For some, the highest level of woke they can comprehend is minmaxing their individuality, for others it is making heathcare universally available and helping the world be the safest it can be for transsexuals. Who is the real level 100 woke here. What issues are worth our focus
'Andor' creator Tony Gilroy's Peabody Awards Acceptance Speech:
“We spent six years contemplating a fascist takeover of a galaxy far, far away. Six years thinking about what happens to ordinary beings when an authoritarian, insane, unchecked regime comes into the deal, and the show is really kind of what we learned"
“If you’re not willing to fight for the things that you love, your family, community, your culture, your planet, your truth, freedom, there’s an asshole ready to come in and take it away. We learned that bravery and sacrifice and resistance comes in all shapes and sizes, and we learned that courage is contagious"
“There’s so much is happening, it’s a fire hose of crap that you just can’t get through. And here we are. There isn’t a new cycle that goes by right now that doesn’t contain a variety of outrages that in any other time in our history in America wouldn’t be grounds for treason"
“Please do not stop. Please do not turn out the lights until we can kill this nightmare… and fuck the Empire!”
(via @Variety)
Everyone at Lucasfilm was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Marcia Lucas. One of three Oscar-winning editors who worked on Star Wars: A New Hope, she also contributed to American Graffiti, among other early Lucasfilm productions. We join the global filmmaking community in mourning her loss.
A statement from Lucasfilm: https://t.co/U1abKHO7yq
Marcia Lucas has sadly passed away at the age of 80.
She won an Oscar for editing the original STAR WARS film, where she was described as the “heart” of the film who brought the magic alive.
@somebody2341@Je4427@K1ngVinoda@GonWhacktalker Half of these are known grifters and frankly idiots whose opinion is a valuable to the universe as a grain of sand is to Earth. Hateful shitheads like RobotHead, ThatStarWarsGirl, Geeks+Gamers and USACR wouldn't know Gold if it hit them in the head
@Mermaid_Dork@elphiespetal@JboiHQ@AutismRonin Mandalorian Season 1 and 2 at the very least have a more interesting journey than other depictions of the Mandalorians in canon, but only those two seasons.
Also, no?? Are you again talking about a project you clearly NEVER seen before? Quite literally NO known character shows up
@Mermaid_Dork@elphiespetal@JboiHQ@AutismRonin Fallen Order, Survivor, Darth Vader (2017), Skeleton Crew, Light of the Jedi, Tales of the Jedi, Edge of Balance, Squadrons, Mandalorian S1 and 2, etc...
Just because it's easier to hate on things you haven't experienced, doesn't mean it's the right choice.
I took film and agree.
If you look at the whole sequence from the Baylan fight to the WBW, it's the perfect example of a completely hollow character arc because the show does absolutely zero work to establish what Ahsoka is even struggling with in the first place. For the first four episodes, she just stands around like a flat, emotionless statue, showing no signs of guilt or trauma about Anakin. Then out of nowhere, Baylan stands there and delivers this massive exposition dump, literally telling her and the audience what her internal conflict is supposed to be. It's a violation of "show, don't tell", where the writers realize they forgot to write any actual character development, so they just have the villain read her psychological checklist out loud right before shoving her off a cliff.
Falling into the water and magically waking up in the WBW is where the narrative completely breaks down into a massive Deus ex machina. Instead of Ahsoka making a choice or pulling herself out of her own mess, the universe literally hits pause to hand her a magical safety net. Then the show just throws Anakin on screen as a massive nostalgia shield to distract everyone from the fact that the actual storytelling is incredibly lazy. You're so busy geeking out over live action Clone Wars flashbacks and shifts between Vader and Anakin that you're supposed to ignore how none of this has anything to do with a logical or earned emotional journey for Ahsoka.
The proof that none of this actually mattered is that she enters that magical void the exact same way she exits it, with the only real difference being a literal wardrobe change. She goes in stoic and unbothered, gets a vague lesson that basically boils down to stop being sad or die, and then gets fished out of the water completely fine, just wearing white now. The show expects us to buy that she had this grand internal transformation just because she changed clothes and is suddenly smiling at Sabine, but the script never did the actual heavy lifting to show her earning that peace.