Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?
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I don't find anything really interesting. They seem quite flat.
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You know what though.... The disney star wars movies are so bad they make you appreciate episodes 1-3 a bit more. They still arent great, maybe not even good but definitely not worse than what disney has done.
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@kelly said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
TFA and TLJ are just terrible, especially in light of the years of content created by the novels and comics that Disney trashed.
This is my beef. There was so much that they had to choose from. Instead they made up new shit from whole cloth.
I get not wanting to "compete" with the original EU in people's heads. That would have always been a problem had they tried to go in close after VI.
But tossing it out there with no story or reason? WTF?
And then the whole Jedi are a myth thing when they met Han in VII? WTF Again?
had there been actual story to create a plot, it would have been a different discussion. Still possibly crap movies, but still.
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I've seen all the new ones except for Solo and they are ok. I'm just not a fan of Star Wars. Now if there was a movie based on a game like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, I would definitely be into that.
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@black3dynamite Have you played SWTOR? It is like a Star Wars movie. You even find out what happens to Malak and Revan.
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@black3dynamite said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I've seen all the new ones except for Solo and they are ok. I'm just not a fan of Star Wars. Now if there was a movie based on a game like Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, I would definitely be into that.
Yeah, KOTOR was better than any of the movies.
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@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@black3dynamite Have you played SWTOR? It is like a Star Wars movie. You even find out what happens to Malak and Revan.
I haven't. I was more of console gamer. Maybe I'll try it if its on Steam.
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@black3dynamite said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@black3dynamite Have you played SWTOR? It is like a Star Wars movie. You even find out what happens to Malak and Revan.
I haven't. I was more of console gamer. Maybe I'll try it if its on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/32370/STAR_WARS__Knights_of_the_Old_Republic/
It goes on sale most of the Steam sales for at least 50% off if not more. It has also been in two Humble Bundles.
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@kelly said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@black3dynamite said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@black3dynamite Have you played SWTOR? It is like a Star Wars movie. You even find out what happens to Malak and Revan.
I haven't. I was more of console gamer. Maybe I'll try it if its on Steam.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/32370/STAR_WARS__Knights_of_the_Old_Republic/
It goes on sale most of the Steam sales for at least 50% off if not more. It has also been in two Humble Bundles.
GOG has it, too.
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We were right into Star Wars books, the original canon Legends, when the new stuff started to come up.
Initially I didn't know that Disney had broken off from the old canon to create an entirely new storyline so there was a lot of confusion as both my daughter and I have read most of the Legends series.
Our favourite character old/new canon is Thrawn. Timothy Zahn is a phenomenal writer and instrumental in setting off the storm of original canon (Legends) based books. The collaboration between the authors of the various series was neat to see. They worked hard to stay loyal to the timelines and technology lines.
As far as the movies go, there's a lot there that needs to be filled in. Some aspects look like pulls from Legends while others are completely off the bend like the method Han received his last name in Solo.
On the To Do list is to pick up the new canon books, especially the Timothy Zahn Thrawn books, and start reading to see where things are coming from.
As far as Rei goes, her Force powers are mythical in nature. That's one thing the new canon follows with the old: There's always to be a balance in the Force between Light and Dark. Thus, her Force senses and abilities are easily on par with Kylo Ren and with development easily with Snoke.
I thoroughly enjoyed Rogue One and Solo though I was disappointed with the naming scene. Solo's cousin is one nasty dude in Legends. I also enjoyed both mainstream movies. The kids and I have watched all six original movies many, many, many times, and same with the new ones.
So long as the new canon book authors and the movie makers work hard to keep things together, like the iron hold Lucas had on the original canon for the first ten or more years, we should see much of the backstory developed in book form which in turn will help future movies as right now they are essentially writing the story on the fly.
Oh, and there are a lot of YouTube backstory type videos on the movies that can really help. We have spent a good chunk of time digging into them. The Fandom WookiePedia on the new Canon is also quite helpful.
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@kelly @scottalanmiller That is KOTOR. SWTOR is the mmo which is sort of a sequel to Kotor1 and Kotor 2.
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@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@kelly @scottalanmiller That is KOTOR. SWTOR is the mmo which is sort of a sequel to Kotor1 and Kotor 2.
It has a bunch of other stuff but it has resolution to KOTORs that you didnt get.You're right. I got all the **TORs confused.
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@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@kelly @scottalanmiller That is KOTOR. SWTOR is the mmo which is sort of a sequel to Kotor1 and Kotor 2.
It has a bunch of other stuff but it has resolution to KOTORs that you didnt get.I know, it's KOTOR that I love. I dislike MMOs for myself as they just don't fit my schedule.
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I really wanted to enjoy SWTOR but couldn't really get into it. It also came out just as I was getting out of college so probably didn't have time to dedicate to it.
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I'm a big Star Wars fan.
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@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I'm a big Star Wars fan.
Just thinking how much my wife would kill me if I did that to our fan.
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@coliver Great idea though
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@coliver said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I'm a big Star Wars fan.
Just thinking how much my wife would kill me if I did that to our fan.
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Also stumbled on this today...
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@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
Also stumbled on this today...
Which is odd because they were going to cook Han, Luke, and Chewy with their clothes on.
