I love Solo, it’s the best of the Disney movies imo. It’s just a fun ride.Was Solo actually good? I still haven't watched it.I tried once, on an airplane, but I fell asleep.
Reva says she played dead beside her fellow padawans so I assume she escaped the temple, and lived off Coruscant's streets for a bit before they finally found her.
At this point, does it even matter anymore?
Star Wars is one big dumpster fire under Disney.
We’ve seen this baseball player just hit a home run. Why can’t he hit another one?2/3 of that is **** retcons from ROTJ retroactively projected onto innocent ol' ANH and ESB, and 1/3 of that is the normal dream-like coincidence that defines movies.
The conveniences in OWK are within scene - ie we've just seen Vader pull down a ship.... why can't he pull down the other one? The Jedi cellphone with Bail's critical reveal is dropped in a huge hangar... but happens to be within a few feet of Reva... who's just survived a lightsaber impalement.
There's a difference. It's the reason no one ever really questioned the ANH stuff whereas this OWK stuff comes up immediately. The story of ANH is incredibly powerful - the story in OWK has little tension or power.
Weak storytelling and truly BAD directing is what has defined this show. Oh except, look guys... ANGRY VADER IS BACK WITH MORE POWERS THAN EVER!
What are you talking about? ANH already presented him as a sorcerer and enforcer through dialogue and actions. A master negotiator and tactician? He only speaks in the Death Star meeting because he has to provide retorts about the force when he feels insulted and then chokes an officer. Of course he’s not going to use his lightsaber against Imps but he certainly uses the force constantly through force choke. I guess you forget that Lucas added new force abilities each film so of course they continue becoming more flashy.
Hate also kept Vader alive. Sorry you don’t like the explanation but dark siders surviving lethal injuries has been around forever. Look up Darth Sion too who has been so deconstructed over time from injuries that his body is only held together by his will and the force.Part of the silliness of all this is attributable to Lucas. When he wanted Maul revived, he and Filoni came up with the idea that it was "hate" which kept him alive. Yes, you read that right.
I suspect that's why the story group is having dark side users survive impalement while lightsiders like Qui-Gon actually die from seemingly identical circumstances.
The crazy thing is that people at Lucasfilm seem to have a command of the lore created by the later (inferior) version of Lucas but oblivious to fundamental lore that he started it all with in the OT.
At this point, does it even matter anymore?
Yep, Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes didn't top the Galactic Charts with 'The Power of Hate' for no reason.
There is no pure OT. Star Wars has always been a convoluted mess of contrivances held together with special effects and action set pieces. Haven’t you heard of the ANH ESB purists? To them they don’t believe in episode numbers because PT started that and ANH is just called Star Wars. They don’t even count ROTJ as canon. ;pIt might... But remaking the OT would be the fault of both George Lucas and Disney. I have always been able to say that is all ended with ROTJ. The ST does nothing to really impact the OT. But if I want to enjoy any new SW content, I have to watch the Disney shows
This show / BOBF and the PT have retconned so much of the OT that there is no flow to the story anymore.
The ST does not change anything enough to make me think the OT might get a Remake. But the way these shows / movies play loose with the fact of the original story makes me think they almost want to do a remake so the stories will all flow together.
Having said all that. I separate it all. OT is the OT.
The PT and the Obi Wan / BOBF series are their own thing, and the ST is its own thing.
I can find things in all of it to enjoy, but for the OT to be pure, I have to separate it all.
Just need to make the most of those moments when they do arrive.It might be continually floating down the road, but sometimes the fire goes out.
Just need to make the most of those moments when they do arrive.
And those other kinds of moments too...
Such a wasted opportunity.
That was my immediate thought as well. I knew they probably wouldn't go with the scissor decapitation based on what we've heard about the plot through spoilers but if that was the case, they just shouldn't have set it up for that. That's the really dumb part.Such a wasted opportunity.
No point setting it up with no intention of not executing it.
I believe what you meant about the OT is "deep, mythic storytelling that will endure for centuries" and "a hypnotic cultural bullseye that goes to the deepest levels of the social unconscious" and "so immersive and compelling in character, world and story that any inconsistencies/plot holes don't even register (only apparent when the spell is temporarily lifted.)"
