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Just wanting people's opinion on something. Since I was a kid I have always been a Star Wars fan. I am too young to see the first two films in the the cinema but I do remember as an 11 year old turning 12 going to see The Return of the Jedi. By then I had seen the original movie but had to wait a few more years before i saw The Empire Stirkes Back - which many claim to be the best of all the Star Wars movies. As an old school fan it might surprise people to know that I actually prefer the second trilogy (Episodes I - III) because while the dialogue is a bit clunky a times and there is absolutely no chemistry between Padme and Anakin it doesn't have sequences that bore me other than the pod race. In the original trilogy - Episode IV - the droids wandering across the desert Episode V - Luke's training and I still don't really understand the cave sequence Episode VI - Jabba's Palace including the Rancor sequence. My main problem with the last trilogy is that it completely undoes the relevance of the Anakin / Vader story, as well as The Last Jedi being the worst film of all. It does have its moments though and especially the return of Palpatine. For the record my favourite film has to be Rogue One. It is complete in my view with the only weakness being the "force user" who is somekind of blind Sensai. That is more Karate Kid than Star Wars - I half expected him to say "Wipe on Wipe off" However my question is - where does Solo fit in? The Empire has been established, the Stormtroopers are wearing uniforms from the middle (original trilogy) and Han Solo is 10 - 20 years younger than in A New Hope. So logically it seems to fit in somewhere soon after The Revenge of the Sith but quite a while before Rogue One. Sounds great. But then towards the end Darth Maul turns up as it appears that Emilia Clarke's character is his "Sith Padawan" I read online that Solo should fit in between the Phantom Menance (because despite appearances he didn't actually die according to some fans). i just tried to watch in this suggested order but despite Darth Maul with the Empire established it doesnt work. What is your view?
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WoW! this is a good Noise! Not just because I'm (was?) a Star Wars fan as well ... but partly because the issues you mentioned. I think the main storyline has some narrative consistency ... but with the origin stories this is not exact. But I'm super OK with it ... i've just got bored with the story. Too many new side stories. Don't get me wrong, I loved the side stories... I even read some novels and independent stories written in the franchise. I was thinking to add my own as well.) Than the games ... I was hooked to the sounds and flashes. I had some collectibles as well but I gave them to a friend of mine, who is a bigger fan/collector ... not to mention with kids who also have fun with the stories. I kept my 2 favourite characters on my desk: https://noise.cash/post/lv20529g My chronological order would be > first the character stories, than the main storyline ... and last but def not least, a great one: Rogue One. As every fantastic stories, legends ... I see these stories as they were told (not written) in the Mos Eisley Cantina. And because we're dealing with galactic beverages (just take an example from planet Earth) the storytellers accuracy might be affected. So as the listeners. Let the Noise be with you my Friend! >D
lol perfect response. Rogue One for me is great apart from it is missing the original John Williams track - just imagine it with the Imperial Death March when Vader goes psycho at the end. Incidentally I was watching it at the cinema and when the CGI version of Leia appeared it was almost at the exact minute when Carrie Fisher died. how weird is that?
Wow... yeah, that is a cosmic example of play with time and occurrence and the size of universe in general... weird for sure> but everything is possible. I'm sure there was a version with the march in the studio, would have a better feeling to it for sure with that soundtrack. Yeah, Rogue One is a good movie...
If you tell me you're a Jar Jar Binks fan then I'm not talking to you anymore! I don't know about the Solo movie, (never saw it), but I do agree that Rogue One is the best of the Star Wars movies, (or possibly tied with New Hope, which was a huge cultural event when it came out). But I disagree with you about the blind sensei. I think his mastery and use of the force shows just how powerful it is.
lol having just watched Attack of the Clones again we must remember that Jar Jar had a very important role. He was the idiot who was manipulated into proposing emergency powers be given to Palpatine. 'It is a shame Senator Amidala isn't here, who else would be so brave to propose such a move' Jar Jar thought, 'hmmn me's a think that is a good idea!'
Fair enough, but didn't the senate have to approve this? It's pretty sad to see what democracy inevitably, (is that true?), decays into, namely, a bunch of jabbering idiots waiting to be cast out by a tyrant.
certainly seems that way. Putin anybody? Not that it was ever a true democracy even in the days of Yeltsin.
I just hope the USA can hold on to its (flawed) democracy. Which is why Trump, even though I agreed with a lot of what he said, (he did NOT do what he said, by the way), scared me as president.