Nova Hawk wrote:

EraOfDesann wrote:Krell is a fascinating character so I hope that he survives.

How's he fascinating? He's shown a clear dislike for the clones. He refers to call them by the number and not their name. He wants to have Fives and that other guy executed.

EraOfDesann wrote:

Nova Hawk wrote:

EraOfDesann wrote:Krell is a fascinating character so I hope that he survives.

How's he fascinating? He's shown a clear dislike for the clones. He refers to call them by the number and not their name. He wants to have Fives and that other guy executed.

He's fascinating because everything about him is radically different from any other Jedi or hero that we've seen. It's compelling to watch characters who walk the line between good and evil, especially on a show in which the heroes and villains are often oversimplified. It makes the show less black and white.

EraOfDesann wrote:He's fascinating because everything about him is radically different from any other Jedi or hero that we've seen. It's compelling to watch characters who walk the line between good and evil, especially on a show in which the heroes and villains are often oversimplified. It makes the show less black and white.

Maveritchell wrote:That's true, but by the same token you can't just paint stripes on a horse and tell me it's a zebra. "Jedi" as a role has been established as having certain attributes - Jedi are either compassionate and caring (albeit often aloof), or they're flirting with the Dark Side, in which case they are usually too passionate and caring. Jedi always, no matter how highfalutin', have a respect for life. If Krell is going to stick around - something I'm fine with, by the way, because he does generate an interesting story - then you're going to have to tell me that he's simply a bad guy playing good guy. Right now I'm being told that he's something that the universe (even in the context of the show) has established as something different - he's wearing Jedi clothes, but that's all. He's surrounded by an interesting story, but he's not a good character right now, because he breaks rules in-universe.

Nova Hawk wrote:Thanks for spoiling it for me.

Twilight_Warrior wrote:

Nova Hawk wrote:Thanks for spoiling it for me.

Dear Nova Hawk,
Generally, if you haven't seen the latest episode of a TV show, you want to avoid any and all places on the internet that have said TV show as a topic. Regardless of if we have spoiler tags, something might slip.

For example, my girlfriend does not access her Tumblr (which is really, really hard for her to do) every Tuesday night, because Glee airs two hour earlier on the East coast than it does on the West coast, and everyone posts spoilers.

Moral of the story: the TCW topic is not a good thread to read if you have not seen the latest episode of TCW and don't want anything spoiled.

Really, it's your own fault.



Now then,

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I was particularly pleased with the Palpatine parallels (alliteration ftw)
"It's... treason... then."

ShadowWing wrote: Yeah, I put it in spoiler tags on purpose.

EraOfDesann wrote:

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Okay, so Krell was just evil.

Not sure how I feel about that.

Maveritchell wrote:

EraOfDesann wrote:

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Okay, so Krell was just evil.

Not sure how I feel about that.

If it quacks like a duck - like I said above, it fits within the narrative. I'm glad that this was resolved as it was.

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Agreed
I expected the execution to not happen, and Krell and clones to fight. 501st vs. 212th was completely unexpected, but when it started I knew something was up.
RIP Waxer

kinetosimpetus wrote:

Maveritchell wrote:

EraOfDesann wrote:

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Okay, so Krell was just evil.

Not sure how I feel about that.

If it quacks like a duck - like I said above, it fits within the narrative. I'm glad that this was resolved as it was.

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Agreed
I expected the execution to not happen, and Krell and clones to fight. 501st vs. 212th was completely unexpected, but when it started I knew something was up.
RIP Waxer

kinetosimpetus wrote:

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I was referring to the execution of Fives and Jesse, I expected it to not happen since the previous episode. The execution of Krell I did expect.

I wish we got a scene with the Jedi (Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda, etc.) reaction to what happened. I think that's an important scene. What happens next? There's a bunch of clones dead, they killed their traitorous General. It can't be that everything instantly returns to normal for them.

kinetosimpetus wrote:

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I was referring to the execution of Fives and Jesse, I expected it to not happen since the previous episode. The execution of Krell I did expect.

I wish we got a scene with the Jedi (Anakin, Obi Wan, Yoda, etc.) reaction to what happened. I think that's an important scene. What happens next? There's a bunch of clones dead, they killed their General. It can't be that everything instantly returns to normal for them.