Premieres tomorrow night on Disney XD, and my Sky Box is set to record!
Man I am excite for this! So excite I feel it requires it's own thread.
All discussion here - and DO EXPECT SPOILERS FROM HERE ON IN.
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Premieres tomorrow night on Disney XD, and my Sky Box is set to record!
Man I am excite for this! So excite I feel it requires it's own thread.
All discussion here - and DO EXPECT SPOILERS FROM HERE ON IN.
I look forward to the spoilers since I don't have cable and Disney XD has been really good at keeping me from watching Gravity Falls so far :)
I've got Legend of Korra: Book 4 premiering tomorrow so I share your excitement!
Seen the first episode (legally). It's really good, like much better than TCW premiere good. Ezra wasn't half as annoying or 'plucky brat with heart of gold' as I was expecting, Sabine and Hera were both awesome, Zeb the not-wookie was also not what I was expecting. Kanan was a little bland so far but whatevs.
First figures are out.
Ezra, Kanan and The Inquisitor (or whatever he's called).
And they're big scale!
Those teh 20" figures? Look nice, they better release Sabine and Hera at that scale though.
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Oh it's already been renewed for a second season lol.
Oh we'll see them....
Star Wars remains the only toy line to have really figured out 'the fans? They'll buy buy buy, no matter how obscure a character is. Hell, they'll buy it because it's obscure!'.
I see no reason for Rebels not to follow suit. Especially building up to Episode VII (which I still do my best to avoid rumours and alleged spoilers about plot. Set photos though, not so much!)
Yup, and the trouble with the original trilogy is that there were literally like three women in the entire galaxy so 99.9% of the action figures are men.
I expect we will see them though I agree, TCW made them realise that wimmins love them some Star Wars and buy all the things as well. Looking forward to the 3.75" range more though because they are releasing a bunch of in scale ships and vehicles including the Ghost (rumoujred).
They'd be mad not to release it. Star Wars fans are probably the most demanding when it comes to merchandise. We don't just want lots of it, but we want it authentic.
POTF2 included some oddities, like Han Solo and his 'smuggling backpack' - which involved MASSIVE LASER CANNONS.... Yeah, that didn't go down well, so we didn't see that again.
Instead, we get setting fitting stuff, and not in bizarrely neon purple plastic like many other ranges. It all fits, and it's all good!
That was brilliant!
Warm, nerdy feelings I have.
Record this, I shall.
Just watched it with the eldest nipper, it's great indoctrinating her in all things Star Wars. We both loved it.
Chopper didn't get as much air time as we would have liked. But I'm sure he will get his time to shine. Zebs our favorite.
Yup.
And I'm glad they didn't depart from the Clone Wars look. Helps keep things feeling like a single cohesive background.
And FFG - get designing that Imperial Transport pronto!
From New York Comic con:
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Totes getting Hera, Sabine and Chopper. Maaaaaybe Zeb, Kanan and Ezra. Pics from Toyark via tumblr.
Sweeeeeeeeeet!
Defo one of everything for me.
been watching the first two episodes. Nice to see a lot of the little pieces of background stay, for example the AT-PTs are back
Storm troopers still cant aim worth a damn though....seriously, a hanful of people reliably outrunning the imperials....why were they feared again?
The AT-PT in the Empire? I'm glad the simplified the continuity, because those things popped up in the weirdest places.
The AT-PT not the AT-ST, the AT-ST and AT-AT are the only ones in empire, not the PT
Not "in Empire," "in the Empire." As in "in Imperial hands, not filthy pirate ones."
And as far as I know the ST was only added to Empire in the Special Edition.
James Earl Jones will be voicing Darth Vader in Star Wars : Rebels. Or to put it another way:
****ing Darth Vader will be voicing Darth Vader in Star Wars: Rebels. Not some VA impersonator but Darth ****ING Vader.
The ATST was shown in the original theatrical release. It was a single model used running along side the ATATs. They added more in the special ed.
The ATPT in the new cartoon is not the same design used in the later books. They're recycling the name, but they are using the old McQuarrie ST design from the 70s that was only used in the marvel comics previously.
Blizzard Scout 1 commanded by Lieutenant Arnet who later died on Endor, lern2StarWars.:p
(I had the SWCCG cards of him and his ATST when I was ickle)
I'm currently blitzing through Clone Wars and thoroughly enjoying it, so I'll check this out when I'm done with that. In the interim, I have three questions:
1) Is it as good as or better than Clone Wars?
2) Is there any mention at all of Ahsoka Tano's fate yet?
3) Please for the love of God tell me Cad Bane is in it.
1) So far it's startin better than Clone Wars started, but Clone Wars got really great. It's certainly not at the level TCW finished at but it's relly good and the last episode in particular was really good.
2) Nope
3) Not yet but it's only up to it's forth episode.
Star Wars Rebs feels more light hearted than TCW but then again it only just started. I hope we get more mature stuff like underworld etc. Those episodes were my favorite in TCW.
The latest episode is not so light hearted, really creepy and morbid at one point, not to the level TCW got to towards the end but certainly balancing the very light hearted peisode before it.:)
Yeah, I'm coming up for midway through Season 5 of TCW and it's getting pretty dark at times. However, I love the portrayal of the Clone Troopers - they remind me of my beloved Guardsmen - and Anakin's steady descent is so much better done.
Plus with side-antagonists like Hondo and Cad Bane, the series is damn entertaining!
I watched Episodes I-II with my mother, then Clone Wars, then Episode III and she blubbed during Order 66, it really does make Anakins fall and the whole thing much more tragic and terrible.:) Also did it with aunts and ickle cousins with similar effect.
Hondo, Cad Bane, Aurra Sing, Bo Katan Kryze, hell even Sy Snootles being badass femme fatale and murderer, TCW had a lot of fantastic antagonists. Oh and Asajj Ventres of course who is totes the best. Also voice by the same actress who does Sy Snootles which is a big wtf.
How could I forget Assaj? Love her vengeance storyline, she's bad*ss.
Order 66 would be a lot sadder at the end of Clone Wars where, y'know, the people dying actually have characters, names and personalities you like. I like Luminara, even if she is the epitome of the cold Jedi style.
Anakin's downfall is so tragic in this because it shows how he just gets attached way too easily and lashes out when people he cares about are threatened. I like the parts where you start to see how realistic it is that he could become so embittered with the world to become Darth Vader.
I could write forever on things I love about that show. I'll check Rebels out once I've finished with TCW, it should be a few more episodes in by that point.
If you like Luminara you will love the Rebels episode Rise of the Old Masters.;)
Asajj is the best, and she also got the whole 'evil character becomes somewhat redeemed anti-hero' story arc which almost ALWAYS goes to a male character.
Yep Order 66 is so much sadder after watching TCW, especially for someone who hadn't seen the films before (like my mother and aunts and some of the ickle ones). Almost sways me from my loyalty to the Empire.:p Only almost.
Asajj is a stand out character, and she reminds me of Skin out of Skunk Anansie
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I hope we see more of her and Ahsoka. Can't say more about why because of TCW spoilers, but I'm sure EG knows!
There are rmours Lupita Nyong'o will be playing Asajj in Episode VII, I expect it isn't true but it would be awesome if it were.
It would be good to see more Asajj in Rebels, working as a bounty hunter and maybe not overly fond of the Empire. also Ahsoka of course.
They should get Skin to play her. She's a proper angry feminist rawkker. And she has an amazing flip top head. And an astounding singing voice.
If you've not heard them before, do check out Skunk Anansie. Selling Jesus is an ace track!
It'd be a waste of excellent writing and characterisation not to utilise them!
Latest episode 'Breaking Ranks' is very good, highlights include Chopper going undercover in disguise and Sabine being a total badass.
Rise of the Old Masters is a great episode, easily the best so far. I'm excited about the latest episode on DisneyXD, Out of Darkness, will be able to watch it tonight, its the Hera and Sabine focused episode.:)
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Sabine and Hera: Adventures in Smug Hotness.
Out of Darkness was good, and I think the series has now done the backstory intro for each character, and seems to be kicking off an arc - what with Hera and Sabine's shady mission.
Really enjoying it all so far!