So I just got done watching the panel and I can say with confidence "I have a good feeling about this!"
Favareau has aligned himself with Dave Filoni (The Maker's Padawan) and has the attention of all the right people at Lucasfilm!
And Favareau really said everything I wanted to hear, The Mando will have plenty for OT fans, PT fans and will have enough for new fans.
So the canonical timeline places this series 5 years after RotJ or 9 ABY. This is a era ripe for stories and I loved have Jon stressed this series will have connective tissue with the rest of the franchise and not just be it's own thing!
The Mandalorian will debut Nov 12th when Disney+ goes live!
A single player, story driven, offline game from EA and respawn with no microtransactions.....they said so, do I truly believe them? No. But the trailer was impressive, but what trailer these days isn't.
Can Cal Kestis be Kaleb Dume aka Kanan Jarrus?
In my opinion it absolute should be! The time line and age of the character fit perfectly , and with Lucasfilm Story group working alongside the Respawn team I can't fathom why they wouldn't fill that time line gap with some connectivity.
Star Wars Celebration began today, and so far JJ has revealed who the ultimate evil villain is of the ST and this will be a day long remembered ...
When Steven Colbert asked JJ Abrams if he can share who the true villain of the Sequel Trilogy is he coyly (sp?) looked to his left and said Kathleen! Now he could of been deferring the query to Kathleen Kennedy but it could've also been a double entendre!
Oh yeah we also got the title and trailer for Episode IX....
I wanted to feel some level of hype, I REALLY DID! I did not. The "on your marks, get set, g....wait, ok go" moment totally deflated my hope, and when she force jumped over Kylo's Tie Fighter....UGGH! I was like WHY!??? I would have loved to see her use Kylo's OP ability to "freeze' things in motion....of just drop to the ground and gut the Tie as it flew over her. The scene with Lando made me wonder if L337 was between his legs....UUUGGGHHHH >.< Throughout the whole trailer I was like, "Where the ominous feeling?", "who's the true villain of the ST???" (Thanks JJ! That was a brilliant reply to Colbert's question BTW) :cheers: Then we see the remnants of a DS in an ocean....it's gotta be Endor! And then we hear ol Sheev cackling.... Way to shoe horn Palpy into this and utterly eradicate Anakin's entire life legacy and redemption!!! And I'm on the fence about the title The Rise of Skywalker, is that an FU to Rian? Are we referring to Kylo Skywalker (Please NO!) Is it referring to Rey? (AGAIN PLEASE NO!), Does it mean Luke is gonna pull a Jesus Christ and walk outta a cave on Octoo (sp?) Save me Jon Favereu and Dave Filoni you're my only hope! And Benioff and Weiss deliver us from evil!
I never bought the new Battlefront even though I was impressed by the trailer, and in retrospect I'm so glad I held off. This generation of selling an incomplete titles at full price and then releasing DLC that accounts for about 20% of the game at rediculous prices. When all is said and done and you have all the DLC expansions the game could cost over $100! Fuck that shit!
I did however play the Original Battlefront games on the PS2....back when games were sold complete....ok grumpy old school gamer rant end. I do hope EA/ Dice listened to the complaints and have re thought the DLC sales model.
Because if they did I will definitely be getting BFII. I love the fact the story looks like a game based on the Lost Stars Novel.
Dear Lucasarts....please reach out to Capcom and make Masters of Teras Kasi 2!
Star Wars Rebels returns this fall with the the ongoing struggles of the crew of the Ghost and the fledgling Rebellion....a moment of silence for Commander Sato.....
My son and I watch every Saturday morning (thanks FiOs On Demand) and he's really enjoying learning about all the characters that we don't see in the Saga films....he's taken his first steps into a larger world....
So I've watched the trailer for Season 4 a few times and I'm gonna rub it in my son's face right now....
NAH NAH NAH NANA I TOLD YOU LITTLE MAN THAT BO KATAN WAS GONNA BECOME THE MANDALORE AND WIELD THE DARK SABRE!!!!
I'm really looking forward to next season as the Rebels timeline inches ever closer to the Rogue One time line and the connection is made!
Is Bo Katan on Tatooine?!
Agent Callus aka Fulcrum on Yavin 4
Amaterasu in Rebels???
Love ya Sabine, but this is where you lose the Darksabre!
A U wing...Could we see Cassian Andoe in Rebels S4?
I'm sorry all I heard during the panel was Charlie Brown's teacher until the word TRAILER!!!!
Oh and that poster is AMAZING....must have! So much better than TFA rainbow bright poster.
Kylo still has that old cross hilt sabre.
OK gotta go watch it again....
Yesterday my son and I watched the opening ceremony for Star Wars Celebration 2017, celebrating 40 years of this beloved franchise. He's only 7 so he was watching because he thought we'd see the trailer for TLJ...after an hour he was like B-O-R-I-N-G, I enjoyed the panel, some of the highlights for me were seeing Dave Filoni up on Stage with George Lucas, Sam Jackson telling George to save Mace Windu, Liam Neeson giving us a spoiler about the fate of Jar Jar Binks, and seeing Mark and Harrison on stage with George and the tribute at the end to Carrie Fisher/Princees Leia...ack those feels....and seeing her daughter Billie Lourd was really nice.
I felt George Lucas's speech was heart felt and sincere....I'll just leave it at that.
Some other notable moments were Hayden Christensen seemed a bit uncomfortable or nervous on stage and it seemed like Ian was trying to help him feel more comfortable up there....nice going Palps!
Notable absentees were Dennis Lawson , Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman.
Looking forward to today's The Last Jedi panel that begins in about 45 minutes!
I've been saying since 2014 I'm more hyped for Rogue One than Episode VII TFA, and after seeing the Rogue One Celebration Reel I can say with certainty I'm definitely more hyped for Rogue One!
Gareth Edwards says something during the reel that really surprised me, and the first person I thought of was JJ Abrams.
"If you're too respectful of it (StarWars) and don't do anythingnew or different and take a risk then what are you bringing to the table".
That basically reiterated my (and many others) frustrations with TFA. Now whether that was a dig at JJ or a calculated line fed to him by Disney/LFL due to the negative backlash against the lack of originality in TFA may never be known.
So Gwendoline Christie (CA Phasma) hosted this panel and it felt a bit awkward, basically the entire cast was unsure just how much they were allowed to talk about, but it was enjoyable and seeing K2S0 drop Jyn's bag was hilarious. Gareth seemed extremely comfortable up there next to Kathleen Kennedy and it showed just how much of a fan he is of the franchise.
The entire cast is amazing,
Felicity Jones: Jyn Erso
Forest Witaker: Saw Gerrera Wookiepedia Saw_Gerrera
Mads Mikkelsen: Galen Erso
Ben Mendelsohn: Orson Krennic
Donnie Yen: Chirrut Imwe
Alan Tudyk: K2S0
Diego Luna: Cassian Andor
Riz Ahmed: Bodhi Rook
Jiang Wen: Baze Wen
Genevieve O'Reilly: Mon Mothma
