[TRAILER] Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

[Zardnaar]

Advantage Solo had though was Mauls survival was known about although it would have been puzzling to casuals.

That whole blue explosion thing at the end of Jedi is going to be hard to explain.

 

[Salthorae]

Maybe. I mean... clones are canon.

 

[Umbran]

They literally have resurgence class Star Destroyers and they have 10 or 20 time the weapons of the ISDs.

Dude, most people watching the movies don't know the names of the various classes of Star Destroyers. I played the RPGs for years, and I don't know the names of the First Order ships.

I meant that rising from the waters was good cinematic visual imagery for a power that was thought departed to be rising again, coming back.

 

[Zardnaar]

Dude, most people watching the movies don't know the names of the various classes of Star Destroyers. I played the RPGs for years, and I don't know the names of the First Order ships.

I meant that rising from the waters was good cinematic visual imagery for a power that was thought departed to be rising again, coming back.

Names are in the other SW media not RPGs. Might be I haven't played the other one.

It is a good visual but might be a little silly.

Even in Star Wars some things are over the top and amphibious Star Destroyers might be one of them.

It's a fairly minor one and the iceberg thing seems to be floating in space not a lake so it gets back to if you want to find out go see the movie. Which is good, trailer did its job.

They also might be buried in ice and burying ISDs has been done before. Rewatching the trailer that might not be water.

 

[Legatus Legionis]

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[Retreater]

I long considered myself a Star Wars fan, but I realized that I like a very small part of it.
While I loved ANH and ESB, RotJ is kind of hit and miss.
The early EU is decent stuff, along with some of the games (KotOR comes to mind).
But I don't like any of the prequels - I think they're awful (even RotS, which has its fans these days). I don't like The Clone Wars animated series (which is supposed to be excellent, but to me, it just doesn't connect). Rebels was okay for a while until I tired of it. Never watched Resistance.
From the Disney Star Wars, Force Awakens piqued my interest. I didn't need Rogue One or Solo. I disliked Last Jedi - but in a different way than I disliked the prequels.
So I'm here looking at Episode 9 with the realization that maybe I just don't love Star Wars like I thought I did. I loved my idea of Star Wars, based on my childhood and the stories I told in my imagination through action figures, RPGs, video games, etc. The more it has expanded and challenged my original ideas of the franchise, the less I liked it. The "strange" direction of the Clone Wars (not just the series but its presentation in the whole story - it never felt the way it was discussed in the Original Trilogy), the grumpy old man Luke, the absent father Han who left Leia, midichlorians, whiny brat Anakin, Special Edition alterations, and so much more.
My love for Star Wars had been a defining characteristic of my life. It brought me to mythology, Joseph Campbell, sci-fi/fantasy literature and films, and a general love of world creation and storytelling long before I picked up a D&D manual.
But maybe it's time to move on?

 

[trappedslider]

Names are in the other SW media not RPGs. Might be I haven't played the other one.

It is a good visual but might be a little silly.

Even in Star Wars some things are over the top and amphibious Star Destroyers might be one of them.

It's a fairly minor one and the iceberg thing seems to be floating in space not a lake so it gets back to if you want to find out go see the movie. Which is good, trailer did its job.

They also might be buried in ice and burying ISDs has been done before. Rewatching the trailer that might not be water.

Not having read anything since Disney took over or watched anything, I didn't even know that the ships had different classes,let alone names.

I long considered myself a Star Wars fan, but I realized that I like a very small part of it.
While I loved ANH and ESB, RotJ is kind of hit and miss.
The early EU is decent stuff, along with some of the games (KotOR comes to mind).
But I don't like any of the prequels - I think they're awful (even RotS, which has its fans these days). I don't like The Clone Wars animated series (which is supposed to be excellent, but to me, it just doesn't connect). Rebels was okay for a while until I tired of it. Never watched Resistance.
From the Disney Star Wars, Force Awakens piqued my interest. I didn't need Rogue One or Solo. I disliked Last Jedi - but in a different way than I disliked the prequels.
So I'm here looking at Episode 9 with the realization that maybe I just don't love Star Wars like I thought I did. I loved my idea of Star Wars, based on my childhood and the stories I told in my imagination through action figures, RPGs, video games, etc. The more it has expanded and challenged my original ideas of the franchise, the less I liked it. The "strange" direction of the Clone Wars (not just the series but its presentation in the whole story - it never felt the way it was discussed in the Original Trilogy), the grumpy old man Luke, the absent father Han who left Leia, midichlorians, whiny brat Anakin, Special Edition alterations, and so much more.
My love for Star Wars had been a defining characteristic of my life. It brought me to mythology, Joseph Campbell, sci-fi/fantasy literature and films, and a general love of world creation and storytelling long before I picked up a D&D manual.
But maybe it's time to move on?

It sounds like your expectations didn't mesh well with reality,and yeah if i felt like that I'd move on as well.

 

[Zardnaar]

Part of it's expectations. ANH and ESB are so good compared with everything else.

There's only a handful of things that get close to them, it's impossible to match IMHO.

The very best of the old EU, best comics, best videogame (KotoR let's face it) can come close most fail.

Terminator has the same problem except they've rehashed the same story 5/6 movies instead of once.

MCU might have the same problem, everything is going to be compared the the Avengers.

 

[ccs]

I long considered myself a Star Wars fan, but I realized that I like a very small part of it.
While I loved ANH and ESB, RotJ is kind of hit and miss.

Yeah, I know what you mean.
While the ewoks were stupid/annoying....
If Lucas had just left out 2 pieces, Jedi would've been a lot better.
1) Anakin as a redeemed force ghost.
No. You do not get to enjoy the victory party after spending the last 20some years terrorizing & murderizing the galaxy. Not even if you did just throw your more evil boss into a reactor. And that's BEFORE we ever learn what he did in the prequels+
But this is not as bad as....
2) Lea being Lukes sister.
Bleh. Just trying to one up the reveal that Vader is Lukes father. You want Luke to have a sister? Fine. Leave her unnamed & have Luke & R2 heading off into another adventure to find her at the end of Jedi.

So I'm here looking at Episode 9 with the realization that maybe I just don't love Star Wars like I thought I did. I loved my idea of Star Wars, based on my childhood and the stories I told in my imagination through action figures, RPGs, video games, etc. The more it has expanded and challenged my original ideas of the franchise, the less I liked it.

Again, I know what you mean. The potential of more SW adventures, whatever was/is in our imaginations, is sooo much better than pretty much anything we've actually seen post RotJ.

 

[Zardnaar]

Yeah, I know what you mean.
While the ewoks were stupid/annoying....
If Lucas had just left out 2 pieces, Jedi would've been a lot better.
1) Anakin as a redeemed force ghost.
No. You do not get to enjoy the victory party after spending the last 20some years terrorizing & murderizing the galaxy. Not even if you did just throw your more evil boss into a reactor. And that's BEFORE we ever learn what he did in the prequels+
But this is not as bad as....
2) Lea being Lukes sister.
Bleh. Just trying to one up the reveal that Vader is Lukes father. You want Luke to have a sister? Fine. Leave her unnamed & have Luke & R2 heading off into another adventure to find her at the end of Jedi.



Again, I know what you mean. The potential of more SW adventures, whatever was/is in our imaginations, is sooo much better than pretty much anything we've actually seen post RotJ.

The few threads left over at end of Jedi.

1. Luke restablishes Jedi
2. Han and Leia's relationship
3. Luke and Leia/Leia Jedi potential.

The old EU covered that. What we got.
Skywalker suffers fail dies. Son suffers, fails dies, grandson suffers fails probably dies.

Star Wars is space opera not grimdark. That's on Disney, expectations are on us.