Geek 4 Star Wars: January 2021

Sunday, January 31, 2021

Some of my hot toys/sideshow collection

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I’m the 31 yr old who hasn’t read a book since college, in 3 weeks I’ve read these Star Wars material! Finishing a book is def a rewarding feeling :)

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Here’s my latest Japanese old artworks with Star Wars characters. Enjoy

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The Imperial Army is here!

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Luke's character in The last Jedi isn't as OOC as people believe he is.

Hello, 23 yr old male Star Wars fan since 1999, and for some time now I've felt the need to express my thoughts on the writing of Luke's character on what people believe is the most controversial film in the franchise and ST in general (alongside TROS).Now as much as I would like to talk about the pros and cons of the sequel trilogy and episode VIII, but I won't. What I will say is that Luke's actions shown in TLJ aren't as out of character as some people say they are.Now, I will start by saying that if I was given the choice of picking both OT/Mandalorian Luke and TLJ Luke I would choose the former, mostly due to the fact that's the version I grew up with. But that doesn't mean I dislike the latter. I won't lie by saying that I didn't hope for a more mature, older, and wiser Jedi master like Obi-Wan and Yoda (or Luke in the EU) in the sequels, but I don't hate what they did with him.Luke's character throughout the entire trilogy when from becoming a immature young adult to becoming something greater (Hero's Journey) and beat his complete opposite on Vader (Path of the Tyrant), and so I get when people say they that Luke's character in TLJ wasn't something OT Luke would do.But they're forgetting a very significant characteristic about Luke................ his impulsiveness.Let's look back to A New Hope, what does Luke do when he finds out the Empire finds out that the Jawas sould R2 and Threepio to his uncle, he goes home without a plan, on a rush, and whith no weapons to defends himself. As Ben said after he came back, the Empire would torture and/or killed him and the droids would've been taken. Later, during his meeting with Han, his impulsiveness comes again when Han questions his pilots kills and tries to leave until Ben decides to stop him. And it comes for one last time when he finds out Leia is in the Death Star, and is only due to Han's (justified) deniability that he calms down a little and thinks of a plan.Onto Empire Stike Back. Granted, Luke doesn't have as many impulsive moments as ANH, but the one that stucks out the most is when he decides to stop his training to go save his friends, knowing there is possibility that he has to fight Vader. Yes, Luke did it so that he could help his friends, but we later find out that Lando had a contigency plan. And in the end what happened? Luke fought Vader and found out who hsi father was and we find out in ROTJ that Luke wasn't ready, which means Yoda (and maybe Ben) would've revealed that infromation when Luke was strong enough.Speaking of Return of the Jedi. While Luke isn't as impulsive as he is in the first two, it does come out in two important parts of the film. 1) When Palpatine taunts Luke, and Luke in order to stop him tries to murder him, again justifieable, but still impulsive. And 2) When Vader threatens on turning Leia to the Dark Side and Luke anger, and impulsiveness makes him almost kills his father and turn to the dark side. Again, is justifieable becomes Luke becomes angry, but he almost played to the Emperor's hand.Now let's get into TLJ, throughtout the film we find out that Kylo tried to kill Luke, and later we find out that on Ren's POV Luke tried to kill him, and we later find out that Luke sensed the Dark Side on Ben, and he out of impulsiveness tried to stop at once, and later saw he was going to do and felt shame, but unfortunately his choice already put things in motion and well, the rest is history.Now I know there is going to be people saying that the same character who tried to bring back Anakin wouldn't kill Ben, but let's remember that the circunstances behind Ben's turning to the Dark Side are very different to Anakin's, but I won't get into that in this post (but perphaps in another I'll talk about this), that's why I believe that anything that Luke thought of trying, and did try, wouldn't have worked the same as Luke tried with his father.In conclusion, Luke's actions in TLJ while questionable, they aren't out of character since it was an impulsive decision, and his impulsiveness goes way back to the Original Trilogy. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/3tds9Gy

Just finished Clone Wars and Rebels for the first time

I’m a long-time SW fan and someone who grew up with the prequels. I’ve always worshipped the series, the characters, the Force, literally everything about it. I used to pretend I was a Jedi as a kid. It all fascinated me and expanded my imagination. Not only that, but I felt that it helped teach me a lot of lessons on morality as a I grew up. Despite all this, I always felt left out because I never really got into Clone Wars or any of the animated series. I watched every movie, but I never learned about Ashoka, Rex, Hondo, or Grand Admiral Thrawn, all incredible characters that have arcs worthy of live-action depictions.I always knew in my heart that I was missing some huge pieces to the entire Star Wars puzzle. Regardless, I had never watched the animated series. Maybe it was out of dumb pride and not wanting to be seen watching “kiddy” animated shows by friends or family as a teenager and 20-something year old. Because of that, I was always quite envious of friends and everyone here on Reddit who had seen these shows and praised them to high heavens.The Mandalorian changed everything and made me realize that I had to watch the animated series. It was well-known that there were going to be more connections to Ashoka and other characters made in season 2, and I felt that my time had come to devote some time to these shows. So one day, I said to myself “Screw it, I’m gonna watch this series and see it through to the end.”I started watching Clone Wars back in the fall and slowly made my way through it. I watched S2 of the Mandalorian while crushing each successive season of Clone Wars. I couldn’t get enough! Looking back, it was an amazing decision. I absolutely fell in love with the characters and everything the show was about. I didn’t even have to wait for Season 7!I finished Clone Wars a month or so ago and immediately started Rebels. Another excellent decision for me, because I just finished it and fully realized the implications of these series and how the new shows will be constructed in terms of characters, storylines, plot, literally everything. Filoni provided Disney everything they need for the future, and I am so goddamn here for it.To everyone on here who posted about these shows and inspired me to take on these series, thank you. It’s been a hell of a ride these past few months, and I now see the entire Star Wars Universe through a whole new lens. Despite all of the bad shit happening within the past year, I can look on the bright side and say that it truly is a really great time to be a Star Wars fan. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2L6TQ2P

Star Wars CGI Fan Made Short

Hello guys! Created a short fan made skit. Hope you guys like it!Basic Training via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/3pDF2Yl

I miss Kanan

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I am watching Clone Wars for the first time (im almost finished with season 6), but I just know the next time I am gonna watch Revenge of the Sith it is just gonna hurt the most more then the other 100 times I have seen that movie. Just heartbreaking but so so good

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The Wrong Jedi (Clone Wars Season 5 Finale)

I have taken the time to watch 'The Clone Wars' in its entirety after finishing S2 of 'The Mandalorian' because of how many characters are being brought in by Favreau/Filoni.I recently finished S5 and today watched 'The Wrong Jedi' and I was blown away with how good this arc was.The storytelling really highlights how arrogant/misguided the Jedi Council's actions could be. Hell, they threw Ahsoka to the dogs even after knowing the type of person she was for all of those years.The show also does an amazing job of really contextualizing exactly why Anakin became jaded and turned to the dark side. This episode, to me, was the pinpoint of why that happened. The look in his eyes in that final shot was heartbreaking. You can really sense how disillusioned he is beginning to feel with the Jedi way.Factor that in with highlighting how heroic of a Jedi knight he was throughout the show, the great voice acting from his/Ahsoka's/everyone's actors and this was just such an incredible episode. It makes his fall to the dark side more tragic than any of the PT movies could convey.Anyways, I just needed to rant. This show is amazing and gives so much depth to the prequel universe and really improves upon it in so many ways.Also, I was surprised/pleased when Tim Curry starred as Palpatine. Had no idea he was in the show! via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2NSCS9n

Should I get the original Thrawn trilogy or the new Thrawn trilogy?

Title says it all, should I read the old Thrawn trilogy or the new one first. The former I often see as higher praise, but the latter apparently has some good stuff too. I definitely intend to check both out, but which one should I get first to enrich my experience?For the record, I don’t care about what’s canon or legends, I’m just looking for some good Star Wars content, and I heard that the author intentionally wrote the new Thrawn novels in a way that it could be read as a prequel to the legends ones, though apparently with a couple of contradictions. via /r/StarWars https://ift.tt/2MEyqdF