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Obi-wan being catty, per usual. (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/starwarsmemes@lemmy.world

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[–] Riker@lemmy.world 79 points 2 years ago (4 children)

God I wish this was a real quote. Maybe surprisingly but it's actually a quote from the big bang theory. Sheldon said it to Leonard. Yes I like it and apologize for nothing.

[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And then Anakin rushes into the situation in with his light saber. Obi-Wan waits a bit for him to notice the mistake and rushes for help. Obi-Wan get in severe danger, Anakin solves the entire thing.

And half a dozen stuff considered war crimes get done in between them, but they stop something much worse from happening.

(That's a spoiler for only a few dozens of Clone Wars episodes, though. Most are different.)

[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

but the canon never explores that well at all

Wait, what?

What do you expect? For Yoda to go and say that it was a war, no side is good in a war?

... oh wait, he did.

One of the main points of the prequels was that the Jedi order isn't good. The Clone Wars just made it explicit.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One of the main points of the prequels was that the Jedi order isn’t good. The Clone Wars just made it explicit.

As did The Last Jedi. [ducks for cover]

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yoda to Luke - Why do you keep insisting on rebuilding the same order that never did any good to anybody?

Luke - I must rebuild the order! I must no lose any of the order's knowledge!

Yoda - Dude, had you looked at that knowledge? Like, at all?

Luke - No! ... I must rebuild the order!

But then, that's the only good thing on the movie.

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

The movie had some other solid stuff. Rey has a natural affinity for the dark side, but that she chooses the light in spite of that is what makes her the hero. Similarly, Kylo is a natural with the light but chooses the dark. The dark side also isn't evil so much as it is playing with fire, which was a popular interpretation in the old EU. Rey and Finn are also given actual motivations instead of just pinballing through the plot. Whether the motivations actually work is a different question, but the fact they had no reason to be there in TFA really bugged me.

I do still think Rey and Kylo should have traded sides in the throne room scene, though.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I would argue that there's a lot more good than bad in that movie, but it is what it is.

[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I want the show to explore it.

You want stuff like the Empire being the direct consequence of the "I'm not here to free slaves" policy? Or of the "the monsters that rule here are our allies" one?

Or you want... I dunno... their leader to keep repeating "people, this is wrong, we must think about some other way" the entire time, while everybody ignores him? Or maybe you want the movies to go into the Republic policy-making and show that the Jedi are absolutely working for The Bad Guy, know they are wrong, and keep doing it anyway because they want status-quo?

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It took one episode of tales of the Jedi to really show how the Jedi had become a tool of evil, whatever their own intentions. They built a system of rigid rules and absolute loyalty to a group that weren't beholden to their rules or morals. So when that group started getting corrupted, the Jedi helped enforce that corruption.

If Palpatine was doing everything he was but just wasn't Sith, I doubt the Jedi would have even tried to do anything about him. Political power, just like the force, can be abused. Good people don't abstain from power and obey it unquestionably. They question it and its motives constantly and fight it when it conflicts with what they believe in good faith. And occasionally break it when it becomes irredeemable.

Which is something I don't like about the new Star Wars: it's pretty hierarchical and I can think of several times where orders conflict with morals and each case seems to have the "lesson" that authority is the one in the right, or at least never challenges authority being upset about being disobeyed.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

new Star Wars

Is this about Andor? Because I can't fit it in anything else, but Andor is not about the Rebellion being good.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, I haven't seen that one yet. The main examples I was thinking of were in Ahsoka and Ep 8.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Oh, fair point.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 4 points 2 years ago

I know I'm replying after 2 days, but watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Cpcp_H9kWA sums everything up perfectly.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Ah damn, I trusted a meme...

[–] LouNeko@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lately I've been getting a lot of Big Bang theory shorts on Youtube. And I'm beginning to ask myself why I ever disliked this show. It has some solid jokes.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sweetener, there's way too much of it. And the majority of jokes are at the expense of the definitely not autistically coded character. Definitely not because the character will insist such to the camera and not because he wasn't actually coded, cause he definitely is.

[–] TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I also found a lot of the "nerd culture" felt like it was written by people who don't get it at all. I've always thought of it as "a show for mothers of nerdy autistic kids to laugh at"

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Nerdface is the best (and also worst) way I can describe it.

[–] psivchaz@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago

I feel like this does a great job of explaining why I hated it, at least. https://youtu.be/DxFPmF1puW4

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 2 years ago

Ba-zinga!

[–] Rooki@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What a nice series it was. RIP

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I really wish they stopped live action bs and kept going with this style and stories, I really like Bad Batch

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have no doubt there's more coming. They only just released tales of the empire, and rex's story is far from over

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Give me a Ventress show plssss lol Griveous show would also be cool, Hondo, Bane. More cool villain shows basically. Hell even Jawa show would be cool. Please just prey on that nostalgia, why tf would I care about Acolyte (I honestly don’t know, please explain lol)

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website -1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

They're not even remotely the same people who work on those. I think you can fully expect more.

[–] starman@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

He's not wrong. Dave Filoni (guy responsible for Clone Wars and Bad Batch) made live action series, called Ahsoka. And It was shit, if you ask me

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 years ago

It was imo. I remember Ahsoka being this energetic, agile, a bit comedic relief, putting herself where she shouldn’t character. What we got was a stoic, contemplating side character in her own show. It was Sabine’s show not Ahsoka’s imo.

Ik there is character development and all after order 66 but it’s like a completely different character that looks like her. Plus we still don’t know what she was doing between CW and Rebels.

Honestly? I probably see Ahsoka as she was at the beginning of CW not the end, but I just miss the fun part of her. I really didn’t connect with the live action version.

Please correct me if I’m factually wrong anywhere :P

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah but the majority of the staff is not, having both won't take away from either

[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

It will tho, it costs money. To do both, it costs more money

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

master, we should try spinning, that's a good trick!

Why do I feel you're going to be the death of me?

[–] Varven@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

The hardest burn obi wan has ever given Anakin is on mustafar