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GlastoEls

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#1149248
Topic
General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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oojason said:

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Aye mate - sites like HelloGreedo have their own store https://www.teepublic.com/user/hellogreedo - and seems that teepublic site, and others like them, make t-shirts on a ā€˜made-to-order’ basis now too. It also has some decent SW t-shirts on there on general sale too.

(A bit different to days of old where someone would have to pay set-up fees, screen-print costs, and deposit down or buy a minimum of 50 t-shirts beforehand etc)

I’m not saying we should have our own store - yet there are possibilities out there…

As said on the prior page, I think it’s a really good idea…

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#1143366
Topic
The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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Matt.F said:

Someone on this site might correct me, but isn’t the Cruiser the same one that Ackbar commands in Return Of The Jedi? Having Ackbar stay behind to do the hyperspace ram would have been an epic end to a fan fave, far better than the derisory off screen death he recieved.

Argument that would be fan servicey though - and killing a fan fave out of nowhere raises the stakes that everyone is in danger at any time…

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#1143116
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The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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DrDre said:
So, why did Luke go there? To die. If he wanted to die, and see the Jedi end, why go a place associated with the Jedi in the first place. Seems to me the FO would have found him eventually. Why not go to some random unknown Island? Why not kill yourself, if you’re so convinced it should all end? Why did he wear these elaborate white Jedi robes at the end of TFA? He sure seemed an almost mythical Jedi Master with the wisdom of the ages, waiting for the right person to arrive.

To be fair, maybe he ā€˜went to die’, but was actually sub-consciously hoping for ā€˜the right person to arrive’ to shake him out the doledrums - and the combination of Rey and Yoda did actually that.

That’s what I liked most about the Yoda scene - Luke is all melodramatic, but Yoda - with greater perspective - almost no sells him, comforting him that ā€˜failure is the best teacher’…

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#1143105
Topic
The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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Yoda Is Your Father said:

GlastoEls said:

Yoda Is Your Father said:

DrDre said:

NeverarGreat said:

The final chapter is supposed to be a pay-off, but a pay-off to what?

I feel the same.

I agree that different is good, risks are good, and nobody wants to be spoon-fed obvious, predictable stories. But TLJ left me with no plotlines or stakes to really care (or even wonder) about going into the next film. By the third act of any story I should be aware of what we are working towards and what I’m supposed to be hoping each character will or won’t achieve.

Also… I’ve heard a lot of people either praising or criticising Rian Johnson for the decisions this film took. Do you really think RJ was in charge here? I’m pretty sure this film was made by a committee. There’s no way they’d let some director come along with a bunch of weird ideas and just let him run with them at the risk of torpedoing the master plan. Gareth Edwards had to reshoot half his movie and Colin Trevorrow was fired because he wouldn’t play ball. RJ is a hired gun like the rest of them, no?

JJ pitched his Episode IX story to Kathy Kennedy yesterday.

It’s RJ’s ideas, but she has to approve, and it has to align with the Story Group during.

So while they were making TLJ nobody actually knew (even loosely) what the overall arc of the new trilogy would be?

Yep. There was no pre-planned arcs. It’s down the filmmakers piece by piece.

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#1143094
Topic
The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
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Yoda Is Your Father said:

DrDre said:

NeverarGreat said:

The final chapter is supposed to be a pay-off, but a pay-off to what?

I feel the same.

I agree that different is good, risks are good, and nobody wants to be spoon-fed obvious, predictable stories. But TLJ left me with no plotlines or stakes to really care (or even wonder) about going into the next film. By the third act of any story I should be aware of what we are working towards and what I’m supposed to be hoping each character will or won’t achieve.

Also… I’ve heard a lot of people either praising or criticising Rian Johnson for the decisions this film took. Do you really think RJ was in charge here? I’m pretty sure this film was made by a committee. There’s no way they’d let some director come along with a bunch of weird ideas and just let him run with them at the risk of torpedoing the master plan. Gareth Edwards had to reshoot half his movie and Colin Trevorrow was fired because he wouldn’t play ball. RJ is a hired gun like the rest of them, no?

JJ pitched his Episode IX story to Kathy Kennedy yesterday.

It’s RJ’s ideas, but she has to approve, and it has to align with the Story Group during.

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#1143090
Topic
The Last Jedi: Official Review and Opinions Thread ** SPOILERS **
Time

MalĆ Strana said:

But the books are in the drawler of the Falcon at the end… (what does it mean ? I have no idea… but the entire movie is like that: constantly changing its mind about everything)

Looks like Rey stole them then hence Yoda’s quip ā€œthere is nothing in there which Rey does not possessā€ or something!

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#1142064
Topic
Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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oojason said:

GlastoEls said:

I really envy all you with eloquent reactions.

Saw it last night (UK) and I’m still reeling…

The UK isn’t that bad mate - I know things have been tough the last 10 years, and the cuts to everything over the last 7 especially, plus, yes - the weather is always shite… yet UK cinemas are still decent to watch a film in… oh… hang on you’re talking about the film itself…

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That just made me laugh!