STAR WARS! STAR WARS! STAR WARS

imtheocean said:
Been catching up on the most recent (2020 on) run of Darth Vader through Marvel Comics. It's an interesting take on Darth Vader's perspective of the events of Empire Strikes Back and beyond. How he finds out Luke is his son, and how he reacts, and assuming changes, between Empire and Return of the Jedi.
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The Darth Vader title has easily been the high point of Star Wars comics in the Disney era. The flahship title never grabbed me, and I've never been big on Rebellion/OT era comics anyway (Marvel seems to LOVE them).

I'm reading the ongoing High Republic series by Cavan Scott, which is just finishing it's first arc. At the very least it's a breath of fresh air to see a different era represented in Star Wars, and the series has already introduced some great concepts. I enjoyed the first novel as well (Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule) and am excited for more.
 
DJSJ said:
The Darth Vader title has easily been the high point of Star Wars comics in the Disney era. The flahship title never grabbed me, and I've never been big on Rebellion/OT era comics anyway (Marvel seems to LOVE them).

I'm reading the ongoing High Republic series by Cavan Scott, which is just finishing it's first arc. At the very least it's a breath of fresh air to see a different era represented in Star Wars, and the series has already introduced some great concepts. I enjoyed the first novel as well (Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule) and am excited for more.
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I'll have to take a look at High Republic - I'm using Marvel Unlimited so i'll be a few months behind. But love the way they are humanizing Darth Vader to some degree in this run. I'll have to run back through previous versions of the title.
 
My favorite part about watching a new episode of The Bad Batch is how the New Zealand accents get stuck in my head all day. I adore Omega's the most. If I could get that as the GPS on my phone that'd be wonderful.
 
I decided to rewatch episode 1 for the first time in probably 15+ years and it’s so bad. Acting is awful and lifeless, Jar Jar Binks is so annoying and unfunny, there’s no emotion, no heart, no protagonist. I took a bathroom break after about and hour and I didn’t know if I wanted to keep watching. I was just bored up until the end.

As a kid watching this, I was 9-10 when it came out. I remember liking the new space crafts, I had many lego sets. The pod racing was cool, the different droids that rolled around. Double lightsaber!!! But how the hell did I manage to sit through the dry bureaucratic dialogue? I don’t know. That’s not a Star Wars movie. It’s just boring fluff tied together with a cheap ribbon.
 
wokeupnew said:
I decided to rewatch episode 1 for the first time in probably 15+ years and it’s so bad. Acting is awful and lifeless, Jar Jar Binks is so annoying and unfunny, there’s no emotion, no heart, no protagonist. I took a bathroom break after about and hour and I didn’t know if I wanted to keep watching. I was just bored up until the end.
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George Lucas has a wonderful mind full of brilliant ideas but is a pretty shit director. The Naboo Crisis is so fascinating when I read ancillary Star Wars books, but watching the actual film it comes across as confusing and disjointed. I've always held the belief the prequels are propped up by the brilliant material around them (books, comics, the original Clone Wars series) but as standalone films they leave a lot to be desired.


That said I fucking loved Phantom Menace as a kid. Had no idea what was going on but I knew Darth Maul was cool.
 
Wasn't there a fan cut of Episode 1 that eliminated Jar Jar? By that guy from That 70s Show IIRC? Anyone ever see that?
 
I’m gonna be controversial.

Jar jar is a kinda needed bit of lite relief in Phantom to the mind numbering tedium of a trade dispute debate in the senate ....
 
Gavaxeman said:
I’m gonna be controversial.

Jar jar is a kinda needed bit of lite relief in Phantom to the mind numbering tedium of a trade dispute debate in the senate ....
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I think the idea of Jar Jar is fine but he’s just so grating and clumsy it gets frustrating. It could have been executed better. Everything could have been executed better tbf
 
I started The Rising Storm today, the second Adult-oriented novel in the High Republic series, and blew through 100 pages without really thinking about it. I love it, it expands on the best parts of the first book, while starting to weave the novels and the comics into a really engaging story. It really shows the Jedi at their highest point as protectors of the peace, and details the core jedi philosophy better than I've seen it done. It really shows the flaws of the prequel era Jedi Order, and shows how the greatest of the Jedi did things.

Definitely want to check out some of the other High Republic books made for the young adult market, a lot of those characters are referenced in this book and I'd love to see more. Also reading the Marvel comic series which is brilliant.
 
JonnyH said:
Jar Jar is better if Lucas ignores us and reveals him to be the Sith Lord he was supposed to be.

Of course, even if that happened, those prequels are shit movies and you can't convince me otherwise.
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Yep ..the prequels get worse with each watch ..if that’s possible ....

Star Wars , empire , rogue one ...they are the good ones ..the rest..mmm
 
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