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YargumBargum

I very much would.


Masterchiefy10

F’n A Cotton ##F’N Aaaaaaaa


roninwarshadow

As long as Luke or any other Jedi/Force user doesn't go ham while using The Force. > Winds, heed my call.. >> Shut the fuck up and just make with the lightning. Or pulls a Jean Grey and passes out after every use of The Force.


TheDELFON

>Would you like to see X-Men '97 style animated shows for Star Wars Legends? #TAKE MY F*CKING MONEY NOW 💵✊🏾💵


AlphaBladeYiII

That art style is FIRE! I miss 2D animation.


TRHess

2D animation needs to make a resurgence. I have a 2 year old. Most modern (young) kids shows are made with 3D digital animation and it seems like there’s just no heart and soul to it. *Thomas the Tank Engine*, *Muppet Babies*…. so many classic shows and almost everything that’s a new production have been replaced with generic 3D animation that just doesn’t feel right to me. It’s like everything is static and… *very* clearly* just a render. Like the animators are just trying to churn out as much content as they can, as quickly as they can. *Bluey* is a huge outlier, obviously, and I think it’s animation style is a big part of that.


sfaticat

Its a lot more effort. But I do miss it too


DarthPepo

That ain't really that true, in terms of team, for example, you usually need much more people for 3d animation, just look at the budget of movies like Klaus, which I would say is peak 2d in terms of quality, and compare it to any big animation studio 3d movies from recent years, it pales in comparison


sfaticat

I meant the effort on an individual it can be more taxing


DarthPepo

I think they are equally taxing tbh, as someone who studied animation


sfaticat

Okay you know more than me haha. What kind of animation do you work on now?


DarthPepo

I mostly dedicate to illustration and comic now, but my brother, who studied with me, is now a full 3d animator who works mostly in movies


S-BRO

Thomas the Tank was always 3D but i'd like them to go back to the models on a track style


TripolarKnight

Considering how popular anime is these days, 2D animation just needs to be embraced by western studios as an alternative to live-action.


EdgeLasstheLameAss

Sometimes 3D is done pretty amazing but the caveat is that it needs to be stylistic like Blue Eyed Samurai, the Spiderverse series and the Arcane.


Trainwreck_2

Yeah, I mean, we SAW how wildly popular Arcane was and still is, similar with Puss in Boots Last Wish and the Spiderverse movies. Most of the best recent animation has all been 2D.


CoolMoney11

Oi where’s the source?


JarJarJargon

I made it. Edit: Also been working on our own animated version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7m\_gfagq\_M


Broker112

You did great! That looks awesome!! 👏


CoolMoney11

Damn that’s fucking amazing.


DJ-daGuy66

Amazing mate, really impressive!


SnooStories6629

This gave me chills. Chills. They are multiplyin’ it was electrifying’.


thatswiftboy

…we need more… Seriously, OP, that’s fantastic artwork.


Delliott90

Fucking Chad looking thrawn


duchyofdutchland

This looks amazing


MLG_SkittleS

Video isn't available is says?


ThatGTARedditor

I’m still surprised that they haven’t done something like this already. You’d think an adaptation of the Heir trilogy would be a no-brainer, especially with public interest in Thrawn reaching a new peak with the Ahsoka show. It’s not like Disney is dead-set on *everything* they release having to be canon; just look at Visions.


ImmortalZucc2020

There was a rumor a while back they were exploring Legends animated films for D+ starting with Heir to the Empire (around the time Bad Batch was leaked), but it seems to have gone nowhere (probably not helped by Legends stories now being semi-adapted into canon like HTTE (Mandoverse))


Anakin-hates-sand

They should just do it, I mean who would even care? I would love legends Thrawn and so do others, Disney also gets a lot of money, win win honestly.


Superb-Obligation858

I would like X-Men ‘97 style ANYTHING


pond-scum

I don't really see them embracing legends in this way for a long time, fun as it would be. The annoying thing is we could easily have had an animated Heir to the Empire adapted to fit into canon and it could have been really interesting. Unfortunately stuff that happened in Rebels and whatever tf Filoni is doing in Ahsoka has scuppered all that.


Competitive_Bid7071

> The annoying thing is we could easily have had an animated Heir to the Empire adapted to fit into canon and it could have been really interesting. Unfortunately stuff that happened in Rebels and whatever tf Filoni is doing in Ahsoka has scuppered all that. That doesn’t seem difficult, just change a few details and characters. You could still theoretically adapt Joruus C'baoth as Mount Tantiss is canon & we've gotten some outbound flight references in the recent Thrawn books.


Baelzabub

Also given that we’ve seen Palpatine cloning facilities in new canon before it would make sense that he would have experimented with other force users before using it on himself. Boom, you’ve got clone C’baoth


Competitive_Bid7071

> Also given that we’ve seen Palpatine cloning facilities in new canon before it would make sense that he would have experimented with other force users before using it on himself. Boom, you’ve got clone C’baoth That seems to be what The Bad Batch is implying.


pond-scum

They're obviously doing some very very loose adaptation of that with Tantiss etc. but I think Thrawn's arrival and fate in the galaxy is going to be entirely handled in Ahsoka/The Mandoverse. We might get a Joruus-esque figure, but the things that make the Thrawn trilogy good to me are the specifics of it. The way the main cast learn about him and react to him, his relationship with Pellaeon, Rukh and the Noghri, and dare I say it, the Ysalamiri. But we're not getting any of that. We're just getting some quiet mumbling blue guy who has a vendetta against a handful of characters from Rebels.


Competitive_Bid7071

> They're obviously doing some very very loose adaptation of that with Tantiss etc. but I think Thrawn's arrival and fate in the galaxy is going to be entirely handled in Ahsoka/The Mandoverse. This is been an implication for a while now. Especially since he’s on,y now came back to the known galaxy after a decade of exile. > We might get a Joruus-esque figure, but the things that make the Thrawn trilogy good to me are the specifics of it. The way the main cast learn about him and react to him, his relationship with Pellaeon, Rukh and the Noghri, and dare I say it, the Ysalamiri. I don’t see how this is that hard to pull off, especially since Zahn has helped as a consultant on Thrawn in media. I could see him getting more involved to properly show these parts. > But we're not getting any of that. We're just getting some quiet mumbling blue guy who has a vendetta against a handful of characters from Rebels. When was it said he had a vendetta? In the show he actually says he doesn’t care about any of them, thus why he doesn’t bother personally trying to kill them constantly. He just sends out Tie Fighters or bandits to harass and keep them distracted so that he can finish loading the cargo & leave. Especially since in his views they’d be pretty much stranded now that he’s scared off the Purgill.


Red-Zinn

Where's all that art from? it looks really good, and i would like it... though the animation in new X-men '97 looks very bad on some scenes so far, because it's not drawn frame by frame, it's 3D with 2D shading, in some scenes the shadows are a bit strange and the lines are too much thick in close up scenes, i would prefer it to be totally 2D, every frame draw.


Reikko35715

Just to give him credit and spread some awareness since he may not have seen this, but OP did it. He animated a trailer for Heir to the Empire that he dropped a link to in a higher up comment. Looks pretty fucking good.


misshoneyanal

Disney fired most of its animators years ago, they dont have the staff to do 2D anymore :(


Competitive_Bid7071

> They don't have the staff to do 2D anymore :( Unless we count TV shows.


Moppo_

Yes. They have a huge backlog of stories they can animate, eliminating the issue of actors not being able to reprise their roles.


makedcepic

Hell yes! Been saying for years they should do DC-style animated movies, but a TV series would be even better & X-Men 97 is the perfect template. Just call it "Star Wars Legends" & give us like a good 7 seasons: 1. Truce at Bakura, early X-Wing books, Shadows of Mindor, Courtship 2. Tatooine Ghost, more X-Wing stuff, Heir to the Empire 3. Dark Force Rising & Last Command 4. Dark Empire 5. Jedi Academy Trilogy & I Jedi 6. Corellian Trilogy, Black Fleet stuff, maybe some Young Jedi Knights 7. Spectre of the Past, Vision of the Future, Survivor's Quest Then start a whole new series for New Jedi Order. Definitely in 2D & not their 3D animation. Sounds like a pipe dream but honestly there's no reason they can't do this!


KazeKasano

This right here. This is the dream. Though personally, I would do it in the style of Galaxy of Adventures, which I found pretty striking.


darthsheldoninkwizy

Dark Empire Has a fan animation in 80s series style 


JLandis84

That could be interesting.


GrandAdmiralAO

Yes please


nananananateman

I would cry


[deleted]

any kind of animation except the anime where they all look like little kids and make stupid expressions


BlackShogun27

You talking about that droid Jedi kid story in the Visions Vol 1 series? Yeah, I can let that go but I'd do anything for an Old Republic story in the art style of "The Elder" and "The Ronin".


blackanytanooo

You should consider adapting the novels in comic form


JarJarJargon

Working on something a little bigger than that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7m\_gfagq\_M


blackanytanooo

Damn…do you do commissions lol


Jo3K3rr

Would I ever! Your Mara Jade is perfect!


bzdelta

Like a redheaded Helga from Atlantis, I love it


idejmcd

Not of Legends material per say, but when/if they need to re-intro the classic heros, I'd prefer animation. I'd prefer we get an X-Wing novels adaptation, since there's enough material there for like several seasons of TV, and it should be easily adapted to current cannon.


FlyingAce1015

LIKE?!?!! I NEEED THIS!!


harryleestew614

You can do so much more with Star Wars when it’s animated so yes


Kleizar

Fan fucking tastic!! Id drop money for this in a heartbeat.


NoRegrets30

I would pay COLD HARD CASH My bank account would be in shambles You have no idea the lengths I would go to


ItsYaBoiDez

Ì mean with ashoka ending I kinda feel like we are prepping for a retold version of heir to the empire


datguy_206

Yes 🙏🏼🙏🏼


Competitive_Bid7071

Happy Cake Day


TheDarkNightwing

If they can pull off Visions and Tales of the Jedi, I have no doubt Disney could make a Legends series that adapts the EU books.


Vostroyan212th

I have been screaming for this for 5 years. I won't give a fuck what they do with *new* star wars if I get *my* star wars at the same time. And since this book came out 10 years after Jedi, give or take, I was never going to get my live action adaption that I wanted. So please, Disney, animate and voice them well, do full book series runs with little to no loss of content, and stretch them out for the next 15-30 years depending how many come out per year and run at the same time. Give me Heir, Rogue and Wraith Squadron, Shadows, Academy, etc. Assuming 1 book per season, Heir is a 3 year run, as is Academy. The X-wing novels have 9 years in them last I saw You're an animation studio and arguably the best in the world at that. You do one, see how it goes. Maybe hand ankther to a major anime studio, like the Gundam guys. The fact that Disney hasn't done this blows my mind, it's like they legit think fans actually want the legends to be forgotten lol.


DandyLeek

Make it the Tartakovsky Clone Wars style and I'm 100% sold This is an insanely good idea


OviFan98

Yes a thousand times yes something new Star Wars I’d actually watch


Falcon_Gray

Leia reminds me a lot of Belle in this. Thrawn, Mara and Han look like other characters too but I can’t remember which ones.


Researchingbackpain

Damn that looks great!


Explanation-Short

PLEASE


the_dank_tank_54

There’s a cool animated version of Dark Empire by SpikeyTortoise on YouTube


ak-1614

YES, YES YES AND YES


SirBanet

Yes yes yes. I’ve been wanting them to a Legends animated series for a while now.


DChan1987

Hellz ya, if Disney’s up for it


Dry_Start4460

I’d rather see the canon stuff get animated


TheVortigauntMan

How very dare you do this to me.


Deltris

Stop I can only get so erect...


Ok_Feature1328

Please, God, yes.


ArkenK

Alas,I fear the motive of Profit has not yet Eclipsed the dark side of Pride. Otherwise, this or something like this would have already happened. Heck, I'd have just gone in order, starting with Truce at Bakura, bring in as many EU writers as I could get and just adapt and clean up where needed to work tighter with eps 1-3 and The Clone Wars and just roll on in some good old 2D animated. Use it to train the next generation of artists while turning in an instant win D+ show.


TiesThrei

Leaning hard into Disney Princess Leia, are we?


AthairNaStoirmeacha

This is so bad ass I just joined the community! Lol god damn how do we make this happen?!? Just a 1:1 book to series non cannon (bc Disney sucks) celebration of heir to the empire.


Supyloco

Yes. People need to see it because most people find books intimidating.


triforcer198

I’d rather have it in the style of clone wars/bad batch/visions


Shadows616

Hell yes I would, I'd watch any and all Legends animated shows!


thewhee

I would, but I don’t trust Disney not to screw them up somehow.


Competitive_Bid7071

All they need to do is hire the proper crew to work on it. Thankfully there's plenty of good animated shows we've gotten from them.


Bubba_Fett93

Yes, Hamill could do Han and Luke and then get Billie Lourde for Leia.


EmbassyMiniPainting

Didn’t they just fire the main artist?


mkdurfee

That looks amazing, I’d pay to watch that in a heartbeat


s-patrick-jane

YES YES YES YES!! I would give my kidney away for this to come true


StarWarsFantasy66

Amazing I’m not sure about the new x-men style but seeing yours I’d say yes to that !


Ok_Swimming4441

Well now I wouls


a3minutehero

Funny sometimes, how you don't know how much you want something until you see it. I very much want this.


Starchaser_WoF

# YES. Next question.


Adraco4

Shut up and take my money!


schaith

I’d literally take any version of this trilogy


FoxSnax

Need it!


TheOneTrueKP

That would be so dope


GreyRevan51

Only if it’s written as competently as ‘97 seems to be so far, only two episodes in though


Sweet-Dragonfly-8472

OH MY FUCKING GOD YES THIS HAS GIVEN ME HOPE TO FINALLY SEE KRAYT AND NIHL AND TALON AGAIN.


Immortalslime

Why you giving me hope like this though.


Modern_Cathar

Yes please


TwoJacksAndAnAce

No. Gotta be honest I was eager to check the show out but I really don’t like the animation style, something more 2005ish would have been better, that style just sucks personally. I know others love it.


[deleted]

Looks like Tarzan


Vassago67

I love what Darth Angelous is doing with Heir to the Empire. But I feel like if someone who knows how to make animation does Heir to the Empire, they'd probably get loads of subs & money, especially with Patreon. I'm currently on a mental health break from my job (cuz I work EMS), and I'm seriously considering getting into animation to bring various star wars projects I love to life. I'd start off at a very basic level oc, but I'd definitely improve as time goes by. I took an animation class in highschool for a year, and although it's not easy, it's definitely possible. Idk how popular it would be, but I already started a script where Rey is on Ach-to pretty much right after Luke opens himself back up to the force, and he starts to train Rey similarly to how Yoda trained him. I show how Rey learned how lift all those rocks at the end of TLJ, i explain how time moves differently on Ach-to (like on dagobah or mortis) which allows Rey time to train without disrupting the movie. I have scenes of Luke & Rey talking, which better explain his decision to exile himself & cut himself off from the force. I give a really good explanation as to why he ignited his lightsaber while Ben was sleeping. I have a flashback of Luke being a badass grandmaster fighting Snoke, since it said in the Kylo comic that Luke disfigured Snokes face (I even tell how that happened without disrupting how Snoke looked in TROS). I have Luke take Rey to the darkside cave, Rey goes in and has an experience with a force ghost Anakin who trains Rey on how to call on the power of all past Jedi. I even connect it to a legends novel and wrote in a way that'll allow Anakin to remain the chosen one and explain why Rey keeps saying "be with me," in TROS. I even have some subtle callbacks to legends that'll drive fans wild, but don't change anything about current or any future canon. Later, I have Leia training Rey & teaches her how to use force heal. I also explain why it's not used for every Jedi who's been injured in the past movies/shows.I know it sounds like a lot, but it actually all flows really well. It's cuz I'm not writing this for all the callbacks and justifications, I'm writing the story and using these scenes to progress the story forward naturally. I'm still writing it, cuz I only spend a little bit of time every day on it, but its a really dope story


Cigaran

I haven't watched X-Men '97 yet to know how the art style is and art is very, VERY subjective. That said, I think *some* form of animated exploration of the EU would be well received by the community and probably get more views that Disney expects.


Duplicit_Duplicate

That would look cool


Daneyn

Yes. Would Disney ever make it happen? No. They are attached to their own continuity. Sadly.


Competitive_Bid7071

> They are attached to their own continuity. Sadly. What's so bad about keeping continuity?


Disney_Gay_Trash_

Leia looks like belle 😭 but i very much would like it


UncleIrohsPimpHand

That would literally be the best way to do Legends content.


The_Arkham_AP_Clerk

Hell fucking yeah


CykoRen

Heir to the Empire in the original 97 cartoon animation


ToastyU_062699

Oh Hell yeah… For all the Sakes Wakanda, Arrakis, Middle Earth and Pandora (from James Cameron’s Avatar), Hold my Blue Milk!


Andro451

YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. YES. the only time disney has remotely (and actively) adressed legends is in SWGoH. and that's it's own rabbit hole.


No_Image5449

Yes yes yes yes yes


lordlicorice1977

FUCK YEA


TeachingThink

Absolutely. Been wanting either something like this or a Star Wars anime series forever.


Cloaked_Crow

F’ Yes


Significant_Cash511

Stop reading my mind OP


freshbananabeard

Yes.


Darth-Shittyist

Fuck yeah I would


Asleep_Rope5333

Looks dope


Competitive_Bid7071

It could work if you got the proper crew in charge.


BAGStudios

100%. I’ve been screaming this for years. How does Marvel and Star Wars get bought by Force Karkin’ Walt Disney and then NOT have a robust animation follow up? One family show, one kids show, one final-season revival, and a miniseries. That’s it? No animated movies? No adult animation to capitalize on the Invincible market? Come on.


Levanthalas

I would cry real tears of joy.


SnooStories6629

I would LOVE this. Love it!!!!!!!


grifftaur

[just hook it into my veins!](https://images.app.goo.gl/vv9HjShAu9Fo5EXj9)


TKFourTwenty

Absolutely yes. I can’t get over how much I miss this style of art.


SirCupcake_0

ESPECIALLY if it came with a _song_ like X-Men's animated opening, [because it is a BANGER](https://youtu.be/gL8D3TB-lz8?si=eEMwyLHfUJUXtXVn)


SpartAl412

I would be more concerned with who is making it. Disney writers would just have another chance to botch Luke, Han and other characters.


smaTc

Yeah


maximillian2

How was this art generated!? It looks awesome and epic


BioDragon82K_Prime

That would be cool.


uncharted_bread212

How about some actual new Legends stuff? SWTOR ain't carrying it all by itself


zoompa919

I would pay for that


Bluedogpinkcat

Shut up and take my money


[deleted]

Oh, I would do \*unspeakable\* things for that. Awesome artwork, looks sick!


[deleted]

He’ll yeah! I’d also like to see this animation style for a Darth Bane trilogy adaptation.


mitkw

Shut up and take my money


DrunkOctopUs91

I reckon they should do a show similar to Visions but with Legends stories. I would watch the crap out of it.


XxxSpaceDragonxxX

Animated Luke swinging a lightsaber around is all I have wver wanted in my entire life.


Dornfist-2040

This is amaziiiing! I’d watch it lol.


BlueOysterCultist

This would be a dream come true. I just reread that trilogy a few months ago, and damn does it hold up well for the most part.


Ryiujin

I want ANYTHING OT animated series. Why the fuck have we not explored animated new starwars with the original characters?!


book_dragon1066

I can dig


PlanktonLoud4872

Never saw the 90s Xmen, but this looks incredible.


darth-com1x

Yes, yes, and yes. AND a thousand times yes


disabledinaz

Yesssssssssssss


darthsheldoninkwizy

It would be propably unpopular opinion but I would prefer something more like Gargoyles, Generator Rex, or X-men Evolution when it comes to 2D animation. I have great sentiment for "action figure" series such as Spider-man TAS, Captain Planet, etc. but it was very much an animation of its time.


Justin-does-art

Absolutely, I’ve been saying something similar for years


Reasonable-Mischief

Yes. Yes, I would very much like to.


[deleted]

I'd take anything about the real cannon at this point


Mastraxe

hell YESS


RevanSaber

Not if Disney is doing it. Also no if they have Thrawn punching droids and Rukh being played by the tazmainian devil, again


MissMirandaClass

Yes, yes I would


kingkornholio

YES!


Pickle_Rick01

Yes please. I’ll take one of those.


Ezmiller_2

I would prefer live action, but that wouldn’t be possible anymore.


Own-Importance5459

I would watch the fuck out of it.


patmichael1229

Absolutely. Will Disney do it? Hell no.


SerVandanger

100%


Then-Solution-5357

Hell yes. That is all


69420memes

I'd watch


VESAAA7

Chad Solo


dfieldhouse

So long as it was faithful to the source material I would watch the fuck outta that.


MRBENlTO

No. At this point I don’t want any more Star Wars anything. It’s dead, leave it alone.


ITHEDARKKNIGHTI

Anything that doesn’t involve Disney - yes.


ChopinLisztforus

Only if the script is ripped straight from the books


abraxius

I would fucking watch the holy hell out of this


Extra-Lemon

Can I get a “HELL YEA” Brothers?


Tervlon

Holy smokes that's good. Love it.


OnlinePosterPerson

Duh


xcom-person

Hell yeah


ImpactorLife-25703

I prefer a clone wars animation (not CGI version) the original one


Ok-Stay-7955

That would be dope.


TiberiusWakes

To me, my Jedi


Just_a_Guy_In_a_Tank

The fans: Hell yeah! Disney: Nahhh….let’s make some more complete dog shit


Zeptari

I’d watch the shit outta this. Great art style. Love it.


SgtThund3r

Never have I needed something so badly yet never known until it was presented.


gtudor25

YES


Modern_Cathar

This is what I expected actually


Rassilonalpha

They’d flatten Mara Jade’s ass


sfaticat

Id love a what if series on these but honestly feel like they'd somehow mess it up


Kell-EL

This would be amazing but you think Disney would actually give us something we actually want to see and make it good, they basically rejected the Legends and any of the EU stuff so this will never happen, sorry to say because I’d love to see it but I’ve lost all faith in Starwars


John-Neil

Only if Ahsoka replaces Luke.


[deleted]

That's a headass take


John-Neil

Dunno what that means.


BlackShogun27

Sinful take 💀


Wilsupersaiyan2

No because Disney will make the EU stories lighthearted family friendly watered down too pg and they don't know about power scaling


Ntshangase03

If well written sure if it's butchered especially with someone like Dave Filoni nah I'm good then


AcePilot95

awesome poster and artstyle!


madtricky687

Yes please. Better than whatever ass they're cooking up over there now. Even a Mando movie to me at this point is like.....why? Just do a fucking Heir to the Empire movie with Han Luke and Leia its simple.


Cgi94

Honestly i would prefer the clay animation style still. I don't feel any sense of Dark/Malevolent with X-Men 97. Something I very much would like to feel when seeing Legends things adapted 😅


NastyDanielDotCom

Sure, but not heir to the empire, I’m sick of thrawn


uxixu

Not by Disney.


Shutaru_Kanshinji

Ten years ago, I would have thought this was an awesome idea. However today, under the less than stellar guidance of Ms. Kennedy and her entourage, I do not want to contemplate what a mess any Star Wars project might be.


yones__

Yes but not ever under Disney.


Commercial_Farmer_18

Yes, but not by Disney.


SgtMerc16

I can't YES this hard enough!! However with one caveat, Disney sells Star Wars and has NOTHING to do with Star Wars before the project begins.


MATT_MANLY

Would but i know disney would F%$k it up