The Great Movie Thread

[Okeefenokee]

I don't know much about Star Wars, but I've heard the clones were the first batch, but later on they weren't clones anymore.

Nobody knows anymore. Disney wiped out 30 years of Expanded Universe, so it's all about what's in the movies now.

So Finn was a cloning mistake.

[TheReal_ND]

I don't know much about Star Wars, but I've heard the clones were the first batch, but later on they weren't clones anymore.

Nobody knows anymore. Disney wiped out 30 years of Expanded Universe, so it's all about what's in the movies now.

What do you mean? I used to read some of those novels and comics as a kid. Did they pull them off the shelves?

[KerningChameleon]

Nobody knows anymore. Disney wiped out 30 years of Expanded Universe, so it's all about what's in the movies now.

What do you mean? I used to read some of those novels and comics as a kid. Did they pull them off the shelves?

Fine, I'll take the nerd bait. Disney declared almost all EU material non-canon. Star Wars Legacy, they refer to it now. You can still buy the stuff off Amazon or whatever, but the events therein have no bearing in the continuity they're building now. Like, no Luke Han and Leia squaring off against Thrawn or Chewie getting a moon dropped on his head or whatever. If it wasn't in the original six movies, it ain't canon. One of the few exceptions is, of all things, that CGI Clone Wars cartoon they did years ago. (and, as people like to joke, the Holiday Special, though I suspect Disney is silently making an exception in that case)

That said, they have no problem cribbing elements from the old stuff when it suits them. For example, in the pre-New Hope (and, pre-Rouge One, I suppose) Rebels cartoon they're doing now, they've got Thrawn as the arc baddie against the protagonists for the current season. And everything they put out now is now considered equally canon with the movies, none of that tiered crap the old EU had.

[TheReal_ND]

Yep

[Hanarchy Montanarchy]

I don't know much about Star Wars, but I've heard the clones were the first batch, but later on they weren't clones anymore.

Nobody knows anymore. Disney wiped out 30 years of Expanded Universe, so it's all about what's in the movies now.

So Finn was a cloning mistake.

That's racist bro!

[Ex-California]

I don't know much about Star Wars, but I've heard the clones were the first batch, but later on they weren't clones anymore.

Nobody knows anymore. Disney wiped out 30 years of Expanded Universe, so it's all about what's in the movies now.

There are books that are accepted in the Canon

[SuburbanFarmer]

Star Wars Rebels isn't too terrible actually

[Kazmyr]

I'll +1 the Rogue One comments. REALLY enjoyed it.

And Vader man.... daaaaaaamn.

For those that have seen it - thoughts on the CGI characters?

[SuburbanFarmer]

I'll +1 the Rogue One comments. REALLY enjoyed it.

And Vader man.... daaaaaaamn.

For those that have seen it - thoughts on the CGI characters?

Didn't do anything for me really.. But WOW the scene with Vader was awesome... I really wish they could have showed his power more in the original 3.

[Kazmyr]

We finally got to see the reason why Vader terrified the shit out of the galaxy. I think I might have actually let out a whispered "...holy fuck!" at the end of that scene.

I've seen people losing their shit over the CGI characters, running the gamut from "they looked TERRIBLE and it takes away from the movie!" to "It's not ethical and it takes away from the movie!" I don't know why some people are so hung up on them (the latter of those grievances is utter crap). I thought they were fine (even knowing about 1 of them in advance), and actually kind of cool to bring back a particular interpretation of a character. It wasn't overused, either.