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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Disney Galactic Starcruiser Experience
« on: June 28, 2022, 07:31 PM »
Needless to say my wife had zero interest in dropping $10k plus airfare on a 3-day, 2-night trip with a bunch of SW dorks.  It was hard to argue with her when she pointed out the 6 of us could spend a week cruising the Mediterranean Sea for that price.  :-\

That's funny as that is the straw-man alternative (Greek isles cruise) we're considering as well.  My wife and I would rather go to Greece, but our kids have no interest and would much rather go to the Star Wars dork fest.  Bless her heart my wife is game to tag along if that is what the kids and I decide to do.  I guess Greece will always be there when the kids are older and might appreciate it more.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Disney Galactic Starcruiser Experience
« on: June 28, 2022, 03:26 PM »
Has anyone gone to this or read helpful reviews?  I'm looking for some insight but don't want in depth, blow-by-blow accounts of what happens there as I still would like there to be surprises if I choose to go (Rebelscum's review seems too in depth).

I'm thinking of taking the family but want to get a better understanding of how cool this is for $6500+ for a family of five.

Interesting to see that you can book this only two months out.  I wonder if the pricing is a bit on the high side for what you get.

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Agreed there.  I'm getting to the point where as much as I hate the pricing, I'm doing whatever's easiest and fastest more often.

+1

I don't even bother to wait for ShopDisney if I can get the droids on eBay for $30 or under.  ShopDisney is so random in what they stock and when.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 25, 2022, 11:33 AM »
Watching Vader take shots from Obi-Wan's lightsaber and just losing chunks from his suit, I'm wondering why Vader's suit isn't beskar like The Mandalorian's?

The more I think about it the more it kinda bugs me that beskar is totally impenetrable to lightsabers.  Its fine in The Mandalorian series as there is really only a Darksaber involved, but why wouldn't Darth and Inquisitors be fitted with lots of beskar?


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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 24, 2022, 11:27 AM »
I can't imagine what else they could explore but I'm sure the writers can put something captivating and interesting out for us to enjoy.

There could always be more Inquisitors out to get Kenobi.  Maybe crime lords are making Tatooine too rough and Kenobi needs to make the place a bit safer for Luke.  Or maybe Kenobi unseats Maul from Black Sun leadership - that might be a fun series if Emilia Clarke wanted in for a reprise of Qi'ra.

I'm sure a good writer could come up with some good stuff if Ewan is game for another round.  I'm also good if they leave this at six episodes and move on.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 24, 2022, 10:37 AM »
I was also struck by how much power came from costume choices.  When the series began Obi-Wan was content to be low profile.  His appearance when he left for Daiyu seemed to mark a progression back to embracing the way he had attired himself as a Jedi, but only gradually.  When he encountered the people of The Path, he took more steps towards how he had dressed as a Jedi Master, but his clothes were dark.  Was it a reflection of the Dark Times?  His mood?  Or a mourning for the loss of all of the Jedi?  But following his confrontation with Vader he seemed almost reborn to the light, and he seemed to embrace dressing as he had as a Jedi when he finally returned to Tatooine.  The costume department also made some interesting choices for the final couple of scenes, and I think the Mythos look for Obi-Wan in exile on Tatooine factored in there.

Great commentary.  I sort of noticed this too, but didn't go back and really look at the details on the episode by episode evolution.

I do love the Mythos look for Obi-Wan and loved seeing him head off in to the desert in that outfit!

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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 24, 2022, 10:35 AM »
- I had a flashback to The Last Jedi and am a little bugged by the Star Destroyer vs. transport battle.  The Star Destroyer managed to track down, disable, and capture the Tantavie IV without much trouble but couldn't do that with a transport?

I'm ok with that because I thought Tantive was disabled in some way - doesn't C-3PO say something about the main reactor being shut-down?
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I think C-3PO says that after the explosion occurs on the outside of the Tantavie IV when the ship is being attacked by the Star Destroyer. 

I just think there are other ways you can dramatically have this play out that are less hokey.  Maybe the hyperdrive dies after only a few seconds and you only get the transport to the other side of the sector and the Star Destroyer has to hunt a bit to find you.  It gives time for the dialog to play out and forces Obi-Wan to take the drop ship to draw Vader away.

One area that I'm still not sure about is the Emperor / Vader dialog where the Emperor tells Vader to chill.  Vader is obsessed but The Emperor doesn't seem to care much about the threat of Kenobi.  Is this just The Emperor exerting control?  Is Vader really losing it?  Is Kenobi not a threat and there are more important things to focus on?

One line that still bugs me and I expected it to play out in this series was what Tarkin says about Kenobi on the Death Star, "Surely he must be dead by now".  I thought Kenobi was going to stay buried in the rocks and sneak away, or there would be some large explosion/battle that Kenobi miraculously survives when everyone thought he was dead.  ANH only takes place eight years later (or so) and there wouldn't be any reason to think Kenobi would have died.  He's not old enough to die naturally and if he can best Vader then there isn't an Inquisitor that could begin to match him.  Let's hope there is a Kenobi season 2+ where this sort of thing plays out.

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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 24, 2022, 09:28 AM »
Episode 6 commentary:
- I thought the finale was mostly excellent. 
- I was expecting something a little different, but ultimately liked the battle between Kenobi and Vader.  I really liked the dialog at the end of the battle about Darth killing Anakin, and wished they had even more discussion.
- I didn't like the quick timing of Reva's instant recovery from a lightsaber stab and flying to Tatooine. At first I thought we were going to get disjointed timelines and they were just showing them side by side for dramatic effect.  Ultimately it was fine but I wish they would have spaced these events out further.
- I had a flashback to The Last Jedi and am a little bugged by the Star Destroyer vs. transport battle.  The Star Destroyer managed to track down, disable, and capture the Tantavie IV without much trouble but couldn't do that with a transport?  I get it that its a plot device, but I wish they would find something a little more plausible if they need more than a few seconds for the story to play out.
- I liked how they wrapped things up with Leia, Luke, Owen, Bail, and Kenobi.  Luke/Ben still don't have much of a relationship.  Leia is stronger and still independent.  Kenobi has refound his Jedi mojo.

Series commentary:
Overall I enjoyed it.  There were some uneven parts and goofy things early on, but ultimately it was entertaining and far better than BoBF.  I'd probably give it 4 out of 5 stars and I had fairly high expectations going in.  Sure it could have been more complex, more clever, and developed the characters more, but it was still a fun ride and a solid effort. 

Its gotta be tough writing a story around such key, core characters without messing with the canon.  We know everyone survives, so creating tension and drama was probably a challenge.  The Andor series will have a lot more room to operate, but we still know he doesn't die in the series.  Ultimately creating all new characters like The Mandalorian and Grogu is a challenge, but is probably the most interesting as the writers have tons a freedom and we're never quite sure what is going to happen to the lead characters.

I'm not sure if they've talked about a second season for Kenobi or if this is it.  I wouldn't mind another season with another adventure (ideally without Leia and Luke), but would be totally okay if this is how they left the Kenobi story line.

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Other Collectibles / Re: HasLab Reva FX Elite Lightsabers
« on: June 23, 2022, 02:56 PM »
I believe at the end of episode 5 when Reva was battling with it she got it in spin mode with the full circle handle.  I think that is the only time I saw it in that mode.

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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: SW.com Obi-Wan Wednesdays
« on: June 23, 2022, 01:05 PM »
Thanks Jeff!

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Yakface is saying this an Amazon exclusive.


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The Black Series 6" Figures / Re: SW.com Obi-Wan Wednesdays
« on: June 22, 2022, 02:45 PM »
NED-B announced today for pre-order tomorrow.  It doesn't appear to be an exclusive.


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Other Collectibles / Re: HasLab Reva FX Elite Lightsabers
« on: June 20, 2022, 05:01 PM »
This seems to have stalled.  1,096 backers as of 6/20.  They've only added 62 backers in the past week.

Three weeks to go to get another 4,000 backers.

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I forget who posted this in another thread, but Grievous is available on Amazon for $31 (and free shipping), which is less than I would have paid Wal-Mart for these if they could have fulfilled my preorders.

Still trying to track down a reasonably priced ARC Trooper and Mace...   ::)

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TV-9D9 / Re: Kenobi (Disney+) - (SPOILERS possible)
« on: June 19, 2022, 09:38 PM »
I still don’t get what happened at the end really. Was one ship inside of the other one? Or just behind it? And you know, this really makes you wonder why he didn’t just pull the Falcon back on Hoth…

I was confused the first time too.  I re-watched it and there is another ship behind it in the hangar.

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