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Sith Happens posted:
Vader stretched its neck.
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Sith Happens posted:
The TIE Fighters have stubby little wings that are more in line with the original toy from the 1970's than how it actually appeared in film.    Also, those walkers aren't AT-PT's, but a different model based on the original AT-ST concept art from Empire Strikes Back. 
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Oct 9, 2014 17:56
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Oh man, that takes me way back. Whatever year it would have been, that was my favorite Christmas present. The laser lit up and tried really hard to make something that vaguely resembled a pew-pew sound. 
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Oct 9, 2014 18:22
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Finally saw that first episode. I loved the hilariously bummed stormtroopers after they were trapped in the cell.
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Oct 9, 2014 18:37
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Mecha Gojira posted:Also, those walkers aren't AT-PT's, but a different model based on the original AT-ST concept art from Empire Strikes Back. Oh drat, didn't even realize that! That's cool that they're going for some really old school styles. As for Star Wars Mary Sue's, I think Shadows of the Empire takes the cake with Xizor. Funnily enough, it was so over the top, he ended up looking like an idiot.
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Oct 9, 2014 19:28
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All I ask about the JEJ thing is that it be more than 2 sentences. I was so looking forward to seeing DV in Episode 3, but to get what he said as it was said is my only real gripe of the prequels. Yes we saw him, yes we got new Vader dialogue....I don't even mind the Noooo, but..just....ugh..
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Oct 9, 2014 20:00
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Sith Happens posted:
Have they assigned it a new class name and backstory over at Wookiepedia yet?
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Oct 9, 2014 20:30
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Cross-Section posted:Though they should. Karen Travis is now just a distant memory destined to fade into nothingness.
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Oct 10, 2014 00:19
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I mostly agree with you guys about the EU when it comes to narrative content, but the worldbuilding and background info was usually pretty cool I thought. You know, the kind of stuff you'd find in reference books, not novels. On that note, the Rebels version of Kessel doesn't seem as cool as the EU version where it was an airless asteroid colony orbiting a cluster of black holes. But this new version of Kessel seems to be based on a Lucas description from back when Kessel was going to be featured in TCW, so I won't hold it against Rebels. Sith Happens posted:
Yeah, I noticed that. Honestly, it's a bit too cartoony for my tastes. I preferred the TCW approach where characters were stylized, but the starships and vehicles had more-or-less realistic proportions. Cnut the Great fucked around with this message at 10:20 on Oct 10, 2014 |
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Oct 10, 2014 10:18
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So far I'm liking it. It has a bit of prequelitis where it serves to shrink the world rather than expand it . . . but given that this was just the first episode, a little red meat isn't bad. I'm pumped to see how it all develops.
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Oct 10, 2014 22:58
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So, is it ever going to get as violent and murder happy as clone wars?
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Oct 10, 2014 23:18
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TOILETLORD posted:So, is it ever going to get as violent and murder happy as clone wars? It's been pretty drat violent already. Stormtroopers get mowed down.
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Oct 10, 2014 23:33
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TOILETLORD posted:So, is it ever going to get as violent and murder happy as clone wars? How would any of us know that, TOILETLORD
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Oct 10, 2014 23:37
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TOILETLORD posted:So, is it ever going to get as violent and murder happy as clone wars? Well, the book based on it had NO issues with nasty atrocities (not just the bad guys) at least; death by acid bath for just one example. And of course last episode showed Kallus as an accessory to at least one genocide; even off-screen that's pretty dark for "kid's TV" to put it mildly.
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Oct 11, 2014 07:51
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MadDogMike posted:And of course last episode showed Kallus as an accessory to at least one genocide; even off-screen that's pretty dark for "kid's TV" to put it mildly. Not accessory, he was the one who gave the order to shoot Zeb's people. So he's full-on guilty. Speaking of which, the one thing I really don't like so far is Kallus' characterization. I would have liked him more as an Inspector Javert sort of character, not that bad himself but relentlessly chasing the heroes because from his point of view it's the right thing to do. Instead he went full evil, starting with kicking a stormtrooper to his death as retribution for a quip in the first episode and continuing with being responsible for a genocide and enjoying toying with a survivor's feelings.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:06
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Mikl posted:Speaking of which, the one thing I really don't like so far is Kallus' characterization. I would have liked him more as an Inspector Javert sort of character, not that bad himself but relentlessly chasing the heroes because from his point of view it's the right thing to do. Instead he went full evil, starting with kicking a stormtrooper to his death as retribution for a quip in the first episode and continuing with being responsible for a genocide and enjoying toying with a survivor's feelings.
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Oct 11, 2014 08:21
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I hope they characterise most Imperials as people that truly believe they are making a better galaxy through their acts instead of just being huge pricks.
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Oct 11, 2014 10:06
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meristem posted:They can always go the route of he's an honestly nice guy to those he considers his friends (and/or his space puppy), but he has very high in-/out-group differentiation. That would actually be great. There's some possible degree of it already. When he has Ezra has a hostage, despite having every opportunity, he makes no move to harm the boy. Could be a matter of when he's 'on the job', and not. Though he'd still have some element of a petulant dick given what he did to the trooper, but he probably filed that in the report as being Kanan's fault.
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Oct 11, 2014 10:51
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Thom12255 posted:I hope they characterise most Imperials as people that truly believe they are making a better galaxy through their acts instead of just being huge pricks. ...in Star Wars? The biggest Good vs. Evil property out there? An animated Star Wars for kids? Good loving luck. It's mustache twirling villains all the way down.
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Oct 12, 2014 20:31
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Well, in the Clone Wars some of the bad guys got arcs and were even portrayed sympathetically, namely Ventress's Night Witch arc. She even ends up helping Asohka and becoming a bounty hunter. So, I doubt they focus on some actual Imperials, but they might toss in some bounty hunters who flip allegiances frequently.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:09
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feedmyleg posted:...in Star Wars? The biggest Good vs. Evil property out there? An animated Star Wars for kids? Good loving luck. It's mustache twirling villains all the way down. The actual 'good' Star Wars media (KotOR 2 mostly) did a pretty good job of moving the IP away from a simplistic black/white good/evil paradigm.
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Oct 12, 2014 21:30
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Thom12255 posted:I hope they characterise most Imperials as people that truly believe they are making a better galaxy through their acts instead of just being huge pricks. In other words, show a world where Palpatine and authoritarianism really, truly won. Some people being true believers, others trying to be in order to quell the cognitive dissonance, the new generation growing up not knowing any alternative, and no one really doing anything.
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Oct 13, 2014 07:41
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Is anyone else not seeing this in their lineup? I have Dish (lol) and was able to watch SoR on the 3rd, but I don't see tonight's episode on Disney.
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Oct 13, 2014 23:06
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Duncan Doenitz posted:Is anyone else not seeing this in their lineup? I have Dish (lol) and was able to watch SoR on the 3rd, but I don't see tonight's episode on Disney.
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Oct 13, 2014 23:22
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Duncan Doenitz posted:Is anyone else not seeing this in their lineup? I have Dish (lol) and was able to watch SoR on the 3rd, but I don't see tonight's episode on Disney. Yep, it's on channel 174.
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Oct 14, 2014 01:56
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meristem posted:I honestly hope they don't, and instead choose the route of "we have order now. After so many wars, after so much bleeding, we have order. And peace. All one of them? I mean, it was a big war, but it was the only one in recent memory within the setting as far as I know. Also, your desire is in no way incompatible with the one you quoted.
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Oct 14, 2014 03:33
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feedmyleg posted:...in Star Wars? The biggest Good vs. Evil property out there? An animated Star Wars for kids? Good loving luck. It's mustache twirling villains all the way down.
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Oct 14, 2014 08:57
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The commercials are kinda skeezing me out. I'm a boy! I play with Power Rangers and Transformer toys! I'm a girl! My pores are totally too big and I am ugly. Proactive can help me be pretty!
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Oct 15, 2014 05:45
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Yeah, I too am skeezed out by commercials that are for a target audience at least 10 years younger than me.
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Oct 15, 2014 19:12
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The latest episode is up on Disney Xd. Chopper trolling the crew is still hilarious.
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Oct 15, 2014 19:30
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It is how they are gendered. Not just "boys play with action figures, girls play with dolls", that makes sense. But it's "boys play with action figures, girls need to make themselves beautiful".
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Oct 15, 2014 21:30
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Oh I get it, it's some social justice warrior crap. Chill out and watch a show that is made for 8-13 year old kids without getting all righteous at the commercials.
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Oct 15, 2014 21:37
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VaultAggie posted:The latest episode is up on Disney Xd. Chopper trolling the crew is still hilarious. He's probably the best at it, but the competition for 2nd place is fierce among the crew. I could definitely buy this as somebody's Star Wars RPG group, they've got the intra-group taking the piss out of each other down pat ("At least it's not my room" was pretty much PC behavior to perfection). Definitely pretty good character writing; for only a couple episodes in I like the cast chemistry they've got going thus far.
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Oct 16, 2014 04:10
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LoG posted:Yeah, I too am skeezed out by commercials that are for a target audience at least 10 years younger than me. Or possibly 40.
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Oct 16, 2014 04:25
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VaultAggie posted:The latest episode is up on Disney Xd. Chopper trolling the crew is still hilarious. It really is.  e: Also, a pic of Vader from the pilot re-air:  Cool of them to draw from the McQuarrie designs for the helmet, though in retrospect it's not terribly surprising since they've pretty much done that for the entirety of the show's art design. Not a bad thing, mind you. Cross-Section fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Oct 16, 2014 |
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Oct 16, 2014 05:59
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LoG posted:Oh I get it, it's some social justice warrior crap. Chill out and watch a show that is made for 8-13 year old kids without getting all righteous at the commercials. How is what I said crap? Could you please clarify? The only way I'm reading what you are saying is that it is OK for 8-13 year old girls to be sexualized. And I think that is pretty hosed up. Do you sexualize 8-13 year old girls? Do you think they should be sexualized?
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Oct 16, 2014 09:22
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God forbid someone criticizes commercials.
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Oct 16, 2014 09:40
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Shbobdb posted:How is what I said crap? Could you please clarify? Jesus Christ, shut up and take this crap back to tumblr.
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Oct 16, 2014 12:03
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Shbobdb posted:How is what I said crap? Could you please clarify? I agree with you, but you're not going to get anywhere with it in this thread.
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Hakkesshu posted:I agree with you, but you're not going to get anywhere with it in this thread. Precisely. I kept squealing with delight through the first half of the third episode because I have fond memories of the Star Tours ride, but the third act was surprisingly heavy. Thankfully the transition between the silly antics and the discussion of y'know, genocide was a smooth one. The writers did a great job of not creating mood whiplash.
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