Star Wars Rebels Season Three (spoilers)
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They could just "steal" one from another cell just to give Chopper an alone place.
It is likely the X-wings are with other groups, it is just that we've yet to see even one in Rebels. Mind you we are getting more Rebel fleet stuff this weekend, so it is possible the X-wings finally show up as part of Dodanna's group.
It is likely the X-wings are with other groups, it is just that we've yet to see even one in Rebels. Mind you we are getting more Rebel fleet stuff this weekend, so it is possible the X-wings finally show up as part of Dodanna's group.
I could buy that, but the timing doesn't work. We saw Chopper outside the A-Wing watching Ezra head for it and then following. So we know that Chopper knew Ezra was in the A-Wing before he boarded it himself. It wasn't an accident.
Either he has some grudging protectiveness toward Ezra after all (a generous interpretation, since I think he basically tried to kill Ezra once or twice in the past), or he figured "Ooh, someone's breaking the rules and stealing a ship -- I want in on that action."
It's Chopper, so it's probably all that and more.
So what are the odds that next season we get a certain nerf herding smuggler and his piece of junk ship? Especially since he'll have a movie at the end of it?
The homage to R2 and 3P0 after they crash on Tattoine is an interesting contrast. Whereas those two droids were arguing and decided to go their own separate directions, Chopper and Ezra were the opposite. Chopper decides he's better off with Ezra (or Ezar is better off with him) after a moment of inner debate.
Normally I've found Chopper's "I'm not R2-D2" scenes to present him as more of a jerk than the beloved Astromech. This episode, however, shows us an area where Chopper was actually more mild than R2.
Normally I've found Chopper's "I'm not R2-D2" scenes to present him as more of a jerk than the beloved Astromech. This episode, however, shows us an area where Chopper was actually more mild than R2.
I noticed that contrast as well. Of course the biggest difference was that Artoo had his own mission (AND knew the right way to go). So the contrast isn't really between R2 and Chopper, it's between Chopper and Threepio.
From what's in Wookiepedia, Chopper is the opposite of most Astromech who normally go for attention and affection from their owners and that's put down to his age, history and outright screwy programming.
Yet he's not a total sociopath and does have his loyalties and affections even if they aren't always apparent.
This seems so weird to me now, when there are tons of British actors on shows and movies using their real accents and even tons of Americans playing British characters using fake accents. I also watch a ton of Britsh TV shows, so at this point British accents are almost as normal to me as American ones.
That's been the case for me pretty much throughout my life, thanks to PBS, Doctor Who, and the like. Oh,. and The Prisoner. My father was a huge fan of that. And my sister was a big Monty Python fan. I remember when I was a kid and heard her talking about Monty Python, and I initially assumed it was the name of a single person, like a stand-up comic or something. I wasn't really old enough yet to watch it.
I can assure you the same has been true over here, growing up with a mix of British and American TV and mostly American movies.
I remember as a kid seeing Mark Hamill speaking on the news (something about a brush fire burning down his house IIRC?) and being struck with how American he sounded. I don't know if it was because in the movies he'd softened he natural accent or if it was just my brain playing tricks on me because it never occurred to me that Luke Skywalker was American. I just remember it seeming very weird.
Anyway, I've seen some of the undubbed footage from ANH and I think a lot of it needed to be looped anyway. I realise this may be hard for non-Brits to grasp, but some of those actors playing officers were using the wrong accent. It's a class thing. I know it's an archaic concept and not even strictly accurate to life, but it just sounds odd to hear regional accents in that context. Imperial officers should sound like Ruperts. That's just how it is.
I remember as a kid seeing Mark Hamill speaking on the news (something about a brush fire burning down his house IIRC?) and being struck with how American he sounded. I don't know if it was because in the movies he'd softened he natural accent or if it was just my brain playing tricks on me because it never occurred to me that Luke Skywalker was American. I just remember it seeming very weird.
Anyway, I've seen some of the undubbed footage from ANH and I think a lot of it needed to be looped anyway. I realise this may be hard for non-Brits to grasp, but some of those actors playing officers were using the wrong accent. It's a class thing. I know it's an archaic concept and not even strictly accurate to life, but it just sounds odd to hear regional accents in that context. Imperial officers should sound like Ruperts. That's just how it is.
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I've never heard the term "Ruperts" before. Is that slang for upper-class types?
And iirc David Prowse was in the same episode (played one of Hot Black Desiato's bodyguards).
Yes. That was what gave Davison his inspiration. IIRC this story came from the fellow who was in Marvin's suit. He was chatting with Prowse about being The Guy In The Suit when someone else does your voice.
Yeah but it's more specific than that. It generally refers to junior officers from the upper class, typically of the inexperienced and somewhat gormless variety. Shockingly, I can tell you from personal experience the stereotype still holds up even today. At it's core, UK Armed Forces culture hasn't changed all that much since WWI.
Hey all I'm saying is it's weird to hear an East London or West Country accent come out of an Imperial officer's mouth.
Put it in a different context: imagine the same scenario but instead the bloke has a really broad New York accent, or southern drawl or something. It'd be weird, right?