Star Wars Griefing Thread (SPOILERS) - Safety off

[RomanesEuntDomus]

I'm also pretty positive that Star Wars has been adapted into a feudal japan setting. It wouldn't be hard in the least...

To highlight this point, I want to show you the greatness that is the "TattúínárdǾla Saga".
It's the first 6 Star Wars movies, retold as an Icelandic Saga.

If that doesn't proof that you can adapt a story to a different genre and retain it's qualities, I don't know what is.
Of course, you'll have to adapt it smartly and you'll have to change a few things (after all, there is a difference between how a spacebattle goes and how vikings would do battle), but story-wise it only changes very little, the central theme of the conflict remains.

Here's the part after Padme died in Iceland and Anakin reaches the shores:

Anakinn the Sky-walker did so, and saw a burial mound raised near the sand there.
He became angry, and ridiculed very much this great thrall-work, saying that no man but one truly slave-born would choose to be buried in the sand. He trampled upon the mound and kicked it, and spat in the sand there.“I don’t like sand,” he said. And he disappeared into the shadows.

This shit is completely crazy and that's why it's so awesome.

“I will kill you, Víga-Óbívan,” said Anakinn, “If you mock me further. But I do not want to forget our brotherhood, and I will let you live if you swear oaths of fealty to King Falfaðinn.”
But Víga-Óbívan said, “Anakinn, I have sworn oaths to my family – to the old way.”
“If you are not with me,” said Anakinn, “You are my enemy.”
“Only seið-men make enemies out of their brothers,” said Víga-Óbívan, “But I will defend myself, even against my brother.”
“You will try,” said Anakinn. He drew Lightsaber the Red, and Víga-Óbívan drew Lightsaber the Green.
Long did they fight, and the lava burned around them all the while, and the ash fell upon them and choked them, and neither got an advantage on the other, and each fought with utmost ferocity. Their battle was both hard and long, but it ended when Víga-Óbívan cut Anakinn on the right thigh, so that almost all the muscle was hewn out, and Anakinn fell nearly into the lava and was unable to fight further.

btw, I recommend skipping ahead to the OT part of the Saga, it's pretty rad.

Chapter 17: Concerning Hólmgöngu-Hani

It is the beginning of this saga, that King Jabbi the Stout ruled over Denmark, and King Falfaðinn Lightning-Bolt over Norway, and there was great enmity between them.
Hani was the name of a man from a Norwegian family; he was the son of Jarl Sóló. He was a good man and a great viking; most called him Hólmgöngu-Hani (Duel-Hani). It is fitting to say something about the appearance of Hani. He was a man of few words, rather reserved, but the handsomest of men, tall and rather sun-browned, with brownish hair.
Because Hólmgöngu-Hani did not like the reign of King Falfaðinn, he went to Denmark and was with King Jabbi for a while; in the summer he went out on viking raids, and he oft did great damage to the lands and ships of King Falfaðinn; he raided widely here and there, wherever he came to land in Norway. And in the winter he gave to King Jabbi the wares that he got in Norway. King Jabbi liked this tribute very well, and he gave Hani a great axe, and this axe was jagged-pointed and gilded, with a shaft done in silver, and it was the greatest of treasures. Hani had another great treasure, and that was his ship, which he had gotten when he won a swimming race against Landó Kalrissiansson at Kessel Island. This ship was called the Thousand Year Falcon; it was the fastest of ships.
A Frisian man accompanied Hólmgöngu-Hani; he was named Tsiubakka. He was the hairiest of men and very big, he had blackish-brown hair and was rather chubby-faced and broad across the brows. Tsiubakka did not know how to speak Norse, but he understood what men said, and Hani spoke Frisian.

How is it that this silly text does Han Solo and Chewbacca more justice than the fucking Disney media in its entirety?

Also, welcome to page 666, if the spacegods are pleased, this page will coincide with a major Disney Fuck-Up.

 

[Miller]

ere's a First Order shirt sold at the park which just has a Resistance symbol "spray painted" on it and a "RES" label glued on it to cover up "FIRST".

I wouldn't be surprised if Disney wants to trademark "Hope and Resist" as a slogan.

Do they really think that people will buy a shirt that looks like some idiot spray painted crap on it?

 

[AverageAnimeWatcher]

I want to play a game. Who gets fired if and when Episode IX bombs?

I wouldn't hold my breath.

As much as I want it to happen so the franchise finally course corrects, I see it unlikely. Star Wars fans are the kind of fans that will still watch, endorse and buy products from movies no matter how much they claim they don't like them, going all back to the prequels.

Lots of outspoken haters of the last jedi say they will "only" watch Rise of skywalker "once" or twice to know "how bad it is". Which makes the "boycott" moot.

As much as I don't like the last jedi, and no matter how many people complain about it on youtube or on internet forums, it still made 1.3 billion dollars. Had people spoken with their wallets it would be different, and maybe Disney would have a reason to worry. But on paper, that movie was a success. It's was the ninth highest-grossing movie of all time at the time of release (currently 13th).

Though, the fact that the theme parks and Solo flopped might mean this will change. But history has shown us that fans complain with their keyboard, but endorse with their wallets.

 

[BR55]

Hey motherfucker, are dissing my boi Kyle? Guy is a fucking bounty hunter AND Jedi Knight that helped Luke Skywalker bring the Jedi Order back.......but yeah, I do agree, him just walking in and grabbing the plans didnt made for great storytelling. Rogue One was better, you win that one, Disney.
Kyle is still one of the most badass EU characters tho, guy packs an arsenal, lightsaber AND the force (a fucking Jack of all trades). But meh, post-Sideous Siths couldnt compare to the old ones (Rule of Two FTW), no wonder they were easily taken out (they were not even Sith but "Dark Jedi"...guess the term Sith wasnt a proper thing yet.)
Old EU games might be a bit dated but they have more soul than anything EA shat out over the last TEN god damn years...

Never trust a bartender with bad grammar my friend.
Jedi Outcast is one of Raven Software's finest games.
It's up there with the Heretic/Hexen series in their lineup.
Unfortunately Raven now slaves away in the COD mines.
It's a sad fate thats for sure.

 

[Creep3r]

Holy fucking shit, I didn't even think of it like this. The rather benign leak of toys has spoilered something major, hitherto unseen in the Disney Star Wars era, if the leaks are correct the way you said.
There's going to be actual characters in the show? Like, with personalities and goals and stuff? That idea is so crazy, it might acutally work!

Strangely, according to the LEGO set's box...

It lists that the main character, Not-Boba is simply called "The Mandalorian™". Along with him is a character called Cara Dune (who we already know about) and two villainous bandits that are called the Blackstar Raiders... Which is odd... The Blackstar Raiders were an old EU exclusive criminal organization who were only mentioned once in a 2005 WotC minifigure set.

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The AT-ST is a leftover from the Battle of Endor that's been repainted, but it doesn't belong to the raiders, as they stole it. The gaudily painted AT-ST will be a recurring vehicle in the show and already has another toy being made of it.

And here's one of the "treadspeeder"...

Seriously, who thought giving a floating vehicle a tread was a good idea?

Also have a miserable 666th page everyone... May Marka Ragnos feast upon the souls of your enemies and hopefully not kill us all...

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Lots of outspoken haters of the last jedi say they will "only" watch Rise of skywalker "once" or twice to know "how bad it is". Which makes the "boycott" moot.

Let them watch the movies dozens upon dozens of times... as long as they don't pay for it in any way that makes Disney money.

But I agree, the fanboy attitude to crawl back to their media, no matter how much they have been beaten and shamed is terrible.
The only thing that gives me hope is that sometimes, fans actually do get fed up and then go through with their boycots.

Some game studios that make niche titles (such as Egosoft) attracted a very loyal fanbase over the course of several years, but pissed them away with only one bad decision:
Ignoring what Fans want, treat them and their loyalty for granted, by pandering to a completely different crowd that the fans hate.
Egosoft did this with their atrocious X:Rebirth.
They dumbed down their game to absurdity and then there came rumours, that the whole game was just an Alpha for a spin-off title for consoles, which was meant to be shitcanned but instead released on the market to shake some bucks out of the loyal fanbase.
Egosoft lost a lot of fans and it took them quite some time to rebuilt that trust in their brand. But Egosoft admitted their failures and did their best to regain their fans loyalty.

Disney has insulted fans and doubled, trippled, quadrupled down on their vapid defamation-rhetoric over and over. Even now, when they attempt to change their narrative to actually taking negative feedback seriously, they dare shitting up the franchise with their atrocious and respectless shenanigans.

And that might drive enough fans off. Problem is: Normies. But I guess after the mess that was TLJ and the desaster in the making that is IX, we can expect normies not to flock to the theatres to watch as we've seen before. Star Wars no longer is cool and hip, it's a shitshow with constant negative press attached (be it endless struggles with re-shoots or the regular "anyone that dislikes SW is a nazi" negativity)... so yeah. It could go either way. Make one and a half billion dollars. Maybe it'll make only 200 mil. You can find compelling arguments for either case. I still think it'll make 650-800 mil, but with an absolutely horrendeous and sharp drop-off in audiences in the first 2 weeks.

 

[Oaat]

Holy fuck... A new pic from the Mandalorian came out and they've redesigned Trandoshans aka Bossk's species.

Here's what they used to look like:
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Here's what they look like now...
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Why the fuck do they have human faces? Do they wanna turn all aliens into humans? This is the same awful design they used in the Dr. Aphra comics but with completely human eyes.

Um. What? Why does Star Wars look like a low budget TV show now? Is it because the Bossk costume couldn't emote enough? Who cares just make them look like lizards.

 

[Miller]

Seriously, who thought giving a floating vehicle a tread was a good idea?

It's the "muh practical effects" meme.

The AT-ST is a leftover from the Battle of Endor that's been repainted

Judging by the art work, I guess Sabine wasn't around so that's a good thing.

 

[TinCan Wizard]

In Hell you are forced to watch TLJ for eternity.

 

[Creep3r]

In Hell you are forced to watch TLJ for eternity.

Meanwhile the authors of the Star Wars fart books commit scatalogical horrors upon you till the end of time while you're forced to guzzle down green soy m;lk.

 

[Dom Cruise]

If you popping a boner from that I feel bad for you son. In Alien, there's less skin than you see at the beach and she's not doing sexy stretching or shit. In Aliens, everybody in their skivvies, and shown to be no big deal. Its not sexual unless you are wizard.

There's definite sexual subtext in EVERYTHING in Alien, from the sleep-pods' obvious flower design to the face huggers, but its not its not sexualized - that is the """"""""""sexy""""""""" scenes are not played for sexual titillation.
There are people who jack it to the Golden Gate Bridge, that does not mean the bridge is sexualized.

Sigourney Weaver in tiny panties that show her buttcrack isn't sexy to you? Ok then.


Anyway, in the 2010s we've seen at least two once ubiquitously beloved pop culture icons, Ghostbusters and Star Wars, suddenly get a whole lot of political baggage and cease to be something everyone can have fun with.

That just blows my mind, especially in the case of Star Wars which was the cultural icon, the fact that it's something more and more people no longer give a shit about (me included) is well, I don't want to say creates an apocalyptic vibe, but is pretty damn worrying.

I hope at least the new Ghostbusters movie next year can save that franchise at least, but we'll see how big of a stink feminists want to raise about it, certainly no one really gives a shit about the 2016 movie, right? And even your typical dangerhairs will be willing to let it get swept under the rug?

 

[Creep3r]

Sigourney Weaver in tiny panties that show her buttcrack isn't sexy to you? Ok then.


Anyway, in the 2010s we've seen at least two once ubiquitously beloved pop culture icons, Ghostbusters and Star Wars, suddenly get a whole lot of political baggage and cease to be something everyone can have fun with.

That just blows my mind, especially in the case of Star Wars which was the cultural icon, the fact that it's something more and more people no longer give a shit about (me included) is well, I don't want to say creates an apocalyptic vibe, but is pretty damn worrying.

I hope at least the new Ghostbusters movie next year can save that franchise at least, but we'll see how big of a stink feminists want to raise about it, certainly no one really gives a shit about the 2016 movie, right? And even your typical dangerhairs will be willing to let it get swept under the rug?

Spoiler: Off-topic shit about Ghostbusters and IDW

It amazes me that despite all the bullshit Cisbusters caused, they still went and gave them their own comic series in IDW and even a comic crossover with the Prime Ghostbusters and the Cartoon Ghostbusters. They could've just swept them under the rug for good or kept them out of the main heroes hairs, but no. They just had to have them be approved by the originals. Modern media and especially IDW just like to bring the worst of the Current Year even to the classics like they did with GI Joe and Transformers, and hell they even redid Dick Tracy and gave him a dangerhair sidekick equal partner and replaced Flattop with a brown genderfluid ladyboy in a purple suit and gave xher a sidekick who is a soyboy villain called The Vape, which would honestly be funny as their own thing with someone like Dick Tracy hunting down Gen Zers, but the author treats them seriously and is a woke lad himself. I'm only surprised the IDW SW comics haven't gone down the same route as the rest of IDW's shit in terms of current year shenanigans as far as I know. Also I really can't stand pointless reboots and remakes which is why I wish this third Ghostbusters movie wasn't even being made. There's no fucking point. Its like making a Back to the Future sequel/remake. There's no fucking need other than cheap cash grabs.

It's the "muh practical effects" meme.


Judging by the art work, I guess Sabine wasn't around so that's a good thing.

I remember JJ and Kennedy back around 2015 doing interviews where they basically admitted that making it look like SW aka ANH is all that matters and capturing the superficial elements is what SW is all about to them. They don't care about the world, the story or consistency, or even cool vehicle designs. All that matters is the special effects, the camera work and the member berries.

 

[qu_rahn]

They should have brought David Lynch in if IX was going to be this nonsensical and weird. He could have at least made it entertaining.

I'd love to see that tbh. Apparently he's already turned down Star Wars once before:

 

[Miller]

I remember that. They were all saying that it won't be like those weird green screen movies made by that old bearded man. It turned out that TFA had more CGI shots than The Phantom Menace and ANH.

 

[Manwithn0n0men]

Do they really think that people will buy a shirt that looks like some idiot spray painted crap on it?

RL NPCs love that

 

[GavinBranson]

In Hell you are forced to watch TLJ for eternity.

In Hell, everything is based on Chuck Wendig’s books.

 

[qu_rahn]

Eh I won't lie, I think that Sith-3PO could be sort of interesting as a potentially fun take on the character (It broke new ground!) as our simpering, mincing straight-bot goes full IG-88 (as long as they don't over do it or draw it out too long).

It would be sweet if he crushed Rey's windpipe

 

[The handsome tard]

It would be sweet if he crushed Rey's windpipe

Nah, if anyone is allowed to do that is Vader (kind of his thing, you know...)
And no, I dont care he is dead, the writers dont care so why should I? Vader appears and crush her wind pipe sloooowly and painfully, talking about dark side in his sweet Jones voice. He then does fortnite dance and the resistance explodes.
Deh Edn

 

[BONE_Buddy]

So, I was doing my usual defense news sperging over here and I came across this:
Military families treated to a surprise trip to a galaxy far, far away

Military families treated to a surprise trip to a galaxy far, far away

Five military members and their families explored a galaxy far, far away during an exclusive preview of Walt Disney World Resort’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, before its public opening this week.

www.militarytimes.com

Five military members and their families explored a galaxy far, far away during an exclusive preview of Walt Disney World Resort’s Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, before its public opening this week.

Disney Hollywood Studios transformed 14 acres of land for guests to live their own Star Wars adventures. The families enjoyed a feast of galactic food and drinks, shopped at intriguing merchant shops, and even piloted the most famous ship in the galaxy, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.



Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class Karl Haslauer and his family visit The Black Spire Outpost marketplace inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge as part of a special advance preview of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge before it officially opens.


Five U.S. military service members representing all branches pose with Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Bob Chapek, Disney Parks Western Region President Catherine Powell, Walt Disney World Resort President George A. Kalogridis and Chewbacca — the galaxy’s most famous Wookiee — in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.


Army Capt. Jerome Bustamanate and his family construct a droid, one of the galaxy’s most indispensable sidekicks at the Droid Depot inside Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.


Navy Chief Petty Officer Jorge Salas and his family sit at the chess table inside “fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy” as they prepare to take the controls and fly a mission aboard the most famous starship in the Star Wars galaxy.


Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Bob Chapek welcomes U.S. military personnel and their families to a VIP preview of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Support for the U.S. Armed Forces is a long-standing Disney tradition.


Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Bob Chapek provided a Disney-themed challenge coin to five active-duty servicemembers representing Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Coast Guard in gratitude of their military service.

Imagine hearing that you are one of the five military families being selected to tour a new Disney park... and the park they send you to is Galaxies Edge.

Just thought you guys would like this tidbit.

EDIT: Boomered the Images. Sorry.

 

[Ihavetinyweewee]

It's always going to be a balancing act with brands dealing with its fandom.

On one hand, you don't want to piss them off. This has been the huge bungle of Lucasfilm PR.

I kinda wonder if Lucasfilm was more accepting of the criticism(whether they wanted to listen or not), would the backlash be so severe for TLJ?

I mean TLJ is a mediocre movie, but its not the hellspawn abomination that its been dogpiled to(imo).

I have seen significantly worse films. Thats not a defense of it, I'm just trying to be fair. It utterly fails as a middle act to a trilogy.

On the other hand, you don't want to overly pander to them. That is the death of any innovation or art. You get shit like 'Rogue One' and 'Solo'. I have said before, Star Wars fandom is the worst. It attracts the dumbest group of childish idiots out of any franchise.

The most obnoxious shit about it: most Star Wars fans don't even know why they like it to begin with. Its vague references to toys or 'cool stuff'...

So, in a way, I'm not surprised Disney has some level of contempt. Especially when 'Rogue One' was successful for them early on. Their only real misstep was shitting on Luke Skywalker. If that didn't happen, people would still be happily eating the garbage...

Lucasfilm has absolutely struggled to find any sort of balance....