Star Wars: Skeleton Crew
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I agree last night was a fun episode. I’ll wait 24 hours before talking about it to avoid spoiling anyone
I think my favorite 'verbal' Easter egg that I've ever heard was during the discussion about there being "a million ways to make things look like they're floating", & Fern days "MIRRORS".
My mind instantly went to the attempt in ANH to get Luke's landspeeder to look like it was levitating 'in camera' by placing an angled mirror under it.
This show is great!
My mind instantly went to the attempt in ANH to get Luke's landspeeder to look like it was levitating 'in camera' by placing an angled mirror under it.
This show is great!
joberg
Legendary Member
Yeah...like A New Hope
AnubisGuard
Master Member
Star Wars is alive and well...as long as it's not connected to the main saga and anything associated with it. (Rey, "The Acolyte," etc.) Disney salted that Earth quite thoroughly.
That said, I suspect this show will tie in to the sequels a little bit. Speculation on the nature of At Attin:
I believe At Attin is the financial center/accounting planet for the First Order.
One of the big big world building complaints about the sequels was 1.) how did FO build Starkiller base etc without the New Republic noticing and 2.) who is financing all of this? We got a partial answer to 2 in The Last Jedi but that still leaves 1 and the question of 2's distribution.
Everyone on At Attin we've seen is upper middle class. This week, the kids compared notes and noticed all their parents have, basically, white collar desk jobs. There's some mysterious "great work" that they've been involved in for generations and, of course, the planet is hidden.
My guess is that the "great work" is handling the money for the entire galactic government, starting with the Old Republic and continuing through the Empire and now to the First Order. Of course they don't actually have tons of cash, they're basically accountants, but word got out and rumor turned it into a planet of riches.
I think they're Clone Wars-ing the sequels and trying to fill gaps and shore up logic. The New Republic doesn't know what's going on because everything is being funneled through an unfindable planet.
That said, I suspect this show will tie in to the sequels a little bit. Speculation on the nature of At Attin:
I believe At Attin is the financial center/accounting planet for the First Order.
One of the big big world building complaints about the sequels was 1.) how did FO build Starkiller base etc without the New Republic noticing and 2.) who is financing all of this? We got a partial answer to 2 in The Last Jedi but that still leaves 1 and the question of 2's distribution.
Everyone on At Attin we've seen is upper middle class. This week, the kids compared notes and noticed all their parents have, basically, white collar desk jobs. There's some mysterious "great work" that they've been involved in for generations and, of course, the planet is hidden.
My guess is that the "great work" is handling the money for the entire galactic government, starting with the Old Republic and continuing through the Empire and now to the First Order. Of course they don't actually have tons of cash, they're basically accountants, but word got out and rumor turned it into a planet of riches.
I think they're Clone Wars-ing the sequels and trying to fill gaps and shore up logic. The New Republic doesn't know what's going on because everything is being funneled through an unfindable planet.
Please, let this be right.
ScourgiousJinx
Master Member
This was my favorite episode so far.
Good work on this episode and looking forward to next week!
The escape scene was great. I loved the fuel line decimation of the spaceport, clever and visually very well done. One thing I really like about this show is they seem to be walking the line very well with making it exciting and yet not going way over the top with absurdity. I hope in addition to referencing other content we're all familiar with they invent and create more originality. I'm sort of waiting for someone to say "Hello poppet."
The Owl is like a female version of Archimdedes from The Sword in the Stone. At first I thought she could be a Convor (like Ahoska's owl) but I don't think they're sentient. Again she could've been way over the top but I think they did well with balancing her in the context of a kids show. I liked how she pulled one of the kids aside and basically said use your brain and don't just blindly put your faith in someone.
The Owl is like a female version of Archimdedes from The Sword in the Stone. At first I thought she could be a Convor (like Ahoska's owl) but I don't think they're sentient. Again she could've been way over the top but I think they did well with balancing her in the context of a kids show. I liked how she pulled one of the kids aside and basically said use your brain and don't just blindly put your faith in someone.
Good work on this episode and looking forward to next week!
RedheadKevin
Well-Known Member
From a modeling perspective, it was nice to see the ion cannons on an X-Wing, which also confirms that the weapons can be switched out.
If anyone has the ability I’d love to see some high-res shots of the X-Wings in action.
Cap that is taking forever with this show
nickytea
Master Member
ummmmm ya. Since you are out of the bottle already, I suppose my three wishes are not in this cycle? I never really could figure that. After the three wishes, do genies just go back or is there like a grace period where you get to shop or travel?
Wake me when broom kid Jedi from that one fever dream Star Wars movie shows up. I have spoken.
wait, is this set in the 80’s of a long time ago in a galaxy far away, or current with all our 80’s heros in Star Wars being dead? Sorry, I don’t sub to D+ any more.
wait, is this set in the 80’s of a long time ago in a galaxy far away, or current with all our 80’s heros in Star Wars being dead? Sorry, I don’t sub to D+ any more.
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So, to catch you up on our current group-think... yes.
So, as an homage to Star Wars and using much Star Wars lore, geography and characters (and props) we set aside our expectation of canon persay heh heh and have chosen to enjoy it for its own segmented fictionality (as in balance to a segmented reality). It offers several things in return: bookended canon and story logic true to itself so far; cool characters with props we are currently debating to forget and some we will surely replicate at home; dialog and plot that are intriguing (following at least three of the definitions of the word) and funny; includes 80s era 4th wall cliche humor, guest appearances or nods to same, especially in reference to much loved movies, books and people of that time period, including acronymical or L33t names (this is not in reference to SW nor George as he was not a big user of nods to the real world). And finally, the overall reception, while viewing in that frame of mind, is: FINALLY, a very fragile but hopeful FINALLY.
Broom kid is in a different era, so no, but you are not alone in wondering where is the heavily foreshadowed broom kid and ilk. My answer to that is "Broom kid lives in an unreal existence in JJ Abrams magic mystery box. In that box there is only doubt and loss and sadmess." And yes, "sadmess", my word for what it is like watching JJ destroy things. Think of JJ's box as holding Schroedinger's Star Wars. Is it alive or is it dead? Well, we looked in the box and found this show.
So, ya, we are really liking this. As in, for real. Even those that suffer from sadmess.
Honesty, the only real cure to group-think.
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