Mocata

DuracellEnergizer said:

They’re not real people 'cause they’re mostly CGI.

This is also true.

So really what I mean is the entire Robot vs Clone story is designed for one purpose: to allow massacres on a military scale to be sold to family audiences. It’s the last creative way possible to depict such a war. Some of it looks neat but that’s it. The same problem applies to most of the PT, since the concept artists are good at their jobs but can’t influence the real film making.

Not any more…

Now even Jakku is part of a Palpatine cultist plot.

I don’t know, both the Burning Homestead cue in TFA and the Vader unmasking bit they used here sounded distractingly identical to the scores I’ve heard so many times.

Z6PO said:
in TLJ it was a truly poetic idea.

Not any more.

ZkinandBonez said:

Clones aren’t real people?

That’s right.

They look interesting as a design regardless though. In fact both sides in the PT look neat. Too bad they exist so that no real people die in the Clone Wars.

It’s probably CGI? So logically speaking there is no saber prop. To have a physical door melt next to the actor would require some interesting chemical choices. Maybe it’s a miniature they blue screened into the shot in post?

theprequelsrule said:

Yavoth said:

I like the “force Skype”, as it was called above, especially with various objects jumping between Rey’s and Kylo’s surroundings.

Wait…are you saying The Force can now instantaneously teleport objects?

It did in TLJ as well.

ALOL

MalàStrana said:

Lol that’s incredible. I now have read everything on this forum 😄

MalàStrana said:

Anyway guys. I’m fed up with you. You can erase my account. I’m done with this shitty saga. It died long ago. Enjoy your shitty movies and dumb blockbusters.

Malà’s death was reversed faster than Chewbacca.

Yeah I heard that Vader’s castle was there, it’s his wayfinder. But like many interesting elements that might have fleshed things out it was cut for some reason…

The underlying condition is that the LFL and Disney board members seem to have no clue when to draw certain lines and when to put real writers and real film makers to work. Why did they hire someone like Terrio? Why did they let JJ out of the director’s chair and into other areas he’s not good with? It’s baffling when you think they might have just sat down rationally and called back someone like Kasdan. Or even one of their other story group people to fix everything, it really wouldn’t have been a big job.

Cthulhunicron said:

Wanderer_ said:

FreezingTNT2 said:

Cthulhunicron said:

I need to rewatch this one, but I’m beginning to feel this is the best of the sequel trilogy. I have issues with the film, but I don’t hate it.

To me, I feel like I have the same opinion. The Force Awakens destroyed every single accomplishment in Return of the Jedi, copied the original 1977 movie, and undid Han Solo’s character growth. The Rise of Skywalker not only destroys the meaning of Anakin’s redemption and sacrifice, but also undermines this entire franchise.

The Last Jedi is awful, yes, but at least it tried to continue the story that was told in The Force Awakens, albeit badly. Thus, I consider The Force Awakens and The Rise of Skywalker to be worse movies than The Last Jedi.

TLJ destroys Luke. So i guess they all work together against the OT characters. And for the record I never felt TFA destroyed Hans Solo, he was pretty much the Hans we knew and loved from the originals. He was a scoundrel, not really boyfriend material… And neither was Leia.

I’ve never understood this perspective that TLJ destroys Luke. He makes a mistake, overcomes it, and has a heroic death. He’s humanized, and still gets to be badass at the end.

I agree. And with real characterisation being so rare for anyone in the ST it’s looking better all the time.

SW with Half-Life sounds only
https://youtu.be/XtK5wprKnlo

I don’t think so, it’s a Warner Bros release.

Fair enough, but it just seemed plausible rather than silly given the rest of the final product.

Yeah I have to agree, this is a movie I found entertaining despite a huge amount of problems. It’s so ramshackle.

Yikes. Not much chance is there?

Apparently the final shot is slapped together from an earlier scene

https://twitter.com/im_organa/status/1211461346040172545

After all that work to disguise the terrible ROTS latex makeup it does look… marginally better.

I’m sure they all did their jobs. But there competency as storytellers is laughable in many instances. It’s not really a conspiracy to say that they rushed this out without a good plan. It’s certainly not the best possible outcome if you genuinely sit down and plot out where the unresolved threads and arcs could go.

This isn’t marked as a spoiler thread you guys

Rodney-2187 said:

I wonder when there will be an official announcement and description of the 4k set then.

I got the idea that JJ’s statement was calculated on their part. Trying to let us know in advance.

Well he said he “doesn’t understand” not that he “has no idea why”. So we can infer he actually knows why but won’t say.

The Ring Theory confirmed