A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far Away.... - Star Wars General Discussion

[Donocropolis]

I haven't watched the animated Clone Wars era stuff, so my exposure to Saw is only through Andor and Rogue 1, but I agree with Axaday there. I like that the Rebellion is messy and growing from the combination of many different groups that are opposed to the Empire for a wide variety of reasons. By the time of the original trilogy, they're pretty much a proper military organization, but it makes sense that it didn't start out that way.

 

[Tuxedo Prime]

By the time of the original trilogy, [the Alliance is] pretty much a proper military organization, but it makes sense that it didn't start out that way.

The Essential Guide to Warfare touched on this as well, stating that any Confederate remnants that lasted past 23 GR/12 BBY (the final mop-up in the Legends timeline, though most of the major holdouts were accounted for in the Empire's first two years) were treated very much at arm's length by Mothma and Organa (who had been Republic loyalists), to say nothing of fellow Senator Bel Iblis (Corellia had largely sat out the war, to the detriment of CEC afterwards -- though Corellian yards did, as we saw in Solo, build Star Destroyers under KDY license: and those that came out of said yards were just a little bit faster in real- and hyperspace (explaining the other odd line said by a certain charter pilot in A New Hope.)).

They (Mothma, Organa, and Bel Iblis) didn't want to give an easy win to Imperial propagandists who, as it turned out, accused Rebel leadership of wanting to drag the galaxy back to the chaos of the Clone Wars anyway.

The Guide also mentions a CIS naval commander who, while not allowed to join the Alliance Navy, was given a letter of marque to harass Imperial shipping on their behalf....

 

[Superomegaprime]

I haven't watched the animated Clone Wars era stuff, so my exposure to Saw is only through Andor and Rogue 1, but I agree with Axaday there. I like that the Rebellion is messy and growing from the combination of many different groups that are opposed to the Empire for a wide variety of reasons. By the time of the original trilogy, they're pretty much a proper military organization, but it makes sense that it didn't start out that way.

The CGI Clone Wars series, while starts off rather rough, finds its footing after a while as it goes into the darker themes of war and fleshes out the characters, the revival of Maul, may seem a bit silly at first, given what happened to him in Phantom Menece, but it was the right call, as the series makes him more of a threat because its set in between movies they cannot use Sidious or Dooku as the primary villian of the show! As for Saw, in Clone Wars, his role is pretty small as he only appears in one story arc, where the Jedi are training fighters to resist the invaders and people who don't have the best intersts of their planet in mind at leasr from their view, its another character death that pretty much drives him forwards and he pretty much spends his life, resisting the major powers in the Galaxy, yet not really having a defined goal or purpose, in a sense you could say that he is a lot like Darth Vader before he becomes part machine minus the force and Jedi training of course, someone who pretty much angry all of the time! The rebels, we see in the films are just the main faction of the rebellion, but there is a lot of other smaller groups that chose to opperate seperately from the larger group, as the galaxy is pretty large and likely some of those rebel groups, do not agree with the main faction idea of restoring what was lost during the Clone Wars and Sidious's schemes!

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Nah. Reviving Maul is still an absolute embarrassment.

Star Wars used to have a rule. Cool villains are not entitled to a cool death. They go out like chumps, and it sucks, and that's what they get. Fan writers have always been determined to undermine this rule, but the six films followed it to the point of becoming a characteristic Star Wars thing. It's not something you see everywhere else.

 

[DefaultOption]

Yeah, as much as the cartoon-era Maul was eventually fleshed out into a decent villain, there's no reason they couldn't have poured almost all of that into a new character.

Maul in TPM was 'silent Force-ninja guy with horns and a double-bladed lightsaber', and his entire reason for existence was a plot point (Obi-Wan being forced to take another life). It's not like there were volumes of backstory that were lost when he got hacked in half and fell down that shaft that the writers wanted to resurrect.

 

[Shadewing]

Yeah, as much as the cartoon-era Maul was eventually fleshed out into a decent villain, there's no reason they couldn't have poured almost all of that into a new character.

Maul in TPM was 'silent Force-ninja guy with horns and a double-bladed lightsaber', and his entire reason for existence was a plot point (Obi-Wan being forced to take another life). It's not like there were volumes of backstory that were lost when he got hacked in half and fell down that shaft that the writers wanted to resurrect.

No, but just like Boba Fett "He looked Cool" is all that matters.

 

[CoffeeHorse]

Like everyone else who ever had the misfortune to cross paths with Palpatine, he was just a tool to be used.

 

[Steevy Maximus]

This weekend has been Star Wars Celebration Japan. Along new merchandise reveals, Disney reiterated the status of their MANY projects.
They confirmed Mandalorian and Grogu for May 2026. But they also revealed first details on 2027’s Star Wars Starfighter feature film:
Set 5 years after Rise of Skywalker, the film will be directed by Deadpool and Wolverine director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Gosling.

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-starfighter

Meanwhile, Lego Star Wars Rebuild the Galaxy is getting a sequel, featuring…Jaxxon?!

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-celebration-2025-lego-star-wars-rebuild-the-galaxy-pieces-of-the-past

Star Wars Young Jedi Adventures is releasing a season 3…despite the failure of the merchandise push. I suspect the season was already done and is just fulfilling obligations.

Darth Maul is returning to star in his own series set after Clone Wars. Detailing his efforts at building his underworld empire, the new animated series will premiere in 2026. Star Wars Maul-Shadow Lord

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-maul-shadow-lord

A brand new Star Wars game was revealed, called Zero Company. It’s Xcom Star Wars

https://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-zero-company

 

[Superomegaprime]

What are the chances of that Star Fighter movie actually coming out? It will likely end up joining the rest of the projects said to be in the works, show me an actual trailer then I'll believe its coming, otherwise its not happening

 

[Axaday]

What are the chances of that Star Fighter movie actually coming out? It will likely end up joining the rest of the projects said to be in the works, show me an actual trailer then I'll believe its coming, otherwise its not happening

It is possible for any movie that hasn't shot to get dropped. It is even possible for Batgirl to get filmed and edited and then not released. But USUALLY when there is a director and a lead cast and a release date 2 years away, money is already getting spent on the movie and things are getting scheduled and it is really happening.

What bugs my Spidey sense is that they SAID that they felt quality had suffered from cranking out a movie every year. And now they're announcing two movies a year apart. I'd love to have one every year. I'd even like to have more than that like MCU, but do they now feel like they have enough resources behind the scenes to get all of the work done right on two projects a year apart? I am not for sure what all they mean when they say they were doing too many movies, but I can reconcile what I do know with the general statement. Solo didn't go over budget because it was too ambitious. The movie that Opie made was good and was not too expensive. It went over-budget because the first director did a LOT of work before the bosses realized he wasn't making the movie they wanted. I don't understand how that could be because they didn't have the ability to realize it sooner, but obviously they didn't. And then I am not sure how much MONEY was wasted on Episode 9 (we can joke that it was all of it, but that isn't my point), but TIME was certainly wasted when again management realized too late that the director was not making the movie they wanted. My trust was already eroded by this point, but I think Abrams is a capable director. My problems with the story on Episode 9 (and 8) were approved by upper management, so I don't take that into account, but I would presume that the upper management did have problems with the movie due to all the lost time. But were both really just Kennedy putting too much trust in a director and not paying attention or were there other factors that prevented it? I don't know.

 

[Axaday]

Andor is coming out in 3-episode batches each week.