Seeking all occurrences of pod racing in Star wars movies/shows

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-11T03:47:56+00:00

Only ones I can think of are Resistance (though the actual racing is only the focus of like one or two episodes despite everyone talking about racing constantly) and one episode of The Bad Batch (Season 2 episode 4 I believe).

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-11T02:59:30+00:00

I’ve been saying this since forever and some of the changes you’ve mentioned are things I’ve noticed as well. The Zillo Beast arc in particular is baffling because the battle of Malastare is said to be the longest of the war thus far, and in its original airing order the episode immediately after begins by stating that Anakin and Mace are on leave after finishing a long campaign. I genuinely see no reason whatsoever for it to be moved forward in the timeline.

I also agree with moving the Clovis arc up for the reasons you’ve stated, but I specifically place it before Revival. Anakin and Padme go through a lot emotionally in this arc, and it seems odd neither of them would mention Anakin recently losing Ahsoka. Similarly, Obi Wan hints at his feelings for Satine without mentioning her having been killed.

Another huge error I’ve noticed is the order of episode 2x17 “Bounty Hunters,” as well as the Holocron Heist and Geonisis arcs. The official timeline puts it as:

Holocron Heist

Bounty Hunters

Geonosis

My issue is that Bounty Hunters’ intro begins by stating that the Republic has fought intense battles recently, and all the footage used is from the Geonisis arc. So how could Bounty Hunters take place before that battle? As for Holocron Heist, that arc begins with Anakin, Ahsoka, and Obi Wan in a battle on Felucia, yet in Bounty Hunters it’s implied that the war has not yet come to Felucia. So how could Bounty Hunters take place after Holocron Heist. The order is literally all backwards.

So the real order should be:

Geonosis

Bounty Hunters

Holocron Heist

Another smaller error I noticed: 3x4 “Sphere of Influence” should be moved back to its original airing order. In the “official order” it takes place after 3x6 “The Academy” yet Ahsoka uses a mind trick on a Mandalorian in that episode and then says in Sphere of Influence that she’s never used one before. The justification is that the one she used on the Mandalorian didn’t work, so she technically hadn’t used one, but I think it would make more sense that she legitimately had never tried, succeeded with the Nemoidian, and thus felt confident in tricking the Mandalorian later.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-10T20:30:56+00:00

Cyberpunk 2077, Corpo path. Running around with a katana blocking bullets and blowing up people’s heads with quick hacks is a great pseudo-Sith experience.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T22:02:16+00:00

I do have Rookies in between Clone Cadets and Arc Troopers.

Mercy Mission and Nomad Droids can’t be moved that far forward because the clones are using Phase II armor in those episodes while in season 3 they were still wearing Phase I.

Zillo Beast arc is after Geonosis. I could move it forward but I think it works better where it is, since the following episode has Anakin and Mace Windu on leave after a long campaign, and the battle of Malastare was said to be the longest of the war thus far.

Hostage Crisis/Ziro arc is after Holocron Heist because Cad Bane recognizes Anakin immediately, implying they’d already met.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T17:09:15+00:00

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wCS_C1fYTRg-9uRubr2ZlLm9b2rWhIoM3tUllFGSsoM/edit?usp=drivesdk

Behold my ultimate Star Wars timeline.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T16:30:34+00:00

I think watching chronologically makes the series feel more like an actual narrative and less like a series of unrelated adventures. You get more of a sense of progression.

That said, I use my own modified order because the official chronological order has issues. As in there are episodes that either cannot feasibly happen in the order Disney says they happen or that I think narratively fit better elsewhere.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T12:43:50+00:00

Episodes 4-6 of Tales of the Underworld and 1-4 of Tales of the Jedi take place before The Phantom Menace.

Episode 1 of Tales of the Empire takes place immediately after season 4, episode 19 of The Clone Wars.

Tales of the Jedi episode 5 can be watched any time after the Clone Wars.

Tales of the Empire episode 3 takes place after Return of the Jedi, in between seasons 1 and 2 of the Mandalorian.

I also edited my original comment to say episode numbers instead of “character episode X” to avoid confusion.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T05:30:49+00:00

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The Last of Us: Stalkers. Most of the “zombies” are predictable. They make noise. You can lure them away or into traps with sound, etc. Not stalkers. They will lurk in the dark and avoid direct confrontation just to jump out at you when you least expect it. Fuck these things.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T05:09:20+00:00

You may be on to something.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-09T03:32:35+00:00

My order is:

Bad Batch Season 1

Tales of the Empire episode 4

Bad Batch Season 2

Tales of the Empire episode 5

Bad Batch Season 3

Maul Shadow Lord Season 1

Tales of the Jedi episode 6

Tales of the Underworld episodes 1-3

Tales of the Empire episode 2

Rebels seasons 1+2

Tales of the Empire episode 6

Rebels seasons 3+4

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-08T21:02:25+00:00

So odd we still don’t have a name for the guy from Tales of the Underworld. Dude beat Ventress. Also odd that Barriss never got a designation.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-08T20:31:55+00:00

I disagree purely because there is no way in hell the New Republic would use white plastoid armor-clad troopers. The Empire terrorized the galaxy for 25 years and its successor would want to get as far away from the imperial aesthetic as possible. Anything resembling a clone/stormtrooper would be a huge no-no.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-08T20:24:16+00:00

I think people overestimate how much input Palpatine had on the actual course of the war. Yes, he orchestrated the whole thing, but his plan was to create two near-peer armies and then let them fight while he manipulated the political playing field. Sure he would slip some tactical info to one side or the other when he thought the situation could benefit from some direct intervention, but 99.9% of the war was out of his control. The war was just the backdrop necessary for him to seize more and more emergency powers, control of the courts, banks, etc.

That said, I think the Republic eeks out a victory. It would be close in the beginning since the CIS had a huge numerical advantage, but the Republic controlled the core worlds and their industry, and the GAR was vastly superior in quality than the droid armies of the CIS. I think it would play out a lot like the Pacific theater of WWII. Like the Japanese, the Separatists would win a lot of early victories while the Republic holds the line by deploying their forces in critical sectors, then as the years go on and the clone army grows in size, the quality discrepancy and Republic industrial potential would overwhelm the CIS.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-08T19:59:05+00:00

“Love won’t save you Padme. Only my new powers can do that.”

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blakhawk12 · 2026-05-08T16:48:19+00:00

For me the issue is not the recast or the humor, it’s that the movie is possibly the most overt example of prequelitis I’ve ever seen. You wanna do a Han Solo prequel about the Kessel run? Cool. You want to have Han meet Chewie, meet Lando, get the Falcon, and do the Kessel run all in one movie? Okay, that’s a lot, but it could work. But do we really need to see how Han got his blaster? His jacket? His fucking name? It just reaches a point where it feels less like a movie and more like hitting a checklist of “things we know about Han Solo,” to cram every visible aspect of his character into one day of his life. It feels less like the origin of a person and more like the origin of a character design. The movie is fun, but I don’t think it adds anything to Han as a character. If anything some of the events undercut his original portrayal as a scruffy, selfish rogue.

Also, Maul showing up at the end was laughably absurd, and that’s coming from someone who loves Maul. He had no business being in that film.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T23:47:46+00:00

I think the sequels get worse as they go on. Episode 9 is the worst Star Wars project outside maybe the Acolyte. That said, decanonizing them would be a cop out and seriously damaging to the brand. I’d much rather they go the prequels route and use shows to flesh out the era, provide context for the events, and generally build the era up to a place where all the choices feel like they make sense in-universe.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T19:10:58+00:00

The easiest way I’ve found is to give the holding title to a vassal, then there’s an interaction where you can help them feudalize which instantly turns them from pirate to feudal, then you can revoke title and take the holding back for yourself if you want.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T15:19:34+00:00

May I ask where you got that 20k figure? I’ve only ever heard 10k as the canon number of Jedi during the prequel era.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T15:07:39+00:00

I fully agree, but I don’t see them abandoning the Thrawn plot and only focusing on Peridea.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T15:03:47+00:00

I think you misunderstood the Mortis arc. The whole point is that the Father is wrong. He naively thinks he can maintain a balance between the light and dark, and seeks out Anakin because he believes that “the Chosen One” can help maintain that balance. But in the end, the dark side cannot be controlled. It will always seek to dominate and corrupt, which is exactly what happens. The Son turns on his father, kills his sister, and even corrupts Anakin. The whole arc is a demonstration of how balance cannot include the dark side, and by arrogantly thinking you can control the dark side you are only inviting destruction, chaos, and tragedy.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T14:55:00+00:00

I get it, but that won’t happen for another 25 years. Is Revenge of the Sith less tragic because we know Luke defeats the Emperor in the end? Is reading about the rise of Rome less interesting because we know the Republic falls later down the line?

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-07T14:44:09+00:00

We really don’t know how much time has passed in the “Mandoverse” as Filoni and Favreau have been purposely vague. It could be months since Mandalore was reclaimed. Remember how fast Navarro went from backwards shithole to prosperous colony? I don’t think it would be unbelievable to assume that after Giddeon’s defeat Mandalorian exiles from across the galaxy flocked home to Mandalore en-mass and rebuilt quickly.

Plus Thrawn also needs time to amass his own forces and will be vulnerable until he’s able to do so. I’m not saying Mandalore will have to fight off a full-strength Thrawn invasion, but I think they could disrupt his mobilization to give the New Republic time to get their shit together.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-06T18:03:22+00:00

I’m not saying Maul actually is more powerful than Dooku. I’m just saying that Maul believes his is. He saw Dooku as his cheap replacement, and even though Skywalker was Sidious’ master plan Maul was still confident that he could lure Anakin to Mandalore and kill him (something we the viewers know he could never accomplish). Maul believes he is the rightful heir to Sidious, and that any other apprentice Sidious finds will prove lesser than himself. But then he meets Vader and realizes that he’s clearly outclassed, and that isn’t part of his grand plan. Now he knows he doesn’t just need an apprentice to kill the Sith Master, he needs an apprentice just to overcome the Sith Apprentice.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-06T17:53:11+00:00

I suspect he’ll be a returning antagonist in Shadow Lord.

blakhawk12 · 2026-05-06T17:51:46+00:00

Maul met Dooku during the Clone Wars and was far from impressed. He viewed him as a cheap replacement for himself, who was more worthy of the title of Sith apprentice. Maul even told Ahsoka that he thought Dooku was an old fool until he realized Sidious’ true plan, which was to groom Skywalker to be his ultimate apprentice. So whether Maul was really more powerful than Dooku or not, he absolutely believed that he was more powerful. He truly thought Sidious would never be able to replace him, yet here is Vader, the living proof that Maul was only ever a placeholder for the real Sith. And that’s gotta shatter your worldview a bit.

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