In a galaxy far, far away... [Star Wars omnibus thread] [Archive] - Page 2

tigeraid

December 31st, 2015, 07:26 PM

Finally saw it. As a super-duper devout reader of the EU for my entire fucking life, I wanted to hate it, but ended up loving it.

My wife, who is an avid Harry Potter fan, said she was able to successfully separate the books from the movies, and just fucking enjoy both. I guess I'll have to hug my "Legends" novels once every few years and remember them for what they were.

As for the movie... Yeah, some seriously over-the-top fan service, but goddammit, maybe it was the John Williams score or just seeing X-Wings again, but I fell for it hook line and sinker. Not at all a perfect movie, some plot holes you could throw a star destroyer through, but still infinitely better than the prequels. It's definitely an Abrams movie--much like (the first) Star Trek reboot movie, the characters and the dialogue are so fucking good it makes you forget the inconsistencies.

If I had one "major" complaint it's that the entire Starkiller thing was rushed, undervalued and ultimately pointless. Yet another "Empire Weapon of Mass Destruction To Use on Rebel Scum Planets Which Can Be Blown Up by a Single X-Wing and Some Careful Piloting." I just feel like they needn't have bothered, the main storyline with Kylo and Rey and Han was just fine. Having said that, I'm hopeful that now that Abrams has gotten the fan service OUT OF THE WAY, Ep8 and Ep9 will do complete 180s and be unique stories that don't follow all the usual tropes.

.... Still can't understand why they couldn't just go with Admiral Thrawn, the Solo twins and Mara Jade within that story frame. DAMMITISAIDIWOULDKEEPTHEMSEPARATE. :smh: :rolleyes:

Jason

January 2nd, 2016, 07:29 PM

http://imgur.com/gallery/7EhqwbF

Kchrpm

January 2nd, 2016, 08:09 PM

Insight into Finn's defection

http://www.polygon.com/2015/12/30/10690288/the-canonical-story-behind-tr-8r-the-internets-new-favorite

Finn has grown up as part of a four-man (or boy) fire-team consisting of himself, FN-2187, and three others, FN-2199, FN-2000 and FN-2003. Respectively, Finn's training mates have acquired the nicknames Nines, Zero, and Slip — the former after their alpha-numerical designations and the latter because he is often slipping up. But FN-2187 doesn't have a nickname. Why? A seasoned stormtrooper figures him out right away, after finding out that he's also the team's leader: "An outsider. You're on the outside, and you'll always be looking in and wondering why you don't belong."
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Another reason why FN-2187 is isolated from his peers is his aptitude. He's well on his way to becoming a model stormtrooper, scoring "in the top 1 percent" in exams, an expert with tactics as well as blasters and hand-to-hand weapons. As far as his superiors — who include Gwendoline Christie's Captain Phasma — are concerned, FN-2187 has only one flaw: he cares about this teammates just as much, if not more, than accomplishing mission objectives. It speaks, Phasma says, to a "dangerous level of empathy."
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it's easy to posit that the dying stormtrooper who smears his helmet with blood — the one whose death causes him to lose his final shred of faith in the Order — is FN-2003, Slip. And in the same way, we can hazard a guess that a stormtrooper who would recognize an unmasked Finn by sight and begin shouting at him in rage would likely be someone he trained with: Zero or Nines.
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Update: Star Wars: The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary appears to confirm that the slain stormtrooper on Jakku is FN-2003.

TLDR: Finn was an overachiever that was never accepted into the group, and was punished for consistently helping out a struggling squadmate. The same squadmate who is killed on Jakku during their first real combat.

Cam

January 3rd, 2016, 04:18 AM

The problem is, none of that stuff is revealed in the film.

Freude am Fahren

January 3rd, 2016, 06:44 AM

Isn't that the point of the Star Wars universe? The ability to craft huge backstories by selling novels/comics/encyclopedias? And now that Disney has its hand on it? Cha-Ching.

Jason

January 3rd, 2016, 06:49 AM

Yup. It's not like Han Solo's history was laid out for us before he decided to take a Jedi's work offer.

Kchrpm

January 3rd, 2016, 06:54 AM

Yet. #sequels

I just wonder if it's even necessary for most audiences, though. We already know he was kidnapped from his family and forced to become a stormtrooper against his will. They cared so little about him that they never even bothered giving him a name, and he freaked the fuck out when he saw real death and destruction in person. After that he defected as soon as he could. That's not exactly a hard storyline to follow. A hero being a great/lucky shot/fighter is a common action movie trope, I doubt the average viewer really feels the need for that to be explained.

My guess is, based on director's/writer's commentaries that I've listened to and deleted scene stuff, that scenes or dialogue detailing that kind of stuff are left on the cutting room floor because they don't serve the plot and/or screw up the pacing. There's a whole big action scene cut from the movie, as well, that only shows up in the novelization (they were supposed to have a battle in the snow against the people guarding the base).

Edit: Apparently I took at least 10 minutes writing that :D

Freude am Fahren

January 3rd, 2016, 08:52 AM

You said it though, average viewer. The movie is just perfect for that. No backstory needed. But the nerds love the backstories (no hate, I like it too. I just ordered the cutaway book on Amazon :D). So they get the best of both worlds. The right amount of movie for non-geeks to enjoy, then plenty of material to sell to those who want it.

Kchrpm

January 3rd, 2016, 09:25 AM

You're exactly right :up:

Rare White Ape

January 4th, 2016, 01:07 AM

I have read that Before The Awakening book (mentioned in Kch's link), and honestly there wasn't much in it that couldn't be inferred from the movie, nor is any info really that critical to know what's going on.

A brief rundown (incl spoilers, if you're really worried):

FN-2187 (Finn) is a Stormtrooper who has been brainwashed since birth into believing the First Order's way is the only way, except that he hasn't accepted the brainwashing quite as well as the other recruits in his team have. Phasma knows this and keeps a weary eye on him. Jakku is the second stop on his first deployment.

Rey lives on Jakku and scavenges for parts in the Graveyard of Giants (downed warship locale as seen in the film and in SW Battlefront) and exchanges her finds for food portions with a local trader named Unkar. To pass the time, she plays flight sims on an old computer that she rebuilt. One day after a huge week-long dust storm, she finds an old freighter that has been uncovered by the winds and begins to repair it, hoping to sell it for a huge amount of portions. After a year of work, Rey takes it to Unkar, but at the last minute two other scavengers who have been helping out betray Rey and steal the ship, using it as their ticket off the horrible desert wasteland. A stunned Rey eventually decides that she isn't mad at them, just troubled with herself. She couldn't leave with them because parents.

Poe Dameron is a pilot for the Navy of the Republic, the military arm charged with protecting the Republic's citizens. Poe's parents were both veterans of the Battle of Endor; his mother flew A-Wings and his father was one of the Pathfinders on the ground. The Republic cannot officially strike at the First Order as this would be considered an act of war. An incident on patrol leads him to disobey orders and discover a First Order rally point, which draws the ire of his command, but also the attention of General Leia Organa, who offers to recruit him and his wingmates into a secret wet works called The Resistance in exchange for 'white washing' his naughty little act. The Resistance has been set up in secret because the Republic has become complacent about how much danger the First Order really presents to the galaxy. Poe's first mission sees them using creaky old 'borrowed' Z-95s to hijack a Republic senator's luxury yacht and steal the information in its hyperspace computer. They find that the senator is in deep with the First Order, and not only that, but that the First Order is on the verge of discovering where Luke Skywalker has hidden himself. Leia tells Poe that they need to find a fellow named Lor San Tekka.

overpowered

January 4th, 2016, 01:00 PM

http://news.yahoo.com/star-wars-mens-rights-group-claims-its-boycott-122341832.html

:lol:

Kchrpm

January 4th, 2016, 01:59 PM

And that site's page views will go up, and they'll make more ad revenue, and the black Muslim lesbian woman who runs it will cackle maniacally.

Rare White Ape

January 4th, 2016, 11:08 PM

Of the stuff I've seen on Return of Kings, some of it is clever.

Some. Like... about the same percentage as their claimed loss to Disney's box office revenue.

The rest is forgettable inflammatory crap or just pure clickbait.

MR2 Fan

January 5th, 2016, 05:23 PM

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a97PLgo_460s.jpg

overpowered

January 6th, 2016, 09:39 PM

https://twitter.com/VeryLonelyLuke

21Kid

January 7th, 2016, 05:38 AM

:lol:

Kchrpm

January 8th, 2016, 06:22 AM

The mothership confirms that TR-8R is one of Finn's former squad mates, FN-2199: http://www.starwars.com/news/meet-fn-2199-a-k-a-tr-8r-the-stormtrooper-behind-the-meme

Kchrpm

January 8th, 2016, 06:24 AM

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a97PLgo_460s.jpg

Why was the ship considered "impossible" before? I remember reading something saying that the inside bits they showed were too large for the outside prop they built or something.

overpowered

January 8th, 2016, 07:53 AM

It's bigger on the inside.

Rare White Ape

January 8th, 2016, 04:30 PM

The problem stems from specifically this scene in The Empire Strikes Back, where Han Solo is working on the Falcon inside Echo Base.

http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/wp-content/uploads/hoth-echo-base-han-solo-repairs-millenium-falcon11.jpg

The full size prop they used for filming is built to a different scale than the interior sets. They attempted to hide this in the shoot by having Harrison Ford seated in the fuselage, but you can easily see that if he stood up he would easily be almost as tall as the outer skin of the cockpit. Then either through carelessness or a lack of attention to detail, any official measurements for the size of the Falcon were taken from different sources and would contradict each other.

There's a really good (and scarily in-depth) website somewhere out there on the great big internet that details all of this, but for some reason I can't find it.

I'm not sure what they went with in TFA. I am sure that people will debate it for years to come.

Rare White Ape

January 8th, 2016, 04:48 PM

Meanwhile, does anyon want to listen to the score?

http://waltdisneystudiosawards.com/#/star-wars/music

Or read the final script?

http://www.filedropper.com/starwars-theforceawakens-finalscript

overpowered

January 8th, 2016, 05:58 PM

https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=1017889074919057

Random

January 8th, 2016, 06:31 PM

Why was the ship considered "impossible" before? I remember reading something saying that the inside bits they showed were too large for the outside prop they built or something.

The problem stems from specifically this scene in The Empire Strikes Back, where Han Solo is working on the Falcon inside Echo Base.

http://www.starwarz.com/tbone/wp-content/uploads/hoth-echo-base-han-solo-repairs-millenium-falcon11.jpg

The full size prop they used for filming is built to a different scale than the interior sets. They attempted to hide this in the shoot by having Harrison Ford seated in the fuselage, but you can easily see that if he stood up he would easily be almost as tall as the outer skin of the cockpit. Then either through carelessness or a lack of attention to detail, any official measurements for the size of the Falcon were taken from different sources and would contradict each other.

There's a really good (and scarily in-depth) website somewhere out there on the great big internet that details all of this, but for some reason I can't find it.

I'm not sure what they went with in TFA. I am sure that people will debate it for years to come.

Here's the detailed analysis: http://www.synicon.info/SW/mf/falcon.htm

(I have it bookmarked, because I am a big nerd. :D)

(Sadly, most of the pictures are b0rked. :()

Freude am Fahren

January 8th, 2016, 10:01 PM

Alan P

January 9th, 2016, 04:35 AM

Decided to rewatch Ep. I-VI. Man, Jar Jar Binks is SO terrible. Why on Earth could someone think he was a good idea?? Phantom Menace isn't that good to begin with, but you could literally cut him out of the entire movie and lose nothing (and gain a lot).

People talk a lot about Machete order if someone hasn't seen the films before. It skips episode 1 completely which, if you think about it, is hardly mentioned in 2 or 3 other than very briefly and misses out the whole stupidity of JJB, the Trade Federation, young Anakin and the whole Midichlorian rubbish. It also means the ESB reveal/surprise isn't foretold. Do it 4, 5, 2, 3 and 6 last.

MR2 Fan

January 9th, 2016, 07:08 AM

People talk a lot about Machete order if someone hasn't seen the films before. It skips episode 1 completely which, if you think about it, is hardly mentioned in 2 or 3 other than very briefly and misses out the whole stupidity of JJB, the Trade Federation, young Anakin and the whole Midichlorian rubbish. It also means the ESB reveal/surprise isn't foretold. Do it 4, 5, 2, 3 and 6 last.

The "Phantom Edit" version of 1-3 starts at the final fight with Darth Maul from Ep 1 and goes on to Ep 2 from there

Rare White Ape

January 9th, 2016, 01:55 PM

Thanks Random, that's the page :up:

…

I think the correct order of viewing is 4,5,6,1,2,3,7
You have to include Episode I, because it introduces the story arc of Anakin being an enormous cry baby, which is apparently a very important trait when you're falling to the dark side.

Freude am Fahren

January 9th, 2016, 05:59 PM

I've watched in release order, so now I'm trying out chronological order.

Jason

January 9th, 2016, 06:23 PM

I just browsed through the Phantom Edit... not a big fan of how much it cut out. I think simply skipping Episode I is ok... ideally Ep II would maybe have an extended intro text to explain a couple things unseen, but maybe not needed.

Rare White Ape

January 14th, 2016, 04:34 AM

:)

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1680/24374982215_922cbb2454_o.jpg

Forgive my dodgy editing of the background. I don't have any Photoshop installed on this computer to work with.

novicius

January 14th, 2016, 08:04 AM

MR2 Fan

January 19th, 2016, 11:09 AM

I couldn't help myself

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aZMgWEX_700b.jpg

21Kid

January 19th, 2016, 11:21 AM

Sounds like a winning recipe!!!

Rare White Ape

January 19th, 2016, 01:51 PM

Sounds like The Matrix as well. And The Lego Movie.

How about we roll in ALL of the similar storylines?

MR2 Fan

January 19th, 2016, 02:13 PM

Sounds like The Matrix as well. And The Lego Movie.

How about we roll in ALL of the similar storylines?

:twitch:

Rare White Ape

January 19th, 2016, 04:18 PM

Sorry, I'm going off half-cocked.

YOU CAN'T DISS STAR WARS

JSGeneral

January 20th, 2016, 03:34 AM

Well this happened "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away..."

So Star Wars did it first.

:P

overpowered

January 20th, 2016, 09:18 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Western

Rare White Ape

January 26th, 2016, 04:36 PM

Star Wars Rogue One costumes on display at Nuremberg Toy Fair.

http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2016/01/report-rogue-one-costumes-on-display-at.html

Film release date December 2016!

Are we ready?

Rare White Ape

January 27th, 2016, 03:23 AM

Episode VIII has been pushed back from May 2017 to December 2017, which makes a lot of sense. The original release date was a bit cozy with Rogue One's release.

And I've found a webpage with a lot of good quality (and spoilery) SFX breakdown stuff; I hadn't seen much of it until now and a bunch of it gets pulled from YouTube. It shows in one scene that Adam Driver had been completely replaced by a full digital Kylo Ren... for a close-up shot!

http://www.iamag.co/features/?s=star+wars

https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1455/24018029203_1605113d1e_o.png

The359

January 27th, 2016, 07:17 AM

Yeah, I noticed that digital mask as well, was curious why they chose to do that. Did that scene have some sort of important reflection on his mask?

Freude am Fahren

January 27th, 2016, 08:32 AM

I wonder if it was just a creative change of mind, and they didn't want to go and re-shoot. I thought even in the release, when he did or didn't have the helmet on was a bit random.

Kchrpm

January 27th, 2016, 09:27 AM

I wonder if it was just a creative change of mind, and they didn't want to go and re-shoot.

That's my guess as well.

Rare White Ape

January 27th, 2016, 02:39 PM

Ivan think of one reason to digitise Kylo Ren's mask and that's to black out the eye area.

Before this, I was totally sold on the mask being 100% real except for very special circumstances.

overpowered

February 2nd, 2016, 06:51 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QbFvDIyy1k

Rare White Ape

February 3rd, 2016, 12:05 AM

That's a hectic (H3KT1K!!1) DIY build. Love it!

overpowered

February 5th, 2016, 03:53 PM

http://i.imgur.com/U0wgzIT.jpg

Freude am Fahren

February 5th, 2016, 04:06 PM

:up:

Alan P

February 5th, 2016, 06:51 PM

:lol:

overpowered

February 5th, 2016, 10:29 PM

https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=10208196839056231

Crazed_Insanity

February 13th, 2016, 06:24 PM

Finally watched the movie after all the hype... Saw it in 3D too! The trailer really wowed me, but the movie didn't quite do the same. Amazing special effects sure, but storyline was kinda average IMHO.

I think I'd be more interested in seeing how Luke screwed everything up prior to episode 7! ;)

Anyway, hope this is just to set us up for something awesome later. As it is, it's just a so so movie I think...

overpowered

February 17th, 2016, 08:55 PM

https://www.facebook.com/photo/download/?fbid=10206090424319096

MR2 Fan

February 18th, 2016, 06:39 PM

http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/aNnwpjK_460s_v2.jpg

Rare White Ape

February 26th, 2016, 06:39 PM

Various muhhfuggers on the internet are talking about a March 15 release date for downloadable versions of TFA, with an early April release of disc media editions.

I'll be buying the steelbook Blu-Ray edition (they should call it Blue-Rey (https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/19/e2/21/19e22102e9872aab597820fc9b4ef74c.jpg) just for the hell of it).

And you might be able to predict that I won't be waiting an extra two weeks past the digital relase to watch it when the Blu-Ray hits. Nope. I'll be stealing it off the web as soon as possible and I don't care.

Freude am Fahren

February 28th, 2016, 07:28 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk

Drachen596

February 28th, 2016, 04:24 PM

Finally got a chance to see this. Reys clothing reminded me a lot of Lukes from Tattooine and then finally his clothing at the end of TFA.

I suspect Finn is somehow empowered by the Force. Didnt the line Snoke said about an awakening happen fairly early and not long after either Finn didn't fire on Jakku or after the escape?

as for Rey didnt Maz say something along the lines of close your eyes and let it empower you to her in the basement storage area?

Crazed_Insanity

February 29th, 2016, 07:51 AM

Welcome to the late for the hype club! ;)

Finn must have some involvement... otherwise he'd be such a worthless character... initially with the trailer, one'd thought he's a trained tie fighter pilot or has some critical inside info to destroy the new death star, but in the film, he's just a new recruit who knows nothing and often need to be rescued by Rey!?!?!?

Kchrpm

February 29th, 2016, 08:14 AM

Rare White Ape

March 1st, 2016, 12:21 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9MShtCg4fk

Weird. Like Vader suddenly became part of the Winnie the Pooh universe and decided to go on a march through the forest with the gang.

Yw-slayer

March 1st, 2016, 02:10 AM

Nah, it just sounds rubbish.

MR2 Fan

March 1st, 2016, 07:09 AM

NEVER try to outdo John Williams

Crazed_Insanity

March 1st, 2016, 09:07 AM

He is not a new recruit. He has been trained since he was a child, but had never seen combat. Conversely, Rey had likely never been formally trained but had to fend for herself from a young age.

I do not think Finn is overly Force sensitive, though it is possible, we don't get enough information either way. It's obvious that Rey is far more Force sensitive, at least. I don't remember clearly, but from what I can tell from a Google search, Snoke says he has sensed an Awakening after Han and the crew head for Maz's. At this point, Rey and Finn find out that the Force is real, that the stories they have heard are true. Could that have been enough? Or perhaps was it when the two of them were doing things in the Millenium Falcon that neither could explain? Hell, it's possible the reason Han was so good at flying and shooting was that he had some latent level of Force sensitivity (and it would partially explain why it was so strong in his son).

It would follow the first trilogy to have two Force sensitive leads, but only one who is able to channel it physically (Leia is only ever able to sense the presence of others IIRC, and at no point shows interest in developing her powers, let alone becoming a Jedi).

Sorry, yeah, meant to say that he's an inexperienced 'rookie'. So far he's only instrumental in inadvertently connecting all the dots together..., maybe that's all the Force wants from him, but I suspect he'll probably become more useful later?

And speaking of music, is it just me that Ep8's music didn't impact me as much?

I was seriously wowed visually and moved musically by the trailer... I didn't went as far as crying, but it was awesome.

However, the movie seriously failed to wow me nor did the music moved me that much. Not sure what happened. Need to see it again to see whether if I was just too focused on the movie or perhaps there was really just less music... or did John Williams lost his touch....

Kchrpm

March 1st, 2016, 09:12 AM

I definitely enjoyed the music during Rey's introduction, how she had a cool, complex main rhythm that just kept changing instruments as it repeated.

Rare White Ape

March 1st, 2016, 02:15 PM

NEVER try to outdo John Williams

Unless your name is Ennio Morricone.

Rare White Ape

April 7th, 2016, 05:59 AM

Shall we create a new thread for Rogue One, or is it better to rename this General Star Wars Thread?

http://youtu.be/Wji-BZ0oCwg

Crazed_Insanity

April 7th, 2016, 07:44 AM

Wow! Things look so much like the original trilogy... The modern twist of course would be the female lead.

Makes me kinda worry that my daughter is going to grow up believing that she can do it all and there's no need for stinking men! All they do is mess things up! :p

Leon

April 7th, 2016, 11:27 AM

Cool, something new and shiny to look forward to :)

I don't see many movies on the big screen, but clearly I'll be seeing all the Star Wars movie on the big screen.

Phil_SS

April 7th, 2016, 03:14 PM

So. I would think we should see Vader in this movie.......right?

Which Holy Fuck that will be awesome.

novicius

April 7th, 2016, 03:36 PM

Yeah that looks real good. :up: :up:

Crazed_Insanity

April 7th, 2016, 03:48 PM

So. I would think we should see Vader in this movie.......right?

Which Holy Fuck that will be awesome.

Be interesting to 'hear' how they'll reproduce James Earl Jones' voice!

Phil_SS

April 7th, 2016, 04:03 PM

He's not dead..........

Crazed_Insanity

April 7th, 2016, 05:39 PM

He's so old thought the hoax was real! Ha!

Anyway, wonder what he sound like now... Plus, who knows if he could really stay alive until Rogue timeline reaches episode 5 time frame...

JoshInKC

April 7th, 2016, 06:35 PM

He still sounds like Vader. He's been on a few episodes of the Star Wars: Rebels animated series on the Disney channel. Which, incidentally, is a pretty damn good continuation of the Clone Wars series.

Alan P

April 7th, 2016, 06:52 PM

Rumour was that Vader would be in this. And be AWESOME.

The359

April 7th, 2016, 08:21 PM

Well, Rogue One comes out in December, so I assume he'd be doing voiceover work now. He shouldn't be in any of the other movies, so they should be fine. There are no further Rogue movies coming.

Crazed_Insanity

April 7th, 2016, 09:34 PM

This is just an one off movie?

The359

April 7th, 2016, 11:22 PM

Yep, same as the Han Solo movie coming later.

Alan P

April 10th, 2016, 08:10 AM

Hi, I'm Jax and I'm a Bothan. *whispers to person in the seat next to me* 'well he's going to die'.

MR2 Fan

April 10th, 2016, 02:52 PM

Yep, same as the Han Solo movie coming later.

A solo Solo movie?

Alan P

April 10th, 2016, 06:50 PM

Am I the only one that wants BADASS Vader in this? At the height of his powers, still believing his Son, and Obi Wan dead?

Freude am Fahren

April 11th, 2016, 01:15 PM

Gonna have to try this out at some point.

The Force Awakens is yet another movie that allegedly syncs up with Dark Side of the Moon. (https://www.reddit.com/r/pinkfloyd/comments/4537im/the_dark_side_of_the_moon_syncs_perfectly_with/) I know people say that with a bunch of movies, but at least the bit included did pretty well. Would be a fun 2+ hour music video anyway.

First 8 minutes:

https://vimeo.com/162297332

Rare White Ape

April 11th, 2016, 11:53 PM

DSOTM is great for listening to while getting blazed on trees or other things.

Also for people with too much time on their hands to sync up with films.

I've never seen The Wizard of Oz.

Crazed_Insanity

April 12th, 2016, 10:12 AM

Wow. That does seem to sync up pretty good!

The359

April 12th, 2016, 11:17 AM

*cough*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRrfQZLrVGI

overpowered

April 23rd, 2016, 04:47 PM

http://images.distractify.com/v0.2/body/2016/04/WHlZDLU.jpg

http://images.distractify.com/v0.2/body/2016/04/OT78778.jpg

The359

April 27th, 2016, 10:46 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFicXlvJBdo

Rare White Ape

July 17th, 2016, 12:43 AM

Rebels season 3 trailer! Grand Admiral Thrawn plucked from Legends and enters SW canon :up:

https://youtu.be/xmXp802sFgQ

Alan P

July 17th, 2016, 07:30 AM

Should this be renamed the general Star Wars thread?

Rare White Ape

July 17th, 2016, 03:32 PM

Star Wars Omnibus Thread?

Random

July 17th, 2016, 06:44 PM

No problem. :)

G'day Mate

July 17th, 2016, 06:51 PM

:up:

Rare White Ape

July 17th, 2016, 11:26 PM

Yay!

Now we've got a place to actually talk about these:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Omnibus

Freude am Fahren

August 18th, 2016, 03:53 PM

Too bad Star Trek did it for real first, this kinda works.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMmiNeVrbDk&ab_channel=MatthewLongua

I especially like how the alarm sound effects the teaser trailer (https://youtu.be/Wji-BZ0oCwg?t=58s) are mixed with the guitar effects at 1:05ish (second repeat on)

overpowered

August 20th, 2016, 11:37 AM

https://goo.gl/maps/udnpzFH6nHG2

The359

August 20th, 2016, 02:08 PM

https://goo.gl/maps/udnpzFH6nHG2

Hello 2011! That high school is about 10 minutes away, it's been repeatedly many times that it looks like the Millennium Falcon.

Rare White Ape

August 20th, 2016, 10:52 PM

https://goo.gl/maps/udnpzFH6nHG2

http://updownleftrightholdapushstart.ytmnd.com/

overpowered

August 20th, 2016, 11:42 PM

That made me want to pull the Genesis out of the garage.

Mirage

August 22nd, 2016, 07:28 AM

Been watching all of them in episode order with my wife (she won't see the newest ones until refreshed). We finished IV saturday night (she doesn't think she ever saw it before!) She is now walking around making eerily good Wookie noises all the time now.

21Kid

August 22nd, 2016, 09:04 AM

:lol:

Rare White Ape

September 9th, 2016, 10:08 PM

Dudes...

3D environment artist who works for Obsidian wants to learn to use Unreal Engine 4 by building Millennium Falcon, ends up building entire Mos Eisley scene:

https://80.lv/articles/star-wars-scene-production-in-ue4/

Looks darn-tootin epic. You'll need a good graphics card. I can get maybe 20fps if I turn all of the effects off.

https://80.lv/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HighresScreenshot00068.jpg

https://80.lv/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HighresScreenshot00055.jpg

https://80.lv/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HighresScreenshot106.jpg

Yw-slayer

September 9th, 2016, 11:15 PM

Star Wars is over-rated.

Downloading now anyway because why not.

Rare White Ape

September 10th, 2016, 12:28 AM

Happy 50th anniversary of Star Trek btw :)

Yw-slayer

September 10th, 2016, 12:50 AM

Kthxbai

MR2 Fan

September 10th, 2016, 05:31 AM

Happy 50th anniversary of Star Trek btw :)

I'm still waiting for JJ Abrams to do a TREK WARS crossover movie

Crazed_Insanity

September 10th, 2016, 10:17 AM

This has so far been my favorite star war Star Trek remix:
http://youtu.be/vFCBwob65Nw

MR2 Fan

September 10th, 2016, 10:27 AM

Think of the possible interplay (ok, admittedly I'm focusing on TNG):

Data vs. C3PO

Clone Army/Stormtroopers vs The Borg

Q vs. Emperor Palpitine

Chewbacca vs. Worf

Jason

September 10th, 2016, 12:00 PM

Palpatine/Vader would be so frustrated by Q :lol:

MR2 Fan

September 10th, 2016, 12:39 PM

Palpatine/Vader would be so frustrated by Q :lol:

Maybe, but did we really see the full power of Palpatine?

Rare White Ape

September 10th, 2016, 02:43 PM

Yes: he connived his way into the top office of the Republic, followed by the enaction of special emergency powers which gave him rule in perpetuity, followed by complete overhaul of the government and extermination of the Jedi… and it was all done legally with majority support of the senate.

Meanwhile he groomed the most talented Jedi ever seen and turned him into a Sith Lord.

He was such a good practitioner of the force that he hardly had to actively use it to put these events into motion. He passively used it, and took advantage of other people's weaknesses and desires. His full power was being able to do all that without raising anyone's suspicion.

speedpimp

September 10th, 2016, 04:05 PM

The guy who came up with the story for Rogue One, John Knoll, created Photoshop with his brother.

Yw-slayer

September 10th, 2016, 07:48 PM

But Q would just flick his fingers and Palpatine would die.

Jason

September 10th, 2016, 07:50 PM

Powers aside, I was more thinking of just how obnoxious Q is, I don't think the Siths would deal well with someone who is obnoxious AND they couldn't get rid of :lol:

MR2 Fan

October 22nd, 2016, 09:15 AM

if the Han Solo and Rogue One movies are good, will those be considered the "real" prequels?

I also like Donald Glover as Lando (just announced)

novicius

December 5th, 2016, 03:27 AM

Deleted scenes from 'Empire Strikes Back'? ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9t-slLl30E

novicius

December 5th, 2016, 05:03 AM

This was released earlier this year -- can't believe I missed it! :D :up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RySHDUU2juM

BLR has done more than a few SW vids but SEAGULLS and BUSHES OF LOVE are the two best ones.

MR2 Fan

December 5th, 2016, 02:48 PM

http://i.imgur.com/rd5jhzV.mp4

Rare White Ape

December 5th, 2016, 11:34 PM

http://i.imgur.com/rd5jhzV.mp4

:lol:

21Kid

December 6th, 2016, 05:50 AM

:lol:

Freude am Fahren

December 15th, 2016, 12:53 PM

Saw Rogue One last night. Really good (I'm not by any means a tough critic though). It was IMAX, which is awesome, but 3D, which I hate. That said, it had some great 3D use, especially in the flying battle scenes.

Something I really liked about it was the way it balanced being it's own movie, and part of the series. Really looking forward to the Han Solo movie (December 2018?)

drew

December 15th, 2016, 01:27 PM

I scrolled down after seeing "saw Rouge One last night". :)

We're going at noon tomorrow.

One benefit of not having to report to the man. (...erm)

Freude am Fahren

December 15th, 2016, 03:01 PM

I made sure no spoilers, just impressions.

novicius

December 15th, 2016, 08:30 PM

Just saw Rogue One. :up:

It was good but not great, IMO. :)

drew

December 16th, 2016, 03:31 AM

I made sure no spoilers, just impressions.

Oh, I know :)

I'm just being extremely cautious. You guys are too awesome to be dicks like that. :P

Alan P

December 16th, 2016, 04:35 AM

Loved it! Also IMAX and 3D. The 3D didn't add anything so will likely see it again in 2D with the kids. Big screen helped I think, some great moments and the space battles were awesome at the end.

novicius

December 16th, 2016, 05:26 AM

More thoughts...

I really like the Jyn Erso character -- and *hated* the fact that they took out her "I rebel" line from the trailers. That was her goddamn rosebud! :angry:

Saw Gerrera's character was cool-ish; had the potential to be really cool but felt wasted, IMO. The too-militant-for-the-Rebellion leader decides to give up instead of getting on an available starship and leading the fight directly to the Empire? Really?? #wasted

It goes without saying that Chirrut Îmwe is a fantastic Force-sensitive character and that Donnie Yen was a scene stealer (tho' that was kinda easy when everyone else's direction consisted of "be grim & sweaty"). But if I see ONE more movie where someone with a stick wins a fight against so much as a single Stormtrooper (much less an entire squad), I am gonna walk the fuck out!! :angry:#notreally #butstill #wtf

Still on the Stormtrooper-as-fodder idea, 1.) I had felt that the weak-and-wacky Keystone Cops Stormtrooper trope had been discarded by The Force Awakens (but honestly I can't point to any reason why). 2.) Seeing a Stormtrooper onscreen should invoke hate & fear, not eye-rolling snorty laughter and snarky derision. Otherwise what's the point? Get these clowns outta here! Can no one field decent troops in this galaxy far, far away?? I feel like the Nazis in Raiders of the Lost Ark were deadlier, more competent and more menacing -- give me some effective bad guys to root against, Disney, ESPECIALLY in a movie where everybody dies! :angry::angry::angry:

Also, I could have done without Planet Druidia being in the movie. :finger: A single doorway on the entire planet? Really? Dumb. Keep it conventional that would've been fine, just make the Rebel fleet smaller. Plenty of other ways to keep them busy.

Really disappointed that Baze Malbus wasn't written as an old & bitter Mandalorian warrior-for-hire. Definitely feels like an opportunity to tie Jango Fett / Maori-esq warrior archetype closer to the canon was missed.

The lack of the SW Crawl intro script was acceptable to me. Doesn't need to be there. But the soundtrack was eminently forgettable.

The R2-D2 & C-3PO cameo at the Rebel base on Yavin-4 was pointless. We should have seen them at the end of the movie on the Tantive-IV starship instead 'cause that's where they were at the beginning of Star Wars originally anyway.

Uh... K-2SO was kinda big for a SW droid. Don't remember seeing anything that big in any previous SW movie. :lol:

::

That's about it for my complaints. I will go see it at least one more time, good movie but not quite a great movie. :)

Freude am Fahren

December 16th, 2016, 07:05 AM

Yeah, I hated they took that line out too.

Kchrpm

December 16th, 2016, 07:11 AM

Thoughts on your thoughts:
All white-armor storm troopers are cannon-fodder to trained, passionate soldiers; they're kidnapped kids held against their will and spread thin across an entire galaxy. They don't get just the cream of the crop, they get whoever they can. At least that's what I tell myself.

The personal guard troopers, in dark grey or red, those are the ones you have to worry about.

RE: K2SO's size, there were droids of that size in the prequels. I remember one smashing a damaged regular droid out of its way to continue firing. *Googles* http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/B2_super_battle_droid/Legends

Also, General Grievous's Magnaguards were quite tall IIRC.

novicius

December 16th, 2016, 07:29 AM

Thoughts on thoughts on thoughts:

Kch, I'll definitely carry this thought about Stormtroopers into all future viewings of SW movies -- you're right, the only explanation that makes sense is to envision an army of Joe Dirts underneath all that armor. :lol: :up:

Ah Super Battle Droids, it didn't even occur to me to compare K-2S0 to those mainly because the droid army idea had fallen out of favor by the time of the Battle of Yavin. Definitely in-line with size, I just was thinking about strictly "civilian-use" droids like C-3P0, o' course.

drew

December 16th, 2016, 11:18 AM

Well, I certainly liked it. A lot. Much more so than Ep VII.

NOt really a spoiler, since he was in the trailers, but it put a big ole smile on my face seeing/hearing Vader

Kchrpm

December 16th, 2016, 12:57 PM

Maybe it's rose colored memory, but I thought his costume looked cheaper and plastic-y-er than I remembered

FaultyMario

December 16th, 2016, 08:18 PM

It needed more honor. It's the good housekeeping-ization of Kurosawa, right?

Rare White Ape

December 16th, 2016, 08:36 PM

Watched it. Loved it. The opening half hour was shaky but took off once they started killing stormtroopers and just gradually amped it up from there and never looked back. The closing half hour was amazing. A really satisfying finish.

Seems like they're hinting toward a sequel though. You just can't blame these money hungry studios, always after a dollar.

Freude am Fahren

December 16th, 2016, 09:34 PM

Erm isn't the sequel Episode IV?

Plus...

Didn't everybody key to this movie die?

Kchrpm

December 17th, 2016, 02:01 AM

Erm isn't the sequel Episode IV?

Plus...

Didn't everybody key to this movie die?
He was making a funny.

drew

December 17th, 2016, 04:09 AM

:lol:

FaultyMario

December 17th, 2016, 05:54 AM

My comment was joke didn't catch on either.

Donie Yen was stealing it because he was basically playing Toshiro Mifune in a Samurai film.

FaultyMario

December 17th, 2016, 05:59 AM

I think therein lies the film's faults.

It is a war movie.
It is a spy movie (black and white spies, not post-Brosnan spies)
It should be a samurai movie.
And the final battle sequence is overwhelmingly top-notch Sci-Fi .

But the dialogues were pretty meh and I think the production team tried too hard to reconcile those film genres and their narratives. Wasnt the movie finished like 2 weeks before release?.

Alan P

December 17th, 2016, 07:20 AM

it went through quite extensive re-writes and reshoots. In fact many of the scenes from the trailers didn't even make the movie cut.

FaultyMario

December 17th, 2016, 08:03 AM

Also, people have complained about

the inclusion of CGI Tarkin

But, l didn't see it as detracting.

FaultyMario

December 17th, 2016, 08:05 AM

He was making a funny.

However lead actress has an option for another movie in her contract.

Jason

December 17th, 2016, 01:24 PM

My review is a big fat 'meh'. It's not necessarily bad, but it certainly wasn't good. It kinda felt like it went through extensive reshoots and rewrites actually. I was hopeful that all the 're-dos' weren't a bad sign.

- None of the main human characters made me care about them, I was only really legit sad when K2 got it. Ok, and the blind dude, maybe a little. I dunno, everyone just kinda felt wooden, and I didn't really get a good sense of chemistry between the actors.

- Kinda related to the 'meh', the soundtrack didn't really do much for me, it didn't really add to the epic scenes. Scenes I should have been going 'omg' over, just kinda fell flat. Also was kinda sad that the initial STAR WARS blare at the beginning didn't happen. I don't need the scroll, but man I wanted the initial boom

- C3PO and R2 cameo was totally forced, as was Leia's (face). Related, CGI human faces still have a bit of work to be done. Both Tarkin and Leia's faces were slightly off to the point it bothered me. Tarkin was a good cameo though, so I have no problem with his computerized face making appearances story wise. The Leia bit at the end could have done without her turning around.

- The first Vader scene was meh, and ended super cheesy. Second Vader scene is something I wish they would have expanded on. We still only have a couple minutes of *terrifying* Vader. I mean, I understand it... Star Wars is still a kids franchise, I suppose. But I still feel like this movie was the perfect opportunity to really showcase how terrifying Vader is supposed to be.

- The battle sequences had some very cool moments, and blind dude had some cool, if cliche, action sequences.

- K2SO is my new favorite Droid.

Leon

December 17th, 2016, 11:50 PM

Had a strong WW2 movie vibe about it.

KS20 was excellent :) I can't believe I didn't twig to the voice actor though.

MR2 Fan

December 18th, 2016, 05:02 PM

Just watched it and I thought it was excellent! I was not put off by the CG Tarkin or Leia either, I think they've come a long way with CG characters even since TRON:Legacy.

The space battles were good, lots of action all around. I didn't feel a huge connection to the characters, BUT I'm also glad they didn't try to get the lead characters into a forced romance, though it almost looked like they were going to...it wouldn't have worked IMO.

Donnie Yen's character was awesome and it's Donnie Freaking Yen in a Star Wars movie, what's not to love??

MR2 Fan

December 18th, 2016, 09:25 PM

Also, just quickly

I loved the reveal of the AT-AT's near the end...it felt very Jurassic Park or LOTR reveal with the Mumakil (elephants)

Rare White Ape

December 19th, 2016, 01:26 AM

I have never seen a Donnie Yen film*, but he played my favourite character in Rogue One, I think. Chirrut Imwe is not force sensitive, but his beliefs and discipline closely mimic an actual martial arts mindset, and I really enjoyed seeing that in a Star Wars film, which are usually all about made-up Jedi and the force.

* While typing, I checked this and it turns out he was in Blade II which I have seen, but... meh. The Blade series sucked.

*ducks for cover*

Yw-slayer

December 19th, 2016, 03:14 AM

I have never seen a Donnie Yen film*

Your lost soul can still be saved.

Watch Iron Monkey and Ip Man 1 now. And I'm not talking about intellectual property.

Personally, I think Ip Man 1 has one of the (possibly just THE) best group fight scenes in the history of cinema.

Rare White Ape

December 19th, 2016, 03:55 AM

I've been seriously considering putting aside a few hours to watch Ip Man on Netflix in the coming days.

novicius

December 19th, 2016, 04:12 AM

I think therein lies the film's faults.

It should be a samurai movie.
Hmm, a thought on this:

If there are no Jedi then it's not really a samurai movie, no?

Jason

December 19th, 2016, 05:40 AM

novicius

December 19th, 2016, 05:47 AM

* While typing, I checked this and it turns out he was in Blade II which I have seen, but... meh. The Blade series sucked.

*ducks for cover*
Jimmie rustled! :angry:

(:lol:)

MR2 Fan

December 19th, 2016, 05:55 AM

Your lost soul can still be saved.

Watch Iron Monkey and Ip Man 1 now. And I'm not talking about intellectual property.

Personally, I think Ip Man 1 has one of the (possibly just THE) best group fight scenes in the history of cinema.

:up:

Iron Monkey is one of my favorite movies

In other stuff

Vader at the end, holy shit! amazing

MR2 Fan

December 19th, 2016, 09:32 AM

The next question, for those who have seen Rogue One, for people new to Star Wars, do you think this will be required viewing before Ep IV?

I think so, but I can't wait to watch them back to back

novicius

December 19th, 2016, 09:46 AM

I always pitch the Machete Order: IV, V, II, III, VI.

I feel like you should open strong; Rogue One isn't a strong, compelling opener. It's just a nice addition and will hopefully pair well with other world-building offshoots like "Han & Lando: Space BFFs" and "Boba Fett: Daddy Issues". :lol:

EDIT: Fuckit, from now on I'm only showing IV, V, III, VI. THAT'S THE STAR WARS!! :angry: :finger: :lol:

MR2 Fan

December 19th, 2016, 09:51 AM

It would be funny if Boba Fett spent his whole movie saying only 5 words. If you think this isn't feasible, the main character in GTA III never talked!

drew

December 19th, 2016, 11:25 AM

It worked in Terminator.

"Fuck you asshole."

Rare White Ape

December 19th, 2016, 10:39 PM

The next question, for those who have seen Rogue One, for people new to Star Wars, do you think this will be required viewing before Ep IV?

I think so, but I can't wait to watch them back to back

It's an interesting question. If you've never seen Star Wars at all, it can only work as a love letter to Episode IV thanks to 30+ years of nostalgia, fanboy levels of attention-to-detail, and a keen ability to construct a story based only off Ep IV's opening crawl. If you've never seen Star Wars you'd need to start with IV followed by all the movies in PROPER ORDER, then become a massive fan, then have to wait a few decades before being allowed to watch Rogue One.

If, however, you're set to enjoy a Star Ward binge (which I think is your original question) then yeah, watch it first but be careful that Rogue One doesn't upstage Ep IV thanks to better SFX, sound, and image quality. And beware that the killer third act of Rogue One will lead straight into the embryonic-but-confident opening act of the very first Star Wars movie.

novicius

December 20th, 2016, 04:13 AM

If you've never seen Star Wars you'd need to start with IV followed by all the movies in PROPER ORDER
So... IV then I, II, III, V and VI? That's a terrible order! :lol:

MR2 Fan

December 20th, 2016, 10:52 AM

It's an interesting question. If you've never seen Star Wars at all, it can only work as a love letter to Episode IV thanks to 30+ years of nostalgia, fanboy levels of attention-to-detail, and a keen ability to construct a story based only off Ep IV's opening crawl. If you've never seen Star Wars you'd need to start with IV followed by all the movies in PROPER ORDER, then become a massive fan, then have to wait a few decades before being allowed to watch Rogue One.

If, however, you're set to enjoy a Star Ward binge (which I think is your original question) then yeah, watch it first but be careful that Rogue One doesn't upstage Ep IV thanks to better SFX, sound, and image quality. And beware that the killer third act of Rogue One will lead straight into the embryonic-but-confident opening act of the very first Star Wars movie.

Agreed, though I was watching the Tested weekly vlog/podcast and they mentioned someone made a fan "Despecialized Edition" of Star Wars Ep 4-6 by using about 7 different sources of film/dvd/blu-ray editions.

Apparently they were able to make a very nice version of the films without all of the extra Special Edition crap.

Edit: I'd love to see someone take some better CGI for the prequel movies, replace Anakin's voice and lines entirely and make Jar Jar a sith-lord via editing somehow.

novicius

December 20th, 2016, 10:58 AM

Find "The Phantom Edits". :up: :up:

Don't know if there's an HD copy tho', they're pretty old.

FaultyMario

December 20th, 2016, 12:19 PM

Hmm, a thought on this:

If there are no Jedi then it's not really a samurai movie, no?

You are correct good sir.

MR2 Fan

December 20th, 2016, 01:11 PM

Find "The Phantom Edits". :up: :up:

Don't know if there's an HD copy tho', they're pretty old.

Yeah I've seen the Phantom Edits before

Rare White Ape

December 21st, 2016, 10:10 PM

Agreed, though I was watching the Tested weekly vlog/podcast and they mentioned someone made a fan "Despecialized Edition" of Star Wars Ep 4-6 by using about 7 different sources of film/dvd/blu-ray editions.

Apparently they were able to make a very nice version of the films without all of the extra Special Edition crap.

Yep, and, uh...

I already downloaded all of those months ago

:P

And Novi, this is the PROPER ORDER:

4
5
6
7

MR2 Fan

December 22nd, 2016, 04:45 AM

Yeah, the prequels are becoming less and less relevant all the time

drew

December 22nd, 2016, 05:30 AM

ISOM PEEPLES NOTAGONNA WATCH?

Over a decade later, I'm still hoping for a scene in a movie (ANY movie) that has that fuck-witted toad getting crushed by something large and pointy.

novicius

December 22nd, 2016, 07:45 AM

And Novi, this is the PROPER ORDER:

4
5
6
7
Noted! :lol: :up:

Cam

December 24th, 2016, 03:49 AM

Saw Rogue One last night. Loved it.

drew

December 24th, 2016, 04:37 AM

Saw Rogue One last night. Loved it.

:up:

Phil_SS

December 24th, 2016, 12:51 PM

Saw Rogue One this morning and I really enjoyed it.

It was great to see Vader being his badass self. As others have stated it would be great to see more of that but I actually think the small snippets makes him more imposing. and it makes him more special.

I don't really understand the new space craft. Seeing as how you don't see them again in IV, V and VI. Like U-wing or the Empire fighters that had a single wing. But it was just those small things. The movie did a great job of telling the story and keeping me engaged.

I didn't mind CGI Tarkin at all as he needed to be a main component.

And I really want to watch A New Hope. I wouldn't doubt if sometime in the future they show them back to back.

Leon

December 24th, 2016, 01:41 PM

I watched New Hope yesterday. I think Rogue One does add to the emotional impact at the start of the movie.

21Kid

December 27th, 2016, 05:49 AM

Saw Rogue One last night. Loved it.

Ditto!

Leon

December 27th, 2016, 08:49 AM

Seeing Rogue One for the second time, today :)

2ndMoparMan

December 27th, 2016, 08:59 AM

As if this year wasn't bad enough, we just lost another. Carrie Fisher died today.

Leon

December 27th, 2016, 09:09 AM

Fuck 2016.

21Kid

December 27th, 2016, 09:13 AM

Jason

December 27th, 2016, 10:01 AM

I really hope this doesn't mean more creepy Leia CGI for Ep IX and other movies.

novicius

December 27th, 2016, 10:09 AM

Ditto. :(

Rare White Ape

December 27th, 2016, 12:22 PM

Damn. That's fucking sucky.

I admired her public resurgence around The Force Awakens. Her awkward interviews on the promo circuit were truly hilarious, like living performance pieces. She owned every single one of them.

21Kid

December 27th, 2016, 12:39 PM

Apparently she finished her scenes for episode 8. That's going to be awkward/sad. :(

Rikadyn

December 27th, 2016, 01:26 PM

Princess Leia'd up in a pine box

Crazed_Insanity

December 27th, 2016, 02:38 PM

Wonder if this will cause a major rewrite for episode 9... Sigh...

MR2 Fan

December 27th, 2016, 02:45 PM

Wonder if this will cause a major rewrite for episode 9... Sigh...

Sheesh, can you imagine if this happened right before Rogue One came out? They'd probably have to re-do the last scene

Jason

December 27th, 2016, 03:28 PM

It hasn't ever been confirmed that she was to be in Ep 9. The whole idea was to hand off the universe to a new cast. For all we know, Leia gets it in Ep 8, and Luke gets it in Ep 9

21Kid

December 28th, 2016, 06:21 AM

But, not in a good way, right?

Alan P

January 1st, 2017, 12:36 PM

I believe she was contracted for all three sequels of the sequels. She'd done all her parts for VIII I believe, subject to any reshoots, but I suspect they'll have to reshoot and kill Leia off. Just doing it off screen at some point in IX, or maybe even saying she died between the films would be very poor.

Rare White Ape

January 1st, 2017, 12:51 PM

What's wrong with that? The latest Star Trek movie dealt with the loss of Old Spock after Leonard Nimoy's death very respectfully.

Crazed_Insanity

January 1st, 2017, 12:56 PM

They'll be able to CGI her in ep9 if they want to...

novicius

January 1st, 2017, 04:53 PM

Caught Rogue One again today -- I do like it quite a bit, nits and all. :up: :up:

Rare White Ape

January 6th, 2017, 03:39 PM

I know there were a few people commenting that they'd like to have seen more character development for the semi-main players in Rogue One.

Well, this will be happening soon when the next episode of Rebels airs this weekend. Forrest Whitaker will appear in the show voicing his character Saw Gerrera. If you'll remember, in Rogue One he was a former Rebel leader-turned extremist warlord who mentored Jyn Erso as a child. The current series of Rebels is set before the events of Rogue One by at least a year, maybe more.

And, interestingly, while idly Googling info on Saw Gerrera I found out that he was actually in the Clone Wars TV series going back to 2012, but voiced by a different actor. In that show, set 20 years before Rogue One, Gerrera was the leader of a rebel cell on the planet Onderon and fought against the CIS (the bad guys in the Clone Wars) with the help of Anakin Skywalker and Ahsoka Tano.

Having Gerrera in a film would have blown my little fanboy socks off if I had ever watched the Clone Wars series.

speedpimp

January 8th, 2017, 11:44 AM

Whenever Whitaker hit the oxygen I had visions of Dennis Hopper in "Blue Velvet".

novicius

February 21st, 2017, 09:57 AM

Han Solo movie releases first cast photo. (http://ew.com/tv/2017/02/21/han-solo-movie-cast-photo/)

http://i1.wp.com/ewedit.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/20170220_jo_ono2586_rnew.jpg

speedpimp

February 21st, 2017, 10:49 AM

Dayum, Khalisi is extra cute as a brunette.

Rare White Ape

February 21st, 2017, 11:53 AM

Oh yeah. She is a fucking gem. That blonde hair does nothing for her looks.

Crazed_Insanity

February 21st, 2017, 12:04 PM

Looking forward to it.

MR2 Fan

February 21st, 2017, 12:11 PM

Dayum, Khalisi is extra cute as a brunette.

Wait, you didn't watch Terminator: Genisys?

oh, that's right, no one did

Phil_SS

February 21st, 2017, 12:49 PM

She is a natural brunette. She wears a wig on GoT, aka why her eyebrows are brown.

drew

February 21st, 2017, 01:11 PM

and her carpet....

21Kid

February 21st, 2017, 01:33 PM

Chewbaca looks just as old. How old is he?

Wait, you didn't watch Terminator: Genisys?

oh, that's right, no one did
I did... :( She was the only reason I finished.

drew

February 21st, 2017, 01:43 PM

Hope you had a towel.

Rare White Ape

February 21st, 2017, 10:09 PM

and her carpet....

There's a few choice shots of it, for sure.

Rare White Ape

February 21st, 2017, 10:11 PM

Wait a minute. Is her character going to be Solo's love interest in this film?

If so, she's going to be dumped like a hot potato.

Because Han Solo is a savage freak.

drew

February 22nd, 2017, 03:18 AM

Maybe they'll up the ante and she'll get in a three-way with Lando and Chewy

21Kid

February 22nd, 2017, 06:40 AM

Yeah, I'm sure that's what Disney has planned... :lol:

speedpimp

February 22nd, 2017, 04:19 PM

Hope you had a towel.
Nah, he just used the dog's fur.

MR2 Fan

April 16th, 2017, 09:35 PM

new 360 experience Nissan Rogue Star Wars ad...pretty cool (though still suffers from low res quality)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSD9fZMYEH0

Rare White Ape

April 17th, 2017, 01:49 AM

Woah hang on, I can't believe this hasn't been posted yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zB4I68XVPzQ

tigeraid

April 17th, 2017, 10:37 AM

Finally got around to watching Rogue One. Easily my fav Star Wars movie. I enjoyed it SO much more than Force Awakens.

MR2 Fan

April 17th, 2017, 10:45 AM

Finally got around to watching Rogue One. Easily my fav Star Wars movie. I enjoyed it SO much more than Force Awakens.

:up:

Leon

April 17th, 2017, 12:11 PM

Rogue One was a great movie alright.

Totally different vibe from all the others. It had the vibe of a WW2 movie (but with spaceships and robots)

Yw-slayer

April 17th, 2017, 05:03 PM

Yeah, waiting till I have time to watch it on Blu Ray. So pretty much never? Although I may escalate priority as it has Donnie Yen.

Leon

April 18th, 2017, 03:19 AM

I binge watched Star Wars Rebels Season 1 over the last day or so.

Before I persist, does it actually add anything to the Star Wars lore?

JoshInKC

April 18th, 2017, 04:02 AM

Short answer: Yes, with caveats.
Longer answer: The showrunner - Dave Filoni, is the same guy who ran the Clone Wars animated show, which is no longer canon along with pretty much everything else pre 2014. He's been using Rebels to re-introduce characters and chunks of formerly canon and extended universe stuff to the current canon in big swaths. So its never going to be major stuff that you'll miss and wonder about if you only see the movies, but if you're familiar with the novels and enjoy the extended universe it's fun and cool.
For example, some of the ship designs from rebels show up in Rogue One, and on the most recent season finale of the show there's something of an explanation as to why the rebels were so gun-shy to commit larger forces to the assault at the end of Rogue One.

Also, the show gets better after the 1st season. A bit less kiddie.

Rare White Ape

April 18th, 2017, 04:12 AM

Umm, sorta.

I'm halfway through season 3, so without spoiling too much...

It does involve a fair few plot lines that continue on from the Clone Wars animated series, which I haven't watched. The character Saw Gerrera was created for Clone Wars and ended up in Rogue One in a central role. He returns in an episode later in Rebels S3. There's a bit of Mandalorian stuff later on with Sabine, which again continues what Clone Wars explored. Darth Maul returns from Clone Wars and has a fairly central role where he is now agnostic to dark vs. light sides of the force and wants to use Ezra's abilities to unlock force secrets, which causes Ezra to dip dangerously close to dark side force usage on a few occasions. Plus central Clone Wars characters Ahsoka and Captain Rex make a return.

Outside of Clone Warsy stuff, the rest of the show pretty much chronicles the formation of the Rebel Alliance and features a lot of guest voices from OT cast members like Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Frank Oz and Billy Dee Williams. After season 1 Ezra decides to leave Lothal and continues on with the crew to help the Rebellion and learn to become a Jedi, so the show spends far less time at that planet. It gets a lot better once they free up the story line. The script gets into a lot of force mythology that they can't allocate enough time for in the films, which makes that worth watching, and explores a few leftovers from the Republic days. Plus there are the usual treats like space battles and badly trained Stormtroopers. I think it's worth watching and enjoy it highly.

The biggest treat: Grand Admiral Thrawn (formerly of now-non-canonical Thrawn Trilogy fame) is brought in as a central character of S3, to the delight of extended universe fans everywhere.

Where it goes from here, I can only guess that S3 ends by dovetailing nicely with Rogue One (a few Easter eggs from Rebels are present in that film), and I know for sure that season 4 will be the final in the Rebels series.

Rare White Ape

April 18th, 2017, 04:19 AM

The showrunner - Dave Filoni, is the same guy who ran the Clone Wars animated show, which is no longer canon along with pretty much everything else pre 2014.

There's a bit of confusion around what Disney kept and what they threw out, but rest assured that the TV show and Clone Wars film from 2008 are still canon.

Leon

April 18th, 2017, 11:48 AM

Okay, I might persist for now.

Good to know that it gets less kiddie after S1. That would be my major criticism of the series, which is to be expected when watching a cartoon :)

Cam

April 19th, 2017, 11:46 AM

Although I may escalate priority as it has Donnie Yen.

I was enthralled by Rogue One. However, I think Yen's talents were wasted.

Freude am Fahren

June 22nd, 2017, 09:45 AM

Kchrpm

June 22nd, 2017, 11:36 AM

Actually I thought they were going too comedic. We'll..actually, I guess we won't see :|

Freude am Fahren

June 22nd, 2017, 12:18 PM

That could be true too. Pretty vague statement. Based on their previous work (Lego Movie), I still think it could go either way :lol:

drew

June 22nd, 2017, 02:07 PM

MR2 Fan

June 22nd, 2017, 02:15 PM

I always thought that if Star Wars had the darkness/seriousness of Alien/s, it would possibly have been one of the greatest movie series in the history of mankind.

But, we got fucking Jar Jar instead.

If they had kept the (supposed) plot of Jar Jar secretly being a sith lord it would have helped

Rare White Ape

June 22nd, 2017, 04:04 PM

Ron Howard to take over as director of Han Solo movie after current directors fired near the end of principal photography. (http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-howard-taking-over-han-solo-movie-2017-6) :eek:

I'd love to know what they were doing wrong. From the sound of the quote from the LucasFilm exec, maybe they were going too dark?

From what I read, writer Lawrence Kasdan and Lucasfilm honcho Kathleen Kennedy prefer very much to shoot to the script, but the two directors were loosening it up and going too far off-script than what Kasdan and Kennedy were comfortable with. And yes, it was going on a lighter tone that initially planned. It was probably a good move for Kennedy to dump the directors, but it's too bad that the movie was so far into production before she made this decision.

Alan P

June 22nd, 2017, 04:06 PM

Hmm. I was hoping that the 'core' Star Wars films were going to be milder, in the vein of the previous films and the 'filler' in between movies like Rogue One would be a little darker and not quite so rigid. Time will tell I guess.

novicius

June 23rd, 2017, 04:27 AM

Heh if that's true I bet Kasdan was getting pissed that the younger directors were veering away from his writing -- so he pulled some strings and called some old friends. :smh:

drew

June 23rd, 2017, 04:16 PM

If they had kept the (supposed) plot of Jar Jar secretly being a sith lord it would have helped

Only redemption of that being, of course, he takes a light sabre up his shit cannon and is split from taint to chin.

Fuck Jar Jar.

Rare White Ape

July 13th, 2017, 01:25 AM

Who's up for some spoilery Star Wars toy leaks thanks to some slippery Lego leak-fiends?

Mild spoilers within

https://m.imgur.com/a/zrJup

novicius

July 13th, 2017, 04:13 AM

Eh not too bad. :up:

I saw some sort of spoilery info re: Rey & Finn the other day. Probably just fanbait and untrue but here 'tis:

There's an image floating around of a discussion panel where the onscreen overlay identified Rey as "Rey Kenobi" and Finn as "Finn Windu".
Like I said, probably just fanbait and rumormongering but I didn't see the image here so... :)

MR2 Fan

July 13th, 2017, 01:32 PM

novicius

July 13th, 2017, 01:53 PM

Ok cool. :)

novicius

August 3rd, 2017, 04:49 AM

Ok what's your number? What do you think Star Wars: The Last Jedi (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=starwars8.htm) is gonna do?

I say...

I say it beats Avatar (http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/) for biggest box office worldwide all time and posts a legit $3 billion USD.

Thoughts? :)

Alan P

August 3rd, 2017, 05:06 AM

I can see it making $2 billion world wide, but if it's actually a good film, then 3 is possible. Makes what Dismey paid for Lucasfilm seem a relative bargain. Pretty sure they've almost made their money back on just two movies.

Rare White Ape

August 3rd, 2017, 05:25 AM

They made it back just on merchandise for Ep 7. A billion of which would've been made before the film released.

Star Wars is less a movie franchise than it is a toy selling juggernaught.

I've walked into a few toy shops lately, and you'll see stores rearranging a big chunk of their setup just to capitalise on Star Wars. You don't see this for other film franchises. Just Star Wars. And Lego.

MR2 Fan

August 3rd, 2017, 06:09 AM

Spaceballs FLAMETHROWERS!!

Yw-slayer

August 3rd, 2017, 09:26 AM

Star Wars is less a movie franchise than it is a toy selling juggernaught.

Yup. And overrated too.

Rare White Ape

August 3rd, 2017, 01:34 PM

Yup.

Agree

And overrated too.

Disagree

Crazed_Insanity

August 4th, 2017, 08:45 AM

Force Awakens was certainly highly over rated.

Hope the Last Jedi will be good.

Makes me wonder if there will be no more Jedis but the force was awaken... what the hell else will they call the episode 9?

Yw-slayer

August 4th, 2017, 09:06 AM

Disagree

Gotta be tough being wrong.

STAR TREK 4 LY43

Makes me wonder if there will be no more Jedis but the force was awaken... what the hell else will they call the episode 9?

No no no. Just because a movie is called "The Last Jedi" (which doesn't mean it's about one Jedi, since the term denotes both the singular and the plural) doesn't mean that the Last Jedi all die in that movie.

MR2 Fan

August 4th, 2017, 10:06 AM

Star Wars Episode IX - Replacements of the Jedi

Crazed_Insanity

August 4th, 2017, 10:09 AM

So maybe Luke and Rey will fall in love on that isolated island and give rise to more baby Jedis! So the last movie will probably be called the rebirth of Jedi or something like that. ;)

Anyway, make your guesses right here in this thread, let's see whose the most prophetic...

Freude am Fahren

August 4th, 2017, 11:26 AM

Star Wars Episode IX: Make The Empire Great Again

Crazed_Insanity

August 4th, 2017, 11:40 AM

:lol:

novicius

August 4th, 2017, 12:10 PM

Makes what Disney paid for Lucasfilm seem a relative bargain. Pretty sure they've almost made their money back on just two movies.

On October 30, 2012, Disney announced a deal to acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, with approximately half in cash and half in shares of Disney stock.
I'm very confident Brett or Ross are gonna correct me on this but here it goes:

On Oct. 30, 2012, Walt Disney Co (DIS) stock was valued at $49.12 at Market Close. Currently it's valued at $107.69.

The Google lists George Lucas' net worth at $5.2 billion USD (and only #294 on Forbes' Billionaires 2017 list, heh). Throw in the $1 billion USD endowment to the Lucas Charitable Family Foundation and one would think that he's still profiting decently from Disney Wars.