SilverWook

LOL!

That raises all sorts of ethical questions I had not pondered before. Sure they might have volunteer test subjects, but who wants to admit to being weak minded?
If AOTC is any indication, there are a lot of seedy bars with Deathstick dealers on Coruscant they could practice in. 😉

At this point, I’m surprised nobody has put up an electronic billboard with a running tally of how much of our tax dollars have been spent every time he goes away for the weekend or to one of these ego stroking fests.

The rock creature from Galaxy Quest could make an appearance?

Luke will return in the flesh, saying he’s feeling much better, but frustratingly never finishes telling anyone exactly what happened to him.

CNN had a story about it tonight as well. Smells like a massive trolling operation. These loons are going to get into some awkward conversations if they run into some TNG fans. 😉

Hal 9000 said:

Given that TLJ builds on the prequel trilogy, in details as well as themes, I think it’s reasonable for Ep9 to appropriately tie into the PT and OT to attempt to conclude the entire story. I don’t see a problem with Anakin appearing.
Even if you want to ignore the PT and SE, it’s not like Sebastian Shaw is available. Perhaps they can depict Anakin as being a youthful middle-aged, about how old Hayden is now. In my book, I’d suggest making him appear vaguely elderly, but not necessarily a Shaw lookalike. To look timeless, in keeping with his ghost in ROTJ somewhat, just like how Ben and Yoda didn’t appear youthful.
I still think it’s profoundly dumb to insert him into a 1983 film the way they did, and would always prefer the original regardless; a new movie with Hayden reprising his role wouldn’t change that. What if McGregor appeared as a force ghost? Would you resent that, too?

Anakin could also appear via a hologram. If Artoo still has Leia’s Help me Obi-Wan message in his memory, there’s probably lots of other things in there too.

Warbler said:

Collipso said:

i actually don’t think luke’s going to be a force ghost in IX. not sure what he’s going to be though, but it’s basically one of the only things i’m looking forward to at this point.

If he is not a force ghost, what else could he be? He’s dead.

Maybe not. Luke’s mechanical hand should been left behind when he vanished.

ESB set up at the end that everybody was going to rendezvous at Tatooine though. Why the heck would they go back there if it wasn’t to get to Jabba?

I got the impression Finn had been unconscious in the giant ziploc Bacta fluid bag for a few weeks at least.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SilverWook said:

Some would grumble if Luke had said Palpatine, since that name was never spoken in the OT.

He could have said “the Emperor” ¯_(ツ)_/¯

That too.

lovelikewinter said:

screams in the void said:

I keep hearing the same RUMOR about Hayden . Where is it officially stated that he is coming back ?

I keep hearing JJ is going to tie the three trilogies together. That scares me. Im still irritated about the Darth Sidious reference in Last Jedi.

Snoke was only the apprentice. 😛

I wasn’t crazy about the name drop. Mostly because I can’t see how Luke even knows the name unless Yoda gave him a history lesson on Dagobah. And I can’t see Rey recognizing the name at all. Would even those tasked with writing the history books know a secret Sith name? I doubt the Emperor kept a personal diary that would be discovered after the Empire fell.

Some would grumble if Luke had said Palpatine, since that name was never spoken in the OT.

TV’s Frink said:

Press release.

https://pressreleasejet.com/news/remake-the-last-jedi.html

Beyond pathetic.

JEDIT: $410m “pledged” lol.
remakethelastjedi.com

That’s still a thing? I thought it would be revealed as a practical joke by now. A month is like ten dog years on the internet.

lovelikewinter said:

Tobar said:

Having Hayden Christensen appear in IX is my single biggest fear for the film.

If that were to happen I’d have to write off the entire ST and I’d rather not do that. =/

If JJ legitimizes the Special Editions, I don’t know what I will do. I’m sick of the idiot PT and Clone Wars fans.

Let’s be more civil. Just because you don’t like the Prequel stuff doesn’t make the people that do like them idiots. We’re all in the same fandom, whether you like it or not.

And when has JJ ever expressed fondness for the SE’s?

Worse than hiding a kid on the desolate planet his father came from, and telling him dad was a navigator on a spice frieghter? Owen must have freaked if anyone ever talked about that Skywalker kid who was a great pod racer. 😉

Mrebo said:

I need to go to the grocery store for milk soon, once I find my pants. Real milk from a cow of healthy, but non-seductive, proportions. I might drank it straight or put it in my tea. And you people got me thinking Oreos. We’ll see.

Good luck with that. 😉

Jay said:

SilverWook said:

That sounds an awful lot like the “it was all a dream” season of Dallas. Although a lame retcon, it was probably the only way to bring back Patrick Duffy after they killed off his character without long lost twins or clones coming into it. 😉

Thanks, that was probably it. I was young and my memory is foggy, but I had the impression that it was a big deal and not some run-of-the-mill daily soap nonsense. Granny was pissed.

Why Bobby In The Shower never caught on like Jump the shark did I’ll never know!
http://www.ultimatedallas.com/episodeguide/dreamzonefaq.htm

I guess not everyone got the memo on that. 😉

That sounds an awful lot like the “it was all a dream” season of Dallas. Although a lame retcon, it was probably the only way to bring back Patrick Duffy after they killed off his character without long lost twins or clones coming into it. 😉

He’s a successful gambler, and the Rebels could probably use some money to buy new ships. Lando could probably break the bank at a place like Canto Bight.

And some fans thought it was bad when Lando raided Han’s wardrobe! 😉

Haarspalter said:

Hardcore Legend said:

DominicCobb said:

SilverWook said:

This could all be fixed if it’s revealed she had a bit of training as a toddler by some forgotten survivor of the Jedi purge. 😉

I’d find that neither satisfying or necessary.

Unless knowledge of how to use the force transferred to her from her mind link with Kylo, the simple fact that she on her own thought to use the Jedi mind trick needs some sort of explanation…unless I am forgetting something.

I suspect that Kylo UNLOCKED her force powers during the interrogation scene. Her force powers were sealed by someone who left her behind on Jakku. A planet so remote that even old Luke Skywalker admitted that Jakku is pretty much nowhere. But who was it? My guess: it was Reys mother. When Snoke was actively looking for young untrained force users, Reys mother hid her on Jakku never to be found by Snoke. Snokes search was successful though: he found Ben Solo.

I’m really hoping we will see Reys mother.

Interesting theory, as we now know one can consciously switch off their connection to the Force as Luke has done during his self exile.
It’s also telling that Rey can’t recall what her parents look like, but has a memory of being left behind on Jakku. And the Dark Side cavern she visits can’t show her anything either.

Tobar said:

That’s Wilford back when he originally crashed on Endor. 😉

I actually saw someone say elsewhere that it’s his long dead business partner. We only ever see them as a skeleton in the dungeon of the Marauder’s castle. 😛

Grumpy old hermits were just not going to sell this thing. 😉

Who the guy on the poster is supposed to be, I have no idea.