Malakili
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The real nice thing about this rebels thing is that it will overwrite the abortion of a storyline that was The Force Unleashed about how the Rebels were set up by Vader/the Emperor clandestinely (even the rebels didn't know it) so that the Emperor would have an enemy he could use to justify the death star or something like that.
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Stormwaltz
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It's a new animated series that will be on the Disney Channel in the fall. It'll be the first Star Wars material made by Disney so I can't see how it wouldn't be canon. The animation style is the same as the Clone Wars (probably made by the same people, I haven't checked). It takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Here's a trailer. That looks vomitously awful. So, just another day in the Star Wars franchise.
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PINK Mandolorian armor?
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It's a new animated series that will be on the Disney Channel in the fall. It'll be the first Star Wars material made by Disney so I can't see how it wouldn't be canon. The animation style is the same as the Clone Wars (probably made by the same people, I haven't checked). It takes place between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. Here's a trailer. That looks vomitously awful. So, just another day in the Star Wars franchise. :( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAUY1J8KizU
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I didn't think it looked that bad.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Looks like a stars wars cartoon aimed at teens so....mission accomplished? How are women's groups upset though? There are six main characters and two are female, that seems like a reasonable ratio.
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Rendakor
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Meh. Not for me, but I'm nowhere near the target demo.
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Looks fine, it's hitting it's market perfectly. My nephew will love it and I won't gouge out my eyeballs and eardrums when I watch it with him.
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Merusk
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Looks like a stars wars cartoon aimed at teens so....mission accomplished? How are women's groups upset though? There are six main characters and two are female, that seems like a reasonable ratio.
Because it's not 51% to replicate the reality of gender percentages in the world. Though if you included a trans gen, 55% of them would have an utter melt down.
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Female Mandalorian. Of course.
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Lakov_Sanite
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Looks like a stars wars cartoon aimed at teens so....mission accomplished? How are women's groups upset though? There are six main characters and two are female, that seems like a reasonable ratio.
Because it's not 51% to replicate the reality of gender percentages in the world. Though if you included a trans gen, 55% of them would have an utter melt down. Also, the droid is asexual.
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So I guess the fact it's a fictional world means nothing.
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HaemishM
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Please. It's Star Wars. This is no longer a fictional world, it's a goddamn full on cultural delusion.
I am going to hate the time period between now and the release of this Star Wars movie. I am SO over Star Wars yet it defines like the entire geek culture.
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So I guess the fact it's a fictional world means nothing.
"That it's a fictional world means that you have the freedom to make the characters up wholesale, yet you still chose to make it a man's playground! You fixed this with Battlestar, why not do it with Star Wars?!!!" The arguments are really strained but only if you dislike questioning the notions of Boys things and Girl's things. That said, I didn't see any groups arguing that there should be male My Little Ponys in the central cast.
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It would really miss the point of Ponies as Ponies was made to show that you can be a girl without being the stereotype of Starbuck sexy-butch, Slutty sex obsessed McCylon, or totally-devoted-to-man wife.
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I don't understand gender bitching in cartoons. I also think they will just handwave that nonsense for what it is and make their cartoon.
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That said, I didn't see any groups arguing that there should be male My Little Ponys in the central cast.
There's not a lot of benefit to be had in expecting sociological minorities to make concessions to the group that's already the most privileged (see also: "why isn't there a white history month, huh?").
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I have to admit I love when people get worked up about canon and other such nonsense.
That new cartoon looks awesome.
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Morat20
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ZERO GRAVITY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
Sorry. It's just for some reason the blatant violation of physics with a zero-g kick that doesn't give both parties equal momentum is somehow more maddening than all the other physics violations, like sound in space.
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What the fuck is this lame shit?
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ZERO GRAVITY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
Sorry. It's just for some reason the blatant violation of physics with a zero-g kick that doesn't give both parties equal momentum is somehow more maddening than all the other physics violations, like sound in space.
Zero-g Force kick. Also, cartoons. --Dave
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Morat20
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ZERO GRAVITY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
Sorry. It's just for some reason the blatant violation of physics with a zero-g kick that doesn't give both parties equal momentum is somehow more maddening than all the other physics violations, like sound in space.
Zero-g Force kick. Also, cartoons. --Dave ARRRGGGH. (I can get it's dumb. I can get all the other things I'm willing to suspend disbelief for. But still. It's Newton. I swear, any cinematographer that wants to do zero-g sequences -- cartoons or otherwise -- should be forced to spend a week training in the Vomit Comet. And by "forced" I mean "should be giddy with delight and gleefully accept" because hey, Vomit Comet).
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Rendakor
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That looked awful.
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ZERO GRAVITY DOES NOT WORK THAT WAY.
Sorry. It's just for some reason the blatant violation of physics with a zero-g kick that doesn't give both parties equal momentum is somehow more maddening than all the other physics violations, like sound in space.
Zero-g Force kick. Also, cartoons. --Dave ARRRGGGH. (I can get it's dumb. I can get all the other things I'm willing to suspend disbelief for. But still. It's Newton. I swear, any cinematographer that wants to do zero-g sequences -- cartoons or otherwise -- should be forced to spend a week training in the Vomit Comet. And by "forced" I mean "should be giddy with delight and gleefully accept" because hey, Vomit Comet). Wasn't it the Jedi dude doing the kicking? Clearly it was a Force Kick.
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Looks fun. I like the Sideburns McVillain guy.
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Wizgar
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I am going to hate the time period between now and the release of this Star Wars movie heat death of the universe. Fixed that for you. There are going to be six of these movies. Six. At least. Jesus Christ. The full might of the Disney media/promotional machine hasn't even really come into play yet. Imagine life in like 2020 when the hypetrain for the fifth one is in full swing and there's no end in sight.
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HaemishM
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Yeah, I couldn't get excited about Rebels. Meh. I can't really get excited about anything coming from the Abrams set of the new movie either. I think the 3 prequels just broke me. I'm so burned out on Star Wars I could barely give two fucks about any of this.
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Paelos
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Plus you're like 15 years older and shit. Never forget that.
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HaemishM
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My age has nothing to do with just how shitty those prequels were.
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I'm certain that part of the contract with Disney was that they couldn't declare the prequels non-canon. Shame.
However, I'm still excited for the new stuff.
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Paelos
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My age has nothing to do with just how shitty those prequels were.
No, but it does have to do with being "burned out"
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Trailer looked exactly like I'd expect a post-RotS clone wars series to look.
Which is to say lightweight but fun.
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The series will probably be fun, but the style still bothers me a little bit. They want to separate it from the CGI Clone Wars, but keep the same feel for character design. The decision, "Just round everything off" was, IMO, wrong. That angular style worked with the exaggerated facial proportions in a way this style doesn't for me.
The ULTRA SHINY Stormtroopers are also a bit visually odd.
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murdoc
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However, I'm still excited for the new stuff.
Yeah, I am too. Hate on them all you want, but JJ made an actual Star Trek movie I liked so we shall see what they do with something I actually have an attachment to.
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