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| This episode was my favorite so far. It's normal length runtime (the longest so far of these episodes) gave needed depth to the story and it both worked as a self contained story and as a prequel to a larger narrative. Out of all of the episodes so far, this had the most potential of being a normal 12 episode series and yet it still fit into a single episode. It was brilliantly done. The whole time I was wondering who the traitor was when I really should have been wondering who wasn't the traitor. The only gripe I had was the English voice Actor for Ethan, who sounded like he had never acted in his life. But since he wasn't the main lead, it wasn't that big of a deal. While this didn't have a unique style or anything, it was just a competent story, directed by a competent studio with a competent runtime. |
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| Opening narration really should've been done in the traditional star wars text crawl IMO. Like if you're gonna open a star wars thing with an info dump, there's already an established formula for doing that. Other than that, this episode has definitely felt the most Star Wars to me so far. The sound design is spot on. And they even did a horizontal wipe scene transition LMAO. The droids in this episode are perfect and I love them. Especially four-nines |
| I did not expect to see a purple light saber. Those are used by jedi who know some darksides abilities. |
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| Got to say, although I liked the others a lot and a couple of them more. This one feels like it could be made into a full show. Nice work Production I.G |
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| damn this is like a prequel to at least 12 episode TV series Kara the ninth Jedi the sakuga in here is fucking cool |
| Kara story makes more sense than Rey story. Kara have/had a father and the marquis, that trained her to become a Jedi, so is normal she be good fighting. The concept of the lightsaber is cool being colorless, and that lightsaber that was in the box what a wonderful design. Production I.G is at the top for now,basically a whole anime episode while the other were shorts. I would watching the series with that story. And almost forgot. thank you Production I.G for reviving the trebuchet meme. |
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| I agree, I loved this ep so much. I also liked how i felt there were sith amongst the people not everyone minus 1. i liked the camera angle just moves around everyone and they just turn on the sabers and they are red |
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| Arguably the best episode yet. It felt like the complete package. Animation was great, the art style was attractive, the action was sweet, and the story was really interesting. I really liked how there was a twist at the end there. Kara was cute and endearing, not to mention pretty damn slick with that lightsaber. I loved seeing the color go from that vomit brownish green to the iconic green. Her relationship with her father was very sweet as well. It was also a really cool detail that the one alien who infiltrated the Sith had a purple lightsaber, meaning he is incredibly strong but has some dark side tendencies, just like Mace Windu. This is another one that I'd really like to see turn into a series. |
| This felt like a proper episode/story and not a short one, and i don't think it was only because of length. Really like this one, nice lightsaber fights with the assumption that the sith acolytes should be considered complete noobs. |
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| So um like.. her dad? They just dipped... "You're gonna help me save my dad? - Yeah sure" *Enables hyperdrive* Bruh |
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| This one is easily my favorite episode of the nine, I really want a full Star Wars anime series to come out of this. |
| This episode was lit, Production IG doesn't miss. The action was great and exciting, and this episode felt like it was the premiere of an actual full-length series. It probably won't happen, but it would be amazing to see this particular episode be expanded upon as a full anime series. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
Horn_dawg_2019 said: Whoa, I never imagine that I'll see that purple saber again, I wonder if that Jedi turn evil and went back to the light was associated with Mace Windu? I wouldnt read too much into it, lightsaber colours very explicitly do not work like this in canon |
Magmafrost said: Horn_dawg_2019 said: Whoa, I never imagine that I'll see that purple saber again, I wonder if that Jedi turn evil and went back to the light was associated with Mace Windu? I wouldnt read too much into it, lightsaber colours very explicitly do not work like this in canon Not only that but you also should make your light sabre yourself...and does forging a crystal even makes sense? (Yeah, metals are form of a crystal but still...) |
alshu said: Magmafrost said: I wouldnt read too much into it, lightsaber colours very explicitly do not work like this in canon Not only that but you also should make your light sabre yourself...and does forging a crystal even makes sense? (Yeah, metals are form of a crystal but still...) Should you make a lightsaber yourself? Well, thats more a tradition than anything else. In a post-Jedi order world I dont see why it'd be necessary, seems like things are pretty urgent. As for forging the crystal, I think its fair to give that some leeway because its not canon anyway there is some precedent for tuning a kyber crystal without the Force, in the novel Catalyst, but the techniques involved werent really elaborated on. And this episode is so balls-to-the-walls in how it reimagines lightsaber functionality that, eh, might as well let them tune a kyber by forging it I guess. It doesnt make sense in the real world as far as I know but its a magic crystal anyway |
Magmafrost said: Well, thats more a tradition than anything else. Since anybody can do it (usually padawan teens), I guess it's not a very complicated technical process, you only need the crystal which it's hard to find. But here it must to be forged by the "legendary katana master" trope. |
| They were all called together to meet in a cave? *INVINCIBLE flashbacks* What's funny is that what follows is more or less what happens in invincible lol Best part is the couple seconds of the old droid just chilling in the ship, watching the fight and sipping his motor oil tea I have a feeling this is the one that is going to feel the most star wars-y out of all of them. I like how it ends with the image of a lightsaber. But unfortunately I don't think I could care less about continuing the story. It's fine, but I won't give it the "I'd like to see a movie" badge. 3/10 Edit: Don't know if this was ever mentioned in star wars lore before, but I think having the kyber crystals react to the force and becoming red to show one's strength in the dark side is a really cool touch. It helps explain why all the Sith have always had red lightsabers. It's a way cooler explanation rather than that they all just decided to be matchy matchy. I'll give it a 3.5/10 just for that I guess. |
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BetaMaleUltra said: Don't know if this was ever mentioned in star wars lore before, but I think having the kyber crystals react to the force and becoming red to show one's strength in the dark side is a really cool touch. It helps explain why all the Sith have always had red lightsabers. It's a way cooler explanation rather than that they all just decided to be matchy matchy. I'll give it a 3.5/10 just for that I guess. In the Star Wars main universe the colour of the blade depends solely on the crystal used in it - nothing to do with the Force alignment of the user. Sith or Dark Force acolyte blades are red because artificially made crystals are used. And I guess they can use normal crystals too but it's more of a "intimidation" than "matchy matchy". |
BetaMaleUltra said: Edit: Don't know if this was ever mentioned in star wars lore before, but I think having the kyber crystals react to the force and becoming red to show one's strength in the dark side is a really cool touch. It helps explain why all the Sith have always had red lightsabers. It's a way cooler explanation rather than that they all just decided to be matchy matchy. I'll give it a 3.5/10 just for that I guess. I dont really think this is the place to have a huge lore dump about how kyber crystals work, but this episode is *super* not how they work, even if it is a cool concept. To quote the head of the Lucasfilm Story Group (ie the guy whose job it is to keep Star Wars storytelling consistent), "Lightsabers are not mood rings". But I think its fine for something like this to be an exploration of "but what if they *were* mood rings though" alshu said: Sith or Dark Force acolyte blades are red because artificially made crystals are used. And I guess they can use normal crystals too but it's more of a "intimidation" than "matchy matchy". This is old EU lore. In the new canon, kyber crystals have to be tuned through the force (and only kyber crystals can be used for lightsabers now), but because the crystals are inherently light-side, they resist being tuned by a dark-side user. So a dark-side user has to tune them against their will, which causes them to "bleed", and become red. |
Magmafrost said: In the new canon Wut? Can you quote some source? Magmafrost said: kyber crystals have to be tuned through the force As far as I know only artificial kyber crystals need tuning, natural don't...and yes Dark Force tuning makes them red...but also orange and magenta if Wookiepedia is to be trusted. |
alshu said: Magmafrost said: In the new canon Wut? Can you quote some source? Magmafrost said: kyber crystals have to be tuned through the force As far as I know only artificial kyber crystals need tuning, natural don't...and yes Dark Force tuning makes them red...but also orange and magenta if Wookiepedia is to be trusted. You sure you're not in the "Legends" section of wookieepedia there? Here's the relevant paragraph from the canon page Kyber crystals were inherently attuned to the light side of the Force, and resisted any effort by dark-side practitioners to use them in lightsabers, with one crystal in particular (the green crystal within Jedi Master Kirak Infil'a's lightsaber) subjecting Darth Vader to intense visions that almost drove him insane.[18] To this end, a Sith or other dark-sider could use a kyber crystal only by using the Force to dominate the crystal, bending it to their will. This process caused the crystal to "bleed," as if it were a living organism, resulting in the distinctive red or crimson-bladed lightsabers synonymous with the Sith. |
Yep, It turned up that I did exactly that. The re-canonisation process is highly disorienting to me. Some things look the same on the surface but in their core are different... "This process caused the crystal to "bleed"" - ouch. |
| And I thought the previous one was the best, this one was already better. Nothing much to add, like everyone else said it felt the most like Star Wars so far, in aesthetics, action, atmosphere, plot, characters. |
| The Ninth Jedi by Production I.G Good story, animation and action, pretty good episode with a nice twist. |
| “I just spent the last two years thinking that you guys knew more than me about life and I just found out that you guys are just as dumb as me.” “Duh-doy.” “Yeah, duh-doy.” |
| This is my favorite episode so far. The twist at the end was amazing, and it still somewhat haunts me. The animation was amazing as expected from Production I.G. and I really want to see more of Kara's story. |
| This is probably one of the best episodes so far. It clearly sets YEARS after The Rise of Skywalker and I don't freaking mind because it is one hell of an upgrade from Rey. Kara is so damn much more interesting. The pacing is so on point and it resembles A New Hope and a little of Rogue One. Idk why but I want Lucasfilms to make this canon and hire Production I.G. to make this a full pledge anime series. Tempering the cyber crystals will definitely do it since lightsabers are assembled through ritual typically. I really love how they made something completely new while keeping it logical to the canon. The Sabersmith must have done something by accident at first but has been doing it regularly. If The Duel is based on the films by Kurosawa. I am confident that this is more Star Wars than other episodes (I haven't watched Episodes 6 to 9 yet). I really hope Lucasfilms sees the reception for the episode. Invite Production I.G. to make bridges with the Story Group (to maintain canonicity) and let Dave Filoni produce. That's literally the only way to move forward chronologically. |
| Wow, this was great. My favorite episode so far. I should probably get around to watching GitS:SAC and other Kenji Kamiyama stuff soon . . . |
| lmao amogus episode BetaMaleUltra said: Also this.They were all called together to meet in a cave? *INVINCIBLE flashbacks* What's funny is that what follows is more or less what happens in invincible lol I think Production I.G made the lightsabers "mood rings" to make this 'impostor among us' story work in limited time. It was cool as hell when they all turned on their lightsabers and all of them came out red lol. |
| Wow, this was probably the best one! It felt like a true anime episode, unlike the predecessors. We demand continuation! |
| Longest and probably the best episode for the scenario, that was impressive |
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| Oh the twist actually surprised me, which is rare for a show to do to me nowadays. Too bad every good character survived due to plot armor. |
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| This episode to me, captured the 'heart' of the Star Wars the best so far. Really felt like George's work. Very interesting take on the Kyber crystals, guess they were inspired from the 'bleeding' in the new canon. Kara is what Rey should have been! This was so good, here's hoping for a series! |
| One episode is not enough, this episode was awasome, the entire concept of reestauring the Jedi Order and the Lightsabers being forgotten by the new Jedi was really interesting, if they ever made a series using this episode as a pilot I would definitely watch it, it seems something that happened a lot of years after Luke Skywalker Jedi Order, something really far ahead even in Legends timeline (that does not exist anymore because Disney happened, but can give some idea). |
| >going for a full length episode >going in deep with the new crystal lore >going in deep with an overarching plot >robot granpa based IG |
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| I watched this episode in Japanese. It enjoyed it far more that way. One bonus for me Satou Rina was in it. |
KamijouToumaIBOct 7, 2021 2:53 PM
| Potentially the best, felt like actual Star Wars lol. |
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