NeverarGreat

That too. I assume it was supposed to be the alien probe ball?

He hasn’t even met her before she’s realized the truth of her parentage.

‘Dear child, you already know the truth. Whomever you’re waiting for on Jakku…they’re never coming back. The belonging you seek is not behind you, it is ahead.’

So glad that this minor mystery that she, by her actions, made peace with in TFA is now her central character flaw.

That white on yellow text.

Maybe the ‘The’ inside the ‘O’ of ‘Lion’?

Three words isn’t enough to do anything other than vomit forth a sort of fetid, rambling incoherence. It needs to be at least a sentence, maybe even a paragraph.

I see that you too are a man of culture.

Galaxy Quest

Perfection.

Spuffure said:

What is your favorite movie time period? As in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, ect.

Seriously, look at the movies from that year.

Incidentally…

Continuing from the big picture thoughts and discussing this further with others, I’m rather confident that the notion of borrowing is itself an intrinsic part of TFA. Obviously the film borrows heavily in plot and character from other Star Wars films, but more than that our heroes are an amalgam of what has come before. Rey is literally a scavenger, and this is key to her identity.

So what if Rey’s power in the Force was to ‘scavenge’ the abilities of people/things through the Force?

There is a lot of evidence for this interpretation - in fact every time she uses the Force in this movie it is an imitation of an ability she has just witnessed. It’s no stretch to think that she’s also gaining this ability directly from the person who is demonstrating this power.

As for how to communicate this in the edit, how about editing the ‘You need a teacher’ scene to include Rey remembering dialogue from previously in the film? I am imagining fragments of dialogue such as at least three instances of characters calling her a Scavenger, including herself. Maybe take some dialogue from TLJ where Kylo says ‘you’re not doing this’ or ‘this is something different’, indicating that we’ve never seen this particular power before. The point is to place enough emphasis on the idea of scavenging that Rey understands her power and why she needs a teacher to cultivate a power that is truly her own.

Oh, and it might be cool to reprise her drawing from the history of Anakin’s lightsaber to defeat Kylo Ren:
https://mega.nz/#!rNEknIDZ!4Be7Ys5TWgfM5yRfrDBu8Lyt0cFkYXIemOfyzsZxGbA
(I have limited access to Premiere right now)

The Hippopotamus (2017)

No Hippopotamuses 0/10

Seriously though I found this movie quite enjoyable, and am quite surprised at the low RT score.

https://www.slashfilm.com/bill-george-star-wars-resistance/

oojason said:

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/8l9imu/cant_wait_to_see_solo_so_there_is_my_star_wars/

Well that’s striking.

TV’s Frink said:

TV’s Frink said:

snooker said:

He shot Rogue One.

Oh my god is Rogue One ok?

4.7/10

DominicCobb said:

NeverarGreat said:

So it still won’t explain anything about the New Republic. Cool. I’m not mad. Why would you think that?

You know I’ve been thinking about this, I think it’ll actually be pretty cool to get a piece of Star Wars media that, according to them, has nothing to do with Empire, Rebels, Resistance, Republic, etc. etc.

Totally agree.

So it still won’t explain anything about the New Republic. Cool. I’m not mad. Why would you think that?

The Mandolin - Star Wars Live Music TV Series

I will follow Kylo’s career with great interest. But it’s notable in how he has changed (or rather, not changed) so far. We haven’t seen him as anything other than a tormented soul in either of these movies. Compared to Vader, who went from a ‘Leave it to Beaver’ kid to a Republic hero to a genocidal monster to a repentant soul, and Kylo hasn’t really moved from his angst at all. Granted much of Vader’s other aspects arrived with ROTJ, but Kylo’s biggest change has been going from wanting to destroy the Republic to wanting to destroy the First Order too.

dahmage said:

I am embarrassed to admit I was thinking of Sunshine (2007) instead of Solaris.

Everyone should think of Sunshine instead of Solaris.

This is the sort of quality content I appreciate.

As the title suggests, this is a thread for the last Skywalker.

There is a general consensus that Kylo Ren is the best thing about the Sequel Trilogy, and it’s certainly true that he is a character who is entirely new to the Star Wars movies. Tortured, unstable, violent, psychopathic, vulnerable. All of these things describe him, yet I find myself more and more fundamentally confused about his character and how I should feel about his villainy. Is he a ‘good’ villain?

In previous Star Wars movies, the quality of a good villain went from ‘cool horns’ to ‘unstoppable cyborg badass’ to ‘Evil Space Wizard’. They were all painted with a broad brush in terms of their straight villainy, at least until ROTJ. It was a black and white universe in terms of morality, and then Vader was redeemed. Vader, the most powerful and evil force in these movies was now also a Good Man. As the culmination of an entire story it works, because now the ‘battle between good and evil rages on’ no longer. Any villain to exist after this movie would be seen through the lens of redemption, complicating the simplicity of the Star Wars fairytale forever.

Enter Kylo Ren. In contrast to Vader’s mysterious identity, we quickly discover Kylo’s lineage. In contrast to Vader’s mechanical methods, we have barely contained chaos. In contrast to Vader’s inhumanity, we have an intimate portrayal of a tortured youth. In contrast to Vader’s strength, we have Kylo’s innumerable weaknesses. This is a character ripe for redemption, practically begging for it. Yet he murders his father, for no other reason than proving his villainy. And yet it does nothing except weaken him further. By the end of The Last Jedi, he has managed to burn down almost everything in his way and yet at the end of the movie he is weaker than we have ever seen him, a truly despicable and pitiable waste.

What kind of villain is this for Star Wars? I sure don’t know.

DuracellEnergizer said:

bkev said:

Handman said:

What do you look for in a friend?

I’ve kept my eye on this question for awhile now and I’m really surprised that so few people have answered it seriously.

In my defense, I’ve never had a close friend, and no casual friends since high school, so it’s not a question I could seriously answer.

Well I consider you an internet friend. Does that count for anything?

Some more thought on the Poe recapture -

If this idea where to be really incorporated into the movie, there would have to be some more dramatic changes such as adding/changing dialogue for the stormtroopers in the Maz Castle battle, which is where most of the issues lie.

Finn fights TR-8R, who in this version would have been part of the squad sent to the TIE wreckage. He could be dubbed to have an entire one-sided conversation with Finn, communicating that he let Finn live because he was always a decent person, but now he’s just a traitor who has joined with the enemy. My goal with Finn’s character up until this point in the movie is that he won’t kill a fellow trooper except in the most dire self-defense, but this could mark a turning point where he commits fully to the Resistance.

Also, in the restructured scene where Kylo learns of the map from Rey in the woods (but before the Resistance arrives), he sees the explosion from the Star Destroyer then the re-dubbed pair of troopers inform him that the ship has been attacked and the prisoner has escaped. I think this would be all that is necessary to establish that Poe has returned to his X-wing and is about to join the fight.

JEDIT: It’s probably too much for too little payoff. Probably the better approach is to more clearly imply that Poe woke up after BB-8 had left Jakku. As it is, it feels like our heroes get to Maz’s castle long before night falls on Jakku for Poe to leave, but it could be interesting to have the Falcon chase set in the late afternoon or evening and restore the TIE fighter sunset shot from the Maz castle battle. This in addition to some changes to make it seem like more time was spent between Jakku and Takonada would sell the idea. Though there is still the issue of the missing Stormtrooper squad, so I think a dub of TR-8R would still be really promising.

Here’s a quick and dirty attempt at what this might look like:
https://diff.pics/qTb-ghzfDg6p/1

Obviously some shots are too dark, and will need individual adjustment.

Correct, Adywan’s version is intended to update the look of a 70’s movie to a more balanced aesthetic, whereas my version intends to recreate the quirks of a (consistently graded) Technicolor print.

Your grade looks quite good to me, especially the vibrancy in the desert sand. I’d be interested to see what your settings do to the lightsaber fight, since it looks like we went in opposite directions with the blue saturation.