i think the issue with the last trilogy was that jj abrams had a whole plan and rian johnson fucked it in the 2nd one (and i do mean that both ways), so abrams had to scramble to get the plot to make any sort of sense
The High Republic
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Hell yeah!
Nope. JB is introduced as a superspai, and does what we expect of a superspai. Also he has flaws and keeps on failing. It makes him human and relatable.
Rambo is introduced as a soldier that's broken, and does exactly that. Damn the whole movie is based on him being broken, so where is the Mary sue in that?
Rei is introduced as a junk collector on a remote world, yet she can do anything the plot requires her to do without any explanation apart from "gurl.power" . The problem isn't that it's a "she" that can do all the things. The problem is that regardless of her being a her, it makes her character very flat and boring to watch. It would make a "white dude" just as boring and unrelatable to watch.
You know, just very small things could have saved her character. Make her act at least a little bit surprised whenever she pulls off a feet that would have made even the most powerful Jedi blush, build more mystery into why she can pull off these moves.
You want a godlike women protagonist? Cool! Explore it more, give it depth, and then it's fine if we only find out at the end that she had all the Jedi ghosts inside or whatever. Make it part of the story, instead of just reeeeee-ing "because it's a waaamen!. Openly mocking and bashing your audience is not the way to go...
Agreed, very well put!
No, it's not bad, it's pretty basic stuff to know them. They are even part of the new canon.
I wanna say Corran Horn but I'm not sure about the silver bit. Holy shit it took me a few seconds but I remembered that name without looking it up on google lol Last time I read those books was 15+ years ago
Rogue Squadron and Bacta Wars was awesome!
I gotta be honest with your Talon, I know so many people that say the same thing, but I disagree.
I went to see Force Awakens, it was a Star Wars movie, there were good guys, there were bad guys, there were lightsabers...
I walked out the movie thinking "ok that was a Star Wars movie!".
If I walk into a movie looking for lesbian pansexual transgenderism veganism, I will probably find some!
It is what it is.
That's the rub. Visually and sound effects it was a great movie. In fact, I found myself enjoying it far more when watching it in a langue I did not understand. And it could be that Star Wars has always had for the most part poor dialog and it was merely our youth and the visual effects that made the movies so memorable, that as we got older our understanding of gradients of human behavior make us crave deeper characters.
Another that feels flat is the Mandalorian and the deus ex machina use of Baby Yoda.
Corran Horn Was a TOTAL BADASS. Bacta War was one of my favorite books. His lightsaber was silver, and he could turn a nob to over double it in length and turn it purple. he was one of the most technical lightsaber fighters of the New Jedi Order.I wanna say Corran Horn but I'm not sure about the silver bit. Holy shit it took me a few seconds but I remembered that name without looking it up on google lol Last time I read those books was 15+ years ago
Rogue Squadron and Bacta Wars was awesome!
SoloFlyer
Grand Admiral
Personally I say go ahead and put in the lesbian pansexual transgenderism veganism, I've got no problem with that. But unless it is intentionally the point of the story just let it be in there, when it is put in just to make a statement or inorganically shoehorned into the plot it is detrimental to good story telling. The walking dead does this well in my opinion, there are LGBT characters that are written into the series and it is not done in a jarring way. I would say the same thing about making a point of showing someone as overtly male and heterosexual as part of the story unless it serves the story. Take James Bond for instance, he's a superspai but all his heartless womanizing in the films points to the fact that he's not such a great actual person, it serves a purpose.
I agree!
But If you go watch a movie with mindset that wokeness has been injected in because sjw something something, then you will sit there and see wokeness in every single scene and lose your mind!
I find that this is how I feel. To a tee. I had no expectations, because Star Wars isn't MY creation. It's someone else's vision that I get to experience. I went for Star Wars, I found Star Wars, I enjoyed Star Wars. Same with TLJ and TRoS.
I spend my real life dealing with real life things. I turn to movies, video games, and books to suspend reality and enjoy something fun, and out of this world. I have no issue with all the digging, dissecting, and analysis that people do of Star Wars . . .but I don't understand it. I don't understand how people can't just enjoy it.
*Shrug* To each their own I reckon. I'm gunna drink this beer now.
A-fucking-men.
Have they said where this occurs in terms of Old Republic/High Republic? Seems to me they are going after similar (not same) eras, but just don't want to pay the original creator.....
If they had just not said....everything but XYZ are not canon anymore, they would already have a starting point, but that have means money out of their pocket.
If they had just not said....everything but XYZ are not canon anymore, they would already have a starting point, but that have means money out of their pocket.
200 years before the the events of the originals, I do believe. I've also heard 400 years before.
SoloFlyer
Grand Admiral
Yeah I believe it was 200 years. I think they should have gone a lot further back to be honest, 200 years is a long time but it is still close enough to the Skywalker era that they have to at the very least make sure they don't create inconsistencies in the overall story that resonate to that time period. The Galactic republic was supposed to be old like thousands of years old. If they didn't want to use themes from the Old republic games there is still a large chunk of time between then and the skywalker time period they could have plopped down into and just have a lot of latitude as to what they could dream up.
This means new light sabers hitting the shelves soon!
Sign me up for the dark saber!
Sign me up for the dark saber!
give me all your money, I have a darksaber pointed at your heart
you can't see it, but trust me, it's there!
SoloFlyer
Grand Admiral
Off topic/thread hijack, but I'm rereading Hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and wouldn't Martin Freeman make a great Arthur Dent if they remade the movie?
I'm not sure, these remakes always change something classic though...? If not that I bet they change Marvin the Paranoid Android to something a bit more futuristic but then put the original Marvin in a queue for a Vogon official form or something as an Easter Egg.
I love that series of books, check out the Radio series too if you enjoy as there are some things in it that are not in the book and vice-vercia. Not much obvious in a lot of places but there is an entire section after the Resturant At The End Of The Universe in the radio show not in the book. Fun fact: It was a radio series before it was a book.
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Saw the vid posted, first read your comment; legit just thought it was a spoof video of high as fuck people thinking they had the Force and didn't watch it.
Fucking beautiful shitpost.
Hahahah, this is cracking me up!