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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    Tef wrote: »
    The last ep was good but
    I really don’t think I’m interested in a show that is not Grogu and Mando cruising the galaxy, getting into trouble but ultimately getting out of it again by the end of the ep. of course I’ll watch the start of the next season, but if it pivots to like, the politics of the mandalore throne, I’m out

    Yeah like
    One of the things I realised on the first Bo Katan episode is that with the armour, mando is essentially invulnerable, and I asked my self, well then where is all this tension I’m feeling? And I realised that it’s the kid that raises the stakes, he’s the one that is vulnerable and he’s what pushes din to question his beliefs.

    With that all gone, I’m really wondering where the tension is going to come from next season. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of more Mandolorian lore, but I do not know how this season is going to work.

    Blake T on
  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    My guess
    Is now that Din has taken his helmet off multiple times his whole Death Watch spinoff Mando code is broken so he's going to have to deal with that.
    I'd imagine you have the Bo/Din face off for the Darksaber leading up to them somehow trying to retake Mandalore. I could also see him running into members of his old Culvert, probably that armorer lady, and having a falling out there because of him breaking his code.

  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Blake T wrote: »
    Tef wrote: »
    The last ep was good but
    I really don’t think I’m interested in a show that is not Grogu and Mando cruising the galaxy, getting into trouble but ultimately getting out of it again by the end of the ep. of course I’ll watch the start of the next season, but if it pivots to like, the politics of the mandalore throne, I’m out

    Yeah like
    One of the things I realised on the First Bo Katan is that with the armour, mando is essentially invulnerable, and I asked my self, well then where is all this tension I’m feeling? And I realised that it’s the kid that raises the stakes, he’s the one that is vulnerable and he’s what pushes djin to question his beliefs.

    With that all gone, I’m really wondering where the tension is going to come from next season. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of more Mandolorian lore, but I do not know how this season is going to work.

    Honestly
    I don't think there's a world in which Grogu and Mando don't end up back together having more adventures. We've built up their connection so much, I'd be shocked if something didn't happen that made it so Luke had to take a sabbatical

    I'll say that after the last season I thought they were gonna take Grogu back to the Yoda-people homeworld, not just "the Jedi" so maybe that's what gets Mando back, is he has to take Grogu specifically to see his like, mom and dad or whatever

    That leaves a good hook for lore nerds ("oh man we're gonna learn about the Yoda species!!") and also serves the purpose of giving Mando a new quest involving the kid that keeps them on the move Lone Wolf and Cub style

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Indeed.
    They didn't cast Ashley Eckstein for Ahsoka even though Rosario Dawson's voice sounds nothing like her, so why the big to-do for one scene of Luke?
    A lot of people probably were not familiar with Ashoka before the Mandolorian. Everybody knows who Luke is.

    Which means it's okay when
    you just shoot him from behind and have a (better) soundalike do the voice! Or recast with an actor who looks similar but is able to give a human performance!

    Like you said, everybody knows who Luke is. Put any blonde actor with a decent chin in that black outfit with the one glove and a green lightsaber and we fuckin' get it
    that was Hamill's voice, they just youngified him. imperfectly

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    Mysst wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Indeed.
    They didn't cast Ashley Eckstein for Ahsoka even though Rosario Dawson's voice sounds nothing like her, so why the big to-do for one scene of Luke?
    A lot of people probably were not familiar with Ashoka before the Mandolorian. Everybody knows who Luke is.

    Which means it's okay when
    you just shoot him from behind and have a (better) soundalike do the voice! Or recast with an actor who looks similar but is able to give a human performance!

    Like you said, everybody knows who Luke is. Put any blonde actor with a decent chin in that black outfit with the one glove and a green lightsaber and we fuckin' get it
    that was Hamill's voice, they just youngified him. imperfectly
    I have heard it said that it was not Hamill's voice.

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  • Blake TBlake T Do you have enemies then? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life.Registered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Blake T wrote: »
    Tef wrote: »
    The last ep was good but
    I really don’t think I’m interested in a show that is not Grogu and Mando cruising the galaxy, getting into trouble but ultimately getting out of it again by the end of the ep. of course I’ll watch the start of the next season, but if it pivots to like, the politics of the mandalore throne, I’m out

    Yeah like
    One of the things I realised on the First Bo Katan is that with the armour, mando is essentially invulnerable, and I asked my self, well then where is all this tension I’m feeling? And I realised that it’s the kid that raises the stakes, he’s the one that is vulnerable and he’s what pushes djin to question his beliefs.

    With that all gone, I’m really wondering where the tension is going to come from next season. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of more Mandolorian lore, but I do not know how this season is going to work.

    Honestly
    I don't think there's a world in which Grogu and Mando don't end up back together having more adventures. We've built up their connection so much, I'd be shocked if something didn't happen that made it so Luke had to take a sabbatical

    I'll say that after the last season I thought they were gonna take Grogu back to the Yoda-people homeworld, not just "the Jedi" so maybe that's what gets Mando back, is he has to take Grogu specifically to see his like, mom and dad or whatever

    That leaves a good hook for lore nerds ("oh man we're gonna learn about the Yoda species!!") and also serves the purpose of giving Mando a new quest involving the kid that keeps them on the move Lone Wolf and Cub style

    Maybe! But to me, the way the season ended, it doesn’t look like that to me at all.

  • JuggernutJuggernut Registered User regular
    edited December 2020
    Blake T wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Blake T wrote: »
    Tef wrote: »
    The last ep was good but
    I really don’t think I’m interested in a show that is not Grogu and Mando cruising the galaxy, getting into trouble but ultimately getting out of it again by the end of the ep. of course I’ll watch the start of the next season, but if it pivots to like, the politics of the mandalore throne, I’m out

    Yeah like
    One of the things I realised on the First Bo Katan is that with the armour, mando is essentially invulnerable, and I asked my self, well then where is all this tension I’m feeling? And I realised that it’s the kid that raises the stakes, he’s the one that is vulnerable and he’s what pushes djin to question his beliefs.

    With that all gone, I’m really wondering where the tension is going to come from next season. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of more Mandolorian lore, but I do not know how this season is going to work.

    Honestly
    I don't think there's a world in which Grogu and Mando don't end up back together having more adventures. We've built up their connection so much, I'd be shocked if something didn't happen that made it so Luke had to take a sabbatical

    I'll say that after the last season I thought they were gonna take Grogu back to the Yoda-people homeworld, not just "the Jedi" so maybe that's what gets Mando back, is he has to take Grogu specifically to see his like, mom and dad or whatever

    That leaves a good hook for lore nerds ("oh man we're gonna learn about the Yoda species!!") and also serves the purpose of giving Mando a new quest involving the kid that keeps them on the move Lone Wolf and Cub style

    Maybe! But to me, the way the season ended, it doesn’t look like that to me at all.
    One way or the other I doubt Grogu stays with Luke for long. Grogu and Mando are too integral to the show to just have them split up forever. The question will be how and when they reunite.

    I also don't really anticipate them using young Luke anymore than they absolutely have to. You could obviously tell it was fake but imho it looked a lot better than R1 Leia and other attempts at de-aging. That said I imagine its an annoying (and probably expensive) process to work with and the execution is always hit or miss. Up till this point most of the cg in this series has been backgrounds and vehicles, stuff that can look really good because its moving or far enough back to not get heavy scrutinization.

    Luke kinda felt like a big, cool, "hey look at this" one time deal but who knows. I hope they don't bring anymore big heros into the mix. Having the paths cross with Filloni-verse characters was fine and Boba Fett is cool because Temuera Morrison is cool and I'm glad he's back getting his due and fleshing out Boba Fett. But any more lingering on OT heros would take too much away from the individuality of the series. Having Luke come in and wreck shop, then getting about a minute or two of speaking time before fucking off and setting up new avenues of conflict for the next season was perfect I think

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    edited December 2020
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Blake T wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Blake T wrote: »
    Tef wrote: »
    The last ep was good but
    I really don’t think I’m interested in a show that is not Grogu and Mando cruising the galaxy, getting into trouble but ultimately getting out of it again by the end of the ep. of course I’ll watch the start of the next season, but if it pivots to like, the politics of the mandalore throne, I’m out

    Yeah like
    One of the things I realised on the First Bo Katan is that with the armour, mando is essentially invulnerable, and I asked my self, well then where is all this tension I’m feeling? And I realised that it’s the kid that raises the stakes, he’s the one that is vulnerable and he’s what pushes djin to question his beliefs.

    With that all gone, I’m really wondering where the tension is going to come from next season. Don’t get me wrong I love the idea of more Mandolorian lore, but I do not know how this season is going to work.

    Honestly
    I don't think there's a world in which Grogu and Mando don't end up back together having more adventures. We've built up their connection so much, I'd be shocked if something didn't happen that made it so Luke had to take a sabbatical

    I'll say that after the last season I thought they were gonna take Grogu back to the Yoda-people homeworld, not just "the Jedi" so maybe that's what gets Mando back, is he has to take Grogu specifically to see his like, mom and dad or whatever

    That leaves a good hook for lore nerds ("oh man we're gonna learn about the Yoda species!!") and also serves the purpose of giving Mando a new quest involving the kid that keeps them on the move Lone Wolf and Cub style

    Maybe! But to me, the way the season ended, it doesn’t look like that to me at all.
    One way or the other I doubt Grogu stays with Luke for long. Grogu and Mando are too integral to the show to just have them split up forever. The question will be how and when they reunite.

    I also don't really anticipate them using young Luke anymore than they absolutely have to. You could obviously tell it was fake but imho it looked a lot better than R1 Leia and other attempts at de-aging. That said I imagine its an annoying (and probably expensive) process to work with and the execution is always hit or miss. Up till this point most of the cg in this series has been backgrounds and vehicles, stuff that can look really good because its moving or far enough back to not get heavy scrutinization.

    Luke kinda felt like a big, cool, "hey look at this" one time deal but who knows. I hope they don't bring anymore big heros into the mix. Having the paths cross with Filloni-verse characters was fine and Boba Fett is cool because Temuera Morrison is cool and I'm glad he's back getting his due and fleshing out Boba Fett. But any more lingering on OT heros would take too much away from the individuality of the series. Having Luke come in and wreck shop, then getting about a minute or two of speaking time before fucking off and setting up new avenues of conflict for the next season was perfect I think

    Yeah I am in complete agreement, that’s the one thing I marked out for but then immediately hoped never happened again:
    Luke showing up was a big moment but the whole point of this show is to create a lower-stakes action adventure tale centered around the sketchier areas of Star Wars

    If we start going into “we have to take back the throne of Mandalore” or “we have to defeat Grand Admiral Thrawn’s plot to destroy the New Republic” and worse we have to team up with More Famous Characters to do it? That’s not why I’m here, and that’s not what makes the show special

    We didn’t even know our main character’s name or face until the last episode of the first season. That is both a fun reference to old spaghetti westerns, yeah, but it’s also a statement of intent. This is a show about the nobodies. And that’s great! It’s neat for them to cross paths with the big leagues every so often but the longer they linger there, the more it doesn’t feel like its own thing, and is in danger of becoming Just More Star Wars

    And even if it’s good Star Wars, I would rather it stay unique

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  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    Whered chall get that baby

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    I don't expect Grogu to be back next episode, but possibly mid-season, probably in the finale, and if not then then certainly in the following season and/or whatever form the big crossover takes. Probably long enough to create fan demand, make us miss him, and keep him safe from this retaking Mandalore plotline

    If it does happen in a season finale, won't be surprised if, as others suggested, he leaves Luke early because he senses Din in danger, a la ESB

    In the meantime, I can't imagine we won't get some form of Grogu content. Maybe The Bad Batch will show how he survived Order 66. Maybe we'll get an animated Luke/Grogu training short as part of Visions

    But in my mind there's no way he's not coming back because 1. the show is Din and Grogu's relationship and them having random adventures, despite the fact that they're mixing things up next season and 2. Grogu is so clearly set up to be the second Mandalorian Jedi and probable owner of the darksaber-- and while he's probably 1-200 years away from that, I do think the show will make it clear he's on that path and that being part of Din's clan is important

  • TefTef Registered User regular
    I am 100% not interested in slogging through half a season or more of non-Mando x Grogu stories

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  • EvilCakeEvilCake Richmond VARegistered User regular
    s2 finale spoilers
    very excited to see Luuke show up

  • ChallChall Registered User regular
    Hobnail wrote: »
    Whered chall get that baby

    The normal place, same place everyone gets their babies.

    <.<
    >.>

  • EspantaPajaroEspantaPajaro Registered User regular
    Chall wrote: »
    Hobnail wrote: »
    Whered chall get that baby

    The normal place, same place everyone gets their babies.

    <.<
    >.>

    The baby store!

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Chall wrote: »
    Hobnail wrote: »
    Whered chall get that baby

    The normal place, same place everyone gets their babies.

    <.<
    >.>

    The baby store!

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  • Commander ZoomCommander Zoom Registered User regular
    these days, that'd be IKEA.
    (allen wrench not included)

  • Mortal SkyMortal Sky queer punk hedge witchRegistered User regular
    Honestly thought it was just Sebastian Stan in makeup so I guess the de-aging CGI worked well enough on me
    (though I'm honestly surprised they didn't just do that, probably woulda been cheaper/easier)

    Anyways, solid episode and the industrial track used as a leitmotif for the Darktroopers ruled

  • HobnailHobnail Registered User regular
    Baby went away...

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  • SixshotStrikerSixshotStriker Registered User regular
    My family forgot to mention that they had subscribed to Disney+


    Guess whose marathoning Mando?

  • TefTef Registered User regular
    My family forgot to mention that they had subscribed to Disney+


    Guess whose marathoning Mando?
    Y-you’re mum?

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  • SixshotStrikerSixshotStriker Registered User regular
    Tef wrote: »
    My family forgot to mention that they had subscribed to Disney+


    Guess whose marathoning Mando?
    Y-you’re mum?

    1) Finished.
    2) It's "your" actually.
    3) It's probably gonna be dad.
    4)
    Man, Boba don't play around.

  • The GeekThe Geek Oh-Two Crew, Omeganaut Registered User, ClubPA regular
    these days, that'd be IKEA.
    (allen wrench not included)

    Unless the baby is named Allen

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  • cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Juggernut wrote: »
    Shadowen wrote: »
    Indeed.
    They didn't cast Ashley Eckstein for Ahsoka even though Rosario Dawson's voice sounds nothing like her, so why the big to-do for one scene of Luke?
    A lot of people probably were not familiar with Ashoka before the Mandolorian. Everybody knows who Luke is.

    Which means it's okay when
    you just shoot him from behind and have a (better) soundalike do the voice! Or recast with an actor who looks similar but is able to give a human performance!

    Like you said, everybody knows who Luke is. Put any blonde actor with a decent chin in that black outfit with the one glove and a green lightsaber and we fuckin' get it
    because the goal is literally to cheat death. I honestly think the reason they are doing these small roles like this is to work to perfect the technology so they can do it in large roles in ten-15 years.

    Why pay an actor when you can have a replica do all the work?

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
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    Hurrah for more Ming-Na Wen

  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    Filoni is writing/producing Ahsoka, while Rangers is Favreau's project. Favreau says that Rangers takes place right after RoJ

    Additionally, Lucasfilm Story Group guy Pablo Hidalgo likened what he called the Mandoverse shows (Mando, Boba, Ahsoka, Rangers) to how the Marvel Netflix shows operated

  • ObiFettObiFett Use the Force As You WishRegistered User regular
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Filoni is writing/producing Ahsoka, while Rangers is Favreau's project. Favreau says that Rangers takes place right after RoJ

    Additionally, Lucasfilm Story Group guy Pablo Hidalgo likened what he called the Mandoverse shows (Mando, Boba, Ahsoka, Rangers) to how the Marvel Netflix shows operated

    Likening something to the Marvel Netflix shows does not give me confidence.

  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Who's doing Boba then? Can't be Rodriguez, right

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  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Who's doing Boba then? Can't be Rodriguez, right

    Wrong!

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  • OlivawOlivaw good name, isn't it? the foot of mt fujiRegistered User regular
    Mysst wrote: »
    Olivaw wrote: »
    Who's doing Boba then? Can't be Rodriguez, right

    Wrong!

    excuse me??

    Well I’m even more interested in that now!

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  • JimothyJimothy Not in front of the fox he's with the owlRegistered User regular
    ObiFett wrote: »
    Jimothy wrote: »
    Filoni is writing/producing Ahsoka, while Rangers is Favreau's project. Favreau says that Rangers takes place right after RoJ

    Additionally, Lucasfilm Story Group guy Pablo Hidalgo likened what he called the Mandoverse shows (Mando, Boba, Ahsoka, Rangers) to how the Marvel Netflix shows operated

    Likening something to the Marvel Netflix shows does not give me confidence.

    Good point

    Specifically he seemed to be trying to clear up some confusion on what's next. Since people thought we were getting Mando S3 next Christmas but now we seem to be getting Boba at that time

    I guess at the Disney meeting what they actually said was "the next chapter of the Mandalorian story" will come out next Christmas. So I think he's saying similar to how the order of the Defenders stuff was something like DD1, DD2, JJ1, LC1, IF1, Defenders, DD3, etc.

    So in this case Mando 1, Mando 2, Boba, Mando 3

  • Captain InertiaCaptain Inertia Registered User regular
    I mean....

    That’s the way to do it

    It really is the fucking Filoniverse

  • TefTef Registered User regular
    As someone who hated the Marcel cinematic universe thing

    I am tentatively looking forward to the Star Wars one???

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  • Grey GhostGrey Ghost Registered User regular
    Favreau, Filoni and Rodriguez are all executive producers on Boba Fett, I don't know who's technically the showrunner there

  • Der Waffle MousDer Waffle Mous Blame this on the misfortune of your birth. New Yark, New Yark.Registered User regular
    Tef wrote: »
    As someone who hated the Marcel cinematic universe thing

    I am tentatively looking forward to the Star Wars one???

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    what could've been....

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  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    Really even though I have tired my best to avoid spoilers for Mandalorian the listing for the Boba Fett show I really wanted to play Star Wars: Bounty Hunter again but I think my brother has it on the game cube but he put it up last summer saying that era of smash has ended

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    Here's a really interesting piece on the Mandalorian finale that puts into words some of my reservations with it:

    https://www.vulture.com/article/the-mandalorian-season-2-finale-star-wars-skywalker-saga.html

    Title's a bit click baitey but what title isn't anymore

  • sarukunsarukun RIESLING OCEANRegistered User regular
    I feel like Harrison Ford has more and more been channeling Alec Guinness in his old age.

    Although as far as I know, he never straight up told a 7 year old to never watch Star Wars again, so.

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