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An Apple A Gay posted:What star wars books should I check out if I liked this space cowboy show One of the old Tales books has a story about Boba Fett vs. an entire imperial garrison, that's a really fun one though it's more of a short story. Zahn's book Scoundrels is more of a heist setup, but there's some of that same vibe to it as the show so far. I've read a lot of SW books but not many have this same kind of vibe to them, at least not spread across the entire book. Any of the squadron books are fun choices. I can't remember a SW book I outright disliked, so my advice is to just dive in to them. I mostly read what's now Legends/EU content, but it's always been a fun ride.
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I hope they don't milk a tease of his handsome face underneath or whatever, I don't want this to turn into Goblin Slayer in Space.
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Nov 15, 2019 01:26
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best EU books are the rogue/wraith squadron books and even then they’re cheesy as hell
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Nov 15, 2019 02:04
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Weedle posted:I mean, a story can be told in more than one way. I just wish Disney and the people they hire were willing to do that. Star Wars is a big enough tent that I think they could stand to experiment a little without having to worry about wrecking the whole franchise, but it feels like Disney knows exactly what everybody expects from things called Star Wars and gives us exactly that and no more. The only thing in the Mandalorian so far that's surprised me is Werner Herzog, and it's no coincidence that his scene was by far my favorite in the first episode. Did you like The Last Jedi?
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Nov 15, 2019 03:42
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Best Star Wars thing in ages. Keep Jedi and lightsabers far away from this. Clint westerns are my favorite of the genre, and this was very evocative. I wouldn't mind if they kept the dialogue sparse and make it Samurai Jack. Very excited to see where this goes.
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Nov 15, 2019 03:46
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I agree the episode was structured like a video game, namely some MMO. Mandalorian is a low level solo player grinding easy solo missions. Then he tries to take on a more difficult mission but it's too difficult for him to do solo so he teams up with other players (space Nick Nolte and IG). There's the quest giver (Carl Weathers) and a Mandalorian guild with other players from his class where the protagonist gets his armor upgrade. It reminded me of playing Star Wars Galaxies. Disregarding the video game analogy, the Mandalorian guild scene was weird. There's a bunch of Mandalorians hanging out in a house on a lovely backwater planet so they probably aren't very rare, yet Space Nick Nolte meets a Mandalorian for the first time, even though he lives near a bounty hunter hotspot (the compound). That is explainable, but it seems as if the show was trying to make the Mandalorians seem kinda mythological and common at the same time. It also appears that they are really going for the idea that Mandalorians never take off their helmets (I think there were even Mandalorian children with helmets on in the guild house), yet Jango Fett and the Mandalorians in the animated series took their helmets off all the time. I personaly find the concept of Mandalorians not taking their helmets off pretty stupid and it seems they are again trying to distance themselves from the prequels and the related material, which is disappointing.
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Nov 15, 2019 09:51
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Episode 2 is already amazing: Ugnaught: EGG! EGG! EGG! EGG! Jawas *pounding sandcrawler*: EGG! EGG! EGG! EGG! Baby Yoda: Egg! Egg! Egg! Egg!
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Nov 15, 2019 10:16
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Jerkface posted:Episode 2 is already amazing: Ugnaught: EGG! EGG! EGG! EGG! Jawas *pounding sandcrawler*: EGG! EGG! EGG! EGG! Baby Yoda: Egg! Egg! Egg! Egg! Is it up anywhere other than the mobile app? There's no way in hell I'm watching on my "loving telephone"
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Nov 15, 2019 10:24
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Pops Mgee posted:Is it up anywhere other than the mobile app? There's no way in hell I'm watching on my "loving telephone" I am watching it on the webpage. This episode is really great. Its weird & surprising. Who would win a fight: 1 Mandalorian or 50 utunni bois Jerkface fucked around with this message at 10:29 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Nov 15, 2019 10:26
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If God doesn't let me have a goddamn baby yoda I will burn this motherfucker to the ground
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Nov 15, 2019 10:39
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These jawas traded basically half a star ship for a fucken egg, bro, they're lovin this poo poo. theyre slurpin it up, its makign them go wild, all they care about is egg. and now its all I care about
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Nov 15, 2019 11:26
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Knight2m posted:Did you like The Last Jedi? I didn’t love some of the narrative decisions but overall I thought it was pretty cool and creative with good casting and very memorable set-pieces. The red salt or sand or whatever on that one planet was a stroke of aesthetic genius. Jerkface posted:These jawas traded basically half a star ship for a fucken egg, bro, they're lovin this poo poo. theyre slurpin it up, its makign them go wild, all they care about is egg. and now its all I care about Ok I’m sold.
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Nov 15, 2019 13:30
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We already have very episodes, I feel like Episode 2 was just a waste of time to establish that Baby Yodas are strong with the Force? Like we didn't already suspect that? I didn't hate the episode but are we not supposed to learn more about the plots/characters other than Jawas really love furry egg yolk? This belongs in something like Short Treks. Oh well, only 6 episodes left. Tune in next week to learn that Carl Weathers won't talk to the main character unless he gets him the bath water of a hot Twi'Lek.
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Nov 15, 2019 13:50
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SyRauk posted:We already have very episodes, I feel like Episode 2 was just a waste of time to establish that Baby Yodas are strong with the Force? You dare doubt Lucas' vision?
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Nov 15, 2019 14:02
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SyRauk posted:This belongs in something like Short Treks. Oh well, only 6 episodes left. Tune in next week to learn that Carl Weathers won't talk to the main character unless he gets him the bath water of a hot Twi'Lek. You put a ration pack in there with that bath water, you got yourself a stew going.
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Nov 15, 2019 14:18
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A 180 turn from the first episode, who'd have thought the dave filoni directed episode was dark and violent while the followup felt like a kids show of which he has many years of experience with. A fun episode, not what I expected it would be. Edit: And it turns out the desert planet is called Arvala-7, which is not mentioned in the show at all because there are no name cards for locations. It is mentioned on the starwars.com databank. drunkill fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Nov 15, 2019 15:18
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Also we have pretty much established this is a 30 min per episode show now. Not that that is inherently bad but I think most were expecting an hour per episode. More video game plotting. (Get egg quest item to repair ship). All that being said it was a really fun episode. Loved the Jawas, loved baby Yoda. It’s just apparent this is a fun adventure show for kids and not dark gritty Star Wars that the trailer implied. But this is really good fun Star Wars all the same. Just imagine though in this episode if we had cut back to Werner Herzog and the imperials and got hints of what they are planning. That’s what I mean by a B plot. Something to fill out the episode foreshadow and let us speculate a bit. Also make the show seem bigger.
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Nov 15, 2019 15:34
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Space Panda posted:More video game plotting. (Get egg quest item to repair ship). I really don’t get this criticism. Like...that’s just plotting. Someone having to get something to achieve a goal has existed as a motivating factor in stories for thousands of years before video games were a thing. The Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece is nothing but a fetch quest, after all.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:00
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This episode was delightful, just good honest spaceman fun.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:15
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Egg!
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Nov 15, 2019 16:15
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Egg! Egg! Egg!
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Episode 2 is Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril except the cart hovers I thought it was excellent and straight up better than the pilot in every way. It's making me like star wars again.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:31
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On the one hand, when there's only 8 episodes it feels like a bit of a waste to just muck about with Jawas for one of them with very little "story" advancement. On the other hand, shut up nerd, that was fun space western poo poo which is what I'm here for. Chapter 2: The Mandalorian has to deal with some bullshit. Egg!
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Nov 15, 2019 16:31
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I'm loving this so far, more than any movie since the original trilogy. My only real nitpick is Episode 1: "you require a mount to get through this area". Episode 2 *walks out* edit: what the hell is his knife made out of for that insta kill Pez fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Nov 15, 2019 16:45
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I am convinced that someone on the crew of this show played Super Star Wars a bunch.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:47
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The egg contains a molly like euphoric and TM is walking away from a jawa rave orgy.
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Nov 15, 2019 16:51
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Interesting run time. Wonder if that is a side effect of Favreau not writing for tv before, or instead him plotting out the story like an actual book, hence the episode titles. So each episode ends up being as long as it needs to be. This episode had a title as well, was chapter one given a title anywhere, maybe something like “The Job”?
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Nov 15, 2019 16:51
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Pez posted:
I remember something about Mandos using Vibro-blades that cause enormous amounts of damage so I'm assuming it's one of those, or maybe it has a fast-acting neurotoxin or something on it?
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:I remember something about Mandos using Vibro-blades that cause enormous amounts of damage so I'm assuming it's one of those, or maybe it has a fast-acting neurotoxin or something on it? Vibro weapons have been Star Wars lore for decades; so cool to finally see one on screen. (The trandoshans had them too)
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Nov 15, 2019 17:06
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Teek posted:Interesting run time. Wonder if that is a side effect of Favreau not writing for tv before, or instead him plotting out the story like an actual book, hence the episode titles. So each episode ends up being as long as it needs to be. This episode had a title as well, was chapter one given a title anywhere, maybe something like “The Job”? I am a tremendous fan of serialized television being "as long as it needs to be" by the Episode or by the season. I respect the Beeb for saying "This season of Luther needs 4 episodes to tell its story, and that's okay." The "meant to be binged" pacing of Netflix original series is just trash IMO.
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Nov 15, 2019 17:16
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Some sketches filoni did of the mando: Teek posted:Interesting run time. Wonder if that is a side effect of Favreau not writing for tv before, or instead him plotting out the story like an actual book, hence the episode titles. So each episode ends up being as long as it needs to be. This episode had a title as well, was chapter one given a title anywhere, maybe something like “The Job”? I reckon its just a throwback to old western tv shows. Just without doing corny headshots of the main characters as the intro credits roll.
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Nov 15, 2019 17:26
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thrawn527 posted:On the one hand, when there's only 8 episodes it feels like a bit of a waste to just muck about with Jawas for one of them with very little "story" advancement. To be fair, at this point we don’t know how much story needs telling. It could be a series of loosely connected vignettes in the style of Samurai Jack until the season finale wraps things up. Honestly, more than anything, that’s kind of what this show reminds me of so far.
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:I remember something about Mandos using Vibro-blades that cause enormous amounts of damage so I'm assuming it's one of those, or maybe it has a fast-acting neurotoxin or something on it? Or maybe he just correctly-deduced where to stab the ram-like beast
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Nov 15, 2019 17:47
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Cross-Section posted:Or maybe he just correctly-deduced where to stab the ram-like beast "Whew. Good thing they keep their brains on the left side of their necks."
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Phylodox posted:I really don’t get this criticism. Like...that’s just plotting. Someone having to get something to achieve a goal has existed as a motivating factor in stories for thousands of years before video games were a thing. The Argonauts’ quest for the Golden Fleece is nothing but a fetch quest, after all. I just think they should aim a little higher than the narrative pattern of “MMO quest line” or “2500-year-old myth.” Nothing wrong with ancient myths, but storytelling has evolved a lot since then.
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Weedle posted:I just think they should aim a little higher than the narrative pattern of “MMO quest line” or “2500-year-old myth.” Nothing wrong with ancient myths, but storytelling has evolved a lot since then. ....have you, uh, ever seen a Star Wars before?
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Nov 15, 2019 18:04
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I enjoy how exasperated and constantly sick of the bullshit our hero was in this episode. Noirex fucked around with this message at 18:26 on Nov 15, 2019 |
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Nov 15, 2019 18:05
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TM finally making it to the top of the sandcrawler and then immediately getting blasted off again when he drew his own blaster was brilliant. Jawas are such assholes
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Nov 15, 2019 18:11
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thrawn527 posted:"Whew. Good thing they keep their brains on the left side of their necks." See, I thought he stabbed a pulmonary artery or something of that manner, but on reflection, there was suspiciously little blood for such a stab. But then again, Disney censors, etc.
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So how many desert planets are Jawas riding around Sandcrawlers on? I kind of thought this meant we were on Tatooine, but I guess someone here found out that it's a different planet? Please note, I am not trying to bring up the stupid Jakkooine argument of the other thread. It's more of an interesting insight into Jawas. They travel through space specifically looking for poo poo hole desert planets to scavenge?
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