They must have put a chimp high on sugar as main writer these days

I'm going to see Episode 9 just to see how this series of films ends. I'm almost betting Rey is Luke's daughter.

After seeing the new trailer, I got the impression that they are trying to fix all the things Rian Johnson screwed up with the previous film. Kylo gets a new helmet again. We get a new (or old) Dark Lord again, since RJ killed off the other one who was supposed to be the main antagonist throughout the trilogy, etc... And as I have guessed all along, that Ray is Luke's daughter. She even has the old Skywalker ligthtsaber back again.

I really wonder if anyone at Disney/Lucasfilm ever actually saw The Last Jedi before it went to the theaters? The way it contradicts so much of what was set up in Force Awakens, and how this new movie seems intent on putting things back on that original track, make me wonder if RJ pulled a fast one on them.

I hope the midiclorian count in the blood make a return. You know, the thing they never ever addressed even once in the original movies

I watched the trailer again, and now I think I know what that giant wreckage is at 1:43. It is the lower edge of the Death Star's superlaser dish. And you can see part of the equatorial trench beneath it. That makes me wonder if the world they are on in that scene is either Yavin or Endor. Unless its from a new Death Star?

Khajiit wondered that too. Is it possible it’s from the second Death Star and that Empy Palps somehow managed to survive the fall and following destruction of the space station?

The problem is they allowed the directors to have freedom in the directions their characters take, and backstories. They didn’t have any major things set in stone, such as Snoke’s background, Rey’s parents, etc. Rian has a different vision than JJ. And the former actually said he wouldn’t mind Abrams rewriting Rey’s parentage which just begs the question, shouldn’t have this been more organized in the beginning?


EU had stories of Palpatine surviving after his death, using his spirit to enter a clone body. In canon Sith can’t wander around in ghostly forms after death like the Jedi do(which by the way is awesome that the Jedi can survive out of selflessness). I think perhaps the Sith can survive and are bound in the place of their death.

There’s a precedent for this in the form of Darth Bane speaking to Yoda, or Momim(an ancient Sith) speaking to Darth Vader through his shattered helmet on Mustafar. Perhaps Sidious’ spirit or essence is haunting the ruins of the Second Death Star.

It seems hard to believe they would be that disorganized. But that appears to be the case. Actual footage from Lucasfilm's planning session




That is probably the case. Maybe Palpatine is the wreckage of the second Death Star? Perhaps just waiting for some force sensitive victim to come along so he can possess their body? Kylo Ren perhaps?

In any case, this is supposed to be the last movie of this part of the saga. Why would they bring Empy Palps back if they are only going kill him off at the end of this movie? Either they aren’t and Palps is just going to be like a spirit tempting Rey or instructing Kylo (or trying to possess either of them for his own benefit), or they will bring him back in the flesh at the end and start a new series of movies revolving around his trying to rebuild the Empire.

Also, would a Sith need a force sensitive person to be able possess them? Would the Sith’s spirit be able to tap into the force through its own connection to the force?

I forgot to add. As Al-Hazred wrote in the Necronomicon:
In his house in Mustafar,
Dead Vader waits dreaming.




They might be planning to use Palpatine as a major big bad for next few serieses of movies. Perhaps retcon things to say he planned it all along.

I am just thinking that a force-user's body would be easier for another force user to possess. Having a strong attunement with the force at both ends. The body does seem to be an important factor. Even midiochlorians aside, they have definitely established that the Force runs strong in certain bloodlines. I would think Palpatine would want a body where it flows strongest - i.e. Skywalker blood. Maybe it ends with Rey killing Kylo, then Palpatine possessing Rey. Becoming Reypatine.

I can see that happening. Definitely interesting. Apparently, they planned Palpatine's return since Force Awakens. The concept art for Force Awakens had a submerged Death Star debris and someone exploring the ruins.

Another concept art for Force Awakens was Anakin's force ghost that would alternate between Vader and Anakin, commissioned for the movie. Having Hayden Christensen return as Anakin would be a fantastic way to close the Skywalker saga.

That looks frickin’ wicked! It seems weird to Khajiit that Anakin’s Force ghost would have all of the cybernetics and life support apparatus though.

May the 4th Be With You All!

What was that from?

Also, RIP Peter Mayhew. He passed yesterday

I believe that is from The Old Republic MMO.

I heard about Chewie as well.

More the Forth to belatedly celebrate - Lindsey Stirling and Peter Hollens tribute to Star Wars

I’m kicking myself for reading credible spoilers/leaks on Rise of Skywalker but man.... wow.... I don’t know what to say. If it’s true, well, we’ll finally get to know more about Snoke.

I’ll post it here:

Boba Vett

Pffft. The leeks at this point in time leave me going meh, tbh. There’s literally nothing interesting or something that stands out that’ll hook me in, story-wise. Honestly I’m just going to watch it just for the Knights of Ren, which, as we all know, was absolutely wasted. They should’ve appeared in TLJ smh tbh fam

Oh man...I have no faith in Episode 9 at all .

Clicky thing here .

I have faith in Star Wars, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

At this point Khajiit is just going to watch it to finish out the series. Perhaps going in with low enough expectations will make it enjoyable?

Well, Rian Johnson is not making this one, so it can't be as bad as the last movie. Since JJ Abrams is directing it will be a copy of one of the previous Star Wars movies, probably Return Of The Jedi.

I'm just going to wait for the reviews and see if its worth my time .

Give me something for the pain (Knights of Ren) and let me die

Boy oh boy Disney really stepped into it this time. Say what you will with the prequel series those weren't nearly as bad and did get good though a little rough in some areas. George Lucas is a good Idealist and Producer but questionable in the Directing department. If Lucas and JJ Abrams teamed up for the sequel trilogy it might have been good. Regardless on how people think of JJ Abrams I like his his Star Trek movies with St: Beyond being my favorite. Still in all honestly I'm going to wait for the reviews on Episode 9 and see if its worth my time or make my own version of Episode 9.

I would consider the prequels to be canon if it wasn't for one major thing; the midiclorians. When did Yoda ever talk about midiclorians to Luke when training on Dagobah? Did Vader ever talk about them? Or Palpatine? Did Obi-Wan inform Luke about them when giving him his father's blue lightsaber?

No one ever talked about midiclorians in your blood stream being important for using the Force in the original movies. Not even as a side-note. Just an "Oh, btw". But in the prequels they were the talk of the town. Or galaxy. It all depended on them. Low midiclorian count equalled never being a strong Force user and vice versa. And age of course. Luke, a 20-something is perfectly fine for training according to Yoda. But Anakin, an eight-year-old or whatever, is too old? Please.

This is why I am so adamant about only the original trilogy being canon. Everything else might be fun, but to me it'll never be canon. Too many inconsistencies.


Sorry. Had to get it off me

Khajiit is going to have to remind you that Yoda was reluctant to train Luke at first because of his age. He told Obighost as much.

He did, yes. I did forget about that, tbh. But he didn't object nearly as strongly as when they all considered training Anakin. Then Yoda was like "Impossible, it is. Too old, he is. Refuse, I do. Hmm."

Eh, honestly, Khajiit just chooses what he believes to be canon. The new series? Luke ate something that disagreed with him and these new movies are just his nightmares playing out.

And he was right. If they had not trained Anakin, he would not have restored 'balance' to the force. Yoda should have pulled out his lightsaber and beheaded Anakin the moment he saw him. Then Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan.

That sure would have been a short and interesting movie


But then I wouldn't have had Vader to boss around with in Star Wars: Rebellion

Ok, so maybe instead Mace turns to Yoda and says:

"Reach in that bag and hand me my lightsaber. It's the one that says 'Bad A$$ Mother$#@&$*'"

Then Mace kills all three...

That’s more like it

Just finished watching the first episode of The Mandalorian. It was really good. It is a Western, just with laser guns. A lot of fun, without too much thinking. The titular character never takes his helmet off for the entire episode, which makes me want to applaud. Not many actors are willing to do that. They even lampshaded it when someone asks him if he ever takes his helmet off.

Come to think of it, I do not believe we ever heard the Mandalorian's name either. He might be The Mandalorian With No Name. There is a precedent for it in Westerns after all...

I thought his armor looked kind of cheaply made at first, except for the helmet. During the episode he gets some Beskar steel, which he takes to a Mando smith to have a pauldron made from it. After that I started looking more closely at the rest of his armor, and appreciated it a lot more. I could see how other parts of it were Beskar as well, like the helmet, and others were not. You could see it just from the texture of the metal. That was a really good touch.

Jon Favreau makes a cameo as a mark, and Nick Nolte also turns up for a little while. Both are voice-acting cgi aliens. I also recognized the voice of the Mandalorian smith as Emily Swallow. Werner Herzog is a former Imperial who hires the Mando, and I expect we will see more of him, and the Imperial remnant in future episodes.

So far they have shown us that the Mando has a cool ship, a Razor Crest (I am not sure if that is the model, or just the name of his individual ship). I just read in an article that they use a practical model for it rather than cgi. That is good to hear. It will still look good in the future, when we have 8k and 48k tvs.

I think what I appreciated most was how they played the Mando. They did not try to go over the top with the macho attitude, or uberness with him. He's a lot more laid back, like Kevin Sorbo plays his characters. He's tough, and you know it, so he does not have to brag about it. In fact, he's the one suggesting to another bounty hunter that they team up. He gets rescued from a giant guar that was going to eat him by Nick Nolte's somewhat scrawny-looking alien character, and falls flat on his back the first time he tries to ride said guar. But in the fights, he comes through.

He's also not as much of a lone wolf as it first appeared. He is part of a Mandalorian clan, one cast out in the galaxy in the Mando diaspora. In fact, they revealed that he is not a Mando by birth, but was an orphan adopted into the Mando clan. Something which plays a key role in events at the end of the episode. He is also a member of the Bounty Hunters guild. His contact in the guild is Carl Weathers, looking a little older and softer from how I remember him in Predator. But hey, he's still Carl Weathers!

A buddy of mine saw it and had nothing but good to say about it. Dammit, now Khajiit is considering getting yet another subscription. Le sigh

That's not the only way to watch it...

I hope I'm not beating a dead horse here but I do hope they address the fate of Boba Fett. I know he isn't considered Mandalorian in new canon(thanks a lot, George Freaking Lucas ) but if you're going to have a new character that more or less is a successor to Fett in this Post-Empire galaxy, you might as well let fans know what exactly happened to one of the best bounty hunters in the galaxy. Hell, some are even saying Boba is in the background of the first episode.

We know Aurra Sing was as mentioned in Solo; few other Bounty hunters and characters had their named dropped in the anthology movies like Kenobi(referenced in Rogue One) and Syndulla(also referenced in Rogue One). So, can we have a nice little mention of Fett retiring somewhere in some distant planet(I mean Vader's payment for Solo, and Jabba's payment for Solo must have been big credits to Fett), instead of ignobly digesting in the Sarlaac's belly. I mean he was defeated by a blind man . . . not saying legendary characters don't meet crappy ends, since Achilles, Alexander the Great and plenty others met less-than-glorious fates . . . but it would be a disservice not to mention Fett in any way in the event this new guy is "replacing" him.

That being said, I really enjoyed the first episode of the Mandalorian. This new character is already a great character in my opinion, and as Subrosa pointed out, he's had some humbling moments in the pilot, establishing that he's no overpowered indestructible warrior but rather a very skilled one that may or may not need support when in stressful moments. I like this grittier part of Star Wars that brings us back to the Original Trilogy with the cantina scenes, and the countless alien species that inhabit the galaxy, and we get to meet them as opposed to the majority of them being as background characters in the sequel trilogy. Did I mention I'm more excited about the Mandalorian than Rise of Skywalker? (Gasp!)

I'm also excited for the Obi-Wan series, despite Obi-Wan not being on my list of favorite characters. There's plenty of other series confirmed to be in development, one of which is a rumored Darth Maul and Qui'ra series(Hell. Yeah.). Hopefully we'll see what's in store.

The only issue I had with the pilot episode of the Mandalorian was that it ended too damn fast. Wish the episode was longer

Yeah but then you have to get a vpn and deal with the torrents and Khajiit thinks he would rather pay the $7 than trust all of that is working like it should.

Yarr harr harr; Mesa gonna be a pirate in the weekend and watch some...

Things.

Sniff---mah boi Luke. If only he knew what would become of him. T_T

Watched the two episodes of The Mando. Don’t ask me how, the Dark Side was involved.

Anyway. Solid 8.5/10 from me, fellas. I needs more of that good ish.

Honestly the Mouse should do more stuff like these, focusing on the mundane and grimy part of Star Wars and giving us a break from those troublesome laser-sword wielding monks and Nietzsche edgelords.

Like, dude. Rogue One, Solo and the Mandalorian? Boi they severely outclass the Sequel Trilogy like Asian Elephants outclassing African Elephants on Raphia.

#ManDelorean

I'll add my two thumps-up for the Mandalorian, too. Amazing so far.

We have spoken.

So for all of you who have not watched it yet, get out of my sight and go watch it. I’ll disintegrate you, I swear to Kad Harangir

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-YaUgn72o3Q

You want to see disintegrations, you watch the ManDelorean, Kad Harangir damnit

This is making me wanna join up on that Star Wars RP server site I rage quit from years ago (I think Darkness Eternal was there too) as a ManDelorean

Do it and then you can tell us all about it when you rage quit again!

You’re an aruetii after my own heart, Catman

The Mandalorian Episode 3 is a solid 8/10, fellas

Action scenes to the gills like you wouldn’t believe

#TheMandalorian #ThisIsTheWay #IHaveSpoken