I don't think so? If it did, it was minor. Certainly in comparison to here.
News Tales of the Jedi, new animated shorts anthology series.
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It had a minor disagreement on how, where and why Ahsoka faced Maul. Annoying, but perhaps unavoidable, what was in the novel wasn't, and had to be retconned to make a proper finale that runs along ROTS.
Creating a new animated short that summarizes the whole novel with a featureless story, while ignoring and effectively contradicting all its key moments at the same time? It's certainly a more questionable choice.
If anything, the Maul face-off from the novel is to last episodes of Clone Wars as this short is to the novel as a whole. And in that, it's the former that are ignorable in both cases.
Creating a new animated short that summarizes the whole novel with a featureless story, while ignoring and effectively contradicting all its key moments at the same time? It's certainly a more questionable choice.
If anything, the Maul face-off from the novel is to last episodes of Clone Wars as this short is to the novel as a whole. And in that, it's the former that are ignorable in both cases.
Ah, that's right. I seem to recall that. As you said, that's something that's easily ignorable.
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Reverend said:
Isn't that kind of a given from AOTC alone, in which it was implied that Dooku was the one who erased Kamino from the archives?
Timelord Victorious said:
Doesn't the Chosen One have to balance the Force? That would presumably rule out Ahsoka, as far as we know, but there's a certain ST character who appears to fit the bill...
Basically, yeah. Filloni has said in interviews that he used the same outline he wrote for the Ahsoka novel for 'Resolve' and that this is intended to be the same story; neither one overrides the other. He's also said that the show itself as a whole is meant to be a series of fables exploring a theme. As such then one can simply assume as I suggested previously that the 'TotJ' version is a cut-down retelling of that story that leaves out a lot pf detail. Like how someone might summarise a major event in their life in just a few paragraphs. Or indeed basically any historical biopic or event dramatization ever. Reality is often far too complex to convey as a story on a one-to-one basis. Timelines need to be simplified, several characters condensed into single architypes, words put in people's mouth that they never spoke. For a prime and recent example of this, just look at the 'Chernobyl' series. Point is; all of this is dictated by the medium. Obviously a novel has more room to get into details, nuances and full context than a 15 mins short.
My personal preference here (as is often the case) is to cherry-pick what works and what doesn't between the two. For example I do not see a direct contradiction between Bail trying and failing to recruit Ahsoka on Naboo after the funeral and her later running into his agents, which she tracks back to him and again rejects his offer before finally getting on board as his agent at the end of the book. So as far as I'm concerned, that all "happened".
As for the inquisitor, it seems simple enough to pick one of the following solutions:
1) that is Sixth Brother and he just had a new helmet on.
2) that is Sixth Brother, but not the Judge Death looking one from the comics, with that one having died and been replaced by Mr Birdface.
3) It's not Sixth Brother, it's Sixteenth Brother. Slight typo; nothing to get worked up about!
I'd lean more towards numbers two or three, but it's all subjective.2) that is Sixth Brother, but not the Judge Death looking one from the comics, with that one having died and been replaced by Mr Birdface.
3) It's not Sixth Brother, it's Sixteenth Brother. Slight typo; nothing to get worked up about!
Yeah, this is pretty clearly laid out in the Ahsoka novel (part of the story is Ahsoka working for a family that has a force sensitive child) and indeed again alluded to in her appearance on TM when she suggests Grogu's abilities could be allowed to fade. They can manifest early, but without training will fade over time as the mind becomes more closed off.
It's also the reason why Jedi are taken so young. Indeed, this goes all the way back to tESB with Yoda initially saying Luke is too old, and later illustrated by how he struggles to 'unlearn' what he has learned. A young child with no experience and an open mind isn't so hindered.
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Yeah, is that a new-EU thing? Because I was sure that when the movie came out, the lore was that Dooku quit the Jedi as a direct result of Qui-Gon being killed after having his warnings ignored by the council.
Sifo Dyas was killed around the same time as Qui-Gon. So, Dooku was likely already starting to turn. But, welcome to prequel timeline confusion.
I think Dooku was already disillusioned with the Republic and the Jedi by the time of TPM, and in the new continuity (even before TOTJ was released) he had already left the order before TPM, but it seems like it was Qui-Gon's death that sent him fully into the dark side.
That's EXACTLY what I thought too. I thought Qui-Gon was what turned Dooku to the path down the dark side.
But here he's already killed Sifo Dyas and put the clone plan into action. He was serving Sidious the same time that Maul was.
Watched these last night. Loved them all. The writing was fine, but the direction was excellent.
Did anyone else think young Qui-Gon looked more like Danny Craig than Neeson?
Did anyone else think young Qui-Gon looked more like Danny Craig than Neeson?
On the contrary, I thought young Qui-Gon looked like a great replication of young Neeson. Especially his brow.
I dunno. I thought the pacing was perfect. And there really isn't much that could have been added to any of the stories that wouldn't have just felt like excessive padding. Especially longer, drawn-out action sequences. Most of the TCW action bored me to tears, which is why I don't view the show in higher standing. While the character-driven episodes are usually excellent, I find most of the really action-heavy ones to be unwatchable at this point.
So maybe go watch Clone Wars next?
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