Star Wars: Visions - Anime Anthology Series
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Me too, was very much looking forward to this and now that it is here i'm happy. It certainly is something different and that's good.
The biggest problem I'm having is stories disconnected with the main franchise and that explain so little that it becomes obnoxiously confusing. The Ninth Jedi is especially bad with this
Its been a bad first impression so far, and I'm not hopeful for the others (I'm definitely skipping the Astro Boy looking short T0-B1 and the kiddie Tatooine Rhapsody, but I'll still try the others besides that). Even as non canon stories they should have had to take place in a familiar version of the Star Wars universe, but just let them ignore continuity besides that. What they went with is just random anime shorts that involve bare minimum references to Star Wars to justify them being in this anthology collection.
Its been a bad first impression so far, and I'm not hopeful for the others (I'm definitely skipping the Astro Boy looking short T0-B1 and the kiddie Tatooine Rhapsody, but I'll still try the others besides that). Even as non canon stories they should have had to take place in a familiar version of the Star Wars universe, but just let them ignore continuity besides that. What they went with is just random anime shorts that involve bare minimum references to Star Wars to justify them being in this anthology collection.
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Best way to do this, in my opinion.
Oddly it was my favorite so far...........
Watch about half of them so far (skipped over 'T0-B1' for now as I'd rather get to 'The Elder') and what I'm honestly most surprised by is that despite claims to the contrary, I don't see any major problems so far with most of these stories fitting into canon, if not as literal events then at least in-universe tales or indeterminant .
'The Twins' (my least favourite so far, incidentally) is probably the most out there in that regard, though I could see *something* like that happening between VI & VII, at least in theory. Indeed, while there's certainly nothing to even remotely indicate such is the case in the story; one could choose to interpret the brother as being Rey's father, and suddenly some of the context clues kinda make sense.
Indeed part of the fun of these stories for me (so far) is how vague and open to interpretation and speculation much of the details have been left.
One thing that struck me about 'The Ninth Jedi' is that while most references to it that I've seen frame it as taking play FAR into the future after the Skywalker Saga, my personal take on it was that it felt quite the opposite; some time in the distant past when the Jedi had all been extinguished and the Sith ruled the galaxy. Maybe during the time of Bane, or Revan, or some other version of that conflict.
Still a few more to go and so far they've all been at least interesting, in one way or another.
That said, I think it is important not to assign any kind of value judgement on a given based on this, and judge each by their own merits.
'The Twins' (my least favourite so far, incidentally) is probably the most out there in that regard, though I could see *something* like that happening between VI & VII, at least in theory. Indeed, while there's certainly nothing to even remotely indicate such is the case in the story; one could choose to interpret the brother as being Rey's father, and suddenly some of the context clues kinda make sense.
Indeed part of the fun of these stories for me (so far) is how vague and open to interpretation and speculation much of the details have been left.
One thing that struck me about 'The Ninth Jedi' is that while most references to it that I've seen frame it as taking play FAR into the future after the Skywalker Saga, my personal take on it was that it felt quite the opposite; some time in the distant past when the Jedi had all been extinguished and the Sith ruled the galaxy. Maybe during the time of Bane, or Revan, or some other version of that conflict.
Still a few more to go and so far they've all been at least interesting, in one way or another.
I don't disagree, but like I just said, it can still be a fun thought experiment.
That said, I think it is important not to assign any kind of value judgement on a given based on this, and judge each by their own merits.
They called him "coward", so I'd guess he was a Sith deserter of sorts. This is just me speculating; but maybe he killed his Master but refused to lay claim to his power and secrets, and just walked away. To a Sith, the idea of anyone refusing power is unthinkable and a clear sign of cowardice. That or none of them are really Sith but a bunch of rogue Inquisitors posing as Sith post Jakku, (spinny saber umbrella certainly seems like their MO) and he literally deserted this pretender Sith Order to wander alone.
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The Noth Jedi was my favorite and The Twins was my least favorite
Spoilers of course;
Spoilers of course;
Watched the first three. Really enjoyed them, even as someone who's never watched anime before.
The Duel, beautiful, stunning imagery. Very Star Wars-y storyline.
Tatooine Rhapsody, loads of fun, enjoyed this way more than I thought I would
The Twins, I'm on the fence with this one. Very, very, very out there, still good fun though. Nice nod to TLJ.
The Duel, beautiful, stunning imagery. Very Star Wars-y storyline.
Tatooine Rhapsody, loads of fun, enjoyed this way more than I thought I would
The Twins, I'm on the fence with this one. Very, very, very out there, still good fun though. Nice nod to TLJ.
I've watched six out of nine and so far, I'm loving the hell out of this.
"The Twins" was my favorite up until "the Ninth Jedi", which feels like it's my favorite star wars story of all time (that's hyperbole, of course, but oooh boy did I love every damn frame of it.)
I literally don't give a flying fig about what is and what isn't canon and yet that didn't stop me from trying at least to slot in the stories into the established SW time frames.
At first. Then I realized it really didn't matter. When does "The Twins" take place? What about "The Duel"? Ah, who cares? They were fantastic.
This is as weird and wonderful fanciful and imaginative as SW has been in ages. With the possible exception of "The Last Jedi", this is the first time since probably ESB where Star Wars felt truly surprising and where you felt like anything could happen.
SW needs to embrace this kind of storytelling in the future. Sadly, the live action series right now are just picking over the bones of what has come before, whether it's the upcoming spinoff shows starring all established characters or "The Mandalorian", which, while theoretically "original" has become basically the Cameo Show and basically "Clone Wars" spinoff series.
"Star Wars Visions" is the only recent or announced Star Wars entry that actually seems to have any vision.
"The Twins" was my favorite up until "the Ninth Jedi", which feels like it's my favorite star wars story of all time (that's hyperbole, of course, but oooh boy did I love every damn frame of it.)
I literally don't give a flying fig about what is and what isn't canon and yet that didn't stop me from trying at least to slot in the stories into the established SW time frames.
At first. Then I realized it really didn't matter. When does "The Twins" take place? What about "The Duel"? Ah, who cares? They were fantastic.
This is as weird and wonderful fanciful and imaginative as SW has been in ages. With the possible exception of "The Last Jedi", this is the first time since probably ESB where Star Wars felt truly surprising and where you felt like anything could happen.
SW needs to embrace this kind of storytelling in the future. Sadly, the live action series right now are just picking over the bones of what has come before, whether it's the upcoming spinoff shows starring all established characters or "The Mandalorian", which, while theoretically "original" has become basically the Cameo Show and basically "Clone Wars" spinoff series.
"Star Wars Visions" is the only recent or announced Star Wars entry that actually seems to have any vision.
It's not at all confusing. "The Ninth Jedi" is set far in the future. That's all you need to know. The stories are supposed to be disconnected from established storylines.
("The Ninth Jedi" also happens to be utterly fantastic.)
There is nothing "bare minimum" about their connections to SW. Each short lives and breathes the SW universe and its lore. Out of the 6 I've seen, every single one is about Jedi/Sith and the Force. It doesn't get more SW than that.
Your take is utterly baffling (the polite way of saying "wrong.")
I'm one that was really hooked with the nineth Jedi and find it a shed load better story than the Sequal trilogy. No nostalgia of the Skywalker era just a fresh take.
Though I did see the old guy as luke and the kid as rey
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Official, I like these better than any live action in the Disney era. More emotion, style, better writing than anyone of them. Hope there's more and hope some continuations of these.
Though I did see the old guy as luke and the kid as rey
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Official, I like these better than any live action in the Disney era. More emotion, style, better writing than anyone of them. Hope there's more and hope some continuations of these.
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I've only seen the first three but I have a hard time agreeing that Tatooine Rhapsody and The Twins are better written than any Disney era Star Wars
even the Duel is basically a Mando episode, but cool if you think so.
I've only seen the first three but I have a hard time agreeing that Tatooine Rhapsody and The Twins are better written than any Disney era Star Wars
(Most of) this show kicks (most of) The Mandalorian's ass. Mando's highs are better than this series' lows, but, overall this is much more imaginative, much more engrossing and much better overall.
I disagree.So one of the ships in one of the Visions episode is a Fan Design, slightly modified and used without permission.
https://twitter.com/echenry1/status/1441084095652503552
https://twitter.com/echenry1/status/1441084095652503552
A proud tradition of official Star Wars productions continues. The most egregious case was when the "illustrator" for a book just put a Photoshop edge filter over fan art of ships so they'd look like line drawings.
I thought episodes 4, 5 and 6 were all great. Really loved them, especially 5 and 6. Stunning visuals.
