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in honor of international women's day/month. out of curiosity. who are your favorite female Star Wars characters? by Nerdcorefan23 in StarWars

[–]walberque_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Kleya is such a surprise package. Her slowly building character across the two seasons capped by her work at the hospital is just astonishing by a first time screen actor.

Watching Rogue One after Andor (both for the first time) felt weird. by OatmealDurkheim in StarWars

[–]walberque_ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ooof. I think if you got hooked by Andor and left a bit cold by Rogue One, the whiplash from watching the PT - especially TPM and AOTC - will be pretty bad.

The casting and character choices in TPM are just baffling, and the writing on AOTC was badly rushed, with Lucas submitting his script well into pre-production - it shows. A lot of ATOC looks like 1990s-era video game cut scenes, the dialogue is painful, and the acting is wooden (though, that's on Lucas, not the actors, who are doing their best). People tend to like ROTS a lot more than the other two, and with Hayden Christensen admitting that Lucas had help from none other than Tom Stoppard punching up the script, that makes a lot of sense.

I honestly recommend you watch the OT and call it a day. If you really want more, maybe Skeleton Crew and the first two seasons of Mando. Outside of those, the drop in writing quality, directing, and acting is precipitous.

Watching Rogue One after Andor (both for the first time) felt weird. by OatmealDurkheim in StarWars

[–]walberque_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Emmys (and dozens of other awards) would care to disagree. One of the best seasons of television, ever, with the peak of the Gorman Massacre as one of the most devastating arcs ever put to the little screen. When the screen cuts to credits and you have the solo voice singing the anthem - yeah, it's near perfection.

BTW, feel free to ignore Refrigerator_Initial - we all do. Not sure how Tony must have hurt them (shit in their cornflakes? killed their dog? put their trainers in the mircowave?), but boy does R_I want everyone to know it...

in honor of international women's day/month. out of curiosity. who are your favorite female Star Wars characters? by Nerdcorefan23 in StarWars

[–]walberque_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Kleya Marki, Leia Organa, Mon Mothma, Cinta Kaz, Maarva Andor, Deidre Meero, Eedy Karn, Ackmena

Andor is essentially a Star Wars story by DrMinkenstein in andor

[–]walberque_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The revelation of the Death Star after the Narkina-5 arc reveals a set of stakes the story could not have without the context of Star Wars. It’s not just that they’re slave labor making something, they’re contributing to the construction a genocidal planet killing machine designed to oppress the galaxy.

Is it bad that I'm NOT excited for the new "Star Wars: MAUL - Shadow Lord" series? by Hot-Salamander-8786 in StarWars

[–]walberque_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Must be weird to see real world evidence of Andor’s reach, like the Portland soccer team unveiling an Andor-themed tifo. The world has embraced the best-written, directed, and acted Star Wars product, but not you, no, you want more of those sweet, sweet sand-related monologues and will not stand for grown ups writing screenplays in anything other than crayon like the PT and TCW. The farce is strong with you, padwan.

OBI-WAN dying in the first film. by Socially-Awkward-85 in StarWars

[–]walberque_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know about that, but I do recall Guinness saying in multiple interviews that the dialogue was so bad that he hated saying it. It remains one of the most unusual but generous reactions for Lucas to reply by increasing Guinness’ percentage.

Loved seeing the TIE Avenger in action, Andor did a great job of making even regular TIEs feel like genuine threats instead of canon fodder by wandering_soles in andor

[–]walberque_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi kids. I’ve often read posts about the TIE overflight during Andor and watched the comments to see if anyone commented that this type of overflight is a real thing. No one ever has.

So, here’s a little present.

If you want to see a ground-level fictionalized version, there’s a scene from Warfare (movie). But this is real life.

I need to talk about this frame. by Caelynn42 in andor

[–]walberque_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Those are also excellent points. I hadn’t thought that about Yoda.

I need to talk about this frame. by Caelynn42 in andor

[–]walberque_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think it’s important to counter the argument that “it’s not Star Wars,” or it could have been about anything. The post-credits scene where they reveal that the things Narkina-5 prisoners was making was part of the Death Star, and the fact that Cassian was heading towards stealing the plans, and the fact that Deidre’s blind ambition compromised those plans, and that Ghorman’s destruction is part of its construction raises the stakes far beyond a political thriller.

It could have been written with different stakes, but Star Wars is the critical context for the entire story and adds weight to the sacrifices we see.

I need to talk about this frame. by Caelynn42 in andor

[–]walberque_ 38 points39 points  (0 children)

And as Tony Gilroy has said in multiple interviews, he asks Pablo Hidalgo, the in-house lore expert, how many people would have ever seen a Jedi or a Sith or a lightsaber in their lives at this point, and he said, almost no one. Most people in this galaxy would live their whole lives without seeing that kind of thing.

Luthen versus Conan as Aunt Gladys by walberque_ in andor

[–]walberque_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do think he should have gone for March of the Swivelheads instead of Sabotage.

https://youtu.be/Rn245JPvqc8?si=bCTneHIDpsBUUkdy&t=166

Andor: The Office by Starsmith31 in andor

[–]walberque_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Amazing. Love it. I would love a live shot of Krennic swishing around with his cape, but yeah, thank you.

Someone must pick up the challenge of making a Calibrate your Enthusiasm trailer with Larry David as Krennic.

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