Star Wars Expanded Universe Thread

[Gorm]

It has always been all over the place. Sometimes someone gets a blaster shot and dies immediately, other times they don't. A starfighter gets hit multiple times from capital ship turbolasers and keeps on trucking. A single shot from a snubfight to a cruiser's bridge and we get Mary Poppins. It's always been whatever is most convenient from the story standpoint.

Marry Poppins Leia is the poster child example of "plot armor."

 

[Fitzy]

The villains just need to stop pulling the lightsaber straight out, and instead draw a few circles once they stab the hero. Problem solved.

 

[Frak]

I'm with you. I watched all of Rebels so I'm getting some good stuff but I did think if you hadn't seen it the story would be almost incomprehensible.

My biggest thing is that this is so dour right now. Rebels/Clone Wars tackled some big themes but the whole time you got the impression that Ahsoka loved being a Jedi and kicking ass. Later on Sabine seemed to love being a Mandalorian and fighting on the good side. Now maybe they'll rediscover that but has anybody cracked one smile in this show? I mean it looks great, I love the bad guys, but man this show is taking itself way too seriously right now.

Dawson smiles all the time. Or should I say smirks. Drives me crazy.

 

[houjix]

The villains just need to stop pulling the lightsaber straight out, and instead draw a few circles once they stab the hero. Problem solved.

Or just take Thanos' advice and go for the head. Come back from cut in half? No big deal for Maul. Head pops off? Nope, you dead Dooku. Stay that way.

 

[bos]

The villains just need to stop pulling the lightsaber straight out, and instead draw a few circles once they stab the hero. Problem solved.

But then she dies. I suppose Id still have Hera. But still.

 

[Frak]

I’m ok with the show and will continue to watch. I was also a big CW and Rebels fan. After E3 this week, I decided to go back and watch the last episode of Rebels. The writing, the connection to the characters, the action are all way better than ahsoka. I get that that it’s animated and had seasons to develop the characters, but it was kind of jarring.

So far, I’m a little disappointed that Ahsoka is so stoic. I’m a little disappointed in how immature Sabine is after all this time. I don’t really get the enemies or their purpose. Like is thrawn that much better than everyone else that you’d sacrifice everything to find him? What’s that witch doing ordering Jedi around?

 

[BryceC]

I’m ok with the show and will continue to watch. I was also a big CW and Rebels fan. After E3 this week, I decided to go back and watch the last episode of Rebels. The writing, the connection to the characters, the action are all way better than ahsoka. I get that that it’s animated and had seasons to develop the characters, but it was kind of jarring.

So far, I’m a little disappointed that Ahsoka is so stoic. I’m a little disappointed in how immature Sabine is after all this time. I don’t really get the enemies or their purpose. Like is thrawn that much better than everyone else that you’d sacrifice everything to find him? What’s that witch doing ordering Jedi around?

Sabine was more mature in Rebels, at least 10 years prior in her timeline than she is now.

 

[bos]

I’m ok with the show and will continue to watch. I was also a big CW and Rebels fan. After E3 this week, I decided to go back and watch the last episode of Rebels. The writing, the connection to the characters, the action are all way better than ahsoka. I get that that it’s animated and had seasons to develop the characters, but it was kind of jarring.

So far, I’m a little disappointed that Ahsoka is so stoic. I’m a little disappointed in how immature Sabine is after all this time. I don’t really get the enemies or their purpose. Like is thrawn that much better than everyone else that you’d sacrifice everything to find him? What’s that witch doing ordering Jedi around?

Arent they basically mercenaries for hire though? I suppose as long as she promises them, money, security, or some cause they believe in heavily they will comply. If she strays from that, they might turn on her.

 

[Rogue52]

Beyond that, the story has already attempted to explain this to a degree. lightsaber crystals tend to have a connection to the force-wielder (and the crystals are almost portrayed as semi-sentient) so there's an element of "the lightsaber does what its wielder wants it to do". Want it to behave like a sword that cauterizes? It'll do that. Want it to behave like a torch that can cut through anything? It'll do that too. Want it to do both, and cut a hole then immediately cool down so the user can use the hilt as a handhold instead of falling off something? It'll do that too.

What happens if a non force-wielder wields the sword? Does it default to 20,000 degrees?

 

[CascadeClone]

I’m ok with the show and will continue to watch. I was also a big CW and Rebels fan. After E3 this week, I decided to go back and watch the last episode of Rebels. The writing, the connection to the characters, the action are all way better than ahsoka. I get that that it’s animated and had seasons to develop the characters, but it was kind of jarring.

So far, I’m a little disappointed that Ahsoka is so stoic. I’m a little disappointed in how immature Sabine is after all this time. I don’t really get the enemies or their purpose. Like is thrawn that much better than everyone else that you’d sacrifice everything to find him? What’s that witch doing ordering Jedi around?

Yeah, I really wanted to love this, but so far its just kinda stuff is happening.

I never watched Clone Wars until the past year or so, and mostly it was not great, but it had some moments. But then the story arc with Ashoka leaving the Jedi order... that was amazing, very Hitchcock, maybe some of the best story writing Star Wars has had.

I DID however read the Zahn trilogy way back in the 90s and loved it. So when she asked for Thrawn in Mandalorian... goosebumps! So I was jacked for Ashoka.

Still hoping it will pick up.

 

[HFCS]

Yeah, I really wanted to love this, but so far its just kinda stuff is happening.

I never watched Clone Wars until the past year or so, and mostly it was not great, but it had some moments. But then the story arc with Ashoka leaving the Jedi order... that was amazing, very Hitchcock, maybe some of the best story writing Star Wars has had.

I DID however read the Zahn trilogy way back in the 90s and loved it. So when she asked for Thrawn in Mandalorian... goosebumps! So I was jacked for Ashoka.

Still hoping it will pick up.

I'm very similar to you. I watched S1 and S2 of Clone Wars and just couldn't keep going even though people tell me it gets much better.

I read the Zahn books twice and even the comic adaptations and years later audio books so I know them like I know few other books. I also read the original non-Zahn Dark Horse comics in that era and while they were fun, I'm kind of glad they didn't become animated series, series and movies.

Everybody has "their" Star Wars and I'm sure Ahsoka must be total paradise for a certain fan that was a certain age for Clone Wars and Rebels and cherish those.

To me Rogue One and Andor, along with about half of the Mando episodes are "MY" Star Wars and I'm just happy I got any at all to add to the original trilogy after waiting so long and being so dissappointed with the prequels and "meh" with the sequel trilogy.

 

[houjix]

I read the Zahn books twice and even the comic adaptations and years later audio books so I know them like I know few other books. I also read the original non-Zahn Dark Horse comics in that era and while they were fun, I'm kind of glad they didn't become animated series, series and

Rise of Skywalker borrowed plot elements of Dark Empire.

I've consumed tons of SW from the original trilogy as a kid to the Zahn stuff when it first came out to Ahsoka and many things in between. So far it's all been my SW for the most part. I've found ways to enjoy most of the things they have released on some level. Even the projects that did quite work out, I appreciate for adding to the overall tapestry of the story.

 

[HFCS]

Rise of Skywalker borrowed plot elements of Dark Empire.

I've consumed tons of SW from the original trilogy as a kid to the Zahn stuff when it first came out to Ahsoka and many things in between. So far it's all been my SW for the most part. I've found ways to enjoy most of the things they have released on some level. Even the projects that did quite work out, I appreciate for adding to the overall tapestry of the story.

In hindsight I can go back and enjoy any of the feature films even if I was disappointed with exception of Attack of the Clones which is just brutal. I'm sure I'll get around to the rest of clone wars and rebels some day even if it's on in background.

I was such a huge fan during the drought years that in a lot of ways this stuff is competing against my own imagination. I mean I was building models and drawing my own comics and my own characters and ships, playing the tabletop rpg books...there just wasn't much for a while. In the early to mid 90s as a kid I could buy just about every product/book that was made with only paper route money.

If these animated series had came out in those years I'm sure I'd have off the charts nostalgia for them. The X-Men animated series happened in those years and to this day I love that as an animated series.

 

[khardbored]

Spoilers!

Spoiler: Will talk about Sept 5 episode

So .... Ahsoka dies and goes to Jedi heaven?
And in Jedi heaven, Anakin only has ONE artificial limb???

 

[WISCY1895]

Wow what a wild ending to that episode. Stuff is going to get crazy next week!

 

[jcf817]

Spoilers!

Spoiler: Will talk about Sept 5 episode

So .... Ahsoka dies and goes to Jedi heaven?
And in Jedi heaven, Anakin only has ONE artificial limb???

Spoiler: Ahsoka spoiler

It's the world between worlds. Have you watched Rebels?

 

[WISCY1895]

Really enjoyed the episode. Excellent light saber fighting. The last 5 mins were as good as Star Wars gets.

 

[Frak]

Ok that episode was awesome. A lot more of what I was expecting than the first two which were kind of meh. This was totally a rebels clone wars crossover.

 

[JohnPrineforCy]

Really enjoyed this epsisode, but I don't critique star wars like a lot of fans. Any star wars is good star wars to me. I had a good laugh when they didn't follow the advice of Huyang after like 30 seconds of fighting.

 

[CloniesForLife]

Great episode. Really liking this show