Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast

Howdy, friends. I've had a lot of time to think about this episode, and it doesn't get better after re-watching. The SFX for the fighters are disappointing—lame and unoriginal looking. This episode of Ahsoka feels like filler. We don't learn anything new that the audience couldn't deduce in the first few minutes of viewing. To quote my brother Mike, "It's storytelling 101."

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Well, here we are, folks. Please join me in welcoming back my brother Mike to the podcast. Was he banned? I'm going to go on record and say "no."

Regardless of the reason, we have another special edition of the podcast for you today. Today, Mike and I will be discussing our experience with the sequel to the hugely popular video game Jedi: Fallen Order.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I was so wrong for not playing the game upon release. As I write this, I'm trying to come up with a reason why not. The only thing that comes to mind is Cal Kestis. In my mind, I backburnered the game because I didn't know the characters and didn't want to get to know them. Either I thought they were somehow related to Clone Wars or Rebels, and I didn't think either of those shows was for me at the time.

I was wrong. Having spent almost eighty hours with Cal, Greeze, BD-1, Merrin, and Cere, their second adventure far exceeds their first in almost every way.

The gameplay was not so much an improvement but an expansion of the mechanics that were already good. In the previous game, you have a double-bladed detachable lightsaber. The natural expansion of the combat system would be to allow Cal to wield dual sabers independently. The developers at Respawn did just that. What about a cross-guard saber like Kylo Ren? Why not? Blaster and saber? Holy shit! Now they have taken the gameplay to a completely new level.

Of course, the combat wouldn't be complete without expanding Cal's Force powers. Upon my second playthrough, I realized confusion, mass slam, and mass levitate were some of the most useful.

The game still locks off some abilities until you reach certain plot points in the story, but once you make it through the prologue on New Game+, you have access to all abilities and Force powers from the jump, which are not tied to the story.

This is the only part of the game that one might consider annoying, especially on New Game+. Some Force powers, like dashing, are only tied to mobility. They don't necessarily make enemies easier to fight, so why do I have to wait until certain points in the campaign to use them?

Same goes for the upgrade to your ascension cable. Towards the last third of the game, you unlock the upgrade that allows you to attach to weather balloons you see all over the place.

Regardless of these nitpicks, both games are absolute MASTERPIECES. Don't delay like I did—play them as soon as possible. Between the gameplay, story, graphics, music, and setting, there's something for all Star Wars fans.

Thanks for listening!

-Luca

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And we're back! Thank you for tuning in. Here we are again with another

And we're back! Thank you for tuning in. Here we are again with another episode of Ahsoka in the bag. It might not be notable that both episodes debuted on the same day, but I'm going to mention it here anyway. Why, you might ask? No reason other than to fill these opening text crawls with something rather than nothing.

We follow up with our heroines Ahsoka, Sabine, and Hera as they continue to piece together the mystery of Thrawn and potentially Ezra's location.

I've admitted several times on this show that I haven't watched Clone Wars. However, I am doing my best to rectify that. So much so that I'm beginning to pick up on subtle references to Clone Wars.

By the time I publish this episode, six episodes will have aired. In that time, I've kept hearing the name Syndulla and wondered why it sounded familiar.

According to Wookieepedia, Cham first appeared in "Liberty on Ryloth" among others. I had no idea he would become such an important character in the franchise that even his descendants would later appear in the Star Wars Universe—in live action, no less.

Now I'm really curious to see what Ahsoka, Sabine, Hera, etc., were like in Rebels and how faithfully they've been represented on screen.

Looking forward to your thoughts and opinions on the show!

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Greetings, my fellow Nightsisters! Thank you for tuning in. Another day,

Greetings, my fellow Nightsisters! Thank you for tuning in. Another day,

Hello there, my young padawans! I'm pleased to announce that Sydney has

Hello there, my young padawans! I'm pleased to announce that Sydney has

Greetings, space farers! Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the Star Wars Re-Watch Podcast. We're back from a slight hiatus since the season finale of The Mandalorian.

What can we do in the meantime before Ahsoka releases? Why not re-watch The Rise of Skywalker with Sydney and get her thoughts and opinions compared to mine?

By far, I think the fanbase hated this movie. While some may have appreciated Rian Johnson's attempt to do something different, J.J. Abrams' retcon of his work did little to win favor with the fans.

Personally, I found the action sequences lacking. We've seen the Millennium Falcon in space battles. We've seen speeder bike chases. Why are we seeing them again in the same order we got them in the original trilogy?

Even the idea of Palpatine having offspring is not original. It's been done before in the book "The Glove of Darth Vader." At first glance, it sounds like an adult version of a Star Wars novel. However, the plot revolves around two three-eyed characters named Triclops and Trioculus, one of whom claims to be the son of Emperor Palpatine. The other is soft-spoken and shy when Han, Leia, and Luke encounter him.

I remember my best friend growing up had these books and allowed me to read them. They were targeted towards younger readers like the Young Jedi Knights and Junior Jedi Knights series but were still read by fans of all ages.

Needless to say, this movie was full of bad ideas and fake-outs. Once it was revealed that Palpatine returned, the next logical move was to make Rey his granddaughter. Did you think they settled this plot point in The Last Jedi? Of course not! They brought back her nameless parents, one of whom was the son of Palpatine with ZERO force powers, I might add.

What a mess! Of course, Sydney had the opposite opinion. Her favorite scene was the reveal of Lando Calrissian, at which point she shouted out, "LANDO!"

We were all let down by the movie as a whole. The lazy plot hole of bringing back Palpatine. The lazy dialogue, "Somehow Palpatine has returned." Which is followed by the just-as-dumb line, "Dark science. Cloning. Secrets only the Sith knew." Secrets. SECRETS! More like the entire GALACTIC REPUBLIC'S strategy for winning a twenty-plus-year Clone War. If not for the cloning technology, the Confederacy's droid armies would have swiftly taken control of the galaxy and the Republic.

This whole plotline of a resurrected "clone" Emperor Palpatine flies in the face of the Rule of Two lore and the concept of midichlorians. Especially since he had a son! If we know force sensitivity is genetic (Anakin to Luke & Leia), then why does there need to be a Rule of Two? Palpatine and his predecessor Darth Bane could have easily passed their knowledge onto their offspring, but instead, Darth Bane utilizes Sith Magic to pass his spirit onto his apprentice Darth Zannah and inhabit her body.

Aside from that, the Darth Bane trilogy is phenomenal and I suggest you read it. Especially because they reference him in the Clone Wars series.

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