I liked how there’s a character who ignores safety protocols while working on a fire burning in on a ship in space, and her name is OSHA.
I think this will be a show I don't really look forward to watching. Also you really gonna name someone OSHA same as Occupational safety and health administration? That bothers me.
The perfect example of why you should always make backups and keep them in a different location.
Why did Huyang have a spare kyber crystal on the ship? Why Ezra didn't use the Force to build his new lightsaber? Why didn't Morgan recover from her superficial belly wound like Sabine did with her impalment through internal organs? Why Ezra kept wearing his stormtrooper helmet when he escaped the Star Destroyer? Why Ahsoka and Sabine don't use the Perguls that go back to their galaxy, the same ones the nightsisters' ancestors used to get there? Why Trawn has such a positive outlook on life even when things don't go his way? Why Hera changed her orange pants to the brown ones that hides her butt in that one and only scene in the court martial? Why Anakin doesn't pull Ahsoka and Sabine back to the world between worlds and transport them back to their galaxy? Why people like the stuff Dave Felony writes?
This finale episode is a mildly amusing Star-Wars'ed homage to The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, even down to the plot, although in this case I see Thrawn as "The Lion" (a more devilish one this time instead of CS Lewis' god-like one), "The Jedi" (and Huyang) being all the kids heroically running around trying to save the galaxy, obviously Morgan Elsbeth was "The Witch", and finally "The Wardrobe" was the conduit back into the 'real world / known galaxy'. There were various other parallels in concept as well.
It also had a very "The Empire Strikes Back" vibe, in that the the 'rebels' have effectively lost the battle (but not the war) with Thrawn and his Empirical ambitions, and have been left very much on the back foot, unable to prevent another all-out war. Again, it would seem that "the only hope" lies with one young Jedi Knight (Ezra, aka D'Artagnan) and a hugely compromised, and still woefully complacent, New Republic, who will effectively be the new Rebel Alliance. The differences this time round will be that there will be (if The Three Musketeers make it home in time) four highly skilled (sort of) Jedi Knights and (hopefully) a fully reunited Mandalorian army to back them up. There may still be other former Jedi Knights who will come out of hiding to aid the fight, if necessary, perhaps even Luke Skywalker. This is all conjecture at this point of course, as this finale has left all of these balls very high in the air, along with whatever nefarious plans that Baylan Skoll and Shin Hati are separately plotting in the unsuspecting galaxy in which they find themselves.
Overall, I felt that this finale was pretty good, apart from the plethora of unanswered questions that have been present through much of this first season, and there were some shockingly low-quality scenes. Thrawn knew that the platoon of troopers were basically just lambs to the slaughter that wouldn't slow Ashoka and crew down for long. That's fairly standard Star Wars stuff, but how in the name of Luke Skywalker did three lightsabre-wielding, Force-strong Knights manage to kill the entire platoon without having dismembered/beheaded a single one, especially given that such battles have previously resulted in an entire stack of severed hands/arms/heads? This seemed like a convenient plot contrivance so that it didn't lessen the impact of them all rising from the floor to fight again. The undead troopers initially seemed like a good idea, but was sadly a very wasted opportunity. The Night Sisters could surely have infused a generous dose of anger, speed and relentlessness into them, but all they really seemed to be were just standard troopers brought back to life, exactly as they were (apart from the green glow) as nothing more than another pointless delaying tactic. If they had been more zombie-like - in a fast, nasty, formidable way like in 28 Days Later, not the stereotypical 1960's style slow, lumbering, stupid zombies like in The Walking Dead - they would at least have appeared to be more scary, and a genuine threat to the Knights. Another thing that seemed too convenient was Sabine's swift enhancement of her Force manipulation abilities. Perhaps the genuine threats to life (her own and then Ezra's) helped her to focus her mind to be able to make the leap from not even being able to pull a coffee cup towards her, to being able to Force-push Ezra, mid-Force-leap, into the Star Destroyer. Convenient, but at least credible, unlike the whole trooper thing.
Thrawn was very good in this, masterfully maintaining his cool, calm and patient exterior whilst clearly seething at the predictable incompetence of his forces - especially the Night Sisters - in their efforts to stop Ashoka, Sabine and Ezra from getting close to him, and accepting minor tactical losses in the pursuit of his primary goal . I'd forgotten until he spoke directly to her that he and Ashoka had never actually faced off against one another. His likening of her to Anakin - her Master - was both complimentary and insightful. What would it take/how easy would it be for her to fall to The Dark Side, just like Anakin did? That maybe throws another ball into the air - will this somehow happen or not? Probably just an attempt at a bit of psychological manipulation, but it throws the possibility out there.
This whole season appears to have been about very complex plot and character building in preparation for either a second season or a whopper of a film. This is fine by me, but please don't keep us all waiting for too long...
It doesn't end as I expected but leaves it well on track for a season 2.
Exactly how is Ezra undetected by the witches and how does no one find out he steals a ship and leaves.
There is no way Sabine went from struggling to pick up a lightsaber to throwing a grown ass man that far within minutes
Damn, I was hoping the Enterprise would warp in and blowup Thrawn, or at least a shuttle with warp capabilities. Bring on the phasers and photon torpedos
Sabine and Ezra's reunion here is... underwhelming, at best. But then again, the lack of emotion is pretty consistent with everything that has come before. Overall, this is not a bad episode, but there's so much wasted potential. And really, it would have been next to impossible for it to not be a letdown after last week's terrific outing.
Gosh, the writing for this show is so utterly dreadful.
Can’t wait for the epic fight between Fiona and Papa Smurf.
Great episode but fuck me that kid is annoying. Why did they give him SO much focus. Glad be got left behind for the next section. I can't stand bad child actors in prominant feature.
This is not the way... this is the destination. This is new-generation Star Wars at its finest.
David Filoni is living his best life.
Can you imagine if Filoni had been in charge of Obi-Wan? Maybe they would have bothered to de-age Hayden that time.
I cannot wait to see the reactions to this one (Kyle Katarn is going to have a conniption fit), and I cannot wait to laugh at all the low ratings and negative comments. Wonder what straws they're going to grasp at this time...
Edit: Personal attacks it is. :expressionless:
It's crazy how happy that one scene of Rex made me.
Would have been cool if they used the original Ahsoka voice during those memory sequences
I don't understand why they'd do young Ahsoka and not have Ashley Eckstein as the voice. Even this version doesn't match the plucky Clone Wars version. Whole thing still feels like a fan film still to me. Love Filoni but this series been so underwhelming for me.
Massive Star Wars fan but honestly end up looking forward to the credits so I can put something else on.
There's so much cheesy dialogue, sub-par acting and just ridiculousness in this episode it's laughable. Also, General Cosplayer was a terrible casting choice. This is starting to feel like another Disney dud. I hope the next episode turns it around. I think David Tennant is the only enjoyable part of the show for me.
9.5/10. This is one of the best episodes in this series. I love Yoda with all my heart.
This is what Star Wars should have been
[7.5/10] This one is astonishing to look at, but not much in the way of story. Maybe it’s just because the other shorts so far feel like they’ve extended what Star Wars is and can be. This one, instead, feels pretty traditional in terms of the Jedi/Sith/light/dark/mercy/revenge business it goes through.
Still, the visuals alone are worth cueing this one up for. The imagery of the prophetic pit in the Outer Rim, the lightsaber battle between a cocky sith lord and a vengeful former padawan, the race against time in the air and in the speeder, and the explosive setting of a giant pair of interconnected statues the tower into the sky and glow with the light and dark energies all make this one a marvel for the eye.
That said, the characters are pretty basic, which is perhaps to be expected in an eighteen minute short. They have arcs, mostly steeped in the theme of understanding that good and evil are connected, which means evil can never be vanquished but hope can never be extinguished. But again, all pretty basic and in line with the usual Star Wars schtick. The dialogue in particular leaned a bit too much into opaque purple prose for my tastes.
Overall though, still one worth watching on the back of its stunning imagery, and the short that feels the most like it wants to be the pilot for an ongoing series of adventures.
I've anticipated this movie since at least 2014 and when COVID hit, I was sure the last chance for Indy V was gone. All this to say I've been EXTREMELY hyped for this movie. It had impossible expectations to fill in but, at least for me, it most definitely did.
The de-aged Harrison Ford looks AMAZING. I loved seeing Indy fight some nazis again and it really made it feel like the original movies.
Mads Mikkelsen is obviously an amazing actor.
I also loved seeing Indy in the '60s, I feel like they acknowledged his age without making too much fun of it.
The story was amazing. I'm a sucker for time-travelling and I didn't dare hoping he would actually travel in time. 2000 years at that. Ofcourse it would have even been cooler if he ended up at a time and location of the original trilogy but that's just me.
I feel kinda bad for Shia! And for the characters in general, losing a son must be the most devestating feeling in the world. Therefore I felt genuinely happy when we saw Marion and that they reconnected.
If rumours are to be believed, the ending was rewritten. So I'm not sure at all but it did feel like Indy really intended to stay in the past. I think he would have died quickly so he wouldn't really change the past. It would have been cool if he was the skeleton buried at Archimede's grave.
I'm not sure what those final moments were about, Indy (?) picking up his hat again?
The score might go down on a rewatch and I have small complaints. I didn't understand why Fleabag would lock Indy in with some stone cold killers.
For me it's a perfect Indiana Jones movie. It had everything I could wish for and I had 2,5 hours of fun!
Personally, I don't understand all the hate around this final installment in the series. I thought this was a pretty good Indiana Jones movie, all in all, and I've watched them in the theater since they first came out (except this one).
Yes, the beginning has some de-aging and it's not great - but you get used to it pretty fast and I was seeing old Indiana Jones in no time. Yes Harrison Ford doesn't do his own stunts anymore but he's pretty old to be jumping horses through downtown New York. Lots of CGI in this one, but that's where we are today - you don't see hardly anything but CGI these days so why should this film be any different?
The story is pretty outlandish, but then again the first one that everyone loves had spirits jumping out of an mythical box so you have to suspend your disbelief if you want to watch shows like this.
If I were to rate this in the series as a whole:
#1: Raiders of the Lost Ark
#2: Last Crusade
#3: Dial of Destiny
#4: Temple of Doom
#5: Crystal Skull (mostly because Shia LaBouff sucked)
I get that some people, particularly with Temple of Doom, will disagree with my ranking but they are mine, not yours.
I went Into DoD with a ton of trepidation, all I heard was how bad it was in places like Trakt, but in reality it surpassed my expectations by a pretty large amount. They had a nice nod to all previous characters (except Brody, that was disappointing to me - I know the actor is dead but a mention would have been nice). I think this was a good final movie for Indie.
I love Filoni, enjoyed Rebels but I can't escape fan film vibes on this. I honestly would have preferred this story continued in animation. Episodes are twice as long as required. Disappointing.
So Grogu and Mando have basically become Krang and Shredder.
This episode literally felt like a PARODY.... That is not a good thing