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The entire character is about the idea that lived experience and emotion should be what count towards 'personhood', not origin. She gets a DEATH SCENE, literally DYING in her friend (maaaaybe lover)'s arms. After he uploads her navigational database into the falcon, he smiles fondly, knowing that part of her will remain even while she's gone.This ain't rocket surgery, people.
But... honestly, my biggest issue is the ending. The battle's done, good guys mostly won, Kira's Qi'ra's heading off to join... Darth Maul (...seriously, I know he survives to the Rebels series, but was he really in charge of a major crime syndicate at that point too?), and wow maybe Han helped birth the rebellion! Gasp!ugh.It just saps A New Hope's scene with Han returning of a lot of heart. This time, he turned down the money for the right cause so much easier, Kira's Qi'ra's betrayal doesn't change that.If I was writing it? The nascent rebels would've been wiped out, Kira Qi'ra and/or Woodie kill everyone but Han and Chewie and let them go for old time's sake. Give Han the unhappy backstory needed to justify why he'd turn his back on the Rebels in their hour of need, because these kids in this film? This wasn't their hour of need nearly as much. I... just can't see the Han that puts his life on the line to give some kids fuel and won in the end to turning his back on the Rebel Alliance because fuck you, he got paid.So yeah. A generally good film, just hurt because it's a Star Wars film...
This movie did a lot to make me excited for the next anthology installment. I truly hope we well see an Obi Wan movie made and that it, too, will get the balance right.
R2-D2 literally exploded on a republic ship filled with rhydonium and was rebuilt not a few hours, possibly days later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRjrlBJwCLk
From what I can tell? Yeah, kinda. It's what makes the shows feel real kids-y to me. I mean, it's meant to be a kids show, but so is Justice League Animated and that doesn't stop it from having buildup and dramatic tension.
Remains my biggest gripe with Rebels. The anthology style worked for the Clone Wars due to the setting, but it did the whole multi-episode arch thing. Rebels really should have been a linear story, in the style of Avatar.
Quote from: Hawking on 05/30/18, 06:08:14 PMRemains my biggest gripe with Rebels. The anthology style worked for the Clone Wars due to the setting, but it did the whole multi-episode arch thing. Rebels really should have been a linear story, in the style of Avatar.What? It is...
Quote from: GabrielThorne on 05/28/18, 11:49:40 PMR2-D2 literally exploded on a republic ship filled with rhydonium and was rebuilt not a few hours, possibly days later: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRjrlBJwCLkThings you'll notice aren't in this scene: a somber beat as Artoo is dealt a mortal blow; a scene of desperate efforts to rescue Artoo against unbeatable odds; a tender scene where a perishing Artoo gives it's last words; a somber note of hope as Artoo's essence lives on in a different form.This is, in point of fact, a sawed-off 'get this hero to a medic!' scene. If Artoo was, say, a plucky young private who attempts to sacrifice herself, is pulled from the wreckage in dire shape, treated by doctors, and then gives a thumbs-up from the sickbed, the feeling would be the same. The context of L3's final moments and fate as the 'soul' of the Millennium Falcon is blatantly that of a death scene.Also...is the pacing on this show ALWAYS like this? It feels like an issue of Youngblood. Things just happen, no build-up, no tension...just...stuff.