Star Wars Rebels

>>79188806
Is this /co/'s official fetish or something?

Could this edition BE anymore giant?

>>79187634

I'm fine with having the armor not associated with just Jango and Boba.

>>79188025

I vaguely recall finding Maul cool as a kid because of his looks and saber.

>>79188864
Offshoots of fetish for dominant women (giantess, femdom, /ss/, pegging, etc.), yes. You could make the case that would be /co/'s primary fetish.

>>79188806
We literally already had this shit thread, fuck off already.

>>79188864
>/co/'s official fetish or something?
No, it's just some idiot that spams this shit constantly. We had the exact same thing last week. He's just doing it for the luz. Also /co/s fetish might be short-stacks.

Leia says to Ezra:

>That was impressive...
>Mostly

Literally Vader.

>>79188865
We can sure try.

>>79188932
Sucks that Leia had more chemistry with Ezra in one scene than Sabine had in the entire show so far.

>>79188864
Basically. Giantess threads were common here before /aco/

>>79188932
How was that episode, I missed it and have shitty internet, so I can't download it?

Was this the most badass villain introduction in Star Wars?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJnlUWMUakI

>that intimidating shuttle landing
>that Kylo Ren theme
>that dialogue
>that use of the force

>>79188927
>Also /co/s fetish might be short-stacks.

I see we have a tourist here. Go back to /tv/ with the rest of your scum.

>>79188968
It was a solid OK

>>79188968
Average, aside from Leia appearing it doesn't have that much going for it

>>79188976
Can you fuck off already or talk about the fucking show?

I'm sick of these TFA shitposters.

>>79188914

I actually kind of like giantess for thought of dominating one.

>>79188968
Pretty boring.

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>>79188976
Honestly, Season 1 Inquisitor. I fucking loved his first appearance when he greets Ezra and Kanan in the prison cell and calmly, ruthlessly curbstomps Kanan while lecturing Ezra about the Dark Side. Perfect establishing scene. Sad he didn't survive the season.

>>79189003
Says the shitposter.

>>79189008
So you have a small dick? Sounds like you need to overcompensate. I bet you think choking girls is hot too.

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>>79189003
TELL

>>79188976
>Was this the most badass villain introduction in Star Wars?
Darth Vader's. Now fuck off back to /tv/, no oine cares about your whiny bitch Kylo.

>>79188976
It's pretty damn awesome, but Vader's entrance in ANH pretty much invented the cool villain introduction and can't really be beat. I absolutely love that scene though.

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>>79189003
not him, we've been using this general to talk about more than just rebels for years now.

TFA is part of star wars

>>79189003
This has always been SW general, you cunt.

>>79188968
Pretty good.

>>79188968
Eh. This season is off to a mediocre start, just like all the others.

>>79189070
We're halfway through the season already, man.

>>79188968
Pretty good, the best part was when Leia's ships got booted like she didn't pay several parking tickets. Made me laugh.

>>79189015
>tfw we won't see starvipers in the mando episode

>>79189003
Rebels is shit, these threads are just a Star Wars general and have been used as such from the start. You're the shitposter here.

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>>79189066
SW General, not shit general.

Can we talk about GOOD Star Wars?

>>79189058
You bet you like capeshit villains, faggot.

>>79189037
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT6Sd0qfR-Y
Good taste anon. Vader in ANH remains my favorite villain intro, but this was a great episode.

>>79189104
Such a thing exists?

>>79189091
Who cares at this point? The show is so boring, it's hard to keep track.

The biggest part of the episode for me was small but telling. When Ezra jumped up and latched onto the stormie and starting beating his shit in. Even Kanan was surprised by his action there, definitely telling of his dark side slippage.

>>79189037
>Sad he didn't survive the season.
That was a waste and I wished he did live a little longer. The other Inquisitors aren't that interesting.

>>79189104
But TFA is good. Go back to /tv/

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>>79189126
Nice one.

>>79188987
>Gotta make sure they recognize her when her family comes back.
It was how young Rey was just a smaller version of current Rey. I wonder if maybe the vision was...blurring her past and present self? Sounds like the kind of thing the Force tends to do.

But the real reason is JJ felt people were too stupid to recognize babby Rey otherwise.

>>79189015

You're missing the second 'n' in that filename bro.

>>79188976
>Kylo
>villain
nah. But I'm afraid they will turn him into Vader in the next movie and if Rey turns out to be a Skywalker he will die. Pretty meh desu.

>>79189146
Sorry. Couldn't resist.

Is Filoni gay?

>>79189141
But it's not.

>>79189141
>But TFA is good.

Not as good as it's predecessors.

>>79189103
>Rebels is shit
hello, tourist

>>79189132
Yes, he's using anger too much in his combat and taking things personally. This will not bode well for him in the future.

>>79189044

Never really looked into choking, could be cool.

Honestly I'm not sure why you seem so surprised to find someone with such a taste, on 4chan nonetheless, considering how relatively common domination and submission are in human sexuality.

>>79188976
The Emperor appearing in Jedi. So calm and confident, even though appearing to be a weak old man. Then that creepy ass laugh as the scene fades out. You don't need to go showing off badass powers to prove how strong you are, just got to have gravitas.

>>79189141
I'll say this for it: It's better than Attack of the Clones.

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>>79189102
Your fault for blowing up their chieftain's keldabe warship and wiping yellow corruption all over Mandalore. Pirate scum.

>>79188976
>>79189037
>>79189125
Personally, I prefer Kylo's because of the blaster bolt freeze, but they were all very good. Now the bigger question is, what's the worst villain intro in Star Wars?

>>79189168
No, but you might be.

Not even 80 posts in and the thread is already over.

Nice.

>>79189206
Because this is /co/, not the MRA Clubhouse, you shithead. Go back to /r9k/

>>79189168
No, but I'm pretty sure he's a 40 year old virgin which is really depressing.

>>79189132
Yeah, that was a nice touch. Maul would be pleased.

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>kids show

>>79189236
Grievous.
He just runs away.

>>79189266
Shot through the heart, and you're to blame...

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>>79189168
No. He's an alpha male. Pic related. I'm not Filoni ;)

>>79189255
What does what he said have to do with MRAs?

>>79189266
Man, TCW had so much more deaths than Rebels

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>>79189266
>kids movie

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>>79189266
>kids show

>>79189236
Well, Grievous is a coward and kind of played for laughs. Dooku also isn't all that imposing, but is at least more of a character than either Grievous or Maul. So I'd go with either of those really.

>>79189316
So, they ate people, right?

>>79189279
I wish he was in more stuff as a central character. I want to see stuff about him in his earlier days on Kalee.

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>>79189323
>Kids show

>>79189282
Hey that's not funny, okay it's a bit funny

>>79189311
And they obviously didn't die instantly or painlessly. I can't think of another cartoon that explicitly showed a teenager getting shot and killed

>>79189323
NO, NOT GREG PROOPS

>>79189244
I genuienly don't know why people here hate TFA so much that they just have to shit up the thread every time someone says something about the movie.

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>>79189337
THEY EAT NUTS AND BERRIES, YOU IDIOT

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>>79189266
>>79189348
>kids show

>>79189380
Because it's not a very good movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDAcoiuowc0

Clan Vizsla hype.

>>79189369
>showed a teenager getting shot and killed
But a space gun makes it easier, for reasons.
Censors get up in arms about real firearms, but have no problem with lasers.

>>79189236
Among my least favorites:
>Dooku never got a good theme song in the movies, and they tried to make him so subtle about being a bad guy that his appearances never had much impact. Thankfully, him showing up on Tatooine in the TCW movie was suitable for Christopher Lee's trademark villainy.
>Grievous in RotS, on top of most kids being upset at how pathetic he was compared to his Genndywars version (I got over it, love him TCW now), he just never felt like a passable villain on the Invisible Hand or on Utapau, and Kenobi keeps trying to make a fool of him, undercutting the menace he got in his animated appearances.
>Seventh Sister and Fifth Brother. Their first appearance felt like they were squandering their powers in contrast to the earlier Inquisitor who made full use of his first impressions. I'm optimistic about them growing into better characters later, but their first episode didn't make them out to be impactful villains themselves, and created more of an insidious greater scope of the Empire's dark siders beyond just them, rather than making either of them intimidating on their own merit.

>>79189348
The kiss was cut, but you know what wasn't cut, Ventress forcing Oppress to kill his brother, and implied sex slavery in the same episode

>>79189380
Look at the board you're on

>>79189323
I love how pleased with himself Anakin looks

>>79189425
House Vizsla are traitors and a House of jobbers.

>>79189380
It's the prequel babbies, they hate the OT as well and throw a bitch fit at anyone whose taste isn't as shit as theirs for daring to talk about the actual decent parts of Star Wars in their precious safe space. I wish more people would just report and move on instead of indulging their worthless autistic posts.

>>79189380
It's an extreme thing. You either like it enough to defend it, or hate it enough to shitpost it every chance you get. ...and God help you if you speak the truth and say that it's just a movie that's no better/worse than another.

>>79189282
Fun Fact: Bon Jovi got his start in music singing on Christmas in the Stars: The Star Wars Christmas Album, where he sung R2-D2, We Wish You A Merry Christmas.

>>79189412
It's better than ROTJ and the prequels.

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>>79189399
>kids show

>hurrr look at all the death and mature shit im muh cartoon! it's totally not for kids so you can't say shit about me watching it!

>SO NO BULLY

That's what this thread is starting to look like. I bet you're the same crowd that freaks out and makes threads on /co/ when Regular Show says things like 'crap' and go "HOW DID THEY GET AWAY WITH THAT!?"

>>79189337
Yes, hell in the first issue of Shattered Empire, they feed some sort of unknown meat to the rebels there and you see stormtrooper helmets in the foreground. It was kinda fucked up.

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>>79189380
I think it was lacking but had a good waifu

>>79189475
It's better than Attack of the Clones and that's it.

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>>79189483
You sound butthurt, anon.

>>79189475
I dont know a single adult irl that thinks its better than the prequels, and I live in movie geek central.

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>>79189511
The characters were all pretty good and likable, imo.

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Mandos uber alles

>>79189550
I don't think I've heard a more blatant lie in my life.

>>79189554
Not really.

>>79189550
I really hope you're just memeing. Sounds like a horrible environment.

>>79189550
What shithole do you live in?

>>79189266
CN allowed them to get away with so much more than DisneyXD. Does DisneyXD even do "mature content" warnings?

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>>79189478
>kids show

>>79189550
Most people I know like it much more than the other six movies. I loved it too, but Empire is still the best movie.

>>79189616
>noseatbelts.webm

>>79189616
Buzzdroids never made sense to me.
Why not just be a cluster bomb?

>>79189582
It is not. I've encountered people who like it, but no one I actually know likes it.

>>79189585
I am not. I got a text from my friend last week who saw it for the first time and his exact words were "Just saw Force Awawakens. What a hunk of shit". He and his gf hated it.

>>79189590
California. The birthplace of all Star Wars.

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>>79189616
>kids show
I'm running out of webms...

>>79189655
Buzz droids hit the ship then seek out weak points. Cluster bombs spread their damage around wherever they hit.

They're like dick-seeking bullets. Just knowing you have them is going to have the enemy thinking twice about the fight.

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>>79189616
>kids show

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>>79189676
>kids show
I am too.

>>79189660
I don't believe. I can't imagine there are people with such shit taste. I get why some people wouldn't like TFA, but it's a well directed movie regardless of your personal opinion.

>>79189550
I grew up with the prequels and I don't know a single person who doesn't find those movies to be mediocre at best. I love them all, I'm as big a Star Wars fan as a person can be, but come the fuck on, there is no way you can spin it that puts even RotS above a 7/10 with TPM and AOTC at 6's because I'm generous and have nostalgia for them. The OT and TFA are vastly superior. I honestly just want to watch you die so that I can take comfort in knowing such a terrible opinion has left this world for good, and I don't appreciate how far to the dark side you've made me fall to say that.

>>79189655
IIRC, the old excuse was that they were built to sabotage ships or targets that needed to be captured, or that were carrying something important on them. So, if a republic ship had a prototype piece of tech the CIS wanted to steal, they'd have some buzzers latch on and cripple the ship while leaving the target unharmed and ready for capture.

If that changed, then I have no idea why they're still around.

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>>79189730
I-It's a action show not a horror show anon

>>79189585
Why? Because people don't like a movie you like? Fuck off.

>>79189554
They were. Kinda disappointed about Poe. He should've joined Rey and Finn on the MF desu.

>>79189570
They're all so faaaaaat

>>79189744
>well directed movie regardless of your personal opinion

Yes, OK. J.J

>>79189765
No, because they are saying it's worse than the prequels which it is not.

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>>79189742
>kids show

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>>79189511

>>79189765
>Everything is subjective! A movie can't be good or bad, it's all just a matter of opinion!

I wish people like you would just die.

>>79189823
He went out a badass

>>79189795
They are gonna give him a bigger role in VIII since Han is dead now.

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>>79189863
Too bad the Count feels differently.

>>79189795
He was originally supposed to die in the TIE Fighter crash but JJ liked his performance so much that he did some last minute changes to keep him alive and have a slightly larger role. Which is why he sort of just shows up again out of nowhere at Takodana. They definitely see how well liked the character is and are expanding his role in the next two films. Likely part of the Episode 8 rewrites going on now.

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>>79189902
>kids show

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>>79189676

>Umbara arc

It was so amazing. Even three or four years later after it aired its pretty solid.

>>79189744
It really isn't, though.

I legit have not spoken an adult who enjoyed. My uncles didn't like it, saying "it was pretty much just the first one". My parents didn't have anything to say about after they saw it except 'eh'. My friends didn't like it. I mean, I didn't like it, but one of my friends seemed offended by it being so bad, which made for a heated bar discussion.

Even my normie friends didn't really like it. And when I say 'normie' I mean people who don't work in television and film, as that's the background of most of my friends. People who know shit about film and direction, and they for the most part don't think it's 'well directed' except for one who is a literal shill.

You're welcome to think I'm 'memeing' or trying to shitpost if it makes you feel better in your hugbox, it really doesn't matter to me. You're exactly the kind of person the movie is geared towards: an idiot. So whatever.

>>79189924

Probably also why's he's getting an ongoing to try to expand his character some more.

>>79189511
I find it funny that some went in expecting a different waifu altogether; one who didn't actually do anything.

>>79189822
By my recollection, only three, including myself, actually said it's worse than the prequels.

The prequels never really came up in any other discussion, except with my dad. I don't know why it should. They're different movies. One's quality does not affect the other.

Why should we grade Star Wars movies on a curve?

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>>79189955
Can't we just get an Ahsoka ongoing to explain what the hell she did for 20 years?

>>79189937
Just report this baiting piece of trash and stop giving him attention. He's full of shit and completely out of touch with the world and he's ruining the thread with his retardation, stop allowing it.

>>79188956

...

that's because sabine closes herself off to ezra. leia saw ezra's holocast and sort of admires him for it.

>>79189550
I get not liking TFA, but thinking it's worse than TPM and AotC is straight up retarded.

>>79190032
Fuck off shitposter.

>>79190032
>down vote people for saying things I don't like!

hi leddit welcome to 4chan!

>>79189655
They did that in Lords of the Sith

>>79190055
Then explain why it's not.

>People defending the PT
God, fuck off. That shit is the reason that this show is so slow. Always acknowledging the existence of that fanfic of the Clone Wars.

>>79190127
Why bother? We both know I'm not going to convince you.

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>>79190145
>the retard who's upset that there's continuity between the shows is back
you need some fresh bait

>>79189425

>where did you steal that armor, bounty hunter

subtle, filoni. put them mandofags on suicide watch.

>>79190145
>>>/tv/

>>79189823
I feel like they were doing a nice homage to the Gendy episode with this one

>>79190156
No, you can't. But if you can put together your argument in a well thoughtout and coherent manner and have a civil back and forth, I'll just chalk it up to a difference of opinion rather than you being a literal retard.

>>79190032
Do you really want this thread to be an eho chamber? I can see why people think its a bad movie, even though I liked it, and you cant just live in denial of the bad parts.

>>79190202
What's so bad about an echo chamber?

>>79190202
>Do you really want this thread to be an eho chamber?

Yes.

>>79190202
Better than trolls and constant bitching.

>>79190255
Then you are lost

You know, not even /sheev/ but what exactly does the Empire do that makes it so heinous and evil? (besides blowing up planets, which they only do much later on in their reign).

I mean, in so many of the books and comics they bang on about how evil and oppressive the whole thing is, and yet all their attempts of proving it seem to be very much forced (no pun intended). In fact most of the oppressive things the Empire seem to do are just retaliatory measures taken out against rebels and dissidents. To quote Prince George from Blackadder "...tell me about these "oppressed masses", what are they so worked up about?"

Are these rebels just nationalists who are upset because they're ruled by a guy 300 light-years away?

Are they starving? Because unless the planet is being blockaded they don't seem to be suffering in terms of material losses.

Really half the time any rebel character talks to a neutral person all they do is bang on about 'muh freedom' rather than citing any factual problem.

>>79190202
There's a difference between an echo chamber and a thread full of shitposting children lashing out at people for enjoying TFA and the OT instead of their trash prequels, which is exactly what retards like him are trying to do. It creates problems and ruins threads, which is what has happened here. If you want to call it an echo chamber, fine, you're wrong, but it's vastly better than the cancer we're being forced to put up with right now.

>>79190274
No, it's not.

>>79190145
As much as I dislike the PT there's nothing wrong with TCW overall.

>>79190200
In short: boring set pieces, horrible dialogue, flat and uninteresting characters.

>>79190317
>There's a difference between an echo chamber and a thread full of shitposting children lashing out at people for enjoying TFA and the OT

Yeah! This thread should be about lashing out at people who DON'T enjoy TFA! That's TOTALLY DIFFERENT!

Right guys!? *echo chamber nods in agreement*

>>79190019

She was off being Tomb Raider.

>>79190317
Are you stupid or something?

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>>79190288
>not even /sheev/
>goes full /sheev/

>>79190288
I was wondering the same thing about the separatists the other day.

>>79190288
Large scale slavery for one. They also seem to be on a crusade against personal rights, eventually dissolve the senate, and maintain a massive military force against... Oh, yeah, there's no enemy except their own people. There's also the kidnappings, brainwashing, etc, etc. And if you make a mistake, or worse yet, someone else makes a mistake under your watch, you can be killed for it instead of just being fired or reprimanded.

>>79190353
What about that is well thought-out? What about that is making a case in favor of TFA not being in the tier of the prequels?

You're just saying why you don't like the prequels, not why you think TFA is better. And all of your points could be said about TFA as well.

So you are a literal retard after all...

>>79190353
TCW is part of the PT. And is as bad and unnecessary than that shitty movies. But whatever, at least Disney is intelligent, and dont bother with neither TCW and Rebels.
The OT and the new movies are the only real canon. Everything else, is just for manchildrens.

>>79190202
>the bad parts

Literally the only complaints I've heard about this movie are "Mary Sue Rey", "ANH 2.0" and "no exposition". It's really just nitpicking and personal opinions, not actual flaws. And even if all of that were true, it would still be a fun and entertaining movie with good dialogue and a perfect mix of practical effects and CGI. That alone makes TFA hundred times better than any of the prequels.

>>79190417
>>79190400
>responding to a copypasta

Is this the echo chamber you guys wanted? Because this what you get when there's no civil difference of opinion.

>>79190447
>So you are a literal retard after all...

Yeah you have no intention to have a civilized back and forth, you just like to fling shit.

>>79190463
Then you're either not talking to many people or you're only reading shit from clickbait sites.

>>79189219
That's not an achievement.

>>79190454
Star Wars is for manchildren.

>>79190508
>no counter arguments

Thanks for proving me right.

>>79190454
The real manchild is the person that can't handle their precious old movies being liked less than other movies in the series.

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>tfw no Gregor grandpa
I like him, a lot.

>>79190317
While its true the person hating on TFA didnt really give any other reason besides "my friends and family didnt like it", Ive seen in previous threads anons lashing out at criticisms of TFA. Its turning into an echo chamber.

>hating PT and/or OT
the fuck? Havent seen that echo in previous threads.

>>79190400
Well, the Separatists seem to have been guided by large corporate interests from the background... Sound familiar?

>>79190417
Fair enough. To go a little meta though, is there an in-universe explanation as to why? I'd guess an attempt to concentrate/solidify power in backlash against the separatists however it does seem to be Sheev shooting himself in the foot by just antagonising people...

>>79190500
Not really. I like to have actual discussion. I just expected you to make a more technical argument. You just made a list that just said "it was boring" which really doesn't tell us anything about why you think TFA is better than the prequels.

>>79190580
I thought it was implied I think TFA doesn't have those problems.

Not to divert from the slapfight, but we got an upload of 2x11 yet?

>>79190454
>Hating TCW
Fuck on outta here back to /tv/

>>79190454
>the only real canon
Anon, are you delusional? Just because you didnt like anything about the PT doesnt make it non-canon.

>>79190547
>While its true the person hating on TFA didnt really give any other reason besides "my friends and family didnt like it"

No one asked me for 'reasons'. I made that statement, the powers that be called bullshit, and I elaborated on what I observed.

>>79190607
It does though. It was the most boring of the six.

>>79190547
See >>79190463

Most criticisms are really just nitpicking. You can find flaws in every Star Wars movie if you look for them. But only TFA gets all the hate here. I wonder why.

>>79190317
The thread is for talking about everything Star Wars. Rebels, TCW, TFA, OT, PT, NuCanon, Legends. Everything. If people want to have a non-critical conversation about any of those things, they should be able to do so without being attacked. Telling people to fuck off because they want to talk about an aspect of Star Wars that you personally don't enjoy only brings negative vibes to the thread.

By all means, be critical or praising of anything you like. But do so in an intelligent way, without insulting anybody or driving people out just because their opinion is different. These threads can be comfy without being an echochamber/hugbox, all it takes is altering the tone that you use when talking to each other and not taking things personally.

Basically: grow up.

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>>79190543

>>79189928
>She is fighting him
>But she is hot, i better stay still and do nothing
I hope she kills him after they fuck that was a wasted threesome ffs

>>79190655
We're not talking about other Star Wars movies, though. Stop going "look, the others did it so it's okay!"

This is a different film.

>>79190616
That episode is next Wednesday. Rebels came back from break yesterday.

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>>79185370
I can't decide what to listen to next. Can you guys help me out?

Which of these are best in terms of
>Character likeability
>Overall writing
>Overall story
>Universe impact
(stuff like major characters from mainline stuff dying etc. Boba Fett being confirmed alive in Aftermath is a good example of what I mean.)
>Audio book quality
(Voice acting/music)

Any help is appreciated.

>>79190717
But its a remake of 4. All remakes are meant to be compared.

>>79190651
I really disagree. I was entertained by and invested in what was going on in TFA, while I couldn't give less of a fuck about the PT's flashy set pieces.

>>79190682
I want to hug him.

>>79190647
Disney doesn't care about PT, and certainly, neither about TCW and Rebels. Even if Rebels is sucking the huge dick of TFA, this isn't a 69. No movie will refer the series as canon.

>>79188914
4chan in general is full of betas that love this stuff. I'm one of them

>>79190145
>Show produced by Jorge
>Fanfic
Pick one.

Was it just me or did Leia's eyes look really weird in that episode?

>>79190730
Didn't mean to quote.

>>79190717
So? TFA's flaws are very minor, but people here are still denying that it's well directed. I've never seen anyone here criticizing ROTJ for the ewoks or ANH for it's cheesy dialogue and less than stellar acting. These are just minor flaws that most people can ignore. So why is it so hard for people to enjoy TFA despite it's minor flaws?

>>79190730
Well I just read lords of the sitj and it was great.
Lots of character for Vader, some good empire in fighting and a cool look at the post empire free ryloth movement and the people who make it

>>79190866
You are living in the PC culture, what you fucking expect?

>>79188956
That's because Ezra is being built up to be her love interest. This all in preperation for the Disney re releases of the OT where Han will be replaced with Ezra. Chopper will be replacing Luke.

>>79190730
Twilight Company is GOAT, read that shit.

>>79190866
It's new and popular once Rouge One and Episode 8 come out they'll be going on about how they're irredeemably awful and TFA was better.

>>79190809
>They don't care about PT and TCW.
Then why is TCW canon?

>>79190866
I enjoy all the films

>>79190730
I've only read LoTS and really liked it. About 1/3 through listening and reading along to Battlefront and I like it a lot so far. It's like Band of Brothers with a smaller cast.

>>79190730
Dark Disciple is terrible and I would avoid it.

>>79190957
Yeah, because Asoka totally appears in Episode III, or episode VII.
Your stupid shows are in the same levels in canon as the fucking Ewoks movies.

>>79190981
Is it really? I heard it was the best of the batch

>>79191024
Literally what? Whoever told you that was either rusing you hard or has garbage taste and you should be hesitant to trust any recommendations they give you in the future.

>>79191024
I thought it was good second half was definitely weaker than the first. Just Trust me!

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>>79191016

/swr/, I've been gone from these threads for like 2 weeks and a half casue I was over in /sug/, and then /k/ for a while.

What did I miss aside from the the trailer?

also, what was the threads reaction to the trailer

>mfw maul

that was maul right?

>>79190809
Do you really think Disney, a large scale corporation, has time to settle whats canon? Hell, they just bought star wars for the merchandising and profit. If they really didnt care about the prequels, they wouldnt let the director of episode 8 say that he found the prequels to be "beautiful"(probably from a artwork/design perspective) or let JJ mention the sith and the clones in episode 7.

Basically, you think Disney actually gives a flying fuck about Star Wars and its image.

>>79191016
You crazy you know that?

>>79191016
Ahsoka left the Jedi order, have you watched the show?

>>79190616
A few threads ago, yes. We have to get back in the habit of putting them in the OP for new threads, if we can beat the stupid fetishposter to it.

>>79190726
2x11 is "A Princess on Lothal" by the Rebels Recon number system.

>>79191094
>that was maul right
Uh, a-duh. Don't tell me you didn't watch TCW.

>>79190761
Just by nature of it being a remake of a movie that was made 30 years eariler by a man who can't blink without copying Spielberg and not understanding why Spielberg does it, it was the most boring. Because we've literally seen it all before.

There were no interesting visuals. The pacing was far too fast for any one shot to matter or make an impact. There was no real taking advantage of modern technology or filmmaking techniques. Nothing really got a chance to stand out. They touted the practical effects and sets and stunts, but the only thing that remotely stood out was the attack on the Jakku junk town.

The completely contrived nature of several plot points like the Han Solo ship, the incredibly stupid nature of "the map", and more only really fall flat. But what really fell flat was the half assed introduction to a character that's suppose to be the new big bad, Snoke. There was no introduction, set up, no anything. You don't really get an impression of him as anything other than a Palpatine clone.

Then all the familiar and predictable story beats of rescue Rey, break in the fortress, attack the bigger Death Star, all just brought in with an atmosphere of 'who cares?' There wasn't really an effort to put in stakes for these major scenes, because they felt they didn't have to. That much is obvious. Even the characters themselves treat the whole situation with an air of "we do this shit all the time, big deal."

And getting off technical aspects of the film, say what you will about George as a director and script writer, but what he always had going for him was imagination. Always trying to improve and do outdo himself. JJ Abrams' notion of 'going backward before you go forward' is insulting to that legacy in the same way his Star Trek movies were an insult to the spirit of Star Trek.

>>79191024
Far from it anon. Better than Aftermath, but that's not saying much since that was a genuine 0/10, but it's certainly not very good. Lords of the Sith and Twilight Company are must reads. And Lost Stars if you haven't already.

>>79190809
It's just straight up not true to say that Disney doesn't care about the PT, although not as openly or lovingly as the OT. And saying they don't care about products like Rebels, the Kanan comic or the Anakin and Obi Wan comic they're actively financing and marketing right now is just being wilfully ignorant (not to mention the abundance of PT references in all of the NuCanon OT-era comics and novels).

TFA does borrow from lore established in the PT as well - the Sith, the need for the Force to be in balance (as mentioned by Lor San Tekka in the opening scene), the Jedi Temple are all referenced by characters in the film, and all were concepts that did not exist before TPM was released. And as the art book shows, at the concept stage many prequel elements were being included, the biggest of which being Hayden Christensen's return as Anakin's ghost (which may yet be carried over for the next movie).

>>79191133

I mean, I didn't but I knew what happened with him.

>>79191024
That person has the worst taste or he was playing you.
The first half or so was pretty good. But that just makes it all the more terrible, once, the book just goes completely retarded later on.

>>79191186
>I didn't
Get outta here and start watching it. Don't ask which episodes can be skipped, there a gorillion rec charts out there.

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>>79191024

Reposting the DL links for Princess on Lothal

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lDFI93ly1lZGJSNTFIcnU5Nmc/view?usp=sharing
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/7jP6/bLoK6PxFq
https://mega.nz/#!cxM02ToL!8fvSW46mDl9Hl8CmdKzEKRQhdPeCgcUTA5dRgDrfbAU

>>79191122
>>79190616
Oh, then going by Rebels Recon then yes, it's here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6lDFI93ly1lZGJSNTFIcnU5Nmc/view

https://mega.nz/#!cxM02ToL!8fvSW46mDl9Hl8CmdKzEKRQhdPeCgcUTA5dRgDrfbAU

>>79190616
Did you bother checking the download pastebin first? God, people are getting lazier and lazier.

>>79191144
I agree with you. I would say that the scenes on Jakku were a pretty good cinema imo (autistic Rey, Kylo's introduction, Poe and BB-8, Finn losing his buddy).

>Clearly, Force Awakens is far from the worst Star Wars movie, but it might actually be the least interesting. In some ways, the triumph of this, Star Wars 2.0—and its predictable, nostalgia-reliant, repackaged thrills—is a defeat for what made the trilogy extraordinary in the first place—its madcap sci-fi originality and genre-bending experimentation.

>Force Awakens is the most derivative Star War; as some commenters have pointed out, it’s almost a scene-by-scene remake of A New Hope. At first that’s a huge relief (no prequel-scale disaster in sight) and exciting, even. We watch imperial troops from a galactic empire pursue a robot with stolen plans across a desert planet and into the care of a young loner with mysterious powers who was then aided by a wisecracking smuggler and his space ape in a seedy interstellar tavern where cheerful aliens play catchy orbital music, and we all grin wide.

>But by the time the Rebellion/Resistance is blowing up the third incarnation of the Death Star in almost as many films, doesn’t the Force seem to be contracting a bit? We’ve been here so, so many times. And that’s to say nothing of the host of callbacks to past plot points, cameos from beloved characters from the original films, and the familiar John Williams crescendos.

>>79191094
You can't stall the Maul.

The reactions were mostly positive, and it seemed to give a lot of people renewed confidence in Rebels going forward.

You also missed yesterday's new episode, A Princess on Lothal. Leia is introduced for the first time in Rebels. It is her only appearance this season.

We also got Kanan vs AT-AT action, along with Ezra growing momentarily closer to the dark side

You can watch/download it from the links these anons posted >>79191234
>>79191238.

Prequel trilogy is literally gay lmao:
http://youtu.be/YnnR6cYXnt4

>>79191332


plz tell me you guys hated it when ezra lit up the kylo ren lightsaber

>>79191352
that's just Ewan being British.

>>79191233
>>79191198
>>79191166
>>79191076
>>79191075
https://youtu.be/dPcQVkXTFq8

his opinion on aftermath probably should have been a red flag for me

>>79191363
why?

>>79191363
Why?

>>79191332
>Closer to the dark side

How so?

>>79191326
this is so right, han solo is such a ripoff of han solo

>>79191415
>>79191418

cause he look retarded, at least that was the consensus in my appartment.

Also that yoda looks like shit

>>79191144
I agree with this. TFA was definitely flawed in its concepts. They went over board with the parallelism with A new hope.

However, I did think the characters and visuals were top notch. Although CGI, was fairly obvious in some scenes, the castle was what I was most surprised by as most was CG. The characters, although entertaining, lacked logical backstories and had no real interesting expansion or skillsets to expand from their backstory, besides Kylo Ren.

>>79191418
>How so?

You can watch the episode to find out. Or read the spoiler.

Ezra savagely beats a trooper unconscious during a mission, and Kanan and Leia are surprised in the moment but say nothing.

>>79191144
Couldn't disagree more. TFA looked and felt awesome to me. The characters were likable, the visuals were amazing, the pacing was fast which made the movie more exciting, the cinematography was really beautiful at times (Han's death scene for example) and the humor was genuinely funny. Did we need a third Death Star? No. Was it wrong to give us almost no explanations about the state of the galaxy? Yes. But the movie was still very entertaining and actually felt like Star Wars, unlike the prequels that were just horribly directed, written and acted.

>>79191472
i thought Ewan was scottish?

>>79191471
Pfft that's hardly dark side. Ezra is not goons go evil. This isn't Anakin 2 electric boogaloo.

>>79191444
Yea everything on Rebels looks kinda stiff/bad but I'm excited for more nu canon lore.

>>79191308
I think they made the best use of the effects, but were pretty poor cinema.

>>79190317
This is what we deal with.

These are the kind of people who attack Neil Degras Tyson because he points out scientific errors in TFA.

>>79191472
>the pacing was fast which made the movie more exciting

I couldn't disagree more.

The pacing is extremely disjointed. It relies on fast cuts away from the action that don't allow the film to breath with the brief moments of exposition it has. 1/3 of the movie is focused on the search for Luke, which takes a grinding halt until the last 30 seconds on the film.

Everything that happens in between is effectively filler for what the movie told us the plot was supposed to be.

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>>79191144
>There were no interesting visuals.

What? This shot alone provides better visual storytelling than everything we've seen in the prequels. We instantly know many things about Rey's character and her life before she even says one line, thanks to the visuals.

>>79189259
He mentioned his wife in a blu ray commentary about umbara once. So much to my surprise he is married. She's obsessed with decorative cushions like padme apparently.

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You think the holonet has its own version of /mu/

Can JJ even approach this level of pottery?
>You now realize each of the prequel villains represented a different aspect of what Anakin would turn into

>Maul: Filled with rage
>Dooku: Fallen jedi
>Grevious: Cyborg with breathing problems

>>79191465
>>79191308
And do you agree with the ridiculous macguffiness of 'the map'? That was probably the worst plot device I've seen in a film in a long time.

>>79189348
I feel like it would have been easier to chop off his hand, that's the more civil thing for Jedi to do right?

>>79191593
>Everything that happens in between is effectively filler for what the movie told us the plot was supposed to be.

So just like Empire, which is considered the best movie in the saga.

>>79191600
>What? This shot alone provides better visual storytelling than everything we've seen in the prequels.

That's...objectively not true though.

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>>79191535
>Pfft that's hardly dark side. Ezra is not goons go evil.

And you believe you can defy the will of Old Master? Besides, it's confirmed by the trailer and Filoni that Ezra's going to have a brush with the dark side.

>>79191620
You mean Rian since he's the one in charge of 8 and 9's story

>>79191620
>Kylo Ren is a menacing and evil Jedi killer when he wears a mask, just like Vader
>Kylo Ren is vulnerable, angsty and conflicted when he doesn't wear his mask, just like Anakin

>>79191694
Shit so JJ was a fan of the prequels. Lmao.

Good on him for his secret pottery

>>79191621
I think even the writers realized that and included the third Death Star to the mix for more epicness.

>>79191641
>which is considered the best movie in the saga
This doesn't mean shit. Decades ago, it was considered one of the worse.

>>79191694
So JJ was a fan of the PT. lmao

good on him for inserting his pottery. Maybe he is a fan of all of the movies

>>79191644
They both had good shots. Just JJ wasnt so imaginative with his shots.

>>79191472
I couldn't disagree more. For one, I recall thinking some of the humor was funny when I saw it, but I cannot remember what. Like, I know the movie, but I legit can't recall which parts I actually found funny at the time. That may be a personal thing.

>Did we need a third Death Star?
Clearly we did, since they did it. When you're making a fantasy film like this, or fiction in general, they always say while you should give people what they want, you should also look to give people what they didn't know they wanted.

This film ignored that completely in favor of nostalgia and familiar story beats.

>But the movie was still very entertaining and actually felt like Star Wars

What does that mean exactly? People keep saying this like it means something, but I don't know what. Personally, I don't think I need a film to "feel like Star Wars" since I've seen Star Wars already. A bunch of times. A film that expands on the idea of Star Wars might be nice though.

>the pacing was fast which made the movie more exciting

The pacing made it hard to care about what was going on. Especially in the beginning. We don't really get a chance to care about these characters since they're spouting one liners and moving the plot along at the speed of light. The only character I felt we had an adequate amount of time with was Rey, and even then she was still sort of flat and distant to me.

>>79191734
>>79191768
Abrams never said that he hates (everything about) the prequels. He did say that he's a fan of the Plinkett reviews though.

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>>79191851
>He did say that he's a fan of the Plinkett reviews though.

GOOD MAN

>>79190463
>Literally the only complaints I've heard about this movie

Did you even look?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/seth-abramson/40-unforgivable-plot-holes-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens_b_8850324.html

>>79191851
That implies that he did hate the prequels though.
The "reviews" are just a stream of nitpicking that can be surprisingly easy to pick apart.

But it really boils down to Mike and his generation not understanding what exactly Star Wars is. They wanted a story similar to the OT which Lucas subverted.

>>79191990
I can't believe you're actually seriously linking this article. Half of these are completely fucking retarded

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Anyone else want to see more small scale wars covered in the new canon?

All we ever see is the same old imperial vs rebel or sepretist vs republic

I want to see an anthology movie or tv series that covers a small scale war between two neighboring planets disagreeing over trade or something. The war could be shown totally from both sides, not labeling either side as good or evil, and forcing the viewer to decide who they side with.

It could give us a look at how a planet without huge republic funding would battle. We could see new technology that isn't widely used outside the specific planets.

>>79192040
I dont think anyone can really define what star wars is, but I agree that it seems RLM just wanted a nostalgic film and they were pleased that they received one.

>>79191990
>reading the Huffington post

wew lad

>>79192080
>All we ever see is the same old imperial vs rebel

That's all we need to see. So that it FEELS like Star Wars.

>>79191238

Thanks muchly!

Maybe hutt clans against other big crime lords? I dont know what else would fit in the star wars universe.

>>79192120
I can't tell if this is satire.

>>79192062
>Half of these are completely fucking retarded

Are they?
>40. Is there any other film franchise in the history of cinema that would be permitted, by its fans and by critics, to recycle so many plot points?

Are they really?

>>79192155
Oh, I got that one - James Bond

>>79191651
Sure a brush. He's not becoming a Darth.

>>79192120
>feels like star wars

The star wars universe is huge. Having every little thing from every era look and "feel" like the original trilogy is a huge huge huge missed opritunity. One of the reasons I like the prequels despite their flaws is because instead of trying to make everything look exactly the same, they just added on to the existing universe. Not remake it.

>>79191144
I think JJ deserves a little more credit when it comes to his direction. He has said that he took a leaf out of George's book and studied Kurosawa's mastery of choreography (presumably meaning not just his samurai movies but other masterpieces such as High and Low as well), and I think it shows. And yes, there are shades of Spielberg in there - his films are inarguably dynamic and full of energy, and his actors give entertaining performances - but I wouldn't accuse him of not understanding the grammar of Spielberg's films. I think he just lacks Spielberg's intuition - Spielberg has a real instinct for textured storytelling, not to mention gags and bits that really enliven an action scene, and JJ really doesn't have the eye for that. But TFA does have some very thrilling action beats - Rey turning the Falcon on it's tail so that Finn can shoot the TIE; Poe swooping around Maz's castle while we watch with Finn from the ground; the climactic lightsaber fight that has a genuine sense of physicality to it.

I also think it's unfair to say he didn't take advantage of modern technology when the truth is that it uses a very contemporary approach to blending practical effects with CGI, and would definitely not have been made this way 20 years ago (Snoke and Maz Kanata, for example, would have been very different, and many of the background creatures would have been executed less ambitiously).

Where the film falls down the most is in the script. The narrative just isn't as strong as it ought to be. I disagree with your assertion that it lacks tension, because I also disagree that the characters are flat - I actually think that Rey, Finn and Kylo are all adequately sympathetic and interesting characters, and I look forward to seeing them again. It's just that the story beats are too familiar, too safe, and there's too many instances of cutting narrative corners. The script needed at least 4 more drafts. They should have given Arndt the 18 months he wanted.

>>79192155
>40 unforgivable PLOT HOLES
>That is one of many on that list that aren't plot holes.

A lot of that list is "why wasn't this explained to me?" and shit like "Is Supreme Leader Snoke actually a giant? Because if not, wouldn't him using holographic technology to make himself appear huge be a pathetic affection signaling deep-seeded insecurities?"

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Hey, does anyone recognize this blaster pistol? It's showed up twice in Rebels now, once with Azmorrigan and once in the hands of the Imperial officer from the most recent episode. I love the way it looks, and I wish I could put a name to it. Has it shown up at all in anything else?

>>79192103
I'm not trying to start a PT vs OT fight. I'm stickily speaking of the RLM plinkett reviews. It just seemed like past all of Mike's complaints he wanted to see Han, Luke, Leia the falcon and etc. But that story was concluded in ROTJ. We saw characters like Han evolve and change. We saw the Rebellion defeat the Empire. We didn't need the story again because it was finished. The prequels gave us a new story and more importantly told us Star Wars can be many things.

>>79192224
>The star wars universe is huge.

Not anymore. Enjoy your rehashes.

So for anyone who was interested the robot give away in Uprising is officially done
I'm not sure what going to be put up next but I've seen no word on what the next one entails
Hopefully not 200 fucking missions for one crew member

>>79192316
I mean literally huge. There are hundreds to thousands of planets in a galaxy, and millions to billions of years those planets have existed. Even if stuff was retconned.

I don't see a reason for constantly trying to push imperials and rebels when there is room for so much more.

>>79192247
I feel a lot of the shortcomings come down to the tight release schedule. Disney wanted the new films out as soon as possible and there just wasn't enough time to develop the story. The art book constantly has artists talking about looming schedules and having to quickly turn stuff around. For something this big it needed another year to solidify everything rather than rushing head in.

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>>79192387

cause imperials are sexy as fuck anon

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>>79191813
>I recall thinking some of the humor was funny when I saw it, but I cannot remember what. Like, I know the movie, but I legit can't recall which parts I actually found funny at the time. That may be a personal thing.

TFA was definitely the funniest Star Wars movie. There were so many great moments, like Rey and Finn discovering the falcon, Kylo's "The droid... stole a freighter?", Chewie being treated by that nurse or gif related. If you honestly can't remember anything funny, I suggest you watch the movie again.

>This film ignored that completely in favor of nostalgia and familiar story beats.

You have to realize though that many fans were disappointed by the prequels. Aside from the obvious issues like Jar Jar, the dialogue, the acting and the lack of fun and humor, they didn't just feel like the OT. It made sense for Abrams and for Disney to play it safe and bring back what people liked about the original Star Wars. And it's not like everything in this movie is unoriginal. Finn's story or the character of Kylo Ren are things we've never seen in Star Wars before.

>What does that mean exactly? People keep saying this like it means something, but I don't know what. Personally, I don't think I need a film to "feel like Star Wars" since I've seen Star Wars already. A bunch of times. A film that expands on the idea of Star Wars might be nice though.

It means fun and excitement. Why do you like the original Star Wars trilogy? I like it mostly because of the relatable characters, the sense of adventure and the fun. This is what the prequels lacked. There was no fun, no adventure. The characters were dull and the environments were lifeless. When the characters talked to each other they were sitting on a couch, standing in an elevator, sitting in an opera house etc...It was boring. When characters in the OT or TFA are having a conversation, someting exciting happens that makes us care about the scene. Star Wars should never bore you to death.

>>79192288
Number 1 problem with the PT was the lack of focus.

OT was very tightly focused on Luke, Leia, Han, and Vader. Its their story.

PT has all these characters that take up screen time yet add nothing to the story. The movies would have benefitted from a smaller cast IMO.

>>79192288
That's not true at all. Mike literally said that there was no reason for them to bring back Luke, Han or Leia.

>>79191569
To be fair, Tyson's "I must autistically nitpick the science in every movie" crap is prime snark bait. Fuck's sake, the dude hates Disney's The Black Hole because the character's don't get shredded into spaghetti by the black hole and instead go through some 2001-tier headtrip that's meant to be a look at heaven and hell, but he just thinks it's a random inferno and realm of mirrors because athiesm.

>>79192288
His problems are with the awful dialog the awkward and unnatural characterization, over-complicated and nonsensical plot choices for a family space adventure series and the sterile overuse of cgi.

>>79192247
>I also think it's unfair to say he didn't take advantage of modern technology when the truth is that it uses a very contemporary approach to blending practical effects with CGI, and would definitely not have been made this way 20 years ago (Snoke and Maz Kanata, for example, would have been very different, and many of the background creatures would have been executed less ambitiously).

What I meant by that was that they aren't really shown off. The effects blend too much into the background so that you're not really noticing this cool monster or this great CG effect. Not saying that it should have been some kind of big Transformers-esqe SFX blowout, but there is a tasteful way to do it. I just don't think they captured the fantastical elements of Star Wars as well as they hoped.

And there were effects that just looked outright terrible. I thought Snoke looked like total crap. There could not be a faker looking thing than Snoke.

We can agree to disagree on the rest I guess. I wasn't too keen on the TIE Fighter chase, and thinking back on it, I don't believe I saw any Kurosawa. I'll agree with you on the last lightsaber fight, though.

>>79192459
Number one problem with the PT was that everybody told Lucas he could do it by himself when he was trying to pay people to filter his ideas.

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So... Maul doesnt have a dick anymore, right?

>>79192511
See what I mean? The kind of babbies that try to shit on a media friendly scientist because he does what he does, applies science to popular shit.

>>79192459
TPM also feels really disconnected from the other two. It takes place 10 years earlier and the plot doesn't feel connected beyond sharing characters. The 3 year gap between AotC and RotS is much more in line with the time gaps between the OT films and helps keep things feeling more relevant to each other.

>>79189008
Mah nigga, good to see a fellow monster tamer among this sea of buttsluts.

>>79192525
>sterile overuse of cgi.

On that front, Plinkett doesn't know what he's talking about.

Now go ahead and post that gif of the Jedi in front of a blue screen.

>>79192283
I looked for it in Ultimate Star Wars but I couldn't find it. Ultimate Star Wars only covers season one of Rebels though.

>>79192449
>There was no fun, no adventure

Podracing, lightsaber fights in elaborate environments, Obi-Wan doing detective shit, full-scale war scenes, battling Harryhausen monsters in a gladitorial arena aren't fun or adventurous?

>>79192644
Nope. Only Rathtars and Poe one liners are fun and adventure.

>>79192644

No because they are CGI garbage. I hate prequelfags so much, it's not even Star Wars.

>>79192608
I get he was interested in pushing the technology forward but it wasn't ready yet and many scenes feel off because of trying to push it further than it could go at the time.

>>79192608
And how would you counter that point?

Genuinely interested

>>79192561
Errr... no.

>>79192536
>What I meant by that was that they aren't really shown off.

Good. This is how you direct a movie. Focus on the characters, not on the explosions behind them.

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>>79192618
Thanks for trying anyway, bro. Take a Slave Leia as payment.

>>79192715
The how is he going to teach Ezra how to be a man?

>>79192561
More importantly, how does he poop?

>>79192753
>Daddy took me to the beach today!

How are the new canon novels?

Saw a pretty cool graphic about the comics and was wondering if someone can tell me if any of it is worth it.

>>79192691
Right JJ would never do that in fact I heard TFA used only practical effects handmade by Abrams himself.

He even built real flying x-wings and TIE's just because he hates CGI that much. His hatred for CGI literally willed them into existence.

>>79189928
s-source

>>79192773
>>79192758
Nightsister magic.

>>79192608
That's 100% true though. And that CG has aged like milk. It hurts the films because George Lucas generally has a good eye for shot composition and framing, but when there's nothing to look at other than green and blue screened rooms with some props, he can't actually use those skills to good effect.

>>79192561
Maybe he has a robo dick now, to go with his robot pants
I always saw him as asexual so I never thought he'd care either way. Aside from the whole "i was bisected angle"

>>79192806

Tarkin and Lords of the Sith are good, New Dawn and Twilight Company are pretty good too IMO.

Heir to the Jedi, Aftermath, and Dark Disciple are all garbo

>>79189823
This dudes death always affected me, once he goes down you can tell hes trying to fight off the fact that he was dying from his wounds.

>>79189928
Sauce?

>>79192459
>was the lack of focus
The only film I think has this problem is The Phantom Meance. It tried to cover so much ground in so little time. The story could have been split into three movies. AOTC and ROTS jump right into the story. We understand exactly whats happening and why.

>>79192525
>awful dialog
Comparing the OT dialogue with it and it's mostly similar. I didn't find the dialog a problem in the PT. It was pulp cheesy.
>unnatural characterization
Like...who?
>over-complicated and nonsensical plot choices for a family space adventure series
But that's not true. And Star Wars isn't a space adventure. It's a story of a fallen hero whose redeemed by his son when you break it down. Lucas said it was in the same vein as old Greek tragedies. If you watch the films together, you really understand it. The fantasy setting is merely a story telling device.

>>79192806
Most people agree that Lost Stars and Twilight Company are the best new books, with Lords of the Sith and A New Dawn not far behind. Comic wise, Lando, Kanan are the best. Shattered Empire is good for the art and if you care about Poe's parents at all. Vader is good for the first book, then drops in quality and only entertains waifufags.
Everything else is eh to very bad, but you should read them all yourself and not let other people's opinions decide it for you.

>>79192449
>TFA was definitely the funniest Star Wars movie.

Probably. I never thought any of them are that funny to begin with.

>You have to realize though that many fans were disappointed by the prequels. Aside from the obvious issues like Jar Jar, the dialogue, the acting and the lack of fun and humor, they didn't just feel like the OT. It made sense for Abrams and for Disney to play it safe and bring back what people liked about the original Star Wars. And it's not like everything in this movie is unoriginal. Finn's story or the character of Kylo Ren are things we've never seen in Star Wars before.

Again, you should try to give audiences what they didn't know they wanted. It's a creativity thing. That's how new things get made. That's how Star Wars created. It's never a good idea to just shove in all the things the public demands. Not if you want a truly great film.

>This is what the prequels lacked. There was no fun, no adventure.

I couldn't disagree more. This is what the prequels excelled in actually. Feeding the imagination, giving you all kinds of huge battles, interesting aliens, locations, set pieces, fantastic space shit like podracing and droid footbal, crazy characters, etc.

The original trilogy didn't have nearly as much of that mostly because of the limitations of the time. But it still worked. So I don't know what you're talking about.

>When the characters talked to each other they were sitting on a couch, standing in an elevator, sitting in an opera house etc...It was boring.e characters talked to each other they were sitting on a couch, standing in an elevator, sitting in an opera house etc...It was boring.

Oh, so you think that's what counts as 'fun and adventure'? Well, if you pay attention, you'd realize that when people talk in the OT, they're mostly just standing there too when they aren't doing action. The only difference being that's better shot.

>>79192644
How is any of that fun, except for the arena part which was quickly ruined by the use of thousands of lightsabers which destroyed any kind of tension? You know what fun is? Han blasting the comlink ("boring conversation anyway") in ANH. The asteroid chase in TESB ("Never tell me the odds"). Poe and Finn escaping from the finalizer ("...You need a pilot." "I need a pilot")
Fun requires good and funny dialogue, chemistry between the actors and real tension that makes you feel like the characters could die at any moment. We never got that in the prequels. The characters weren't relatable enough for that.

>>79192806
Avoid Aftermath, form your own opinions on the others. It's kind of divided as to what novel people here would recommend but just pick one you think you may enjoy. If you like Tarkin the get Tarkin. If you want some Sith action with Sheev and Vader get Lords of the Sith. If you want a story set around the soldiers of the Rebel Alliance during the Galactic Civil war then get Battlefront Twilight Company

>>79192387
>I don't see a reason for constantly trying to push imperials and rebels when there is room for so much more.
People don't want anything different in their movies, they just want to feel like they did when they were younger, nostalgia for the masses makes them comfortable. Sameness is a stable environment for Hollywood to thrive in and makes loads of cash in the process. Kills originality but, Hollywood's been dead for years.

>>79192842
>And that CG has aged like milk. It hurts the films
What? I've never heard this before because if thats true, the OT falls apart because the technology was made in the 70/80s.

Jar Jar is a completely CGI character obviously but Chewbacca is obviously a man in a suit.

>>79192806
Most are food
Dark Disciple is like warm because of its lackluster second half and Aftermath is trash aside from the new canon it canon it brings to the table

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>>79192842
>And that CG has aged like milk.

Most CGI ages like milk. And the CGI that doesn't, guess where it comes from? ILM, a CGI company George Lucas created.

You're really going to fault George for trying to improve movie technology? That was always his goal with Star Wars.

>>79192560
>>79192589

I think they needed more focus on characters we already knew/cared about.

Like I know when I heard they were prequels I thought oh cool we'll get to learn about where Yoda and Obi Wan came from and we don't.

We get new characters like Qui Gon, Mace, and a bunch of bad guys but we learn almost nothing about any of them.

So at the end its like damn I didn't learn anything new about the characters I already liked and the new characters just kinda showed up to die it seems.

The OT was not like that. It made you care about the cast, in the PT Anakin is the only character they even attempt to give development.

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>>79192842
>And that the muppets have aged like milk. It hurts the films

No one born in the year 1999 or after will ever think that shit looks good.

>>79192821
>>79192887
Force Rising. No link, sorry.

>>79188976
Grievous had the best intro theme by far. https://youtu.be/NmPYpUTfP1Y

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>>79193022
Practical effects don't age, the OT still looks fantastic to this day. Here's your (you)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDAcoiuowc0

>"Where did you steal that armor from, Bounty Hunter?"
Jango and Boba btfo

>>79193100

Why was this puppet so much better than the TPM one, was it used by some sort of long-dead grand master puppeteer?

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>>79193147
10/10

>>79193047
Many of the CGI environments from the prequels do look like shit, like the infamous Jedi temple hallway for example.

And I do understand the comment about them looking sterile. One of the main things that stood out to me in TFA was the little stuff like that bird banging his head on the metal scraps, stuff like that is neat and there's lots of stupid little things like that in the OT. The PT had none.

That said the CGI characters in the PT looked great and IMO still look great. So it was fine to use it for aliens he just should have built more sets.

>>79193214
The design team got the stupid idea in their head that Yoda should look noticeably younger in Episode 1 even though he's in his late 800s and probably wouldn't have changed much in 30 years.

That's why we got Cousin Skeeter in green-face old person makeup.

>>79193047
This image is from 2006 and it looks better than TFA