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So who saw the episode this weekend? I thought Kiner did a terrific job. There were one or two spots where he relied on Williams’ original arrangements a little too heavily, but for the most part he did a terrific job of incorporating the classic themes with original material. Best moment: Taking the motif from when Luke tells Ben that R2 is looking for Obi-Wan ad using it for the Jedi. It’s such a subtle thing. And all the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. Not best moment: Anything using Leia’s theme. I mean, it SOUNDED terrific, and fit the mood perfectly. But I’ve been trained for 37 years to know that that’s Princess Leia. Then again there’s no reason for Williams to have used Yoda’s theme on Cloud City and that sounded great too. He used the Star Wars version of Darth Vader’s theme! Hooray! Nice job all around.
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Oct 6, 2014 - 12:27 PM
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mstrox
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I'm an old (with an emphasis on old) STAR WARS fan, like most other people here, but I keep wondering if these new animated shows are "too kiddie" for my taste? I think I've seen an episode or two of CLONE WARS, and it didn't really connect with me. Is this new show any different? This new show, and presumably the new movies, are designed to fit into that "original Star Wars" feel - as such, the tone is in the spirit of adventure serials with a sense of humor. Whether you personally will find it too "kiddie" is a matter of personal taste, but take the 45 minutes to watch the first episode and you'll know Clone Wars was wobbly at first, but improved with time and development, and somehow in the fourth season and beyond became very good-to-excellent, in my opinion.
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I watch a LOT of kids’ animation from all over the cost spectrum. Rebels may not be able to compete with Pixar, Disney, or Dreamworks’ finest, but for TV animation it’s really good. You might not like some of the choices of style (a lot of people don’t seem to like the hair) but what they have decided to do, they do well. This is still pretty expensive. I’m not damning with faint praise but there is so so so much worse. (Ohhhh so much worse.) Having said that, Solium, I’m curious what you’re comparing it to?
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