alive but alive until the OT era is just so goddamn dumb.
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Jun 21, 2016 20:27
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jivjov posted:Maul only shows up for a couple episodes and is really well utilized.
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ImpAtom posted:Darth maul not only being alive but alive until the OT era is just so goddamn dumb. I thought the same thing until they actually managed to make him interesting. Which he wasn't in his film debut
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Darth Vader has been confirmed for Rogue One, and the Grand Admiral looking guy is named Director Krenek (or something like that). So that Vader slasher scene might happen after all.
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Jun 22, 2016 21:10
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Oh, and Forest Whittaker's character is straight from Clone Wars!
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jivjov posted:Oh, and Forest Whittaker's character is straight from Clone Wars! Huh, nice to see Onderon continue to get mentioned. I also liked the mention of Bloodlines and Saw's "terrorist" actions, considering how hosed up Ahsoka's Onderon resistance actions became. "How come the civilians are afraid of us?" "I don't know, how about we stop having firefights in public places with noncombatants?"
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Arcsquad12 posted:Darth Vader has been confirmed for Rogue One, and the Grand Admiral looking guy is named Director Krenek (or something like that). So that Vader slasher scene might happen after all. "Director Orson Krennic" apparently. "Krennic" is a pretty good Bantam era Imperial officer name.
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Wheat Loaf posted:"Director Orson Krennic" apparently. Yeah, my first thought was that it reminded me of http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Delak_Krennel
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jivjov posted:I thought the same thing until they actually managed to make him interesting. Which he wasn't in his film debut Back in 1999, Darth Maul was one of the few things people actually liked about Phantom Menace. Lucas bringing him back is probably the stupidest idea he had. Maybe above Darth Icky.
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Chairman Capone posted:Back in 1999, Darth Maul was one of the few things people actually liked about Phantom Menace. Oh I liked Maul well enough, but other than the visual design he was not an interesting character. Going into his backstory while at the same time letting him try to get personal revenge for the way he was treated was brilliant.
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Bringing Darth maul back was only topped in stupidity by him having a brother named savage oppress and both of them coming from a colony of zabrak sex slaves for the dathomiri
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Wait, people sincerely liked Darth Maul's visual design and weren't just being ironic about it?  He just looks to me like the end result of asking a 14 year old boy to design a scary yet cool looking villain.
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Wait, people sincerely liked Darth Maul's visual design and weren't just being ironic about it? Many people were 14 years old when Phantom Menace came out.
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Lucas was pretty upfront at the time that he considered the primary audience for Star Wars to be 12-14 year old boys.
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Wait, people sincerely liked Darth Maul's visual design and weren't just being ironic about it? He looked like a natural part of the creature design of the universe. Look at the cantina scene, regular and special edition, there's all sorts of over the top critters. A guy with red and black tribal tattoos and horns, with a dark cloak and double ended saber....hell yeah he was an interesting design that fits seamlessly into the universe (aside: I SO wish the saber hadn't been revealed in trailers...how cool would that have been to see for the first time in the theater?) And yeah, I was 8 when Phantom Menace hit.
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So, I'm reading Star Wars Art: Visions and while it's neat seeing the different styles applied to Star Wars some of the choices are...questionable.           http://i.imgur.com/1AYo53s.jpg http://i.imgur.com/HGyvduc.jpg
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Jun 25, 2016 03:48
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All of those own, except the anime.
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Jun 25, 2016 03:55
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I want to hang the posh Chewbacca family portrait on my wall.
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Flagrant Abuse posted:Wait, people sincerely liked Darth Maul's visual design and weren't just being ironic about it? It's a good and effective visual design. It communicates that he hates and opposes Jedi.
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It's always strange when official sources actually have even partial nudity. I remember in the Art of ROTJ, the first concept art of Oola was of her topless with a ballgag.
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