Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * SPOILER THREAD * — Page 16

“Tell me young Rey, what brings you out this far?”

“Well it’s all happened so fast for me…for the longest time I’ve waited on my home planet–”

“Tatooine, that I know.”

“No…Jakku, actually.”

“Oh, right. Well when I lived there it was called Tatooine.”

This will be in the film, I guarantee it.

http://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2016/04/closer-look-at-the-ahch-to-huts-at-ceann-sibeal-in-kerry-for-episodeviii.html

“Rey’s Parents are not in Episode VII”

"Parents"

Doesn’t rule out that one of them is.

I wouldn’t trust anything JJ “Not Khan” Abrams has to say on this matter.

I think he learned that lying is a great way to conceal spoilers.
And why not?

ray_afraid said:

I think he learned that lying is a great way to conceal spoilers.
And why not?

Also if Luke wasn’t he father, doesn’t that kind of render the reprisal of his “the force is strong in my family” monologue in the second trailer utterly meaningless?

Lord Haseo said:

Swazzy said:

ray_afraid said:

I think he learned that lying is a great way to conceal spoilers.
And why not?

Also if Luke wasn’t he father, doesn’t that kind of render the reprisal of his “the force is strong in my family” monologue in the second trailer utterly meaningless?

No because Kylo Ren is of the Skywalker lineage. Also unless he says those exact words in one of the sequels the monologue means shitall.

It’s either complete farce or the dialogue was explicitly re edited to make it sound like Luke was taking to a direct descendant. In the original scene, having the force is a revelation to Leia, and Rey going through the same exact thing in this movie, I don’t know why we’d be expected to think otherwise about the meaning of those words. They’ve dropped more than what can be only described as hints that Luke’s the father, and if they back out now just to be less predictable, not only does the narrative for our main character make a hell of a lot less sense, but it also completely nullifies JJ’s entire ‘mystery box’ concept in terms of slowly letting the answers to these questions unwind over the course of the trilogy. I just hope Reys father isn’t a sentient, ancient puff of smoke in the end.

“What I meant was it is painfully obvious that Luke is the father, but being the person I am I desperately want that to be a revelation to the audience because mystery box. Even if it doesn’t better the narrative at all to instead just directly tell the audience at he end of the first movie.”

JJ should just tell people it’s in Rian’s hands now and save himself from any more sensationalized headlines. Early ‘leaks’ had said the movie ended with Rey reaching an abandoned temple and finding Luke inside, who immediately told her that he was her father. I suspect the only reason it didn’t happen in the final draft of the story was because JJ thought a silent Luke would’ve made it all the more powerful of an ending.

flametitan said:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-oscar-isaac-on-star-wars-episode-viii-20160417-story.html

Confirmation that Episode VIII will at least feel somewhat different?

Somewhat?

"[Rian Johnson] is going to make some weird thing," Kasdan said. "If you’ve seen Rian’s work, you know it’s not going be like anything that’s ever been in ‘Star Wars.’"

"I would agree with [Kasdan]," said Isaac. "Rian is definitely going to places and investigating things that haven’t really been done in the ‘Star Wars’ universe. For me, it’s so fun getting to explore different things that I wouldn’t have expected in this universe."

It sound like they’re going to do some pretty weird stuff to me, which I wholeheartedly approve of.

I really do doubt that we’ll get the ESB remake that a lot of people are fearing. Sure, I doubt they’ll be able to avoid some similarities, but I doubt we’ll be getting another remake-type plot.

Also, I don’t know if this has been brought up, but according to Wookieepedia Johnson screened the films Twelve O’Clock High and Letter Never Sent to the cast/crew to prepare them for the film.
I haven’t personally seen ether film, but they seem like somewhat odd choices for inspiration for a SW film. It does make me even more intrigued about what ep. VIII is going to be like though.

Pictures and video from the Ep8 set during princes William and Harry’s visit today. Looks like we’re getting A-wings 😃

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3547750/Princes-William-Harry-arrive-set-Star-Wars-private-tour.html

I like that they have a large Polish ANH poster hanging on the wall in the studio/workshop. Not exactly the first thing I expected to see.

Also, was this guy in TFA, or is this a new character?

SilverWook said:

ZkinandBonez said:

flametitan said:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-et-hc-oscar-isaac-on-star-wars-episode-viii-20160417-story.html

Confirmation that Episode VIII will at least feel somewhat different?

Somewhat?

"[Rian Johnson] is going to make some weird thing," Kasdan said. "If you’ve seen Rian’s work, you know it’s not going be like anything that’s ever been in ‘Star Wars.’"

"I would agree with [Kasdan]," said Isaac. "Rian is definitely going to places and investigating things that haven’t really been done in the ‘Star Wars’ universe. For me, it’s so fun getting to explore different things that I wouldn’t have expected in this universe."

It sound like they’re going to do some pretty weird stuff to me, which I wholeheartedly approve of.

I really do doubt that we’ll get the ESB remake that a lot of people are fearing. Sure, I doubt they’ll be able to avoid some similarities, but I doubt we’ll be getting another remake-type plot.

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Also, I don’t know if this has been brought up, but according to Wookieepedia Johnson screened the films Twelve O’Clock High and Letter Never Sent to the cast/crew to prepare them for the film.
I haven’t personally seen ether film, but they seem like somewhat odd choices for inspiration for a SW film. It does make me even more intrigued about what ep. VIII is going to be like though.

The entire Death Star battle in the original film draws inspiration from the climax of The Dam Busters

Right, I’d forgotten about that. I remembered Kurosawa and Flash Gordon (plus a lot of other sci-fi stories). I’m actually exited to see that a new SW film will be based on classic movies again, rather than just other SW films. Sure, Abrams mentioned having watched Kurosawa’s High and Low as well as some Westerns (not too far from what inspired ANH), but I’m curious to see what Johnson manages to get out of a Soviet drama from the 60’s in relation to a Star Wars film.

SilverWook said:

adywan said:

Pictures and video from the Ep8 set during princes William and Harry’s visit today. Looks like we’re getting A-wings 😃

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3547750/Princes-William-Harry-arrive-set-Star-Wars-private-tour.html

They got Wookiee hugs! It’s good to be the future king! 😉

I wonder if BB-8 is totally remote controlled now, as he was sort of a rod puppet in TFA.

They used both RC and “rod puppetry” in TFA did they not?

ZkinandBonez said:

Also, was this guy in TFA, or is this a new character?

He was in TFA. I believe he was piloting an X-Wing…