The Mandalorian - spoilers

[Timothy225]

Same - I'm kind of interested in Star Wars stuff pre-Skywalker saga. Old Republic, High Republic, early Jedi/Sith history, that kind of thing.

[Abraham Smashington]

They're looking for anyway to retcon or at least make the prequels interesting. Never gonna happen. Knock it off Filoni. There are like 3 things interesting about the prequels and they've already mined those: Darth Maul coming back, Clone shit, and Obi/Anakin shit.

[Timothy225]

The Obi/Anakin stuff didn't really gel for me until Revenge of the Sith, I could give two shits about the Clones, and Darth Maul got far more screen time and became far more interesting in the animated shows. Plus his brief cameo in Solo, which bugs me because I'd be all about a Crimson Dawn film or series with Qi'ra and Maul doing a Godfather type of thing, but I'm not kidding myself that will ever happen.

[Anderson]

that sounds dumb for Acolyte. I was pumped because I thought it would be more like the recent books with being WAY before that shit.

That stuff hasn't been doing the exact kind of money Disney wanted. So, they're feeding it at publishing to novel and comic audiences. But, they don't want to pull the gun on it for live-action.

The date range I've heard on Acolyte is 120-2 years before Phantom Menace. But, the level of distance between it and the Skywalker Saga seems to shrink everytime I get an update.

[Timothy225]

From what little I know about The Acolyte, it might be Sith-centric, and has a female lead, so I'm onboard. I just hope it's set as far from the Skywalker stuff as possible, but I do get what Troy's saying.

As for the High Republic stuff, the comics are OK (the artwork is kind of average, the stories are hit and miss, though some of the concepts are good), and I haven't had a chance to read any of the books, but Disney hasn't really been pushing the property that much past the initial announcement / launch. Hell, Hasbro hasn't released any toys from it either, which kind of surprises me. Fans seem to just want their Skywalker era stuff.

[Anderson]

From what little I know about The Acolyte, it might be Sith-centric, and has a female lead, so I'm onboard. I just hope it's set as far from the Skywalker stuff as possible, but I do get what Troy's saying.

As for the High Republic stuff, the comics are OK (the artwork is kind of average, the stories are hit and miss, though some of the concepts are good), and I haven't had a chance to read any of the books, but Disney hasn't really been pushing the property that much past the initial announcement / launch. Hell, Hasbro hasn't released any toys from it either, which kind of surprises me. Fans seem to just want their Skywalker era stuff.

The High Republic stuff was expected to catch fire and make money on launch. It never did, plus COVID made Disney get cold feet and back off of it.

Loved Book of Boba Fett. Not sure why people were expecting a mindblowing final reveal or whatever.

[Timothy225]

By now, fans should expect big reveals when the season wraps up - case in point the final ep of the recent season of Mandalorian. Anything else is nice when it pops up, but pales when the last episode unspools.

Shame about the High Republic stuff. Maybe this year it'll spark interest, as it is an era I'd love to learn more about.

[Abraham Smashington]

Loved Book of Boba Fett. Not sure why people were expecting a mindblowing final reveal or whatever.

Yeah it was good, but people were expecting one because Robert Rodriguez said there would be one or at least heavily hinted at it in that Hollywood reporter story a few weeks ago.

[Anderson]

Yeah it was good, but people were expecting one because Robert Rodriguez said there would be one or at least heavily hinted at it in that Hollywood reporter story a few weeks ago.

I thought about that and how it backs up something I've been hearing since Mando S1.

  Spoiler: Inside baseball 

Filoni and Favreau control the final edit, so what the directors saw isn't always the final cut.

[Abraham Smashington]

New Mando trailer. Looks good. Still excited for it

[Abraham Smashington]

Season 3 - DUDE. THAT SHOUT OUT TO REBELS CONFIRMING EVERYTHING I WANT IS COMING WAS AWESOME.

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HYPERSPACE TRAVELLING SPACE WHALES

And it's just like in the background chilling. Loved it. Bring on

  Spoiler: minor spoilers? 

Ezra and Thrawn now....

That pirate scene was great and I dug the design of the captain. Also liked they brought back one of the few good things about Rise (Babu Frik). Was nice having a new Mando ep.

[Abraham Smashington]

This week's Mando FUCKING OWNED. That fucking

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creepy little Grevious looking motherfucker was awesome. Especially when his head scurried away and jumped back into the giant robot

That shit felt like some crazy ass Terminator thing from Salvation or something. Also, the "thing" they found at the end is kind ofa game changer lore wise. Also, anytime Amy Sedaris shows up I enjoy it,.

[Abraham Smashington]

All season has been pretty good (GIANT PIRATE SHIP WITH GIANT WHEEL!), but this week's was a bit of a misfire.

/posted from Discord:
It wasn't the worst thing they've ever done in SW.

  Spoiler: spoilers 

Everything with Jack Black and Lizzo was dumb, but the idea of their planet and how it runs was pure pulpy sci-fi. The droid bar was fun. The Battle Droid chase and previous fucking with them by Mando was fun. The big fight at the end was pretty sweet. And finally Bo is back and ready to fuck shit up. It was was weird mix of feeling like a holiday special and great world building at the same time. My favorite episode? nah. The worst thing in the SW universe? Not even close.

At worst it was a Rebels filler type episode with one or two scenes needed for future stuff. But nothing to make me worried about the future of SW. I've already come to peace with even at its worst it's still entertaining in some form. But I can't defend Black or Lizzo. They felt like the shit you'd see on the cruise lol.

[Timothy225]

Latest Mandalorian episode wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be. The extra special guest cameos weren't quite as bad as some fans were making them out to be (the appearances, obviously a fun tip of the Mandalorian helmet - not full helmet removal, 'cause that ain't "The Way" - to a couple of celeb SW fans, felt more like what you'd see in a '66 Batman TV series episode), and they were probably onscreen for less than 5 minutes or so.

The last act was pretty slick. Wouldn't mind a Katee Sackhoff spin-off, a la Book of Boba Fett, sandwiched before we get a Mando Season 4... if we get a Mando season 4, that is.

[Abraham Smashington]

Exactly Tim. Definitely silly but still good stuff in the episode.