Star Wars Expanded Universe Thread

[HFCS]

In a sense, series storytelling on the Mouse+ may simply suit the Star Wars universe much better now than trying to tell an epic story in 2 hours in a theater. The movies are just a huge focal point for demanding fans with limited time when hitting singles and doubles without as much controversy can be as profitable as long as they can continue to generate it at a pace that keeps us nerds paying for the service.

Marvel has the opposite problem, where it has been built around characters with their own movies and ensemble films in a way that sort of needs to be self perpetuating. Marvel's original content on Disney+ has failed to find an audience in the way the SW shows have. The simpler superhero story arc formula just plays out better in a film than the detailed worldbuilding of a Star Wars series.

Imho it’s just the creative team.

If the people behind Mando and Andor had made sequel trilogy and people behind sequels had made tv series fans might be thinking exact opposite.

The thing that does make me want to agree with you is how feature films more often now pander to lowest common denominator of movie goer and sometimes growing foreign audiences whose tastes are questionable at best. I get to see the sausage made pretty early on some movies for my job and the times where there’s a true artistic genius at work are pretty obvious vs just a quest for box office.

The 90s X-Men cartoon is a brilliant translation of what was the most popular hero comic book up to that point. It’s 100ish episodes if you can focus on story vs 90s tv animation quality. Good writing throughout taken from good comics writers, sometimes the same exact writers.

 

[Triggermv]

Last episode of Bad Batch is best one yet

 

[houjix]

Last episode of Bad Batch is best one yet

Good. Something to look forward to when I get home.

Mando S3E2 was fun. Going to be interesting to see where they take Bo Katan's character this season. Does she become a convert to The Way or end up challenging Din for control of the Dark Saber?

 

[tman24]

Side note: I could watch bo katan walk into a cave for a whole episode.

 

[WISCY1895]

Last episode of Bad Batch is best one yet

It was just incredibly well written

 

[jdcyclone19]

It was just incredibly well written

Can definitely start to see the conflict in him with what working for the empire means. Perhaps a reunion soon?

 

[houjix]

Can definitely start to see the conflict in him with what working for the empire means. Perhaps a reunion soon?

Maybe. Frankly though, the whole "OMG were expendable, and now obsolete" is odd as the normal humans replacing them are just as expendable and will be just as obsolete if they get old enough, too. I know it probably hurts more for the clones as they literally exist to be soldiers, but other clones have shown in the past to find a way to move on and be something else.

It's also weird that the Empire is trying to kick them all to the curb. There are systems that haven't fallen in line yet. They could at least throw clones to those meat grinders to use them all up. By discharging them from service with minimal benefits, the Empire is releasing well trained soldiers out in the galaxy that will have an axe to grind. The more that wake up, like Rex & Cody, the more future thorns the Empire is going to theoretically have to deal with.

 

[WISCY1895]

Fantastic episode this week. One of the longer episodes in the series. Great action at times with some added depth in the story.

 

[mramseyISU]

Fantastic episode this week. One of the longer episodes in the series. Great action at times with some added depth in the story.

I wasn't really surprised what happened but I was surprised how they got there.

 

[khardbored]

Today's episode of Mandalorian was ... different. I hope they aren't turning it into the "general story about Star Wars" show like they did with Book of Boba Fett.

 

[tman24]

I got bored and did something else. I'll finish this episode later.

 

[jdcyclone19]

Fantastic episode this week. One of the longer episodes in the series. Great action at times with some added depth in the story.

A lot of questions from this episode. Who sent the Ties after Bo and Mando? Who is Kane working for? What play is Bo going for after not telling Mando and just being "okay then" at the end by being accepted. I have some guesses but I wonder if we are going to see something setting up the Ahsoka series a bit more.

 

[WISCY1895]

Today's episode of Mandalorian was ... different. I hope they aren't turning it into the "general story about Star Wars" show like they did with Book of Boba Fett.

I didn’t take it that way at all. I think that was setting up a larger part of the story yet to come this season. Plus adding depth to the lore around the new republic as it was rebuilding post empire is interesting to me.

 

[Die4Cy]

I'm trying to watch both Bad Batch and Mandalorian and find myself getting confused about the different timelines between them.

Bad Batch was pretty good this past week, but is it just me or has the graphics quality of the animation on that show downgraded slightly in recent weeks?

You can't say that about the set design of Mandalorian though. That has been very impressive. Coruscant the way they show it looks very real. I didn't really mind an episode that exposes a longer story arc for the show, I'm one of the people who feel like it's been rather rudderless in terms of a theme since it started.

 

[Triggermv]

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[bos]

Star Wars Exclusive: Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson Exit Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Top-Secret Movie | Above the Line

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Disney is a hurtin unit lately.

 

[Gorm]

I doubt anything Star Wars is going to go forward until KK is shown the door.

 

[bos]

I doubt anything Star Wars is going to go forward until KK is shown the door.

She’s been around studios for decades and has been part of some great stuff but yes, I feel like that ship has sailed. It’s time for her to move on.

 

[tman24]

i would really like to know why these things keep happening? is it that hard to create a star wars related story that can be wrapped up in 2 hours?

 

[Triggermv]

She’s been around studios for decades and has been part of some great stuff but yes, I feel like that ship has sailed. It’s time for her to move on.

Its pretty wide-known in the industry at this point that it is already planned for her to leave very soon here. It just hasn't been announced publicly yet. Most are saying they are waiting for right after the release of the new Indiana Jones film. Regardless, its definitely time for her to move on. Star Wars needs some fresh blood as its new head at this point.