- Pronouns
- He/Him
Real shame that Star Wars doesn't put out narratives about dogma and being consumed by hatred, it'd really help if they did. Oh wait, they did. The latest are called Cataclysm and Path of Vengeance. Both are good.
And a gargantuan problem with self-aggrandisement.
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"My vision." Christ.
As Bluntblade noted this show is particularly presented as a departure from the Mandalorian and Ahsoka, and flatly to ignore the overall trend of responses atm is silly.
If you don't want them do do what they're doing, and you don't want them to do something different to what they're doing, then what do you want? Let's also not forget that just about everyone under the sun seemed to love the first season of The Mandalorian, and Andor went down well too. People have real short memories sometimes.A departure from the previous shows it may be, but then the question must be asked - why should Disney be trusted to produce anything good considering how badly their previous shows have been received. That and the bad state of Hasbro in their recent earnings report seem to indicate that the Star Wars fanbase has turned away from it. I must admit The Acolyte trailer did not impress me or spark much interest.
"A sabotage against Gina Carano".
Lol
Lmao
Gina sabotaged herself just fine.
And a gargantuan problem with self-aggrandisement.
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"My vision." Christ.
I thought people still liked the first season?!Let's also not forget that just about everyone under the sun seemed to love the first season of The Mandalorian,
And S2 too. Plenty of people will still tell you that Disney Star Wars peaked with The Rescue, much as that makes me shake my head.I thought people still liked the first season?!
I still do bit I admitedly took a complete break from all Star Wars stuff right after watching it.
How about more of what we got in Mandalorian S1 before it went to shit with S2, Book of Boba Fett and S3 and lets not forget the trash heap that was Kenobi and Ashoka, but...If you don't want them do do what they're doing, and you don't want them to do something different to what they're doing, then what do you want? Let's also not forget that just about everyone under the sun seemed to love the first season of The Mandalorian, and Andor went down well too. People have real short memories sometimes.
So fun fact - during the production of the Prequels, the lightsabers were prop hilts attached to "blades" that were basically like radio aerials (long, thin wires) standing in for the laser. These props broke all the time because, you know, they were just thin wires, and you can find clips of MacGregor and Christiansen joking about how they became BFF's with the prop assistant whose only job was to hand out fresh hilts. So, while these prop lightsaber hilts were pretty fragile, they were also pretty disposable, so you could easily whirl them around however you wanted and if it broke you just got another.
When it came time for the sequels, the productions switched over to using LED light tubes to stand in for the lightsaber blades. These lights are insanely adjustable in their color temp and intensity, so it makes sense to use them because it's about as close as you can get to a practical lightsaber. It opens up all kinds of new shots and creative ways to use it, since now the prop itself creates its own motivated lighting (no need for expensive and time consuming CGI) and gives the actors something with the weight and heft of the ostensible real thing. I'm sure for the actual fights where blades are crossing they're using plain green sticks or reinforced plexiglass blades or something, but most of the every day stuff is practical lights.
The upshot of this change is that the lightsaber props are now a lot more delicate and fragile (since a lot of the time they're packed with electronics to power the LED's), which means the fights are necessarily gonna be slower and more deliberate because now you can't just fabricate a hundred and grab a new one from the prop cart.
I'mma be real blunt with you, I have heard non-stop about how the end of Star Wars is nigh and Kathleen Kennedy is just days away from being fired for like seven years now. I will believe it when I see it at this point.How about more of what we got in Mandalorian S1 before it went to shit with S2, Book of Boba Fett and S3 and lets not forget the trash heap that was Kenobi and Ashoka, but...
...the thing is that with how passed over Andor got, while still being a well done show, the low number of action figure sells(mind you the classics are still sold easy) and the blasting The Acolyte received( 9.5 mil views, 182k UP and 575k DOWN) as it stands Star Wars is spent, or at the very least the trust towards Disney is spent. That's the truth the way I see it, what I want? For Disney to sell it to someone who will love it. The well is poisoned and if The Acolyte bombs or is, like Andor, passed over and forgotten it will just re-enforce it in my mind - Disney Star Wars is finnished as a franchise.
As someone who's lived through the "wooden dowel -> Aluminum tube -> carbon fibre tube-> polycarbonate light-up tube" eras of making mouth noises while swinging sticks at friends, I feel like someone needs to tell the star wars productions that it's now 2024 and there's at least six or twelve websites you can buy color programmable LED full-contact full-force lightsabers from. LIke if a dozen college kids and their local lightsaber fight club can smash these things on the concrete, surely they can withstand filming a choreographed duel.
Of course. In the 2000s, the Disney Corporation owned the Power Rangers franchise because they'd bought Fox Kids Worldwide and it came with the package. Then 2010 came around and Disney sold the franchise right back to Saban.Has the House of Mouse ever sold a neglected IP to someone, let alone someone that would make use of it?
Would I love it if the magical unicorns came down to acquire Star Wars an throw the Sequels out along with the Maul revival and spawn some magical new age of creative prosperity? Yes.
Is it going to happen? Lol no.
How about more of what we got in Mandalorian S1 before it went to shit with S2, Book of Boba Fett and S3 and lets not forget the trash heap that was Kenobi and Ashoka, but...