The Wookiee Gunner spotted and captured a commercial teasing TCW bonus content on German channel Super RTL. Still no word on a US air date (or channel).
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Review: The Star Wars #5
After a month off, Rinzler and Mayhew are back with the next issue of the adaptation of George Lucas’s original screenplay. The Star Wars #5 hits shelves in a local comic store near you today as our heroes find out whether or not Kane Starkiller’s sacrifice was worth it.
There are some spoilers for this issue in the review.
This week’s Rebels roundup
Let’s start off with some propaganda artwork, shall we? Lucasfilm’s Amy Beth Christenson created six posters that were released at six different websites: Empire Online, IGN, Mashable, TheForce.net, Entertainment Tonight, and Omelete.
On a release window front, Jedi News hears rumblings that Disney is set to air the Rebels introduction movie this summer. We’ve heard the TV series is set to debut in the fall, so perhaps this will be the lead-up for that.
Still, it would be nice to get some concrete information on anything Star Wars related. There’s value in keeping things under wraps, but it’s frustrating to fans to discover that important details of Rebels are being disseminated via new LEGO products.
Hondo Caravan: It’s A Wet Wet World
Season Four! Can you believe we’re already here? I certainly can’t. The good news is that it’s off to a crazy good start with a trio of episodes set on Mon Calamari and some excellent animation and design. But what will the rest of the season bring?
Water War
I can’t even begin to describe how much I love that they’re showing the Mon Calamari Senate in an underwater forum. It seems such an obvious choice but oh man am I glad that they followed through. I also love that they used the Mon Calamari/Quarren quarrel for this episode. It’s great when they pull things from the Expanded Universe. Honestly, all of the animation and design for this planet is fantastically done. It’s so cool looking and different that you can’t help but pay more attention to the episode. It’s a great opening for Season Four.
The episode does make me wonder how the Mon Calamari and Quarren’s biology works. More specifically, I’m wondering their respiratory systems are set up since they seem to have no trouble going from water to oxygen.
Also? The Mon Calamari prince is so cute and tiny and cute.
Obviously negotiations are short (did you see what I did there?) and it turns into an all out underwater battle which is really just an excuse for some more cool thing… well, everything. Of course, this got followed up by the Separatists have some crazy new weapon that’s clearly tailor made for this world.
Something that’s always intrigued me has been the use of a lightsaber under water. I’m no engineer or mechanic or any vaguely sciency person but I’m wondering if they really should be able to function. Apparently this episode is making me wonder about a lot of science related things today.
Also, shirtless Kit Fitso. That’s a thing that happened in this episode. Thought I should mention it.
Hondo Caravan: Time For A Thrilling Prison Break
The good news is that I’ve recovered from that bad taste Mortis left in my mouth. The bad news is that I am somehow already at the end of Season Three. How on earth did that already happen? Well, I guess that’s only really bad news depending on your point of view and whether you wanted these posts to go on forever or not.
The Citadel
Is this the episode that made the internet scream about continuity and Even Piell? I feel like it’s going to be judging from the previous clip. No really. I’m kinda excited to see this happen. It’s much more fun to observe these things when I’m not invested in the outcome.
Anakin Skywalker. You have a lot of bad ideas but this one probably takes the cake. Carbon freezing your team so you can sneak into the Citadel without any life signs being detected is a TERRIBLE idea. (And yes, all the tongue-in-cheek references to Empire Strikes Back were amusing but that’s really not the point here.) This is going to go badly. It must go badly. If this idea works, I’m going to be really disappointed.
It didn’t go badly. They didn’t even get hibernation sickness. This is not fair.
At least he’s getting his comeuppance with Ahsoka sneaking onto the mission. At least. You’d think he would’ve learned that ‘do as I say, not as I do’ doesn’t work very well but nooooo.
I definitely need to give this episode applause for surprising me in a way that I absolutely did not expect. It turns out that Tarkin is the Captain in question here. I didn’t expect him to show up here. Well done, show, well done.
And now the group is splitting up to try and make it out of the Citadel which OBVIOUSLY means that we’re about to end an episode. I’ll admit it: I’m intrigued to see what happens in the next one. Good thing I don’t even have to wait.
Review: Maul: Lockdown
It’s a dark side sort of day with the first Expanded Universe book release of 2014. Out today is Maul: Lockdown by Joe Schreiber. What happens when you send one of the most dangerous beings in galaxy on a do-or-die mission? A heck of a lot of carnage for starters.
Cog Hive Seven has a new inmate: Darth Maul. Sent by his Master Darth Sidious to infiltrate the prison and find the elusive Iram Radique, a legendary arms dealer. What might seem like a simple task is layered in complications. No one’s actually seen Radique and lived to tell the tale. Some think he’s just an urban legend. On top of his mission, Maul must survive the nightly fights to the death organized by the warden and the gamblers across the galaxy want to see their newest champion fight.
Diversity Amongst the Stars (And the Royals of Alderaan)
There are some films that you can watch a dozen times and always notice something new and there are others where you pretty much get it on the first try. Sometimes though, you watch a film, notice things subconsciously but it just doesn’t click into place until several viewings later when you sit up straight in realization. I had one of those moments a few months ago while watching Revenge of the Sith. The realization? The Royal Family of Alderaan is not white. The Royal Family of one of the most well-known and powerful planets in the galaxy does not fit the typical white human mold. It’s funny how long it took me to come to this realization that the royal house of my favorite planet was more diverse than I’d previously realized.
While not every Alderaanian that we saw in the films fell into this category, a fair number of the ones of note in the Prequel Trilogy did. The actors who played Bail and Breha are both of Hispanic and mixed descent. A Brazilian actress played Bail’s aide, Sheltay Retrac. While three might not be a huge number, it’s rather significant when we consider how few Alderaanians we saw in the films.
Review: Star Wars: Legacy #11
A new year, a new arc for Star Wars: Legacy as Issue #11 by Corinna Bechko and Gabriel Hardman hits stores today. Just because our heroes escaped danger in the last issue doesn’t mean they’re any closer to stopping Darth Wredd.
This review will contain a few spoilers but no more than you’d learn from reading the solicit.
Diversity for Diversity’s Sake Is Not a Bad Thing
We at Tosche Station haven’t been shy with asking for more racial and gender diversity in entertainment. One of the arguments we often hear is that the gender and race of characters shouldn’t matter. The most important thing should be the story. The rest should be inconsequential. The best actor for the part should be cast in that role.
That would be all fine and dandy, if most entertainment already portrayed a diverse cast of characters. But it doesn’t. Continue reading
Hondo Caravan: Dathomir and Mortis
It’s all about arcs with today’s disc of episodes as we dive first into Dathomir and the Nightsisters and then into the Mortis arc. My reaction to the two was… well, let’s just call it varied for now. I wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise for you.
Nightsisters
The idea of Sidious being mad at Dooku for having his own apprentice is rather hilarious given that he did the exact some thing with Maul to Plageuis. This is basically the way of the Sith, after all. But hey! Sidious is going to be a hypocrite so now Dooku has to dispose of Asajj. This will clearly end well.
Being a sucker for Dathomir and how it’s portrayed in the Expanded Universe books, I was unsure if I was going to like how the Clone Wars portrayed it but so far, I find myself intrigued. It’s an interesting take on the established Witches and Nightsisters that is actually able to work within the existing canon. Planets are quite large after all so it’s not difficult to believe that there would be different sects in addition to different tribes.
If nothing else, the flashbacks that explain Asajj’s history make the entire episode worth it. It adds some depth to her character that was previously lacking within the show. Actually, the entire episode is a great showcase of the show’s villains who are albeit fighting each other instead of our heroes. The movies definitely showed it off but it’s near to see what an incredibly master duelist he is. There aren’t that many people who can fend off three invisible assailants by themselves. Plus, I appreciate that he looks so dapper even in his pajamas.
I’m intrigued to see how this quest for revenge plays out in future episodes.