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pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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Radio! posted:

Hey so I'm watching Rebels for the first time and I just want to say that this version of Yoda is the ugliest loving thing I have ever seen.


Who thought this was fine.

It looks like Yoda is slowly transforming into Snoke

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pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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Is there a roadmap for all of these shows that were announced a few weeks back? Or at least what show starts up next, and how soon?

pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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I stopped watching the animated Star Wars around season 2 or 3 of The Clone Wars, and never got to Rebels or anything else. Can someone give a tl;dr of important things to know about these characters?

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Feb 24, 2006

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Georgia Peach posted:

Who was the dead Jedi carried out on a stretcher?

They cloned Shaak-Ti so they could kill her twice

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Feb 24, 2006

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Radio! posted:

No one knows. Might just a rando to drive home the point that it wasn't just the clones on Kaller. It's not Shaak Ti because she was on Coruscant at the time, and also the hand looks like it's green or yellow maybe?

There's some screencaps here: https://www.reddit.com/r/thebadbatch/comments/n4i346/the_bad_batch_s01e01_discussion_thread/gwx089v

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Feb 24, 2006

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Alchenar posted:

I agree. I was actually waiting for a twist at the end where Crosshair would turn on the stormtroopers and escape with the team. It felt they were setting him up as the villain a bit too heavy handedly in the early episode and I thought they were going for something along the lines of "I absolutely hate this but because of you Tarkin is going to have us all killed so I have no choice but to escape with you guys, also you are still my clone bros". .

I really really feel like Nala Se is playing a very tight game with Tarkin and as soon as his attention is elsewhere she'll deactivate/remove Crosshair's chip and send him on his way. I mean, this is what I want to happen after seeing her help their escape. I'd like to think Lama Su is in on it too, but he could be "don't tell them because that looks bad for us" or "don't tell them because it'll give them a better chance to escape".

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Feb 24, 2006

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Radio! posted:

Dad Batch

Someone on Reddit went and did it



https://www.reddit.com/r/thebadbatch/comments/n6te87/the_dad_batch/

pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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mdemone posted:

gently caress, okay, there is officially too much drat Star Wars.

I gotta do a quick-watch of the best stuff from the animated EU before starting Bad Batch. Is there, like, a list of 6-8 episodes from Rebels that would give me the main ideas & plot arc?

Also is Clone Wars worth watching?

I followed this guide, probably fairly similar to what @Vinylshadow said, but I don't know which episode numbers correspond with which titles. It worked out well, I've felt like I've known what was going on in every bad batch episode I've seen so far.

https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/mu9bui/clone_wars_rewatch_order_for_the_upcoming_bad/

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Xelkelvos posted:

Now that's he's starting to definitely hear the signal, I hope they finally address it in the next episode.

I just hope that him getting the signal is leading to them figuring it out which leads to saving Crosshair.

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Feb 24, 2006

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Larryb posted:

So apparently by her own admission Omega doesn’t have an inhibitor chip installed in her (though even if that’s true I imagine there’s some other kind of secret programming in her head somewhere to be used for a different purpose)

What if her inhibitor chip has her convinced she doesn't have an inhibitor chip? :thunkher:

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Feb 24, 2006

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https://twitter.com/Keith_Kellogg/status/1405520649225863173

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Feb 24, 2006

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swickles posted:

I mean, he's not wrong! I do not know!

But do you think you know?

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Feb 24, 2006

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thrawn527 posted:

Yeah, belittling the "sorcerer's ways", but not implying they didn't exist. To me, at least. After Vader was done choking him, Motti didn't freak the gently caress out, like, "What the gently caress was that?! You can do that? How? What is happening here?! Why are you guys not freaking out like I am?!" Which is about how I'd react if someone used magic power to choke me from across the room in the real world.

Force powers are known, Motti just doesn't think they matter, at all, compared to things like the Death Star.

Vader has probably been doing that for roughly the past two decades by that point.

pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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Y'all worried about how cloning works have to remember that Jango literally used seismic charges in a vacuum.

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Feb 24, 2006

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Anita Dickinme posted:

What if the Kaminoans are themselves clones? :vince:

They want to created genderswapped clones of themselves for... reasons :chloe:

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Bismuth posted:

Yeah I kinda noticed that, my roommate whos 100% more into the show than me just sort of went "we're back to filler episodes huh?" I'm hoping that some of these filler episodes come back to have some kind of effect on the story so much I'm trying to pay attention to small details, like when Omega said she was naturally good at strategy im like is that a clue? Is that part of the main story?

I really hope we get more crosshair, and more...main plot soon? "The crew goes off to do x thing" is fun to watch but leaving me wanting when they blend together so much. Im a bit tired of them just doing unrelated jobs for the lizard instead of working towards something themselves, it makes the show feel like it doesn't really have a story, goal, or endpoint. I'm much more interested in what Crosshair is up to because at least hes working towards something.

They just had their debts paid off in this episode, that should hopefully free them up from doing jobs for Cid.

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Feb 24, 2006

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That looks amazing but there's a fuckin Lopunny in there and there's no way there isn't porn of that by the end of the day

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Feb 24, 2006

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Megillah Gorilla posted:

I wonder, for those who never watched Rebels, how would the last episode have come across?

I really enjoyed watching young Hera and everything (read: Chopper), but to someone casually watching it and only seeing the Bad Batch for about a minute, it must have seemed weird as hell.

I haven't watched Rebels and it was still a good episode, I just didn't get all that excited the droid was there but I was like "Was that the shy Twi'lek that Boil and Waxer saved" and she wasn't so I was a bit sad.

I do think the Twi'lek episodes from The Clone Wars are enough to bridge the gap for this episode. You know most of the key players from that.

Now if you hadn't watched that either, it would probably be more confusing.

Edit: I plan on watching Rebels after this series is over just because I'm assuming that's how the timeline works and I'm already watching this. I only finished watching the non-Bad Batch related TCW episodes last week.

pik_d fucked around with this message at 04:25 on Jul 10, 2021

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Feb 24, 2006

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Jet Jaguar posted:

I thought it was just his lightsaber and nothing else? That whole thing confuses me, that was certainly a reaction to finding it. I guess they had to explain why Ben could be a Force Ghost but not Qui-Gon.

They followed the trail and found Siilman with the Pykes, after Sifo-Dyas had been killed. He had gone mad and Dooku killed him before they could get much info out of him.

Edit: The Pykes admitted to giving Sifo-Dyas' corpse to Dooku after they shot down his ship.

pik_d fucked around with this message at 05:33 on Jul 13, 2021

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mdemone posted:

Hey I've got the Ahsoka lightsaber duo that can change color and my son is obsessed with them. Can someone remind me which episode shows the color change?

Ima make this kid a Star Wars nerd if it's the last thing I do.

Anakin changed them before he gave them back at the beginning of season 7.

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jng2058 posted:

Oh hey, don't forget "why the gently caress is the Resistance Fleet out of fuel when fuel's never been an issue in Star Wars before?" Also explained in the comic books. :rolleyes:

In addition to what's been mentioned, the Rebels crew definitely have a few fuel run episodes, including the one where they meet Mon Mothma

pik_d
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I've been watching Rebels for the first time just to get the back story that'll show up in Ahsoka and whatever else.

Is the Resistance series good backstory for anything coming up, considering that it's in a different time period than most of the stuff that's on now? People have mentioned that it's not as good as the other animated shows, but I will probably end up watching it since I've burned through The Clone Wars and Rebels. Just curious if it can wait or if it would be helpful for any of the upcoming series.

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Was it going somewhere and just got cancelled? Or was it just low effort work to keep the wheels turning?

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swickles posted:

Prodigy is good, I like that for a show aimed at kids they set up a lot of mystery without hitting you over the head with "we have got to solve this mystery?!?!"

Minor spoilers: what part of the galaxy are they in, we see Kazon and we hear him say he brings criminals from the Delta quandrant. How did the ship get there, who and what else are trying to get it, where did the protagonist come from, was he born on the prison world since no one recognizes his species, etc.

Answer: The Window of Dreams that Dal keeps talking about was mentioned in season 7 of Voyager, so it's close to the Delta/Alpha quadrant border, nowhere near where Voyager started their journey. I'm not sure why there's all these species in this region of space, but the USS Protostar has trans warp capabilities as seen on one of the LCARS displays, so that explains some of it.

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site posted:

watching something like prodigy really accentuates how clone wars/rebels aesthetic is flat, low detail textures and minimal light source usage

of course, it would seem like sw is kinda dead animation wise for now so who knows what it might look like in the future, if they ever make a new show

What? We're getting more Dad Batch

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-the-bad-batch-season-2

Not to mention the Visions anime stuff and the kids creatures thing

pik_d fucked around with this message at 20:47 on Oct 31, 2021

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Feb 24, 2006

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PlisskensEyePatch posted:

Is the Ahsolka show supposed to be around the same time as The Mandalorian?

If so, how old would that make Ezra, cuz the sheriff from Midnight Mass would be excellent casting in my opinion and he's like mid 30s or so.

Same age as Luke, both were born right when the empire came to be. So around late 20s if my math is right.

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Ezra would absolutely say that he's not playing Ezra in an upcoming show so that 2nd tweet is as good as an official confirmation to me

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Nanigans posted:

Wait, is everyone in here high? Ezra's casting was confirmed ages ago to be the guy who played live-action Aladdin, right?

Am I high??

It wasn't officially confirmed, just Mena Massoud posted an Ezra Bridger quote on instagram and Dawson sharing another instagram post of some ran reacting to rumors of the casting (and Lars as Thrawn).

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thrawn527 posted:

Yeah, not actually confirmed. Just rumored.

Though, that doesn’t mean we’re not high in here.

If you're posting here does that mean we're in the unknown region of the galaxy? :weed:

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7 episodes (dunno if that was already known) according to their twitter:

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/1465336083948863490?s=21

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Jet Jaguar posted:

There's just so much goddamn filler in Clone Wars. LIke "Here are multiple guides showing which episodes and whole chunks of seasons you can safely skip" amount of filler.

Fewer episodes of Rebels, but it's a much stronger show even if the few appearances by Yoda are abysmally animated. But they make up with it by bringing Thrawn out to be menacing as hell in the last two seasons. Plus, Chopper is a maniac.

I feel like those guides are more "If you want to learn about Ahsoka watch these" or "If you want to learn about the bad batch origin story, watch these" rather than about skipping filler. Those "skippable" episodes are a) worldgalaxy building and b) just about someone else like Vinylshadow said

I watched a huge chunk of episodes for The Bad Batch (due to lack of time to watch the whole thing) then went back and watched the rest afterwards, didn't feel like I was watching filler the 2nd time around.

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Veotax posted:

Disney+ always puts new episodes up at 8am GMT, so I assume that lines up with the times you've posted.

It does, PST is UTC-8

pik_d
Feb 24, 2006

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Vintersorg posted:

Oh not them - I meant the gang tagging that desert homestead. They lingered on them putting their symbol there.

Here's the answer, I guess



So the symbol is just 'K', Not sure if that's someone's initial or something else?

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Feb 24, 2006

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Ralph Hurley posted:

Couldn’t a sarlac just make itself fatter then?
:thunk:

Ironically it could save others from starvation, but it couldn't save itself.

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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:

Not that it wasn't horrifying before, but the reframing of the Tuskens really makes Anakin's slaughter that much scarier.

Thus again Filoni and Favreau improving the prequels bit by bit with their new material.

That and the way Obi-Wan talks about them when they're originally introduced is a real bad look. A bounty hunter who was captured by them has a better understanding of them in weeks/months than a Jedi after presumably two decades of living in the same area? Makes him look like a racist old man.

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Sentinel Red posted:

Can you remind us what he said about them that's so bad? All I remember him saying is that travelling through their lands is not to be taken lightly, they ride single file, and that they can be spooked but will return with reinforcements. Nothing like they're all mindless savages who deserve to be put to the lightsabre or anything similar.

The one thing that came to mind watching this episode was Obi-Wan saying the blaster fire was too accurate for sand people, as if they're incapable of doing something as well as a stormtrooper (lol). Maybe Boba's friends are just better shots because they absolutely nailed some of their shots.

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Feb 24, 2006

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Also calling them "sand people" feels racist as hell even though I don't get the feeling that it's treated that way in universe.

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mdemone posted:

The noise he makes to scare them away is supposed to have been a Krayt dragon call.

That's just downright rude

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Feb 24, 2006

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Yeah I had no idea who he was but he owns and I hope he comes back on Boba's side and wrecks some Pyke Syndicate poo poo

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