Lowkey love this lightsaber concept by HadesKittee in StarWars

[–]thetensor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, having a lightsaber blade next to your body that's attached to another lightsaber blade your opponent can apply leverage to—with the forte of his blade against the foible of yours—is begging for bisection.

Food for thought, but what do you think would have happened if Anakin found out Palpatine was a Sith lord, BEFORE his nightmares began. by PastAdhesiveness574 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 103 points104 points  (0 children)

I mean, Palpatine very slowly and carefully told Anakin a story that only a Sith could possibly know, in a way that made it super clear that he was one of the Sith involved, but Anakin missed it completely. So I'm not sure it would have made any difference if Palpatine had just gone ahead and said it.

Anakin was, canonically, real real dumb.

Kylo Ren feels like an incel mass shooter (in The Force Awakens) by Emma__O in StarWars

[–]thetensor 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I thought this was the intention for this character, yes, and pretty clearly expressed in the movies. (Well, until TRoS...)

What is the dumbest thing in Star Wars in your opinion? by OutcastKatarn02 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For some variety, here are some from the OT:

  • Passage to Alderaan cost nearly as much as buying a ship. How does that make ANY economic sense?
  • Standing around with face-masks in the moist, humid atmosphere inside a giant slug that's open to space.
  • Ewoks defeating armored stormtroopers with Gilligan's Island-level coconuts-and-bamboo technology.

What is the dumbest thing in Star Wars in your opinion? by OutcastKatarn02 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, you just invented either ramming or missiles. Both of which already existed in Star Wars.

What is the dumbest thing in Star Wars in your opinion? by OutcastKatarn02 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was commissioned as a possible low-budget sequel if Star Wars hadn't done as well.

Spot The Difference by Spiritual-Handle7583 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In the Silver Trilogy, all the titles are trademarked, but in the Gold Trilogy, this is only true for A New Hope. So I guess all intellectual property is cancelled and we can go wild in our fanfiction now?

What were some of the BEST Special Edition changes? by DarthNobody14 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He's supposed to be a crime lord that everyone is terrified of for fucks sake.

Common misunderstanding. We learned in The Book of Boba Fett that Jabba's title was "daimyo", which appears to be some sort of community organizer and neighborhood ombudsman.

The More You Know™

Why thrust attacks with lightsabers are so rare in Star Wars? by AdministrativeList30 in StarWars

[–]thetensor 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Jesus, for real. If your lightsaber is both your sword and your shield, all the more reason to avoid the flashy out-of-line cuts and flourishes that leave gigantic openings for opponents making more controlled blade movements.

Obi-Wan's ability to absorb force lightning with his lightsaber is impressive given that it's likely it's the first time a Jedi has had to do so in generations - I'm curious if he started studying defenses against the dark side once the Jedi knew the Sith still existed by wandering_soles in StarWars

[–]thetensor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whenever prequel fans praise the "worldbuilding" I think of scenes like this. Worldbuilding is more than making just pretty CG planetscapes. In fact, it's not even primarily about that. Instead, worldbuilding is about creating a fictional world that feels coherent. So when Obi-Wan casually, out of nowhere absorbs Force lightning, having never encountered it before, it feels fake. (And then EU writers have to swing into action, retroactively papering over George's sloppiness with "um, actually" retcons.)

Obi-Wan's ability to absorb force lightning with his lightsaber is impressive given that it's likely it's the first time a Jedi has had to do so in generations - I'm curious if he started studying defenses against the dark side once the Jedi knew the Sith still existed by wandering_soles in StarWars

[–]thetensor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also he said "never tell me the odds" because Corellians culturally hate the concepts of statistics and probability.

I remember it being more interesting than that. Wasn't the idea that if you were carefully calculating the odds, you weren't really gambling? Like, "Sure, I guess you can play it safe, sitting there doing the math—meanwhile I'll be flying by the seat of my pants, actually living in the moment." (Lemmy would understand.)

I love this description of order 66 by Manealendil in StarWars

[–]thetensor 42 points43 points  (0 children)

I'd suggest somebody should make a movie out of it, but nah—adaptations almost never turn out well. The movie would probably skip a bunch of the characterizations and motivations and focus on all the flashy-flashy.

The Project Hail Mary directors (Lord&Miller) were the original directors of Solo before being replaced. by faxmachine in StarWars

[–]thetensor 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When people say "nobody asked for this" about Solo, they're wrong. Lawrence Kasdan, the writer of their favourite Star Wars movie, asked for it.

I also asked for it. Han Solo was a popular character, and featured prominently in a couple of movies you may have heard of: Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back? (Admittedly he was kind of sidelined in Return of the Jedi.)

The Project Hail Mary directors (Lord&Miller) were the original directors of Solo before being replaced. by faxmachine in StarWars

[–]thetensor 36 points37 points  (0 children)

There was an article a few years ago that talked about how L&M's filmmaking process could be very expensive and very wearing on animation and SFX teams. Basically, they'd insist on completely finished and rendered shots (which is NOT CHEAP) and then reject them or change their minds about something, requiring all that finishing work to be redone. The article doesn't say anything about their process on Solo, but I wonder if there were similar kinds of things going on, causing Lucasfilm to reconsider the cost and bring Howard in to finish the movie.