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In reply to redline248 • 10:26a, 3/21/24
redline248 said:
Very well could be. Someone who out nerds me in Star Wars lore will have to chime in on the red blade, though.
Back when Star Wars was good this was the reason:

"However, the defining feature of Sith lightsabers was the use of synthetic crystals, as opposed to the Adegan and Ilum crystals favored by the Jedi. Almost all synthetic crystals used by the Sith featured a red coloration, as a result of the forging process used to create them, though adjustments to this process and manipulations through the Force did result in crystals of different colors."
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In reply to YouBet • 1:29p, 3/21/24
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YouBet said:
jokershady said:
TCTTS said:
I find this very hard to believe...

I could come up with reasons why they'd fib about this but it'll be a big derail….

So let's just say it's due to trying to hype up Disney + to show its profitable…..

But on the official Star Wars YouTube channel it only shows 7 million views…..so while yes there's other means of watching a trailer, there's no way it's at 50+ million….

For comparison, the YouTube channel for Entertainment Tonight also posted the trailer and it's only at 39k views….
I don't even have to look at numbers. Common sense says a trailer with no recognizable actor taking place in a time period only the truly hardcore fans even know about would ever get more views than Obi Wan or Ashoka which were probably two of the most anticipated shows Disney+ has put out.

People were salivating over both those shows including myself. We never anticipated the first one would be one of the biggest disappointments and laughably inept shows we've seen in the last five years and the second one would just be average to good depending on the episode.
I think you overestimate the audience that had any idea who Ahsoka was, not sure that Obi Wan was that anticipated outside the hardcore fanbase either.

I have no idea what the actual numbers are, but the trailer has a different tone and some cool action in it, I can see this appealing more to a casual fan than very specific character driven shows.
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In reply to samurai_science • 1:29p, 3/21/24
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Right, so were/are the Sith the only ones that know the process?
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1:36p, 3/21/24
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In reply to twilly • 1:44p, 3/21/24
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twilly said:
What order will they be shown is the big question.
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1:49p, 3/21/24
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The only 3 that matter will be in the correct order.
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In reply to twilly • 1:55p, 3/21/24
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It's fake news. Source was a random ass outlet a couple weeks ago that just makes **** up.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 1:56p, 3/21/24
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Nevermind. I guess that article from a few weeks back fell ass backwards into a real thing?

https://www.starwars.com/news/skywalker-saga-marathon#:~:text=Lucasfilm%20announced%20today%20that%20in,known%20as%20Star%20Wars%20Day.
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In reply to fig96 • 2:08p, 3/21/24
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fig96 said:
YouBet said:
jokershady said:
TCTTS said:
I find this very hard to believe...

I could come up with reasons why they'd fib about this but it'll be a big derail….

So let's just say it's due to trying to hype up Disney + to show its profitable…..

But on the official Star Wars YouTube channel it only shows 7 million views…..so while yes there's other means of watching a trailer, there's no way it's at 50+ million….

For comparison, the YouTube channel for Entertainment Tonight also posted the trailer and it's only at 39k views….
I don't even have to look at numbers. Common sense says a trailer with no recognizable actor taking place in a time period only the truly hardcore fans even know about would ever get more views than Obi Wan or Ashoka which were probably two of the most anticipated shows Disney+ has put out.

People were salivating over both those shows including myself. We never anticipated the first one would be one of the biggest disappointments and laughably inept shows we've seen in the last five years and the second one would just be average to good depending on the episode.
I think you overestimate the audience that had any idea who Ahsoka was, not sure that Obi Wan was that anticipated outside the hardcore fanbase either.

I have no idea what the actual numbers are, but the trailer has a different tone and some cool action in it, I can see this appealing more to a casual fan than very specific character driven shows.


We will have to agree to disagree.

But you are wrong.
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In reply to YouBet • 2:59p, 3/21/24
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YouBet said:
jokershady said:
TCTTS said:
I find this very hard to believe...

I could come up with reasons why they'd fib about this but it'll be a big derail….

So let's just say it's due to trying to hype up Disney + to show its profitable…..

But on the official Star Wars YouTube channel it only shows 7 million views…..so while yes there's other means of watching a trailer, there's no way it's at 50+ million….

For comparison, the YouTube channel for Entertainment Tonight also posted the trailer and it's only at 39k views….
I don't even have to look at numbers. Common sense says a trailer with no recognizable actor taking place in a time period only the truly hardcore fans even know about would ever get more views than Obi Wan or Ashoka which were probably two of the most anticipated shows Disney+ has put out.

People were salivating over both those shows including myself. We never anticipated the first one would be one of the biggest disappointments and laughably inept shows we've seen in the last five years and the second one would just be average to good depending on the episode.
Ironically, it could be all the tweets raging about the trailer for various reasons artifically inflated the numbers on Twitter from people clicking to read/reply on. Wonder if you actually have to press play for it to count as a view or just look at the tweet.
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In reply to PatAg • 3:00p, 3/21/24
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That would actually be pretty hilarious.
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In reply to PatAg • 6:23p, 3/21/24
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PatAg said:
YouBet said:
jokershady said:
TCTTS said:
I find this very hard to believe...

I could come up with reasons why they'd fib about this but it'll be a big derail….

So let's just say it's due to trying to hype up Disney + to show its profitable…..

But on the official Star Wars YouTube channel it only shows 7 million views…..so while yes there's other means of watching a trailer, there's no way it's at 50+ million….

For comparison, the YouTube channel for Entertainment Tonight also posted the trailer and it's only at 39k views….
I don't even have to look at numbers. Common sense says a trailer with no recognizable actor taking place in a time period only the truly hardcore fans even know about would ever get more views than Obi Wan or Ashoka which were probably two of the most anticipated shows Disney+ has put out.

People were salivating over both those shows including myself. We never anticipated the first one would be one of the biggest disappointments and laughably inept shows we've seen in the last five years and the second one would just be average to good depending on the episode.
Ironically, it could be all the tweets raging about the trailer for various reasons artifically inflated the numbers on Twitter from people clicking to read/reply on. Wonder if you actually have to press play for it to count as a view or just look at the tweet.


I'm sure that's it. It's similar to people saying how many millions viewed the Tucker Carlson / Putin interview - the "views" included all twitter impressions. So if a clip of the interview ended up on your feed, they counted it as a "view" even if you didn't sit down and watch it

(ETA: not necessarily the "raging" part, but just people "viewing" it on twitter)
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7:05p, 3/21/24
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:09p, 3/21/24
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Several years ago, I did an all day Indiana Jones marathon at the theater. Good Lord, is 9 movies in one day gonna be a real ass killer or what, I don't care how comfortable the seats are.
#FJB
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 7:13p, 3/21/24
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
Several years ago, I did an all day Indiana Jones marathon at the theater. Good Lord, is 9 movies in one day gonna be a real ass killer or what, I don't care how comfortable the seats are.
if they go back to back all 9 films with no breaks that's at least around 20 hours….hows this gonna work?

Who wants to bet which movie is the LEAST watched?
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 7:14p, 3/21/24
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You literally could not pay me. Doesn't matter how good the movies are.

I don't even think I could do one of the trilogies in a day. Or, if I did, I'd need formal meal breaks in between, where I could hit up a restaurant or something and then come back.
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:18p, 3/21/24
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TCTTS said:
You literally could not pay me. Doesn't matter how good the movies are.

I don't even think I could do one of the trilogies in a day. Or, if I did, I'd need formal meal breaks in between, where I could hit up a restaurant or something and then come back.
I would do a trilogy in a day, but that is still approaching 9 hours if they have half hour breaks between movies. I would do the PT and OT but skip the ST.
#FJB
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:44p, 3/21/24
TCTTS said:

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7:45p, 3/21/24
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This sounds horrific.
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In reply to TCTTS • 7:46p, 3/21/24
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You literally could not pay me. Doesn't matter how good the movies are.

I don't even think I could do one of the trilogies in a day. Or, if I did, I'd need formal meal breaks in between, where I could hit up a restaurant or something and then come back.
What if it was 3 showings of Dune, Dune 2, and Twister back to back, and that cute girl you didn't talk to from the DUne Imax wanted you to sit next to her?
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 7:51p, 3/21/24
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In reply to Decay • 8:59p, 3/21/24
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Decay said:
The only 3 that matter will be in the correct order.


They ruined those 3 too…


Nooooooooo
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9:14p, 3/21/24
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Yeah I can't do it either.

Why they didn't do a trilogy a day is beyond me. That's more manageable, though even that is stretching it.
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9:39p, 3/21/24
We did a LOTR trilogy in a day during the freeze in 2021 because we had power but no internet.

Extended edition DVD's FTW.
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10:27p, 3/21/24
My 75 year old dad is in for the 9 movie marathon.
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11:52p, 3/21/24
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1:51p, 3/22/24
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This seems like bad scheduling...

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In reply to TCTTS • 2:06p, 3/22/24
Terrible.
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2:42p, 3/22/24
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Who the hell scheduled this mess.

Should've been something like this:

PT: 6 pm - 1 am
OT: 10 am - 5 pm
ST: 7 pm - 2 am
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3:25p, 3/22/24
You guys crack me up.
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7:09p, 3/23/24
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4zXepQN4MX/
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7:16p, 3/23/24
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Disney bringing Hayden Christensen back into the fold and giving him some meaningful work has been positive for the franchise.

He took a lot of abuse for a lot of things that weren't necessarily his fault.
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7:40p, 3/23/24
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Interesting.

https://screenrant.com/star-wars-new-hope-clone-wars-deleted-reference/
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In reply to Dekker_Lentz • 7:41p, 3/23/24
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Agreed. It would be great to see the same happen for Jake Lloyd (even if just in an ambassador capacity for Celebration and other such events), but that seems unlikely given the recent news of his schizophrenia.
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5:23p, 3/27/24
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Had no idea this was all the same guy...

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