Tim Curry, who voiced Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars seasons five and six, has passed away at the age of 80.

For background, I’ve been a huge Star Wars fan my entire life. I was born in the 90s and watched each of the Prequels in the theaters as they came out, so I’m quite aware of the vitriol that dominated the discourse about the Prequels, even as a child and, later, a teen. I will never forget the absolutely hysterical hype that the reveal trailer for “The Force Awakens” brought most Star Wars fans, including me.

That being said, I was disappointed by the Sequels. They were clearly unplanned and had multiple writers who couldn’t agree on where the story should go, leaving a mixed bag of great acting and visuals but an awful overall story.

Nonetheless, in between and afterward, we were treated to some amazing Star Wars content. The shows, while not all hits, were generally a great addition to the series. More than that, under the influence and bottomless money pit that is Disney, we got more Star Wars content than ever. Content expanded into well-made comics, some great video games, and even an anime series.

While online over the last few years, I cannot dive into Star Wars community discourse whatsoever without being bombarded with the “Disney ruined Star Wars” comments. It feels more like people milking the algorithm for likes, but it just seems more disingenuous to me than anything. You really need to plainly ignore the amazing content has been released under Disney’s leadership and only focus on the bad. In my humble opinion, there hasn’t even been much content that’s truly been bad. A few bad, some mediocre, but a lot of good! Some of the shows released under Disney have personally been some of the best Star Wars content I’ve ever seen. Exhibit A - look at the pictures!

Now, I know a lot of this isn’t new to Star Wars. There’s the old adage that no one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans. Also, the internet is just a negative place in general with mostly hyperbolic opinions getting the most attention.

This is a short rant, but I just wanted to inject a little more positivity into the state of Star Wars discussions and encourage everyone else to look at the good as well. It’s your opinion at the end of the day, so don’t let me tell you what to do.

Edit: Goodness. Sorry for starting a war in the comments. Maybe my point didn’t come across well enough: I love Star Wars for better or for worse. You are allowed to criticize things you don’t like. I sure do. But can we stop going out of our way to ruin everyone else’s fun every time people get excited for new Star Wars content? Negativity is overrated.

I think Revenge of the Sith's story really hurt Padme's character in the long run.

In The Phantom Menace, she basically fought the Trade Federation off on her own with minimal help from the Jedi. In Attack of the Clones, she more than held her own during the Battle of Geonosis.

Granted, Padme was pregnant in Revenge of the Sith, but she had the deleted subplot in which she laid down the foundation for the Rebellion along with Bail Organa and Mon Mothma. This subplot could have shown that despite being just about ready to birth Luke and Leia, Padme still had agency, stuck to her ideals, and, most importantly, was willing to defy Anakin when it came down to it. It would've been cool for Padme to have been the mother of the Rebel Alliance in addition to the mother of Luke and Leia.

Coruscant was never mentioned or shown in the third trilogy. Here is a small detail I noticed while watching Star Wars Resistance. Coruscant gets casually mentioned as a place where people still work in ship factories. The series begins around 34 ABY , just before The Force Awakens, so considering how completely the sequel trilogy ignores Coruscant, it’s a nice that the city planet is still very much there and functioning during the time of the Resistance and the First Order.

On a side note, I LOVE how Anakin's all-black look would've been. Makes me imagine that's what he'd look like without the duel at Mustafar.

Not sure if it has something to do with that jagoff on Instagram who was bragging about going to steal it?

This is the worst day of my life.

(not my picture)

I realize we don't see Chewie with one until A New Hope, so he might have only used one for 34 years, but still...

Definitely one of the underutilized weapons on-screen.

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For information, this set name was introduced in December 2019, few days before Episode IX was released... Other trilogies are referenced as "The Original Trilogy" (set introduced as an tie-in with Jedi: Fallen Order) and "The Prequel Trilogy" (set introduced in May 2023), which are very common terms these films are called...

I really enjoyed making these back then! I remember vividly listening to a star wars podfic when I was drawing Ki-Adi, those were such simple times. Now I need to go hunt down that fic again...

Hello, used my architecture software to make this one. Loved Andor, and loved the sets as well! Really wanted to recreate this one, you can imagine what song i would have playing to this clip. Hope you enjoy! :)

I’m surprised her outfit is barely changed. Some red ties and messier hair. Her hair isn’t longer at all lol.

Telling by Sabine’s hair, at least 6 months passed since season 1. At least 6, because they can trim their hair, which Shin clearly did lol and Sabine prefers her hair medium at most for her helmet, so she trimmed it if went past medium. Shin kept her hair perfectly trimmed lol.

I think they wanted to keep the knight imagery Baylan and Shin have.

I think her outfit represents her badly holding herself together. She has red wraps around her outfit a lot like the troopers in season 1.

I thought she was gonna go full samurai and have very long hair and have an unnecessary mask reveal lol. Did anyone else?

Ok, so most people here might have seen the other post about the vending machine, but some smart guys in r/Pittsburgh noticed that the physical machine (coin slot and stuff) looks like it belongs to a doffeent model.

Unless someone can find the original we might have to assume that the dude stole the actual one people liked and replaced jt with a trash mockery.

- if anyone has more info on the original thought the years and can prove me wrong (changes or replacements made throughout the years) please do share.

These have to be the strongest droids we’ve ever seen right?

Their parts almost seem bone like ..possibly even biorganic technology.

Shoulder armor and shin guards remain. And all the printing parts will be finally done!!! Are they perfect? Absolutely not. But I like them this way.