Star Wars

[CroFlames]

I can't believe how good Andor is. Like, every character and plot line is a 10/10.

The actress who does Mon Montha just exudes grace and charm, but she's brilliant and a risk taker too.

Stellan Skarsgaard is an awesome character - basically touching off a civil war and not even being sorry one bit.

Thos ISB villians and setting are awesome.

Just can't say enough good things about it. Proof that hardcore star wars fans can be happy with something that isn't peppered with fan service, as long as the story is good.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Spoiler!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1583382589943025664

[getbak]

Tales of the Jedi tomorrow. It looks like all 6 episodes will be dropping at the same time, and they only have about a 15 minute run-time each (hopefully that's not including the usual 7 minutes of credits).

Bryce Dallas Howard is providing the voice for Yaddle.

[Locke]

Finally!! Table 5 getting the respect he/she/it deserves!!

[getbak]

Was it known that the actor who was in charge of Andor's group was going to appear in this series, or was that a surprise? I still find it weird whenever he shows up playing an actual human character, even though he's been doing that more frequently in recent years.



I liked Tales of the Jedi, although they're pretty quick. It's basically 3 Dooku episodes and 3 Ahsoka episodes, with other known characters showing up too.

It gives us canon confirmation that Yaddle spoke normally, so Yoda's weird backwards sentence structure isn't something that everyone in their species does.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by getbak

Was it known that the actor who was in charge of Andor's group was going to appear in this series, or was that a surprise? I still find it weird whenever he shows up playing an actual human character, even though he's been doing that more frequently in recent years.



I liked Tales of the Jedi, although they're pretty quick. It's basically 3 Dooku episodes and 3 Ahsoka episodes, with other known characters showing up too.

It gives us canon confirmation that Yaddle spoke normally, so Yoda's weird backwards sentence structure isn't something that everyone in their species does.

Gollum, Table 5 and Yaddle? Mind = Blown.

[CroFlames]

Originally Posted by Locke

Finally!! Table 5 getting the respect he/she/it deserves!!

Originally Posted by Locke

Gollum, Table 5 and Yaddle? Mind = Blown.

I love inside jokes. I hope to be part of one some day.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I love inside jokes. I hope to be part of one some day.

What are you talking about? You're part of lots of them! Oh. Wait. I've said too much.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I love inside jokes. I hope to be part of one some day.

https://forum.calgarypuck.com/member.php?u=79

[bdubbs]

Originally Posted by CroFlames

I love inside jokes. I hope to be part of one some day.

I love a good 'the Office' reference.

[CaptainCrunch]

Loved Tales from the Jedi, maybe its nostalgia, and while I don't have anything against live action Ashoka, Ashley Eckstein will always be her voice to me. It was also great to see the other voice actors.

Really good telling of the stories in between the stories. Count Dooku wasn't evil, but his good intentions lead him there. But you can't blame him after what he'd seen and gone through supporting what he felt was a corrupt Senate, and a out of touch Jedi Council. He was evil pickings for Dooku. But you saw the conflict with him til near the end, when he saw Yaddle who had told him she resigned from the council and saw the corruption, was still a pawn of the system. Then you saw him realize that he was on the path of what he thought was the greater good.

The Ahsoka story was really well done too and the animation style really shone through. Especially the heart breaking look on her face when she stated that Padme was her friend. The last episode followed almost per note the novel about how she became Fulcrum.

The Inquisitor in the novel was the terrifying 6th brother, but they upped the ante on him, giving him a very much Old Republic Sith look. And having him voiced by Clancey Brown was excellent.

As well, Count Dooku was voiced by the same voice actor who played Cad Bane in the Clone Wars series.

Overall really well written, the animation was really good and lush and deep. and it was nice to see these stories.

Hopefully there's another season. I could watch an episode of Dooku discovering Palpatine was the Sith Lord and that conversation.

I would also like to see a Tales of the Sith, because you know, I support the Empire and its pursuit of Peace and Order.

[getbak]

Last week, we saw that Vel can clean up and fit in on the upper levels of Coruscant.

This week, we get this exchange...

Cinta: "Maybe I'm a rich girl running away from her family."
Vel: "That's cold, even for you."

Obviously, there's still more to be revealed about Vel's backstory. Is she linked to a wealthy family we already know, or is it someone new? Could she be Mon Mothma's sister? Related to Luthen? Perhaps Palpatine's secret daughter?

[sureLoss]

So speculation is that the prisoners are making parts for the death star?

Also the engineer in me doesn't understand why the empire needs slave labour when droids would be much more efficient for the menial jobs they have them doing. Should be less overhead of the infrastructure to keep prisoners in line too and easier to keep secret.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

So speculation is that the prisoners are making parts for the death star?

Also the engineer in me doesn't understand why the empire needs slave labour when droids would be much more efficient for the menial jobs they have them doing. Should be less overhead of the infrastructure to keep prisoners in line too and easier to keep secret.

Even in mass production, Droids are more expensive to build and maintain. In terms of slaves, They're easy to aquire and in the case of alien species like Wookies better workers that are disposable.

If you look at the Clone Troopers (Really living droids) They were far more expensive then recruiting and conscription.

Plus Slave labor and xenophobia in the Empire just makes them look more evviiil.

[Locke]

Its a big wide Universe out there and its just chock full of people you dont care about.

Droids cost money.

[Yeah_Baby]

Originally Posted by getbak

Was it known that the actor who was in charge of Andor's group was going to appear in this series, or was that a surprise? I still find it weird whenever he shows up playing an actual human character, even though he's been doing that more frequently in recent years.



I liked Tales of the Jedi, although they're pretty quick. It's basically 3 Dooku episodes and 3 Ahsoka episodes, with other known characters showing up too.

It gives us canon confirmation that Yaddle spoke normally, so Yoda's weird backwards sentence structure isn't something that everyone in their species does.

It was a surprise to me; he wasn't in the trailers or anything. I don't remember a cast announcement. But then again, the show as in production so long I forgot Stellan was in it until the trailer lmao

[Locke]

Can we just for a moment respect the fact that Table 5 is responsible for the destruction of Alderaan?

[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Even in mass production, Droids are more expensive to build and maintain. In terms of slaves, They're easy to aquire and in the case of alien species like Wookies better workers that are disposable.

If you look at the Clone Troopers (Really living droids) They were far more expensive then recruiting and conscription.

Plus Slave labor and xenophobia in the Empire just makes them look more evviiil.

I agree it makes sense to make the Empire look evil, but I don't think it makes sense from a cost and efficiency perspective.


Building a prison/factory facility with special floors and then having to pay the costs to keep guards and prisoners alive would probably cost more than having a bunch of droids working around the clock. Not to mention that eventually the families of the prisoners would lead to questions about where the prisoners end up.

Just need a relatively small maintenance crew to keep the droids running. The droids don't need life support, food, or rest. There should be a ton of droid parts available after the clone wars.

It would make sense if the Empire didn't have thousands of worlds of resources available to it.


Anyways just a small nitpick.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

I agree it makes sense to make the Empire look evil, but I don't think it makes sense from a cost and efficiency perspective.


Building a prison/factory facility with special floors and then having to pay the costs to keep guards and prisoners alive would probably cost more than having a bunch of droids working around the clock.

Just need a relatively small maintenance crew to keep the droids running. The droids don't life support, food, or rest. There should be a ton of droid parts available after the clone wars.

It would make sense if the Empire didn't have thousands of worlds of resources available to it.


Anyways just a small nitpick.

I love it! Pick away!

In the context of the Star Wars Universe the Galaxy is essentially limitless.

Resources are not scarce and the most abundant resource is the countless idiots that live in this Galaxy.

Furthermore, there seems to be a very real socialized moral ambiguity when it comes to valuing life.

Then we circle around to determining whether treating Droids like crap and commodities also constitutes slavery.

I mean, if the Galaxy is going to do slavery, why spend resources making slaves when the average Joe and Jane will make slaves for you for free anyways?

[KTrain]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

I agree it makes sense to make the Empire look evil, but I don't think it makes sense from a cost and efficiency perspective.


Building a prison/factory facility with special floors and then having to pay the costs to keep guards and prisoners alive would probably cost more than having a bunch of droids working around the clock. Not to mention that eventually the families of the prisoners would lead to questions about where the prisoners end up.

Just need a relatively small maintenance crew to keep the droids running. The droids don't need life support, food, or rest. There should be a ton of droid parts available after the clone wars.

It would make sense if the Empire didn't have thousands of worlds of resources available to it.


Anyways just a small nitpick.

But if building it fast, without people knowing, is the objective, building the droids, training them to do specific tasks, testing, etc. would be more time consuming than bringing in a bunch of prisoner slaves. Then when it's done you can have the slaves do other things (or kill them), rather than having to try to repurpose a bunch of droids you made for a specific task.