It'd be tricky to do. Star Wars allows a certain level of violence without much gore. Like the Vader hallway scene in Rogue One. He's just hacking his way through there, but because it's a lightsaber and guts aren't flying, it's safely PG-13. Boba could be treated similarly.
Yeah, Star Wars in any form should at least be accessible to the younger demographics. That's what it was originally created for after all, and historically any time it's significantly strayed from that, it's never really worked. Anyone else remember how the last gasp of the EU novels included one that was like 70% torture porn? Against a geriatric Han Solo, no less. Yeash, that was dire!
Maybe not gore per se but I wouldn't mind seeing a bit of a mean streak here and there when Boba is crossed. The closest we got I think was in the first episode (maybe two?) of The Mandalorian when Mando was popping the Jawas showing no mercy after they took his stuff. After thinking on it, I also agree with those saying his exit from the Sarlacc should've been longer and harder (that's what she said...) than it was to have his exodus be that much more epic and life-changing. They are working his time with the Tuskens as part of that but that could've been a real definitive scene had it been worked through differently. Instead it seemed almost perfunctory and a missed opportunity.
I mean,his fight with the stormtroopers is similarly brutal. But, yeah, if they want to make him an unlikable protagonist then by all means go the Jawa slaughter route.
Out of curiousity, and I'm not being sarcastic, did you find it an improvement when Greedo shot first? Did it make you like Han more? I don't think he should be indiscriminate necessarily or a flat-out asshole and I like the idea of him working to be different but I think some edge appropriate for the character. I do think there's some potentially interesting story with the idea of the respect vs fear thing they've started but that shouldn't be an easy road to hoe.
I never really liked Han. Of course there is. It's a balancing act, one that Boba's initial come back did well. He was brutal but pragmatic.
I don't think Star Wars should be rated R either but PG-13 that skates around R at times when it comes to monster fighting seems okay to me.
Goop and gore can often be the same thing in SW. Toss in some slime and you got yourself the insides of a SW critter.
An instagram post from a parent of the actor who played the Tusken child https://www.instagram.com/p/CYEXesFr5-G/?hl=en
I’ve always found it a little disturbing, if unavoidable, that in film/TV, what makes something okay for children is determined by what they actually see, rather than by what they know happens. We’re culturally fine with Star Wars being watched/enjoyed by eight-year-olds (I was one, in 1977); but we wouldn’t be if, say, the camera stayed on fighter pilots all the way through the process of their being shot down (and converted to burning corpses or pieces of same) instead of cutting away a second before or after the fatal hit.
This conversation reminds me of when, some years ago now, when the bbc radio 5 movie review program was talking about what ‘U’ rated movie (rated for all audiences) had the most deaths in it. Listeners were sending in suggestions like Bambi and similar, then someone suggested Star Wars with an entire planet getting destroyed and won that argument.
This was the show I was most looking forward to behind ST:SNW, just a bit more than Obi-Wan I love the Mandalorian. I believe it to be an example of a perfectly made show. Also of note, Desperado blew my mind as a 15yr old back in 95, so I'm a pretty big fan of Robert Rodriguez. #SalmaHayek I grew up a fan of Boba from the original trilogy like most everyone here. I liked Rodriguez's directing but I felt like SOMETHING was missing from the writing. Don't get me too wrong, he hit like 98% of the plot points nessisary for bringing this project to life. Really enjoying Jennifer Beals, she looks TERRIFIC for 38 years post Flashdance. Enjoyed the building arc of the Mayor's lacky, I smell t-r-o-u-b-l-e #TravisTritt I'm excited to see where the season takes us. I would rate this episode 8.5 Andys#STTNC Very good with just a little room to grow as the season goes on. I anticipate big things. A lot can happen on that sandy rock we call Tattooine.
Well that had a few surprises. I think it's the first time we've seen live action Hutts since TPM, no? Also; Black Krrsantan?! I was about to say that's the first time a comic original character has made the jump to live action, but then I remembered Aayla Secura. The first of the Disney era though, I think? Were those supposed to by Pykes? Pkye Syndicate for sure, Pyke style of dress and helmet, certainly. But actual Pyke species? For now I'm going to assume the same thing I did for that "Pyke" in Solo; that it's not the same species as the Pykes we saw in TCW, but some other species that just so happens to be either a member, or subject of the Syndicate. Either way, at least they were closer design-wise this time. It's a shame the trailers spoiled the Camie & Fixer cameos, otherwise that would have been quite a cool shock. A surprisingly faithful recreation of the Tosche Station set too. They even did a good job on the exterior without having to go back to Tunisia! Those were just the in-universe quotes; still plenty of hat-tips to the usual cinematic classics like Lawrence of Arabia, Last Crusade (and just about every good western train hijack ever), plus a little bit of Dances with Wolves, and that episode of the Simpsons with the chilly. . .
As a Kiwi it's nice to catch the traditional Maori culture nods - the final scene in particular. Also, I believe this is the first instance of "bugger" being uttered in Wars. The cousin Hutts were unexpected but not surprising when you stop to think about it. Also appreciated the lighter scenes with the Tuskin's and their new toys - gave Temuera a chance to try on a face that wasn't stern or raging. All in all a pretty damn solid second entry and enough to bump my interest up a notch.
Yeah the twins were a bit of a surprise, though they shouldn't be; we already knew Jabba had at least two paternal uncles. Granted they were both dead by the end of the Clone Wars but Hutt have long lives, so plenty of time for them to sire cousins. Interestingly, I didn't see anyone credited with their voices. How much you want to bet this was another of Mark Hamill's uncredited cameo roles?
Episode 2. Not entirely sure what to think. The show is very different to the Mandalorian, which is a good thing, but it hasn't clicked with me yet and I did find myself shifting in my seat wondering whether a lot of these scenes could be shorter or should I just relax and enjoy it. I like what Temuera brings to the role by adding aspects from his own culture. There are a lot of great scenes in this episode but I wonder what younger audiences would think of this. The one thing that frustrates me is that he's not killing anyone. Mando was killing people left, right and center and Boba is now so restrained for a bounty hunter.