TheUlyssesian 2,301 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 Hamill couldn't come to terms with the fact that he is a has-been. A washed up nobody now resorting to supporting side roles in direct to video cartoons. He can't suddenly expect to be the lead star to the sequel to his one moment of glory. He never had much of a career and never will. His youth is now a dim memory. He and his fans should accept the reality - he is a side character in the ST in a subplot. Nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,256 Posted January 27, 2020 Share Posted January 27, 2020 15 minutes ago, TheUlyssesian said: Hamill couldn't come to terms with the fact that he is a has-been. A washed up nobody now resorting to supporting side roles in direct to video cartoons. He can't suddenly expect to be the lead star to the sequel to his one moment of glory. He never had much of a career and never will. His youth is now a dim memory. He and his fans should accept the reality - he is a side character in the ST in a subplot. Nothing more. Thank you for this! He should be kissing Rian's feet for having been given a role so good in TLJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 439 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 If it's going down to four episodes, why not just upgrade them to two movies instead? They're already pouring a ton of money into it already... squeeze that cash cow with a theatrical release, plus home video and that Disney+ subscription fee. I mean, the "Walking Dead" Rick spinoff movie was originally going to air on AMC, but it'll be a feature film now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrbellamy 5,693 Posted January 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted January 31, 2020 As voice actors go, Hamill's pretty successful. I don't think it's fair to call him washed up over that when it was a specific choice and he's consistently done like a million things a year for 30 years. His career's fine. I think he's just let the fans get to his head. He hangs out on Twitter a lot and he obviously has a lot of love for the psychos because they're the people who show up at every convention. Also he seems like a jovial guy who aims to please and hates to see people disappointed. He was on record even before Force Awakens that he didn't wanna do it because he knew whatever they did was bound to upset people. It's probably a frustrating position to be in when he'd seriously lucked out with Luke Skywalker achieving this "pure" status in pop culture and suddenly there's all this extra drama around him. It's sort of a blessing and a curse that he got saddled with Rian Johnson going in guns a blazing. It'd make me nervous too. Not that I personally care how it fucks with the ideals of the character, Last Jedi has the most interesting writing he was ever handed as Luke and it's easily his best performance. Nick Parker, crumbs, Arpy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Parker 3,034 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 2 hours ago, mrbellamy said: As voice actors go, Hamill's pretty successful. I don't think it's fair to call him washed up over that when it was a specific choice and he's consistently done like a million things a year for 30 years. His career's fine. Mark Hamill has said many times throughout the years that he's always envisioned himself as a character actor, so landing the main character in this most-popular series was weird for him. Afterwards, it was very hard for people to divorce him from Luke Skywalker, so with voice acting, he found he was able to live out that desire to be the character actor he always wanted to be. Sounds pretty damn successful to me, especially if you see all the work he's gotten over the decades! blondheim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,479 Posted January 31, 2020 Author Share Posted January 31, 2020 He certainly wasn't washed up in TLJ. He looked like he needed a bath and a haircut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,256 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 12 minutes ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: He certainly wasn't washed up in TLJ. He looked like he needed a bath and a haircut. It was all CGI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,744 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 The hair and the dirt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,256 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 No, Hamill! Actually also played by Andy Serkis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,394 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 After the colossal failure of Rise of Skywalker Disney will be looking to sell the Star Wars IP now anyway, probably to Hallmark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 7,933 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Whatever one says about his career, Mark Hamill is in two of the greatest films ever made. Not many actors can say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 5,860 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 I agree with you about The Last Jedi, but I will never consider Laserhawk to be an all-time great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,256 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 16 minutes ago, Quintus said: After the colossal failure of Rise of Skywalker Disney will be looking to sell the Star Wars IP now anyway, probably to Hallmark. Still a billion+ movie. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,744 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 3 minutes ago, mstrox said: I agree with you about The Last Jedi, but I will never consider Laserhawk to be an all-time great. Richard is of course referring to Hamilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 5,860 Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 Ah, Hamilton! Young adults in America love Hamilton! Jurassic Shark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31,998 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Obi-Wan Kenobi TV Series Back on Track With New Writer Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pieter Boelen 633 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 Some good news at last! And better yet... writing can be done RIGHT NOW! Safely from home. With nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 4,925 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 RUMOR MILL: OBI-WAN KENOBI Plot Details Revealed; Darth Vader And Commander Cody To Have A Role Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,744 Posted August 27, 2020 Share Posted August 27, 2020 Commander Cody Banks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,084 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 18 hours ago, Edmilson said: RUMOR MILL: OBI-WAN KENOBI Plot Details Revealed; Darth Vader And Commander Cody To Have A Role According to the rumors they'd appear in flashbacks, from Obi-Wan dealing with PTSD... I don't know about this show anymore, I never wondered what Obi Wan was doing all those years. I don't understand this new obsession over exploiting every unexplained facet of Star Wars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 3,692 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 39 minutes ago, Arpy said: According to the rumors they'd appear in flashbacks, from Obi-Wan dealing with PTSD... Rumors are rumors, but when they sound that dumb, they are likely true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 6,993 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 Who will play baby Luke? AC1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 6,993 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 I really don't know what there is to tell about the retreat of Obi-Wan on Tatooine. He seems not to have been in contact with the Rebels until Leia ask him to help her (like he served his father during the clone wars, she don't tell him "Help me like you did last summer"...). And Vader never knew if Obi-Wan was still alive or not. So you have an old Obi-Wan who try to hide himself from the whole galaxy, and you have a baby Luke who is playing with his little friends. That sounds boring, no? Disney will pull a new villain character from their Mickey Mouse hat? What's this??? Smeltington and The Illustrious Jerry 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 5,860 Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 It's the same thing Lucasfilm has been doing for decades, including Obi-wan-specific novels and comic books and an appearance on Star Wars Rebels. The only difference is now they're paying money to film it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,084 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I always thought it was a sacrifice Obi-Wan made to protect Luke on Tatooine, literally living his life as a hermit in an old house, just sitting there, waiting. There was something sad about that sacrifice and it made the time between RotS and ANH seem all the more daunting knowing he was just watching and waiting. Now he has PTSD, he had a secret wife, split personality, a drug addict, an alcoholic. Kills bounty hunters every other day. It's like, c'mon, does this add anything to Star Wars? Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,479 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Mandalorian was alright, so I'd consider giving this a shot. As long as it in no way resembles their movie series or Galaxy Edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,210 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 It would be a shame of this ended up as drab and boring as The Mandalorian! Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,479 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 It wasn't that bad. Unfortunately, the kids these days love it, so I'm annoyed by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,210 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 It just seemed like a recap of the boring desert stuff from Solo/TFA with a boring protagonist and a stupid baby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,479 Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 I didn't like the baby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,771 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I liked the Boba Fett show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,886 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 14 hours ago, Bespin said: And Vader never knew if Obi-Wan was still alive or not. Which is going to sound really odd after this show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,744 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 All that matters is the MONEY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bespin 6,993 Posted August 29, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted August 29, 2020 Maybe it will be seriously called "The Obi-Wan Show", and then every week the old Ben will interview someone living on Tatooine. "Good evening everybody, this week we receive Jabba The Hutt! He will tell us his famous lasagna recipe!" Smeltington, Fabulin, The Illustrious Jerry and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gkgyver 1,643 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 On 1/31/2020 at 3:16 PM, #SnowyVernalSpringsEternal said: Still a billion+ movie. It barely grossed out Aladdin and Toy Story 4 by a few thousand. Hooray. Aladdin, Toy Story 4, Captain Marvel, Frozen II, Spider-Man Far From Home, Lion King, Joker, all had as much or a lot more box office. In the same year. For a movie that cost 600 Million to make with all the ridiculous reshoots, and the conclusion to Star Wars, what a dud. It made barely 200.000 more than Venom. LOL Let's look at other movies making the same or more as Episode IX: Incredibles II, Black Panther, fucking Aquaman, all the revived corpses of Jurassic Park, Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle, Fate of the Furious, Despicable Me 3, Beauty and the Beast, Rogue One, Finding Dory, Zootopia, Furious 7, Minions, Transformers 73817, Transformers 718362, Despicable Me 2... With all the inflation, if your movie doesn't make close to a billion, you're irrelevant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,084 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Regardless of box office success or being a critical flop, TRoS wasn't irrelevant, the discussion it generated across the internet couldn't be missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 4,925 Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 3 hours ago, gkgyver said: It barely grossed out Aladdin and Toy Story 4 by a few thousand. Hooray. Aladdin, Toy Story 4, Captain Marvel, Frozen II, Spider-Man Far From Home, Lion King, Joker, all had as much or a lot more box office. In the same year. For a movie that cost 600 Million to make with all the ridiculous reshoots, and the conclusion to Star Wars, what a dud. It made barely 200.000 more than Venom. LOL Let's look at other movies making the same or more as Episode IX: Incredibles II, Black Panther, fucking Aquaman, all the revived corpses of Jurassic Park, Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle, Fate of the Furious, Despicable Me 3, Beauty and the Beast, Rogue One, Finding Dory, Zootopia, Furious 7, Minions, Transformers 73817, Transformers 718362, Despicable Me 2... With all the inflation, if your movie doesn't make close to a billion, you're irrelevant. It was profitable for Disney, but with a smaller profit than both Sequel Trilogy movies before, because it costed more and made less. https://deadline.com/2020/04/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-movie-profit-2019-lowest-for-lucasfilm-1202915179/ Endgame, Frozen 2, Lion King, Captain Marvel, Toy Story 4 and even fucking Aladdin made more profit for Disney than that. https://deadline.com/2020/04/2019-movie-profits-top-films-avengers-endgame-russo-brothers-data-1202919361/ So yeah, it was a hit, but a smaller one than Disney hoped. They made money, but they were disappointed anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,479 Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 23 hours ago, PuhgreÞiviÞm said: I liked the Boba Fett show It was better than the show about the bald Star Trek guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 5,693 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 16 hours ago, Arpy said: Regardless of box office success or being a critical flop, TRoS wasn't irrelevant, the discussion it generated across the internet couldn't be missed. It got enough chatter but I feel like it's already quickly becoming forgotten now that the shock value of its plot twists has worn off. It's just a punching bag but maybe that will serve it well in 15-20 years a la the prequels...make fun of anything that long and it eventually becomes affectionate. Even in terms of fan outrage, though, I feel like Rise of Skywalker is no Last Jedi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,084 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Yeah, TLJ definitely received a more shocking reception than TRoS. Looking back I think each film has received a dose of fan backlash in some form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,442 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Nothing can top TFA, which introduced the concept that Star Wars can be a corporate piece of s not created by artists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,084 Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 TFA was a brilliant celebration of artists from all departments - from the practical effects to the CG. It's sad to me because TFA was what Star Wars needed: a rejuvenation that rekindled the flame of the franchise. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31,998 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 “Star Wars: Kenobi” is set to shoot in Boston on Jan. 4, 2021. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,475 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 It’s about Kenobi’s time as an adjunct Professor of Ancient Religion at Harvard Not Mr. Big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 9,744 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 #fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AC1 3,886 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Kenobi in Boston?! What happened to "in a galaxy far, far away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 31,998 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Doubling for Coruscant? Some new city on some new planet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 578 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 It’s a love letter to the PT. All they need is a green screen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,157 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 They are surely using the same technology as in The Mandalorian: And it's actually pretty cool. Had me fooled in several scenes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 6,993 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Did he referred to his son Grogu? Oh, I'm sick about all these back stories coming from Disney's strongbox! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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