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JCM said:

Was kind of bummed to read this but I suppose I knew it would happen. Apparently Lawrence Kasdan is moving on after he finishes up with the Han Solo SW Anthology film (due in 2018). So he will have co-written TFA and the Han Solo movie and bow out. I hope Rian Johnson is really as good as they say to write the middle film. For that matter, Colin Trevorrow with the final film in the ST.

http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-writer-lawrence-kasdan/

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The TFA spoiler thread is over there. >_<

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imperialscum said:

I think in ANH there is actually no evidence she is any kind of military leader. She seems like a high-ranking rebel with non-military role. Actually, she seems exactly what Vader labelled her: a rebel spy.

Ok, so replace where I wrote “military leader” with “high-ranking rebel spy” if that makes a huge difference to you.
My point is that she isn’t some posh princess when we meet her in ANH.

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Leia Organa said:

you looked at me and then you winked and all the force was in the wink as if your pulsing solo like the muscular blind eye of some anemone from endor winkd and squirted with the force of all your being

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imperialscum said:

ray_afraid said:

My point is that she isn’t some posh princess when we meet her in ANH.

And that is where we disagree.

No that’s where you are just plain wrong. She is a Senator who is captured in an act of espionage and is a leader in military resistance to the Empire. She can resist Vader’s powers and standard Imperial interrogation techniques and is really handy with a gun. So not just some posh Princess. She isn’t even that posh when she is talking to Han and Luke.

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ray_afraid said:

imperialscum said:

We first meet her as a spoiled royalty in ANH.

imperialscum said:

She seems like a high-ranking rebel… Actually, she seems exactly what Vader labelled her: a rebel spy.

You’ve already disagreed with yourself.
So is she “spoiled royalty” or a “high-ranking rebel spy”?
Answer if ya wanna, but I couldn’t care any less.

Disagreed in what sense? Being a royalty of a planet and a galactic senator are privileged positions that can more then support one in being spoiled. Being high-ranking member of rebellion does not undermine that position. Espionage activities on that kind of level really isn’t any kind of “down-to-earth” job that would require one to get their hands dirty.

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Bingowings said:

No that’s where you are just plain wrong. She is a Senator who is captured in an act of espionage and is a leader in military resistance to the Empire. She can resist Vader’s powers and standard Imperial interrogation techniques and is really handy with a gun. So not just some posh Princess. She isn’t even that posh when she is talking to Han and Luke.

Interrogation was basically purely on mental level and it doesn’t mean too much in this context. She could simply be good at resisting truth serum. It is not like she was being beaten up. Same goes for her skill with a gun. It doesn’t mean a thing as she could as well gain that skill on luxury “safari” hunts.

The thing is that she is plain annoying after she is being rescued. With that kind of annoying attitude and lack of charisma, it is really implausible that she would be able to lead anyone. But anyway, she didn’t need to as she was a spy in elite circles.

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imperialscum said:

Bingowings said:

No that’s where you are just plain wrong. She is a Senator who is captured in an act of espionage and is a leader in military resistance to the Empire. She can resist Vader’s powers and standard Imperial interrogation techniques and is really handy with a gun. So not just some posh Princess. She isn’t even that posh when she is talking to Han and Luke.

Interrogation was basically purely on mental level and it doesn’t mean too much in this context. She could simply be good at resisting truth serum. It is not like she was being beaten up. Same goes for her skill with a gun. It doesn’t mean a thing as she could as well gain that skill on luxury “safari” hunts.

The thing is that she is plain annoying after she is being rescued. With that kind of annoying attitude and lack of charisma, it is really implausible that she would be able to lead anyone. But anyway, she didn’t need to as she was a spy in elite circles.

By those comments, Luke is more spoiled than Leia. He whine’s about the Falcon too, + a lot of other stuff if you’ve noticed, makes not so nice comments to Han etc. And he didn’t have crap in the desert. And who did he become? Rebel leader and the last Jedi.

And in the time of greatest despair, there shall come a savior, and he shall be known as the Son of the Suns.

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LexX said:

By those comments, Luke is more spoiled than Leia. He whine’s about the Falcon too, + a lot of other stuff if you’ve noticed, makes not so nice comments to Han etc. And he didn’t have crap in the desert.

Luke was complaining because of the obvious rip-off price. That gives someone a good ground for complaint. And the fact that he “didn’t have crap in the desert” makes the complaints even more warranted. On the other hand, Leia’s complaints had no real ground.

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You’ll find many of the truths impscum clings to depend greatly on his certain (wrong) point of view.

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Holy hell! Barbara Windsor as Chewbacca!? I never thought I’d see that!

Ol’ George has the GOUT, I see.

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FrankT said:

Holy hell! Barbara Windsor as Chewbacca!? I never thought I’d see that!

Well never did I mean… w’uh ?

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Bingowings said:

FrankT said:

Holy hell! Barbara Windsor as Chewbacca!? I never thought I’d see that!

Well never did I mean… w’uh ?

Not sure if you caught it or not Bingo, but for those that didn’t, she was part of a short ‘Star Wars’ skit on the BBC’s annual ‘Children In Need’ fundraiser earlier tonight. Warwick Davis, C3PO, R2D2, BB-8 and the new Stormtroopers were all involved. It will be up on Youtube before long, no doubt.

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ImperialFighter said:

Bingowings said:

FrankT said:

Holy hell! Barbara Windsor as Chewbacca!? I never thought I’d see that!

Well never did I mean… w’uh ?

Not sure if you caught it or not Bingo, but for those that didn’t, she was part of a short ‘Star Wars’ skit on the BBC’s annual ‘Children In Need’ fundraiser earlier tonight. Warwick Davis, C3PO, R2D2, BB-8 and the new Stormtroopers were all involved. It will be up on Youtube before long, no doubt.

Yeah! And if 3PO and R2 were played by Anthony and Kenny, that’ll make it all complete.

Ol’ George has the GOUT, I see.

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Just had a random thought about “Revenge of the Sith” today. Rather than Palpatine saying to Vader that “in your anger, you killed Padme,” he could have said “I’m afraid she left you for Obi-Wan.”

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I don’t know if this: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-17/its-taken-13-years-but-someone-has-finally-spotted-the-matrix-easter-egg-in-star-wars-attack-of-the-clones has been raised here before but I thought it was fun and plausible what with the first film stealing much of the expected applause from TPM. I didn’t see Comic Relief on the night (I don’t have broadcast television) but I caught the skit later. BB8 is shaping up to be a cultural icon like Fett and Maul.

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I haven’t seen much of BB8 here, but I wouldn’t doubt it eventually. It would be a tremendous improvement over the Minions.

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Bingowings said:

I don’t know if this: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-17/its-taken-13-years-but-someone-has-finally-spotted-the-matrix-easter-egg-in-star-wars-attack-of-the-clones has been raised here before but I thought it was fun and plausible what with the first film stealing much of the expected applause from TPM. I didn’t see Comic Relief on the night (I don’t have broadcast television) but I caught the skit later. BB8 is shaping up to be a cultural icon like Fett and Maul.

I knew the actor who played Mouse was the death stick dealer, but never spotted her before!

Maybe the prequels are set in one of the early versions of the Matrix, and Anakin is one of Neo’s predecessors? 😛

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SilverWook said:

Bingowings said:

I don’t know if this: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-17/its-taken-13-years-but-someone-has-finally-spotted-the-matrix-easter-egg-in-star-wars-attack-of-the-clones has been raised here before but I thought it was fun and plausible what with the first film stealing much of the expected applause from TPM. I didn’t see Comic Relief on the night (I don’t have broadcast television) but I caught the skit later. BB8 is shaping up to be a cultural icon like Fett and Maul.

I knew the actor who played Mouse was the death stick dealer, but never spotted her before!

Maybe the prequels are set in one of the early versions of the Matrix, and Anakin is one of Neo’s predecessors? 😛

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