Tank Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Dave Filoni directed The Clone Wars movie. The only movie rated worse than TPM. He has written and directed most of the animated series. The strong point of those is the storytelling over a period of time. So I have no problem giving him a trilogy to helm. Direct? No. But he can set the stage for future projects.It's really misleading to even call that a movie. They basically re-packaged the three episode pilot arc as a film, it was never meant to be screened in that way. Filoni has a habit of doing stand-alone episodes in the first season of his shows before he really starts exploring the deeper narratives. He did the same thing in Clone Wars and Rebels. Clone Wars was a real mess in the first season, it did a lot of adventure-of-the-week episodes with some really cringey humor. But it got real deep and then really dark very quickly. Rebels sort of did the same thing, but you could tell he'd learned his lessons the first time around. I liked what he did in his episodes of Mandalorian. You can tell it was a first time live action director, but I think it's safe to say he's well on his way. A lot of that S1 CW stuff was because Lucas would come in randomly with episode ideas, and whether they fit into continuity or not, they had to do them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 That episode was awesome! Did not see Gus from Breaking Bad being in this. Stellar episode. What a cliffhanger. This series has given me so much hope for an Obi-Wan series. That's gonna be amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Love how it came together by taking all the individual people we've met and brought them together. So we have confirmation the kid is NOT a clone, so it's not Yoda. And Force-heal is a new one for the screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I like how they drop the episode today because they know it's going to be TROS the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 They implied it was because there was going to be some sort of tie-in... and instead it was a 30 second scene followed by trailer footage and the assumption you'll go buy a movie ticket for Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I spoiled myself a lot for Rise of Skywalker and Baby Yoda = Rey, so there's a huge tie-in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerina Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Two I think. The one thing I didn't like was the Twilek. I don't know if it's because she's the first bad female Twilek we've seen (I think), it because it was badly acted.During the episode I told my husband she's basically the Harley Quinn of Star Wars. Another character I find annoying. I couldn't get out of my head that she was coming off like Bellatrix from Harry Potter. Like, intentionally haphazard and a little crazy. Well, the actress played Tonks in Harry Potter so I wouldn't be shocked if I was close to spot on!I really enjoyed the episode. I didn't even mind the visuals. But, yeah, I didn't like the Twilek...honestly the whole team felt a little cookie cutter and Bill Burr was playing Bill Burr. Bill Burr playing Jason Statham? HA! I literally called them "Twi'lek Harley Quinn", "Budget Jason Statham", and "Hellboy 3.0". The trope-iness of that entire episode was rather eye-rolling to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Dammit I hadn't thought of HellBoy 3.0. That's a good one. I liked it but ughhh now I have to wait over a week for the cliffhanger. Kuiil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metropolis Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Finally got around to The Mandalorian. With Wayne Brady winning The Masked Singer the first thing that popped in my head was "Is Baby Yoda gonna have to choke a bitch?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Just caught up. The prison break episode was bad. It's also funny to think that based on Baby Yoda's age and connection to human development, Yoda was the equivalent of a human in his 30s when he died. Maybe Luke won't look that good at 900, but he sure looked better and healthier at 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Jawa Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Are you assuming human age to yoda age is x25? I'm betting some math whizes have come up with the real equation to do this. Googling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Jawa Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 Heres a reddit that makes it 11.25.https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/e4mxyc/self_how_to_calculate_your_baby_yoda_age/ I still think it's not a straight up multiplier. Like, there is some kind of exponential growth calculation or something (I don't know - I don't do math). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Are you assuming human age to yoda age is x25? I'm betting some math whizes have come up with the real equation to do this. Googling...baby yoda is 50, right? actual yoda was 900 when he died, and trained jedi for 800 years. gonna be a lot of development between 50 and 100, it seems I didn't read your second post because it's reddit and reddit is the worst website on the internet I also haven't watched the show yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Maybe infancy is just a super long period, then in a week of intensive hibernation they turn into adults, bypassing adolescence and puberty and the like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Jawa Posted December 26, 2019 Author Share Posted December 26, 2019 I didn't read your second post because it's reddit and reddit is the worst website on the internetI thought this was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 close second Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 My main point is that making him 50 is ridiculous. 25 would've worked better and been as much of a swerve, especially since Baby Yoda (developmentally roughly the same as an 18 month old human) already has a strong natural ability with the Force. Assuming Yoda had the same ability, he could've been at least helping train younglings from a very young age. Of course, who knows how yodas develop. He could've been born and then spent 49 years inside some kind of cocoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tank Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Or growing on a tree, or in stasis as a clone, or who knows-- he's an alien species in a universe where genetic cloning and mystical powers both exist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny Skywalker Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I didn't read your second post because it's reddit and reddit is the worst website on the internetTruth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I didn't read your second post because it's reddit and reddit is the worst website on the internetI thought this was.We jumped ahead by getting rid of blogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Wader Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I'm happy with how this season wrapped, all in all a fun ride. Looking forward to Season 2, a lot of nice set up in this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odine Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Yeah that was rad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filthy Jawa Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 My only quibble with that episode was the R2 ferryman. I don't quite know how to express why that bugs me, but it does.I think it boils down to not making sense design-wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 The weird R2 ferryman was still better use of R2D2 than the entire ST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Krawlie Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Was R2 even in the ST? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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