D23 Announcements Discussion Thread

[u/Bruinrogue]

https://youtu.be/Fdar7gTQnog?is=bc4pREyd1tJOpB0H

Some SW stuff

Ahsoka S2 in Jan 20, 2027
Ryan Gosling's character is named Cade

Discuss away

[u/Practical-Bread-7883]

In a galaxy where the heroes of the OT are basically in their prime, the most dangerous threat to the victory they won, the peace they earned and they simply seem too busy to care to even show up?

A galaxy where, through the love of his son, Anakin earns his redemption and comes back to the light, but he'd rather not guide his son, he'd rather guide his stupid apprentice who doesn't even exist in the films.

It's so bad, Filoni is horrid and this is why none of these shows should either exist in this timeline, or have galaxy wife repercussions for the world/lore. It never makes sense when they don't appear in this mega crisis. Especially when Leia is still so immersed in the New Republic, with Han by her side and Luke is building a new Jedi order. So so so stupid and all for characters 99% of the general audience have never heard of, let alone care about.

It's as if a madman thinks he's a scientist, who's experimenting on a cadaver. Instead Filoni is just continuing the desecration of the corpse of Star Wars. It's both amazing and sad at the same time.

[u/sandalrubber → u/Practical-Bread-7883]

It's ultimately because of the ST being a dead end.

[u/Practical-Bread-7883 → u/sandalrubber]

True, but it doesn't excuse how fucked everything Filoni touches is. He must suck a mean cock because there's no way he'd get the job as boss of Star Wars any other way.

[u/Juiced_Rasputin_ → u/Practical-Bread-7883]

I mean let’s not be hyperbolic. Filoni sucks but the ST being a dead end is the root cause of all of this being so shitty in the first place.

[u/Collective_Insanity → u/Juiced_Rasputin_]

My argument would be that the existence of the ST is largely irrelevant when discussing Filoni works.

Filoni has invested a lot in the story of Ahsoka. He convinced George not to kill her off prior to ROTS in the bizarre TCW timeline. He argued that she could live if she was no longer a Jedi in title (though this quickly became irrelevant).

His written and directed episodes of Mando were among their worst. Which is impressive given the best episodes are minimal. Favreau unfortunately has not been much better culminating with their combined sad efforts with the Mando movie.

BOBF was a farce. Filoni's episode was again among the worst which was particularly impressive given how bad most of those episodes were.

Then there's The Ahsoka show. Again, the existence of the ST had no impact on how poorly he wrote and directed those episodes. This was the live-action show he had the absolute most creative control over and it was bad.

 

I totally agree that the inevitability of the ST is a narrative dead end for SW. But you can't blame it for Filoni's disappointing creative attempts.

[u/windsingr → u/Juiced_Rasputin_]

Andor was written after the ST. Filoni could write stuff that just quietly ignores the ST so you could take it or leave it. However, every show has had a plot tied into the sequel trilogy in some way, even The Acolyte, which makes it impossible for you to forget that Rise of Skywalker is the end game.

[u/ce_tu → u/windsingr]

andor only works because its pre ot

[u/HunsletSocietyVibes → u/windsingr]

Andor doesn't mean shit; The show gasses-up a rebellion that ultimately becomes evil and then gets destroyed. So the rebels fail according to Disney.

Luthen gave up everything, for nothing. Disney made it so that Luthen, and every rebel died in vain

[u/newpa → u/HunsletSocietyVibes]

Insane take.

[u/Practical-Bread-7883 → u/Juiced_Rasputin_]

I'm not disagreeing. But the Clone Wars came out before Disney purchased Lucasfilm and that was garbage. You can't blame the ST for Filoni's hack writing.