Spoilers 'Obi-Wan Kenobi' series [Spoiler Discussion]
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That makes, what, twenty in this episode?
Palpatines force lightning went straight for Master Window's sword, and then Anikin pushed him out of a windu.
If blaster fire is similar to force lighting, then deflecting blaster fire might be super easy, barely inconvenience if blaster fire is attracted to light saber blades.
If blaster fire is similar to force lighting, then deflecting blaster fire might be super easy, barely inconvenience if blaster fire is attracted to light saber blades.
It definitely wouldn't be a blast for me if they rebooted it.
And yet, about half as much as the average Rebels or Clone Wars episode.
The OT really didn't have all that much sabre on blaster action. Hardly at all really.
Not to get all sciency in our space fantasy fairy tale; but if a lightsaber blade is a contained stream of plasma, then the way to contain said plasma would be in a very dense, powerful magnetic field (that also somehow prevents any IR from escaping and setting everything in the room--including the air--on fire whenever it's switched on.)
Discharge an electrical arc anywhere near such a field and it'll ground right to it. Hence: sabres absorb lighting.
Blaster bolts likely work on a similar principle as a sabre, only far less powerful and the field dissipates after a second of travel time because it can't self-sustain (not that it matters because: projectile weapon.) So it will naturally be repulse from a similarly charged field, hence: deflection.
This also explains how sabres can arc and stick together in a duel (or "bind" to use the real world fencing term) since their field polarities can align, requiring some effort to disengage them.
Of course the real secret to how Jedi deflect is through precognition. The force guides them to when and where they need to move to blade to deflect a blaster bolt before the trigger is even pulled.
Why not? The OT still exists and can be watched in multiple formats. But, even Lucas was dissatisfied with it. The PT feels out of step with the OT and the exploration of the period between the PT and the OT is only going to highlight this more. And it's OK to reboot.
Possible controversial opinion time but I have expected a reboot since the PT happened. The PT feels much differently than the OT and not just because of design language. The characters talk differently, the galaxy looks differently, people treat things differently than in the OT. All of the assumptions fans made over the years are now up for grabs.
I get that the OT is seminal in terms of being iconic for fans, iconic for filmmaking, and a landmark of cultural significance but that doesn't make it above a reboot.
It makes no sense to reboot something because those who came after it are incapable of maintaining a creative and/or narrative cohesion with the original work. That's the fault of those running it now---not the original productions.
And what's the PT's excuse then? I'm guessing that Lucas was incapable too?
There's nothing wrong with a reboot, or not rebooting it. But I'm not going to downgrade current productions because they don't perfectly line up with things because Star Wars has struggled with that even when Lucas was in charge.
By that time of the PT production--yes, hence the reason the PT is so flawed and inconsistent with the "future" (OT) its supposed to set up. Clearly, 1990s-early 2000s Lucas was not the same kind of creator he was in the 70s/early 80s, and he suffered from the curse of believing his science-fantasy needed to "keep up" with visual design changes to sci-fi movies since 1983 (hence the numerous, unnecessary changes to the OT in the special editions).
Ok, cool. So, if Lucas can't keep up then why am I holding up current production teams to that impossible standard?
Also, look at it this way. A full reboot means that they don't do what Lucas did of special editions, maybe
With "Strange New Worlds" just coming out, and a James T. Kirk having been announced for a future episode, it is getting very close to TOS Star Trek getting a remake within its own universe (rather than the Kevin Timeline). Star Trek is only a decade or so older than Star Wars. It would not be too outside the imagination that Disney would eventually reboot the OT using the actors they or Lucas had acquired from the PT forwards. So instead of Ewan McGregor trying to balance his performance with Alec Ginness', he would be playing the role Alec had originally in the remake. Thus it would be more his own performance mixed with what the script needed (along with what he has already played to the spirit of Alec's performance).
Maybe another ten years, for when Ewan is the same age as Alec was when filming A New Hope?
Maybe another ten years, for when Ewan is the same age as Alec was when filming A New Hope?
I mean plus the two best films of the first 6 are the two he had the least creative control over, right?
This was probably the weakest episode so far, but I still enjoyed it.
As a big fan of Jedi: Fallen Order, I got a kick out of spending so much time in Fortress Inquisitorius, especially since this was practically an exact recreation of what we saw in the game.
It's kinda scary how little hesitation Reva had when it came to torturing a 10 year old.
The tomb with all of the dead or frozen Jedi was seriously creepy.
I honestly didn't really even notice any of the stuff everybody seems to be complaining about, but I honestly don't really analyze things I'm watching, I just enjoy what's happening on screen. I tend to be bothered more by things being factually innacurate or obviously wrong, like if they call a dog or horse a female, when it's very obviously a male, or call a galaxy a universe.
As a big fan of Jedi: Fallen Order, I got a kick out of spending so much time in Fortress Inquisitorius, especially since this was practically an exact recreation of what we saw in the game.
It's kinda scary how little hesitation Reva had when it came to torturing a 10 year old.
The tomb with all of the dead or frozen Jedi was seriously creepy.
I honestly didn't really even notice any of the stuff everybody seems to be complaining about, but I honestly don't really analyze things I'm watching, I just enjoy what's happening on screen. I tend to be bothered more by things being factually innacurate or obviously wrong, like if they call a dog or horse a female, when it's very obviously a male, or call a galaxy a universe.
Enjoyed this a lot. Got a lot of flashbacks of playing Jedi Outcast here, with the imperial base.
This must be the least secure high security complex in the empire, though.
I didn’t like the inquisitors much in rebels (apart from the GI, which was epic), keep not liking them in love action, Reva is cool though.
This must be the least secure high security complex in the empire, though.
I didn’t like the inquisitors much in rebels (apart from the GI, which was epic), keep not liking them in love action, Reva is cool though.
Last week someone pointed out the very aikido-looking techniques used in the second episode…well, here is Evan McGregor practicing a uchikaitennage leading to a straight iriminage, all pretty fast and choreographic!
https://mobile.twitter.com/allthing...ewan-mcgregor-allena-video-quinte-591259.html
https://mobile.twitter.com/allthing...ewan-mcgregor-allena-video-quinte-591259.html
Be curious to see a master do them.
Here, on the other hand (ah!), he does a very by-the-book kotegaeshi (by the way, it’s one of the techniques burnham uses against book in the season 3 opener of discovery).
He has a certain set of skills.
well, a good dojo could be recommended, but you’ll find plenty of YouTube videos on both techniques. Finding them together on YouTube would be a bit harder, as uchikaitennage has a ending which is missing here…this is not a mistake, though: he obviously does it to make it more choreographic, but switching to a different technique *is* what you are supposed to do if you lose your hold on the uke and let them recover their balance. And that straight iriminage is really an obvious choice from that position.
it would seem so! It’s really hard to judge how much of what he does is “real”, but he sure looks really confident and really fast.
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