Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?
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We were right into Star Wars books, the original canon Legends, when the new stuff started to come up.
Initially I didn't know that Disney had broken off from the old canon to create an entirely new storyline so there was a lot of confusion as both my daughter and I have read most of the Legends series.
Our favourite character old/new canon is Thrawn. Timothy Zahn is a phenomenal writer and instrumental in setting off the storm of original canon (Legends) based books. The collaboration between the authors of the various series was neat to see. They worked hard to stay loyal to the timelines and technology lines.
As far as the movies go, there's a lot there that needs to be filled in. Some aspects look like pulls from Legends while others are completely off the bend like the method Han received his last name in Solo.
On the To Do list is to pick up the new canon books, especially the Timothy Zahn Thrawn books, and start reading to see where things are coming from.
As far as Rei goes, her Force powers are mythical in nature. That's one thing the new canon follows with the old: There's always to be a balance in the Force between Light and Dark. Thus, her Force senses and abilities are easily on par with Kylo Ren and with development easily with Snoke.
I thoroughly enjoyed Rogue One and Solo though I was disappointed with the naming scene. Solo's cousin is one nasty dude in Legends. I also enjoyed both mainstream movies. The kids and I have watched all six original movies many, many, many times, and same with the new ones.
So long as the new canon book authors and the movie makers work hard to keep things together, like the iron hold Lucas had on the original canon for the first ten or more years, we should see much of the backstory developed in book form which in turn will help future movies as right now they are essentially writing the story on the fly.
Oh, and there are a lot of YouTube backstory type videos on the movies that can really help. We have spent a good chunk of time digging into them. The Fandom WookiePedia on the new Canon is also quite helpful.
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@kelly @scottalanmiller That is KOTOR. SWTOR is the mmo which is sort of a sequel to Kotor1 and Kotor 2.
It has a bunch of other stuff but it has resolution to KOTORs that you didnt get. -
@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@kelly @scottalanmiller That is KOTOR. SWTOR is the mmo which is sort of a sequel to Kotor1 and Kotor 2.
It has a bunch of other stuff but it has resolution to KOTORs that you didnt get.You're right. I got all the **TORs confused.
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@momurda said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@kelly @scottalanmiller That is KOTOR. SWTOR is the mmo which is sort of a sequel to Kotor1 and Kotor 2.
It has a bunch of other stuff but it has resolution to KOTORs that you didnt get.I know, it's KOTOR that I love. I dislike MMOs for myself as they just don't fit my schedule.
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I really wanted to enjoy SWTOR but couldn't really get into it. It also came out just as I was getting out of college so probably didn't have time to dedicate to it.
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I'm a big Star Wars fan.
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@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I'm a big Star Wars fan.
Just thinking how much my wife would kill me if I did that to our fan.
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@coliver Great idea though
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@coliver said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I'm a big Star Wars fan.
Just thinking how much my wife would kill me if I did that to our fan.
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Also stumbled on this today...
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@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
Also stumbled on this today...
Which is odd because they were going to cook Han, Luke, and Chewy with their clothes on.
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@coliver said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I'm a big Star Wars fan.
Just thinking how much my wife would kill me if I did that to our fan.
You can only be killed once. . .
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@coliver said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
Also stumbled on this today...
Which is odd because they were going to cook Han, Luke, and Chewy with their clothes on.
Does cooking something mean their clothes would be destroyed? I mean, thinking of Bugs Bunny and the large boiling pot gag over and over. . .
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@coliver said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
@scottalanmiller said in Star Wars - What do you like about the new movies, and what is not so great?:
I'm a big Star Wars fan.
Just thinking how much my wife would kill me if I did that to our fan.
I would do something like that in my man cave.
Plus my wife wouldn’t hesitate to do something like that if there was a shrek fan. I really hate shrek. -
