double aught said:

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DubFalls said:

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The prequels suffered from bad dialogue, acting, and focus on bureaucracy. The general ideas for the plot weren't terrible though.

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Surely it's been said before, but it's funny how the two trilogies are almost exact opposites:

Bad acting, dialogue, effects, but good overall story

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Good acting, dialogue, effects with a an incredibly, insultingly weak story.

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Fify

maroon barchetta said:

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double aught said:

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DubFalls said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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DubFalls said:

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I think it's worse that a weak story though. It is a story that is written and directed by people who don't really care about Star Wars.

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Have you ever heard JJ Abrams talk about his lifelong love affair with Star Wars? Check him out on Smartless some time or on the directors commentary of TFA. Not liking the movies are OK, but it's really difficult to think he doesn't care about the IP.

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He managed to screw up Star Trek in a similar way

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Star Trek (2009) is a really good movie. All three Chris Pine editions are fun.

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Great movie. And Alice Eve should have been brought back for the third movie.

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For sure.

double aught said:

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DubFalls said:

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The Porkchop Express said:

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DubFalls said:

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I think it's worse that a weak story though. It is a story that is written and directed by people who don't really care about Star Wars.

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Have you ever heard JJ Abrams talk about his lifelong love affair with Star Wars? Check him out on Smartless some time or on the directors commentary of TFA. Not liking the movies are OK, but it's really difficult to think he doesn't care about the IP.

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He managed to screw up Star Trek in a similar way

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Star Trek (2009) is a really good movie. All three Chris Pine editions are fun.

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I thought the first two were really good, but the third was very meh. They all could have used a few dozen fewer lens flares though.

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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If Lucas had hired Tarantino to do a script polish, the prequels would be perfect.

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I didn't think they had F-bombs in a galaxy far, far away.

It has an all time great prologue.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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If Lucas had hired Tarantino to do a script polish, the prequels would be perfect.

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I didn't think they had F-bombs in a galaxy far, far away.

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What does this look like, a dead Romulan delivery service?

Star Trek 09 was great, and 3 was super fun. I make no apologies for having a blast with that one.

Into Darkness was aight.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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If Lucas had hired Tarantino to do a script polish, the prequels would be perfect.

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I didn't think they had F-bombs in a galaxy far, far away.

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if it wasn't for the mouse interring we WOULD have by now in Andor

jokershady said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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If Lucas had hired Tarantino to do a script polish, the prequels would be perfect.

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I didn't think they had F-bombs in a galaxy far, far away.

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if it wasn't for the mouse interring we WOULD have by now in Andor

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I, personally, am glad they stopped it.

redline248 said:

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jokershady said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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If Lucas had hired Tarantino to do a script polish, the prequels would be perfect.

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I didn't think they had F-bombs in a galaxy far, far away.

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if it wasn't for the mouse interring we WOULD have by now in Andor

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I, personally, am glad they stopped it.

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Yeah, it just doesn't really work for me. Like you're saying people got diced up by lightsabers, planets exploded, their ships get shot down, and they could have dropped the F bomb but never did? I know it'd be basically impossible not to swear every flavor of cuss words when Vader was coming down that hallway or boarding your ship.

https://www.cultureslate.com/news/e-chu-ta-a-guide-to-star-wars-swear-words

They used curse words.

Remember when young Anakin called Sebulba a "sleemo".

It's the only curse word in their vocabulary.

That's a real nerf herder thing to say

Can it, laser brain

Please take this in the most sincere way….

Echuta

Rewatching Rebels, and man... the Ghost crew had a HUGE body count.

Pudu!

Really cool stuff from Yoda #4 comic book featuring the evolution of his relationship with Dooku. Note Sidious lurking in the background of the fourth panel.

Star Wars Celebration is April 7-10 and I've seen multiple rumors now saying that we'll not only get the official announcement of the next theatrical movie (rumored to be whatever Damon Lindelof is cooking up, for December 2025), but the first trailer for Ahsoka as well.

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Rebels is sooooo good, man. Loving my rewatch.

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From that first episode you know how much Filoni loves the lore and history of SW. From the moment you see that Zev is inspired by the early McQuarrie artwork of Chewie and the use of the Imperial prison transport that was never in the movies, but was one of my first toys.

Kanan's reveal of being a Jedi in the first episode is one of my favorite SW moments ever.

The Porkchop Express said:

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AliasMan02 said:

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Rebels is sooooo good, man. Loving my rewatch.

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From that first episode you know how much Filoni loves the lore and history of SW. From the moment you see that Zev is inspired by the early McQuarrie artwork of Chewie

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It's cooler than that, even. While it's true he was inspired by old McQuarrie artwork, the Lasat, their culture, the world of Lasan, etc. we're all pulled from the West End Games (D6) Star Wars RPG. It was WEG who adapted the McQuarrie art, and Filoni pulled it from there.

Filoni LOVES the old RPG material (so did Lucas) and uses it all the time.

Man that's awesome

Just finished watching NumeralJoker's recut of Book of Boba Fett.

He re-edited the chase scene, as well as some other minor details, layered on some remixes of the themes, and I think it worked nicely. It's about 20 minutes shorter, and ends up being a 5 hour movie.

I still don't care about Boba Fett's motivations for being a mafia boss, nor the Mos Vespa spin move, but the flash-bacta's flowed well, and once Mando shows up, we really have a lot of Star Wars greatness through the end of the show.

https://www.reddit.com/user/NumeralJoker/comments/sqasfd/the_book_of_boba_fett_the_hardcover_edition_ive/

I feel well-reminded for Mando S3 now.

Flash-bacta

I do like how on Disney+ they have the "catch up before Mando releases" and have the 3 book of Boba Fett episodes. I bet there's quite a few people wondering wtf do those matter?