STAR WARS! STAR WARS! STAR WARS

So just watched Rise of Skywalker for the second time (first time since seeing at the cinema) and I enjoyed it a whole lot more this time round . Strange as the last two movies did the opposite..maybe it’s my age
 
I'm making my way through Rebels for the first time and so far am really enjoying it. A good mix of tie ins to the original trilogy as well as call backs to The Clone Wars. Just finished season 3 and the 2 part finale is some of the best Star Wars there is.
 
So you guys are busy with other things, but the Mandalorian season2 was off to a great start. Feels very old school star wars with all the western elements.
And we get Timothy Olyphant and the return of Boba Fett who seems to be alive and disgruntled
 
Jan said:
So you guys are busy with other things, but the Mandalorian season2 was off to a great start. Feels very old school star wars with all the western elements.
And we get Timothy Olyphant and the return of Boba Fett who seems to be alive and disgruntled
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I'm hoping they switcharoo us and that wasn't actually Fett, but Rex a Trooper from the cartoons. As they've added a lot of cartoon stuff and Boba Fett is overrated
 
Max Sterling said:
I'm hoping they switcharoo us and that wasn't actually Fett, but Rex a Trooper from the cartoons. As they've added a lot of cartoon stuff and Boba Fett is overrated
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I'm 100% not interested in knowing Boba Fett's fate; all of his power lies in the mystery and lack of screen time/dialogue. I'm far, far more interested in the story of the small-town marshal who found the armor.

Overall I'm feeling optimistic about this season, after feeling just-lukewarm on the first. I do think the action is a little perfunctory (you know they're gonna slay the dragon, also what was the deal with that dude near the beginning who punches Mando's armor, grabs his hand in pain, then goes in to punch his armor another friggin time?), but it seems like they're more assured about what kind of character Mando is. I said it last season, and I think they're leaning into it, but my scene-to-scene interest in the show lies in who or what Mando or the Kid are interacting with, and not in those characters themselves, as they're basically blank archetypes. The way the premiere was more about Olyphant's story makes me think they're figuring out that trick.
 
Indymisanthrope said:
I'm still sticking with this as my primary criticism of Mandalorian.

Whether it's Amy Sedaris providing exposition or W. Earl Brown tending bar, there's something a little too "THIS WEEK'S SPECIAL GUEST STAR IS ____ AND THIS WEEK THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR ACT TO TATTOOINE!" for my taste. This ain't The Love Boat, I don't want to have my brain vaguely tickled for 45 minutes until the credits roll and I realize that one guy was, for some reason, voiced by John Leguizamo.
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I'd say overall the dialogue/script lacks character. It's in the same vein I find Marvel movies to be in, where sure there are some quips and jokes, but a lot of the actual script feels more like placeholder text, like they wrote "we've got visitors", meant to go back and add something a bit more snappy or character-specific, and forgot. It's like they put W Earl Brown behind the bar and instead of giving him some business like polishing glasses or whatever, he's just standing there with his hands on the bar. I mean, the big catchphrase of the show is "this is the way," which barely means anything.

I do kind of like the throwback nature of the cameos; these days a guest star on a show usually gets a multi-episode arc, so I kinda like a garish dollop of stunt casting. But I agree, it'd be great if you saw Johnny Legs's cameo and actually felt there was some purpose in casting him other than "we like him and he likes Star Wars."
 
I did not like the first season of Mando much, as I'm sure I've made readily clear on here. The story went completely nowhere, monster of week episodic formats are THE ABSOLUTE WORST WAY TO DO TV (in my opinion) and as stated much more eloquently that I am able to by both @Bull Shannon and @Indymisanthrope among others, it was painfully "wink wink nod nod" in its treatment of gueststars not to mention for a media company with more money than virtually any other on the planet HOLY HELL did a lot of that first season look like it was filmed on old cast off Dr. Who and Red Dwarf sets...

I don't like that they've continued with the "episodic story going nowhere, monster of the week" routine this season HOWEVER... if they've decided this the way they're gunna go THIS IS THE EFFING WAY TO DO IT. This shit is what I've been waiting for. These first two episodes look as good as any of the new SW films in terms of special effects and sets, I will watch ANYTHING with Mr. O in it because he is wonderful and I have a huge man crush on him and I desperately want to meet him and for him to like me and have beers with me and punch me in the shoulder while calling me "pardner".
Give me these Easter eggs (you know which ones in talking about), give me THOSE SHIPS flying past that sunset. Give me nods to one of the other greatest sci fi movies ever made.
I.
AM.
HERE.
FOR.
ALL.
THIS.
SHIT.

That said can we please go serial next season?
 
Gotta go back through this thread to catch up on the Mandalorian discussion, but wanted to pop in to wish you all a happy life day! It was 42 years ago today that we were introduced to Lumpy, Itchy ,and all of Chewies extended family.

 
That last episode of the Mandalorian got 8 year old me who loved Admiral Ackbar in Jedi and always wanted to see more Mon Calamari, specifically how a world they occupy would look like, all kinds of excited. Plus more Mandalorians and one of the sweetest moments in Star Wars history. I am loving Season 2. My 13 year old asked me to stop geeking out during the family viewing last Friday.
 
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That last episode of the Mandalorian got 8 year old me who loved Admiral Ackbar in Jedi and always wanted to see more Mon Calamari, specifically how a world they occupy would look like, all kinds of excited. Plus more Mandalorians and one of the sweetest moments in Star Wars history. I am loving Season 2. My 13 year old asked me to stop geeking out during the family viewing last Friday.
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The first 3 episodes were sweeeeeet! This last one...more season 1 filler :/
 
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