Since the bandwagon for this has appeared...

[GSM123]

Thoughts on the idea of a Star Wars reboot?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I'd only approve if it were for the Post-Disney films. What flaws the OT and prequels had were nothing continuity-breaking and with the positives they brought to the franchise in story, characters, world building, music and performance, I'd rather stick with what we got than gamble on what could end up a bad product. The Disney films are so canon-breaking that we may as well start seeing Spaceballs as the Saga's true successor.

Unless the reboot follows the Chinese Star Wars comic made around the late 70s/early 80s. That's a work so absurd it needs to be portrayed on-screen

 

[Big Ank]

Hey CC, do you know of a way to get access to these?

*Daizenshuu 5 or Chozenshuu 2 (Japanese or any language)

-- DBZ recut by Yoshi

I usually visit comic.dragonball.com for databook scans, but these ones are too low quality to make out anything.

 

[SSJ2]

^

 

[SSJ2]

I’m qualified to answer on his behalf. No.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

^

If it's not on Kanzenshuu, chances are you're out of luck.

 

[GSM123]

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If it's not on Kanzenshuu, chances are you're out of luck.

Impossible, perhaps the archives are incomplete?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

"If an item does not exist in our records, it does not exist." - Jokabroom Nu

 

[GSM123]

What does Star Wars means to you?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Now that's an interesting question. It definitely is a franchise that has a strong place in my heart that few others hold and one that, prior to the Disney takeover, I had a lot of respect for with its rich world building and lore along with some very interesting characters. I consider some core elements of it (particularly prequel era material) to be good template for various aspects in building a good space fantasy for its focus on world building, politics and grounding the magical aspects. I also have a lot of respect for George Lucas as a creator in having been an underdog who struggled to bring his passion project to screen, tried as best he could to hold onto his vision and even pioneered new technology in CGI to fully realise his imagination. Whilst The Hero's Journey being a major part of Star Wars structure since the OT, I greatly appreciate the extra thematic mile the prequels went to in adding in stronger mythological and religious parallels, some level of Shakespearean tragedy and political critique of both the political take of the US's external politics at the time and the mindset of the deep state that's perpetuated since the mid 20th Century.
I'd definitely cite Pre-Disney Star Wars as one of my favourite franchises, even if hard to cite as one of the best with the EU material that increased its quality being very hit or miss at times and having a messy canon. It is a series that has had several elements surpassed in other sci-fi series since; Mobile Suit Gundam, Legend of the Galactic Heroes and Babylon 5 being some key examples, but it will always be a franchise that I see as a key influence on my ideas as a creator and something I'd cite as a pillar of science fiction.

 

[SSJ2]

Prime Oden + Prime Big Mom vs Prime Whitebeard. Who win?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I'd say the team. Oden can distract WB long enough for Big Mom to tag him and perform her soul manipulation. Might be a different situation if WB decides to go for the kill from the start rather than playing defence though, considering it was shown Oden is still a step behind Roger.

 

[GSM123]

What if I told you The Last Jedi isn’t that bad, let alone the worst SW movie?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I guess TROS could make it an arguable for worst Star Wars film though.

 

[Big Ank]

If the VIz translation for DB were the literal translation of the Japanese original version, do you think the story would be better or worse in any way?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

I'd say it could go either way. The Viz translation was already probably the most accurate official English translation of the series (save perhaps the Steve Simmons subs). For the most part, the main Viz changes to dialogue were only wording phrases in a more western manner and adding a few social jokes that, unlike the Funi dub, didn't clash with the tone; so I don't think it'd make a major difference. If factoring in visual edits such as those to bullets and nudity in re-releases, however, then it'd become worse as the explicitness was a major part of the humour in the early arcs. Roshi's nosebleed that defeats Suke-san wouldn't work if he's just seeing Bulma's bra.

 

[SSJ2]

How are you these days?

 

[Captain Cadaver]

Got a significant cold at the moment, so not the best.

 

[GSM123]

I guess TROS could make it an arguable for worst Star Wars film though.

TROS is definitely the dumbest Star Wars movie. TLJ isn’t a masterpiece like some claim and it’s actually a horrible movie, but I think many key details are underrated. The main Rey/Kylo/Luke plot is pretty good even if Luke’s character was a regression from the OT.

Also CC, do you know why in AotC the Republic just accepts the Clone Army no questions asked? Watched the movie last night and that plot is extremely confusing.

 

[Captain Cadaver]

TLJ isn’t a masterpiece like some claim and it’s actually a horrible movie, but I think many key details are underrated. The main Rey/Kylo/Luke plot is pretty good even if Luke’s character was a regression from the OT.

I admit a lot of its plot points could've worked in premise, but they fail abysmally in execution, even the Rey/Kylo/Luke plot you mentioned. Leaving aside Luke's horrible character regression, the romantic sub-plot between Rey and Kylo makes no sense when she should completely hate him for having killed Han, especially when TLJ's plot takes place over the span of several days at most. Then you have things such as Kylo being inconsistent, Rey's "character" arc going nowhere, etc.

Also CC, do you know why in AotC the Republic just accepts the Clone Army no questions asked? Watched the movie last night and that plot is extremely confusing.

It's made apparent in TPM that most of the senators are working for their own self interests and confirmed in RotS that a lot of those with the most influence are willing pawns to Palpatine. That leaves the only ones with enough genuine concern as to the Republic and its democracy's state who would be willing to ask questions being those who started to make the foundations of the rebellion in RotS' deleted scenes such as Padme, Bail, Mon Mothma, etc. who are a very small minority in the Republic.
Moreover, the point of the clone army was to minimalise the casualties of citizens in the war, something any of the worlds in the Republic would see as beneficial compared to resorting to using their own standing army. This was also after emergency powers had been transferred over to Palpatine, meaning any decisions he made being ones that worked within the grounds of democracy with the inclusion of commanding a clone army. Adding to this, the knowledge that this was commissioned by a Jedi Master is something that would cause questions to Palpatine's benefit, as it would reinforce his claim that the Jedi had a grand conspiracy to take over the galaxy when the time came for it.