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And bounty hunters hunt people who have bounties on their heads. It's grating when they keep using it to refer to people who are pretty obviously mercenaries. The terms aren't interchangeable.
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As it is, this CW series lost me after the pilot "movie" (at least Phantom Menace isn't the worst SW theatrical release anymore), but maybe I'll give season 2 a shot if I hear they're keeping up the quality for more than this episode.
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No, I didn't have to look that up.
10/03/09
@cylon_conspiracy:
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I am a bit tired of the Clone Wars era though. I think at this point it's overkill, battle droids have now been with us for 10 earth years, and that is quite enough. The entire original trilogy only lasted about seven years, and the quality of SW product today doesn't even approach what we got over 25 years ago with ROTJ.
Perhaps after this series is over they can make a spin-off that is more stand alone episodes, that cover the entire SW universe, and the different eras. The great thing about the old movies is WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN... so to me there's not much suspense here.
Having said all that though, this series is pretty decent and I will keep watching, but it's in spite of the trappings: battle droids, anakin, padme, vulture droids, and separatists... I'm tired of all that stuff.
The funny thing is, all "we" really want is a series with Han and Chewie, flying in the Falcon, having shoot outs with tie fighters, and making shady deals with questionable people. Doesn't have to be that complicated.
10/03/09
I'm just saying.
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anybody else read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye" back in the day?
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What do you mean "we"?
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I was also shocked at how much of a time gap there was between the episodes. The intro narration was a little underwhelming.
He's now on a trade federation ship heading to blah, blah, blah...
Wait. What?
Also, I find it interesting that the trailers are pretty dark and ominous, but the show is still a little light-hearted.
A question. Was the shape-shifter the same gal in the movies, or is my timeline all messed up? She can't be because that one died in AotC and that takes place before.
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I was a little bit disappointed to find him in the captain's chair of a Separatist ship commanding inept battle droids, as if he were simply a more competent version of Grievous. The attacks on the Senate and Jedi Temple were exciting, because this is a bad guy who gets his hands dirty and does stuff. He can improvise, which so far has only been the domain of Anakin. You almost find yourself rooting for him.
It's been said by many others that the biggest thing missing from the prequels era is a Han Solo. If a bad guy is the closest we can get, I'll take it.
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Actually, the apprentice uses the reverse grip as well.
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If you don't believe me:
[www.bullshido.net]
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[www.starwars.com]
03/21/09
However, someone at LucasFilm must have though it to up the ante a bit and they moved some of the last episodes around.
Unlike the reviewer, I liked Cad Bane. If most of the episodes for next season are like this (and the season 2 preview looked stellar) I welcome it.
Osaka dying at the hands of Cad? Amazing. Do it. Give Anakin more reason to go dark.
A lot of headshots by bounty hunters in this episode.
03/21/09
He did have a rather interestingly unattached personality. Also, I take umbrage to him being described as just "a guy with no nose". He was clearly a cybernetically-enhanced, old-west-style, Duros gunslinger.