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Post by The Doctor on Apr 28, 2014 7:54:12 GMT
The only true Star Wars canon comprises the Holiday Special, Caravan of Courage, The Battle for Endor and that time when Yoda was flogging phones.
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Post by legios on May 26, 2014 18:55:24 GMT
Needed some tosh as a spacer between some serious stuff watching recently, so I had some of Season 2 of "Clone Wars" from my rental service. Slightly surprised by how violent the show can actually be at times - I have watched Anakin stab a guy through the chest with a lightsaber, on camera. Apparently as long as you don't show blood it is ok for the hero to stab guys straight in the chest. The fact that the Battledroids are, unlike the movies, shown to be individually sapient - as opposed to being remote-controlled from the motherships like drones - does make the whole thing more disturbing. Especially when you get droids get gunned down by Clone Troopers - nominally the heroic mooks - whilst trying to surrender. Even allowing for what we know will happen with Clone Troopers it is a bit difficult to keep seeing them as the goodies when they are gunning down surrendering troops. (Mind you, given that the Republic are breeding entire batches of human beings, indoctrinating them, and using them as disposable weapons it is difficult to remember why the idea of the Seperatist Battledroids is supposed to be so terrible...)
But what really gave me a mirthless laugh was the opening voice-over to one of the episodes - talking about how the Clone Armies were overstretched and as a result systems that they had liberated from the evil clutches of the Separatists were rising up against the Republic. The general tone was "The people we've brought freedom to are rejecting it and we don't have enough soldiers to force them to be free"... That is either a piece of wickedly satirical writing or they really just didn't see the implications of what they were saying. Either way it gave me a chuckle.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 29, 2014 21:10:05 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 29, 2014 22:00:26 GMT
Downloaded and will look at soon.
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Post by The Doctor on May 29, 2014 22:20:38 GMT
Downloaded? From where?
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 29, 2014 22:22:58 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 29, 2014 22:23:39 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 4, 2014 18:40:09 GMT
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 4, 2014 22:15:23 GMT
I'd heard a rumor of a Boba Fett film... kinda prefer the idea of a young Han Solo film to be honest. If they can get the actor right, which would be almost very highly impossible, surely. .....I'd rather they left the whole thing alone, to be honest. But it's inevitable they'd make more.... and more and more and more. So, I just hope they take the time it takes to make them good stories. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 20, 2014 16:50:51 GMT
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Post by Dave on Jun 21, 2014 9:03:09 GMT
Mostly correct. Whilst the film itself had the crawl updated in 1981, "Episode IV: A New Hope" featured on the script included in 1979's Art of Star Wars book.
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Post by Dave on Aug 5, 2014 14:15:02 GMT
The first 7 minutes of Rebels has been released. The Youtube vid is region locked, but you can still view it by whacking the URL in a downloader. Not too sure about the character designs, some of the voices or the eerie lack of background noise at times, but eh, I'll probably give it a go when it starts. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 28, 2014 22:02:20 GMT
The cg cartoon Rebels starts soon on the Disney channel.
There are wee shorts being shown just now spotlighting the cast, seems decent enough. So far I have seen proper Storm Troopers and Tie Fighters. This makes me happy.
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Post by Dave on Sept 30, 2014 12:15:42 GMT
Yeah the 7 minute preview didn't particularly wow me (see above), but I enjoyed the shorts when I checked them out recently.
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Post by Dave on Sept 30, 2014 13:51:29 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 10, 2014 11:15:27 GMT
Watched the first episode of Rebels.
Quite enjoyed it. Feels like proper Star Wars in a way that Clone Wars didn't. Although that series did improve.
Andy
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Post by Stomski on Nov 28, 2014 22:25:52 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 1, 2014 17:44:41 GMT
Wookieepedia has a list of canon books here. There's also a list of everything canon here. Cool, thanks. I've ordered Tarkin. Been a while since I read any Star Wars fiction so I'm looking forward to it. |
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Post by Dave on Jan 12, 2015 21:27:09 GMT
I think this bit of Rebels casting had been announced, but spoilered just in case: |
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 12, 2015 21:30:22 GMT
*punches the air*
I really must see this show.
EDIT: Ah ha, Itunes with these prices you take the piss, no? £20 for 7 episodes???
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2015 7:30:31 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 18, 2015 8:11:38 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 18, 2015 8:31:07 GMT
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Post by legios on Apr 18, 2015 11:44:43 GMT
The Yoda in the Speeder Car amuses me to - there is something in his expression that makes me think Yoda is a terrible passenger:- "Be mindful of your speed you should". "Clutch Control, Clutch Control, you must learn Clutch Control" Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on May 30, 2015 19:15:26 GMT
Go look up a copy of Ewoks: Battle for Endor on *cough* youtube. Go to roughly 12:57 and tell me that one of the Ewoks guarding the young human is not clearly shouting: "EWOK HITLER!". I almost fell off my chair.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jun 2, 2015 22:07:57 GMT
I laughed.
Dammit get these Ewok films back on Blu ray!
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 3, 2015 11:42:11 GMT
Piles of "I am your Father's Day" cards in Sainsburys this morning.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jun 3, 2015 19:55:22 GMT
"I am your Father's Day"! Ohh! How ever did they think of that?! Those crazy cats!
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 4, 2015 9:51:41 GMT
What will Ewok Hitler think of it?
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 30, 2015 12:54:00 GMT
Working my way through Clone Wars as part of my rewatching Episodes 1-6. Just get to about the half way point of the final season and out of no where its the Mace Windu and Jar Jar Binks Odd Couple movie no one was expecting.
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