Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD * — Page 220

RIP Han Solo 😦 you will be missed.

Ben-Solo said:

RIP Han Solo 😦 you will be missed.

THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE F*CKING KILLED HIM!!!

Tack said:

Ben-Solo said:

RIP Han Solo 😦 you will be missed.

THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE F*CKING KILLED HIM!!!

I know didn’t you see my face? I was like “Oh daddy I’m so sorry”. Than Chewie shot me.

LOVE that “Ben” comic Wook posted!

Well, it does seem like Abrams, as well as Johnson and Trevorrow, do know who Rey’s parents are, as opposed to the speculations that they were just making it up as they went along.
It’s also possible that it will be revealed in ep. VIII as opposed to IX, as it is going to be someone familiar.

http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2016/01/j-j-abrams-and-colin-trevorrow-talk-about-the-mystery-of-reys-parentage.html

Although I’ll reserve judgment until I’ve actually seen Ep. VIII, I’m at least glad to hear that they’re working so close together, as opposed to each film being a retcon of the previous script. Even though Trevorrow won’t start for another year or so he seem to be well informed about the plots of the future films already.

collinreddog said:

Hey there
My name is Collin and I am a die hard Star Wars fan, I love it. I also am a writer and after watching the film I felt passionately about putting down my thoughts. I humbly ask you keep an open mind from one Force user to another. 😃 I wrote the piece out of love for Star Wars and did the review for free for StereoEmbersMagazine because of that. I have lots of funny Star Wars videos and go in depth from a writing/filmmaking/storytelling perspective which I think is unique and will add to the reviews already out. Thank you for taking the time to read this, take a quick peek if you like and may the Force BB(tee-hee) with you either way, always. I felt some issues with the film were it didn’t take it self seriously enough at times, it wasted lots of script time on one liners which hurt the plot, and at times the stakes didn’t feel very high at all. There was however a lot to like too, Daisy was a strong actor for instance. I have a very detailed review I’ll link at the bottom if anyone wants to read an in depth review with funny SW videos.
Sincerely,
Collin

http://stereoembersmagazine.com/star-wars-episode-vii-force-disney-corporate-greed-awakens/

Oh, for crying out loud…

hydrospanner said:

I take it Collin didn’t care for the movie?

It’s the most vitriolically hateful thing I’ve read about it so far. And it came across as a little unfounded… To me, at least. Then again, I liked it.

Man I knew I shouldn’t have hired James Bond as a Stormtrooper. He let her get away. I can’t wait until his contract is over so I can “deal” with him.

Harmy said:

I was thinking that when watching the movie - the light reflections from the sabers looked really natural.

I saw the movie again tonight and I noticed that the blades reflect red and blue in the character’s eyes. I think they really had glowing sticks on set, which is excellent.

So I really like TFA, but I’m not a fan of all of the coincidences, such as the missing piece of the map being in the same county as the Falcon, which is in the same county as Rey, and all of them going to a place with Luke’s old lightsaber, etc. I’ve been thinking about it, and here’s how I would handle them if I was in charge of the backstory:

Luke is training a new crop of Jedi, and Ben is an unstable student of 17. Luke gives him his old lightsaber with which to train. However, the lightsaber causes visions of Vader, it’s first master, to appear in Ben’s head. He goes mad and kills everyone, except the 7 year old student named Rey, since he’s still fighting with the light side of the Force. He puts Rey on the Falcon, which was a gift from his dad, and abandons them on some godforsaken world. They are then found by scavengers, bought and sold multiple times like so much property, until winding up in the hands of Unkar Plutt. Ben becomes Ren and leaves for the First Order.

Luke, meanwhile, is disconsolate. Having failed utterly in his quest to train Jedi, he leaves his old lightsaber, tainted with the atrocities of the past, with Maz (who is the most trusted associate of both Luke and Han) and goes off to search for the first Jedi temple. He knows that R2 has a very rare full map of the galaxy in his files, so finding this temple is possible for him. Finding the temple, he leaves a portion of the map to the temple in the hands of his old friend and fellow Jedi teacher Lor San Tekka, deleting that portion from R2’s memory and putting him in low power mode before giving him to Leia. He has had a vision of his daughter on a desert world and feels that his daughter is still alive, so he tells Tekka to go and search for her and watch over her. Finally Tekka finds her and the Falcon on Jakku, and stays there.

The portion of the map given to Tekka has a beacon on it, which will activate R2 if brought in close proximity to him. This is a safeguard, ensuring that the map does not fall into the wrong hands, but also allowing Luke to be found if the galaxy needed him again.

In this backstory, it doesn’t really matter if Rey is Luke’s daughter or not. I just find it too coincidental that she just happens to be strong in the Force, so she must have had at least some training.

NeverarGreat said:

Harmy said:

I was thinking that when watching the movie - the light reflections from the sabers looked really natural.

I saw the movie again tonight and I noticed that the blades reflect red and blue in the character’s eyes. I think they really had glowing sticks on set, which is excellent.

Yes. You can see it here:
https://www.facebook.com/starwarskyloren/videos/1560914064198519/?theater#

Wow, those are some really solid glow-sticks.

I’m looking forward to seeing more BTS footage from just the duel scene.

TV’s Frink said:

Wrong thread?

JEDIT: NVM. The lack of context confused me.

Yeah, my mistake - I didn’t notice there was another page. Fixed it with a quote.