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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 17, 2022 0:01:43 GMT
I want this show to dive into the deteriorating relationship between Obi and Owen, as Owen ain't too fond of that "crazy old man," by Episode IV. Did Owen ever try to get involved with fighting the good fight and it almost cost him dearly? We shall see we shall see. The show is probably going to get into that a bit. On Naboo News (the blog of forum member Anthony), there's this quote from series director Deborah Chow (originally via Entertainment Weekly -- which, by the way, is the final print cover version, as the magazine is about to go completely digital): naboonews.com/2022/03/09/obi-wan-kenobi-official-pictures-and-information-revealed/As you can see from the picture, there's clearly a tense moment between Reva, the "Third Sister" Inquisitor, and Owen (on what looks to be Tatooine):  And if you're game to read some (mild-ish) spoilers, there's a potentially touching scene rumoured between Obi-Wan and Owen, which involves Obi-Wan trying to pass on a gift to Luke: naboonews.com/2022/02/23/obi-wan-kenobi-rumor-about-scenes-with-luke-owen-and-beru/ |
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Post by Anthony on Mar 17, 2022 12:27:35 GMT
Based on the teaser and the leaks, it sounds great. I loved the Battle of the Heroes/Dual of the Fates/Anakin's Dark Deeds medley in the teaser, even though it was easy fan service  It's curious that we still don't know who's the main composer for the series. |
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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 17, 2022 19:12:55 GMT
Based on the teaser and the leaks, it sounds great. I loved the Battle of the Heroes/Dual of the Fates/Anakin's Dark Deeds medley in the teaser, even though it was easy fan service  Oh, it was/is -- and it's having the intended effect. A lot of people on the official YouTube channel, in the comments section for the trailer, were clearly swept away by the music, and there's a lot of praise for the trailer in general. Picking just a few examples from the now-at 32,125 comments (although, for sure, there are very obviously some spam comments and repeat commenters): sus, 4 days agoWhether the series is good or bad, just seeing Ewan in the Obi-Wan get up again and hearing the music gave me goosebumps. Also you can't go wrong with Vader at the end!Sun Francisco, 1 day agoThat moment, when John Williams only needs 2 seconds to bring you back to your childhood. The chills Duel of the fates give me are just insane. No doubt - he is the greatest film music composer ever. Star Wars without him wouldn’t be Star WarsM Mc, 4 days agoI got crazy chills when duel of the fates started, but when it transitioned into an even more dramatic version of battle of the heroes...just wowSavetion, 2 days agoI don't know why but I feel to watch this trailer at least 5 times per day. The music is just another level. Hyped for the main trailer and the show of course. I wish they could have made this show as a movie and have a "kenobi triology" !Real Nimrod, 7 days agoThe fact that they played duel of the fates, Anakin’s dark deeds and battle of the heroes is insane. Instant chills right therePeko, 2 days agoI'm glad to see that everybody got chills when they heard "Duel of the Fates". Wow I just had a throwback to my childhood.Breakfast with a stray dog, 1 day agoMy eyes just watered up big time.
Seeing Ewan and how masterfully they blended Battle of the Heroes, Dual of the Fates and the Force theme songs, it brought me back to before the dark times, before Disney and the sequels, to a more civilized age.
Im gonna cry mad buckets.
My tears will wash away the sands of Tatooine and refill its dried up seas.Philip Hartshorn, 7 days agoSo many musical references! Chimes that play when Obi Wan says "Hello There" in episode 4, Duel of the Fates, Battle of the Heroes, Anakin's Dark Deeds, and Force theme... John Williams back again... What a time to be a Star Wars fan!Touch. Me. F0r A-d-L-T Games, 3 days agoWhen they played Duel of The Fates I got chills. What a fantastic trailer!Aman Studios, 7 days agoThe music combined with Darth Vader breathing at the end gave me chills! Let’s hope Disney does not mess this up.Jacob Love, 7 days agoWhen they played Duel of The Fates I got chills. What a fantastic trailer!Tudor Nichitov, 3 days agoThe soundtrack makes the whole trailer. Absolutely insane. You can watch the other way while having the headphones on and it is still SO powerful.Dutch The Hooligan, 7 days ago"Which theme should we use for the trailer?"
Yes.RogersBase, 6 days agoDuel of the Fates always brings the heat. ALWAYS.Wolf Lord Rho, 7 days agoAbsolute chills when the music hits. So hyped for this.TacTixHD, 7 days agoThink I started to tear up when I heard Duel of the Fates. I am SO excited for this!Дерзкий Дед «пуля», 7 days agoThe fact that they played duel of the fates, Anakin’s dark deeds and battle of the heroes is insane. Instant chills right thereMassiveManCertified, 1 hour agoThe transition from Duel of the Fates to Battle of the Heroes was epic.Pang Lam, 4 days agoAbsolute chills when the music hits. So hyped for this.Samuel Kim Music, 7 days agoWe really just got Battle of the Heroes, Duel of The Fates, Anakin's Dark Deed, and The Force Theme for the Trailer music!
LETS FREAKING GOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!Naa Ishtam, 3 days ago00:30 got goosebumps. duel of the dates is such a masterpiece and absolute nostalgia.Emma 👈𝓕**СК МЕ - СНЕ𝓒𝓚 𝓜𝓨 Р𝓡0𝓕𝓘𝓛Е 💗, 3 days agoThe fact that they played duel of the fates, Anakin’s dark deeds and battle of the heroes is insane. Instant chills right thereDaniel Daesuk Chun, 2 hours agowho else got so hype when they heard the ending of anakin's dark deeds with vader's breathing in the background?Yes, 7 days agoThe transition from “Battle of the Heroes” to “Duel of the Fates” then back to the first was absolutely beautifulBobby Lashley's Headband, 1 day agoWhen I heard dual of the fates, I geeked out. I can't wait to see thisBen Ar, 6 days agoPrequel music will always give me the chills, no matter what decadeJonathan Limm, 4 days agoThat score brings chills every time. So excited for this to come out!kshitij tiwari, 4 days agoMan as soon as I heard duel of dates, I had chills.Liz, 2 days agoDuel of the Fates is the best thing to come out of the prequels. Hearing it again is instant excitementarugula-ragu, 3 days agoSay what you will about the prequels, Dual of the Fates has to be one of the finest single pieces of film score ever written.Sugma Digg, 4 days agoThis TRAILER is a perfect PORTRAIT of the Power of MUSIC, it takes the visuals we watch with our eyes, and finds a way to stir our Soul! #ChillsSun Tzu, 3 days agoBru when duel of the fates started playing the whole star wars universe flashed in front of my eyes in a millisecondTangent of Circle, 3 days agoDuel of the fates , anakins dark deeds and battle of heroes
They know what they are doing. This is going to be peak star wars. It wi either be the best star wars media or worst ,no in betweenL1pst3r, 3 days agoI am a simple man. When I hear Duel of the Fates I cry and get chills.Nicholas D'Auria, 3 days agoI Love how they Played Duel of The Fates in This Epic Trailer.!!!greeniREZ, 7 days agoThe music mix in this trailer is the most on point thing ever. That transition from Duel of The Fates into Battle of The Heroes is marvelousKristin Jahn, 15 hours agoAnyone else get goosebumps when duel of fates started playing?20k challenge with 0 video, 5 days agoThe transition from “Battle of the heroes” to “Duel of the Fates” then back to the first was absolutely beautiful.RapisGames, 6 days agoDuel of the Fates always brings the heat. ALWAYS.Arb Paninken, 2 days agoPrequel's had the best music in the entire franchise I don't care what anyone says, to hear it again was great
O Mac seain, 3 days agoStar wars music is so great that it can make you cry with joy, angry and sadnessedrick1976, 4 days agoThat music... Ok I am now hyped for this.enzudesign, 4 days agoJesus that soundtrack gets me everytime .. soo bloody good.Amirul Suhaimi, 2 days agothe sound tracks are giving me GOOSEBUMPSArthur Morgan, 3 days agoNothing makes me want to watch SW more than that theme…. (Turns on Disney plus)Я украинец, и я горжусь этим, 7 days agoWhen the Duel Of Fates played, it sent literal chills down my spine. Incredibly hyped for this series!SPIDER LILIEZ, 2 days agoThis soundtrack always gets to me. Nostalgia is a powerful thing.Alun, 7 days agoWhen the prequels music hit, they straight up hit in the feels ffs almost shed a tearCerberus1441, 2 days agoThey really did the music perfect here, didn't they?Diego Armando Salazar, 4 days agoThe power of the Music ! Master pieceJaxBlade, 7 days agoDuel of the Fates & Battle of the Heroes as the music gave me chills, Mega excited for thisThis is Tech Today, 7 days agoomg, the fact that John Williams is back for this and the music freaking slayssssssssssssssTriggerdown, 2 hours agoI don’t care what anyone says about the prequel trilogy. It had the BEST ost of the whole franchise.Kevin O' Donnell, 23 hours agoThe John Williams score makes this trailerNabin Shrestha, 2 days agoSalute to John williams 🔥♥️
-------------------------------------- And here's a whole lotta praise for the trailer and what it bodes for the upcoming series (a few salty comments and observations mixed in with more euphoric ones). And yes: Reservations about Disney Star Wars and modern trailer design aside, I really share their excitement here. I have to pinch myself that this is actually happening. Vange 9435, 3 days agoAlways felt Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan was one of the absolute best character portrayals in the Star Wars trilogies. I sense great potential for this to be a fantastic series.NS, 1 day agoIt's nice to see everyone here together again, we never lost our love for Star Wars even after all this time, it's like finding a box of memories hidden for a long time and opening it, the sensations flowing all over again like it was yesterday ❤️ Can't wait for this!Chris, 3 days agoSeeing Ewan again and seeing the story of him protecting Luke gave me chills! He failed Anakin as a master and we know he will NOT fail protecting Luke.Justin Hu, 23 hours agoThis trailer was better than the entire Rise of SkywalkerTux, 3 days agoI really can't believe it took Disney this long to figure out what Star Wars fans actually want. This looks dopeDandangalo Dangalus, 13 hours agoAs a fan of Rebels, seeing the Inquisitors do their thing in live action is going to be so sick. I’m so hyped for this!Better Chapter, 7 days agoNot going to lie, this looks exactly like the kind of content I've always wanted from Star Wars since I was a kid/teen when the prequels ended.Krypton Knight, 3 days agoSeeing Ewan McGregor reprise his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi really brings a huge smile to my face, I am so excited for thisThe King, 3 days ago"Jedi, cannot help what they're, their compassion, leaves a trail. The jedi code is like an itch, they cannot help it!!"
So intense, love the trailer.. Seriously can't wait.Jack Harrison, 4 days agoThis honestly feels like a movie trailer I freaking love it Andrea Pellegrino, 4 days ago"Did you ever hear the tragedy of Obi-Wan Kenobi The Wise? I thought not. It’s a story not yet told. It's a Jedi legend.”Regdu Geht, 3 days agoSeeing Ewan McGregor back as Obi-Wan again is so amazing and heart-warming. Excited for the show! 🌌 🏜️ 🧔🏻♂️adgiousdfhgp, 17 hours agoI’ve watched that trailer now 30 times in 1 week. I rarely say it, but it is a perfect teaser. Doesn’t spoil anything and duel of the fates still gives me chills and brings back a lot of childhood memories. If it’s for me I don’t need more footage. I’m already mega hyped 😬Joseph Lowry, 3 days agoAbsolutely brilliant! I am definitely looking forward to this series on the 25th May when it comes out on Disney+. Also hearing the “Duel Of The Fates” theme by John Williams at the end of the trailer knows that we’re in for a treat and seeing that it’s coming on the 25th May is perfect timing to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Star War.Ari J, 1 hour agoLove seeing Ewan McGregor again!! He played this role so well! Gotta say, I’m not looking forward to waiting 2 months after release just to binge this series, but it’ll still be worth it! Wish they would just release all the episodes at once and stop the drama BSAce Iams, 2 days agoOmg finally, Hayden Christensen!! YES YES YES!!!Fall, 1 day agoThis looks absolutely insane. I cant waitBees a little nerd Bird, 3 days agoThis is gonna be one of the best things to come out of Star Wars I CAN FEEL ITApollo Forge, 2 days agoI feel like a kid in 2005 again feeling hyped to watch Revenge of the Sith, go to Toys R Us to buy the Lego sets, and have backyard Hasbro lightsaber duels with my friends. Also remembering when I got my Vader voice changer helmet for Christmas.. I cannot wait for thisBob Stark, 3 days agoIt's strange to think that ewan isnt much younger than alec was when he first took the role.
He totally grew into the role..Coltafanan Studios, 2 days agoWhen a teaser trailer is better than the sequel trilogyDavids Predatorfiske, 3 days agoThis is going to be the best Star Wars show/movie in a long time for sureTony S, 3 days agoI will say this, this will be the most watched disney plus show. I cant wait!SLABAW SLOBOW, 4 days agodude i had chills this whole trailer ❤️ i’m glad we get to see more of BenRSR, 1 day agoThis looks awesome! Can't wait to see Ewan and Hayden back in action!TyranosaurusBex, 2 days agoI am beyond excited for this, the visuals, the music, it's abundantly clear that we're going to get to see properly how all the events of the clone wars have affected him and I for one cannot wait (also secretly hoping for some clone appearances but we can only dream)yuitr loing, 4 days agoI felt a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of prequel kids cried out with joy and the haters were suddenly silenced. What a time to be alive and a Star Wars fan.pretty average guy, 3 days agoI'm pretty excited to watch this, not gonna lie. And my god, it's amazing to see Star Wars on TV having a movie-like budgetLogan Allec, 7 days agoUncle Owen and Aunt Beru have always been criminally underrated imo…most of us met them in Episode IV and then a few minutes later…bam…crisps. Hope they’re well developed in this series.Vostro, 7 days agoI can't wait. I hope this is a perfect blend of the original trilogy and the prequels.MAnuscript421, 4 days agoOne of the things I would really love to see is the tension between Owen and Kenobis chinmay, 11 hours ago"Obi-Wan Kenobi"..one of my favorite jedi character in the star war movies(after Master YODA)...i still remember the fight against Darth Maul which was one of the best 1 on 1 fight scene in the movie. After seeing Ewan as Obi Wan really gave me goosebumps. Can't wait for the series to be released.Josiah Irondreads, 1 day agoI saw the Revenge of the Sith in theatres back in 2005. Soo hype for this!! 🔥🔥🔥🥺KiwiJedi64, 4 hours agoOh man just when people loved Vader's appearance in Rogue One, really hope this will top it.Dark Knight, 3 days agoThe trailer looks epic! Look foward to watching the new Obi Wan series.Music ON, 4 days agoAfter Revenge of the Sith 17 whole years we will finally see something worthwhile !!
I hope the good times of the chosen one return!!Syed Shamrez Rehan Shah Kazmi, 3 days agoUp so happy that they brought back the Owen Lars actor, he's an amazing actor who has grown over the years and gotten better.nijuo joing, 3 days agoAs a longtime Star Wars Fan I can't wait to see this show.Chill Zero, 2 days agoGod right in the childhood 😭💛. Instant chills.Marco Antonio Vega Ortega, 3 days agoIt seems that it will be a stunning series. I hope to see more than just 6 episodes. Oh my God.wuoi zuiu, 1 day agoThe prequel vibes are strong in this. That is amazingDarth Gamer, 2 days agoImagine the crowd reaction to this if it was shown at a Star Wars Celebration event or similar!!John Concerto, 18 hours agoHOLY SH1T. This looks amazing. Everything looks PERFECT. And I say this as a strong critic of the sequels. Glad to see this is looking hopeful!Peter Parker, 7 days agoThis trailer feels like a culmination of the prequels, Clone Wars, Rebels, and Rogue One film. It has everything a fan wants, so super excited for this series!!surajit brahma, 4 days agoGoosebumps and emotions through my veins from the first secondsChannel Clips, 3 days agothis trailer gave me goosbumps, i cant wait for the series!Drawnby1, 2 days agoMan, the circle is almost complete, when they met, one was a learner and one the master, now one is almost a master of evil and one is a caretakerNicholas Light TV, 7 days agoBetween seeing Ewan back as Obi Wan, the music, the visuals.. hearing Vaders breathing, and it actually meaning something. Chills. Tears. Still shaking.JABBER WOCKY, 2 days agoI.......... am absolutely sobbing. 45 years since obi wan first appeared on screen, 17n years since we last saw him on screen, several appearances throughout then, rebels, clone wars, comics, all that, Before kenobi was announced, I thought we never see him again, and i was fine with that. let obi wan rest i thought, then kenobi was announced a while ago, and wow, i thought that pretty cool, now seeing him here, hearing the classic themes playing, i realize just how badly i wanted to see him once moreIamDwew, 7 days agoI am so incredibly happy to see Ewan Mcgregor back as Obi-wan, I grew up with the prequels so seeing him and (eventually seeing) Hayden Christiansen back will be AMAZING!!!TheGamingLemon, 7 days agoI've been looking forward to thisNicholas Bleker, 2 days agoI’m really hoping that we see Obi Wan’s depression in this, he’s been through utter hell with literally losing everyone he cared about/loved, and really from all that it would put through any Jedi on the verge of joining the dark side. Like Jesus Christ though, how we see him not give into the darkest temptations, or better yet overcome them, would make this the best piece of fiction we could ever get on screen.Jibbers Delight, 3 days agoFinally! Time to bring balance to the force, properly this time.
Lunar Tuna, 3 hours agoman prequels had so much epicness in them i hope this series brings some of it backMohammed Bakkar, 3 days agoObi-Wan is my favorite sw character, he lost his master, girlfriend, anakin which he considered him a brother but he did not even think to join the dark side. I hope it is a good story.Cosmic Lovers, 7 days agoThis is probably the last time we'll be seeing Ewan and Hayden as their respective characters. I honestly cannot wait but at the same time don't want it to be overdan gabriel, 16 hours agoSo glad Ewan Kenobi is back! The force is strong with him!saljpal3, 5 hours agoIt's an interesting coincidence that the amount of time thats passed both in universe and real life release between Phantom Menace and Obi-Wan Kenobi is 23 years.Nahtan Dorvol, 6 days agoThere's something emotional about seeing Luke as a child. Makes the connection between the Prequels and Originals much strongerMike, 3 days agoWhen I first heard that an Obi-Wan series was happing, I'll admit I wasn't too excited. But seeing Ewan McGregor and the music, I can't wait now.Michael Estrada, 13 hours agoThis will be one of the greatest things Disney has ever decided to create.stewart long, 6 hours agoAwesome trailer however I can't seem to think that they missed a trick not releasing it in may 4th... either way can't wait for this to startphileon 232, 3 days agoFinally, something I wanted to see.Corby Chaney, 1 day agoFeels like an epic movie trailer. This series will be a huge success for DisneyKal, 7 days agoI did not expect inquisitors, so many characters being adapted to live action is exciting. Welcome back Ewan Mcgregor!!Nawwaf Husein, 4 days agoAs a prequel fan (yes love them flaws too) this is the first time i am truly excited for another star wars. Let's make lots of memes boys.stuffin mcplowed, 4 days agoObi wan returning is pure gold I never expected this day to comeChaney Kids, 3 days agoWho else thinks this will be one of the best series in Star Wars!!🔥🤩
Ashley Rodriguez, 4 days agoGod I hope they don’t mess this up. We’ve been waiting YEARS to see Obi-Wan againCharles Myers, 2 days agoHave been waiting for this since the end of Episode lll. And they brought back Joel Edgerton....too cool.Emperor Palpatine, 7 days agoThe fact that John Williams himself is creating the soundtrack for this shows how dedicated the showrunners are to deliver a good story. This has the potential to become one of the greatest Star Wars contents.Dheeraj Maganti, 2 days agoMy life feels complete after watching this trailerAhegaoRathalos, 3 days agoThat whole speech about hunting Jedi reminded me of some of Hans Landa's lines from Inglorious Basterds. This is gonna be good.Point Rain7, 3 days agoAs an adult now I’m genuinely great full that I’m getting to relive a little bit of my childhood again.Appa, 6 hours agoI can’t wait for this to come outShadowScythes, 3 days agoI was not expecting to see the Inquisitors here, I'm super excited for this!The Senate, 6 days ago“He cannot help it”
Say what you want about the Grand Inquisitor in this, the way he says the line with such enjoyment is such a highlight of his darkness makes me so excited for this showVin Andrei, 4 hours agoBeing a huge fan of Obi-Wan Kenobi/Ben-Kenobi/The Negotiator since watching the Original Trilogy, the Sequel Trilogy, Clone Wars Series, The 2008 Clone Wars Animated Series. I am super thrilled to see him once more! An elegant charcater for a more civilized age.
Dragon United, 1 day agoWe're looking at possibly 4-5 good long 1 hr episodes, this is probably the best news for Star Wars fans.B.Y.O.P., 7 days agoThe first Jedi we ever see on-screen. Now, in his own series. He deserves it.Christian Kevin Tobias, 2 days agoSeen this way too many times. One of the greatest SW trailers ever. Plus that lightsaber on the Disney+ was icing on the cake!
z4, 2 days agoI’m VERY excited for this.Linsanityisreal, 7 days agoJust hearing Ewan’s voice again as Obi-Wan brings back so many memories man…Can Oflaz, 7 days agoThis is everything. My childhood, my youth, my present, my life. Thank you.JTReviewsPlus, 7 days agoThe music, the visuals, the character designs, the world…. Chills just chills.Todd Bender, 3 days agoI need 10 seasons and I need them nowChuck Yufarley, 4 days agoIt's crazy that Ewan is just 12 years younger now than Alec Guinness was when ANH premiered, roughly fitting the timeline of the new series.David Paz, 3 days agoI feel a massive...pulse through the Force. As if millions of Star Wars fans rejoiced simultaneously.Nick Conrad, 7 days agoMaul: "Tell me, is he the chosen one?"
Obi Wan: "He is."
Seeing a young Luke made me swell up with joy.Jiado, 7 days agoGREAT to hear Ewan again, and I'm really excited about Hayden not only making his return to the franchise (where people will give him respect), AND to live it up in the Vader portion of Anakin's life!abhilash Mahamuni, 4 days agoDisney has done a fantastic job 👏. Doing exactly what fans wantCarbodude, 4 days agoI hope this turns out amazing and not aggressively "okay" like The Book Of Boba FettAlphaBuckeyeLion2233, 7 days ago"The fight is done. We lost."
That's heartbreaking to hear the pain in his voice. Everything he fought for was destroyed and his best friend turned to the dark side.
I cannot wait for this show. It's going to be so stinkin' awesomeSahand Vahidnia, 4 days agoI have been waiting for this for ages now!Anomalous Zookeeper, 3 days agoI still remember when he implied he was hella sick of playing the character. Yet here he is again. That was a decade ago.Muthoni Maina, 3 days agoI sleep very well at night , knowing I never hated on the Prequels or Hayden Christensen. I was just a kid when they came out AND I LOVED THEM!TFDX Studios, 7 days agoSo glad that they brought back Joel Edgerton and Ewan McGregor to reprise their roles. The fact that they added the Duel of the Fates theme was the cherry on top.Generation Tech, 7 days agoYou're our only hope Obi WanVictory Culinary Academy Pvt Ltd, 4 days agoThis is big, hope it lives up to the hypeRayjann, 4 days agoCan't wait for it to be releasedSpiros Diochnos, 30 minutes agothis is how I felt when watching the first TFA trailer, let' shope this time it's worth itЕвгений Панкратов, 1 day agoThe most expected series in my life.....Dad Verb, 7 days agoThe lightsaber swiping to form the Disney+ logo at the end was lowkey badass.Kierysn Jones, 3 days agoCant wait for this show!!!Elementalist Lux Dark, 2 days agoFinally we saw McGregor being Obi Wan once againR4M1N0, 19 hours agoOne Week and Kenobi already has more views and likes than Book of Boba, poor Boba
But i'm hyped for Ewan <3OGC 404, 1 day agoJust gonna say, its dope they got uncle Owen from the prequels to come back.jorge salas, 4 days agoObi Wan "the negotiator" is the only one who convinced me to pay for my Disney+ subcriptionBad Cool-Aid Vapors Official Channel, 3 days agoI remember feeling something like this when the last trailer for Revenge of the Sith came out in movie theaters. Blown away and filled with excitement as i saw Obi Wan in that trailer explain the legend of the Jedi and the Old Republic. Now we get to see him fill in that gap where i imagined him as a Jedi master in his adventures before his final years in a New Hope. Chills went down my spine with some tears as Duel of the Fates came on with the beloved Lucasfilm logo fading into space. Hit me hard as a long time old school Star Wars fan and I get to finally follow old obi wan on one of his idealistic crusades.Dauliron the Bard, 18 hours agoI feel like this is one of those trailers that too good to be true. Especially coming from Disney, their current track record shows that they butcher IPs, we once loved, and I fear they can't help themselves with this. I pray it's good, but I fear the worst.
MayLily, 7 days agoLove Ewan and his dedication to all his roles, especially his dedication to Star Wars. Will definitely catch this.Alkon, 4 days agoThis does put a smile on my face.Anthony Russo, 4 days agonever expected it to be something so cooljeromeignatius, 7 days agoTo think that after all these years, countless rumors and petitions, it's finally here.
Obi-Wan Kenobi is finally back.Bar, 1 day agoOMG YES
as soon as I saw Ewan McGregor 1st time in this video, I had the biggest smile
Beccajoy, 2 days agoThis is the content I've been wanting from Star wars but haven't gotten! Letssss goooBen Fielding, 3 days agoThey can NOT screw this up. I will never forgive them if they do. Obi wan and Anakin were my childhoodBESTRAFEN, 3 days agoI think it's time I finally get Disney plus 🤘Albert Einstein, 7 days agoHearing Darth Vader’s iconic breath sent chills down my spine. Even after generations, Darth Vader still has a profound effect on the Star Wars universe. Very excited for this show and the ultimate showdown between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vadernub, 7 days ago"Between darkness and defeat, hope survives" This trailer couldn't have given itself a better descriptionGrim Cat Piano, 7 days agoFor me since childhood and Phantom Menace Obi-Wan felt like the main character who should have more story and advanced story between movies. I've been watching the fight between Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon vs Darth Maul more than 100 times and Duel of the Fates was hitting hard every time. Now it felt like catharsisJosh, 3 days agoEverything is perfect and Disney I love that lightsaber for your logo. Brilliant!ILoveKimPossibleAlot, 7 days agoI'm so excited, Obi Wan is one of the best parts of the prequelsSimon Goddard, 5 days agoThe nostalgia for us who are now adults and grew up with Ewan and Hayden as our heroes. Honestly can't wait this is what I've been looking forward too the mostE. NYGMA, 3 days agoPatience is a virtue. Remember that!Why am I here, 1 day agoThis look of obi wan has really grown on me nglTim Murphy, 4 days agoIt's good to see Joel Edgerton back as Owen.Katherine Zhou, 4 days agoI don't know what to do right now, but I wanna cry because I miss him as Obi-wan so much 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
AD_edits, 7 days agoSo many happy and sad memories from the music alone I just can’t believe we finally got the trailer!!! My favorite character is back!!!!!TheBoneDaddyJenkinsEsquire, 7 days agoI’ve waited my entire life for this moment. The true sequel to revenge of the sith. I know that’s a new hope but new characters and is missing like 30 years. Seeing ewan back is literally all I’ve ever wantedGreek Fountain, 7 days agoObi wan is my favourite character. He’s everything I aspire to be. He’s the true hero of Star Wars, he went through so much and still stayed true to himselfVostokreutz, 7 days agoNo words to describe this moment. Surreal to feel this again.William Charles, 1 day agoThat new Disney plus logo animation is killer !!!NeoSoniX, 7 days agoRevenge of the Sith is my favourite Star Wars movie and I love this trailer. I was so happy to hear not only that Ewan McGregor would return but also Hayden Christensen. Cannot wait for the releaseAhja, 7 days agoMan I really wish they would make this longer than just a few Episodes this looks so good.tt훈, 1 day agoJust perfectBrandon, 7 days agoI guess I'll say it first...
This is where the fun begins!Malt licky, 4 days agoThat 1 minute 46 second trailer was better than the whole sequel trilogy put togetherGrey land, 4 days agoNow THIS is Star Wars!petite etoile, 7 days agoYou know...for all that so many people made fun of the prequels, you can't deny they told one of the most heartbreaking and tragic stories. Especially with the addition of the animated seriesSezarOroo, 3 days agoMy god, a post lucas show that looks like it has a plot.jackrizzo116, 5 days agoI love Kenobi’s appearance here. It just looks like the perfect in-between for his appearance in episode 3 and 4.Ouro Boros, 7 days agoHaven't been this hyped for anything Star Wars for many years. Literally I feel like a kid again and I'm not ashamed to admit it. This is where the fun beginssomeguy1231, 4 days agoBetween this, The Mandalorian, and the Book of Boba Fett, Disney really should've focused on live-action series rather than making those terrible sequel films. But I guess that's just hindsight.Ace Iams, 1 day agoThis looks way better than 7, 8, and 9.Phil Bertson, 4 days agoCan't wait for some more Obi-Wan! I'm as excited for this as I have been about every new Star Wars thing over the last 30 years! What a great time to be a Star Wars fan!AListProductions, 7 days agoI cannot wait to watch this. My childhood brought back instantly! My body is ready!(name not reproducible with character set), 3 days agoThis going to be the biggest Star Wars event since we found out Lucas was making a prequel back in the late 90s.Azzie, 4 days agoThis brought back all the memories when watching as a kid... Ewan still looks as amazing as alwaysdean tirmizi, 7 days agoI love how committed these star wars series are, the fact that they got Joel edgerton to return as owen lars is brilliantDylan Hess, 7 days agoThe greatest Star Wars character finally gets his own show I am beyond stoked for this!Bald Perspective, 7 days agoThe blend between Prequel-Trilogy & Original-Trilogy aesthetics shown here is exactly what I wanted out of the sequel trilogy.Zero 8880, 7 days agoI'm so glad that Joel Edgerton is getting to reprise his role as Uncle Owen like he asked to.Toku_Visor, 18 hours agoStar Wars: Episode 3.5 Hunt Of The Jedi
Hehe sorry I had to, I know it’s cringe :b
But for reals so hyped for this! I feel like a kid again back when the trailers for Revenge of the Sith were coming out!Catalin Anco, 7 days agoI can't believe they're bringing back all the classics from my childhood: Picard, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ghostbusters, The Soviet Union.Azriff Azli, 7 days ago"The Jedi code is like an itch. He cannot help it!"
That line gave me goosebumpsMac Hodgdon, 7 days agoWith the Grand Inquisitor making his live action debut, I just love how important Rebels is truly becomingThomas Adamson, 7 days agoI love how we are getting closer to the Older Obi Wan portrayal of Ewan McGregor version and to see him completely defeated and lost but still watching over Luke and knowing he would be the catalyst to make sure Luke brought down an empire is poetic 👏Joshua Little, 4 days agoHope is restored for this franchise.AshenNyx, 3 days agoYou had my curiousity, now you have my attentionCommander Fox, 4 days agoI knew this would blow up.John Hagen, 31 minutes agoFinally. A streaming show that looks worthwhile |
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Post by Ingram on Mar 18, 2022 2:03:05 GMT
My Top 10 Favorite Account Names from that list:
10. Anomalous Zookeeper
09. Music ON
08. Bobby Lashley's Headband
07. SLABAW SLOBOW
06. Lunar Tuna
05. Я украинец, и я горжусь этим
04. Emperor Palpatine
03. stuffin mcplowed
02. Chris
01. nub
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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 18, 2022 4:55:22 GMT
My Top 10 Favorite Account Names from that list: 10. Anomalous Zookeeper 09. Music ON 08. Bobby Lashley's Headband 07. SLABAW SLOBOW 06. Lunar Tuna 05. Я украинец, и я горжусь этим 04. Emperor Palpatine 03. stuffin mcplowed 02. Chris 01. nub Ah, yes. That's half why I did it. The wonderful world of YouTube and strange account names all over the place. We should be very scared that both Emperor Palpatine and Albert Einstein commented. YouTube can't repel intellectual, back-from-the-dead fuckery of that magnitude. Also, the list of comments I supplied contains replies from both Emperor Palpatine and The Senate. This is a contradiction. |
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Post by Samnz on Mar 18, 2022 7:39:13 GMT
It's really starting to feel like this is going to be the Prequel generation's TFA. I'm probably just too old by now (turned 32 this year) to get that excited myself, but I certainly feel the anticipation. I enjoyed the trailer and I feel there's potential, I'm just dying to see real Prequel aesthetic again. I get that this is set at a time when the Empire ruled, but the way the Prequels just looked was a big part of what made me fall in love with the movies. I miss that time... when Star Wars used to look and feel like Naboo, Kamino or Geonosis.
I'm still cursing JJ Abrams for failing to give as a shot of Naboo in TROS^^
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Post by tonyg on Mar 18, 2022 16:57:52 GMT
It's really starting to feel like this is going to be the Prequel generation's TFA. I'm probably just too old by now (turned 32 this year) to get that excited myself, but I certainly feel the anticipation. I enjoyed the trailer and I feel there's potential, I'm just dying to see real Prequel aesthetic again. I get that this is set at a time when the Empire ruled, but the way the Prequels just looked was a big part of what made me fall in love with the movies. I miss that time... when Star Wars used to look and feel like Naboo, Kamino or Geonosis. I'm still cursing JJ Abrams for failing to give as a shot of Naboo in TROS^^ It is Lucas vision that made the PT look so beautiful. The beauty of the PT was what hooked me to Star Wars (I'm older and still I wasn't interested in them before the prequel era) apart from the story, of course. But I doubt we will see the beauty again. Is not that I'm some radical PT purist, is just that I see what are aestestics of the contemporary visual artists. Abrams made SW look ugly. For the record, I strongly dislike the Last Jedi but at least it wasn't ugly. If they follow the Abrams' way... Anyway, replicating SW in hundreds of miniseries, spinoffs of spinoffs, etc. is not exacly my idea of expanding the universe. Maybe I would accept it if they didn't make this sequel trilogy. I won't watch the mini series but if the prequel actors at last would be praised for what they did (especially Hayden) well, it would be great. |
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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 18, 2022 17:12:46 GMT
It's really starting to feel like this is going to be the Prequel generation's TFA. I'm probably just too old by now (turned 32 this year) to get that excited myself ? Old?! That was how "old" George Lucas was when he filmed the majority of ANH! Not old, at all. I'm 38. You're two years from thirty, I'm two years (actually, more like 13 months) from 40. Maybe I feel my age more than I did ten years ago, and I see a few greys sprouting through that I didn't have then, but I can still feel pangs of excitement toward Star Wars things -- well, sometimes. I mean, yeah, we all age, but growing up is optional. In any case: You young whippersnapper, you! Right. I liked some of the sequel planets/moons, such as Kef Bir, Kijimi, and Exegol, and also that tantalising snapshot of exotic locales in the lightspeed skipping sequence at the start of TROS (the Crystal Chaos of Cardovyte, the Mirror-Spires of Ivexia, and the Megafauna Chasm of the Typhonic Nebula). As far as this new series goes, the Hong Kong-based "Blade Runner" planet (Daiyu) looks interesting: www.themarysue.com/everything-we-know-about-daiyu/Nevertheless, I hear ya. Overall, the locales seen in these Disney-era Star Wars productions have mostly been a little... restrained, so far. That would have been nice. |
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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 18, 2022 20:13:50 GMT
Found another trailer for the Kenobi show! I really ought to post this in the Disney Wars thread, too... Hope Is Dope |
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Post by Samnz on Mar 21, 2022 10:02:43 GMT
It's really starting to feel like this is going to be the Prequel generation's TFA. I'm probably just too old by now (turned 32 this year) to get that excited myself ? Old?! That was how "old" George Lucas was when he filmed the majority of ANH! Not old, at all. I'm 38. You're two years from thirty, I'm two years (actually, more like 13 months) from 40. Maybe I feel my age more than I did ten years ago, and I see a few greys sprouting through that I didn't have then, but I can still feel pangs of excitement toward Star Wars things -- well, sometimes. I mean, yeah, we all age, but growing up is optional. In any case: You young whippersnapper, you! George was truly a wunderkind-like phenomenon and I kind of share Coppola's sentiment that the world lost something when Star Wars took over his life. I love Star Wars and I don't want to miss it, but Lucas' potential was significant and he could have achieved wonders. That would have been nice. Rey should have buried the sabers on Naboo, ideally next to Padmé's grave. It's a shame that the director's nostalgia for desert worlds and Tatooine won over thematical and story logic, especially once they turned her into a Palpatine. Then again, I don't really care. The ST is an alternative universe scenario in my head canon, at best. |
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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 21, 2022 18:06:39 GMT
32? Old?! That was how "old" George Lucas was when he filmed the majority of ANH! Not old, at all. I'm 38. You're two years from thirty, I'm two years (actually, more like 13 months) from 40. Maybe I feel my age more than I did ten years ago, and I see a few greys sprouting through that I didn't have then, but I can still feel pangs of excitement toward Star Wars things -- well, sometimes. I mean, yeah, we all age, but growing up is optional. In any case: You young whippersnapper, you! George was truly a wunderkind-like phenomenon and I kind of share Coppola's sentiment that the world lost something when Star Wars took over his life. I love Star Wars and I don't want to miss it, but Lucas' potential was significant and he could have achieved wonders. I don't know. I suppose, in the words of a "A Bronx Tale", there's nothing worse than wasted talent. However, we need to bear in mind several facets of the Star Wars phenomenon and George Lucas' own personality: i) Lucas was really burned by the commercial failure of his first film "THX-1138". This was a really big shock for him and a major reality check, perhaps more than he has ever spoken about. In film school, he was protected by the open-minded, 1960s arthouse environment, where experimentation was welcomed, and his confidence and ego were built up by his work being the recipient of many awards. When he left film school and went out into the real world, it must have devastated him that his debut feature was an unqualified box-office bomb. Add in some unwanted tinkering by the film studio and you already have the perfect ingredients for a rebellious, I'm-never-doing-this-again George Lucas to emerge. ii) Lucas has admitted to holding grudges when things don't go his way. This fact might be a little surprising and disquieting given his reserved, affable nature, and the Jedi philosophy he layered into Star Wars. What could possibly rattle a man like George Lucas? His divorce, for one. Another is when people blast him or the support he expects to get isn't there. For instance, in over eighty hours' worth of interviews with biographer Dale Pollock (who wrote "Skywalking: The Life And Films Of George Lucas") in 1982, Lucas supposedly slammed his mentor Francis Ford Coppola for failing to back him up over "American Graffiti" and alleged that he had stolen his concept of "Apocalypse Now". Pollock's manuscript upset Lucas and Coppola and lawsuits were threatened. Pollock alleges that Lucas was livid and bluntly said to him: "I'll never do this again; no one will ever do this to me again; I will control everything that's ever written about me." But something obviously went down between Lucas and Coppola as they were estranged in the 1980s after the Original Trilogy. Moreover, for a brief while, Lucas even shaved his beard. He later said he was going through a midlife crisis (he also tried contact lenses for the first time), and maybe he was, but the beard-shaving was also a way for him to distance himself from Coppola (he grew a beard in the first place mainly in emulation of Coppola who he looked up to in earlier years). This is a side of GL that Lucas generally keeps private (and likely a big part of the reason he was so upset with Pollock). But in concert with the first point above, you can perceive his deep frustration that the world basically rejected the auteur side of his nature and good concepts are stolen -- i.e., they must therefore be protected. Consistent with this observation, note that Lucas has many times asserted since the making of the prequels that he plans on making highly personal, experimental films once more, but that he has no plans to ever release these to the public. In other words, since the public failed to recognise his genius the first time around, he now intends to deprive the public of that genius and exclude them from ever commenting or critiquing his auteuristic work -- and, by extension, his auteur side -- ever again. iii) Lucas loves money and control. Despite the fact that we, as prequel fans, have vigorously defended Lucas' filmmaking honour over the years and admire his choices, the elephant in the room is that Lucas is also an exceptional businessman and loves his green. He loves getting one over his enemies. Money equals freedom -- at least, if used the right way. While Lucas is not materialistic in the way that some people are, his selling to Disney is really the ultimate proof that money and the personal/artistic freedom it can bring are a higher priority to him than seeing his own creation (i.e., the sequel trilogy) through to conclusion. Over the years, Star Wars turned into a merchandising juggernaut, and Lucas profited handsomely from it. Reviews left on the employment website Glassdoor repeatedly emphasise that pay at Lucasfilm is poor and roughly half the industry standard. And that didn't start under Disney. Lucas' tight management of money and resources when making his films is legendary. And he is known (though this has not been widely disseminated) to have entered into a capitalist conspiracy with Steve Jobs to deprive his employees of certain freedoms to ensure that costs were kept down by keeping their wages artificially low. iv) Lucas is ruthlessly autocratic. He just does it in subtle, intellectual ways, and avoids screaming at his employees. As much as Lucasfilm may have turned into a millstone around his neck, he obviously found something satisfying about exerting control over others and making hard-nosed decisions, or he wouldn't have remained in control of his companies for so long. Thus, when we say that the world was deprived of great films from a talented filmmaker because that filmmaker was diverted by a fantasy franchise of his making, we must remember that it was he who made it in the first place, and he made it because he wanted to, and then he stayed with it (well, until he abandoned it) because he wanted to. Marcia Lucas has even suggested that Star Wars was running through his head in inchoate form from the moment she met him, while he was still enrolled at USC. Indeed, if Lucas was burned by the failure of THX as I've stated, and if he was pissed at Coppola for not offering enough support of his filmmaking projects, then here we have a good explanation for why he became so driven by money and turned into a movie mogul himself -- he wanted to get back at Francis and do it better. Lucas has also stated that he developed several of his talents based on advice and dares from Coppola. Lucas' mentality back then, in his own words, when prompted to do a lighter, funnier movie than THX (which became "American Graffiti") was "I'll show him" (although, to be fair, Coppola wasn't the only one urging him to go that route). v) Lucas loves Star Wars. Yes, last but not least, I think it's reasonable to say that the man is in love with his own creation, despite occasionally having a love-hate relationship with his having essentially become George "Star Wars" Lucas. Let us say it plain: Lucas loves the world of Star Wars, he loves the characters, and he loves the mega-accomplishment of turning a basic idea, back when he was still a relatively unproven filmmaker (one box-office bomb, one hit movie to his name) into a globe-spanning entertainment franchise and a modern fable -- edutainment -- for children. And that is a huge achievement. Star Wars was good for him and he was good for Star Wars. In many ways, as far as his personal journey goes, it's the ultimate example of a symbiotic relationship, which Qui-Gon explains to Anakin: "Lifeforms living together for mutual advantage". For, to paraphrase Qui-Gon, without George Lucas, Star Wars would not exist, and we would have no experience of something so personal and yet so epic. Star Wars agrees with Lucas' personality, because, as he said a few years ago to Charlie Rose, when the universe created him, it fused in his DNA both a pragmatic, take-charge guy and a romantic daydreaming type of person. So with Star Wars, Lucas was able to have his cake and eat it. Not without some cost, maybe. But it was a very good deal overall. vi) Lucas is lazy. Okay, this truly is the last point -- and, in some senses, the least. It sounds crazy, right? When Lucas gets going on something, he truly gets going. And people who experience Lucas' level of success (i.e., we're talking a handful of people here) hardly sit around waiting for things to happen. These are extraordinary individuals. But the creative impulse is an imperfect, erratic one, often thwarted by doubt and indecision. And in Lucas' case, it can take him a while to find the momentum to commit to something. By his own admission, he not only struggles to write screenplays and must chain himself to the desk to get his requisite five pages done (a minimum daily target he sets himself when writing), but there's even a great deal of sloth involved in his just getting started on a new project in the first place. Even when making "Return Of The Jedi" and nearing the end of the "first chapter" of his filmmaking journey, Lucas quipped in an interview with the New York Times in 1982 that he'd "rather be in bed watching television". He was obviously expressing some fatigue due to all the struggles he'd endured bringing his vision to the screen, but he wasn't entirely kidding. One of the things Marcia Lucas complained about in their marriage was that Lucas liked to spend a good deal of his spare time watching TV and eating TV dinners. Star Wars was clearly something he was able to embrace because it brought him enough joy and satisfaction that he was able to return to it and stick with it for as long as it needed him -- and he needed it. Of course, in all of this, I'm not saying that a few more non-Star Wars movies written and directed by George Lucas wouldn't have been welcome. It's definitely the case that Lucas retreated into Star Wars and his film companies to some extent, rather than face the prospect of new challenges head-on, or suffer new setbacks along the way. But if you consider all the preceding factors, it seems the universe was pushing him in the direction of Star Wars, and Lucas lacked the tenacity -- or the foolishness -- to resist. Well, in the story they told, or the OT-clinging construct they used, Rey has no connection to Padme, and Padme is never mentioned by anyone in the ST. Padme was also never a Jedi. It wouldn't have made much sense showing Naboo at the end, just for Rey to pay homage to someone she never met and seemingly had no knowledge of. Moreover, Rey herself grew up on a desert planet, so her going to Tatooine -- "where it all began" -- is more poetic, as she acknowledges her roots and puts the sabers of Luke and Leia to rest near where Shmi was buried and Luke lost his foster parents (and where Luke made the decision to "learn the ways of the Force and become a Jedi (like his father)". Ideally, Luke and Leia would never have been split up, and could have been a more powerful team (as Rey and Kylo became) if they remained in each other's company as children. However, that could have alerted them to the bad guys. Presumably, there is something special about Tatooine, given its constant appearance in the Lucas films (barring TESB, although it is mentioned at the end), and Obi-Wan says at the end of ROTS that they must take the twins somewhere "where the Sith will not sense their presence". Maybe the sabers are destined to be picked up again one day, but I like the visual of them disappearing into the sand. After all, Anakin hated sand, but that was him basically telling Padme, in more disguised form, "I don't want things to change" (as he says to his mother in Episode I). If change, however, is the one constant in the universe, it's apt that the totems that embody the Skywalker twins (and the ancient ways of the Jedi) are covered in sand, moments before Rey activates her unique saber for the first time and assumes the name of Skywalker for herself -- anchoring herself in what has come before, but also moving forward, open to what lies ahead. A lot of fans may dislike TROS and find the ending frustrating, even insulting, but I think it's a mature, eloquent way to end the ST (given the themes and its OT-fixated narrative), and I'm not sure what could have been better. All the best SW endings are infused with melancholy, in my opinion. |
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Post by Cryogenic on Mar 22, 2022 20:32:01 GMT
Ewan was live on the telly on BBC's One's "The One Show" about an hour ago and he was looking good. Here's a picture from my phone:  The new Obi-Wan series got mentioned at the end of his appearance, for all of thirty seconds. Ewan instead spent the time talking about his work with UNICEF and the situation in Ukraine. Although I may be a bit grumpy about the way Ewan has spoken about the prequels, he's a good guy, and his work with UNICEF reminds you of what's really important in life. There is real evil and suffering in the world, and lots of people in need. A page about Ewan's work with UNICEF: www.unicef.org.uk/celebrity-supporters/ewan-mcgregor/If you would like to help, you can make a donation at the following address: www.unicef.org.uk/donate/donate-now-to-protect-children-in-ukraine/ |
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Post by smittysgelato on Mar 22, 2022 21:29:04 GMT
Audrey would dig it.
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Post by Seeker of the Whills on Apr 27, 2022 14:59:15 GMT
I was let down by the trailer. There's many, admittedly quite small, things I can complain about. I don't think Obi's longer hair look suits him. And am I the only one or does he not do the Alec Guinness impersonation anymore? He just sounded like Ewan McGregor to me. I think the Inquisitors are dull villains and I don't like how they keep making more of them. The look of the show seems to again try to imitate the OT. The costumes are simple and dourly colored, and the world seems desolate. I was hoping for more of a prequel flair to the visual style. I didn't like the voice over dialogue. It sounds like generic end of the world babble you'd hear in some modern YA book adaptation or Marvel movie. The reports that the initial ideas for the show were too bleak and they had to "lighten it up" sound true to me, but the trailer still feels very drab. The only exciting thing for me is Hayden's return. I just hope we get to see him outside of the Vader suit.
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Post by smittysgelato on Apr 27, 2022 20:40:16 GMT
There's no denying that The Hunger Games had a massive impact on Disney-era Star Wars. I didn't notice the YA touches in the trailer, but I wouldn't be surprised. It has been a while since I watched the Hunger Games.
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Post by Seeker of the Whills on Apr 28, 2022 16:38:00 GMT
There's no denying that The Hunger Games had a massive impact on Disney-era Star Wars. I didn't notice the YA touches in the trailer, but I wouldn't be surprised. It has been a while since I watched the Hunger Games. The consequences of Hunger Games have been terrible on cinema. A few years ago there were multiple YA series that copied it like the Divergent series. The only YA adaptation I've liked aside from the first four Harry Potters is the first Maze Runner movie because it was more Lord of the Flies than Hunger Games. The rest of the series turned into predictable YA garbage with a resistance of young people fighting for freedom. Of course, Hunger Games and the like were also influenced by Star Wars, so maybe it's appropriate that it is in turn influenced by them. I just don't care for it. ...and then blows away like sand. Because the Jedi are, like, dust in the wind and stuff. Woah.Sorry. I'm being an asshole. LOL. Well, yeah, that does seem to be a motif. Not Ingram being an asshole, but the Jedi as these elusive, implacable beings. "Obi-Wan Kenobi? Surely he must be dead by now." My other interpretation of the "blows away like sand" effect, apart from it looking cool, which entails some mild assholeishness of my own, is them saying: "The prequels? Nah, we've got better than those things." (The prequels, when they came to DVD, had gold writing on the spines, contrasting with the silver typography on the spines of the OT films). Anyway, the suggestion of illusions and things being transient -- or "always in motion" -- via that visual effect is interesting. I'm sure the pigeon moment is a reference to some TCW or Rebels installment, or an obscure anime, or something. I was reminded -- drawing on my limited cinematic knowledge -- of the "dove" moment in "Blade Runner" (when Roy Batty dies), and a little bit of that flying creature distracting Aayla Secura moments before she is gunned down by the clone troopers on Felucia (a planet Lucas reportedly wanted to reprise in the Sequel Trilogy):   Sort of.  I never really noticed her gender, race, or look till now. I just take it as a given that the SW universe is a pretty diverse place, even though the franchise has mainly been oriented around white, English-speaking leads, all exuding a relatively "straight" sexuality. The Auralnauts material is always fun. It's great to see prequel actors back, indeed. It looks like there's some quality to this production (obvious statement is obvious), but also an attempt to genuinely tie it into all the existing swathes of the Star Wars tapestry. But yeah, it has that "2022" look and feel, alright. I think you're right that the birds are a Blade Runner reference. The rooftops of the city planet look just like the rooftop where Deckard and Roy have their final confrontation.     It remains to be seen if the planet is Coruscant or not, but they seem to be slightly moving away from the look of Coruscant from the prequels, and consciously riffing more on Blade Runner. Of course, Lucas was influenced by Blade Runner as well. It's not a bad place to take your cues from. |
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Post by Cryogenic on Apr 28, 2022 20:16:21 GMT
I was let down by the trailer. There's many, admittedly quite small, things I can complain about. A perfect distillation of the typical SW fanboy mentality right there! I'm pulling your leg a bit, because at least your qualification ("admittedly quite small") shows self-awareness. And, obviously, you are entitled to your opinion. It's even one I share a bit. Since the end of the PT, Star Wars has struggled to offer anything all that compelling, IMO. I mean, after ROTS -- how do you follow that? "Possibly." I would also have assumed Obi-Wan's "Jedi mullet" days are long behind him. For better or worse, they seem to be emulating the "bedraggled mystic" look of Luke in TLJ. Obi-Wan's shabby, untamed locks are meant, I think, to convey a degree of self-neglect; since that is where the story locates this version of Obi-Wan, who has all but given up on the idea of overthrowing the Empire when the series begins. But at least this sorta ties his look into his AOTC phase, as if Obi-Wan is subconsciously trying to turn the clock back a little. This is a "wait and see" for me. Some other people have commented similarly. I dunno. Again, this is a "wait and see" for me. I think it's hard to tell from a handful of lines. There's plenty of Ewan that shows through in the prequel incarnations of Obi-Wan. His impersonation has always been coloured by his own personality. I do hope there is still some attempt being made to emulate Sir Alec in look, cadence, and mannerisms, however. Ouch. Personally, I like the idea of a caste of Jedi hunters. It was only shown in the most fleeting and fitful of ways in the Sequel Trilogy, with the Knights of Ren. This is the first time we're seeing a lethal, shadow-y sect of this type in live action where their impact on the plot actually sums to something. Yes, of course, there's the Sith, but we've never gotten a Ronin-type class working for the bad guys before. Technically, the "Rule Of Two" limits the Sith to exactly that number, so I can understand them wanting to widen the menace of the Sith and expand the seriousness of Imperial rule a little bit. And if anyone is to be blamed for the concept, it's Dave Filoni who introduced this band of mercenaries in "Rebels". I think it's nice to have some consistency here across the brand, so to speak. Yeah, this is more of a sticking point for me. I just picked up a brilliant little book by Dorling Kindersley last week: The Art Book. It's beautifully laid out and there's all manner of wonderful, riveting quotes and epigrams in there. Aside from the splendid presentation (up to DK's usual standards), that was the main reason I bought it. Some of those quotes just plain knocked me out. This one instantly evoked the joy of the PT: "A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public."That was actually a critic denigrating an oil painting by the French artist Henri Matisse known as Woman with a Hat in 1905 (one hundred years, incidentally, before the release of ROTS). To quote the Wikipedia article: The prequels were -- you might argue -- equally shocking, with their wild, unrepentant embrace of digital technology, and exorbitant explosion of costuming, place, rhythm, and colour. We haven't really seen anything of their like since Lucas sold to Disney. There does seem to be a concerted, collectivist effort to blend Star Wars into the existing scenery of modern pop culture ( what culture?) from the new copyright holders, to an extent that Lucas never pursued. I prefer more boldness. But whether we'll ever see that again from this property is another matter. Still, I want to keep some hope alive (perhaps the most Obi-Wan-ish statement of all?). Not that this series is going to absolutely dazzle in the visual stakes, but that it'll be reasonable in its scope and intensity, and that it'll fill in some missing pieces and find a new angle on Obi-Wan in the process. Yeah, there's a touch of that. Or rather, the faux yin-yang effect: annihilation and despair on one hand, meeting hope and resilience on the other. Or, in the words of the parody trailer I recently shared in here, "Hope Is Dope": That said, I really like the voiceover of the Grand Inquisitor, played by Rupert Friend -- by many accounts, a great actor. There's such a pompous, self-satisfied, almost orgiastic quality about it. "He cannot help it!" He sounds like a boarding school headmaster. The classic British tone of a repressed homoerotic sadist. Perfect for Imperial-era Star Wars. I think the trailer suggests there's going to be a fair amount of action and subterfuge. We'll have to wait and see if that's really the case. However, the trailer brings a certain energy with it; as if keen to distance the series from its earlier instantiation of gloomy navel-gazing. Even the Disney+ logo at the end is tartly energised by a new lightsaber animation. It could end up being an awkward blend: a curate's egg of millennial self-pity, tethered to existential meditations, combined with jarring, florid action sequences. I might here recommend looking to "Rogue One" and "Solo", which were both interfered with by Kathleen Kennedy to generally decent results. Aesthetically, they are perhaps closest to this miniseries (which was originally planned as another spinoff movie). If there's some basic enjoyment and agreement to be found there, fans will probably find it here with this miniseries, too. I think you're right that the birds are a Blade Runner reference. The rooftops of the city planet look just like the rooftop where Deckard and Roy have their final confrontation. It remains to be seen if the planet is Coruscant or not, but they seem to be slightly moving away from the look of Coruscant from the prequels, and consciously riffing more on Blade Runner. Of course, Lucas was influenced by Blade Runner as well. It's not a bad place to take your cues from. Excellent screengrabs. "Blade Runner" (the original) still canes the shit out of everything out there today. Anyway, it's been confirmed that the planet isn't Coruscant. It is very Hong Kong-inspired and goes by the name Daiyu. Here is a link I posted previously: www.themarysue.com/everything-we-know-about-daiyu/At least we're getting something a little new here. The cyberpunk aesthetic is almost in danger of becoming a little passe, but if the story is told well, the environment should work its magic. Also: The leaked footage of Lucas' "Underworld" series was also set on a similar world: Although, there, in the description, the planet is stated (or strongly hinted) to be "the lower levels of Coruscant". Which speaks to a persistent issue with all these Disney productions: Instead of using the same locales that Lucas did, many alternates have been created. This smacks of rebranding. Consider how Jakku is a blatant phone-in of Tatooine, or how a planet called Hosnian Prime is destroyed instead of Coruscant. TFA set the mold and this is how things have carried on ever since. Perhaps there'll be a little more imagination this time, perhaps not. |
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Post by Ingram on Apr 29, 2022 3:10:29 GMT
While Nutsa generally has lower standards than I do with pop-cinema stuff and her takeaways are sometimes a bit obvious and her whole Zoomer style of snark-video commentary is ultimately a speed generationally removed from my own... Something about her overall execution has about it an undeniable moxie & charm—perhaps it's the whole 'deadpan quirky girl' personality that comes off legit over affectatious. And, yes, that trailer parody pretty much sums up my side of things. |
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Post by Seeker of the Whills on Apr 30, 2022 15:10:13 GMT
I was let down by the trailer. There's many, admittedly quite small, things I can complain about. A perfect distillation of the typical SW fanboy mentality right there! I'm pulling your leg a bit, because at least your qualification ("admittedly quite small") shows self-awareness. And, obviously, you are entitled to your opinion. It's even one I share a bit. Since the end of the PT, Star Wars has struggled to offer anything all that compelling, IMO. I mean, after ROTS -- how do you follow that? "Possibly." I would also have assumed Obi-Wan's "Jedi mullet" days are long behind him. For better or worse, they seem to be emulating the "bedraggled mystic" look of Luke in TLJ. Obi-Wan's shabby, untamed locks are meant, I think, to convey a degree of self-neglect; since that is where the story locates this version of Obi-Wan, who has all but given up on the idea of overthrowing the Empire when the series begins. But at least this sorta ties his look into his AOTC phase, as if Obi-Wan is subconsciously trying to turn the clock back a little. This is a "wait and see" for me. Some other people have commented similarly. I dunno. Again, this is a "wait and see" for me. I think it's hard to tell from a handful of lines. There's plenty of Ewan that shows through in the prequel incarnations of Obi-Wan. His impersonation has always been coloured by his own personality. I do hope there is still some attempt being made to emulate Sir Alec in look, cadence, and mannerisms, however. Ouch. Personally, I like the idea of a caste of Jedi hunters. It was only shown in the most fleeting and fitful of ways in the Sequel Trilogy, with the Knights of Ren. This is the first time we're seeing a lethal, shadow-y sect of this type in live action where their impact on the plot actually sums to something. Yes, of course, there's the Sith, but we've never gotten a Ronin-type class working for the bad guys before. Technically, the "Rule Of Two" limits the Sith to exactly that number, so I can understand them wanting to widen the menace of the Sith and expand the seriousness of Imperial rule a little bit. And if anyone is to be blamed for the concept, it's Dave Filoni who introduced this band of mercenaries in "Rebels". I think it's nice to have some consistency here across the brand, so to speak. Yeah, this is more of a sticking point for me. I just picked up a brilliant little book by Dorling Kindersley last week: The Art Book. It's beautifully laid out and there's all manner of wonderful, riveting quotes and epigrams in there. Aside from the splendid presentation (up to DK's usual standards), that was the main reason I bought it. Some of those quotes just plain knocked me out. This one instantly evoked the joy of the PT: "A pot of paint has been flung in the face of the public."That was actually a critic denigrating an oil painting by the French artist Henri Matisse known as Woman with a Hat in 1905 (one hundred years, incidentally, before the release of ROTS). To quote the Wikipedia article: The prequels were -- you might argue -- equally shocking, with their wild, unrepentant embrace of digital technology, and exorbitant explosion of costuming, place, rhythm, and colour. We haven't really seen anything of their like since Lucas sold to Disney. There does seem to be a concerted, collectivist effort to blend Star Wars into the existing scenery of modern pop culture ( what culture?) from the new copyright holders, to an extent that Lucas never pursued. I prefer more boldness. But whether we'll ever see that again from this property is another matter. Still, I want to keep some hope alive (perhaps the most Obi-Wan-ish statement of all?). Not that this series is going to absolutely dazzle in the visual stakes, but that it'll be reasonable in its scope and intensity, and that it'll fill in some missing pieces and find a new angle on Obi-Wan in the process. Yeah, there's a touch of that. Or rather, the faux yin-yang effect: annihilation and despair on one hand, meeting hope and resilience on the other. Or, in the words of the parody trailer I recently shared in here, "Hope Is Dope": That said, I really like the voiceover of the Grand Inquisitor, played by Rupert Friend -- by many accounts, a great actor. There's such a pompous, self-satisfied, almost orgiastic quality about it. "He cannot help it!" He sounds like a boarding school headmaster. The classic British tone of a repressed homoerotic sadist. Perfect for Imperial-era Star Wars. I think the trailer suggests there's going to be a fair amount of action and subterfuge. We'll have to wait and see if that's really the case. However, the trailer brings a certain energy with it; as if keen to distance the series from its earlier instantiation of gloomy navel-gazing. Even the Disney+ logo at the end is tartly energised by a new lightsaber animation. It could end up being an awkward blend: a curate's egg of millennial self-pity, tethered to existential meditations, combined with jarring, florid action sequences. I might here recommend looking to "Rogue One" and "Solo", which were both interfered with by Kathleen Kennedy to generally decent results. Aesthetically, they are perhaps closest to this miniseries (which was originally planned as another spinoff movie). If there's some basic enjoyment and agreement to be found there, fans will probably find it here with this miniseries, too. I think you're right that the birds are a Blade Runner reference. The rooftops of the city planet look just like the rooftop where Deckard and Roy have their final confrontation. It remains to be seen if the planet is Coruscant or not, but they seem to be slightly moving away from the look of Coruscant from the prequels, and consciously riffing more on Blade Runner. Of course, Lucas was influenced by Blade Runner as well. It's not a bad place to take your cues from. Excellent screengrabs. "Blade Runner" (the original) still canes the shit out of everything out there today. Anyway, it's been confirmed that the planet isn't Coruscant. It is very Hong Kong-inspired and goes by the name Daiyu. Here is a link I posted previously: www.themarysue.com/everything-we-know-about-daiyu/At least we're getting something a little new here. The cyberpunk aesthetic is almost in danger of becoming a little passe, but if the story is told well, the environment should work its magic. Also: The leaked footage of Lucas' "Underworld" series was also set on a similar world: Although, there, in the description, the planet is stated (or strongly hinted) to be "the lower levels of Coruscant". Which speaks to a persistent issue with all these Disney productions: Instead of using the same locales that Lucas did, many alternates have been created. This smacks of rebranding. Consider how Jakku is a blatant phone-in of Tatooine, or how a planet called Hosnian Prime is destroyed instead of Coruscant. TFA set the mold and this is how things have carried on ever since. Perhaps there'll be a little more imagination this time, perhaps not. I realize I was pulling apart a tiny sliver of a teaser of what's to come, but I had to get my fanboy gripes out there. This is my most anticipated project so far from Disney. That colorful quote well describes the prequels, and what I feel like Disney is afraid to do. They are afraid to take a chance at creating something truly dazzling, that might in the process alienate a few customers. They are going the safe route, and trying to please everybody. I also get a feeling, which is hard to describe, of Disney wanting to keep their Star Wars projects not only "grounded" but "prestige" in a way. It's like they want their products to be taken more seriously. So no otherworldly planets, just deserts for the most part. The acting has been modernized to come closer to "method" acting, away from the 30's space opera serial style of Lucas' films. Like Finn would say, "It's a feeling." The modernized, post-Game of Thrones "prestige" approach they are going for feels at odds with what Star Wars has been since the very beginning. Star Wars was based on pulp and Saturday matinee serials, and had a B-movie sensibility. That is not bad or a dig at Star Wars, it's the style Lucas was going for. You can see the difference especially in Rogue One and The Last Jedi, which tried very hard to have a particular feel. But The Rise of Skywalker was an exception, I think, and was more in line with Lucas' sensibilities than the other Disney movies. |
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Post by jppiper on Apr 30, 2022 19:11:37 GMT
Seeker of the WhillsLucas wanted The Classic Cartoon Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century to play before ANH for just that reason That it's not meant to be taken seriously
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I never really noticed her gender, race, or look till now. I just take it as a given that the SW universe is a pretty diverse place, even though the franchise has mainly been oriented around white, English-speaking leads, all exuding a relatively "straight" sexuality. 