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Post by Hauntedknight87 on May 28, 2022 21:49:25 GMT
Two episodes are out, anyone watch it yet.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 28, 2022 23:10:26 GMT
Only the first episode. I'll watch the second one tonight. Some of the acting is a bit off (Flea isn't a very good actor, and Benny Sadie as the Jedi the inquisitors were after wasn't very good), but I really liked it overall.
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Post by Archelaus on May 28, 2022 23:46:40 GMT
The series is off to a great start if you ask me. I knew I would like it, but it's pretty damn good. The recap of the prequel trilogy was amazing. It was great to see the characters like Owen Lars and Bail Organa again. We get to see more of Alderaan. The actress who portrays a ten-year-old Princess Leia was really good. It definitely strengthens the reason why she calls on Obi-Wan Kenobi to help save her in A New Hope. They brought the Grand Inquisitor from Star Wars Rebels into the series, although I'm not sure what becomes of him Reva stabs him with her lightsaber . Speaking of Reva, she was likely one of the Jedi younglings in the opening scene at the Jedi Temple. Why is she obsessed with Obi-Wan is keeping me intrigued. Lastly, the final scene of Darth Vader in his bacta tank was chilling.
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Post by sdrew13163 on May 29, 2022 1:24:46 GMT
First two episodes were bad imo.
The kid playing Leia is beyond annoying, the story is more or less nonexistent, and they are obviously holding off on all the cool stuff that we all want to see for the last couple episodes.
Starting to get fed up with some of these Disney+ series. They’re essentially fourth-wall-breaking, meta pieces now. They know we want to see him use his lightsaber, so naturally he never even ignites it in these first two episodes.
We also want to see his interaction with Vader, so of course it’s merely hinted at and one can assume nothing big will happen until near the end.
It feels like they’re just stringing us along until the end to be sure people stay subscribed. It’s lame as hell. Lucas would’ve had two lightsaber duels already by now.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 29, 2022 2:51:36 GMT
After the second episode: Still looking good. Leia is a bit too precious for her age, and I have no idea how she keeps outrunning everybody, but I'm still digging the show.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 29, 2022 2:55:27 GMT
The series is off to a great start if you ask me. I knew I would like it, but it's pretty damn good. The recap of the prequel trilogy was amazing. It was great to see the characters like Owen Lars and Bail Organa again. We get to see more of Alderaan. The actress who portrays a ten-year-old Princess Leia was really good. It definitely strengthens the reason why she calls on Obi-Wan Kenobi to help save her in A New Hope. They brought the Grand Inquisitor from Star Wars Rebels into the series, although I'm not sure what becomes of him Reva stabs him with her lightsaber . Speaking of Reva, she was likely one of the Jedi younglings in the opening scene at the Jedi Temple. Why is she obsessed with Obi-Wan is keeping me intrigued. Lastly, the final scene of Darth Vader in his bacta tank was chilling. I've seen people speculating that she's one of the younglings, but what should be old enough? It's only Benn ten years, and the younglings are...well, pretty young. No idea how old the character is supposed to be, but the actress who plays Reva is 29. If the character age matches the actress's age, that would've meant she was 19 at the time of Order 66.
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Post by Power Ranger on May 29, 2022 3:58:49 GMT
I just wish the plots were more complex. It’s about time SW aimed for something more. But they cynically think that most SW fans are simpletons. I’m sure that kids like it, but I think there is no reason why scripts can’t simultaneously stimulate both adults and children.
It sucks because the D+ Star Wars looks good enough. But again shoddy writing lets us down.
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Post by Archelaus on May 29, 2022 4:43:49 GMT
The series is off to a great start if you ask me. I knew I would like it, but it's pretty damn good. The recap of the prequel trilogy was amazing. It was great to see the characters like Owen Lars and Bail Organa again. We get to see more of Alderaan. The actress who portrays a ten-year-old Princess Leia was really good. It definitely strengthens the reason why she calls on Obi-Wan Kenobi to help save her in A New Hope. They brought the Grand Inquisitor from Star Wars Rebels into the series, although I'm not sure what becomes of him Reva stabs him with her lightsaber . Speaking of Reva, she was likely one of the Jedi younglings in the opening scene at the Jedi Temple. Why is she obsessed with Obi-Wan is keeping me intrigued. Lastly, the final scene of Darth Vader in his bacta tank was chilling. I've seen people speculating that she's one of the younglings, but what should be old enough? It's only Benn ten years, and the younglings are...well, pretty young. No idea how old the character is supposed to be, but the actress who plays Reva is 29. If the character age matches the actress's age, that would've meant she was 19 at the time of Order 66. I concur. If Reva was one of the younglings, then, the actress (Moses Ingram) is a little too old to be portraying her. It's only speculation, though.
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Post by Power Ranger on May 29, 2022 4:50:28 GMT
I’m struggling to finish the second ep.
What do I want from an Obi-Wan show? A precocious child Leia and a diversity hire villain obviously. Good job, Kathleen Kennedy.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on May 29, 2022 11:40:15 GMT
The writing been pretty weak and the stuff with Leia feels like it was taken from someone fan fiction.
I'm hoping things will get better with the next 4 episodes but I'm expecting the worst.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 29, 2022 13:33:59 GMT
I’m struggling to finish the second ep. What do I want from an Obi-Wan show? A precocious child Leia and a diversity hire villain obviously. Good job, Kathleen Kennedy. "Ew, there's black people on my Star Wars!!!!" - bumphrey (basically)
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Post by Power Ranger on May 29, 2022 13:39:46 GMT
I’m struggling to finish the second ep. What do I want from an Obi-Wan show? A precocious child Leia and a diversity hire villain obviously. Good job, Kathleen Kennedy. "Ew, there's black people on my Star Wars!!!!" - bumphrey (basically) Do you like Riva? Aside from the fact that she’s black?
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 17:50:57 GMT
I just wish the plots were more complex. It’s about time SW aimed for something more. But they cynically think that most SW fans are simpletons. I’m sure that kids like it, but I think there is no reason why scripts can’t simultaneously stimulate both adults and children. It sucks because the D+ Star Wars looks good enough. But again shoddy writing let’s us down. Why don’t you guys vote with your wallet and cancel? As long as they get and keep subs they’ll keep churning this garbage out. If enough people cancel then maybe we’ll finally see this franchise return to the big screen where it belongs, and Disney will actually put some effort into making something good.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 17:54:07 GMT
The writing been pretty weak and the stuff with Leia feels like it was taken from someone fan fiction. I'm hoping things will get better with the next 4 episodes but I'm expecting the worst. Leia is a character? That does sound like fan-fiction.
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Post by Hauntedknight87 on May 29, 2022 18:21:04 GMT
The writing been pretty weak and the stuff with Leia feels like it was taken from someone fan fiction. I'm hoping things will get better with the next 4 episodes but I'm expecting the worst. Leia is a character? That does sound like fan-fiction. She's a child in this show and gets kidnapped. Obi-Wan heads out to rescue her, that's pretty much what's happening so far. It's not very compelling. Obi-Wan rescuing a kid Luke or Leia is such an unimaginative thing that I can't believe it got greenlit into a show. Hopefully this evoles into something else.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2022 20:19:55 GMT
Leia is a character? That does sound like fan-fiction. She's a child in this show and gets kidnapped. Obi-Wan heads out to rescue her, that's pretty much what's happening so far. It's not very compelling. Obi-Wan rescuing a kid Luke or Leia is such an unimaginative thing that I can't believe it got greenlit into a show. Hopefully this evoles into something else. Oh man, that sounds absolutely awful. At least if it were Luke it would’ve made sense because that’s who he’s watching/protecting.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on May 31, 2022 2:40:32 GMT
I agree with some of the comments, good and bad, in this thread. The writing isn't great, the child Leia character is a little annoying, and some of the acting is downright terrible (Flea, holy shit). But the story overall isn't bad. It's setting the stage for Leia's eventual cry for help to the man she believes can make the difference. It's conceptually sound, at least, and they haven't radically altered anyone's character to fit the current social climate or sell more toys or prop up new characters in their place.
I actually like that they haven't had 30 lightsaber battles already. The original film didn't need a ton of lightsaber battles to be compelling, why should this show? I think we've grown too cynical when it comes to Star Wars. Perhaps rightfully so, but we need to keep perspective. Criticism is justified in places, but we also need to accept there's a place for things that are just 'fine,' a place between 'totally awesome' and 'complete trash.'
It isn't high art and it isn't Mando, but it's a hell of a lot better than Boba Fett so far. A low bar, to be sure. But ask yourselves, has there been a Star Wars property that wasn't divisive among fans since ESB? It isn't great so far, but I'm willing to give it a chance to get better.
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Post by onethreetwo on May 31, 2022 2:49:31 GMT
I agree with some of the comments, good and bad, in this thread. The writing isn't great, the child Leia character is a little annoying, and some of the acting is downright terrible (Flea, holy shit). But the story overall isn't bad. It's setting the stage for Leia's eventual cry for help to the man she believes can make the difference. It's conceptually sound, at least, and they haven't radically altered anyone's character to fit the current social climate or sell more toys or prop up new characters in their place. I actually like that they haven't had 30 lightsaber battles already. The original film didn't need a ton of lightsaber battles to be compelling, why should this show? I think we've grown too cynical when it comes to Star Wars. Perhaps rightfully so, but we need to keep perspective. Criticism is justified in places, but we also need to accept there's a place for things that are just 'fine,' a place between 'totally awesome' and 'complete trash.' It isn't high art and it isn't Mando, but it's a hell of a lot better than Boba Fett so far. A low bar, to be sure. But ask yourselves, has there been a Star Wars property that wasn't divisive among fans since ESB? It isn't great so far, but I'm willing to give it a chance to get better. I agree with all of this. There is room for it to become more interesting. My biggest problem is that after two episodes nothing much has really happened, and what has happened hasn't exactly been exciting. There's still hope though.
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Post by Power Ranger on May 31, 2022 3:13:24 GMT
I agree with some of the comments, good and bad, in this thread. The writing isn't great, the child Leia character is a little annoying, and some of the acting is downright terrible (Flea, holy shit). But the story overall isn't bad. It's setting the stage for Leia's eventual cry for help to the man she believes can make the difference. It's conceptually sound, at least, and they haven't radically altered anyone's character to fit the current social climate or sell more toys or prop up new characters in their place. I actually like that they haven't had 30 lightsaber battles already. The original film didn't need a ton of lightsaber battles to be compelling, why should this show? I think we've grown too cynical when it comes to Star Wars. Perhaps rightfully so, but we need to keep perspective. Criticism is justified in places, but we also need to accept there's a place for things that are just 'fine,' a place between 'totally awesome' and 'complete trash.' It isn't high art and it isn't Mando, but it's a hell of a lot better than Boba Fett so far. A low bar, to be sure. But ask yourselves, has there been a Star Wars property that wasn't divisive among fans since ESB? It isn't great so far, but I'm willing to give it a chance to get better. It’s frustrating because you can see a that a good show could have been made but the potential is squandered. And Disney knows what sucks. It’s no coincidence that Leia was kept out of the trailers.
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Post by Midi-Chlorian_Count on May 31, 2022 10:16:58 GMT
Is the Princess Leia storyline worse fan service than teaming Chewbacca up with Yoda in the prequels?
Also wish they hadn't cast that dufus comedy guy as the fake Jedi. He's just way too familiar a face as a sarcastic comedian, kind of took me out of it.
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