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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: zemjw on April 07, 2023, 04:42:21 PM
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First Ahsoka trailer is out
Loads for Rebels fans, and I am optimistic for this. Not quite sure where it fits in the various timelines, but I think it’s contemporary to the Mandalorian
August before it starts streaming :-[
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HnzNZ0Mdx4I
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I was just about to post this lol
It does look very good indeed 8)
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Looks great! Nice to see chopper!
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Shiny!
So that's Chopper and Hera, I think, and I'm sure that was Mon Mothma looking like she did in Andor, so maybe we are going for more Rogue One style goodness.
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I hope its better then Andor.
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Shiny!
So that's Chopper and Hera, I think, and I'm sure that was Mon Mothma looking like she did in Andor, so maybe we are going for more Rogue One style goodness.
Sabine was there as well. She was the one meeting Ahsoka on the landing pad, channeling her inner Felicia Day :)
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Looks great…a lot to like in that trailer 8)
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Looks excellent, can’t wait :-*
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That looks very promising.
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Good, really, really good!
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Goodness! I’m still working on my SW backlog of Andor and Bad Batch. That’s brilliant!
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As already expressed, it looks grand, and fun.
Sabine, Chopper and Hera, and some interesting ships too 8)
Not sure who the yellow-red sabre-wielding lady is...?
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Asohka still remains my all time least favourite Star Wars character, early Clone wars and especially the movie just completly ruined the character for me. Her Live Action appearances are slowly redeeming the character though, and the addition of the Ghost crew, especially with the excellent casting of Sabine and Hera, actually makes me interested in the show, despite my dislike for the main character. I just need to disconnect her from that anoying padawan from the clone wars, but I'm still hoping to see her get brutally murdered, but I doubt they'll give me the satisfaction ;D
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I hope its better then Andor.
I thought Andor was excellent, so I'd be happy if it was anywhere near as good. The trailer looked good and I loved the appearance of Huyang.
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A serie with the grand admiral Thrawn as character can't be bad ;)
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Looking forward to this.
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There's a new trailer, of sorts, up. Some old bits, some new bits. some bits that look like they might have been cribbed from the finale of the Mandelorian ???
I think I'd like in on the contract for building TIE fighters, as there seems to be a never ending supply of them
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUTKyaX9TNY
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Thanks for posting.
No doubt there will be more trailers as launch date approaches.
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So it turns out it is a trailer "of sorts" and is, in fact a fan-made trailer, albeit a pretty good one :(
It's about 6 weeks to the show starting, so Disney should really be doing a bit more to get the word out. However, I only found out about "The Secret Invasion" when it popped up on the Disney+ homepage, so I probably shouldn't be surprised...
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There was supposed to be one dropping this weekend but I scrolled past before reading properly as to why is didn’t.
I’m sure there’ll be one soon enough :)
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There was supposed to be one dropping this weekend but I scrolled past before reading properly as to why is didn’t.
I’m sure there’ll be one soon enough :)
Have binge watched the last couple of seasons of Clone Wars & Rebels to fill in any potential blanks…. soooo looking forward to this one :)
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I’m interested to see if the Ghost is exactly the same as in Rebels, as it shouldn’t be really.
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Here it is!!!
https://youtu.be/RGX-J5cm4-c (https://youtu.be/RGX-J5cm4-c)
Massive fleet for a split second. I really hope they use it >:D lol
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It does what trailers do...it teases. :-I
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It looks really impressive, big budget film qualities. Doesn’t have the look of a series. Very excited. :)
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Looking forward to this :D
You'd think the Inquisitors would have realised the spinny light sabre thing doesn't work against her by now. I doubt the fourth ??? time will be the charm lol
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can#t wait for this to start
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You'd think the Inquisitors would have realised the spinny light sabre thing doesn't work against her by now. I doubt the fourth ??? time will be the charm lol
lol
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Wait, is Sabine training as a jedi? Did I misinterpret that? I know she had some training with the Dark Saber, but this looks more like Ahsoka might be training her. If that's the way this is going, I don't like it.
(I'm totally still loving it and will watch the crap out of it, but can complain while enjoying it, right?)
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8) have a good feeling about this
You'd think the Inquisitors would have realised the spinny light sabre thing doesn't work against her by now. I doubt the fourth ??? time will be the charm lol
lol
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I haven't finished watching Rebels yet, so I'm still bedding in with the characters.
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Another new trailer, albeit a short 'un
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zP58QizBGgg
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Can't wait! ;D
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And another
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UTqPkjk0GLU
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Can't wait! ;D
This! In Galactic buckets! lol
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Hell yes!
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Looks amazing.
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indeed
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Yet another amuse-bouche
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AfzJQr_7ffs
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The excitement is palpable, here at Snapcase Hall. We are aquiver with anticipation. :o
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Love the Renaissance inspired helmet... this looks like it will be a good un.
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Can’t wait :D
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Another couple of short ones
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_NdH6C1CKWM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k1tOs9zAstk
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It just keeps looking better and better. ;D
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Not much new, but loads of background information
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btMQUq7kDuk
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48 second clip from episode 1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQnGCtQ0N8Q&t=10s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQnGCtQ0N8Q&t=10s)
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:o
I have a sea mat…
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So, it looks like it's releasing a day early, for US folk at least.
Seemingly it's now 9pm ET on the 22nd, which is 1am on the 23rd in the UK
Very confusing, but I won't be setting the alarm early lol
https://whatsondisneyplus.com/star-wars-ahsoka-release-date-time-moved-forward/
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I think I can stay up that late lol
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I think I’ll wait until morning. lol
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Loved it 8) 8) 8)
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Good job I'm on leave today. I thought it has a very Star Wars feel to it, with some 'traditional' looking uniforms, in spite of its timeline (New Republic). :-*
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Loved it 8) 8) 8)
Yup, lots to love in those first two episodes - good tempo as well.
I thought it has a very Star Wars feel to it, with some 'traditional' looking uniforms, in spite of its timeline (New Republic). :-*
Yeah, the nods to the "traditional" was nicely done...not too overpowering - the new locations were excellent...like James I also have a sea mat :D
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Yeah, looks like Corellia is the new Nevarro lol
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If folk are happy to keep discussing it in this thread, I've just changed its title.
I will be watching it this evening :D
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Might want to add ‘spoilers’ as well ;)
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Might want to add ‘spoilers’ as well ;)
Yeah, good point - updated again :)
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Brill.
I loved the massive ‘hyperspace ring’ at the end of EP2 8)
Long Live the Empire lol
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I loved the massive ‘hyperspace ring’ at the end of EP2
Ditto.
Must play it back again to get a more accurate sense of size, but at first glance it looked like it could comfortably hold an ISD… might take a while though to ferry back the entire Seventh Fleet?
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I’ll be watching it again after work tonight.
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It has certainly lived up to my expectations.
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Though I enjoyed it and liked the look and feel of the show I was a bit disappointed by the writing.
Thrawn wasn't banished, he, his ship and Ezra were taken to some unknown place by the purrgils...so how could there be a map? Even if there was a map why would it be in some ancient Night Sister temple when this takes place only a few years after he went missing? It felt to me like they wanted to shoe-horn in a mcguffin.
Also, there was never any mention of Sabine's ability to use the force so why was she trained by Asohka? This felt like an excuse to bring in some of the Rebels.
Both those points felt plot (or fan service) driven rather than character driven; I found them jarring so I hope they get ironed out as the story unfolds or at least no other jarring narrative elements occurred.
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Thrawn wasn't banished, he, his ship and Ezra were taken to some unknown place by the purrgils...so how could there be a map?
I'm working on the basis that the Imperial Remnant know roughly where Thrawn ended up...there must be some form of communication as we've already seen his Number 2 (Captain Pellaeon) communicating with Remnant Warlords in The Mandalorian.
How could there be a map? Even if there was a map why would it be in some ancient Night Sister temple when this takes place only a few years after he went missing?
The map isn't to where Thrawn is...rather it's an ancient map of a hyperspace route ...ie "the Pathway to Peridea" from the Star Wars Galaxy to the Galaxy where Thrawn is.
Episode 2 mentions that the second ruined temple (the one where they activate the map) was built "by an ancient people from a distant galaxy".
The witches of Dathomir, having been around for thousands of years, presumably picked up on this tech/knowledge and incorporated it into their own temple (ie the first temple where Ashoka found the map)... not unheard of in our own history. Elsbeth knows of the map as she is a Nightsister.
It's also reasonable to think that the purgils might have used the same route to go from one galaxy to the next, in much the same way that whales on Earth have migration routes that they use repeatedly... Grogu saw the purgils in hyperspace previously, which suggests that they stick to familiar routes at least part of the time.
Also, there was never any mention of Sabine's ability to use the force so why was she trained by Asohka?
Well there aren't a lot of force users around to be trained as Jedi.. the Inquisitors did too good a job...and Sabine is described by Huyang as the weakest Padawan he has ever seen..so maybe its a case of needs must. Sabine even acknowledges in Ep 2 that she "never had the abilities".
Sabine did receive some training on the forms when she had the Dark Sabre, but hadn't been keeping up with her training with Ezra's light sabre...she hasn't shown any sign of actually using the force during the first two episode's so she hasn't gone from zero to the Chosen One. Even if it is a plot device, it's a clever bit of writing IMHO as it puts Ashoka in the Master role showing a different side of her form the character that developed during Clone Wars.
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Well I enjoyed it. ;D
Will save episode two for tomorrow night. I am very disciplined like that. :D
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Well I enjoyed it. ;D
Will save episode two for tomorrow night. I am very disciplined like that. :D
I'm not disciplined, just rewatching both episodes :D
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I'm not disciplined, just rewatching both episodes :D
lol
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{Episode 2 SPOILER]
Interesting comment from Hera about how things seem to work in the New Republic.
"I'm a General...nothing is classified to me"
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Thanks for your reply Akula. I've not finished the Mandalorian yet so that explains a few things. 8)
Well there aren't a lot of force users around to be trained as Jedi.. the Inquisitors did too good a job...and Sabine is described by Huyang as the weakest Padawan he has ever seen..so maybe its a case of needs must. Sabine even acknowledges in Ep 2 that she "never had the abilities".
Sabine did receive some training on the forms when she had the Dark Sabre, but hadn't been keeping up with her training with Ezra's light sabre...she hasn't shown any sign of actually using the force during the first two episode's so she hasn't gone from zero to the Chosen One. Even if it is a plot device, it's a clever bit of writing IMHO as it puts Ashoka in the Master role showing a different side of her from the character that developed during Clone Wars.
Thinking about it perhaps my issue is more to do with the flappy thread that is the Jedi after the Empire falls. There aren't meant to be too many left yet almost every post Order 66 show introduces some new ones. At the same time the needs must recruitment drive is interesting so I hope it gets explored more as the New Republic tries to fill the void left by their absence.
I did like the idea they explored in Ep2 that former Empire workers are still around, allowing for rot to fester in the New Republic. I think that could be an interesting show or is at least explored further.
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Watched last night and I've got to say I mostly enjoyed it.
As always, there's a couple of nitpicks.
Hera isn’t quite there for me (as the character from Rebels) in the same way that Sabine is.
Sabine got stabbed, but she’s fine. Getting stabbed/impaled by a lightsabre used to be a deadly affair!
BUT, Chopper is back!
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Watched last night and I've got to say I mostly enjoyed it.
As always, there's a couple of nitpicks.
Hera isn’t quite there for me (as the character from Rebels) in the same way that Sabine is.
BUT, Chopper is back!
Hera also didn't work for me either, she just seemed a bit off.
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Sabine got stabbed, but she’s fine.
It's just a fleshwound...
There's prescedent though, especially in Legends books. She was stabbed, not cut, so no loss of limbs or decapitation. A stabwound with a lightsaber, if in a non-critical area and with (near) immediate medical attention, should be surviveable, as the wound is small and immediately cauterized. So virtually no blood loss. Also; SW medical tech is pretty advanced, and she didn't even need bacta.
The location of this particular stab, to the right side of the abdomen, missing the aorta, will cause a blockage in the intestinal tract, possibly damaging a kidney. But none of these are immediately fatal, not even when caused by a gunshot (which does cause severe bleeding; bleeding out and shock are the most dangerous effects of such a wound, both more or less absent from a lightsaber wound. It truly is an elegant weapon from a more civilized age).
So she either got lucky, or the not-so-chatty apprentice was merely aiming to maim, not kill. My bet is she got lucky though, considering the obligatory goth aura of the apprentice lol
I overall really enjoyed the first two episodes. They convey that Star Wars feeling, there's finally some front and center Force-f*ckery going on, and there are a lot of known characters, locations and objects to enforce (pun intended) this. I never had a connection (or lack thereof) with Ahsoka, because I never really watched Rebels or the Clone Wars, so her appearance in The Mandalorian was not a big thing for me personally. But I get that she's a big deal in those two cartoons, so I don't mind her either.
So being (almost) completely blank on her past, I can sort of watch this unbiased. And so far, I'm not disappointed!
That Sith shuttle is something that needs to be built by somebody as soon as possible though; it's pretty awesome. I nominate James... :D
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That Sith shuttle is something that needs to be built by somebody as soon as possible though; it's pretty awesome. I nominate James... :D
I second that! :D ;)
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Third on the Hera note, although I did feel she was settling into it towards the end of the second episode, so I'm hopeful. Sabine was pretty much spot on from the start.
I may be starting to understand some of what Chopper is saying, which worries me...
I felt a bit sorry for the shipyard manager who got arrested. He seemed to be genuinely unaware of what was going on, rather than actively participating like everyone else.
When they were looking at the map I kept expecting someone to say "Thrawn is in a galaxy far, far away". Seems like a missed opportunity ;D
Overall, it lived up to my expectations and I am looking forward to the rest of the series
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There's a short merchandise unboxing video. Lots of lego and stuffed toys, but not much in the way of kits :(
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDMxhDsLA0A
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Oh yeah; anyone else get the feeling that that map sphere was just a Jeu de Boules ball with some added grime and greebles? lol
(https://jeudebouleswinkel.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/De-verschillende-soorten-jeu-de-boules-spellen-960x576.jpg)
Cosplayers will love that easy conversion...
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That Sith shuttle is something that needs to be built by somebody as soon as possible though; it's pretty awesome. I nominate James... :D
Oh, go on then ::) lol
Long Live the Empire!
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I may be starting to understand some of what Chopper is saying, which worries me...
Apparently, Chopper’s lines are just Dave Filoni speaking English through a filter that turns the syllables into wah-wah-wahs.
Like you, I was beginning to understand what he was saying. o_o
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Oh yeah; anyone else get the feeling that that map sphere was just a Jeu de Boules ball with some added grime and greebles? lol
(https://jeudebouleswinkel.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/De-verschillende-soorten-jeu-de-boules-spellen-960x576.jpg)
Cosplayers will love that easy conversion...
I thought exactly the same thing! As soon as Ahsoka picked the map up I thought ''I've held that before''.
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Thought some might find the following piece interesting from Generation Tech on Hyperspace Anomalies.
https://youtu.be/s1vFTETb84Q?si=gexJ-nOYEy62ZzZG
It talks about the hyperspace barrier around the edge (and western arm) of the SW Galaxy...which explains why the "Pathway to Peridea" is of such importance...as it passes through a gap in the barrier.
Looking way into the future ... but the more mentions of the hyperspace barrier / other Galaxies could lead nicely on to a future spinoff series/film on the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion (ABY25) ;D
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I really enjoyed the first episode in it's two parts...
Now bring on ths toy spaceships :P
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Intergalactic Hyperspace shortcuts... ::)
This does feel a bit munchkin and contrived to me actually. As if an entire Galaxy would not be enough to disappear in, now they need to jump galaxies?
I once promoted my fan-theory (and still do, I suppose ;D ) that the Tyranids hive fleets in 40K actually originated from that particular galaxy far, far away.
With the Force becoming dominant and turning into the Hive Mind, controlling and consuming the entire galaxy, possibly through midichlorians (and perhaps the Yuzhang Vong with their biotech were a large factor here as well), before taking the slow boat/fleet out of dodge when all biomass had been assimilated (again; something the Yuzhang Vong did before).
No Hyperspace shortcuts, but traveling through the intergalactic void towards our own Milky Way. Took them millions of years, but hey; we all agreed that Star Wars was a long, long time ago... :D
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Looking way into the future ... but the more mentions of the hyperspace barrier / other Galaxies could lead nicely on to a future spinoff series/film on the Yuuzhan Vong Invasion (ABY25) ;D
Nah, too expensive production wise ;)
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Someone has taken the time to translate the map in the closing credits...
https://youtu.be/GxNj-y36dSg?si=ULIuRqSAWZCmoV74
Also a very interesting theory that the Ashoka series marks the start of a whole new future for Star Wars in the new Galaxy Far Far Away...
https://youtu.be/O6yC3aV5P74?si=RG-tCnVMyOdGSBG5
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The translation is fun, but I do hope Filoni does not take the premise too far away permanently. I mean; as a plot device a teleport to another galaxy is interesting and fun (but not new; think Stargate), but I don't know what to think of a Star Wars in a completely new galaxy.
For me, a large part of the draw is the fact that there is a huge history with, by now, historical places that are referenced or visited. Not too much (as Lucas himself overdid it a great deal with the prequels IMHO), but I think there's more than enough to explore still in a single galaxy (that's reportedly even larger than our own Milky Way one).
So for me, they can do their intergalactic thing, as long as they eventually return to the prime SW galaxy.
Another what if though: what if the galaxy they're traveling to is actually our own, and the human race gets seeded here by the humans in Thrawn's fleet?
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I'm guessing that the series will be a better watch binged rather than bit by bit as I found this episode a bit slow.
Visually great of course and the action sequence was appealing but it almost felt like a filler episode.
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I'm guessing that the series will be a better watch binged rather than bit by bit as I found this episode a bit slow.
Visually great of course and the action sequence was appealing but it almost felt like a filler episode.
Yup. Enjoyed the dogfight, but like you say the episode didn't really move the story on by much.
The holo scene made it clear that the reconstituted Senate is complacent at best, and full of Imperial sympathisers at worst.
Long live the Empire!
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I might be in the minority here, but I enjoyed the episode.
Ahsoka Annakining it outside the ship was a nice throwback.
I like the idea of Ahsoka training someone who is not force sensitive - something we've not seen before. I wonder if they're setting up Sabine to be a Chirrut type character (‘one with the Force, and the Force was with him’).
The dog fight was fun, although I did think some of the fighter designs wouldn't be out of place in 40K.
We finally saw Jacen Syndulla.
This episode confirms Mon Mothma as being Chancellor of the New Republic.
We get the important reveal that the ring would allow a spacecraft to travel to another galaxy using the Purgills migratory routes.
That said I still feel Hera's characterization is off. Can't put my finger on it though.
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I got bored already, nice eye candy but.. not grabbing me much.
I'm guessing that the series will be a better watch binged rather than bit by bit as I found this episode a bit slow.
Visually great of course and the action sequence was appealing but it almost felt like a filler episode.
This is currently where I am, thinking of leaving it until all episodes are available and try not to watch most of it at x10 speed.
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That said I still feel Hera's characterization is off. Can't put my finger on it though.
The accent really isn't helping ... more American soccer mum than Twi'lek resistance fighter :?
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I am enjoying it for what it is.
I wonder at what point them will introduce Thrawn, will he appear early on or in the season finale as a lead into season 2?
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I watch it and enjoyed it for what it is.
I wonder at what point them will introduce Thrawn, will he appear early on or in the season finale as a lead into season 2?
Don't get me wrong, I love it (apart from Hera's accent) :D
re: Thrawn... if its an 8 episode season I'd guess along the following lines....
Episode 4 - Sneaking on board the giant hyperspace ring, or somehow attach the shuttle without them noticing (guess the ring set off right at end of episode)
Episode 5 - Hyperspace travel...more dialogue...insults from Huyang...Wren training, arrive in new galaxy
Episode 6 - {Surprise} ... Thrawn isn't waiting at the jump point but someone else is ... maybe the ring gets attacked...damaged (or even destroyed)
Episode 7 - exploring the new surroundings ... more insults from Huyang...Wren training...
Episode 8 - Big fight against Marrok, Skoll etc. Thrawn arrives in system...big music...roll credits...
Filoni has the backing from Lucas so I reckon he will carry on the world building/character development for the whole of Season 1.
My hunch (as you will see from Episode 6 {surprise} is that maybe this is a one-way trip.... a lot of the discussion on social media seems to be around "when Thrawn gets back" ...but maybe Filoni is rebooting in a new galaxy (no doubt handily full of familiar looking aliens but without the pressure of what happens in the Sequels).
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...maybe Filoni is rebooting in a new galaxy (no doubt handily full of familiar looking aliens but without the pressure of what happens in the Sequels).
All of this bending backwards, while all Disney has to do is to state that the sequels are either no longer Canon, or that they're part of an alternative timeline, and all creative freedom can be applied to the Star Wars universe again without having Kennedy's Legacy hanging over everyone's head... ::)
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That said I still feel Hera's characterization is off. Can't put my finger on it though.
Yes, it's felt a bit 'flat' to me as well.
Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying it but I hope it stays in galaxy for the most part.
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My hunch (as you will see from Episode 6 {surprise} is that maybe this is a one-way trip.... a lot of the discussion on social media seems to be around "when Thrawn gets back" ...but maybe Filoni is rebooting in a new galaxy (no doubt handily full of familiar looking aliens but without the pressure of what happens in the Sequels).
Quite possibly. The other rumour is that Filoni wants to bring Mando, Boba Fett and Ahsoka to the big screen in a movie that wraps up their respective shows. So who knows???
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That was a much better episode than last week.
Captain Carson is my new favourite NPC lol
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That was a much better episode than last week.
Captain Carson is my new favourite NPC lol
Much better.
And even better when I rewatched it with the brightness turned up to full.
:D
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lol
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I enjoyed it a lot, I was on the edge of my seat for most of it, but Sabine was never such a fuck up in the cartoon, in fact the exact oposite. That's annoying.
And yeah, Hera is miscast, this character has nothing to do with Hera I know from Rebels.
Still, vey entertaining and very much looking forward to next week.
I'm betting on season 1 finishing with the discovery of Thrawn and Ezra, any takers?
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I'll just leave this here....
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🤣
That was fun! Really enjoyed that and the WTF ending ;)
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I'll just leave this here....
lol lol
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I'll just leave this here....
Nasty, very nasty :D
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Yup, way more fun this week :D
As soon as the inquisitor started the spinny thing, I knew he was done for. Someone really ought to write a memo to the other inquisitors about that. At least she didn't just deactivate it and kill him with it this time lol
Not quite sure why Ahsoka grabbed the orb. I get that she didn't want to destroy it, but why not just use the force to move it ???
I'm guessing Hera hitches a ride with the space whales to get to the other galaxy, while Ahsoka just walks through a door in the World Between Worlds :)
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And no-one has mentioned the ending (yet).
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Also a bit disappointed in Sabine's giving in to her weakness; I had hoped she'd be of sterner stuff. Ah well; here's hoping for her redemption arc... :D
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Not quite sure why Ahsoka grabbed the orb. I get that she didn't want to destroy it, but why not just use the force to move it ???
Maybe so she can read the map burnt into her hand and follow along next episode? Though travelling with the purrgil is probably more likely.
I agree it was a better epsiode and that Hera is a miscast. Still, fun to watch.
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Maybe so she can read the map burnt into her hand and follow along next episode? Though travelling with the purrgil is probably more likely.
Or just use the “World between Worlds*” that she is currently in to walk to the new Galaxy in a couple of minutes? Presumably with “not-dead Anakin” in tow?
;)
* Rebels Season 4 Episode 13 is worth a watch if you’ve not heard of it before.
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Do you think they'll go multi-verse? Not sure how I feel about that in SW......
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Or just use the “World between Worlds*” that she is currently in to walk to the new Galaxy in a couple of minutes? Presumably with “not-dead Anakin” in tow?
Yeah, that's true though I thought Dave Filoni had said he was reluctant to use that too much.
Do you think they'll go multi-verse? Not sure how I feel about that in SW......
I don't think it'll be a multi-verse as its 'just' another galaxy. Still, I hope the setting doesn't shift to there as it's not really needed, there is still so much to explore and so many stories to tell in their own galaxy.
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The best thing about Episode 4 is that the next four episodes are unpredictable... most Star Wars series seem to follow a familiar story arc but Ashoka isn't, and for me that has brought genuine excitement at what comes next.
It could well be that Ashoka whistles up a purgil like a galactic uber...that way would allow Hera & Jacen (and probably most importantly the Ghost) to remain in the main story ...otherwise they will be reduced to the odd cut scene where they wonder how their friends are getting on... lol
The end-scene with Anakin is interesting in so many ways...is he a force ghost? No glowing edges, but that could be explained by the fact that they are in the "world between worlds" rather than our plain of existence. Is it really Anakin? or Sidious? or Vader?
Either way "Anakin" didn't appear to pull Ashoka into the "world between worlds" ... he wasn't there initially when she woke up, and there is no sign of a portal that she came through (as in Rebels), so how did she get there? When he said that he didn't "expect to see her so soon" does that mean that she is dead (again)...if so presumably she gets brought back to life again otherwise its going to be a very short series.
Personally the best thing in the episodes to date has been Ray Stevenson's portrayal of Baylan Skoll...his passing was a real shock. The dark Jedi has already shown more character depth than any of the characters in the Sequel Trilogy. RIP Ray.
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I suspect after a lengthy chat with Anakin she will wake up on a ledge below the cliff and then Purgils will lead them through.
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Yup agreed they have done well in keeping it unpredictable and I do like how Sabine is actually at risk when fighting it gives it a bit more weight
Purgill-uber makes sense Akula I guess we'll find out soon enough. I wonder how close they will follow Zahn's trilogy?
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I suspect after a lengthy chat with Anakin she will wake up on a ledge below the cliff and then Purgils will lead them through.
On reflection this is probably the most probable outcome from Ep 5... just rewatched the following interview with Filoni from a couple of years ago when asked about the World between Worlds...he describes it not as somewhere you can step through other doorways but rather "the gift of knowledge".
https://youtu.be/qbSLauUibsk?si=GMd4m4l_j8MaUJ_W
Interesting quote (in the context of the events that happened in Rebels) ... "she would have to go back to where she came from" which suggests that Ashoka will go back to Seetos ...and maybe link up with Huyang, Hera, Jane and the Ghost... and then call up a Purgil-uber
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all Disney has to do is to state that the sequels are either no longer Canon, or that they're part of an alternative timeline
Why would they do that?
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F531JbOXwAA3y_A?format=webp&name=small)
:o
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Really enjoyed Ep 5 - the Anakin scenes were v.well done...loved the lightsaber duel and the clone wars flashbacks.
Looking at those two images, the young Ashoka was the right height for the opening battles, but she looks a little short in that last shot of the siege of Mandalore compared to the animated version, but wasn't really noticeable watching it in real time.
I'm a little surprised that Hera didn't decide to take the Ghost with Ashoka...would have been more useful than the T-6 shuttle and she might be facing a courtmartial when she gets back.
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I liked Ahsoka's vision with the Clone Wars flash backs and I liked that she communed with the purrgil too. She seemed more still after her vision...and she was wearing white, perhaps she was channeling her inner Gandalf the White.
Something I'm not too sure about with all the Star Wars series' is that the New Republic seems to have learnt very little from the fall of the Old Republic (being undermined by pettiness and baddy-sympathisers). While that's not necessarily a big surprise it does leave these elements feeling a bit repetitious which was for me one of the many (many, many, many...) issues with the sequel trilogy.
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Not a fan of the last episode, as someone who doesn't like the character of Ahsoka, I've basicly hated her from her first appearance in the clone wars movie, the show so far had been decent, I enjoyed all the old Rebels crew stuff and felt Ahsoka was acting like a bit of a c***, which fits with my opinion of her. The complete focus this episode on her was disapointing if not somewhat expected, at some point at least. But Anakin calling her Snips, gave me flashbacks to the Clone Wars movie and just made me wish she stayed dead. I hope the next few episodes are more like the first four, because IMHO Ahsoka is the least interesting part of the show.
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Overall I enjoyed this episode but with a couple of gripes lol I'm not a fan of having a lightsabre fight in every episode it takes the power out of them; becomes too commonplace for me. I liked the world beyond worlds bit expect for when they were duelling. I always felt that jedi are meant to be greater than just being able to fight with a laser sword and that would be a thing of last resort. Alec Guiness' obi wan is my standard I guess he did all sorts of cool things....
Quite liked the purgill thing oddly enough I didn't think I would be it's nice to see SW style fauna on screen :)
The acting is a little.....flat? I dunno no one seems to have much emotion about anything....anyway just my 2c
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I can see what you mean with the lightsabre fights...but I think the duel in the recent episode reflects Ahsoka's inner turmoil, her memory of who Annakin was and what he has become.
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Anyone else notice that there was a bit of, to paraphrase, "aren't you a bit short (and broad) to be a clone trooper" going on? One or two were definitely waddling into action.
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I always felt that jedi are meant to be greater than just being able to fight with a laser sword and that would be a thing of last resort. Alec Guiness' obi wan is my standard I guess he did all sorts of cool things....
Yes, Alec Guiness is hard to beat, but you've gotta remember the context: A.G.'s Obi was in hiding, laying low, Ahsoka is operating under the New republic, and while A.G.'s Obi didn't often face off against other force uses, Ahsoka is actively persuing 2 of them.
Hence, to me it diesn't seem so out of place for there to be so much light sabre play.
Of course, horses for courses.
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I really enjoyed it, I am one of those who didn't watch Rebels or the Clone Wars, so had no preconceptions about the show. Thoroughly enjoyed the Purgils and how she has been reborn as Ahsoka the White. ;) lol
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I enjoyed it, and always happy to see light sabre duels, although the sound effects are starting to annoy me a bit. Equally, I'm not sure what I expect them to sound like...
I kept on expecting the precocious kid to be the one who mind-melded with the space whales, and was very relieved the writers didn't go that route. I'm still not sure about Hera's "I'm going into a potentially dangerous situation, I'll just take my kid along" approach to parenting ;D
Enjoyed the Clone Wars flashbacks as well, although I would have preferred less fog and more visible tanks and dropships. I have several of the Revell tank kits in the loft. One day...
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Loved the latest episode, got a bit emotional seeing Anakin and Ashoka together in a clone wars setting again 🥲🥲🥲
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Loved the latest episode, got a bit emotional seeing Anakin and Ashoka together in a clone wars setting again 🥲🥲🥲
Awwww, you big softie ;) ;D
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😂😂😂
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Episode 6...... WOW.... this series gets better and better :)
{SPOILERS}
What's not to like.... a purgil graveyard, night sisters, the Chimera, Thrawn, Ezra Bridger, Loth Wolves (or an offshoot species)?, some samurai-esque raiders, lots of patched together Stormtroopers with attitude, and potentially a whole lot of nightsisters (?) in cold storage being loaded onto the ISD.
The Imps look pretty hardcore...perhaps undead... held together by Nightsister magic (Thrawn referenced has already used their magick and the Stormies appear to be bound together using red night sister bindings)....aka Night troopers.
Was also good to see a bit more interaction between Baylan & Shin...felt a bit more human.
Arguably the best episode, but also the one with the least Ashoka in it...hmmm
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That's interesting as I feel that episode was a bit flat.
It was interesting that the Night Sisters originated in this other galaxy, though it sounds like they are abandoning it for some reason.
The purgill graveyard just kinda seemed unneccesary and felt kinda tagged on the end; presumably that hyperspace route was followed because the purgill travelled it quite a bit but then if they go there to die they wouldn't presumably travel it that much and wouldn't come back so to any observer it could be a one way trip.
The raiders felt a bit dumped in too...where do they get all their stuff and how do they survive in the wastes? In some ways I suppose they are kinda similar to the Tuskens but there are settlements on Tattooine as well as fairly regular trade etc. so that seems much more believable.
I don't know what it is but I'm just not really bothered about Thrawn...sorry Grand Admiral Thrawn (almost everyone uses his full title all the time). I feel like he's not really been set up well in the episodes so far; I know he's the big bad at the end of Rebels but still I don't know why everyone so panicked about him.
Agreed that it was good we got a bit more focus on Baylan & Shin...maybe that's my problem...not with Thrawn so much but rather that there is a lot that's been introduced in the show but with little time spent on exploring it...because they are so eager to get to the big bad.
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It was interesting that the Night Sisters originated in this other galaxy, though it sounds like they are abandoning it for some reason.
That's the interesting bit for me... something that the Nightsisters are scared of...perhaps the "thing" that is calling to Baylan. And the Nightsisters in Peridea know about (and fear) Jedi...is that a racial memory from millennia ago before the route between galaxies fell into disuse? Can't be because of Ezra surely...? Maybe Elsbeth has filled in the blanks... intriguing.
The purgill graveyard just kinda seemed unneccesary and felt kinda tagged on the end; presumably that hyperspace route was followed because the purgill travelled it quite a bit but then if they go there to die they wouldn't presumably travel it that much and wouldn't come back so to any observer it could be a one way trip.
TBH, I thought it was a nice touch... it explains why Thrawn was local to where Ashoka ends up (otherwise she'd have a whole galaxy to investigate)...it could also be. place of rebirth... breeding ground etc. Might also be interesting to see if there are any other spacefaring creatures that prey off the graveyard...
The raiders felt a bit dumped in too...where do they get all their stuff and how do they survive in the wastes? In some ways I suppose they are kinda similar to the Tuskens but there are settlements on Tattooine as well as fairly regular trade etc. so that seems much more believable.
There are a whole bunch of Arthurian, Norse, Western and Samurai references in Ashoka... the bandits are most definitely on the Samurai end (perhaps with a bit of Native American chucked in)...even down to their gear (see earlier references to Zatoichi). I'd expect the raiders to attack the turtle village in Ep7...just because.
I love your desire for a full explanation of the economy of Peridiea ... we know so much about Tattooine because Star Wars writers got lazy... "lets use the desert planet that everyone knows" ... which is why we sat through the Book of Boba. Here is a planet that we haven't seen before....and in one episode we've probably seen 0.001% of its surface closeup...ok, it looks like the whole planet features the same bleak landscape (anyone else get a Prometheus vibe?) but I'm happy to assume that there is a whole industry off-camera churning out suits of plate armour.
I refer you to the Rule of Cool. ;)
I don't know what it is but I'm just not really bothered about Thrawn...sorry Grand Admiral Thrawn (almost everyone uses his full title all the time). I feel like he's not really been set up well in the episodes so far; I know he's the big bad at the end of Rebels but still I don't know why everyone so panicked about him.
Fair enough. I like him because he isn't the bad guy because he waves a lightsaber about or has force lightning, but because he is generally smarter than most of the people he comes up against. He isn't with the Empire because he is a baddie, but because he was serving his own people - the Chiss - perhaps against a greater threat that might become canon again. Even the Remnant Warlord's in Mandalorian acknowledge (begrudgingly) that he is probably the one to unite the scattered forces from the Empire...exactly because he is competent...unlike most of the dimwit Admirals we come across in various SW films. If you have the time, read the Zahn novels...Thrawn is genuinely admired by his troops...an interesting angle as most of them now appear to be held together by red fabric.
Agreed that it was good we got a bit more focus on Baylan & Shin...maybe that's my problem...not with Thrawn so much but rather that there is a lot that's been introduced in the show but with little time spent on exploring it...because they are so eager to get to the big bad.
Agreed. This is Filoni taking over the George Lucas mantle.... he has dropped a lot in there... introducing some new lore (eg Nightsisters originated on Peridea). I think the key thing is that Filoni is winning...Ashoka is viewed as a success by Disney, Season 2 & a movie are greenlighted...so he will get more time to explore the different things that he is introducing.
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On a related note, Skullforge have just released a whole bunch of Ashoka themed prints... not just new Ashoka poses, Baylan Skoll, Shin Hati, but also Marrok the Inquisitor, Morgan Elsbeth and New Republic egghead troopers (the latter have just been released today by the looks of it).
Currently the only seller I can see that carries them on fleabay is Anarchy Prints - have ordered from him myself.
Link included so you can view the digital sculpts:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/anarchyprints?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=8ms6_krktkc&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=&widget_ver=artemis&media=TW
Also sounds like Nighttroopers & Enoch are in the pipeline :D
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Just watched the latest episode last night. Overall I enjoyed this one. I did like the night troopers thing they looked really interesting and I like the way Filoni borrowed from the death troopers book, fused it with the Thrawn and night sisters books and stories and made this thing.
I felt like i was watching something SW but also something new which was cool. I admit I'm struggling with alot of the acting they are very......slow......and.....measured.....and....slightly.....boring to watch unfortunately. Although Thrawn was well acted I thought
Also a few scenes felt unearned. Quite easy to find Ezra, Sabine made friends with that dog/ horse a little too easily etc
Still looking forward to seeing the next one.
Yup agreed the nightsisters story was quite intriguing
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On a related note, Skullforge have just released a whole bunch of Ashoka themed prints... not just new Ashoka poses, Baylan Skoll, Shin Hati, but also Marrok the Inquisitor, Morgan Elsbeth and New Republic egghead troopers (the latter have just been released today by the looks of it).
Black Remnant have also released a buch of Ahsoka prints as well and they're popping up on Fleabay too. Found this seller printing them https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/3d_dream_models (https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/3d_dream_models) and I'm sure there's others.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/JU8AAOSwlnhkyqYk/s-l300.webp) (https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/fscAAOSwuqdkyqTD/s-l300.webp)
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Anyone got skinny Elon Musk vibes when seeing Thrawn?
And I got to thinking; what if the big bad the Nightsisters are so afraid of are the yuuzhan vong, on the verge of depleting this particular glaxy?
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Black Remnant have also released a buch of Ahsoka prints as well and they're popping up on Fleabay too. Found this seller printing them https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/3d_dream_models (https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/3d_dream_models) and I'm sure there's others.
Yeah I've got the Black Remnant Baylan Skoll (but not from 3D Dream models).
I don't normally post criticisms of sellers on an open forum, but I had a very poor experience with 3D Dream Models - had a model that turned up so badly cured that liquid was literally dripping out of the parcel when I opened it. When I went back to him, his attitude was pretty poor as well, although he did eventually send a replacement. The other thing to consider with that particular eBayer is that he leaves all of the supports on the model, which can be quite onerous if you are talking about multiple or larger models.
3D Argent also stock the Black Remnant models - have had half a dozen orders from them (one literally arrived this morning) and the prints are beautiful.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/3dargentprinting?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=fzkkmoe5qos&sssrc=3418065&ssuid=ceai1kigqi2&widget_ver=artemis&media=TW
3D Argent is also the guy that I got the AT-AP from so he can handle larger models as well. I'd also recommend "Nashynuts" and "anarchy prints" on eBay as quality printers/excellent comms etc.
Anyway I digress ... back to the TV Series...
what if the big bad the Nightsisters are so afraid of are the yuuzhan vong, on the verge of depleting this particular glaxy?
I'd love to see the Yuuzhan Vong, but I don't think its them that the Nightsisters are worried about...for starters the Vong (in Legends) would have already been in the SW Galaxy for 4000 years ... somewhere in the Unknown Regions.
It's probable that the Nightsisters are scared of whatever it is that calls out to Baylan Skoll (unless Filoni is introducing two additional big unseen threats at the same time)...and presumably Skoll is sensing something through the Force (and the Vong are shut off from the Force). The great thing is that it could be almost anything at this stage...light side, dark side, or even another "one in the middle" like the Bendu.
Have to admit that I'd love to see the whatever it is follow Thrawn & the Nightsisters back to the SW Galaxy ... potentially setting up Thrawn allying with the likes of Hera/Ashoka etc to deal with the greater threat (Movie?).
Will be interesting to see if any of the rest of the Seventh Fleet survived the trip... if its literally just the Chimera, then Thrawn needs either the Imperial Remnants, or the Chiss as even with a few thousand NightTroopers, and potentially 50,000 Undead Nightsisters (if that is what is in the pods) he'd struggle to hold ground....of course, there is only one giant Hyperspace ring, so maybe its just the one ISD... will the Nightsisters cut loose from Thrawn (presumably once they arrive at Dathomir)?
So many possibilities, which is why I'm enjoying the series...the Filoni-verse is unpredictable :D
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I don't normally post criticisms of sellers on an open forum, but I had a very poor experience with 3D Dream Models - had a model that turned up so badly cured that liquid was literally dripping out of the parcel when I opened it. When I went back to him, his attitude was pretty poor as well, although he did eventually send a replacement. The other thing to consider with that particular eBayer is that he leaves all of the supports on the model, which can be quite onerous if you are talking about multiple or larger models.
Thanks for the heads up.
So many possibilities, which is why I'm enjoying the series...the Filoni-verse is unpredictable :D
What about The Whills? Could be them?
George Lucas said that, had he held onto Lucasfilm Ltd, his sequel trilogy would have featured the microbiotic world of the Whills. Given how close Lucas and Filoni are...
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the Filoni-verse is unpredictable :D
The creator laid back and thought it is good as it is.
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The last couple of days I've been re-watching the series so far. Here's a few thoughts before the next episode tomorrow...
- It still feels a bit jarring that Sabine was taken on as a padawan given her very limited connection to the force; all it needed was a line or two from Ahsoka saying that she saw something in her or she felt the force drawing them together.
- After the last episode I find Baylan & Hatti more compelling than Ahsoka & Sabine.
- Ray's performance as Baylan is cracking. He feels so solid as he stomps forward lightsabre swinging.
- I've watched Rebels so know Thrawn from that, but I'm much more interested in finding out what Baylan is after, rather than Thrawn. Thrawn's alliance with the witches has an air of desperation and in some ways reminds me of the Dalek Emperor from the Christopher Eccleston Dr Who.
- It feels a shame that after the fall of the Empire, what little we've glimpsed of the New Republic seems to be suffering from the same problems as the Old Republic.
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So much to like in Episode 7...
Look out for the baby purgils in the bone yard (19 mins 28 seconds in) while Ashoka is hiding from the fighters.
The Night troopers appear to still be human/alive ... they move well and sound human "go go go" and don't go up in a puff of green smoke when hit, so maybe the red fabric is a charm against some other form of magic/evil?
Great to see Thrawn's troops moving in a more tactical way, using cover (not that it did them much good) even with a drone overhead.
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yup just watched ep7 and enjoyed the watch. It had a SW feel to the way it was paced. I thought the bloke portraying Ezra has done a good job sounds alot like him. And the errr blokess playing Sabine looked good in the combat scenes.
I'm still struggling with some of the acting it really distracts me ha ha. Why can't hera move her arms (or face) when she acts? Anyhoo it's nicely made looking forward to the next ep
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I'm really enjoying it, but Sabine Wren bugs me, she's not the same responsible calculating character, not the bad ass she was in Rebels, she's a fuck up.
Additionally, If the Night sister mothers are capable of sensing the approach of Ahsoka, why the hell could they not locate Ezra?
Ezra needs to get his thumb out of his arse and start using his sabre again.
Finally, I'm still looking forward to an explanation of how Ezra managed to get away from Thrawn and his troops when they first arrived.
But, all in all it's good fun.
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Enjoyed episode 7.
Great to see C3PO and the Anakin hologram. Loved the musical touch when C3PO turned up and Choppers reaction to the droid comment.
Loved Ezra saying, nah, I don’t need a lightsaber and just using the Force.
Also liked the opening mine sequence and glad the whales got away!
Having seen the Imperial troopships, I may have to pick up one of the Legion ones.
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That was a fun 45 mins. Including all the usual SW favourites, lightsabres, blasters, ships, droids, cute critters and a few laughs.
Can’t believe it’s almost over. :'(
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Have loved this series so far..how many episodes left??
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Have loved this series so far..how many episodes left??
1 :'(
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Having seen the Imperial troopships, I may have to pick up one of the Legion ones.
Having seen the Imperial troopships, I'm sure that you need at least two...plus a couple more for the New Republic
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Been watching episode 7 again and something has occurred...for all Thrawn's tactical acumen he seems almost arrogant. Given that his defeat led to his exile via the purrgil you would have thought he'd be a bit more humble.
Perhaps he attributed his defeat to his limited experience of the Force but now, with his alliance with the Great Mothers, he has force wielders of his own and so feels like he's ready to take on the galaxy...
I do get witches of MacBeth vibes with the Great Mothers...I can easily see them turning on him so I wonder if they'll become more of a threat than he will. Also, in Rebels Bendu predicted Thrawn's defeat but maybe that wasn't actually referring to the purrgil... rather to something yet to come, after all it did say many arms in a cold embrace. So, maybe he'll fall like Macbeth when Birnam Wood marches on him.
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I've finally gotten round to seeing the first 7 episodes and its great.
I think everyone but Hera are great, I cant put my finger on it but it doesnt feel like the Hera from Rebels.
I wish Disney would just come clean and retcon the efficiency of order 66 and the purge as being imperial propaganda, at this point there's there are a lot of surviving Jedi:
Reva and 2 guys from the Obi Wan series plus Obi Wan himself, Ahsoka, Kanan, 2 jedis from the Fallen Order games, Baylan Skoll, the Grand Inquisitor was a former Jedi and an there might have been more former jedi turned inquisitor, and Yoda.
Thats at least 11 jedi in the canon (and that just the ones I can remember) who survived order 66. I'm not complaining, just saying that maybe the clones and inquisitors werent as efficient as the Emperor thought.
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I am really enjoying it :D
One problem I have with Thrawn is that I keep hearing Michael Caine when he talks, and I find myself subconsciously adding "not a lot of people know that" after every sentence ;D
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I am really enjoying it :D
One problem I have with Thrawn is that I keep hearing Michael Caine when he talks, and I find myself subconsciously adding "not a lot of people know that" after every sentence ;D
lol
Brilliant!
In my head Thrawn looks and sounds like Basil Rathbone!
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I've finally gotten round to seeing the first 7 episodes and its great.
I think everyone but Hera are great, I cant put my finger on it but it doesnt feel like the Hera from Rebels.
I wish Disney would just come clean and retcon the efficiency of order 66 and the purge as being imperial propaganda, at this point there's there are a lot of surviving Jedi:
Reva and 2 guys from the Obi Wan series plus Obi Wan himself, Ahsoka, Kanan, 2 jedis from the Fallen Order games, Baylan Skoll, the Grand Inquisitor was a former Jedi and an there might have been more former jedi turned inquisitor, and Yoda.
Thats at least 11 jedi in the canon (and that just the ones I can remember) who survived order 66. I'm not complaining, just saying that maybe the clones and inquisitors werent as efficient as the Emperor thought.
It does feel like too many people read Harry Potter. Every author has to have the super secret 'boy who lived'. Glad folks are enjoying this, but it is going a bit over the shark so to speak (like bad teen fiction, where every series has a main character with the super secret cool past that is on the outside...). Not every character needs to have mysteriously survived Voldemort.
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IIRC somewhere it was said there were around 10,000 jedi at the start of the clone wars.
That means so far we've seen 0.11% survivors. Not exactly overflowing, really. Even 100 would only be 1%.
Ultimately writers want to write about the space wizard samurai.
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Finished this morning.
Overall it was good but didn't quite hit all the buttons for me. That's on me though, not on the production, effects, story etc. I've never been a massive fan of the force and just prefer all out pew pew pew lol My favourite episode was the one that was partly on Corellia.
It'll be interesting to see how they carry on with Baylan :?
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I thought Baylon/Ray Stevenson was great (I even liked his sword style) and Lady Inosanto is (was) awesome.
Sh#t Hairdo was an awful character that should have been issued with a light baseball bat (the way she was swinging her weapon it would have been very easy to stop). I also felt Lady Wren was tamed down too much but presumably it was so the force development plot line was more useful. Inosanto is a Legend.
I liked Ezra, I think he was a great fit and I’m looking forward to more of him. I loved the zombie troopers (especially the one that can’t do stairs) but maybe not for the right reasons and I’m still not sure how well it (magic) fits into SW universe in my mind. The look was good (battered and fetish wrapped) and I liked Enochs outfit. Still not sure about thrawn.
All in all not my favourite spin off (for much the same reason as Oshiro) but I watched it happily (it is beautiful) and simply hope the next series builds on it. I wonder how much they’ve filmed and how they’ll tackle Baylon’s story line though…..
Andrew
BeneathALeadMountain
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I loved it... lol
The Nighttroopers were great, enjoyed the fight scenes...a tidy wrap-up at the end so everyone is where they need to be ...personally would have liked a couple more minutes of Baylan & Shin at the end...
Wonder how they will pursue the Baylan story line in Season 2 as Disney doesn't like to recast....interesting that the Ashla Owl has turned up again...Ahsoka still has some of the Daughter's life force given what happened to her in the Clone Wars series... it is beginning to look like Baylan is being called by one of the Celestials...perhaps Aberloth (which would certainly explain why the Nightsisters were so keen to leave their home planet).
Shin feels like a lost opportunity...i'd have rather she turned up at the turtle camp rather than the nomads at the end, but she seems on an arc of destruction...
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Great fun! It will be a long wait now for the next season… :P
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Great fun! It will be a long wait now for the next season… :P
Indeed.
So many questions…
Really curious as to whether Thrawn and the Nightsisters now part company… is their agreement that he just drops them off (with the caskets) on Dathomir, or does he persuade them to stick with him? Not sure what else Thrawn can offer the Nightsisters?
Assuming they part company, then presumably Thrawn loses the ability to raise his night troopers once they fall…leaving him with an understrength Legion and a damaged ISD to go and rally the Imperial Remnants?
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I think they dropped the ball in the last episode...
If they were in a rush to stop Thrawn, why the fuck were they crawling anlong at a snail's pace with the Snail people??? (Don't tell me because Ezra was building a sabre, there was a shot in an earlier episod of a rack full of sabres.)
And Ahsoka can sense Wren, but has no idea they were about to be attacked by tie fighters.
The ships sensors were sleeping? WTF
Bad writing.
Still, enjoyed it overall, even though the last episode was a mess.
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yeah some cool moments in this episode. Quite liked the zombie stormtroopers they were fun.
I liked the will they catch up with the star destroyer or wont they scene. I genuinely didn't know which way that was going to go and that makes for good telly.
Overall a not great result for the new republic given what Thrawn is going to do (assuming they stick to the books more or less) in the galaxy. I mean tactically that was a real own goal ha ha. That bloke is going to do alot of damage.....
My feeling is that this would be a cool place to leave the series. I know they wont but I'd be quite happy if they left it there. I felt the same way about the first season of the mandalorian. That was a fun series had an enjoyable episodic approach with an awesome ending. Just let grogu go off with luke and draw the curtain; we don't need to know what happens next. Same with this one; let Ahsoka and Sabine explore that galaxy; start a new jedi order or something.....
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I appreciated that the characters took their time for acting. There was space for dialogue, quiet scenes, much eye candy. All that added to the SW universe for me. Hera was the weakest figure, I find. Thrawns plus-size appearance was a bit disappointing, but I liked that his performance was still what I expected to be. Ezra was great, Sabine was acceptable, Ahsoka was believable, Chopper was Chopper and I really liked David Tennant, who was clearly recognizable. Baylen was one of my favourites, he appeared to me like a darker version of Qui-Gon or a less bad Dooku - a sort of Jedi who makes up his mind, therefore a well developed counterpart to Ahsoka. His sidekick though...well, I wonder what she is going to be. I regret that she lacked the seriousness of Asajj Ventress, she wasn't menacing enough.
I really like the show! :D
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Enjoyed it - minor niggles apart.
Am I alone in thinking it would have made a much better Ep VII than The Force Awakens?
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Am I alone in thinking it would have made a much better Ep VII than The Force Awakens?
100%
To be fair many many things would have made a better Ep VII than The Force Awakens and don't get me started on The Last Jedi/or the Rise of Skywalker lol
Filoni will certainly get his own film (the only debate I think it whether we get a second season of Ahoska beforehand) ....I think it could even become a trilogy of his own.
"Heir to the Empire" could be the first film title...(a nod to the Zahn novel of the same name), but in a sense (at least IMHO) Filioni is showing that he is the heir to the George Lucas empire... because he understands the Star Wars Lore and is thinking years ahead of long-term storylines, rather than the disjointed "somehow Palpatine returned" approach of the Sequel Trilogy.
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...because he understands the Star Wars Lore...
Funny, that.
I saw a snippet of an interview the other day with a young actor voicing or playing Darth Maul in some series. In it, he was detailing a scene where Anakin meets his dead mother's ghost under Filoni's direction. Actor's out of scene, watching, as he's not in it himself.
Schmie tells Anakin that she would have loved to meet Padme, as she obviously meant a lot to Anakin; it was an emotional scene. After the cut though, the actor said to Filoni that it looked great, but they'd have to do it again.
Filoni askes him why; the take was great after all.
Which is when the actor tells him that Schmie and Padme have met. In fact, they had a dinner together in The Phantom Menace with Anakin and Qui Gon Jinn!
The room fell quiet.
Later on, someone told him that he's the only one to have ever out-nerded Dave Filoni... lol
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Funny, that.
I saw a snippet of an interview the other day with a young actor voicing or playing Darth Maul in some series. In it, he was detailing a scene where Anakin meets his dead mother's ghost under Filoni's direction. Actor's out of scene, watching, as he's not in it himself.
Schmie tells Anakin that she would have loved to meet Padme, as she obviously meant a lot to Anakin; it was an emotional scene. After the cut though, the actor said to Filoni that it looked great, but they'd have to do it again.
Filoni askes him why; the take was great after all.
Which is when the actor tells him that Schmie and Padme have met. In fact, they had a dinner together in The Phantom Menace with Anakin and Qui Gon Jinn!
The room fell quiet.
Later on, someone told him that he's the only one to have ever out-nerded Dave Filoni... lol
lol
Great story - sounds like Sam Witwer - he did some voice work in the Ahsoka series as well
8)
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A great series but the finale seemed to focus more on setting up season 2, than telling its own story.
That said, it did a great job of setting up season 2 though, lots of thoughts and questions.
How many episodes will there be of Ahsoka and Sabine vs Shin Hati, before at leas 2/3 of them catch a ride with the purgils?/How many episodes of Hera and Ezra fighting Thrawn in the main galaxy?
How will they handle Baylans plot? Will it just fade away, will they recast the actor, or will they push Shin into the role story wise?
Will they tie in Din Jarin, or maybe the Mandalorians on Mandalore at some point? Is Luke gonna join them?
How much screen time will the Night Sisters get? Is Thrawn just dropping them of on Dathomir (maybe even off screen?), or will they play a part in the coming season(s)?
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I thought all in all the series was pretty good, last episode not so much, I hated the zombie troopers! Ezra was great and to be honest ray stevensons character was the best thing about the series, he was exceptional, such a shame we won’t see him again, I would put the series somewhere in between Andor and the mandolorian in terms of quality overall.
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I thought all in all the series was pretty good, last episode not so much, I hated the zombie troopers! Ezra was great and to be honest ray stevensons character was the best thing about the series, he was exceptional, such a shame we won’t see him again, I would put the series somewhere in between Andor and the mandolorian in terms of quality overall.
I’m inclined to agree with you on all your points, but I do like Rosario Dawson. I think she carried the series well, but as you say Ray was great.
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I quite liked it. Not as good as Andor but better than the other recent series.
As much as I loved Winstead in Scott Pilgrim, Hera's wooden movements irritated me.
Shin never blinks her eyes like Wednesday.
I also noticed many nods to Lord of the Rings and Dune.
I'm not sure what to think of the dungeoncrawl scene with the moaning zombie stormtroopers. I don't think that was necessary, putting zombies in the SW universe.
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I don't think that was necessary, putting zombies in the SW universe.
It's been done before...
(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91BZ4e8IoVL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
And I loved that book. It was a real page turner, but I admit a bit out of sync with the tone of the universe. Still; it worked...
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It's been done before...
Several times in fact.
"Death Troopers" is legends rather than canon, but there were also Geonosian zombies in Season 2 of Clone Wars which is canon.