Forces of Destiny web series

snufkin wrote:@Kessel - they're the Beautiful Friendship Gang! Like notice how they don't seem to have Han and Leia in one of these shorts? Because those two are for more mature audiences, same goes for all of the interaction Rey and Kylo have with each other. They might each get refereed to as One Boy and What Girl, but they're together they're not kids.

snufkin wrote:

Cowgirlsamurai wrote:@SanghaRen

I want the Rey with BB8!

SanghaRen wrote:

Cowgirlsamurai wrote:@SanghaRen

I want the Rey with BB8!

@Cowgirlsamurai

I know. Me too. I want Jyn, Leia with R2-D2 and Rey with BB-8. Since only Jyn is available, I went ahead and ordered it to be delivered to my parents since Amazon FR refuses to ship that one to me in Germany. My very lame excuse is that I also ordered the book Bloodline in French for my mom's birthday in 2 weeks. And well, if I am broke one day, I can sell it. Now I have to tell my mom that she will get a package but should not open it. The book will be wrapped, but I can see my Dad laugh his heads off if he sees a doll.

And just to add to the craziness, I also bought a Funko Leia with the cinnamon buns. I've been wanting to buy that one for months but after Carrie's death, the prices sky-rocketted. Now they're back to a normal level. A bit sad in a way. After that, I am done. No more figures or dolls until a nice scarred Kylo shows up.

You're not only telling stories featuring characters from the movies and the TV shows, you're also telling stories that take place during the movies and TV shows, at least in a handful of cases — there are episodes that happen during Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens in terms of chronology…

I'm the biggest fan, so this was just a dream come true. Particularly, I'm an original trilogy fan the most, so to do a scene [that takes place during Return of the Jedi] was thrilling, to say the least. Absolutely, it was amazing to do that, to do a story at the Rebel base literally before Empire Strikes Back begins — it's almost a deleted scene, or a homage to that movie. It came about wanting to tell small moments, and thinking, where would it make sense to have these small moments? For Leia, it was nice to have the original trilogy to play with in there, to bring the Ewoks back, which is so great!

As a fan of the franchise, what has it been like having Daisy Ridley and Felicity Jones voice their characters for the series? I feel as if, for many fans, it's added some credibility and legitimacy to the project.

It was thrilling that they wanted to be involved, and Lupita as well. It was so nice to have them with the TV actors and the voice actors — it brings the worlds together in a way I didn't expect. It gives it more legitimacy, but beyond it being legitimate, it's just wonderful for people who weren't paying attention to go, "Oh, that's surprising that [the movie cast] is doing that," and it brings more attention to what we're trying to accomplish. It was nice to have them in the mix.

SanghaRen wrote:I don't know if all of this was mentioned already because the news is old, but I missed it.

So Hera is planned in the fall episodes, it seems, and will meet Han. Two ace pilots meeting could be interesting! The meeting is on Endor during Return of the Jedi and Leia is also in it. So can I expect a doll too? She is in the promo image and Ketsu too.



A Kylo doll is also planned. That news dates back to April. How did I miss it? So in theory he should be in an episode. I hope not in the Rey/Finn as the villain of the episode, but another separate story - one can dream. I read somewhere that male characters will be added to the doll collection so I suppose we can expect Anakin, Han and Finn too. I am curious to see what Kylo will look like. I hope he will have the helmet as an option only. Would not make sense to me for this type of dolls if he was only available with the mask.

http://www.starwars.com/news/rey-ahsoka-tano-and-more-iconic-heroes-to-star-in-new-star-wars-forces-of-destiny-animated-micro-series

With the design complete, the animation director was tasked with making the worm move. “In the animation phase of the project, our animation director Tatyana Drewry Carvin worked hard to balance the worm’s weight and mass with his ability to move under and through the sand,” Rau says. “He’s pretty quick for his size, like a gigantic sand shark. We referenced a lot of footage of the sandworms in Dune. Because they are awesome.”

ISeeAnIsland wrote:

SanghaRen wrote:I don't know if all of this was mentioned already because the news is old, but I missed it.

So Hera is planned in the fall episodes, it seems, and will meet Han. Two ace pilots meeting could be interesting! The meeting is on Endor during Return of the Jedi and Leia is also in it. So can I expect a doll too? She is in the promo image and Ketsu too.



A Kylo doll is also planned. That news dates back to April. How did I miss it? So in theory he should be in an episode. I hope not in the Rey/Finn as the villain of the episode, but another separate story - one can dream. I read somewhere that male characters will be added to the doll collection so I suppose we can expect Anakin, Han and Finn too. I am curious to see what Kylo will look like. I hope he will have the helmet as an option only. Would not make sense to me for this type of dolls if he was only available with the mask.

http://www.starwars.com/news/rey-ahsoka-tano-and-more-iconic-heroes-to-star-in-new-star-wars-forces-of-destiny-animated-micro-series

@SanghaRen

I'm calling it now. The new Rey episode will be non-spoiler-ific but will be set on Ahch-To and will involve Porgs.

vaderito wrote:Hey, guys, this is for real, right? FoD Kylo. Looks like a Disney Prince. Official art:

https://sleemo.tumblr.com/post/164860446387/star-wars-forces-of-destiny-rey-of-jakku-and

snufkin wrote:Not that toy company product text would be spoilers, but still interesting in the character descriptions. Rey is brave, loyal to her friends, and stands up for what she believes in (as an alumna of Girl Scouts, get that girl some merit badges!) whereas Kylo has betrayed his friends and family in pursuit of power. Like maybe Rey makes a new friend in the next movie and that friendship will put her to the test because she's always loyal and does the right thing? Meanwhile we have somebody else who's in bad need of making up for his bad choices which hurt people close to him and whose priorities are for the wrong things. These are cartoons for kids about 'everyday heroism,' so be curious to see what they show for him if he's being shown as the Goofus out of that duo.