With my recent busy-ness (not to be confused with business), I got out of the habit of writing something up for Mrs.
@acrossthestars ComLINKS topic on her site,
Anakin and His Angel, and that, my friends, is a shame. But! Lo and behold, here I am doing that very thing! This month’s topic is “
Rogue One
Newcomer,” meaning, “which NEW character are you the most excited to
see on the big screen and why?” For me, this was an easy choice that
took roughly 3.182 seconds to decide on: K-2SO. But why, you ask? Why
not the rough-around-the-edges Jyn Erso, the calm-cool-and-collected
Cassian Andor, or the triumphantly-returning-Guerrilla-fighter Saw
Gerrera? Well, how ’bout you read on and find out?
The Anti-3PO
I
absolutely love the idea of a droid with a brash, stubborn,
unapologetic, self-centered personality that seems to be a "main" member
of the team and not just an occasionally-used "tool." Well, okay, it's
not fair to say R2 is only "occasionally-used" since he basically saves
the day 90% of the time, but, his importance aside, neither he nor 3PO
really ever feel like part of the team, where I think K-2 is going to
have a more Chewie-like feel to his involvement. He's going to be a
sidekick droid instead of "just another droid," so to speak. (I suppose
you could make the argument that Chopper is a "main" member of the Ghost
crew that fits the same description I gave for K-2, but, as cool as
Chop is, I still feel like he's the most ancillary of all the crew, and I
don't think K-2 is going to feel that way.) Now, I could be dead wrong
and he'll end up with like half a dozen scenes and be more or less
inconsequential, but, until mid-December, I'm going to pretend that the
scene they showed at Celebration is merely the tip of the K-2 being a
hilarious jerk iceberg.
A Killer Look
I
think my favorite thing about K-2 is how genuinely awesome he looks,
and how they were able to pull off a "Star Warsy" look without directly
copying things we've seen before. (And, thankfully, even if I'm wrong
about his involvement in the movie, his look won't change...unless he
suddenly gets hair like Saw did...) One of the biggest selling points on
his look, for me, is his immense size. He's a head and chest taller
than just about any human, and can probably even see over Chewie...and
that's an impressive feat. I also really like the odd positioning of his
"neck," giving him that awkward, slumped-over look. That, coupled with
his oddly-proportioned, spindly limbs, makes him look old and decrepit,
which, I imagine, isn't the case...though, I suppose since he's a
re-purposed security droid and sometimes security guards tend to be
retired policemen, there might be something to that...anyway, I like the
idea of the juxtaposition of lethal ability and an unassuming, elderly
appearance. Very cool stuff. I'm really looking forward to seeing him in
action against the very Imperials he used to protect.
The Best Desk Accessory
Staying
on-theme with K-2SO being incredibly rad-looking, his action figures
and various other collectibles will look great next to my Captain Phasma
collectibles on my desk. Starting way back with
Revenge of the Sith,
I decided to pick one character to focus my collecting budget on (it
was General Grievous for that movie, in case you're curious). You see,
for Episode I, since it was the first new Star Wars in a long time, and a
movie I never thought would ever happen, I went overboard and bought
basically everything...then for Episode II I bought basically nothing as
compensation...so, when Episode III rolled around I compromised, and
then, when the impossible happened again and we got an Episode VII, I
just kept the streak going (yes, it was a very short streak at that
point, but all streaks must start somewhere!) -
The Force Awakens was Phasma,
Rogue One
is K-2SO...who will Episode VIII be? Well, only time will tell, but
hopefully I'll be writing another one of these next year for that very
thing...anyway, so far I only have the K-2 Black Series figure, but I'm
definitely going to be picking up the Funko Pop! at the very least, and
more than likely the regular Hasbro figure as well...and probably a
t-shirt, if I can find one...
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand there you have
it! K-2SO, I choose you! (Is Pokemon still topical? Is it ever not?) Who
do you choose? I daresay you have the most possible choices you'll ever
have with the incredible ensemble cast they've put together for
Rogue One,
so, take your time, choose wisely, and let me know in the comments
below who your newcomer of choice is...and/or, if you’re up to it, do
your own write up and add it to the
ComLINKS
when it goes live tomorrow. And, regardless of whether you write
anything or not, you should definitely head over to see what other Star
Wars fans choose as their favorite
Rogue One newcomer. There
are very often some great posts to read through there, and I have a
feeling this topic will yield some interesting results...so, I hope you
enjoyed this post and will further enjoy perusing other
ComLINKS
posts, and I hope you make your way back here for more extremely
thought-provoking (extremely...barely...something like that) posts in
the future...
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