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[Set Harth]

(see also Ki-Adi_Mundi's birthday fiasco)

Did somebody pull out a conical hat?

 

[JD]

As a straight-up cover? I think so, though they've come close a few times with things like how the cantina band music is heavily inspired by swing (Benny Goodman's work in particular IIRC) only arranged for a steel band, 'Jabba Flow' being a quasi-translation of 'It Wasn't Me' by Shaggy, and there was a "resembles but legally distinct" tribute of 'Anything Goes' when Clone Wars paid homage to the opening of 'Temple fo Doom'.

No doubt I'm sure some people are getting upset about this, but 1) as noted above, since the very beginning Star Wars diegetic music has always hewn pretty close to it's real world inspirations from swing, to funk, baroque, Indian pop, rock, angry girl punk rock, to name but a few. So it's hardly beyond the bounds. 2) So far as we know it's just a trailer; we don't even know if it's actually in the show or not (I doubt it will be, but I'm not opposed to the idea either.) 3) The kinds of people that get upset about this kind of thing are always upset about something stupid (see also Ki-Adi-Mundi's birthday fiasco), so I'd call that a positive sign that this is all just fine.

I always get a kick out of it when they do that kind of stuff.

 

[B.J.]

As a straight-up cover? I think so, though they've come close a few times with things like how the cantina band music is heavily inspired by swing (Benny Goodman's work in particular IIRC) only arranged for a steel band, 'Jabba Flow' being a quasi-translation of 'It Wasn't Me' by Shaggy, and there was a "resembles but legally distinct" tribute of 'Anything Goes' when Clone Wars paid homage to the opening of 'Temple fo Doom'.

No doubt I'm sure some people are getting upset about this, but 1) as noted above, since the very beginning Star Wars diegetic music has always hewn pretty close to it's real world inspirations from swing, to funk, baroque, Indian pop, rock, angry girl punk rock, to name but a few. So it's hardly beyond the bounds. 2) So far as we know it's just a trailer; we don't even know if it's actually in the show or not (I doubt it will be, but I'm not opposed to the idea either.) 3) The kinds of people that get upset about this kind of thing are always upset about something stupid (see also Ki-Adi-Mundi's birthday fiasco), so I'd call that a positive sign that this is all just fine.

Nice examples and write-up! But those examples also made me realize that I don't think there's been any diegetic music sung in Basic (English) outside of the Holiday Special.

 

[JD]

Now that you mention it, I can't think of any.

 

[CorporalCaptain]

New trailer drop: -

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Nothing especially new jumps out, though the tone of this one seems to play down some of the Amblin vibes of the teaser, and go for a more adventurous high-energy feel with the needle drop, and modern sensibilities with the editing. How much of either is actually representative of the show remains to be seen, but given that this is the piece of media meant to get the attention of the wider audience; I suspect the former.

It's quite odd to hear a cover of Peter Schilling's "Major Tom." It's a crossover on multiple levels: real world universe to Star Wars universe and alternate-reality "Space Oddity" universe to Star Wars universe, just to name two distinct levels. And I see from Wikipedia that this is the "Huttese version."

Not that this is a bad thing. Not at all. However, dispelling the "Amblin vibe," as it were, this distinctly and absolutely does not.

 

[Reverend]

Nice examples and write-up! But those examples also made me realize that I don't think there's been any diegetic music sung in Basic (English) outside of the Holiday Special.

I suppose that depends if one counts the "power of many" chant in 'The Acolyte'.

But yeah, thus far all the diegetic music has either been purely instrumental, or the lyrics has been non-English; either a made up language, or something at least based on a real non-English. For example; the chorus in 'Duel of Fates' are actually singing a loose translation of an old Welsh poem in Sanskrit.

Logically from an in-universe perspective there probably ought to be Star Wars music in Basic; but from a meta-textual perspective it would seem a little odd and undercut the whole point of diegetic in Star Wars, which is to make the audience feel that this world is at once both familiar and exotic. Indeed; this brings us back to the "power of many" chant and the reason it felt (to me, at least) a little odd. Had they been chanting in Sanskrit, Huttese, or a butchered form of Nahuatl, I probably wouldn't have thought twice about it. Such things rather loose their mystique once you actually know what they're saying.

 

[Tuskin38]

https://www.starwars.com/news/skeleton-crew-mick-giacchino-composer-announce

 

[JD]

I had no idea that Michael Giacchino's son was also a composer, and I was shocked to see that he did the music for Muppets Mayhem too, which I really enjoyed.

 

[Christopher]

I had no idea that Michael Giacchino's son was also a composer

Me neither. When I saw "mick-giacchino" in the link URL, I figured it was just a nickname for Michael.

 

[Tuskin38]

There's some new Skeleton Crew (and Andor S2) footage in this reel

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[camdudetenger2018]

just finished watching all the episodes and this was a really really good show like it was better than i expected

it was like the goonies and indiana jones

 

[Crewman6]

just finished watching all the episodes and this was a really really good show like it was better than i expected

it was like the goonies and indiana jones

I think it's a terrific series, easily the second best SW show to date. Loved it. I'd be happy if there was another season, but I'd also be content if this was the only one, as it told a nicely self-contained story and, by the time they got around to making a season 2, the kids would be in their twenties. Would kind of lose something.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

I think it's a terrific series, easily the second best SW show to date. Loved it. I'd be happy if there was another season, but I'd also be content if this was the only one, as it told a nicely self-contained story and, by the time they got around to making a season 2, the kids would be in their twenties. Would kind of lose something.

if there was a season 2 i wonder what it would be about

 

[Ithekro]

Whyn looked like he was thinking about being a New Republic pilot at the end. If Jedi isn't a realistic option. Not sure about the rest, but they do have experience.

 

[fireproof78]

Going to Ehcsost Station for power converters.

 

[Crewman6]

if there was a season 2 i wonder what it would be about

Who knows? Would be hard to find an organic story with the kinds on a far-flung adventure that would also somehow loop in Jod again. Not that he'd be essential to a second season, but I'd miss him if he wasn't there.

 

[Starkers]

One of them is going to be busy fighting vampires so even if it did come back we might be a cast member down.

 

[camdudetenger2018]

Who knows? Would be hard to find an organic story with the kinds on a far-flung adventure that would also somehow loop in Jod again. Not that he'd be essential to a second season, but I'd miss him if he wasn't there.

unlese its would be about the gang on another space ship and they accidently got trapped in a room where no one can hear them