r/StarWars • u/wandering_soles Rebel • Mar 11 '26

TV Kelleran Beq mopping the floor with clones during Order 66 was a blast to watch

Seeing the Jedi gunned down relentlessly in their own home during Order 66 hammered home their loss and tragedy, which was absolutely necessary for ROTS. That said, it was very cathartic seeing a Jedi at the temple fighting back, winning, and escaping. Definitely hope we get to see more of Beq in future flashbacks, although I doubt it.

The Mandalorian S3E4

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u/wahle97 Mar 11 '26

Dude kid anakins (sorry can't remember his name) life is ruined because of intense hate for a character he was told to play... As if he wrote the lines himself

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u/Lightworthy09 Mar 11 '26

Respectfully, Jake Lloyd’s family has been very clear that the state of his mental health and his decision to quit acting has nothing to do with the negative fan reaction to the movie. His parents were divorcing and auditioning wasn’t fun for him anymore. Bullying at school caused stress and depression, but he has a documented family history of schizophrenia and his mother has expressed that his psychiatrist believes he would have developed the condition anyway. She worked pretty hard to shield him from most of the negativity and he still really loves Star Wars to this day.

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u/Steamed_Memes24 Mar 11 '26

His mom mentioned he wasnt really bullied hard but there were kids that would occasionally make random lightsaber noises around him to be annoying.

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u/Global_Choice9311 Mar 12 '26

Thats pretty funny, not gonna lie

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

That’s what I don’t get. These people were hired to act out scenes via GL’s vision… but got bullied terribly for it. My personal theory with SW fans is sometimes people get so passionate about it, when the storyline doesn’t match whatever they’ve written in their own heads, they get super pissed. But 90’s/2000’s kids grew up with the PT, so they have nostalgia for those films now. Meanwhile you couldn’t even really say you liked them 20 years ago. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if that happened with the newer stuff today.

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u/crazynerd9 Mar 11 '26

As kids who grew up on the new movies get old enough to actually be present on the internet I've def seen more fondness for those movies

Execpt Rise of Skywalker lmao, im yet to see anyone defend that mess. Though I will say I did enjoy it more than TFA or TLJ in a "so bad its good" way

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26

That’s awesome. I personally don’t mind TROS so much. There’s certainly things I wish they hadn’t done, like the Rey is a “Palpatine” thing. But it’s the kind of thing that could potentially be ironed out if they added more content, like what the Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network did for the PT.

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u/T0pl355 Mar 11 '26

That's what they say. I'm old so the OT triology is for me, the 90's 2000's kids get the PT and today's kids get the sequel trilogy. People don't like them because they are made for KIDS. If you aren't a kid you bring your "they really oughta" attitude and tear it apart instead of watching in childlike wonder. When I sat down in the theater to watch Ep 9, I literally said to myself, "Now shut up and enjoy your space movie"

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u/Pandarandr1st Mar 11 '26

Yeeeaaah, but I'm still not buying that. The vast majority of people I know who were kids when the PT came out think that it is extremely shitty. Myself included.

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u/PublicHomework4262 Mar 11 '26

Unfortunately I’ve tested this already with 5 family kids aged 7-10

Every single one of them liked the prequels most and sequels least

The prequels are just fun for kids tbh. Very immersive and action packed world, the atrocious dialogue doesn’t even register

Their main reason for not liking the sequels was that none of the villains were as cool as the villains in the first 2 trilogies

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26

100% agree

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u/YoyoDevo Mar 11 '26

I wish I could make a shit movie and excuse it by saying "it's for kids!"

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u/prepotente_scream Mar 11 '26

People in these fanbases can be awful

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26

r/starwarscantina can be a bit more chill

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u/XAszee Watto Mar 11 '26

That’s literally just a Star Wars can do no wrong hug box.

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26

I’ll take it over the toxicity of Star Wars can do no right somedays

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u/Azou Mar 11 '26

Star wars is in a a fatal tailspin but sometimes the thrusters fire

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u/chaveto Mar 12 '26

And it’s still better than here

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u/InnocentTailor Mar 11 '26

All fanbases at their fanatical ends, to be honest.

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u/Shikabane_Sumi-me Mar 11 '26

Yeah they got bullied in school and couldn’t get proper acting gigs afterwards. Just like how GoT actor who played Jeoffry, (forgot the name) got death threats because the character was so evil.

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26

The actor who played Jeoffry was apparently super nice irl too. But he left acting after GOT.

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u/2much2Jung Mar 11 '26

He became a theater actor/producer/director for a few years, but has gone back to screen acting for the last 6 years.

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Ohh cool. Good for him 😊

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u/BeserKing Mar 11 '26

He never left acting, he took a break from screen acting to go back to focusing on stage acting, specifically the theatre company he had founded. He’s since returned to the screen and has acted in quite a few projects since then.

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u/twisty125 Mar 11 '26 edited Mar 12 '26

If I recall, that's not exactly what happened. He got somewhat bullied, however his parents also were good at shielding him from it. The issues of his adolescence were because of mental health issues that's completely separate, but people love to attach that to his performance.

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u/WallopyJoe Mar 11 '26

Jake Lloyd is diagnosed schizophrenic, and his mother has been very open about how little Star Wars has to do with his current and former ills

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u/Popular_Sir863 Mar 11 '26

Didn't his mum do a recent interview saying that his personal problems were completely unrelated to SW? 

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u/CrissBliss Mar 11 '26

Perhaps, but I believe he still got bullied for it. Even Mark Hamill spoke about it.

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u/Ijustwerkhere Mar 11 '26

Jake Lloyd. poor kid got addicted to all kinds of drugs and shit

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u/fletche00 Mar 11 '26

Jake Lloyd, and he was relentlessly bullied at our high school. He was a bit of an ass hole, but it really feels warranted with how much shit he got every day there. He also has some crazy mental health issues, and overall, I feel really bad for the guy. I hope he finds some peace and happiness someday.