STAR WARS Rebels new animated series!

Bryancd said:
I think CW managed to find a balance between being very kid friendly but still telling some darker stories, I would expect him to be able to shepard Rebels the same way. I also think the creative team will continue to err on the side of kid friendly content. I always contend this is a kids show and will continue to service that demographic.
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Let's hope! I want this show to succeed for multiple reasons.

Inquisitor Peregrinus said:
I was a sensitive kid, saw Empire in the theater at age 5 in 1980, felt let down by ROTJ in 1983 when I was in 3rd grade. Empire was, when I was a kid, my favorite, darker tone and all. Most of my Star Wars toys were from Empire -- especially the Hoth stuff. I had Empire sheets, and coveted (but could never find) the Boba Fett Underoos. Kids can handle darker. What matters most is how it's presented. Kids like good stories, whatever is being conveyed. If it's well-told, most parents (and kids) should be fine with season two of Rebels. Those that aren't are most likely the sorts of parents who object to Bridge to Terebithia (book or movie) and generally treat their children like mental defectives who must be insulated from the world, and not just small human beings.

The galaxy is well into its descent into Darkness. The Empire is well-established, they've been working the propeganda machine for a decade and a half, and they're stepping up their excesses in seeking to control everything and everyone. Enslavement, executions, genocide... and only a few years off from destroying whole planets to make a point. Vader (and the Emperor's other emissaries) are hunting down and killing Jedi. I have to give the production crew credit for starting with and keeping as light a tone as they did for so long when it's generally a frikkin' dark setting.

--Jonah
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I don't disagree about what kids can handle, but you have to consider that their parents are the ones who decide what they'll get the opportunity to handle. If the show goes really dark/scary/violent/sad, my concern is that parents will say "This is too much!" and the show will see ratings slip and merchandising fall off. I'd hope that the show can find the right vibe, though. I haven't gotten very far in Clone Wars (still working through S1), so I haven't seen firsthand how they manage that in the other show. I certainly think it's possible to find that balance, I just hope they succeed at it.

Bryancd said:
In regards to midiclorines, GL said in two separate interviews before his departure that they were indicators if Force potential and the more skilled a person became in accessing the Force, the higher their count would become. So he left open the door that with training, many people could learn to use the Force.
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Yeah, I guess, to me, the issue is more that you just don't...need midichlorians when you've already established the Force as this "sensing" thing. Like, "I sense he could become more powerful than any Jedi we've ever encountered." There. Now you don't need a blood test. It's just one of the extra things Lucas added that served no real purpose in the story other than to muddy already clear waters.

It'd be like spending 5 minutes explaining how the broken hyperdrive on Padme's ship was caused by the fact that hyperdrives are powered by the hopes and dreams of the crew, but if the dream-collector is damaged, the hyperdrive loses that ability, and then following it up by saying that hyperdrives were originally invented by a mysterious race that died out long before the current story but are rumored to watch from beyond the veils of known reality, waiting to determine whether any creature in the galaxy is worthy of the great Tome of Enlightenment....and then never mentioning any of this stuff again.

Just say "The hyperdrive's broken, and we need to go find a replacement part." There. Done. The rest of my hyperdrive nonsense adds nothing to the story whatsoever, and only confuses things.
 
I wouldn't worry about a darker tone. How much darker can you get then killing little kids? My 11yo. nephew saw ROTS when he was around 3 and he still thought Anakin and Vader were cool.
 
Solo4114 said:
Just say "The hyperdrive's broken, and we need to go find a replacement part." There. Done. The rest of my hyperdrive nonsense adds nothing to the story whatsoever, and only confuses things.
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Although, "The hyperdrive is LEAKING" is a terrible line, no matter how those things work.

Astroboy: Me too, my parents regularly joined us to watch that. And the Robotech version is a lot gentler that the original.
 
astroboy said:
When I was 8, the macross saga from robotech spoke to me more than anything. Mostly because it treated me like an adult. It knew I could handle those stories and will always be remembered for that.
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Oh, I agree. For, like, a 7-8 year old kid, none of that stuff is problematic. I'm talking more like 5-6 year olds, or even younger. A lot of kids can't handle that kind of intensity or darkness. And again, my concern is less about what kids can handle, and more about what parents will let them see (regardless of whether the kid can actually handle it).

Victor3 said:
Although, "The hyperdrive is LEAKING" is a terrible line, no matter how those things work.

Astroboy: Me too, my parents regularly joined us to watch that. And the Robotech version is a lot gentler that the original.
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I totally forgot abotu that line. But that's probably because I havent' watched that film in, like, 15 years.

As for Macross and Robotech, they were favorites of mine as a kid, but I was probably around 7-8 when I watched 'em. I did appreciate that they didn't sugar-coat the violence, though.

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astroboy said:
When I was 8, the macross saga from robotech spoke to me more than anything. Mostly because it treated me like an adult. It knew I could handle those stories and will always be remembered for that.
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Oh, I agree. For, like, a 7-8 year old kid, none of that stuff is problematic. I'm talking more like 5-6 year olds, or even younger. A lot of kids can't handle that kind of intensity or darkness. And again, my concern is less about what kids can handle, and more about what parents will let them see (regardless of whether the kid can actually handle it).

Victor3 said:
Although, "The hyperdrive is LEAKING" is a terrible line, no matter how those things work.

Astroboy: Me too, my parents regularly joined us to watch that. And the Robotech version is a lot gentler that the original.
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I totally forgot abotu that line. But that's probably because I havent' watched that film in, like, 15 years.

As for Macross and Robotech, they were favorites of mine as a kid, but I was probably around 7-8 when I watched 'em. I did appreciate that they didn't sugar-coat the violence, though.
 
Should 5-6 year Olds be watching star wars? I can't think of a single film that wouldn't scare a kid that age. Be it the destruction of alderaan, or order 66.

For the record, I saw ANH and ESB in the theatre at around age 6. It scared me, but I was still blown away...and hooked
 
Then again, maybe Captain Panaka was just completely ignorant of starship mechanics.
It's the Star Wars equivalent of "We have to make an emergency landing! Gary says the engine has a broken phalange!"

My daughter (5) seems to be handling darker stuff alright so far, at least, in the Star Wars movies. We haven't watched ROTS yet, though. I had given her a rough synopsis of the story, and I think she might be a little worried about it. She was having a lot of nightmares about people being on fire... So I decided we'd watch Clone Wars a bit while she matured some more. I'll probably skip the actual immolation scene, at least the first time through. She's dying to see Ahsoka, as well as Hera & Sabine. But I want to hold off on Rebels until after ROTS, to "bring the fun back."

We were about to sit down & watch the CW premier last week on Netflix, when she was derailed by the big ad for Equestria Girls. Maybe this weekend...

She wants to watch Macross too, cuz Daddy's a huge fan of that franchise, and she likes my Valkyries. I think I'll wait til next year on that one. We're building up to Ep7!
 
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My three year old has handled everything well. He's strictly OT. He doesn't care much for Jabba's palace but that's the only thing in the movies that bothers him. The whole Maul/Savage was a bit much for him so we skipped that. He loves rebels. I just wish he'd understand that we won't have a new rebels until September. Most days he asked if we have a new Webels to watch.
 
Just before bed, I'm asked to tell a story about Rebels (usually an abridged episode synopsis). Specifically, the middle of the ending of the middle of Rebels.

Umm, err, so I guess around episode 9?
It's been a month since it ended, and I've told it so many times out of order, I hardly remember the arc of the show!

Showed her the Art Attack short a while back, she nearly wet her pants!
 
Saw this at Megacon today. I don't know why the upload got turned.
Sabine.jpg
 
kegas76 said:
When are they running the S2E1? And more importantly, will it be streaming/available after?
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No official announcement. I would guess maybe October. That's when S1 started and it was also the usual start month for TCW.

I would also assume that they would repeat the policy of debuting the episode on Watch DisneyXD 6-7 days ahead of the scheduled air date and that you can also get the episodes On Demand from most cable companies the day after the air date.
 
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Did they say whether Vader's voice is done by JEJ? It sounds like him one second and not the next, so I honestly can't tell from that clip.
 
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