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Post by Stomski on Sept 20, 2023 20:24:15 GMT
Some good insight/thoughts on Ahsoka here... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8GQpLiJWRMTonight's episode was decent. Actually felt like Star Wars at times, but might suffer from viewers needing prior knowledge of characters to appreciate. {Spoiler ooooh}Same actor playing Thrawn as in the cartoon. |
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Sept 20, 2023 20:27:41 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2023 20:27:41 GMT
I completely forgot about this show after the first two episodes! Genuinely fell out my head until now. Hmmmm.
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 20, 2023 23:07:24 GMT
Don't worry. All the characters are still doing exactly the same things as they were in the first two episodes.
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Sept 21, 2023 11:50:05 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2023 11:50:05 GMT
Awwww.
-Ralph
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Oct 1, 2023 22:57:59 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Oct 1, 2023 22:57:59 GMT
Brace yourself, but Ahsoka smiled this week.
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Oct 5, 2023 20:29:05 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Oct 5, 2023 20:29:05 GMT
Oh dear. Zombie Stormtroopers no thank you. Sabine getting full control of the force without any further training, sigh.
Curious what they do next though, a shame they're locked into JJAbrams canon. And I guess they'll have to ditch the best character on account of the actors sad passing.
Finding this sparsely populated planet Thrawn and Ezra have been living on a bit of a hard sell. It just so happened that the place following the events of Rebels they ended up at was the location of the original Night Sisters before they came to the SW Galaxy... and there's only three of them?
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 6, 2023 5:14:54 GMT
Oh dear. Spoiler
Zombie Stormtroopers no thank you. Sabine getting full control of the force without any further training, sigh.
Curious what they do next though, a shame they're locked into JJAbrams canon. And I guess they'll have to ditch the best character on account of the actors sad passing.
Finding this sparsely populated planet Thrawn and Ezra have been living on a bit of a hard sell. It just so happened that the place following the events of Rebels they ended up at was the location of the original Night Sisters before they came to the SW Galaxy... and there's only three of them?
I feel like I missed something? Spoiler
I wouldnt call it full control. She did a thing, twice, when absolutely neccesary. Pretty much like everyone elsein Star Wars since 1977.
As for the planet I guess its another planet with strong links to the force ( certaintly given the statues Baylon is looking at) and the space whales travel between there and Lothal because use the force to guide them. The Night Sisters, like Ezra and Ashoka will have travelled between galaxies by hitching a ride, so less coincidence and more just where you go if you travel by Whale.
Hopefully Baylon is recast, CG has its uses, but anything but relatively brief uses has yet to work well, especially when the actor is no longer alive.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 6, 2023 7:55:08 GMT
I never returned after episode 2. Did anything happen or can I jump straight to episode 8?
Does Ashoka develop a personality?
-Ralph
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Oct 6, 2023 19:43:44 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Oct 6, 2023 19:43:44 GMT
Go to half way through ep 4 just to contextualise Ep.5.
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Post by Rich on Oct 7, 2023 7:48:28 GMT
I never returned after episode 2. Did anything happen or can I jump straight to episode 8? Does Ashoka develop a personality? -Ralph Thats a no for Ashoka on the personality front. As for did anything happen, no, not much. It's fine: generally portentous, rather dreary but there are some nice set pieces. You can definitely skip to the last episode. I can't see it building excitement for the films that follow. |
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Post by legios on Oct 8, 2023 14:07:08 GMT
{Spoiler}As for the planet I guess its another planet with strong links to the force ( certaintly given the statues Baylon is looking at) and the space whales travel between there and Lothal because use the force to guide them. The Night Sisters, like Ezra and Ashoka will have travelled between galaxies by hitching a ride, so less coincidence and more just where you go if you travel by Whale.
{Spoiler}I'd have been happy cutting them some slack with that in terms of the rules of the Fantasy genre. There is a long tradition of Fantasy epics having quite a few of the events hang on the workings of Fate bringing people to the place that "they are meant to be" at the right time. So pretty much anything like that is easy to shrug off as "The Will of The Force". I don't find it terribly satisfying, but when you are dealing with a fantasy setting running on magic-wielding swordswingers, demi-gods, prophecies and similar stock components it tends to come with the territory unfortunately. Karl |
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Post by Stomski on Oct 8, 2023 14:25:50 GMT
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Oct 9, 2023 11:05:12 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 9, 2023 11:05:12 GMT
I never returned after episode 2. Did anything happen or can I jump straight to episode 8? Does Ashoka develop a personality? -Ralph I went to the bitter end. My eyeballs rolled so much. Spent eight episodes thinking I have no idea what cartoon from years ago I was meant to have watched before this, but that still doesn't excuse the complete lack of personality or happy circumstances making everything work here. Thawn and the old not-Jedi bloke were the only interesting characters and Thawn's personality seemed to be to pretend he didn't have one and signifying this by never untucking his hands from behind his back. This is down there with Boba Fett for my least favourite SW product and I think largely for the same reasons. |
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Oct 9, 2023 20:14:59 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Oct 9, 2023 20:14:59 GMT
Largely a pacing, motivation and plot armour/sense of threat as issues I think.
If it was a 90 minute special, there's 3 clear acts that could be focused on where people actually talked about why they want to do the things they do, even in throw away comments, it would work much better. Surely someone somewhere is working in a fan edit.
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Oct 9, 2023 21:05:06 GMT
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 9, 2023 21:05:06 GMT
Thinking about it I could enjoy a second season more... ...as those stuck in the other galaxy explore it while looking for a way home (why stay on a hostile planet of witches and bandits??) and back at home the Republic deals with a resurgent Empire under Thawn and the Witches.
That *could* be interesting to watch. |
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Post by The Doctor on May 5, 2024 18:42:21 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 5, 2024 18:56:15 GMT
It very nearly managed to wipe the other films out
Nearly all of them
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 16, 2024 10:28:00 GMT
Some enterprising fans who sourced original theatrical prints of the Holy Trilogy have been able to get them available at 4k via online means (nobody is charging for access I should say).
Watched A New Hope during the week, and it was a breath of fresh air seeing it again as I remember minus all the bells and whistles. Well worth seeking out.
Going to space out the watching of Empire and Jedi, make them feel like a treat, now when is the next bank holiday again (do not answer, I know it's August).
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 16, 2024 10:38:04 GMT
Is this the 4k77/80/83 project?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 16, 2024 10:40:20 GMT
It is indeed.
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 16, 2024 10:59:38 GMT
They are top. It's interesting comparing them to the despecialised project, but having watched both, the 4K project ones feel more authentic. BIG files to try and store though.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 16, 2024 11:06:36 GMT
Thats what external hard drives are for!
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 16, 2024 11:12:31 GMT
Oh I'm fine. This PC has about 8TB in.
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Post by Bogatan on Jun 16, 2024 14:06:26 GMT
How big are the files for each?
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Jun 16, 2024 14:21:00 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 16, 2024 14:21:00 GMT
For the 4K editions I think Star Wars was about 50GB. Last I looked that and Jedi had been done properly, that was the same. Empire had a beta version that was a lot less because they haven't done a final version yet. Unless they now have.
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Post by Bogatan on Jun 16, 2024 16:23:42 GMT
Oooo so they might just squeeze on to a blu ray. Nice.
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