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NecrosaroIII
Ask me about my terrible takes on Star Trek characters
First episode was just okay. Feels kind of like star wars 3.5. Some sort of interesting stuff but a lot of walking around
MrMephistoX
Member
Best Star Wars since Rogue One expectations surpassed. Holy shit.
Do have to say order 66 with kids made me want to throw up in a good way after the Texas shooting
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Heart_Attack
Member
Love everything about the show except the actress that portrays Reva.
Mercenary09
Member
Those Leia chase sequences were terrible but other than that pretty good episodes. Don't like the Third Sister character though.
Rockondevil
Gold Member
Good start. Hopefully the quality continues at least to the same standard.
BadBurger
Is 'That Pure Potato'
The first episode was great - I haven't been that entertained by the first episode of a new Disney show since The Mandalorian. My only gripes
- The actress playing the inquisitor: she is a bad actress IMO. She can't even emote convincingly. She dragged down every scene she was in. She's so bad she makes me think I could fly out to L.A. and make a career out of acting
- Why the hell does Luke have very dark hair? Like, how did the casting dept fuck that up?
My favorite surprise: Leia
Coolest bit as a lifelong Star Wars fan: Uncle Owen finally getting proper lines and screen time
- The actress playing the inquisitor: she is a bad actress IMO. She can't even emote convincingly. She dragged down every scene she was in. She's so bad she makes me think I could fly out to L.A. and make a career out of acting
- Why the hell does Luke have very dark hair? Like, how did the casting dept fuck that up?
My favorite surprise: Leia
Coolest bit as a lifelong Star Wars fan: Uncle Owen finally getting proper lines and screen time
Tygeezy
Member
Boy… I think this sucked hard and its extremely rough after watching severance. Little Leia is incredibly annoying, and somehow full grown adults have a hard time running this 4 foot 2 girl down on foot.
Reva is terrible with that permanent scowl on her face and terrible line delivery, and now apparently she is bad guy #1 after immediately dispatching the grandmaster. They’re just shoving this extremely unlikeable villain down our throat. The second and 9th sister from fallen order were much better than her, and I didn’t exactly think they were brilliant either.
Reva is terrible with that permanent scowl on her face and terrible line delivery, and now apparently she is bad guy #1 after immediately dispatching the grandmaster. They’re just shoving this extremely unlikeable villain down our throat. The second and 9th sister from fallen order were much better than her, and I didn’t exactly think they were brilliant either.
ItsGreat
Member
Why do the crowd scenes look so janky in these Disney shows.
The extras look they're trying too hard in every scene they're in. They don't look natural at all - and the directors seem to linger on them to drive the narrative into our brains.
Mando, Boba, Obi and soon Andor all have the over emoting crowd scenes. Totally not natural.
The extras look they're trying too hard in every scene they're in. They don't look natural at all - and the directors seem to linger on them to drive the narrative into our brains.
Mando, Boba, Obi and soon Andor all have the over emoting crowd scenes. Totally not natural.
Ulysses 31
Member
Oof, if they're describing the events accurately this show is definitely worth watching for the wrong reasons
.And young Leia is the baby Yoda of this show.
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nush
Gold Member
Virtual sets/greenscreen. They are working in an empty studio.
Basil King
Member
Saw a bunch of folks on the other site nitpicking the shit out of this show. I haven’t watched yet but I think I’m going to trust my fiancées kid’s reaction to it more than film and tv snobs. Woke up to a million get hyped texts from him. As if I didn’t hear him geeking out downstairs at four in the morning.
Ulysses 31
Member
That's a bit of a double edged sword, can your kids spot bad writing, how familiar are they with established Star Wars lore? Do they easily fall for "jangling keys"? If they just like to consume then shows on streaming services do seem to fit that bill.
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nush
Gold Member
Not your kid, up until 4 in the morning on a school night. Don't need to say anymore do I?
Alex11
Member
Up until now I was under the impression that he knew that Anakin is alive,I mean,how could he have not known this?
Ulysses 31
Member
How common knowledge was it that Vader = Anakin in the Empire? Would Imperial Inquisitors be privy to that?
Ulysses 31
Member
Be prepared for more lore bending/breaking stuff like Obi-Wan and Vader having another fight before the one in the OT.
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ManaByte
Gold Member
nush
Gold Member
2022, I've stopped giving a shit as long as it's cool. Legacy IP's have been so mushed at this point.
Alex11
Member
Yeah I know that,but I always thought that if Palps sensed that he is alive ,so did Obi-Wan,or at least Yoda.Anyways ,just curious.
ManaByte
Gold Member
Just put him on ignore. He doesn’t watch these shows and just comes in these threads to troll.
Alex11
Member
I don´t really mind them having another fight/s, I want more action, after the recap, the opening to ep 1 to me was awesome, gave me goosebumps.After that,it was a tiny bit a drag,but ep 2 corrects that.
The only thing very jarring to me was when Leia outran those dudes in the woods,that was comically bad.
nush
Gold Member
Anytime she runs away from grown adults.
ManaByte
Gold Member
It’s supposedly two:
First fight might be in episode 3. Vader wins, but then Obi-Wan has a flashback to a sparring match he and Anakin had in the Jedi Temple just prior to ROTS and remembers something he uses the second time.
Obi-Wan schools Anakin in the second fight due to that memory and because:
Obi-Wan schools Anakin in the second fight due to that memory and because:
he hears Qui-Gon for the first time
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Alex11
Member
Bring them on!
Also,I kinda wished there will be 2 ,I thought there will be just 1 in the last episode.
Ulysses 31
Member
Still a little character breaking that Vader would consider himself the learner still in those fights and a decade after he joined Palpatine...
Unless Vader has a line he's still learning in those fights.
Trunx81
Member
Just watched the two episodes and it’s … it’s ok. Not Boba bad while also not Mando good. Something in between. Did we really need to learn how Luke got his toy ship?
Leia was funny in Episode 1, annoying in the second half of episode 2.
Regarding Ben not knowing about Vader makes sense: He’s on an outskirt planet, news don’t travel that far and he was low profile for 10 years, not even using the force for that long. That’s why Anakin felt him at the end of part 2.
All in all a solid 7/10, by IGN standards. Also remember that this was to be a movie - you can sometimes feel the fillers that they had to make to drag it to show length.
Leia was funny in Episode 1, annoying in the second half of episode 2.
Regarding Ben not knowing about Vader makes sense: He’s on an outskirt planet, news don’t travel that far and he was low profile for 10 years, not even using the force for that long. That’s why Anakin felt him at the end of part 2.
All in all a solid 7/10, by IGN standards. Also remember that this was to be a movie - you can sometimes feel the fillers that they had to make to drag it to show length.
ManaByte
Gold Member
And at this point I don’t think Vader is even that active or visible. He’s sitting in his castle in his tank on Mustafar and letting the Inquisitors hunt down Jedi. It’s not until he ends the Inquisitors a couple of years before ANH that Vader is running around everywhere himself.
Alex11
Member
But doesn`t this contradict a bit the end of ROTS where he is overseeing things alongside Palps?To me it seemed that from there on he himself would hunt the rest of the Jedi or allies.
Maybe I`m missing a lot,didn`t watch any of the animated series or read the novels and whatnot.Need to ask a friend who is up to speed with those.
BaneIsPain
Member
It was solid 7/10. The beginning was a fun flashback. Overall is ok but Reva actress looks amateurish imo. This has the potential to be good but let's see.
sol_bad
Member
This show is a bit rough unfortunately and did not meet expectations. I expected more from Deborah Chow. The fumbling adults chasing Leia scenes really fucking pissed me off.
Nothing too interesting about the story so far, it needs to get meatier. At least this is about Obi-Wan! And yeah, the third sister actor isn't good and isn't intimidating at all.
Nothing too interesting about the story so far, it needs to get meatier. At least this is about Obi-Wan! And yeah, the third sister actor isn't good and isn't intimidating at all.
Ulysses 31
Member
Vader was the Emperor's 2nd in command so he was visible when he was working for the Emperor. He seemed well known by the rebels in the OT.But doesn`t this contradict a bit the end of ROTS where he is overseeing things alongside Palps?To me it seemed that from there on he himself would hunt the rest of the Jedi or allies.
Maybe I`m missing a lot,didn`t watch any of the animated series or read the novels and whatnot.Need to ask a friend who is up to speed with those.
The OT Vader also didn't put up with insubordination and he killed for less so it boggles the mind a bit seeing Inquisitor Reva getting away with what she does in this show.
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Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
No one ever makes their first jump
Ulysses 31
Member
And Bounty hunters stop chasing/shooting their bounty.
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SafeOrAlone
Banned
Did anyone who thought Book of Boba was trash enjoy this? I don't want to get my hopes up.
Ulysses 31
Member
Didn't even like the Mado parts?
The show's only 6 episodes anyway, waiting for feedback of the the full thing doesn't seem like a hard thing to do.
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Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I didn't think Boba was trash but I get what you mean. This is better so far.
SafeOrAlone
Banned
Not really, to be honest. Not trying to rain on the parade, but there was no true tension or sense of danger, imo.Didn't even like the Mado parts?
The show's only 6 episodes anyway, waiting for feedback of the the full thing doesn't seem like a hard thing to do.
Waiting isn't hard, but I rather just ask now bc I'm curious.
kraspkibble
Permabanned.
i'm waiting for all episodes to release before watching. i can't be arsed with this waiting a week for the next episode.
Demigod Mac
Member
Original RotS cast members did fine on the acting, but most of the rest of the supporting cast were painful to watch.
Melon Husk
Member
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I get the impression that the showrunners did not want to make this show at all.
KOTOR games gave a less indie/fanfic vibe and they written by a bunch of D&D nerds.
- This is a marvel comedy show
- This is a show where you don't have to pay attention to know what's going on
- This is a show for phone watchers. Watch it on your phone! The level of effort put into cinematography suits that format just fine
- This show is set in massive empty (covid-proof) halls.
- This show's dialogue style is inconsistent with the prequel trilogy and often doesn't fit the universe
- This show is hamming it up with the dark sister and the discrimination subcontext that is context so strongly that even a 5-year-old gets it
GOOD GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH MCGREGOR'S VOICE
Imitating Guinness once for a joke ("*Cough* Sorry, I had sand in my throat") would have been OK.
Rating:
/ 10
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Darkmakaimura
Member
First episode was very slow paced but understandably so. I didn't really have any gripes at all but I can think of off the bat. Some of the scenery is really nice and Alderann or however it's spelled, looks just kind of like I imagined.
The only Inquisitor that has my attention is the bald one who seems to be grand Inquisitor.
Edit: wtf there's a second part today! You got to be kidding me? Oh well going to start watching part 2 right now.
The only Inquisitor that has my attention is the bald one who seems to be grand Inquisitor.
Edit: wtf there's a second part today! You got to be kidding me? Oh well going to start watching part 2 right now.
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