Star Wars Rewatch

Hussar · Feb 18, 2023

Well. Just blazed my way through the final season of Clone Wars. A lot of the missing pieces fall into place.

Funny thing is, the final season is almost entirely Asohka. There’s almost nothing of Anakin in it. But it does set up Revenge so much better than AotC did.

billd91 · Feb 18, 2023

Hussar said:
I get the idea of Vader as petulant teen bothered people. Fair enough.

It gives you the impression that the real story of Anakin's transformation into someone who could become Vader happened between Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones.

MGibster · Feb 18, 2023

Hussar said:
It’s not. It’s nowhere near as bad as critics make it out to be. Lots of action, visually stunning and a decent story. Sure there’s some pretty bad acting, but, it’s not like I watch Star Wars for the acting.

I've actually been thinking about watching some of the Star Wars movies again. I havne't seen TPM or even ANH in more than twenty years now. I think the biggest problems with the prequels was that I was in my twenties when I watched them instead of seven. Jesus, only 16 years between RotJ and TPM! It seemed like a long time back then but nothing now. And, well, the prequels look much better after having watched the latest triology. As least the prequels told a cohesive story.

Cadence · Feb 18, 2023

Hussar said:
Like why the heck are r2d2 and C3PO in this movie. Serve no purpose at all.

They're in all of I-VI, right? Which of VII-IX are they in?

Guest 7030100 · Feb 18, 2023

MarkB said:
That one I got through just fine simply by skipping every single scene between Anakin and Padme.

What, are you kidding?? Everything I know about relationships today I learned from Anakin's thoughts on sand.

Zardnaar · Feb 18, 2023

Hussar said:
Well. Just blazed my way through the final season of Clone Wars. A lot of the missing pieces fall into place.

Funny thing is, the final season is almost entirely Asohka. There’s almost nothing of Anakin in it. But it does set up Revenge so much better than AotC did.

CloneWars is pretty good. I prefer rebels as it's more consistent but the best of cline Wars is better than best of rebels if that makes any sense.

Asohka is very popular mostly due to the Clones Wars. Her debut was horrendous in possibly the worst Star Wars movie ever.

Elodan · Feb 18, 2023

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Elodan · Feb 18, 2023

Cadence said:
They're in all of I-VI, right? Which of VII-IX are they in?

They’re in every live action movie, except Solo.

Cadence · Feb 18, 2023

Elodan said:
They’re in every live action movie, except Solo.

Appropriate for the stars of the series

pukunui · Feb 18, 2023

Yeah, it’s interesting. I was so upset when watching TPM for the first time in the theater that I almost walked out, but when I watched it again more recently with my kids, I found it wasn’t as bad as I’d first though.

AotC is definitely the worst. Anakin and Padme’s relationship is awful. The action scenes are dull. And so on and so forth.

RotS is the best of the prequels. Yes, it still has some cringey moments, and Anakin’s fall to the dark side feels a little sudden. The guy who wrote the novelization did a better job making it believable.

Clone Wars had some real highs, and I’m really enjoying the Bad Batch (so much so that it’s actually making me want to run a SW RPG campaign again). Rebels was fantastic.

The Mandalorian is, of course, the best SW. Not just because it’s great on its own but also because it builds on the foundations that shows like the Clone Wars and Rebels laid (Bo-Katan, Ahsoka, the Darksaber, etc).