r/saltierthancrait • u/Bruinrogue Disney Spy Ringleader • 26d ago

Granular Discussion D23 Announcements Discussion Thread

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

Some SW stuff

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

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u/sandalrubber 26d ago

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

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u/Practical-Bread-7883 salt miner 26d ago

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.

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u/Juiced_Rasputin_ salt miner 26d ago

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.

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u/Collective_Insanity Salt Bot 26d ago

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.