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5:38p, 4/8/23
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Am I the only one who feels like the best jedi stuff is the animated stuff?
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 5:41p, 4/8/23
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To Filoni's credit, the Ahsoka trailer *did* finally make me want to go back and watch at least the pertinent episodes of Rebels/Clone Wars this summer.
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 5:43p, 4/8/23
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The Porkchop Express said:
TCTTS said:
They don't invite them back to the next Celebration, or the next movie premiere, or the next press day, where they get to interview and interact with celebrities, etc. It's why it's the exact same journalists/personalities being invited by Disney to all of these Star Wars/Marvel events, and why you never read a negative reaction from any of them.
The problem is that most of those people aren't real journalists. At least not the way that the term should be used. Real journalists report the facts without injecting their opinions into them. They work for media outlets where the content they produce is in no way related to who advertises with their media out. I think there are about 12 real journalists left on the planet. Most publications don't really want that anymore. They want, breaking news, big opinions, and clickable headlines. Magazines and newspapers largely died 15-20 years ago, so most of them have had to scrap the "fair / balanced" shtick for clicks on web ads at all costs.

The independent bloggers, Twitter people, YouTube hosts, etc. want clicks on their websites so that they get paid by Google or whichever scheme they are using. So they can schmooze the powers that be and go ga-ga over everything and keep getting invited back or they can go the other way and crap on everything to get the other section of the audience that thrives on looking down on popular culture. It's a vicious cycle, but if it's profitable, people aren't going to stop doing it.

So very few people are motivated to just report the news and let the audience form their own opinion. Because nobody is going to Re-Tweet "Star Wars adds 3 new shows to Disney+" lineup, but they will definitely Re-Tweet "Jude Law's New Star Wars Series a TOTAL DISASTER".

For my 2 cents, that's why I never worry much about a review for good or ill. The only set of eyeballs I really trust to tell me if the show is worth my time or not are mine.



"Journalist" was probably the wrong word. I don't consider them journalists either, and yeah, overall, I agree.
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6:00p, 4/8/23
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6:06p, 4/8/23
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This priest's reactions never fail to make me happy.

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In reply to powerbelly • 6:10p, 4/8/23
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powerbelly said:
Am I the only one who feels like the best jedi stuff is the animated stuff?
Genndy Tartakovsky's 2D Clone Wars series ftw.
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In reply to fig96 • 6:31p, 4/8/23
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Love that little show's run. I always laugh a little when someone complains about a Jedi seeming overpowered in another show because it's obvious they never saw that OG Clone Wars toon.
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In reply to powerbelly • 6:47p, 4/8/23
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powerbelly said:
Am I the only one who feels like the best jedi stuff is the animated stuff?


Yes because no love action show has ever really convincingly pulled off any sort of "super jump" like are so convincing in TCW and Rebels.
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7:47p, 4/8/23
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Im pissed!!!!

I'm going to be on a work trip overseas the whole time ROTJ is in theaters...
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In reply to jeffk • 8:30p, 4/8/23
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jeffk said:
Love that little show's run. I always laugh a little when someone complains about a Jedi seeming overpowered in another show because it's obvious they never saw that OG Clone Wars toon.
Mace vs. 1 whole army
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In reply to AliasMan02 • 8:34p, 4/8/23
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AliasMan02 said:
powerbelly said:
Am I the only one who feels like the best jedi stuff is the animated stuff?


Yes because no love action show has ever really convincingly pulled off any sort of "super jump" like are so convincing in TCW and Rebels.
Yeah, but we also got spinning lightsabers that can be used like helicopters, which is pretty ridiculous
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In reply to wangus12 • 8:35p, 4/8/23
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wangus12 said:
jeffk said:
Love that little show's run. I always laugh a little when someone complains about a Jedi seeming overpowered in another show because it's obvious they never saw that OG Clone Wars toon.
Mace vs. 1 whole army
yeah, think about this and then remember how many Jedi died at Geonosis
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In reply to wangus12 • 8:36p, 4/8/23
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wangus12 said:
jeffk said:
Love that little show's run. I always laugh a little when someone complains about a Jedi seeming overpowered in another show because it's obvious they never saw that OG Clone Wars toon.
Mace vs. 1 whole army


Freaking love this scene.

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In reply to redline248 • 8:57p, 4/8/23
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redline248 said:
AliasMan02 said:
powerbelly said:
Am I the only one who feels like the best jedi stuff is the animated stuff?


Yes because no love action show has ever really convincingly pulled off any sort of "super jump" like are so convincing in TCW and Rebels.
Yeah, but we also got spinning lightsabers that can be used like helicopters, which is pretty ridiculous

Filoni low point, probably.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 8:57p, 4/8/23
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
wangus12 said:
jeffk said:
Love that little show's run. I always laugh a little when someone complains about a Jedi seeming overpowered in another show because it's obvious they never saw that OG Clone Wars toon.
Mace vs. 1 whole army


Freaking love this scene.

It's about as ridiculous as anything can get.
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In reply to TCTTS • 9:21p, 4/8/23
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TCTTS said:
True, but even out of the handful of episodes I've seen, some of them felt directly aimed at ten-year-olds. Like Saturday-morning-cartoon type of stuff. Also, most people associate animated content with kids. There are always exceptions, of course, but this isn't some weird take.


Agreed but you have to power through. Trust me. I did not like the first several episodes of either show especially Rebels.

Clone Wars got incredible. Ashoka is all-time character because of a cartoon amazingly enough.

Rebels never approached TCW but it's great in its own right. We got some great characters out of it - Chopper and Hera in my book especially the latter.
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9:22p, 4/8/23
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We are all being short sighted about Disney's marketing power. They have ABC, disney Jr, ABC family, etc. They can start rolling out mando, bobf, and ahsoka seasons on basic cable in a couple of years and get everyone hyped about the movie. They already play mando episodes for free when you stay at a disney resort
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In reply to The Porkchop Express • 9:37p, 4/8/23
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I wouldn't exactly call that "for free"
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9:44p, 4/8/23
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Anyone willing to post a list of the essential Rebels arcs to prepare for Ahsoka?
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 9:47p, 4/8/23
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It might be easier to just go to the Ahsoka essential episodes list in Disney+ and skip to the rebels ones
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 9:55p, 4/8/23
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
wangus12 said:
jeffk said:
Love that little show's run. I always laugh a little when someone complains about a Jedi seeming overpowered in another show because it's obvious they never saw that OG Clone Wars toon.
Mace vs. 1 whole army


Freaking love this scene.



The power scale was destroyed but it was such a fantastic little show. One of my favorites in all of Star Wars.
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In reply to redline248 • 10:03p, 4/8/23
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redline248 said:
It might be easier to just go to the Ahsoka essential episodes list in Disney+ and skip to the rebels ones


Ah, didn't know about that. Thanks.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 10:09p, 4/8/23
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Brian Earl Spilner said:
redline248 said:
It might be easier to just go to the Ahsoka essential episodes list in Disney+ and skip to the rebels ones


Ah, didn't know about that. Thanks.
Sure.

It occurred to me that you asked for essential arcs, but not necessarily Ahsoka episodes. That changes the answer. Since Thrawn and Sabine and Hera and - presumably - Ezra are gonna be in the show you might want to expand your list from what I said before.

That would take me or someone else a little longer to figure out "essential"
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In reply to redline248 • 10:11p, 4/8/23
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I didn't come up with this list, but I think it's a good one - Link - Rebels Essentials
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10:11p, 4/8/23
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This came up on Twitter. What arcs do you want?



I'd like to see a mix of adaptations and originals. Like a chunk of the Anakin/Thrawn team up or Dark Disciple (originally intended for TCW anyway) would be great adaptations.

The suggestions by The SWU are all good, too.
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In reply to AliasMan02 • 10:14p, 4/8/23
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Funny you mention Dark Disciple, as I was just skimming some info about Ventress and that book a couple hours ago. I've never read it, but after reading the synopsis I can say that I probably never will.

I have a real issue with the whole premise of the Jedi contracting out a bounty hunter/former (sort of) Sith to help one of their own go murder Dooku
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In reply to AliasMan02 • 10:16p, 4/8/23
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To your question, though, I'd totally be in for some Luke/Ben stories.
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In reply to TCTTS • 10:20p, 4/8/23
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TCTTS said:
Pretty sure that I read that Lucas originally wanted Spielberg to direct ROTJ but Spielberg declined, stating that was " George's baby" or something like that
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11:28p, 4/8/23
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Ok, if I had a time machine I'd want to be at this party.

https://instagr.am/p/CqzE0y7LqGg
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 12:19a, 4/9/23
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Carrie took the picture.
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In reply to Cinco Ranch Aggie • 12:20a, 4/9/23
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:
TCTTS said:
Pretty sure that I read that Lucas originally wanted Spielberg to direct ROTJ but Spielberg declined, stating that was " George's baby" or something like that

I think I heard the opposite, that Spielberg wanted to direct (I always assumed because AotC was so bad) but Lucas couldn't let it go.
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In reply to redline248 • 12:26a, 4/9/23
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redline248 said:
Funny you mention Dark Disciple, as I was just skimming some info about Ventress and that book a couple hours ago. I've never read it, but after reading the synopsis I can say that I probably never will.

I have a real issue with the whole premise of the Jedi contracting out a bounty hunter/former (sort of) Sith to help one of their own go murder Dooku

I liked Dark Disciple. Would have been a great TCW arc. I'm a sucker for Ventures, though. One of my favorites.
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1:47a, 4/9/23
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Relevant…

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In reply to redline248 • 7:46a, 4/9/23
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redline248 said:
To your question, though, I'd totally be in for some Luke/Ben stories.


Especially if every episode contains a scene where Luke contemplates killing Ben.
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