tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post6141886122182712076..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: Force in Focus: SoloAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-20085060597595616662018-06-13T11:03:50.935-05:002018-06-13T11:03:50.935-05:00Yeah, while the section of fandom carrying out the...Yeah, while the section of fandom carrying out these attacks is disheartening, the way the part of fandom that isn't stupid monsters has rallied around the actors being attacked has been good to see. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-48004893908263095012018-06-09T15:44:39.412-05:002018-06-09T15:44:39.412-05:00I know, right? The incessant b!tching about Rey, F...I know, right? The incessant b!tching about Rey, Finn & Rose being female, a person of color or a combination thereof has been - considering the message of the movies - disheartening. But sadly, not all that surprising...especially considering the state of the U.S.<br /><br />Though it was cool to see Mark Hamill speak out in her defense.Notorious J.O.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16981069985099562942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-28095353304922234672018-06-08T11:56:22.542-05:002018-06-08T11:56:22.542-05:00As I said, I certainly don't want to see any k...As I said, I certainly don't want to see any kind of direct Maul/Han showdown, where he's like, blasting at Maul and Maul is deflecting the shots or something. But I don't mind Maul being behind the criminal cartel, if only because that's consistent with his actions in CLONE WARS (where he and his brother built up a major crime cartel during the Clone Wars). So his particular involvement makes more sense than if it was, I dunno, Darth Vader behind Crimson Dawn. <br /><br />As for the Maw, in the movie, it was specifically the gravity well/black hole thingee that sucked in the space squid, which isn't quite the same thing as it was in the Jedi Academy trilogy (where it was more a cluster of (barely) navigable black holes). So they lifted the name from the books moreso than the actual thing, but that is nevertheless appreciated as well. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-68858172873668718462018-06-08T11:52:28.405-05:002018-06-08T11:52:28.405-05:00Oh yeah, I've been following the story on Twit...Oh yeah, I've been following the story on Twitter. It's pretty sad (and enraging) what these ignorant morons do to people in real life, even moreso given how much it completely flies in the face of the message being presented by the thing they claim to love. :(Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-78775506790448069892018-06-07T14:14:08.140-05:002018-06-07T14:14:08.140-05:00@Austin: I'd have preferred one of the Hutts b...@Austin: I'd have preferred one of the Hutts behind Vos,instead of Maul as we need SW films that don't always have Jedi or Sith, particularly a Han film given his dismissal of the Force in A New Hope.<br /><br />The Star Destroyer being in the Maw is referencing Kevin J. Anderson's Jedi Academy Trilogy where the Empire had an installation there.Nathan Adlerhttp://fanfix.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-14403780832108867402018-06-07T10:25:38.364-05:002018-06-07T10:25:38.364-05:00Speaking of "Star Wars nuts" and the pre...Speaking of "Star Wars nuts" and the presence of (or more accurately, the lack of) WOC in the franchise...did you hear about Kelly Marie Tran (aka Rose Tico from "The Last Jedi")?<br /><br />She deleted her IG account because of the constant harassment she received since the movie was released. :-(Notorious J.O.E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16981069985099562942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-71057387471090203712018-06-07T07:53:51.355-05:002018-06-07T07:53:51.355-05:00Oh yeah, that was great! I love that Teras Kasi ha...Oh yeah, that was great! I love that Teras Kasi has been canonized. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-36010987088817070152018-06-06T09:25:24.389-05:002018-06-06T09:25:24.389-05:00Another EU nod/easter egg I enjoyed: when Q'ir...Another EU nod/easter egg I enjoyed: when Q'ira broke out some martial arts on Kessel and said she had learned "Teras Kasi", my childhood video-gaming memories flooded back: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Masters_of_Ter%C3%A4s_K%C3%A4siPascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02063755332373858640noreply@blogger.com