All posts by Ctmeh
Bloodline.
Crucial to Leia's story. And a better understanding of the state of the galaxy by the time of the First Order.
Like some have said, it depends what you mean. I'd describe my older brothers as old fans because they saw all of the OT in the cinema.
I sort of fit that category because I was born BBY, saw some of the OT and Ewoks movies in the cinema. And I read EU books and comics from the 80s.
Then there is another generation who were kids when the PT came out. Are they old fans?
Plus, like Daisy said, there are fans who only watched the movies and never delved into the EU or cartoons. They make up the vast majority of the people who watched the films in the cinema.
Obsessives like us who hang out on SW forums, read all the books and comics, watch all of the series and play all of the games are in the minority.
The Emperor or Palps.
He wasn't called Palpatine back in the day so it was only the Emperor for years when I was a kid.
Ben.
Jacen was an ultra pacifist. The idea he would fall to the Dark Side made no sense.
Although Vergere and the Vong did mess him up quite bad so...
^ Yup.
^ That's a good shout.
Or maybe not redemption. Maybe stay conflicted. Maybe get worse. Or maybe join Luke's New Jedi Order. He was rocking the non-attachment vibe hard.
As it turned out Luke was absolutely correct about Ben. Palps/Snoke had been grooming him since he was in the womb.
Had Luke not backed out, the New Jedi Order would have survived and possibly given the galaxy a better chance of stopping the First Order. Only possibly though, they did all get pasted by one angry 24 yr old.
And Luke didn't save Anakin. Anakin saved Luke.
Bespin by miles.
Iconic and absolutely crucial to the storyline of the franchise.
You could take both of the other duels out of the story without it having much impact.
I liked it because it was a different take than Legends.
I wasn't a particular fan of Legends Luke anyway. My favourite Luke storyline in Legends was Dark Empire cus he messed up and had to be bailed out by Leia.
I thoroughly enjoyed this series from start to finish. I was entertained throughout and I'm actually glad we were left with questions.
A great story that didn't do the obvious. Jod didn't become a goodie and save the kids. The Supervisor wasn't Renood. None of the kids turned out to be Jedi.
I also agree that Jude Law was brilliant.
And we got the line, 'lock s-foils' which has been sending shivers of excitement down my spine for nearly 50 years.
It made me feel like a kid again.
I don't give two fuffs about the bits that required suspension of disbelief. It's fantasy. And fantasy done well.
Wonderful.
Let's hope loads of people spoil it by writing thousand word essays, or making rabid, clickbait youtube videos, trashing it...
Sarcasm.
Lol.
I'm late to the Skeleton Crew party but I'm happy to say I'm thoroughly enjoying it.
It is lighthearted in many ways but there are some genuinely brutal moments, mainly from Jod. Like when he gets 33 (Smee) to raise the acid bath and his execution of Brutus.
I know this isn't from this episode but I loved Wim's attempt at using the lightsaber. I was thinking ,oh here we go, Wim's a Jedi but no, fail.
The show has a nice little habit of not doing the obvious thing in certain circumstances.
I've missed all the other posts but I agree with @SagaSeeker in thinking the old Cinder captain is the Supervisor.
But given what I've just said about the unexpected, maybe he isn't.
It's probably Palpatine, somehow...
I hope he swears as much as Sandor Clegane did.
Shin Hati - lots of people name their lightsabers.
Baylon - lots of c....
I agree with Mace Windu having an f-bomb.
Maybe a surprised m*****rf**k when Little Ani chops his hands off in ROTS.
Couldn't agree more. Particularly the bit about the battle droids.
It really annoyed me in TPM. The sight of rank upon rank of battle droids could have felt genuinely threatening. But then they spoke and all credibility evaporated. TCW doubled down on that and, like you said, make the CIS look a bit idiotic.
I don't remember if anyone brought this up, but the fill in the gaps storytellingof TCW means you know certain characters cannot die, removing jeopardy.
On the flip side, it's highly likely that any Jedi you didn't see in ROTS is going to die.
I'm done with gap filling now. I'm really hoping that Lucasfilm will make content after the Skywalker saga, but with a big time jump. No legacy characters or relations.
And that someone suggests how important it is to tell the story, with a proper plan, in order, that doesn't keep changing because of the complaints from the fanbase.
Stick to convictions, stick to the plan, tell the story logically. No retcons, proper continuity.
Thanks!