It was fine. I’ve seen all the shows so I get the backstory and references.
That being said, there are just too many Star Wars and movie cliches to be bearable:
Oh wow she cut her hair dramatically, she’s such a rebel and such a badass. (Cheap and overused character moment)
Staring pathetically at a spaceship flying away after a lightsaber duel (has happened four thousand times in Star Wars)
“Get ready!”
Lightsabers are harmless
Fixing a bomb under a ticking time clock (false peril)
Ancient artifact leads to the location of a place or character in the present (another cliche and cheap writing)
Another star map mcguffin (overused cliche)
I thought the same thing… there are so many recycled elements and tropes being used
One of the things that is at once amusing and annoying is that they’re really trying to get all they can in with fan service in the gaps of Star Wars history instead of moving forward: ie having Obi Wan fight Vader in his series really changes the dynamic of their encounter in A New Hope and kind of makes it seem weird that it played out the way it did
We know Thrawn technically can’t be a recurring villain or even have that much of an impact on the universe since he’s not even mentioned in the newest trilogy just like we knew that Obi Wan and Vader’s fight would not affect anything in the least. Nothing of note can happen since all of these stories are being shoehorned into the middle of the continuity
Sounds like filter anime episodes when the Manga lags. Anything goes as long as in the end nothing happens.
Did we ever get an explanation for why what’s-his-name had a map to Luke Skywalker in TFA? Why did Luke leave a map? Didn’t he specifically not want to be found?
Back to Ashoka, why did the ancient nightsister temple have a map that lead to Thrawn, when he disappeared not even a decade before? Also, if someone knew Thrawn’s location precisely enough to map it, why didn’t that someone also try to find him themselves?
Did you watch Rebels?
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There are space whales with organic hyperdrives. They grabbed Thrawn at the end of Rebels and took him to parts unknown (what we now know is another galaxy). The map appears to be an ancient record of their migration paths, so the presumption is they dragged him along their normal route.
This makes sense, but… I imagine the New Republic has easy access to the same information, and perhaps even more accurate or updated information.
Good points, but you gotta admit, this is done much better than the other live actions (maybe on par with Andor).
Sabine may have never seen anyone other than Kanen do the hair thing, and she wanted to get back to her old kick ass self.
The “ancient” star map and location of a character that supposedly got there after the map was made is really annoying. It makes no sense.
Also when the apprentice hunts down Sabine it felt like Maul hunting Padme on Tatooine.
Lots of positives about the site though too, right? CGI is good, acting is good, nice call backs to Rebels and when Force Ghost Anakin appears I’m sure there will be CW references too. I like the friction between Ahsoka and Sabine, and the remake of the closing scene of Rebels toward the end of Ep2 was simple but nicely done.
They also over-did the other actors crossing their arms, but yeah this came out of the gate much more interesting than the previous Star Wars series
Thoroughly enjoyed it. My personal favorite of the live-action shows, as a fan of the Jedi and all things Force. The new concepts of a Jedi with little Force sensitivity and an entirely new galaxy to explore are intriguing.
Loved it so far! Can only imagine how people who haven’t watched Rebels are dealing, though.
Sad that Thrawn is where he is, though, as that almost certainly rules out what I was hoping to see in the series (being vague for spoiler reasons).
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Thrawn being in a completely separate galaxy pretty much rules out the idea of the Grysks being part of the story, and Ahsoka + Spectres would need to team up with him to defeat them in an enemy-of-my-enemy sort of situation.
Fuck Disney. Fuck consumer culture. Star Wars was worth being a fan of before Disney took it and milked it for all it was worth. This is another shallow attempt at more money-grabbing.
I like it so far. I really like Rebels so I was super excited for this one. I can’t wait to see the Ghost and Thrawn.
It was below average. None of the actors captured the essence of the characters. I know it’s different as its live action but they were all so one dimensional and boring.
Visually it was absolutely fantastic.
Oh and the Inquisitor has to be starkiller.
Let’s see where it goes but so far, hmmm.
I’d gone a little spur on Star Wars after the rise of skywalker.
Honestly it felt like a return to form in many ways, and a little bit of a fuck you to RoS, “here’s how you do a map macguffin!”.
The little dedication to Ray Stevenson at the end of the first episode was nice.
I’ll watch the season, because it’s only 7 episodes, but it seems like something that’s more for the die-hard fans than me (any criticism I could come up with is probably true for any number of other Star Wars projects)
Nah. Star Wars has burnt me out with too much crappy new content.
It was great, my only criticism is where’s Zeb?