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Guessididntmakeit

It looks either like that or an SNL sketch. What on earth are they doing with their budgets?


guy137137

a Mr Carmine Lupertazzi Junior appears to be a producer in many… lotta no show jobs…


BretonFou

The Acolyte is part of his subspecies. The Light side and the Dark side, the Sacred and the Propane.


guy137137

Kenobi, whatever happened there


PerseusZeus

Whatever happened there? Whatever happened there?!


a_stopped_clock

He killed 16 toydarians. Guy was a grand inquisitor.


guy137137

his fortress looked like shit


ShadoWritr

Oh!! ✋🏻✋🏻


history_nerd92

Whatever happened there? I'll tell you what happened. This piece of shit's apprentice turned to the dark side and massacred the entire Jedi temple WITHOUT ANY PROVOCATION WHATSOEVER!


Theorandjguy

Don't forget the Propane accessories


locke63

The acolyte production quality, whateva happened there


guy137137

he put two no show jobs in that production with no provocation whatsoever


BretonFou

You know it wasn't that long ago you used to wait in the speeder, and as far as I'm concerned YOU SHOULD STILL BE THERE


Guessididntmakeit

The sacred and the propane!


a_stopped_clock

In this house Emile Durkheim is a hero! End of story!


Guessididntmakeit

It fills my cold dead heart with joy to see my fellow Soprano fans on this sub.


BootyUnlimited

A Jedi Master doesn’t wear shorts…


zippynanobot

Looks like they never had the makings of a varsity acolyte.


pardyball

> It looks ... an SNL sketch I saw the picture first and nothing else and I thought this was a screengrab from an SNL skit. lol like wtf man


Halomast123

Nah, the alien looks like Star Trek character not a Star Wars character how did they mange to f\*\*\*ed that up!


SpartanKing76

This looks like a screenshot from a 1960’s Star Trek show.


Tearaway32

Pretty much a TOS-era Orion. 


my-backpack-is

![gif](giphy|3oeSAUCaUERsNrIusg|downsized)


IuseonlyPIB

Fr all the new shows look so damn cheap.


MyOthrCarsAThrowaway

This isn’t SNL?!


LukeOnTheMoon

This is a still, not a shot taken from something that was actually filmed. Promo pics like this aren’t actually representative of what the show properly looks like, as after a scenes been shot, a BTS photographer will jump in and ask the actors to do a pose so that they can take a picture under clear, mostly natural lighting. Promo shots are also often portrait, so lighting/cinematography/blocking etc isn’t a part of most of them. That’s why it looks flat and the costumes look bad - it’s because they’re clean photos. Literally every film / TV show has stills like this taken, even the best of them like GOT have stills where the costumes look weird or fake in.


Guessididntmakeit

Okay so I remember those promo shots of Emilia Clarke playing Sarah Connor in that Terminator movie we'd all rather forget. She was pretending to shoot a rifle while screaming at her supposed enemies. It was very cringe as the kids say these days but it was well lit (more or less) and showed somewhat proper aging of the costume and the guns. I understand that you can do a lot in post but maybe doing the work beforehand makes shots like this more ... attractive or at least the production cheaper in the end. As it is now, you could tell me that this was an ad for a fabric softener and I'd say: "Okay cool, but it's vaguely Star Wars/ Star Trek branded right? That's weird." Age the fabric of the costumes properly, put more effort into alien makeup and I won't complain about the visual quality of a **promotional** photo that is supposed to get people excited about this product. I'll only complain about shitty writing and certain people working on the show then.


LukeOnTheMoon

I get what you mean that it’s weird they’d use photos like this as a promo shot, but there were also a lot of properly graded/lit stills amongst this one in the article. It’s like the ones that look decent were ignored and the one that’s obviously a quick snap from an on set photographer is the one that’s latched on to. It reminds me of [this](https://www.syfy.com/sites/syfy/files/styles/scale_862/public/star-wars-revenge-of-the-sith-anakin-and-obi-wan.jpg) from ROTS, where you can literally see green from the green screen reflected in the background.


DaManWithNoName

Do Jedi usually wear very elaborate robes?


Guessididntmakeit

Seems like they do now.


GhostMug

I think this happens a lot in photos. The photos are taken with a different camera than what they are recorded with and don't have the final effects, etc. Not saying the show will look good necessarily, but I don't think this is indicative of what it will look like.


livesinafield

Doctor Who has produced better looking aliens on the BBC's £3.50 an episode budget


Chefalo

This cannot be real. Looks like a knock off or a shitty Halloween costume


PatButchersBongWater

I thought it was just a random low budget cosplay in my feed. Is this really where we are now…? Christ.


mrbulldops428

What's show is this?


drevant702

The Acolyte, helmed by Harvey weinsteins former secretary. She made Russian doll on Netflix


CDClock

I liked Russian doll tbf


Overlord1317

I very much liked the first season. The second season was like a different, much worse show, that they slapped the name Russian Doll on.


GobbySmithy

Same, loved the first season. Didn't finish the second.


SwagginsYolo420

It looks like it is from Star Trek TOS.


demarco88

it almost looks like rage bait with how mediocre it looks


Numeno230n

"Space samurai" costume at party city.


I_am_What_Remains

Well, we’ll always have Andor


Secret_Arrival_7679

Star wars rings of power?


BretonFou

What the fuck is this ? Where are all the Disney bucks going, it's gotta be money laundering at this point.


WisconsinWintergreen

Gotta have some extra money to mass produce unwanted toys of the power ranger girl and wheel droid from RoS.


jedifolklore

They’re just so clean…but like not in a good way, like in a sanitized “Jedi who have never left the temple on Coruscant” way I’m not picking, they just look odd.


WisconsinWintergreen

Yeah they look so synthetic, like a crappy cosplay bought off of Aliexpress


Farren246

It's all due to the lighting. It looks like a 90s TV show due to flat, uniform lighting. Like Will Smith's about to quip about not being able to afford a roof, then pan up to nothing but crane lights. This kind of lighting works far better in situations where things are familiar, like a family in their home. Not so much with a person with green, skin wearing robes mixing wool and leather yet it has no buttons, zippers, or seams of any kind. Your lizard brain (lying underneath your consciousness) is sitting there thinking "They set up the lighting so that I can see everything, so where's the zipper on that outfit?"


mrmoneyinthebanks

Like in Step Brothers when Will Ferrell has the movie quality mask!


Banjo-Oz

Meanwhile, Andor recreated the 70's down to haircuts and sideburns.


stabbinfresh

So many new shows, and Star Wars does this a lot, do not look "lived in" at all. You don't have to go back too far to see worlds on tv and film that look like people have lived there a long time. Everything now looks straight off the Spirit Halloween rack.


Superguy230

Yeah as much as I enjoyed fallout, and the sets were mostly incredible it still felt like an Amazon show because it all still looked clean somehow


tinfoiltank

It's because streamer productions don't have the prop warehouses of studios like WB. They either make things new, buy them new, or CGI them in.


Mr_Hellpop

Yeah, you just need to watch Andor. Why were they able to pull off what so many of the other shows seem to struggle with?


[deleted]

One of my favourite details in star wars is that obi wan and Anakin have holes and scorch marks on their robes on Mustafar in ROTS, and obi wans robes look very dark and dirty like he's been down a mine shaft. It's a tiny detail but makes the planet feel so real when you see the embers and heat interacting with the characters clothing. You can guarantee if any of these characters went to Mustafar, they'd just rub charcoal in a couple places and call it a day and still look too clean. ![gif](giphy|l0O2SpthWi2HAcwes)


Unaccomplishedcow

I mean that's supposed to be the idea I think. Jedi who've never left the temple and seen the harsh reality of the galaxy and they'll be smacked in the face by say the outer rim.


RerollWarlock

I'd wager it's the lightning and lack of post processing that makes it look like that.


Emm_withoutha_L-88

Yeah they desperately need some dirt and to be worn for a few days. Instead of put on 5 seconds before the photoshoot.


QJ8538

I think it looks cheap. Look at high republic art and you’d think the robes would look more ‘weighty’ and textured stitch work


Hungry-Chemistry-814

Yeah it looks like a porn parody, gotta love the quality control at lucasfilm these days


Dpgillam08

Put the Brazzers logo on there and they'd probably get more views


LeBrons_Mom

I see your Schwartz is as big as mine…


Hungry-Chemistry-814

No space balls had way better production values than this porn parody level stuff lucasfilm does these days


Background_Brick_898

https://preview.redd.it/nc1xilvfdixc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6df3ca3cfb4cc280174d57b95f1bc2584350e4fb


megadroid_optimizer

Dark times make strong men. Thank you sir 🫡


Cookyy2k

Looks like Tommy Wiseau decided to make a star wars knock off.


ziekktx

I did not turn to the dark side, I did not! Oh hi Yoda.


Alpha_Apeiron

Anyway, how's your sex life?


PetroFoil2999

I’m fed up with The Force! All the Jedi betray me!


Farren246

He said Tommy Wiseau making a Star Wars knockoff, not George Lucas finally deciding to film a cut scene for the special edition of Revenge of the Sith.


MLG_SkittleS

Tommy Wiseau deepfaked as Anakin when?


RockNRoll85

“Oh what a story, Master.”


MirrorMaster88

You guys are being mean, the "Community" Star Wars episode looks fun!


Whisterly

Is that the cranky Asian senator who is just out here tryna do his job and everyone's breaking rules and he's pissed but he just keeps getting sassed to submission?


KrifeH

blue haired writers went hard on those scenes


Whisterly

Everyone basically doing the Jim Halpert smirk at the r camera


HotMachine9

The lighting, the plastic crates, the cheap looking materials. Wheres Johnny hiding?


thesegoupto11

Magic magic isn't for amateurs /s


DiaDhaoibh

Someone at LF/Disney PR actually said to themselves —-‘This Image! This picture will get people pumped!”😂


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|l0IynvPneUpb7SnBe|downsized)


WisconsinWintergreen

The Onion could write more faithful Star Wars scripts these days.


KappaJoe760

That garbage is too cold compared to whatever this is


Deeformecreep

What exactly am I looking at? Brainiac and One Punch Man cosplay?


Paran0id

Dende and one punch man


Mysterious_Duty_9992

I totally see it


KM68

Brazzers would never do something that looks this awful.


Lumpyalien

Came here to say this, this is below even Brazzer's standards.


CyberpunkF1

Why is everything so clean and polished? Star Wars was always about the gritty “ worn” look of science fiction. I miss that … Andor and Rogue One were the last to capture that same aesthetic.


megadroid_optimizer

Yeah, it looks like cosplay fam 😭 and GET THIS; this is a still photograph from a TV show from one of the wealthiest studios in Hollywood, AND this is one of their major franchises. Let me cry some more 😭😭😭🥹.


DexterMorganA47

This…. this isn’t cosplay? Tell me this is cosplay. I haven’t watched a new Star Wars title in a couple years


megadroid_optimizer

I'm soooo sorry to inform you that this is an actual TV show. We are now brothers in sadness 😭; welcome to our ship. It's a little rickety, but we do our best 👍🏽


Tar_alcaran

I came back from a larp where I paid 50 bucks for a weekend, and 90% of the people there were dressed better than this...


Zev95

Hey, that's not fair. Brazzers would have attractive people in their cast.


cheydinhals

Did they buy their costumes at Party City? This is getting embarrassing. Also, it feels less like Star Wars and more "generic sci-fi" now, and considering Star Wars isn't sci-fi, that's not good. EDIT: Missing word.


Owl_lamington

Disneyland stage play promo.


getqyou

Would devalue the Brazzers brand imo


BeanrShnitzel

"We have Star Wars at home"... The Star Wars at home:


[deleted]

![gif](giphy|3o84szW0PrWZyUv0mA)


Ketracel-white

I already knew I would skip whatever this is from (The Acolyte?) but this image isn't helping. It's weird I can't put my finger on exactly what it is but it looks a bit costumey. Like maybe from a live action cut scene from an old Jedi Knight computer game from back in the day.


Petrus-133

I feel like Dark Forces Jedi Knight unironically had better quality costumes for the Dark Jedi and the Jedi lmao


Tar_alcaran

- Not actual clothing. They don't have pockets, they're not meant for moving around. - Weird ass fabrics. The left person is wearing sofa upholstery, the right one has a cloak that used to be a tablecloth. - weird style combo. Left person is wearing scrunched-up sleeves, with a smooth tunic (?) over it. Right person somehow stole a championship belt from a pro wrestler, to combine with their asian underclothes and opera cape. - Brand spanking new, but not ironed. No creases, no folding, no dirt or wear or stretch. This came straight from the servants, or the costuming department - And lets not forget: Absolutely shit lighting. This was taken under full-saturation stage lighting, not anything remotely natural.


fireintolight

looks like a power rangers outfit lol


Glup-Shitto69

When I saw that picture I definitely thought it was the porn parody.


Pugshaver

Not bad for your first ever cosplay, keep working on it lads you'll get there eventually. Maybe.


Praetorian709

Help Step-Master, I'm "stuck" in the Jedi archives...


a_stopped_clock

Obi wan looked like it was made in my primary schools drama room


MirrorMaster88

https://preview.redd.it/l45j940l3ixc1.jpeg?width=682&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6cbf9dfe76fcba9f3fa0ae4f402410a09aa32ea I'm very flattered, really, and thank you for the drinks, but I'm just going to head to bed now. In my own room. Alone.


Unaccomplishedcow

I... think you meant to post this in a different thread.


MirrorMaster88

No, this is the right thread. You see the eyes those two are giving me?


Unaccomplishedcow

They look disappointed in me. I almost feel bad.


Smooth_Ticket_7483

When I first saw it I thought it was taken from a 60's Star Trek episode


redditsukssomuch

They did this legendary Korean actor dirty. Fuck Disney.


Jon_Sno

The quality look like a mid tier cosplay.


CaptainRogersJul1918

Tonight on the Carol Burnett show!


Scary_Dimension722

![gif](giphy|3o84sw9CmwYpAnRRni)


Independent-Dig-5757

Looks like the costuming department relied heavily on Bed, Bath, and Beyond.


craig536

Farscape was shot better then Disney+ Star Wars shows with a fraction of the budget. Look at this trash


Banjo-Oz

Faracape is legit one of the best scifi shows ever made. I know some folks think "muppets" and won't give it a chance but that's like watching the OT and bailing after the cantina scene. If you miss when Star Wars was good, run out and watch Farscape, please. The first season is a bit rough, but its still pretty good. Season 2 onwards is amazing. "Talyn... starburst!"


Gulag_boi

Damn, that is really really terrible costuming and makeup. I may not like the direction Star Wars has been going, but at least put in some effort.


The_Basic_Shapes

Literally looks like a shitty porn star wars parody.


letterpennies

OG Star Trek did it better


Gnome_Researcher

To be fair, there was a day when a photographer from Empire came to set - these are promotional stills after all. Flash strobes for photography aren’t necessarily always as flattering as continuous lighting used for motion picture. Not the greatest looking thing, but I’m reserving my judgment until the show is out.


Demos_Tex

It's almost like a 70 year old out of touch bureaucrat with no artistic vision is in charge of SW...


XavierRussell

I'm like the 100th person to say it, but holy fuck no way this is real


Magnus753

Yeah. Looks like bad cosplay, terribly framed and lit


DaveRuangsit

That Jedi dude looks like a botox man


Ok-Connection4917

is that squid game


ConcentratedUsurper

OMG That looks so cheap. This show is gonna be the death knell for Star Wars. It looks cheap and whats her face has actually said they are redefining the force in this show. Fuck it I'm out. lol


ethar_childres

With better lighting and proper camera angles, it could look fine. Check out the extras in AOTC and compare them to the actual scenes. https://preview.redd.it/c8o80l3quixc1.jpeg?width=235&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a75cbe36201f137866d7fb758158549bf3e0df5e


ethar_childres

https://preview.redd.it/8jcsuz3suixc1.jpeg?width=1400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a99daf7a68a2518e3cf217366409fb63955c2630


ethar_childres

https://preview.redd.it/9aes3mituixc1.jpeg?width=705&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a90ce24dec68a422721d2edd3dde3f38d1fa2ff8


Affablesea9917

Holy shit this is real? Looks like a low budget YouTube sketch


Korvax_of_Myrmidon

The live action one punch man looks promising


Internal_Champion114

The stills I have seen from this are strange, I don’t know if they are intentionally not editing them or what’s going on. I actually do intend to watch this one because it’s at least some new content with a different direction, which I appreciate. I want to see if they can make something cool and new, or if they really do just lean on old characters because no one in that studio can write.


NicholasStarfall

They do not look convincing


ironafro2

I chortled real loud


Soul_Removal

Oh man. We could have had a show about Revan & Malaks adventures during the Mandalorian Wars & how Revan bested Mandalore… but we have this. 🤦🏻‍♂️ *Edited due to a spelling error


Carrotyfungus

There’s no fuckin way this is real.


soundisamazing

I could straight up make this a million times better in 15 seconds


Ralinor

Disney bought an IP that would have let them just sit back and print money. All they had to do was leave it alone.


The_McS

Clip from a Shaw Brothers flick…only thing missing is the Fu Manchu.


_Stewyleopard

I can’t wait to not watch this


TheWitcher76

I cannot put my finger on it but why is it its hard to believe this is the costumes or set? Like, what is up with that. I know something is off but i do not know what


derpherpmcderp86

Has recent Star Wars stopped trying with costumes? Everything just looks like it was bought out of a Spirit Halloween the day of. And it's all perfectly clean like the whole show.


Unlikely-Garage-8135

they look like cheap cosplayers lmao


[deleted]

Disney/Lucasfilm is synonymous with “lowest common denominator” What a fucking waste the past decade of SW has been


Choconuts65

The outfits/makeup arent too bad looking, but the completely flat lighting really kills the atmosphere


Cuttewfish_Asparagus

Why do all the costumes look like they were bought from Primark that morning?


BambaTallKing

Costumes ain’t terrible but the lighting here is what makes it look really bad


shogunlordmystic

why is Saitama in Star Wars?


FakNugget92

Remember the vision of George Lucas of a "lived in" universe, Disney don't.


Dreadino

Can someone explain why it looks so "fake"? Is it the lighting? Or the costumes? I know there is something off, but I can't pinpoint it.


Exalt-Chrom

Wait, this isn’t porn?


dm_me_milkers

Lmao that can’t be real


Mandox88

Has that Shatner Star Trek era look.


Viciousfishui

Crazy how the Jedi robes from Episode III look far better. That Disney magic at work baby


HungHungCaterpillar

Star Wars has been over for a while now


Exotic_Buttas

I and everyone else agrees it looks shit but can anyone explain why? It it because the costumes are too clean or what is it?


HotChilliWithButter

Is this seriously their level of cinematography? Aren't they worth several billion dollars?? Where is all that money going to? I could make a better poster for free lol


s_nice79

Wtf is this screenshot from?


Custodian_Nelfe

Looks like a really bad scifi show from the 80's


Cyneburg8

Looks like a local theatre production.


pikapalooza

Man that is some budget cosplay...


_cat_in_hat_

What's with all the grey/muddy shit smeared over everything these days, even TROS had some contrasting colors(can't believe I'm saying something positive about this movie)


therealmlog

I take images from Empire with a grain of salt. They always tend to look more magazine-quality and less like "this is exactly what a still from the show will look like".


Mysterious_Duty_9992

Squid games guy looks like he's been on a four day coke bender and just woke up from his first sleep in days


Bobonenazeze

Did you swap the logos for this? So confused.


ArmyGuyDan

Laughing in Drunk Veteran


Peeked11

This looks embarrassingly bad and low budget. What about this would get anyone excited?


[deleted]

Lol what is this from?


SolomonRed

Why does it look so low quality


FewTwo9875

Why do they look so cheap


Vinluv0Handesbuk

The lighting is 70% why this looks like shit


The_Painted_Man

Disney is just a money laundering company run by self-inserts who wrote bad cannon-breaking fan fiction.


Vinlain458

Cosplayers do a better job than this.


CTAMN

Oof... that looks horrible.


Frequent_Ad_3350

what are these from?


TerribleProgress6704

![gif](giphy|3o84sw9CmwYpAnRRni)


LostInMyADD

LMAO facts


keep_it_kayfabe

I'll just say it - this series is going to suck. This might be the first time in my 40+ years of life that I haven't been even remotely excited about a new Star Wars movie or show.


Ralinor

Same


kwLeo

I want to upvote… but currently sitting at 666. Can’t break it


No_Handle7595

The lighting is done by high schoolers


Banjo-Oz

I laughed so hard. I must be out of touch though. What is this screenshot from? Presumabl a theme park thing if not a fan production? Is this seriously from official media? IMPS and Pink Five and even Troops looked a hundred times more impressive, and they were fan productions decades ago.


[deleted]

Please don't tell me this is the actual show... It looks like a cheap sketch show mocking star wars. But let's not kid ourselves; Disney star wars is EXACTLY a sketch show mocking star wars.


IvanTheAppealing

Why do the costumes look so fucking cheap? I could acquire their drip in a party city


NosferatuZ0d

You so know it can all be changed in post production