Star Wars Musings – Page 2

DTM Comic – The Ben Kenobi Promise

Sensible response to a sensible promise.

Revenge’s 20th… And Awakens’ 10th…

So I didn’t mention anything because I was busy with other stuff and unfortunately, the timing didn’t quite work out, but last month, Revenge Of The Sith – the third and final film in the Star Wars prequel trilogy – turned twenty years old. Some may recall that I did a musings on Attack Of The Clones when that film turned twenty… and I had intended to do the same for Revenge.

Alas, things went pear-shaped.

Things are going to be calming down in a couple days where I can just relax and take a pause from recovery periods and other things, so I may pull out my old DVD of Revenge and give it another watch. At some point, I’ll give the film a similar musings that I gave Clones and Jedi.

Meanwhile, in a few scant months, we’ll be celebrating (or condemning, depending on your mileage) the tenth anniversary of The Force Awakens – the seventh live-action Star Wars movie, the first film in the divisive Sequel Trilogy and also the first film of the Disney-era of Star Wars content creation. In all honesty, I have not watched that film in years… I want to say since it first came out, but I imagine that I did see give it one more watch before the final episode of the sequels. I actually remember liking that one, even if it felt like we’ve been here before. Of course, that was before all the content that came along and soured my taste for anything Star Wars… well, almost anything. Some of the comics and most of the video and computer games still hold up.

I’d imagine I’ll give that a watch and do a musings on that. Who knows what that will look like? Will it still be good or will the sins of what came afterwards color my perceptions a bit? All I know is that it gave us a meme (pictured above) and that’s what we’re basing a new set of films upon… which I have thoughts on as well, but I’m saving those for the back pocket.

Chapter 394,939 Of I Stopped Caring About Marvel Ages Ago (But Andor Is Good)

I’m going to spare you the usual rhetoric about how my interest in the Marvel movie stuff ended with Endgame. I’ve said that bit countless times and I don’t think I’m going to do much by repeating what’s been said before. I keep an eye on things, but nothing that outright piques my interest. Even the new Daredevil series – which I’ve heard good things about – didn’t really bat an eye.

However, someone sent me a digital gift card for Disney Plus recently as a “get well soon” gift. And look, I’m not going to lie. I’m still not a fan of the Disney Plus interface… but I’ll make use of it if someone is going to foot the bill in this case.

So rather than watch any of the new Marvel stuff, I’ve been rewatching old episodes of Home Improvement, the Tim Allen comedy series from the 90s. It was fun revisiting that show.

My brother also suggested that I’d give Andor a shot… and I caught the first three episodes of the show… and I actually enjoyed it… honestly, doing a prequel series to a Star Wars side story where the entire cast of that movie dies at the end (sorry if I spoiled the movie for everybody) seems like a bit of a silly thing, but goddamned if I wasn’t hooked on this show. Part of it has to do with the fact that, much like Rogue One, it doesn’t really on the usual Jedi/Sith stuff. This is more grounded stuff, depicting life under the Empire’s rule.

Three episodes in and this is a damned fine show… and not even by the lowly Star Wars standards of the modern product. I mean this is REALLY good stuff. So good that I’m almost tempted to give Rogue One another watch one of these days… now if that isn’t high praise, then I don’t know what is.

Remember Galactic Starcruiser? Neither Do I…

Source: https://www.thewrap.com/star-wars-hotel-disney-starcruiser-coverted-into-offices/

So once upon a time, Disney had a Star Wars-related attraction called Galactic Starcruiser, which is a Star Wars thing where you were on a star cruiser of some kind. It was a thing that opened back in 2022 and then stopped being a thing a few months later. The most I’ve heard about this thing were a couple bits here and there, but that’s about it.

Well, apparently, Disney has decided to convert the building that housed this Galactic Starcruiser thing into an office building for their theme park groups. I guess if you can’t entice enough people to spend money on your attraction, you shut down said attraction, let it fester for a couple years, and then turn it into more offices for your bureaucracy. At least you’ll have SOMEONE attending those buildings, if you’re the one footing the bill.

I wish I could share more emotion, but much like the Hunters game that’s getting shuttered, this was one of those things that I heard about once or twice and then never gave another thought again. It always sucks when one of these things gets shuttered, especially for those who went and had a good time there. Maybe there’ll be another one in the works somewhere down the line.

Is Galaxy’s Edge still a thing?

Star Wars Hunters To Get Mothballed In October

Source: https://starwarshunters.com/news/sunset-on-vespaara/

Remember that F2P game on Switch called Star Wars Hunter?

Neither do I.

Apparently, they’re sunsetting the servers in October, which means you have another online-only game that’s going the way of the doo-doo. This almost surprised me because, as I mentioned in a comment on the NintendoLife page that presented this piece of news, I had genuinely forgotten that this was even a thing that had existed and will soon cease to be.

But, yeah, I really never gave this one much thought. I don’t care for these free-2-play, spend real money for real good shit type of games of any sort and everything I’ve seen of Hunters looks like a poor man’s Battlefront game… which is funny once they released the Classic Collection and THAT ended up looking like a poor woman’s Battlefront game… which is why I refunded that stuff in the first place.

So the game launched in June 2024 and will die in October of this year, so a little over a year and a third. Is this a licensing issue or perhaps simply a matter of the game not quite attracting as large an audience as this sort of game should get to sustain a long lifespan of sorts? I neither know nor care.

Oh, well… another one bites the dust, I suppose.

It Took Them Six Years To Make A Rise Of Skywalker Comic Book

Source: https://bleedingcool.com/comics/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-1-preview-reys-sith-showdown/

Yes, six years after the last Star Wars movie disappointed movie goers, Marvel is putting out a comic book adaptation. Why we needed six years for a comic that was just going to rehash old territory is beyond me, but there you go. I suppose this is their way of trying to make sense of what that movie was even supposed to be.

Too little, too late, I’m afraid.

Suck Shun Terty Von

Paramount released another trailer for their Section 31 movie that’s coming out next January… and I will give them credit on delivering a better second trailer that gives me more of a sense of what this thing might be about. I’m still not sold on this movie, it still looks like low-rent trash and not the good kind that’s fun to make fun of, but at the very least, they’ve got a better sales pitch with this second trailer.

Am I more likely to watching this after having seen this trailer? Probably not – right now, I’m more than likely going to be holding out on word of mouth. If people say that it’s better than the trailers make it out to be, then maybe I’ll give it a watch. Otherwise, I’ve got a pup to house train and she doesn’t care about Suction 62.

Just because it says Star Trek on the tin doesn’t mean I’m guaranteed to watch it.

EDIT: Premature posting meant wrong video embed. That’s been fixed. Also, while I generally don’t do this, I was curious about the like/dislike ratio for this thing on Youtube and…

To the 2.4K folks who liked this, I truly hope you get a film worth your time. To the rest of you… well, there’s always the old shit to rewatch. That’s what I tend to do these days.

No, I Did Not See The Acolyte.

Someone had asked if I had watched The Acolyte.

The answer is no.

For anyone wondering why I’m talking about, The Acolyte is the latest Star Wars television miniseries streaming on Disney+. That is about the extent of my knowledge regarding the series other than it exists and it involves Jedi.

I haven’t had an active Disney+ subscription since the Doctor Who specials with David Tennant ended. I haven’t been inclined so much to stick around afterwards, which means that I haven’t sampled the new series with Ncuti Gatwa. The most I’ve seen are clips here and there… and for what it’s worth, Gatwa does a great Doctor. And his chemistry with Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday is adorable. Maybe someday, I’ll give that a proper look.

Thing is I’m not wasting money on a Disney+ subscription for just one series. I haven’t seen a Star Wars series since Obi-Wan Kenobi (which was okay at best). I gave up on Marvel after the last Dr. Strange movie and their decision to go ahead with this multiverse stuff, which I’m fed up with. I’m not particularly inclined with any of the new stuff coming from either of those franchises. Nothing I’ve seen or heard has been excited to jump on those bandwagons again and even if there was something, that excitement would be replaced with a sense of dread in wondering how they were going to fuck up said thing I was excited for.

Listen, I’ve got enough Star Wars at home to keep me busy if I need to scratch that itch. I’ve got movies, books, comics, video games, and soundtracks to fulfill my need and get some enjoyment out of. Whatever else comes afterwards is best left to the next generation or so to consume. And once Endgame came and went, I more than fulfilled my Marvel palette and moved on to something else. Again, I’ve got DVDs and things of the old movies to revisit and some of that stuff still holds up. When it comes to those franchises, I’ve got stuff that I enjoy to revisit and cherish while everything that came afterwards… I can pretty much forgo and let others enjoy.

It’s not a matter of hating these franchises; that’s a stupid presumption to think that I suddenly hate these things. If there’s a Star Wars thing that piques my interest, I’ll check it out. If there’s a Marvel thing that piques my interest, I’ll check it out. This isn’t a new thing. It’s always been like this. There’s a bunch of Expanded Universe stuff from the old days that I skipped out on because I didn’t care. Likewise, there’s probably a couple Marvel movies pre-Endgame that I still haven’t seen nor am I in any rush to see them. They simply didn’t interest me. Maybe that’ll change… or maybe it won’t. It’s just a matter of “Okay, that was a thing. Let’s do something else.”

So, no, I’m not watching the Acolyte. I’m not interested in it. Doesn’t mean that I won’t. Just means that I’m not.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to Dark Forces.

Why No Star Wars News?

May The 4th came and went… and apparently, they announced some stuff for new Star Wars streaming shows or something like that. I wouldn’t know. I didn’t check. I didn’t care enough to look it up. So how did I celebrate Star Wars day?

I didn’t.

I spent the morning cooking up lunch, then the afternoon doing some cleaning while the Backlash show was playing in the background, and in the evening, I just did some family stuff before finding time to some quick dubs for future things. Sunday was spent with family dinner, went out for some stuff, and did other things… yeah, not the most exciting weekend, but it kept me occupied and I didn’t have to worry about any upcoming Star Wars news for things that I don’t care about. So if I don’t get excited about the things that you get excited about and this upsets you for some reason… maybe the problem is you and not me.

I don’t need a “Star Wars Day” to celebrate Star Wars or do Star Wars things. I can do Star Wars things any other day and it wouldn’t make much of a difference. There’s no one time of the year where I “need” to watch or do some Star Wars stuff. I can do that stuff whenever. Hell, I might watch Star Wars on Star Trek day… what do you think about that?

Anyway, I don’t know why I was compelled to write this blurb… I should probably tend to the pup.

A Good Thing About Steam

So I’ve just got a refund on a pre-order for a ridiculously bloated and completely superfluous version of Star Wars Battlefront I & II with a borked online that I was never going to use and with not enough substantial updates to make me want to give up the old versions that I already have, which work just fine for my needs.

Anything on Steam that’s worth getting? That’s also cheap as shit?