They spoke and drew attention to themselves awkwardly.
Some people really get off on awkward distracting scenes that fail to propel the story forward at all. They should probably stop trying to appease that part of the audience.
yeah…
All movies are fan service of one type or another. People only seem to ridicule it when they aren’t a fan of some aspect.
Exactly. People just use it as a whiny buzzword.
2018 HAN SOLO
2019 EPIX
2020 OBI WAN MOVIE
EARLY 2020s: “NEW REPUBLIC” TV SHOW (ANIMATED), ON DISNEY XD
EARLY 2020S: LIVE ACTION TV SHOW, EXCLUSIVE ON DISNEY’S ANTI-NETFLIX STREAMING PLATFORM
LATE 2020S: RIAN JOHNSON TRILOGY
EARLY 2030S: SEQUEL SEQUEL TRILOGY
Non star-wars-news junkie here. So was there actually a 4K restoration that took place? I assume this thread was based on some sort of speculative news article.
Nope. There is one going on but it’s not official.
thanks
So you’d torch the sacred texts without hesitation?
That’s the whole point of the scene. The books don’t matter, “Time to look past a pile of old books” Yoda says. He reminds Luke that the inert desire for every person to do good and use their powers to save others and to learn from failure is all that truly matters. Not the old dogmatic teachings of the jedi. And that is precisely the first thing I’ll be cutting out of the film is the books at the end on the falcon.
And no offense, but this is one of the reasons I probably won’t be watching any TLJ edits. Everyone wants to cut out things I thought were great.
Alongside that, I think the idea of having Luke burn down the tree is terrible.
I guess we can agree to strongly disagree here 😃
I really feel like that was the point of the scene. I do agree with you technically on one thing and that’s that Luke definitely should have not burned the tree in that moment. Mainly because it would be out of anger and him simply feeling that this will help him “kill the past”. Yoda does burn the tree, but it’s not because he wants to kill the past. He knows what actually matters and wants Luke to look past just a pile of old books and instead look to learn from his past and to cherish his failures and how they have helped him. This is a contrast to Kylo killing the past. And that is ultimately why I feel the books at the end on the Falcon are just another pointless cheap fake out that aren’t worth putting in the film.
But I have discussed this before and definitely see where your coming from! I just interpreted the same content a bit differently I suppose.
The great thing about fanedits is that we can all choose our own interpretations and ignore all the others. 😉
FANFICTION
Oh, and I also thought Leia was calling Han a “scruffy-looking nerve-hurter”. I just thought it was Star Wars-speak for “you’re hurting my feelings dude”.
Your username reminded me that I thought Darth Maul was Darth Mall.
This dumb edit and the reaction to it is basically a textbook example of how the internet ruins everything for me (in this case, the fairly enjoyable TLJ).
You can never tell people here to not take things seriously.
Heh, this is a forum on the internet!
Then Star Trek died.
Cool.
I agree that it is cool.
Non star-wars-news junkie here. So was there actually a 4K restoration that took place? I assume this thread was based on some sort of speculative news article.
Pretty sure the Emperor’s tower is supposed to be at or near the North Pole of the DSII
Christmas symbolism in Star Wars. Are the storm troopers elves? 😉
(The previous post is just a philosophic mental exercise of mine I did to entertain myself 😉. Don’t take it too seriously!)
A lot of people are complaining about this movie and saying that it’s just going to be fan service.
Well,
“Fan Service”, (taking the phrase literally) is not a bad thing.
Films are corporate products. To sell a product, you must please your customers.
a.k.a. the fans.
Here I draw a contrast between Fan Service and “Fan Fiction (fan being singular here)”.
A franchise movie (a movie series that already has a set of fans) should be 100% fan service.
If not, in my opinion the director is wallowing into the territory of fan fiction. Fan fiction, as we all know, is one impassioned person creating a story THEY want, specifically tailored to them. A film where Han Solo fights for Galactic Free Trade, or where Han Solo time travels would be just someone’s weird, personal desires put into Star Wars. Would it be unexpected? Yes.
Some people think that unexpectedness is a virtue of the story. But it is not. As good authors would tell you, a good ending is ‘surprising but expected…and justified in-universe’. In other words, it should make you say ‘oh, that makes sense. it fits with this world and this story’.
In conclusion, I’m hoping this story is 100% fan service.
I enjoyed TFA because it was fan service. I did not really like TLJ because it was not.
I know some people were upset because TFA was so similar to other Star Wars movies, but I would not have expected any less of the movie.
People who wanted it to be different wanted it to be different because, to them, “Star Wars” was over (the original trilogy was over). Because they enjoyed the OT, they would have enjoyed a new set of films that were ‘inspired’ by the OT. But they did not want more Star Wars. Subconsciously, they would reject any addition to this OT as apocrypha.
So there are two types of people going into this movie (and any franchise movie, really):
1 Those who think Han’s story is complete, and will see any addition as apocrypha.
2 Those who are open to seeing more of the character Han Solo in the Star Wars universe
3 Non-fans (the General Audience (General Population))
The film Solo can only be two things:
FAN FICTION This will disappoint most of #1 because, as strange as it is, it still pretends to be Han Solo and they will reject it as apocrypha. It will disappoint almost all of #2. However, a very small minority of #2 might enjoy it as a film in its own right, just not as a Han Solo film. But this is not guaranteed. The GA might like it.
FAN SERVICE This will please all of #2, and none of #1. It will also please the GA, because it will be a movie that embraces its identity, and is strong in its genre, and that’s all they are really looking for in a movie.
This is just a nitpick, but did it bother anyone how the artillery fire was arcing like a cannonball? I thought that was dumb.
OT Jedi > PT Jedi
3.5/5
Not as good as Rogue One, but much better than Force Awakens.
Interesting fact:
The DJ character was going to be played by Lando Calrissian, but RJ decided that Lando wouldn’t outright betray the heroes.
Anyway, predictions:
Whether Kylo Ren is going to be conflicted, or just a strong villain now, will let us be known to us within the first 20 minutes of the movie. They won’t tease a redemption if he’s not gonna be redeemed.
If Kylo Ren is not redeemed, it will end in a climactic duel where Rey beats him (again) and this time kills him.
If he’s not, he and Rey continue their relationship they started in TLJ. It progresses even further to the point where they are the only ones who understand each other and need to be with each other all the time.
Also:
Hux turns against Kylo Ren.
Knights of Ren make an appearance.
A few throwaway lines explain WHO THE HECK THIS SNOKE GUY WAS. Put in there to pacify annoyed fans like me 😃
I enjoyed it much less the second time I saw it, I’m ashamed to say. Best since Empire it is not, as I first proclaimed. Maybe along the lines of The Phantom Menace for me.
EDIT: Unlike many of you probably I actually like TPM as a Star Wars film. To me I always liked it much more than the atrocities that were II and III.
Rogue One
EDIT:
Also The Phantom Menace and Star Wars Monopoly 😉
MaestroDavros said:
Either way I REALLY hope Disney actually let 20th Century Fox still exist as a separate brand once the transaction is complete, but I’m not holding my breath knowing their history.You mean their history of not sticking their name anywhere on Marvel or Star Wars?
Have you ever seen Star Wars toys at the store? It isn’t hard to find the Disney logo on them.
I am actually interested in this movie. Why? Because I’ve never thought about young Han Solo. I thought about what Luke might do after ROTJ, I thought about what happened before the OT (before I saw PT).
There isn’t anything this movie can ruin for me, no expectations it can fall short of.
My preferred Episode 9 would be Chewie dying with the Falcon, Finn dying, Hux trying to overthrow Kylo, Luke haunting Kylo, and I have no idea what they should do with Rey.
Overall, I’m not super excited since TLJ tied up so many plot threads.
The thing is, it seems like Rey’s arc is over to me. She seems to be in the same place Luke was at the end of ROTJ.
There is only one requirement: it must be decently made.
Untrue.
Evidence: PT
toche. I think a better way to put it is it doesn’t look like an indie film.
I’m not really sure. I was just a kid when the PT came out. I watched them when I was like 14 and didn’t think too highly of them but didn’t feel angry that they were bad or anything.
I think once this “Episode IX” comes out, all future movies will be too far removed from the story I actually love (the OT), and I probably won’t care about them anymore.