All Things Star Wars

[Gori the Grey]

May the Fourth be with you all!

 

[SemiLazyGamer]

Darth Vader comes to Fortnite with an AI using James Earl Jones's voice and it goes about as well as you'd expect (expect stereotypical gamer racism and sexism) (examples in comments and all over social media).

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1ko0lla/this_will_be_a_day_long_remembered_speak_with

 

[Clubber Lang]

Dive back into the gritty world of the rebellion with the Honest Trailer for Andor Season 2! Is it slow, serious, and concerned with the minutia of revolutionary space logistics? Yes and that's why we love it. Buckle up for an uncharacteristically positive look at the latest Star Wars project, because in Tony Gilroy we trust.

 

[Ordnael]

Darth Vader comes to Fortnite with an AI using James Earl Jones's voice and it goes about as well as you'd expect (expect stereotypical gamer racism and sexism) (examples in comments and all over social media).

https://www.reddit.com/r/FortNiteBR/comments/1ko0lla/this_will_be_a_day_long_remembered_speak_with

I am more amazed that there are kids age 8 to 12 (I'm guessing that's the age gap for Fortnite's target audience) aware of a late 70's space opera film icon!

 

[Patine]

I am more amazed that there are kids age 8 to 12 (I'm guessing that's the age gap for Fortnite's target audience) aware of a late 70's space opera film icon!

Darth Vader's pretty ubiquitous and iconic in pop culture as a whole, in case you haven't noticed. If you haven't heard of Darth Vader, you've living on a desert island or a cabin in the woods. Even North Koreans and Afghans have heard of him. You make it sound like he's a Lensman villain, you way you put his supposed, "generational obscurity."

 

[Gori the Grey]

If you haven't heard of Darth Vader, you've living on a desert island

A desert planet, I would say!

 

[Patine]

A desert planet, I would say!

Hell, no! You'd be right be in his, and son's, old neighbourhood!

 

[Clubber Lang]

Kenneth Colley
R.i.P

Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley has died at the age of 87, his agent has announced.

The film and television performer is best known for starring in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as Admiral Piett, an imperial officer in command of Darth Vader's flagship.

He died peacefully at his home in Ashford, Kent, on Monday after contracting Covid and developing pneumonia, his agent Julian Owen said in a statement.

"Ken Colley was one of our finest character actors with a career spanning 60 years," Mr Owens said.
"Ken continually worked on stage, film and television playing a vast array of characters, from Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian to evil and eccentric characters in Ken Russell films, and the Duke of Vienna in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure for the BBC."

The statement said Colley had been admitted to hospital with an injured arm after a fall, but he quickly contracted Covid which developed into pneumonia.

He died with friends at his bedside, it added.

Kenneth Colley and fellow actor Michael Culver often attended Star Wars celebration events
In later years, Colley reprised his role of Admiral Piett when he voiced the character in the 2012 animated Lego production, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out.

He also had parts in international productions including Clint Eastwood's Firefox and the Second World War series War and Remembrance.

Mr Owen said Colley's paticipation in Star Wars led him to being invited to conventions and fan events all over the world.

"Ken also loved his garden, art collecting and had a passion for fast cars," he added.

Colley is also known for playing Jesus in Monty Python's Life of Brian alongside John Cleese, Graham Chapman and Michael Palin.

An ambitious Imperial officer, Piett rose through the ranks to captain and was assigned to the Super Star Destroyer Executor, Darth Vader's flagship. There, he chafed at having to serve under the foolish, vainglorious Admiral Ozzel. When Vader strangled Ozzel, Piett was granted a battlefield promotion to admiral -- and given a grisly warning of the penalty for failure. Miraculously, he survived his time as Vader's underling, but died when a Rebel starfighter destroyed the Executor's command bridge.

 

[Arakhor]

I had no idea he was still alive, but rest in peace.

 

[Clubber Lang]

^ He was last seen in 'Peaky Blinders'

 

[Thorvald of Lym]

#ThisIsMyBattlefront

Now that I have your attention...

I originally saw this way back when it débuted and have been meaning to plug it for ages, but real-life complications led to compounding delays. Fortunate, in the long run, as between then and now I finally got around to watching Andor. As one YouTube comment remarked, the series is the blue moon prequel-to-a-prequel that manages a miracle and actually uplifts the original properties. While the immediate focus is Rogue One, this is basically a study of Tony Gilroy's approach at large, and how a self-described non-fan reinvigorated the core themes of the original Star Wars for a "modern" audience.

ArTorr presents:

The Myth That Rogue One Shattered

So,

Are people enjoying Andor?

One of the best and timeliest works of anti-fascist media I've been privileged to witness. They're not wrong to say it'll likely go down as one of the best series of television. The e-discussions are also such a jolt of oxygen against the stifling deluge of ragebait slop that's consumed the fandom: nearly any video essay you look up is deep-diving into the themes, or the characters, or the art of storytelling itself with a maturity to match. Special shout-out to Generation Tech, who's broken down episodes and individual scenes to show how they hold dialogue with our own world. Frankly I'm surprised nobody's been talking here about Season 2 like we were the first (unless like me you're all buried under other obligations).

There is a valid worry that Andor was a once-in-a-lifetime fluke and we'll never see Star Wars done this good again. But remember this:

Try.

 

[GenMarshall]

Fortunate, in the long run, as between then and now I finally got around to watching Andor.

Next challenge: watch Avatar: The Last Airbender.