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TomH1138 said:
I haven't followed the shows very heavily, but I know that Ashoka leaves near the end of TCW, and then she confronts Anakin/Vader in Rebels. Doesn't having her come back again in between that time kind of lessen the impact of the storylines in both of those shows? 

This is a genuine question. Someone who follows the shows closer than I do can probably answer that.

Not an answer but in addendum...

Also Darth Maul is involved apparently? Again. Does that do anything to his story? 

I don't watch Rebels and made it through Clone Wars without paying particularly close attention to big parts (early days with the baby).
 

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addiesin said:
TomH1138 said:
I haven't followed the shows very heavily, but I know that Ashoka leaves near the end of TCW, and then she confronts Anakin/Vader in Rebels. Doesn't having her come back again in between that time kind of lessen the impact of the storylines in both of those shows? 

This is a genuine question. Someone who follows the shows closer than I do can probably answer that.

Not an answer but in addendum...

Also Darth Maul is involved apparently? Again. Does that do anything to his story? 

I don't watch Rebels and made it through Clone Wars without paying particularly close attention to big parts (early days with the baby).

Don't worry, I will explain. In the Ashoka novel,  we find out that Ashoka last saw Anakin and Obi-Wan when they went off to save Palpatine (Revenge of the Sith), while she went off to Mandalore to fight Maul (which is how they rocgonise each other at the end of Rebels season 2). I guess now we'll actaully get to see it.
 

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Genius (not really but you ge the point) move.  Hats off to Disney-Lucasfilm for NOT LEAVING THINGS UNFINISHED.
 

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I'm happy it's happening, but I'm annoyed it had to happen at all.

But after seeing the crowd at SDCC explode with enthusiasm, I think I get it now.

That's not the best guage. SDCC is the world's largest circlejerk
 

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I actualy prefered Clone Wars to Rebels (more inventive) and even if I was pleased enough with the ending of that shorter season 6 leaving some things in suspens, I think I'll watch a new season with interest. I know Filoni had some episodes left unfinished so I guess they will take those stories as a base for the new show.
 

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I've watched Season 1 and I just can't make myself care enough to continue.  People say it gets better.  They're probably right.  I just don't care.

Someone wake me when there's a live action TV show I can check out.
 

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TVs Frink said:
I've watched Season 1 and I just can't make myself care enough to continue.  People say it gets better.  They're probably right.  I just don't care.

Someone wake me when there's a live action TV show I can check out.

The first 2-3 seasons really are "meh". Haven't gotten to the rest (though I did watch the Yoda episodes and they were so much better than the early seasons).

Just a suggestion, but you could watch Smudger9's edits which are great summarization of the early seasons. Then you could continue on from the rest of the show. Or just do the latter. Or nothing. Up to you.
 

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wilhelm scream said:
Don't worry, I will explain. In the Ashoka novel,  we find out that Ashoka last saw Anakin and Obi-Wan when they went off to save Palpatine (Revenge of the Sith), while she went off to Mandalore to fight Maul (which is how they rocgonise each other at the end of Rebels season 2). I guess now we'll actaully get to see it.

Ah, so there's a pre-existing plot point that they're fleshing out. Makes sense. Thanks for the explanation! :)
 

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I saw The Clone Wars's pilot film in 2008 and absolutely hated it.  Remember, I'm the guy who saw Attack of the Clones in theaters four times.   It was like a distillation of all the things I disliked about the prequels, with none of the redeeming qualities.  I'm happy for fans of the show, but after that miserable experience, I just can't bring myself to ever attempt watching it.
 

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matrixgrindhouse said:
I saw The Clone Wars's pilot film in 2008 and absolutely hated it.  Remember, I'm the guy who saw Attack of the Clones in theaters four times.   It was like a distillation of all the things I disliked about the prequels, with none of the redeeming qualities.  I'm happy for fans of the show, but after that miserable experience, I just can't bring myself to ever attempt watching it.

The pilot movie was pure crap, indeed. The very fact that is was released in theater is still a totaly mystery to me because even without talking about the "story", the look of it was screaming "cheaply made for TV".

Season 1 had some good moments, but also some uninteresting craps as the "movie".
Season 2 and three had more and more goods. Still some episodes more "kids friendly" than "fans friendly", but it's well expected for a cartoon show.
In the next seasons they gone crazy good with some story arcs. Of course it's still in the "prequel world", so I understand some fans are not interested in, but to me those seasons made that prequel world better. Not saying they made the prequel movies better... but it is undeniable that George Lucas imagination was on "full display" mode during season 4, 5 and 6. The culminating point being the whole Darth Maul with sipder legs thing... I found that completely silly, and yet they managed to make good episodes with this characters later on. And of course the hidden planet where the Force is "balanced".
The strenght of the series, compared to Rebels, is that the episodes are not always following Anakin or Obi-Wan. There are complete story arcs about Clone Troopers with moral issues, Mandalorian tribes, Bounty Hunters. You never know what the next episode is about.

Side note: the quality of the visuals also improves a bit from season to season. It's still the same "angular" style of cartoon, but the lightning, the settings, the colors, everything is better and better.

Of course there are still episodes for kids, there are still some episodes about dispensable battles where the story does not move forward and you start checking your watch. But well... the lenght is only about 20 minutes, so if you like an episode then you want to watch the next one and if not then you just stop and try another few days later.
 

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Apparently Disney announced the casting of episode IX and Mark Hamill is in it.
AND...
they announced that footages from Carrie Fisher, shot for previous episodes (they say episode VII) will be used, with the blessing of her daughter.
 

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I wonder what deleted TFA footage could wind up having any meaningful context in IX?  Shots of her giving tactical orders to Poe?  Or perhaps something more personal - a holorecording viewed by a remorseful/remorseless Kylo?
 

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^ The four-second shot of her pasted onto a starship bridge right before it blows up in the movie's opening sequence will be the most "meaningful" four-second shot in the whole saga! :p
 

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No doubt from the tone of the announcement, they wrote around the footage they had. It's probably not much and it may even be mostly alternate takes and lines from 7. She may have to be composited into a new location. But at least they aren't cutting the character, recasting, or the worst option of all: cgi resurrection.
 

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I'm pretty sure they'll do some cgi work. Not ala Rogue One, but for far shots and other scenes were she is needed in them.
 

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addiesin said:
 the worst option of all: cgi resurrection.

I can think of two worse uses of a posthumous actor appearance.  From the same movie.  I'll take CGI over literal cardboard cutouts any day.


That 1978 version of Game of Death also featured real footage of Bruce Lee's funeral.  That's about as tasteless as it gets.
 

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Garp said:
And Billy Dee Williams too.

We knew that already, but you're right, it's the first time it's official.
 
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