I think the retcon actually kind of works because it explains how Anakin was able to survive a significant amount of time being grilled alive face down in hot coals until palpatine got to him.
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The Mandalorian - Season 2 |OT| Wherever I go, he goes [SPOILERS ON EPISODE DROP]
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Slayed by Anakin, as TCW shows it in a vision of the future
Still doesn't really make sense to me though. Why would Shaak-ti be meditating with her back turned while everybody else in the temple is busy fighting and dying?
The one where Anakin kills her in the temple is currently canon because that is what Yoda sees in his vision in TCW S6.
The reason this happened is because originally the one where Grievous kills her was going to be it, but then they deleted the scene from the movie. The one where Anakin kills her was an alternate, less finished version, and also deleted. So since she wasn't "canon dead" TFU was allowed to use her, assuming she survived. Then TCW made the Anakin kills her deleted scene canon.
It's part of Wookieepedia's style guide. Any articles about in-fiction content are written in the past tense, because of the whole "a long time ago" thing. Articles about real-world subjects will use present tense and future tense where appropriate (so they won't describe a living actor in past tense for example).
Kind of a weird reductive question, but is this show good for people not really into Star Wars? I'm intrigued by the sci-fi western aspects of it and the production value but got burnt out on the franchise a long time ago so I have no attachment to the mythology behind the show.
Would you say it's a great show on its own merits, or is it just good in comparison to the latest Star Wars stuff they've put out? I heard it's a bit tropey and dependent on being familiar with other Star Wars shows like Rebels, but I would like some opinions.
Would you say it's a great show on its own merits, or is it just good in comparison to the latest Star Wars stuff they've put out? I heard it's a bit tropey and dependent on being familiar with other Star Wars shows like Rebels, but I would like some opinions.
Try it out and make your own judgment. Personally I would say if you just want big budget spectacle you can turn your brain off to on a weekly basis you'll probably be happy. If you're looking for a "great show on its own merits" you'll probably find it lacking.
This guy is happy no one remembers how much he sucks.
You know what Jedi sucks even more? This guy from TCW S3 who they chose to name Ima-Gun Di. Which is an apt name, because it's a phonetic spelling of what happens to him.
Ima-Gun Di
Ima-Gun Di to Captain Keeli, during his last stand fighting on Ryloth Ima-Gun Di was a male Kajain'sa'Nikto Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order as a General during the Clone Wars. He was killed on Ryloth by Separatist droid forces while helping to save its people. What do you think...
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There are tons of casual viewers who enjoy the show despite not being franchise fans, and the overwhelming majority of viewers have never seen Clone Wars or Rebels. There's a lot to appreciate for long-time fans, but it's plenty watchable. You don't actually need to know who Cobb Vanth, Ahsoka Tano, or Grand Admiral Thrawn are to follow the show.
I think it's worth a shot. It's a beautiful looking show with some great setpieces and scenes. Sometimes it does a great job of adding to the mythos and lore, although it still feels pretty "small". Lots of Tatooine or Tatooine-like locations, which makes sense given the "Star Wars Western" vibe but it's still another damned desert planet.
I agree with TDLink--I wouldn't say it's a great show on its own merits. It's enjoyable but rarely rises to anything more than that. It has some good side characters, but I think Mando/Din (which I frequently forget his name is) is pretty bland and Baby Yoda is mostly a charming toy. And it's no more or less science fiction than the rest of Star Wars is--it's more dressing/theme rather than pushing any interesting sci-fi ideas or concepts here.
I don't think you need to watch the shows/know the lore to enjoy it, but there *are* moments that rely on that knowledge. Lots of casual watchers were asking "wtf was that sword" at the end of Season 1, for example.
Mostly, I think the show just feels really inconsistent. Sometimes the action is fantastic, sometimes it's very stilted or edited to hell. Sometimes the characters feel well realized and interesting, sometimes they feel like B movie rejects.
Clone Wars is actually canon. The first two were deleted scenes, and Force Unleashed was wiped away in the Disney buyout.
Shaak Ti - the character they just couldn't figure out how to kill, but definitely knew they wanted to kill.
*All this Windu bashing*
*Perfected and completed an ancient, forbidden Lightsaber Form without falling to the darkside*
*Was one of the few Jedi who treated Clones like people*
*Lead a nigh-suicide mission to save someone he didn't even like*
*Respected by Luke Skywalker*
*Beat Darth Fucking Sidious*
Mace is a jackass, but that dosen't change the fact he was one of the greatest Jedi of all time.
*Perfected and completed an ancient, forbidden Lightsaber Form without falling to the darkside*
*Was one of the few Jedi who treated Clones like people*
*Lead a nigh-suicide mission to save someone he didn't even like*
*Respected by Luke Skywalker*
*Beat Darth Fucking Sidious*
Mace is a jackass, but that dosen't change the fact he was one of the greatest Jedi of all time.
On a completely random note I wish the scene with Vader killing her stayed in the movie. Even though it was unfinished I love the idea of seeing him walking down a hallway in the Jedi Temple while clones and Jedi are fighting each other around him.
Chapter 13 was the first episode of this show that fired on all cylinders for me. Up until now, I've liked but never loved it. That was handily my favorite episode to-date.
Is the HDR bad like season 1?
Can anyone even get HDR working on the Android app? It doesn't even show up for me.
Hmm...Was the Onderon arc actually that good?
I remember I found it very boring the first time I watched it...
I mean aside from the fact that this was the arc that introduced Saw, I didn't find this arc to be all that great or special.
I'm the opposite. I liked it fine, but the Jedi stuff doesn't really mesh with the show brilliantly IMO.
Yeah my mate's girlfriend can't stand Star Wars and she's mostly into Mando.
So in my headcanon ewoks were playing the mando theme song with the flute and all at the end of the chapter when they liberated the village.
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I liked the story of the people taking back their world and having warfare in the streets. It wasn't perfect (the Jedi weren't supposed to help them but that felt inconsistent throughout), but it was different enough from what I've seen in the show so far that I ended up liking it. I also feel it was an important moment for Ahsoka (she's the one who ultimately didn't save Saw's sister Stella). Wonder if they will go back to that or if we just accept it as another load onto her emotional baggage.
Also enjoyed the cave trial of the younglings in the episode right after this arc.
Definitely weird that families and communities just give up their kids, though.
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Finished my Zoom meetings for the day and I've got 90 mins of free time. Gonna get in 3 eps of Clone Wars. Woohoo.
Yoda states in ESB that he's trained Jedi for 800 years. makes me so curious about how they age since Grogu is 50 already.
The Rey pulls the lightsaber in TFA moment but with Grogu and the darksaber. It's like poetry it rhymes.
I'm glad I read this explanation because you could have told me the scene of Grievous killing her was actually in the movie and I would have believed you (the prequels are so busy looking man, I can't remember what happened on screen half the time).
My money is on The Bad Batch tv series coming next year.
They'll be hired to help Grogu escape the empire's grasp right after Order 66.
It was one of the last cuts from the film IIRC. That is why it basically looks ready/like any other shot in the finished film.
This is one of the things I'd be extremely disappointed if they regulated this in spinoff material. :/ I mean they showed Din's backstory so it would be out of place if we didn't see Grogu's. Dave Filoni tends to be really good about giving his characters complete arcs.
This is a good call. I'm not sure they'd save him from the temple but I can totally see them being hired/assigned to protect him in transit by a third party at some point.
Presumably the Empire can't have control of him at any point, so I imagine he was secreted out by a Jedi or temple staff and hidden for a time. Bad Batch could either be sent to reclaim him or to protect him never knowing what he is.
Damn, never thought of that but it would be an interesting way of getting viewers interested in the series for sure.
Since Yoda was almost 900 when he died, that means he was approaching 100 when he was teaching Jedi. I'm guessing they have an extended infancy, short adolescence, and then are just adults forever.
Or perhaps when under severe trauma their growth and development slows to a genuine halt — but yeah hopefully they answer this
or maybe he was frozen in carbonite for some time haha
Grogu gonna pupate for 50 years and emerge as a wrinkled jedi master
I feel like people put too much emphasis on this. When you're talking a number as high as 800 years, I'm sure Yoda's just throwing out a ballpark. So give or take a couple hundred years, honestly.
Yeah, by order 66 Grogu should've been Anakins age, so about 23. But Ahsoka said his memories are dark after that.
So he only got a chance to really be raised/trained for less than half his total life so far. The last 27 years or so, he has no recollection, or his memories suppressed.
Poor little dude.
Idk man, this death is pretty good, like at least he went down like a champ:You know what Jedi sucks even more? This guy from TCW S3 who they chose to name Ima-Gun Di. Which is an apt name, because it's a phonetic spelling of what happens to him.
Ima-Gun Di
Ima-Gun Di to Captain Keeli, during his last stand fighting on Ryloth Ima-Gun Di was a male Kajain'sa'Nikto Jedi Master who served the Jedi Order as a General during the Clone Wars. He was killed on Ryloth by Separatist droid forces while helping to save its people. What do you think...
That other guy was a council member and he jobbed so goddamn hard within seconds.
This weeks chapter is... 32 minutes long.
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Presumably directed by Robert Rodriquez.
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Presumably directed by Robert Rodriquez.