Animated Shorts Official Star Wars: Forces of Destiny Discussion Thread

So... no new episode tonight?

 

This roll out has been very poorly organized.

 

Online series tend to be based on the audience viewing at what time. A lot of high profile YouTube channels will flip around the schedule until they figure out the best time. Days of the week have a significant factor, too; Sundays tend to see channels push releases back a few hours.

 

Then why did the official SW website announce a precise schedule including the exact minute of release time?

So many excuses made for this series.

 

The first short Sands of Jakku just aired during the first commercial of Despicable Me, so I assume every commercial break for something tonight we'll get a short.

 

The Galaxy's finest, done in by a Tooka.

 

I imagine before rebels season 4, so maybe early fall?

 

In all the writings about this series, they seem to highlight returning people from the films. I'd just assume this means Han's not voiced by Harrison Ford.

 

I will admit to being incredibly intoxicated for maybe viewing a third of these so the Chewie gets abducted by a Wampa one I kinda forgot but the highlights, same with the Ahsoka runs to her meeting one. But man that Wampa one is weird but I am a fan of Echo Base was besieged by Wampas cut plotline. The Jyn one I liked but just cuz I like seeing Jyn do stuff and I'm sure every once in awhile she just wanted to bash some bucketheads for the hell of it. The Padme/Ahsoka & Leia/Sabine ones were less than memorable but had their moments (more IG-88 in anything and food presentation as an actual plot point). Personally, my favourite one was the first two because need more Rey content, dangit. And also I get a disproportionate amount of joy seeing Rey just doing scavenging stuff and dealing with angry Teedos, which I could actually watch about an hour and 30 minutes of. BB-8 add in was a bonus.

Isn't there supposed to be an animation bit with Maz? cuz I remember the trailer had her saying "It is a fine night for telling stories" Maybe that'll be on the broadcast version.

 

I'm quite enjoying these short animations. They are quite refreshing to just pick up and watch. And for those who have picked up on it in this thread, you can guess where in the specific movie it should fit in, or naming the character or species and whether any connections can be made to the movie.

@BigAl6fy6, I am quite pleased that Both skywalkers have now encountered a Wampa. The force was with Leia in this one.

Im sure Maz will make an appearance in a future episode.

Keep em coming, can't wait till the next one.

 

Yes.
I assumed it was how all the episodes started.

 

I saw the numbers and they weren't that high. I personally didn't like them too much. The truth is what made the micro series awesome was the diversity of action. This is more of trying to get little character stories than actually being creative with story telling. Too singular for taste. Definitely not looking forward to the next eight. Sorry if this offends some of you but I could do without these.

 

Same here. I watched the first two, and decided to ignore the rest. It's a bit too kiddified for my taste.

 

I agree, not really a fan at all. I doubt I'll bother watching them again. And why would that offend anyone?

 

They are not bad per say. They just dont do anything.

 

I saw the story about dwindling viewing numbers. I simply forgot about it, but I had a vacation after watching the first couple of episodes and have been slowly getting back to the usual at-home routine. I even spent all of Thursday thinking it was Wednesday.

 

I think these shorts have the potential to gain more of a following over time, since they're on youtube and can be viewed / shared at any time. They aren't near the level that was established in the CW shorts, but I can see the appeal to younger kids - which is who they're intended for. Frankly, I think the only reason they were dubbed canon is so adult fans would watch them as well, though they likely have little impact on the overall saga.

 

It is canon because this is the policy going forward on all media material. The "deleted scenes" feel is probably down to it being the most easiest option for making these shorts canon; when you're covering near enough the entire timeline, there are plenty of opportunities to cause contradictions and massive plot holes. Forces of Destiny could have easily become a nightmare for the team, if they tried to crowbar in entire new stories into either the PT, OT or ST trilogies.

 

I loved these. Especially watching them consecutively. They're nothing to get upset over, either. They're two minute shorts intended to promote the new Forces of Destiny product line. Not really supposed to have some huge story impact, or even tell a deep story. They just showcase the heroine in a quick little bit of heroism, we don't need a narrative. And there's enough of one in there for me to satisfy my SW love. Comparing these to the old CW shorts isn't really fair. Those were designed totally different, and was mainly cut up from a huge story. They weren't snippets of different characters in different eras. And they were designed for a story to coincide with the CW multimedia project. FoD is meant to sell toys, and that's not a bad thing IMO. Made me want to go out and get the new figures when they release, which I will.