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DarthDementous 1,060 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 49 minutes ago, Jay said: We have this: For reactions I mean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Disco Stu 15,495 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Let's rank Star Wars foreheads 1. Ki Adi Mundi 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Guy on Utapau played by Bruce Spence who else GerateWohl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pellaeon 593 Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Sicmoo Labria Yoda Don Rickles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,060 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 12 hours ago, Stu said: Let's rank Star Wars foreheads 1. Ki Adi Mundi 2. Emperor Palpatine 3. Guy on Utapau played by Bruce Spence who else I'd rather rank necks 1. Yarael Poof 2. Lama Su Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,688 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 Recap trailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 FYI The show has dropped early! It's up now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverTrumpet 638 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Is it good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Haven’t watched it yet, had to head out. I had time to skip to the end credits and hear the music though, it’s gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I’ve caught up on the first two eps. It’s pretty fun, miles better than Boba Fett and a lot of The Mandalorian in my view. It helps that this is actually about a legacy character and doesn’t seem to be jumping through hoops to remind people that it’s Star Wars. Ewan McGregor is doing some great work, you really actually believe he could be Sir Alec Guinness in just a few years. He still has the wit and charm from the Prequels but with a bit more texture than Lucas allowed him. There’s a moment late in the second episode that he really sells, and I look forward to seeing more of him in the role. One thing that surprised me was how much I liked Leia’s young actor. As precocious as a child can possibly be, but she’s got great comic timing and I can totally see her growing up to be Carrie Fisher. There’s more than a few moments where the resemblance to Fisher is eerie, very good casting. It’s a pity the internet will probably hate her. michael_grig and JNHFan2000 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I’ve watched the first and really liked it. Don’t have time for the second until this weekend. Dug the score! Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saulocf 79 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Well, I unfortunately did not like them. First, the score is awful, except when John Williams theme pops in, but even when it does, it is very disconnected from the rest of the score, that it ends up sounding off. Despite me liking the actress, Leia is a bit on the annoying side, and the way that she was able to outrun her kidnappers and Kenobi is very unbelievable. So far, nothing that justify the series existence so far, and I would put it bellow Boba Fett (which I did like) Van_Etten 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,060 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Ben Kenobi (the character) is great so far, Ewan is doing a bang-up job selling me on this more dejected and rougher version of the character and it's helping me understand how we got from ROTS Kenobi to ANH Kenobi. Still very much feels like the same character despite the differences which is quite hard to do. I also really liked Owen's scenes, that actor (same one as the Prequels I believe) really sells a younger Owen Lars and I like his shaky dynamic with Ben The inquisitors are incredibly lame, especially Reva who is a loose cannon that is of help to literally no one. They're not intimidating at all and in-fight more than the actual Sith, I never thought I would gain a new appreciation of the Grand Inquisitor from Rebels given how much the villains in that show get dunked on I found young Leia convincing in the first episode but she got annoying very quickly in the second one, unfortunately they pushed it too far and now I hope she's not going to be in all of the episodes Overall this has very similar problems as other live action Star Wars projects, it's very Modern Star Wars(tm), but has more things in it that I like. I'm glad to be finding the main character of a show about the character to be the best part so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GerateWohl 4,460 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 The funniest thing for me was to see Flea in the show as a gangster. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joni Wiljami 1,206 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I tried to watch this because of JW theme but the Intro was too much. Who wants this kind of music? Trailer shit with Zimmer fuck flavor!! I'm so pissed off🤮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Sergeant said: I tried to watch this because of JW theme but the Intro was too much. Who wants this kind of music? Trailer shit with Zimmer fuck flavor!! I'm so pissed off🤮 If by the intro you mean the “Previously On: The Prequel Trilogy” recap, that is definitely just trailer music and not Holt or Williams. The last 3/4 of the first episode is Very Williamsy and it wouldn’t surprise me to find that they used most of his suite material there, on Tatooine. In the new world on part 2, that’s clearly all Holt business. I like it, but if you were expecting Williamsy, you’d be outta luck. It’s more in line with Disney+ Star Wars crew. Skipped my run this morning to watch part 2, btw, and glad I did. Liked it even better than part 1. Joni Wiljami 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,838 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I enjoyed the first two episodes, but there really are some dreadful and inexplicable spotting decisions throughout. DangerMotif 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,410 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I liked it. Holt score isnt great, but I did like the cue for the hanging Jedi. Also new opening logo music, yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, Counterparts said: Also new opening logo music, yay! Are you talking about the bit with the various SW helmets? The music is now different than what they used for Mando and Boba episodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Yep! I won’t commit to it, but it sounds Williams-Adjacent. Docteur Qui 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Kennedy should have hired Williams to write a Lucasfilm logo cue that could be used for these shows, and also end in the right key to sound good going into the main title cue for the sequel movies Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,410 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 12 minutes ago, Jay said: Are you talking about the bit with the various SW helmets? The music is now different than what they used for Mando and Boba episodes? Yup! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rough cut 1,715 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Helmets music is new, I think so too. The first two episodes were good. Some annoying parts, but overall good. The score - the shift between Williams/Holt - didn’t bother me at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,595 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 The logo cue is very Haab. A lot better than the previous one. 1st ep. Score has okay bits. Not much stuck. The first third IMO really overused the JW theme in samey renditions. Credits isn't amazing. Ewan and Owen are great, they have great scenes too. Unfortunately that's about it. The inquisitors, especially the main one and the girl are awful. Leia's really not great and there's some general not great directing and utterly awful action directing on Alderaan. I hate that Tatooine's a dull cold whitish tan again. I gotta hand it to them, I loathed the idea of Obi leaving Luke for some adventure scrap, but saving Leia's a good enough excuse. But right after inquisitors tracked a Jedi to Tatooine??? Overall my main feeling was that this will all be completely inconsequential pointless filler fluff with some moderately good moments. A very mixed eh. I hate that they make credits text pop so prominently and play such rhythmic music under it but can't be bothered to sync the two. DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,661 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Here it is @Jay et al. some fan rip but it’s legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Hey that's a fun little logo cue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJosh 892 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I definitely like the new helmets logo music better. I wonder if it could be Williams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,907 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Kind of unrelated, but what's that first helmet (after R2) supposed to be? I don't recall seeing that one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,410 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 3 minutes ago, Manakin Skywalker said: Kind of unrelated, but what's that first helmet (after R2) supposed to be? I don't recall seeing that one before. Phasma maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,907 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 17 minutes ago, Counterparts said: Phasma maybe? Nah, doesn't resemble her helmet at all. Iirc I think Phasma's helmet was in the old logo, and looked exactly like her helmet in the ST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,595 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Ep2. Inquisitors still awful, third sister a lot lot lot more awful. Leia still not great. Action still awful stretched way too long but most of the ep the main characters act with no urgency or fear. Ugh. Faleel and michael_grig 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,052 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Watched the two episodes. It's OK, defintely better than that silly Boba Fett show. And while they do what they can to justify it I still don't know why this needed to happen. The music is, well, it is. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manakin Skywalker 4,907 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Figured out what the helmet was! It's a new type of Purge Trooper that will appear in later episodes (they were briefly shown in one of the trailers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GerateWohl 4,460 Posted May 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2022 Anybody else disappointed with this boring Alderaan music? I thought, this would have been a great opportunity for another theme. Holt said in an Interview her Kenobi theme was similar to Williams'? So, If she can write themes, then why didn't she? I appreciate more and more what John Powel did in Solo, how he used Williams' theme and added so many own brillant ideas. Andy, crumbs and Tom Guernsey 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,227 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Are you saying Holt wrote a theme that she had to drop when JW wanted to write one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,479 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 13 minutes ago, Jurassic Shark said: Are you saying Holt wrote a theme that she had to drop when JW wanted to write one? Holt revealed that herself: https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/obi-wan-kenobi-composer-natalie-holt-star-wars-music-1235277978/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,227 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Wow, that sucks for her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,437 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Watched the two first episodes and it's a big let down for. The good: Ewan McGregor is terrific even though I don't like how his character is treated. Owen has a nice appearence, so does Bail Organa. I like the young Leia she's got a really nice energy. SFX are good too (it's SW so what else to expect). The bad: Too much silly character especially the Inquisitors (Reva on the top of it) who have no charisma or interest what so ever. Script is extremly weak, with crazy inconsistencies. Holt's music doesn't work for me at all, it always feel misplaced (espacially in the final scene of the second episode) Finally the great: John Williams PokeDocMatt and Andy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crocodile 8,052 Posted May 27, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 27, 2022 One thing bothers me: Spoiler Why does Reva know Darth Vader and Anakin Skywalker are the same person? I always assumed he was supposed to be presumed dead. Actually, I do know why. So that Obi-Wan learns he's alive. 🤣 Wait, Obi-Wan didn't know of Darth Vader? For 10 years? He seems to be startled when he hears the name... Oh never mind... Karol Holko, Andy and Raiders of the SoundtrArk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,410 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Spoiler She could have read his mind like Vader: "Sissster...." Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DangerMotif 1,038 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Crazy how much better real star wars music makes this scene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 4,242 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 5 hours ago, Holko said: Ep2. Inquisitirs still awful, third sister a lot lot lot more awful. Leia still not great. Action still awful stretched way too long but most of the ep the main characters act with no urgency or fear. Ugh. This, mostly, yeah. Urgency. That’s the word I was looking for. The Third Sister is just not good, and I usually have a terrible acting barometer that never flags bad performances. But she is dull as dishwater. I like it enough, but hope it gets better, and am starting to miss Star Wars as a cinematic experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Docteur Qui 1,544 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 I agree that Third Sister is a bit underwhelming, but Moses Ingram is quite talented, she was great in The Queen's Gambit. I hope her performance evens out a bit (and they give her some better dialogue). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,655 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 The Obi Wan stuff was great. The other stuff was bad MikeH 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeH 768 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 What’s the consensus so far…glad it’s a series or would you rather have had a feature film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,655 Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 4 minutes ago, MikeH said: What’s the consensus so far…glad it’s a series or would you rather have had a feature film? A film would have less filler and better effects Andy and MikeH 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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