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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Hey, a breadcrumb! :haw:

https://twitter.com/dave_filoni/status/872631916775657474

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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

The new comics range from "fine, but a bit forgettable" to "loving great" with the majority of them unfortunately massing towards the former category.

To get into specifics:

- Star Wars (Ongoing): Totally passable and worth a read, but not terribly memorable outside of the "Obi-Wan's Journal" side issues and that bit where the whole main cast got lightsabers and went ham with them

- Darth Vader: Mon-Cala-Grievous is a standout Dumb Thing for sure, but like Grievous himself, the whole point of his character is to be a inferior shadow of Vader himself, and is pretty much treated as such in the comic. Regardless, it's insane how they managed to make Vader/Aphra/Creepio/ArDIE work in a way that adds narrative depth to everyone involved.

- Chewbacca: Harmless little miniseries about a rebellious girl and her reluctant dog-person friend. Good art.

- Han Solo: HOLY poo poo THIS ART and the story's a little rote but HOLY poo poo THIS ART

- Princess Leia: Is profoundly boring. :sigh:

- Doctor Aphra: Is basically Indiana Jones in Space, right down to the ancient religions, rival-esque antagonists, and daddy issues . So far, a fun read.

- Shattered Empire: A decent epilogue to RotJ. Come for Poe's parents (don't actually come for Poe's parents), stay for the possible The Last Jedi foreshadowing.

- Lando: The premise is "Lando and his buddies accidentally steal the Emperor's ride". It delivers. :allears:

- Obi-Wan and Anakin: Come for the TCW-style salvaging of Anakin's character, stay for the wait I already did this bit

- Kanan - The Last Padawan: It's fine, I mainly remember this one for people losing their poo poo when it and a then-new episode of Rebels synced up and featured the same recurring character.

- Poe Dameron: Best currently-running comic at the moment. NAILS the dialogue in regards to Poe, I can practically hear Oscar Isaac whenever I read it. Is beginning to stretch it a bit with the whole "finding Lor San Dekka" plot arc.

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Jun 10, 2017

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Bumping for Saturn award :neckbeard:

https://twitter.com/Tcann13/status/880266155457257472

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

It's serviceable for what it is: A free animated short written and produced for girls aged 6-12.

Still looking forward to the rest of these (they're apparently dropping a short a day until the 9th) because, as with Rebels, you're very likely to get some good-to-great stories out of something ostensibly "for kids".

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jul 3, 2017

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

https://twitter.com/dave_filoni/status/883124880157192192

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Wherein a wampa abducts Chewie for cuddles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3II-zqUe6M

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 21:15 on Jul 7, 2017

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

https://twitter.com/dave_filoni/status/886017458422784000
:gbsmith:

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Time yet again for Melancholy Fridays with Dave Filoni:

https://twitter.com/dave_filoni/status/888614246593871872

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

Starting to see a wave of new behind-the-scenes videos across a few publications:

https://twitter.com/nerdist/status/900040216022573057

https://twitter.com/EW/status/899663233832943616

Wonder if we're leading up to a S4 premiere date announcement?

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtigV-biVGg

Season 4 premieres October 16th.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

twistedmentat posted:

Krennick being mentioned makes me think we might see him in this season.

Sadly not gonna happen, according to this EW interview:

quote:

The new trailer drops a familiar name from that film: Director Orson Krennic, the Death Star special weapons supervisor, who was played by Ben Mendelsohn. Don’t expect to see the character in the series, however.

“Name-dropping,” Filoni explains. “It’s always fun to make it feel like it’s part of this big world … But the cape alone would be half my budget, just to make it flow.”

Filoni says he once envisioned a grand scene uniting many of the best of the worst from Star Wars. “I was imagining a shot with Vader and Krennic and the Emperor, but it’s like having a cape convention with those guys,” he jokes. “Then you have Tarkin and Thrawn, and it starts too look like a Legion of Bad Guys. When you get too many bizarre Star Wars villains together, I don’t know if it works for me.”

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

I wonder how this impacts the early-release online streaming stuff if they're technically already airing at the beginning of the day (at least on the East Coast).

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

the star wars dot com posted:

Star Wars Rebels returns for its fourth and final season beginning Monday, October 16, on Disney XD. Many episodes will be broadcast back-to-back through November 13, making for an hour of action and adventure courtesy of the Ghost crew. (Even Chopper is excited!)

You can mark your calendars for the following episodes:

Monday, 10/16 – “Heroes of Mandalore” Parts 1 & 2
Monday, 10/23 – “In the Name of the Rebellion” Parts 1 & 2
Monday, 10/30 – “The Occupation” and “Flight of the Defender”
Monday, 11/6 – “Kindred” and “Crawler Commandeers”
Monday, 11/13 – “Rebel Assault”

Following a holiday break, Star Wars Rebels will be back in early 2018 for its final run of episodes leading up to the top-secret series finale.

Look for new episodes every Monday with five airings throughout the day at 12:30 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 7:30 a.m., 5:30 p.m., and 9:00 p.m. ET on Disney XD, the Disney XD App, and VOD. StarWars.com’s Rebels Recon behind-the-scenes series will be posted after the 9 p.m. broadcast, and episode guides will be published on Tuesdays at 9 a.m. ET / 6 a.m. PT.

Post-hiatus better have a "Rebel Assault II" :argh:

Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Sep 21, 2017

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

IronSaber posted:

Porgs are no Lothcats, but they'll do for now.

I'm all about those Crait foxes, personally



Also holy crap, we're about a week out from Season 4 premiering; somebody please come up with an awesome title for the new thread. Preferably one with a cutesy reference to The Last Jedi.

Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

12:30 am ET, presumably going up on WatchDisneyXD at the same time.

I'll be posting the new thread tomorrow.

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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

New thread!

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