SilverWook

Picardo is looking good! Maybe he really is a hologram…

We can’t say for sure Luke is dead when Episode IX might turn that scene on it’s head. After all, the mechanical hand didn’t vanish. 😉

Likewise. I regret never obtaining whatcobblers version. I want to go see it in a theater, but fear it will be cropped. My local theater inexplicably only has a 4pm show on Monday. A theater a few towns away has a 7pm show as well, but a bit far for me to go.
The soundtrack is finally being released as well. I can finally rock out to Riverbottom Nightmare Band! 😉

You might want to get the upcoming Blu-Ray release. It’s supposedly restored and has a full frame option.
https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Emmet-Otters-Jug-Band-Christmas-Blu-ray/219292/
Also going to be in theaters this month.
https://nerdist.com/emmet-otters-jug-band-christmas-fraggle-rock-coming-to-theaters/

In the context of making comparisons to how Lucasfilm is running things these days, it’s cool. And hey, it’s my job to nag! 😛

Have any of the Marvel films been a mess behind the scenes the way Solo was? Fox and Sony productions don’t count.

Sounds like perfect MST3K fodder. 😛

Time travel gives me a headache. 😛

Did not know that. The MCU seems like they had some sort of roadmap at the very least. Nobody has ever pulled off a decade’s worth of interconnected films before.

I think the whole point of the story films was you can do different things in the SW universe. A fun adventure with Han, or a gritty Dirty Dozen style war tale. I’d love to see them adapt Tag and Bink Are Dead.

Maybe because the myth of Lucas’ master plan persists, when he too was making it up as he went along?

They could be backhandedly suggesting that since her father is a criminal in their eyes, she is a criminal by blood, and not trustworthy.

Presumably she did some things that were illegal even by Old Republic standards. Streaking is still a crime no matter who’s running the galaxy. 😛

Good question!

It’s been a rough year around here.

Anakin Starkiller said:

SilverWook said:

It’s hard to rage on social media about multiple people with no instant name recognition with most fans. 😉

Or they could, you know, rage at the Story Group.

Regardless, the real reason people don’t see as one vision is because TLJ seems to go against everything TFA values.

Too abstract as an object of blind hatred.

It’s hard to rage on social media about multiple people with no instant name recognition with most fans. 😉

I think there’s too much syndication money left on the table if they don’t remaster the series eventually. Maybe if the costs come down a bit more?

My waiter at Outback Steakhouse today totally looked like a young Gary Kurtz. Right down to that distinctive beard. Was sorely tempted to ask if he was somehow related.

Can a Force ghost still be tempted by the Dark Side?

NeverarGreat said:

Hal 9000 said:

Fang Zei said:

Did I miss this ghost Hayden rumor earlier when I was avoiding this thread for the first thirty or so pages, or is that just pure speculation on your part?

No, just my own speculation. I don’t think it would necessarily be a dig at the OOT or a validation of the 2004 version of ROTJ at all. Sebastian Shaw is long gone, and Hayden is someone who played Anakin. It’d maybe be a little silly to make him up to appear like Shaw, but I’d be okay with just not trying to pass him off as 23.

I’d only be truly happy with Force Ghost Anakin if he appeared like ‘god’ in The Final Frontier, cycling through images of Prowse, Shaw, Hayden, and Jones throughout the scene.

A hybrid ghost Anakin concept was considered for TFA.
https://www.denofgeek.com/us/movies/star-wars/251619/star-wars-anakin-was-almost-in-the-force-awakens

They could even borrow an idea from 2010, where Dave Bowman’s appearance changed from shot to shot, cycling through his various forms from the end of 2001. And it’s not like they can’t do a CGI Sebastian Shaw at this point.

There’s always Robot Chicken’s solution to the Hayden/Shaw dilemma. 😛
https://youtu.be/_dkhJmClMVc

Has JJ ever voiced an opinion on the Special Editions? Unless Hayden appears as a hologram, having him as a young Anakin ghost is acknowledging the SE. Unless they trot out some sort of explanation that Force ghosts can choose how they appear to people.

I could see Rey using it as a guide to build her own. Maybe salvage some parts from it? Then again, maybe there’s a copy of Lightsaber Construction For Padawans tucked in among those Jedi books. 😛

Why couldn’t Kylo just make a new helmet? Seems unlikely he kept the old one after smashing it to bits.

The new droid’s name sounds familiar!

DougieP said:

SilverWook said:

All broom boy did was levitate a broom. It’s been implied Luke was subconsciously tapping into the Force which helped his piloting skills on Tatooine before he was even aware of it. Ditto for young Anakin. That’s not instant knowledge of the Force.

When the Jedi went looking for Force sensitive kids, I imagine levitating small light objects is one of the tells. Another child might display precognitive abilities. Still another might be a great pod racer. They would be pretty hard to find otherwise.

Yeah I get all that. The problem I find with it is that Luke clearly struggled to get his lightsaber, far older than broom boy who pulls the broom towards him without a care. Also Reys first ever lift with heavy objects (the boulders) is done with ease. That was deffinetly not something that Luke taught her. Rey did everything that Luke did throught the whole OT in just TFA. Then we are to belive that she is going to Luke for training?

Luke was wounded, and probably slowly freezing to death. And you try Force pulling your saber with the blood rushing to your head! 😉