Official: STAR WARS THREAD. These are the droids you're looking for. **WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

[willy cheesesteak]

 

[dopey]

Interesting that this thread, like the franchise, is still going. My interests is gone. In retrospect, the sequel trilogy was worse than I thought at the time (Episode 7 was the best of them, 8 was interesting but with huge flaws and 9 was idiotic bordering on horrible). Mandalorian was mostly excellent, though I feel like I have had my fill. From here on, anything new would have to stand on its own and isn't going to come to me with much of a halo effect.

 

[SixOhNine]

I liked The Mandolorian when it was more of an episodic space Lone Ranger. Once it started going into the extensive Star Wars mythology, I started losing interest. As I think I said earlier, I'm not interested in doing homework to figure out what's going on. It's a big universe; not everything has to tie in with all the previous stuff.

 

[Jr Mouse]

This is a conversation that has been had several times in this thread. The sequel trilogy was good with the exception of Rise of Skywalker which felt like a giant apology from Lucas Films to all the whiny fanboys who hated TLJ. I started to lose interest not because of the content Disney/Lucas was putting out, but because of how toxic the fanbase got. It was no longer fun to be a Star Wars fan.

I'm thankful that some of the toxicity has started to die down because The Mandolorian is excellent and I am looking forward to the future Disney+ projects they have in the works.

 

[mhip]

I'm still a semi-Star Wars geek.
Found this print series online, and immediately ordered it.

 

[javyn]

This is a conversation that has been had several times in this thread. The sequel trilogy was good with the exception of Rise of Skywalker which felt like a giant apology from Lucas Films to all the whiny fanboys who hated TLJ. I started to lose interest not because of the content Disney/Lucas was putting out, but because of how toxic the fanbase got. It was no longer fun to be a Star Wars fan.

I'm thankful that some of the toxicity has started to die down because The Mandolorian is excellent and I am looking forward to the future Disney+ projects they have in the works.

Trek fandom is getting that way too.

 

[venividivicibj]

Only character I recognize from the Clone Wars is echo - are the rest new?

Heard Ming-Na Wen's voice - must be reprising the role she had in the mandalorian

 

[hpreston]

Oh Yeah!

Only character I recognize from the Clone Wars is echo - are the rest new?

Heard Ming-Na Wen's voice - must be reprising the role she had in the mandalorian

The Bad Batch were featured in the last season of The Clone Wars series, so, no, they are not new for this series. They are relatively new to SW lore, since CW final season just came out in 2020.

Ming-Na Wen is clearly visible as Fennec Shand in the trailer, so yes, she is reprising her role from Mandalorian.

 

[Texasmade]

Trek fandom is getting that way too.

Well everyone knows DS9 was the best Trek series.

 

[venividivicibj]

The Bad Batch were featured in the last season of The Clone Wars series, so, no, they are not new for this series. They are relatively new to SW lore, since CW final season just came out in 2020.

Okay- I’ve only seen up to S4 of Clone Wars, makes sense.

 

[wklq76a]

For whatever reason, I wasn't clued into the fan or critical response to the sequel trilogy, so watched the whole thing as it unfolded without any real expectations.

I thought they were fine. I enjoyed them. Maybe 7-7.5/10 overall. They surely didn't make sense all of the time, but it's sci-fi, and I don't expect that. To me, they were executed a lot more cleanly than the prequel trilogy and its horrific dialogue and acting -- andI also enjoyed that trilogy. The battles and special effects in the sequels were on point.

Only recently did I read about all the toxic hubbub surrounding it. Personally, I actually really appreciated that they made the protagonist a woman and didn't hammer that fact over your head. But reading some of the discourse after the fact around SJW and "ruining the franchise" was kind of disappointing and melodramatic to me.

But what do I know. I also enjoy the DCEU movies.

 

[dopey]

This is a conversation that has been had several times in this thread. ...

Yes. That is because it is more interesting than the content.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Yes. That is because it is more interesting than the content.

Luckily there is a wealth of content these days to latch onto. If you aren't feeling Star Wars, I'm sure there are other properties you may enjoy and discuss with like-minded fans.

 

[dopey]

That is not how discussion works. Don't try to bully people into praising something just because you like it. I like talking about Star Wars and am happy to do so even if I don't love the recent content (Mandalorian aside).

 

[Jr Mouse]

No one’s bullying or trying to force you to like anything. You made a snarky comment in reply to me when I said I’ve enjoyed most of the recent content and I replied back it sounds like it might no longer be your thing. If you can’t take that level of feedback in a discussion then I don’t know what to tell you. ?‍♂️