New Animated Show: Star Wars: Forces of Destiny
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I'm really liking that each character gets back-to-back episodes. That seems to be the pattern judging by the first two anyway.
I'm enjoying these!
I believe he was referring to the two live action TV movies "Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure" and "Ewoks: Battle for Endor". Those canon status is EU presently, though it doesn't general conflict with much. Pieces of it were referenced in various New Republic era EU novels pre-Disney.
I wonder if Filloni will use that opportunity to insert Rex into the Endor strike team like he's been wanted to do since they gave Rex a white beard.
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Except for the fact that the Ewoks spoke English in the TV movies, which were set before ROTJ, where they needed Threepio to translate for them. I think there are some other notable inconsistencies that were mentioned in an article I read about them not long ago, but that's the only one I remember clearly.
They barely spoke English after some prompting from a little human girl to try to communicate concepts. And it was mostly just Wicket with nouns ("star cruiser crash. Crash, crash." I seem to remember being the closest thing to a full English concept sentence). I think the warriors of the group had single noun word exchanges with the older brother (Mace). But mostly the natives were speaking in their own tongue and the humans and any other aliens to Endor were speaking Basic.
The largest problem with the story line is attempting to figure out when it takes place on Endor, as the Death Star II is not evident in the sky, and no Imperials are seen. However several Ewok characters are in there from the village the Rebels allied with. The second film's new human adult (Noah) is described as a scout that crashed on Endor maybe two decades prior to the film's events. So he could have been either an early Imperial scout, a Republic scout, or a Separatist scout, depending on the year. Since these were filmed around 1984 or so, there isn't much to go on really outside of Return of the Jedi, as the timeline for the Clone Wars was not established yet as far as the audience was concerned back then. Only that Luke's father and Obi-wan fought in it at some point before the rise of Darth Vader and before Luke was born.
Wicket seems younger than he was in Return of the Jedi, even though of course Warwick Davis was a little bit older when playing in those TV movies. So perhaps the events of the TV movies, if ever retained for the new canon, takes place around the time of the Battle of Yavin. Therefore before the Second Death Star begins construction, and so Wicket and the others have a few years to basically forget their limited use Basic and through Imperial actions, comes to not trust humans all that much.
The Stormtroopers in this short acted like this was just any other Imperial occupied world (like Lothal) and were imposing regulations on the natives, almost like they expected them to have ID cards and permits for their axes.
The largest problem with the story line is attempting to figure out when it takes place on Endor, as the Death Star II is not evident in the sky, and no Imperials are seen. However several Ewok characters are in there from the village the Rebels allied with. The second film's new human adult (Noah) is described as a scout that crashed on Endor maybe two decades prior to the film's events. So he could have been either an early Imperial scout, a Republic scout, or a Separatist scout, depending on the year. Since these were filmed around 1984 or so, there isn't much to go on really outside of Return of the Jedi, as the timeline for the Clone Wars was not established yet as far as the audience was concerned back then. Only that Luke's father and Obi-wan fought in it at some point before the rise of Darth Vader and before Luke was born.
Wicket seems younger than he was in Return of the Jedi, even though of course Warwick Davis was a little bit older when playing in those TV movies. So perhaps the events of the TV movies, if ever retained for the new canon, takes place around the time of the Battle of Yavin. Therefore before the Second Death Star begins construction, and so Wicket and the others have a few years to basically forget their limited use Basic and through Imperial actions, comes to not trust humans all that much.
The Stormtroopers in this short acted like this was just any other Imperial occupied world (like Lothal) and were imposing regulations on the natives, almost like they expected them to have ID cards and permits for their axes.
Well if one really must find a way to put those cringe-worth movies (which 8 year old me loved) somewhere into canon, then I think the simplest explanation is to have it all take place pre-clone wars. Meaning that's not actually the same Wicket, but an ancestor. If nothing else it would account for Logray suddenly looking like an entirely different Ewok.
Alternatively: the whole thing is just an in-universe fairy tale. Did any of it actually happen? Maybe. Maybe not. Accounts vary.
The latter is the same tentative quasi head-canon I like to apply to certain old EU material. Mostly the Old Republic stuff, but even some of the OT stories would work since some of the things Rey heard was enough to make her think Luke Skywalker was just a myth. I doubt all of it was even accurate.
Alternatively: the whole thing is just an in-universe fairy tale. Did any of it actually happen? Maybe. Maybe not. Accounts vary.
The latter is the same tentative quasi head-canon I like to apply to certain old EU material. Mostly the Old Republic stuff, but even some of the OT stories would work since some of the things Rey heard was enough to make her think Luke Skywalker was just a myth. I doubt all of it was even accurate.
Star Wars Forces of Destiny Episode 4 The Padawan Path
Is it my imagination, or does Anakin's character model look a little...weird?
Not sure I understand what the ceremony is about. Clearly this isn't her getting her padawan beads since she's always had those on the show, and I wasn't aware that they noticeably changed over the course of seasons, even when they updated her design.
I mean the obvious conclusion would be she's attained some incremental rank in her padawan training, but there's no relevant precedent I can think of. We still know so little of how that works, there's not much to go on.
Mild confusion aside, it was a solid short and it's always nice to see & hear the old Clone Wars cast again.
Not sure I understand what the ceremony is about. Clearly this isn't her getting her padawan beads since she's always had those on the show, and I wasn't aware that they noticeably changed over the course of seasons, even when they updated her design.
I mean the obvious conclusion would be she's attained some incremental rank in her padawan training, but there's no relevant precedent I can think of. We still know so little of how that works, there's not much to go on.
Mild confusion aside, it was a solid short and it's always nice to see & hear the old Clone Wars cast again.
Anakin looks like he got collegan injections.
I know nothing of Ahsoka but she seems interesting, and looks really cool!
I was obviously wrong about the back-to-back thing. Oh well.
I know nothing of Ahsoka but she seems interesting, and looks really cool!
I was obviously wrong about the back-to-back thing. Oh well.
Yeah, I think the lips were a mistake. That's the trouble with this minimalist style sometimes. A little extra detail on a feature can end up looking over exaggerated. They also omitted his scar for some reason, which is odd since it's always been a distinguishing feature.
Assuming you're not bothered about spoilers for the animated shows, these two short videos should cover the broad strokes.
Yeah, I expected another Leia one too. On reflection however, they followed a similar pattern on the old Genndy Tartakovsky Clone Wars shorts. Start with a two or three parter, sprinkle some standalones through the middle, end on another double-up. Of course those were by design more closely interlinked since it all covers related events & characters. Here, the links appear to be more thematic than literal.
I'm a little surprised they didn't start the series with a little prologue episode with Maz to kind of bookend the show, since she does seem to be the one telling all these stories.
Thanks Reverend!
Yeah, I thought so too.
I was confused by that too. I don't remember seeing any kind of ceremony like that other a knighting ceremony.
Yeah, although I was a little surprised they didn't use Frank Oz for Yoda, since he has done some Rebels episodes. Has Hayden Christensen ever played Anakin in anything but the movies?
Me too, I was surprised when I pulled it up and it was Ahsoka rather than more Leia.
Are we going to eventually get a physical appearance from Maz?
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I'm guessing that we will only see Maz in televised segments.
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