I’m not sure if this has been posted but it’s one of my favourite Star Wars videos. It really puts a lot of things in perspective, especially Luke in The Last Jedi.
FILMS
- Alucarda (1977)
Andrei Rublev (1966)- Andy Colby’s Incredible Adventure (1988)
- The Believer (2001)
The Birth of a Nation (1915)- Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984)
- BrightBurn (2019)
- Broken Blossoms (1919)
- Camelot (1967)
- Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974)
- Death and the Maiden (1994)
- Decasia (2002)
- Destiny (1921)
- Destiny to Order (1989)
Downfall (2004)- Eyes Beyond Seeing (1995)
- Faust (1926)
Galaxis (1995)- Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984)
- Glass (2019)
- The Green Fog (2017)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)- The Heretic (2018)
Hyperspace (1984)Incredibles 2 (2018)- Intolerance (1916)
- Italian Spiderman (2007)
- James Batman (1966)
- The Last Dragon (1985)
- The Lighthouse (2019)
- The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2009)
- The Lost World (1925)
- Macbeth (1961)
Mandy (2018)- Miracle of Marcelino (1955)
- The Mirror (1975)
- Die Nibelungen: Siegfried (1924)
- Die Nibelungen: Kriemhilds Rache (1924)
- Nostalghia (1983)
- The Old Dark House (1932)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)- The Sacrifice (1986)
- Secret Beyond the Door (1947)**
- Shame (1968)
- The Silence (1963)
Spellbound (1945)- Star Whackers (2011)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Triumph of the Will (1935)- Up (2009)
- The War of the Worlds (1953)
SERIES
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents (original series)
Earth 2- The Fugitive
- Intruders
- Just the Ten of Us
- The Kingdom
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- The Lone Gunmen
- Millennium
- Night Gallery
- The Outer Limits (original series)
- Round the Bend!
- Space Command (uncoming series)
- Thriller
- The Twilight Zone ('80s series)
Stalker is amazing. So much beauty and so much horror. I watched it months ago and it’s still with me to this day. Be sure to get the Criterion Collection version. I’m about to purchase Andrei Rublev from them today hopefully. Do you happen to know the best place to purchase The Mirror and if any offered on Amazon are good? I want to make sure I get the right sound mix and as best of picture as I can find until hopefully the collection releases it.
Films:
Mirror
Andrei Rublev
Solaris
Seven Samuari
Wild Strawberries
TV:
Game of Thrones
Skins
One Tree Hill
The Good Wife
Pretty Little Liars
Truly heartbreaking! He’s one with the Force and our dearest Princess and R2 unit now. He’s winning at Dejarik for sure. ❤
Skywalker Saga:
A New Hope
The Empire Strikes Back
The Phantom Menace
Revenge of the Sith
Return of the Jedi
The Last Jedi
Attack of the Clones
The Force Awakens
Spinoffs:
Rogue One
Solo
I recently got my first Criterion Collection film in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker. It’s such a powerful film in more ways than one. I felt so much beauty and terror. I am so glad I discovered Tarkovsky. I’m debating now between Andrei Rubvec and Solaris for my next film from the collection. I’m leaning strongly towards Andrei Rubvec but am not sure. I know eventually I will hopefully be getting Akira Kirosawa’s Seven Samuari but I want to continue onward with Tarkovsky as his filmmaking amazes me.
Interesting and thought provoking first post. 😃
Thank you. I’ve been saying these things until I’m as blue as Thrawn since roughly 2014. Thought I should share it here too. Haha ☺
Long live the Supreme Leader!
And why would J.J. ‘Mystery Box’ Abrams reveal now of all times that Palpatine is back? Wouldn’t he want to keep this a surprise and secret for as long as possible? Or could it all be a red herring to something greater?
Long time lurker, first time commenting.
I don’t think the Emperor is back per say. I think it’s one of two things though.
His Force essence is in someway hovering over or inside the submerged Death Star II and he will serve as a test for Rey and company to overcome as they seek a MacGuffin in the fight.
OR
Palpatine is back but it’s actually Snoke controlling the strings and puppeting something far more fearful. What if Snoke survived his perceived demise and is projecting a Force Illusion of himself as Palpatine in a game of riddles and clue to play with both sides? He’s actually the true mastermind. Maybe he’s actually Darth Plsgueis as mentioned in the opera scene during Revenge of the Sith?
How could this work and be?
A) In the comic re-telling for The Last Jedi he tells Kylo that he sees everything and saw the conflict in him as he tried to kill Han.
B) in Aftermath a Dark presence tries to effect baby Ben in Leia’s womb.
C) Snoke saw everything when he read Rey’s mind. This means he saw her conversation with Luke and the perception she now has that it was only Darth Sidious that was responsible for the rise and fall of the Jedi, etc… Except in the Tarkin novel we have Palpatine state he is grateful to the prophet and planner his Master had been. To me this implies he didn’t work alone in planning the subsequent events of the PT and OT. He could use this to toy with her.
D) How could it be Plagueis and fit? He could be the one who manipulated Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas to order the Clone Army and be responsible for the ‘Force striking back’ at him to create Anakin as was the case in Legends. The ‘Force striking back’ is stated in canon novel Tarkin, but has not clearly been defined to what it means. Yet. There’s also a canon comic that has a surving Jedi Padawan named Ferren Barr find a file about Darth Plagueis that he found for those he sees as involved in the ‘Clone crisis’ and why the Jedi fell so quickly. The events that saw the downfall of the Republic and birth of Anakin could be manipulated by Master and Apprentice in collaboration. This would ensure the legacy of Palpatine as a central main villain in the saga still stays in tack while also introducing us to the supreme intellect in the final act.
E) What was he doing during the PT and OT? Training the Acolytes of the Beyond from Aftermath who later become the Knights of Ren, a new order of Dark Side users bidding their time and waiting to strike revenge on both sides. This leads to a team up of the Resistance and First Order. You know know like the Naboo and Gungans and Ewoks and Rebel Alliance. As well as he has been searching for the key to immorality. This is why he’s looking for the perfect embodiment of the Light and Dark and must have something pure and unbreakable of which to work as he states in The Force Awakens novel to Kylo. He feels this is where his apprentice comes from while reminiscing.
F) Kylo says “Show me. Show me again, Grandfather…” Could Snoke have used Force Illusions before in the form of Vader and this planted the false seeds to young Ben of who he was meant to be?
G) Snoke’s guards name comes from the Atrisian Emperor, in Legends they ruled Atrisia. The 54th Emperor was famous for this often referemced quote.
" There are three ways to defeat your enemy. The first, and most obvious, is to better him in a trial of force. The best way is to have him destroy himself…The middle way is to destroy your enemy from within. Judicious application of the middle way shall make your blows more effective if you later take the way of force. From the middle way it is also possible to push your enemy onto the path of self-destruction."
What does Snoke say to Kylo about Hux?
" You wonder why I keep such a rabid cur in such a place of power. A curs weakness properly manipulated can be a sharp tool."
He’s trying to divide the First Order from the middle way, while at the same time having them destroy the Resistance and New Republic.
I think Snoke is Plagueis and masking himself as the Emperor to ultimately reveal himself as the true supreme intellect. It ties the whole saga together. Ensuring The Phantom Menace through The Rise of Skywalker is a complete cycle of three trilogies and nine films. As Richard Marquand put it post Return of the Jedi, " If you follow the direction, and project into the final trilogy [i.e. Episode VII-IX], you realise that you’re going to meet the supreme intellect, and you think how is it possible to create a man who has such profound cunning that he can not only control Darth Vader, but the fate of Luke Skywalker? Control the destiny of the whole galaxy? You’ll be amazed!”
Remember, the Dark Side is the pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural and only one has discovered the secret to cheat death. And as Luke says to Palpatine “Your overconfidence is your weakness.” We see this twice. In the Throne Room on Death Star II and when he thinks he’s killed Yoda in the Senate Chamber.
And Snoke?
S - Sith
N - No
O - One
K - Knew
E - Existed
There’s even a Professor at University of Pittsburgh named David W. Snoke who wrote a paper on inteltcual design. Who does this sound like in Star Wars context?
I don’t think these things are accidental.
I think this really ties the whole saga together beautifully and shows each generation is just as important as the one that came before it. Much like the fandom. We all love Star Wars. Some of us love all of it, while some of us only love a fraction of it. This ensures that every generation’s story has meaning, a legend and an interconnecting story that brings the Skywalker story to a meaningful close. It goes with what J.J. said too.
“ You can’t assume anyone has sat and watched eight movies before this one, and yet I want a kid to be able to watch Episodes I through IX and see that one story.”