STAR WARS! STAR WARS! STAR WARS

Bull Shannon said:
I spoiled a bit just from headlines this morning,

Considering Mandalorian took all the promise of “Boba Fett tv show” and shed itself (mostly) of the fan service and franchise-beholden lore of actually having Boba Fett in a show...I’m not thrilled about a Boba Fett show. At least, not yet.
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Lucas was always looking for an avenue to explore the seedy underbelly of the Star Wars universe. There was originally going to be a show called Star Wars:Underworld but it was shelved around the time he decided to sell to Disney. This could work if it's a more adult Star Wars show. With Boba, I think you'll see that. I mean he just murdered the entire remainder of Jabba's crew.
 
Joe Mac said:
So just watched that finale

So I hate hate hate this CGI bollocks, either recast or leave the character out.

They should just leave the Mandelorian there, perfect end point, there is no need fo more, go tell the other stories.

Also as a series this was pretty weak. It was 16 good set pieces that flimsily tied together.
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Hmmm...I was highly entertained by the s2 finale, but felt like season 2 was a big step down from season 1 in terms of depth of storytelling. I really disliked how this season just became fan service and seemed too rushed to help set up their 10 spin-offs series.

I was also less excited with each character reveal. I thought Luke's return tonight was very cool, and he was clearly a Jedi bad-ass, but I was also unsurprised to see him at this point after they'd rolled out Bo-Katan, Ashoka, and Boba Fett already.
 
The fan service to me isn't that big a deal as it led to somewhere. Ahsoka being added was to introduce her character to non-Clone Wars/Rebels audiences and to launch a new series with Filoni's pet character. Bo Katan being added shows the direction Filoni will go next season with a possible liberation of Mandalore. The big reveal in the final episode is not going to be a reoccurring event and it was to bring finality to the current season's storyline and Mando's quest. Boba returning is the only purely fan service angle but I really don't care. Boba Fett was an obsession of mine ever since Empire.

If you're looking for non-fan service Star Wars, The Acolyte should be everything you're seeking. Totally different era that doesn't involve the Skywalker line. The only fan service would be a younger Yoda.
 
Woob_woob said:
I thought Mando S2 was the best live action star wars thing since the original trilogy. Call it fan service all you want, but the expanded universe is the best thing about the franchise and I thought they mined from that in a bunch of fun ways.
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From what I've seen online, the additional series, Ahsoka and Rangers of the New Republic, will tie into a larger event similar to how the separate Marvels vehicles eventually led to Infinity War.
 
I’m always curious about the Acolyte is separate from the Skywalker story comments. Nothing in Star Wars is separate from the Skywalker Saga. Especially if it happens prior to the events of the triology of trilogies... Star Wars is the Skywalker Saga.
 
Woob_woob said:
Except almost all of Star Wars best stories have little or nothing to do with the Skywalker Saga
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Yes and no. You know what I mean... even something like Rogue One is an explanation of a single line in the Star Wars Saga. High Republic stories set the stage for how the Empire came to be which is integral to the Skywalker Saga. The Skywalker Saga is set up as a prophecy of old, it’s a central plot point in the entire universe.

it’s like saying the best Marvel stories have nothing to do with someone like Reed Richards or the best DC with someone like Superman... the very existence of those universes are tied to those stories...
 
Lee Newman said:
Yes and no. You know what I mean... even something like Rogue One is an explanation of a single line in the Star Wars Saga. High Republic stories set the stage for how the Empire came to be which is integral to the Skywalker Saga. The Skywalker Saga is set up as a prophecy of old, it’s a central plot point in the entire universe.

it’s like saying the best Marvel stories have nothing to do with someone like Reed Richards or the best DC with someone like Superman... the very existence of those universes are tied to those stories...
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Yea its the beginning and center of the universe and everything spins off or leads to that story. The best thing the Skywalker saga does imo is leaving so much of its world and characters to build on. An entire Mandalorian society and lore has been built over the years based solely on the popularity of Boba Fett, a character that is barely in the original trilogy but was loved by fans. Knights of the Old Republic is one of my favorite Star Wars stories and that has very little to do with the Skywalkers because of how far in the past its set. Thats part of my hope for all of these High Republic stories, but im sure Disney will find someway to get a Skywalker in there.
 
Yoda is already an adult in the High Republic era. Unless the Skywalker is Anakin's great, great, great, great, great, great grandparent, there shouldn't be any tangible link to Anakin in the High Republic series.

The Rian Johnson trilogy was supposed to be elsewhere in the Star Wars timeline but it got shelved because people got angry that Luke threw away his lightsaber.
 
I managed to avoid this thread until I finished S2, which I have just done. I'm one of these fans that have seen all the films (most a few times over) and played the games etc, but I wouldn't consider myself a die-hard fan. With that being said, I really enjoyed the second season, more so than the first and I really liked the tie-in at the end.

What's funny is that for all the stick the CGI might get, there were so many points in the series where I just thought how amazing it is that we are in an age where a tv show like this has the budget of a blockbuster film. As a kid playing Republic Commando (which needs a remake!!) and the KOTOR on my x-box if you had told me that there would be a whole tv series that was visually better than any star wars game or film I had played to date my mind would have exploded.
 
i just watched the episode and, man, it’s just disheartening to read some of the dour opinions here. my reaction to the ending segment was pretty much ‘dude... no fucking way... NO FUCKING WAY’ and then about ten minutes of just genuine happiness and excitement as the episode finished out. the best part is it all makes sense. none of this ‘the dead speak!’ bullshit. they’ve set this moment up over several episodes, and even then the thought that luke fucking skywalker would show up was not on my radar at all. it was a genuine surprise, and in my opinion they pulled it off masterfully. i really couldn’t be more satisfied with this show at this point, and it’s really helped me rediscover how fun star wars can be.
 
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