[Star Wars] Disney+ SW shows(spoilers)

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**LordofHats**

Funny that Star Wars these days is most consistently good when it manages to not retread old and tired ground.

**MarkNorfolk**

Although replay of the opening scenes of the original movie was fun.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Skellington Crew Episode 4

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**Geifer**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:

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And we’re off to Not At Attin. Where it all goes a wee bit Fallout in feel and aesthetic, and I swear some are wearing Imperial Army helmets.

Which raises the question of not what happened there (someone kicked the snot out the planet), but when happened.

The obvious conclusion is during the Empire. But most obvious answer, not necessarily the right one. After all, those helmets could belong to an expeditionary force sent later in search of these jewel worlds.!

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Weird to think the next episode is on Christmas Day!

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**StraightSilver**

I'm really enjoying this series, way more than I thought I would tbh.

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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

It really has surprised me too. As I’ve said before, with Disney not exactly trumpeting it much, I was worried they’d baked a Turkey.

But…..no. As someone who’s fully enjoyed all the other made for TV Star Wars Fare*, this is up there with Andor.

*Not you, Holiday Special. Back in your hole!

**The_Real_Chris**

It is hilarious that the expectation from Disney has gotten so low, virtually everyone is 'oh, wow, this is actually ok!'. Even those trying to stir up culture wars are falling a bit flat. Who knew Disney could still make kids shows suitable for all the family!

Watched it through with daughter, she enjoyed it, but interestingly after episode 3, learning she had to wait a week for the next one seems to have made her disengage and didn't show much interest in watching it this week, instead saying will check it out again end Jan. Can you bring binge watchers back to weekly schedules?

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Disney not hyping it as much as their terrible SW shows is odd. Maybe they will once they realise people seem to actually like this one?

**Jadenim**

StraightSilver wrote:
I'm really enjoying this series, way more than I thought I would tbh.

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Is it possible that At Achrann was always like this (so not destroyed during a war as such). Is it possible that all the planets were "made" identically but each serves a different purpose working towards the "Great Work"? So At Attin makes money, and At Achrann makes warriors. Each planet contributed something towards a common goal but in isolation from each other and the rest of the Galaxy? Anyway, that was my take on it. Also, the logo on the Troik uniforms does look similar to the Imperial Crest?

Interesting idea.

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**Skinnereal**

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At Attin wouldn't be much of a lost world if anyone could just stroll onto one jewel of the Republic and get the coordinates to the whole treasury right there.

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**LunarSol**

Live action remakes set in the Star Wars universe is a remarkably workable template it seems. This one has been really good, full stop. Got caught up last night. Definitely a treat.

As an aside, I'm mildly curious if At Attin started in the script as AT-M given the way they say it.

**Geifer**

The_Real_Chris wrote:
It is hilarious that the expectation from Disney has gotten so low, virtually everyone is 'oh, wow, this is actually ok!'. Even those trying to stir up culture wars are falling a bit flat. Who knew Disney could still make kids shows suitable for all the family!

My totally serious and not at all tongue in cheek hypothesis is (warning: tinfoil hat advised) that the writers weren't allowed to use the show as a vehicle to push identity politics like they're used to because it was going to go over the heads of the target audience anyway. But all those empty pages that stared back at them accusingly had to be filled with something and in their desperation they did the unthinkable and wrote a fun adventure story, swearing to themselves it was only this once and they would never have to do anything like it ever again.

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StraightSilver wrote:
I'm really enjoying this series, way more than I thought I would tbh.

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Is it possible that At Achrann was always like this (so not destroyed during a war as such). Is it possible that all the planets were "made" identically but each serves a different purpose working towards the "Great Work"? So At Attin makes money, and At Achrann makes warriors. Each planet contributed something towards a common goal but in isolation from each other and the rest of the Galaxy? Anyway, that was my take on it. Also, the logo on the Troik uniforms does look similar to the Imperial Crest?

Interesting idea.

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Also could be a real distopian “let’s see how a bunch of identical worlds develop with slightly different rules” social engineering experiments.

Not a bad thought for sure.

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Skinnereal wrote:
Geifer wrote:

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At Attin wouldn't be much of a lost world if anyone could just stroll onto one jewel of the Republic and get the coordinates to the whole treasury right there.

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If every Jewel World has co-ords for every other, smashing up one pillar leaves them showing on every other Jewel World.
The crew can pop off to one of the others, climb up into that tower, and get At Attin's co-ordinates from there.

Next stop, any of the others planets they can see in that room.

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**Jadenim**

On the other hand, it is a kids show, so they may not want to make the mystery too obscure

**The_Real_Chris**

Unfortunately this is still Disney and I wouldn't be surprised if...

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**Geifer**

The_Real_Chris wrote:
Unfortunately this is still Disney and I wouldn't be surprised if...

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The home world turns out to be doing colossal currency manipulation or some such, creating credits for Palpatine to build his myriad of secret star destroyers with planet ending weaponry tm.
At the very least the supervisor is a sith.

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**ccs**

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While I'm not qualified in the slightest to talk about the technical aspects of music, I really like the show's credits theme. It somehow reminds me of a tune I liked in the way back when that I hardly even remember anymore. Probably something from an 80s or early 90s video game.

It immediately reminds me of PoTC.

**Jadenim**

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I can’t quite figure out the timeline here; At-Attin has obviously missed the Rebellion, and probably the Clone Wars and rise of the Empire too, but sometimes it seems like they’ve only disappeared within living memory (at least of older folks) and other times it seems like they’re an ancient legend from centuries before?

**insaniak**

I never got the impression that anyone thought they had been around recently. Everyone outside seems to think At Attin is just a myth, which backs up them having been cut off for a long time.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

This show just keeps getting better and better.

**Geifer**

ccs wrote:
Geifer wrote:

While I'm not qualified in the slightest to talk about the technical aspects of music, I really like the show's credits theme. It somehow reminds me of a tune I liked in the way back when that I hardly even remember anymore. Probably something from an 80s or early 90s video game.

It immediately reminds me of PoTC.

Now that you mention it, there's a bit of overlap there. Can't complain about that. Pirates is among my favorite soundtracks.

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2) I’m assuming that Jod is actually a former Padawan who somehow avoided Order 66? The lore he quotes to Wim is straight up Jedi teaching.

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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
This show just keeps getting better and better.

Yes, it does.

It is also slanderous, no, outright villainous propaganda for suggesting that the most (in)famous pirate captain is not in fact the one and only Hondo Ohnaka! How hurtful! And Inaccurate! But I suppose we have to accept that a tiny minority of woefully uneducated individuals would in their ignorance make such preposterous claims.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Wonder if we might get a season 2 at this rate.

Though, as with such casts kids grow up bloody quickly. Especially given filming wrapped in January 2023.

Wouldn’t say no to more in the same vein though - provided it sticks the landing. I mean, it should do because it’s Andor level right now. But you never can tell.

**Gert**

I was surprised at how much I'm enjoying this.

**Slipspace**

Good, enjoyable series so far. Pacing is pretty good and they've managed to get the tone right. It's funny when it needs to be, without forgetting we're dealing with a bunch of kids in life or death situations.

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**Geifer**

Total guess here, but...

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**Souleater**

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**AduroT**

I’m not even sure the supervisor is real. They talk about them but we’ve never seen them, right? Isnt it always the Droids going The Supervisor Said No?

**Slipspace**

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I’m not even sure the supervisor is real. They talk about them but we’ve never seen them, right? Isnt it always the Droids going The Supervisor Said No?

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**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

An unanswered question remains how long was the ship all upside down and buried?

If it was buried deliberately (having perhaps crash landed, killing all the crew. Or crashed because all the crew killed each other, or crash landing due to defensive fire, and any survivors being subtlety murdered to death by the folk living there), it may not be all that long.

But, if its distinct covering was the result of good old Mother Nature? Could be quite a bit longer.

Maybe all the inhabitants are descended from the ship’s suriviving crew, who found a community seemingly entirely at peace, in employment and happily going about their lives.

**Slipspace**

Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
An unanswered question remains how long was the ship all upside down and buried?

If it was buried deliberately (having perhaps crash landed, killing all the crew. Or crashed because all the crew killed each other, or crash landing due to defensive fire, and any survivors being subtlety murdered to death by the folk living there), it may not be all that long.

But, if its distinct covering was the result of good old Mother Nature? Could be quite a bit longer.

Maybe all the inhabitants are descended from the ship’s suriviving crew, who found a community seemingly entirely at peace, in employment and happily going about their lives.

Maybe. Seems unlikely that such a crash would go unnoticed since we know it's within easy walking distance of what would seem to be the main population centre of the planet. But then it seems equally unlikely that a regular landing would also go unnoticed. The ship's presence on the planet itself, or more specifically how nobody knows about it, is possibly just as big a mystery as the other plot points so far.

The general vibe of At Attin does seem to include the possibility the ship was shot down or crash landed and then everything was covered up.

**Mad Doc Grotsnik**

Could be a fun hook to explore in a hypothetical second season.

**ZergSmasher**

I don't think the person in the hologram is going to be someone we've already seen in the show. If it was, that might be kind of lame.

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