Full Series TCW S5E19 commentary thread (Spoiler alert) Gee thanks!

I can't wait for his next public outing. If he's not careful he's going to end up like Casey Hudson and Mac Walters - locked inside Skywalker Ranch by PR, never to emerge again.

 

Should we send Filoni cupcakes?

Honestly, that doesn't sound like such a bad idea by their PR team. I really don't want to hear anything this guy has to say about Star Wars. I no longer care (EDIT: Well, actually, I do obviously care, that's why I'm annoyed), and I no longer have hope that they're going to wrap up Rex and Ahsoka's story in a satisfactory manner.

 

Aren't we jumping the gun a little bit here guys? We haven't even seen a full clip yet

 

I really don't want to watch this episode. That said, I don't watch preview clips. Each episode is about 20 minutes long, what's the point in watching a 2-minute clip?

 

It at least in theory gives us an indication of the quality of the episode (namely the pacing). A good preview is not a guarantee of a good episode, but a bad preview is generally pretty indicative.

 

Pacing isn't this series strong suit, anyhow (I blame it on the 22-minute format myself). I generally go full spoiler-free, but as I say, really not looking forward to this episode. I'm looking for anything, anything, that I can be optimistic about.

 

It might be the last episode of TCW, ever.

 

It would be a great shame to end on such a sour note, though the way I'm feeling at the moment I can't say the show doesn't deserve it.

I... I just want it to be better. I just want to enjoy it.

 

The arc itself has been much better than most. I'm not sure what you've been expecting after all the crappy arcs the last 4 years though. This is a little higher than I generally expect from TCW team, so I'm excited.

 

Jumping the gun is kinda fun, though.

 

Considering the fact that:
-Rex hasn't died yet
-Maul still has his little job
I'm calling that unlikely. Would REALLY look bad.

 

The actual quality of the stuff we've seen is good, yeah, but it's all going to fall apart if the murder suspect has no motive, and it doesn't make sense. That looks likely.

 

Granted
I was more referring to the people who are getting angry about what hasn't happened, as opposed to laughing at what could

 

I don't know if this is jumping the gun anymore, we have actual 100% confirmation of who the culprit is and no amount of TCW® brand writing can save it from Hindenburging.

 

There will be A motive, don't worry. Nobody is going to be satisfied with it, but it will be there. I guarantee it

 

Firefly was cancelled and had hundreds of open plot threads. If a show of that caliber can get the axe in the middle of telling a story then so can TCW. Never rule out the possibility just because it's in the middle of a story.

 

Ugh, I'm livid.

Here I was thinking that I'd be earning major money by being Barriss' lawyer whilst she sued y'all for defamation.

 

A scooby doo villain motive is not a motive. It's a shallow cop out to satisfy the least caring of your audience.

 

So.. is this going to happen and then have no effect on future episodes with Ahsoka in them?

"Oh! Sorry Ahsoka, it wasn't you, back to the war!"

 

A good motive could though

Look, the fact of the matter is that nobody on these boards is going to be happy with this last episode given the direction they've chosen to take with it. Lets face it, TCW crew's decision to use Barriss raises a few issues:
-She hasn't been developed very much (in this arc or in the series in general) so there's no apparent motive
-She has a lot of EU canon that is just going to be thrown to the wind over this

This causes a problem. You guys are now all focusing on the obvious issue: why Barriss? Ultimately though, the bigger question is what this will mean in the overall story. I would gladly take a subpar motive and a cool implication for the rest of the series (Asohka leaving the order, Barriss escaping and becoming a recurring villain, etc), than a great motivation and back to business as usual (or course there's always the horror possibility, that there's a crumby motive and it's back to business as usual, but I'm holding out for one of the two).

 

True, still calling it unlikely though. I enjoy this series too much to think otherwise

 

Barriss betrayal is gonna probably gonna to deeply affect Ahsoka, and if Anakin does kill Barriss that might affect Ahsoka relationship with Anakin.

 

I'll take option (c): don't **** with existing canon and characters in the first place.