Master Lawdog

Zachary VIII said:

StarkillerAG said:

A higher quality version of the poster:

I just realized that Threepio also has Rey’s staff. How a droid with no arm mobility could use it is beyond me.

So I’m thinking that Threepio isn’t actually using any of the weapons. He’s either carrying or delivering them to Rey and Chewie. Maybe they’re being pinned down by stormtrooper fire and it’s up to poor Threepio to shuffle across the battlefield and give them their weapons so they can fight back. It would be a pretty amusing scene, but I’m not sure why it’s so important as to be on the poster.

That’s a really good prediction as to why Threepio is carrying Rey and Chewie’s weapons, Zach.

DominicCobb said:

Zachary VIII said:

DominicCobb said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Zachary VIII said:

That TIE Interceptor with two triangular wings bugs me. It looks cool, but it has even less visibility than the standard TIE fighter which already has bad visibility.

Agree with this, too.

Fortunately for me, this is something I literally never considered about TIE fighters and I don’t think I’ll start caring about that sort of thing any time soon.

Good for you.

I mean it’s a movie. It’s fantasy, why should something like that matter? You could pick any number of logic holes in ship designs or whatever if you wanted to. The series has never cared about that sort of thing.

You’re right. I wouldn’t nitpick about anything so small here, especially TIE fighter designs

DominicCobb said:

nl0428 said:

DominicCobb said:

nl0428 said:

DominicCobb said:

nl0428 said:

If it is a real piece of artwork made at Lucasfilm, and it was a work in progress poster for some potential scrapped ideas, I believe this poster will not be used as promotional material close to around December. This looks like something that could be put in The Art of Episode IX book when it comes out. Or, it could just be a really well put together fake poster that someone made.

No, it’s highly unlikely that this would appear in the Art of book. It’s not concept art, it’s using legit promotional photography of the actors in costume. For it to be fan made would be nearly impossible, for it to be a poster concept would be highly improbable. That it is an official poster is possible, and that it is a retail/licensed based artwork is most likely. The latter are often character collages like these, and usually when a leak emerges it is merchandise related. There will almost certainly be an official teaser poster at celebration but it will probably be a lot more minimal than this.

I do agree. It’s possible that this could be some promotional material for Star Wars Celebration this year, but the concept of C-3PO with Chewbacca’s bowcaster and bandolier doesn’t seem like an idea that Luacsfilm was make use of in any content these days. This is why it could be possible that someone made a poster themselves to troll fans online.

JJ does love giving other people Chewie’s bowcaster. It’s a comical image, but then again 3PO is a comical character. It’d be weird but I could see a scene where it happens. Doubt they’d put it on a poster, but that might just explain more why this is probably a merchandising thing - there’s going to be a 3PO + bowcaster toy.

I understand, but I can’t see someone like J.J. Abrams giving someone like C-3PO, who is a comic relief character, unlike Han and Chewie. Coming up with an idea like this is similar as to when George Lucas revealed that R2-D2 could fly in the prequels. I feel that the lowest point in the entire saga is having Threepio’s head and body exchanged with a battle droid in Attack of the Clones.

We have no idea the context. I’d argue that giving 3PO a blaster isn’t inherently a bad idea because who knows how it might play out. R2 rockets is weird because he never uses them in the OT. 3PO battle droid is the saga’s lowpoint, I agree, but not due to the mere fact that he was holding a blaster. Save your complaints for later when they might be more justified.

It’s possible that there could be a scene where maybe Chewie or Poe give Threepio the weapon to use, and he tells them that he’s not programmed to attack with a weapon, and maybe lets out one good lucky shot from the bowcaster. A brief little scene like that could work nicely and be funny, but I don’t think a short moment such as that would be added to a poster. Not to mention, it would be a bit of a spoiler.

ChainsawAsh said:
Again, I’m not the biggest fan of the idea either, but sticking your fingers in your ears and going “LALALALALA THEY’RE NOT DOING THIS” is just straight up denial and will hurt any chance you have at enjoying the movie. Accept that it’s at minimum likely to happen and you’ll have a better time, even if you still end up disliking the idea.

The idea that this is “sketched-out concept art” of that it contains any “scrapped ideas” is straight-up denial, as this is far beyond those stages. This is near-finalized to the point where I’d be surprised if this exact poster isn’t for sale at Celebration.

I agree with you. I’m not necessarily denying anything, and by the time Episode IX is released, I am going into the theater to watch the ninth installment in the Star Wars saga and forget everything that I have been following during the lead up to the film. I walked into The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi doing the same, and I loved both Episodes VII and VIII. I believe there is a way that Lucasfilm will make some of these ideas work, I fully trust the crew with the sequel trilogy. I am just giving some first thoughts on the poster and breaking down why the poster could be either real or not. The Last Jedi really changed my thoughts on the entire franchise in a very positive and life changing way. I am very excited about Episode IX, despite that the toxicity that grew in the fanbase did effect my excitement for Episode IX or any future Star Wars content.

DominicCobb said:

nl0428 said:

DominicCobb said:

nl0428 said:

If it is a real piece of artwork made at Lucasfilm, and it was a work in progress poster for some potential scrapped ideas, I believe this poster will not be used as promotional material close to around December. This looks like something that could be put in The Art of Episode IX book when it comes out. Or, it could just be a really well put together fake poster that someone made.

No, it’s highly unlikely that this would appear in the Art of book. It’s not concept art, it’s using legit promotional photography of the actors in costume. For it to be fan made would be nearly impossible, for it to be a poster concept would be highly improbable. That it is an official poster is possible, and that it is a retail/licensed based artwork is most likely. The latter are often character collages like these, and usually when a leak emerges it is merchandise related. There will almost certainly be an official teaser poster at celebration but it will probably be a lot more minimal than this.

I do agree. It’s possible that this could be some promotional material for Star Wars Celebration this year, but the concept of C-3PO with Chewbacca’s bowcaster and bandolier doesn’t seem like an idea that Luacsfilm was make use of in any content these days. This is why it could be possible that someone made a poster themselves to troll fans online.

JJ does love giving other people Chewie’s bowcaster. It’s a comical image, but then again 3PO is a comical character. It’d be weird but I could see a scene where it happens. Doubt they’d put it on a poster, but that might just explain more why this is probably a merchandising thing - there’s going to be a 3PO + bowcaster toy.

I understand, but I can’t see someone like J.J. Abrams giving someone like C-3PO, who is a comic relief character, unlike Han and Chewie. Coming up with an idea like this is similar as to when George Lucas revealed that R2-D2 could fly in the prequels. I feel that the lowest point in the entire saga is having Threepio’s head and body exchanged with a battle droid in Attack of the Clones.

DominicCobb said:

nl0428 said:

If it is a real piece of artwork made at Lucasfilm, and it was a work in progress poster for some potential scrapped ideas, I believe this poster will not be used as promotional material close to around December. This looks like something that could be put in The Art of Episode IX book when it comes out. Or, it could just be a really well put together fake poster that someone made.

No, it’s highly unlikely that this would appear in the Art of book. It’s not concept art, it’s using legit promotional photography of the actors in costume. For it to be fan made would be nearly impossible, for it to be a poster concept would be highly improbable. That it is an official poster is possible, and that it is a retail/licensed based artwork is most likely. The latter are often character collages like these, and usually when a leak emerges it is merchandise related. There will almost certainly be an official teaser poster at celebration but it will probably be a lot more minimal than this.

I do agree. It’s possible that this could be some promotional material for Star Wars Celebration this year, but the concept of C-3PO with Chewbacca’s bowcaster and bandolier doesn’t seem like an idea that Luacsfilm was make use of in any content these days. This is why it could be possible that someone made a poster themselves to troll fans online.

ChainsawAsh said:

What makes you think anything in this poster is a “scrapped idea?”

C-3PO with Chewbacca’s bandolier and bowcaster seems like an idea that was floating around during the concept art/pre-production stages of the film before it would be dropped. It doesn’t seem like an idea that Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy and J.J. Abrams would not want to make use of. While there was concept art of Kylo Ren with a repaired helmet on that got leaked even earlier, it is also likely that that idea was dropped as well. I have already explained why Kylo Ren would not wear his helmet again, and why the crew have now gone into the direction. You may be right about this being a shopping poster used at Wal-Mart, as The Force Awakens had similar posters that were sold at stores such as this, but this could also either be fake, or a work in progress poster that was sketched out as a pinpoint as to which stage they were at in development for characters and ideas to be used in the film.

If it is a real piece of artwork made at Lucasfilm, and it was a work in progress poster for some potential scrapped ideas, I believe this poster will not be used as promotional material close to around December. This looks like something that could be put in The Art of Episode IX book when it comes out. Or, it could just be a really well put together fake poster that someone made.

DominicCobb said:

I will say re: the lightsaber, TLJ implies that Rey will rebuild it along with the Jedi and the rebellion. Her thing is taking the past and moving forward with it and making it her own. So rebuilding it serves the story of the character, though if the new design is basically just the old lightsaber again with minimal difference it’d be a less effective way of making that point than a more significant change to the saber (but you don’t want to go too far and make it look completely different).

Kylo is about killing the past. Which is why the mask being back is a headscracher. There’s probably a few ways you could logically explain it (good intimidation that was working before he broke it), but it’d muddle the symbol it holds for his character. Then again, we don’t know for sure where his character is at in IX yet.

I agree with why Kylo Ren shouldn’t wear a mask anymore, but I don’t mind it if Rey rebuilt Anakin’s lightsaber. Even if she did, I would rather have her create her own saber, very much like what Luke did in Return of the Jedi. It would be nice if Rey kept Anakin’s rebuilt saber as a historic relic for a new generation to wield, kind of like what Darth Maul did with the darksaber in Rebels.

dgraham414 said:

The only things that I’m not a huge fan of are the apparent repairs of Luke’s lightsaber and Kylo’s helmet. The idea of taking stuff that was destroyed in TLJ and the just fixing them for 9 seems to me to just be discounting the forward progression of the story.

Or the fact that Obi-Wan apparently just recreated his lightsaber from TPM when it was lost and then lost it again in AOTC.

On the opposite side, I love the fact that the Falcon had a new dish array in TFA or that Anakin had a different lightsaber in AOTC that got destroyed so that he could make his iconic one for ROTS.

I agree with you completely, dgraham!

I do hope that this poster is either fake, or concept artwork that was conceived, but eventually wouldn’t be used in the film’s promotion. I hope that this poster and the concept art of Kylo Ren wearing his repaired helmet are not in the finished movie.

John_ said:

If it’s a fake it’s an extremely convincing fake.

I agree. I do hope that C-3PO doesn’t weird Chewie’s bowcaster. It reminds me bit of R2-D2 flying. I also personally hope Kylo Ren doesn’t wear his mask again. To me it would be an act of him, as a character, maturing backwards.

The poster does look quite legit, but it’s possible it could be fake too, or it could be test artwork.

oojason said:

Never change, Mark…

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1109980816912728064

😃
 

I still love his dad joke.

https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1106974384428744704/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1106974384428744704&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cinemablend.com%2Fnews%2F2468496%2Ftechnically-mark-hamill-did-just-share-a-star-wars-episode-ix-trailer

ChainsawAsh said:

That’s not what she said. He asked the question in a weird way and she interpreted it (after several attempts at answering something completely different) as him asking if they were going to further alter the SE’s, which they’re not.

Kathleen Kennedy is explaining that the original trilogy are George Lucas’ films. George has said that the unaltered versions are not the films he intended on making, and saying that the Special Editions are his final cuts. I also agree that George keeps changing his mind on what he contends to be his final versions, but he has made it clear. Kennedy is respecting Lucas by not tampering with his original films, whether that be releasing the original versions. Now that George Lucas is no longer part of the franchise, there will be no more alterations made to the trilogy. As much as it disappoints me, the Special Editions are canon, and the unaltered trilogy will remain in the vault.

But don’t be too upset, we still have the Despecialized Editions. This is one of the sole reasons why Harmy created them.

LordZerome1080 said:

nl0428 said:

It would be great to have a nine film box set of all three trilogies. The unfortunate truth is that the unaltered versions of the original trilogy will never be released (most likely something George Lucas made clear when selling his property to Disney in the contract). It would be nice is Lucasfilm color corrected the Special Editions to remove the color timing issues that were introduced in the original 2004 DVD release.

We don’t know for sure whether it’s true or not.

This interview confirms that Lucasfilm is not releasing the unaltered trilogy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZO0_yYvmxo

It would be great to have a nine film box set of all three trilogies. The unfortunate truth is that the unaltered versions of the original trilogy will never be released (most likely something George Lucas made clear when selling his property to Disney in the contract). It would be nice is Lucasfilm color corrected the Special Editions to remove the color timing issues that were introduced in the original 2004 DVD release.

Hey, Hal. I’m working on my own custom special editions as well. My personal primary source is the official Blu-rays that I color corrected using Final Cut Pro to match the looks of the 97 Special Editions and the Despecialized Editions. Similar to the coloring seen in Adywan’s Revisited Saga I think.

Octorox said:

Have you considered using kk650’s semi-specialized edition as a base for ESB? I know earlier versions of his work on the OT skewed pretty yellow but the latest 2.6 version looks about as good as a blanket color-correction on ESB will ever look. I don’t think it’s possible to do much better without going shot-by-shot like Adywan.

As an added bonus, all you really need to do on that version is swap out the wampa scene and adywan’s emperor. The rest is already done.

What happened to kk650? He’s been gone for almost a year and I’ve tried private messaging him for some of the color regrades he’s produced.

OutboundFlight said:

Avengers pulled it off. Would be great if Star Wars did the same.

We’re at the midpoint of March, I believe that Lucasfilm is revealing the title the same way Marvel did.

Sir Ridley said:

This got me thinking. If Ben is redeemed, I think it would make sense if the saber went to him. Ben accepting and turning it on would be a powerful visual, showing his turn to the light and perhaps remind us of the scene where Luke gets the saber from Obi-Wan, with unknown adventures ahead. It would symbolize the hero and the Skywalker within him. “It belongs to me” would get a new meaning. The saber being broken but repaired would of course symbolize Ben himself, especially since it was repaired by Rey much like Ben might be. Rey handing the saber to Ben would be a callback to her handing it to Luke, and Ben accepting it would symbolize him giving Rey the belonging she was searching for in Luke. “It belongs to you”, she might say, tying their story arches together.

That would be pretty great and epic if you ask me.

Do you know what really shocks me? There is only one game solely based on Attack of the Clones, and it was released on the Game Boy Advance.

A movie about the Dianoga and Sarlacc.

DominicCobb said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Yeah, excitement isn’t going to start building until the marketing starts, and Disney isn’t gonna start marketing it until after Endgame so as not to draw attention away from their other big finale blockbuster of the year.

They’ll put that trailer before Endgame for sure.

Or at Star Wars: Celebration in Chicago.

There isn’t a whole lot of excitement for Episode IX as of right now. I am aware of that The Last Jedi still left a bad taste in the mouths of many, but could another reason why may be because of the other films releasing in 2019. Once the title, first trailer, and other anticipated movies like Avengers: Endgame comes out, could the hype and anticipation increase for Star Wars?