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Superweapon VII

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#1616160
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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It’s been a spell since I watched Rogue One, before Andor was a blip on the radar. Perhaps I’d be better able to appreciate Andor’s character arc, but I don’t see any of the film’s other flaws being magically fixed by this show’s existence. Not unless the Ersos/Krennic figure heavily into this upcoming final season.

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#1616157
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What do you think of The Prequel Trilogy? A general discussion.
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philraid said:

Channel72 said:

The best duels are ones where the duelists have some major personal history and backstory that led to the duel happening in the first place. That’s why the duels in ESB and ROTJ are always the best. In ESB, you have Luke fighting the man who killed his father (or so he believes), and in ROTJ you have a son fighting his own father.

Also helps that those two duels had really good lighting and cinematography (especially Empire), something which I’ll admit is a bit lacking in the prequel duels.

Nick Gillard was a mistake.

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#1615419
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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NFBisms said:

Superweapon VII said:
After Andor’s finished, I wanna see a Rogue One special edition which brings it tonally in-line with the show.

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Yep. Cut out all the fanservice. Excise Evazan & Ponda Baba’s pointless cameo, and all the Vader scenes. Any deleted footage better fleshing out the Ersos and their relationships with Krennic and Saw Gerrera should be reinserted also. A new ending bringing the film more in-line with the Legends continuity would be nice, too, if possible.

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#1615201
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'Rey Skywalker' (Upcoming live action motion picture) - general discussion thread
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Servii said:

JadedSkywalker said:

Let’s not act like Rogue One wasn’t any less messy saved in editing and reshoots. So was Star Wars 1977 and Return of the Jedi.

Rogue One is especially tantalizing to me, because I can’t help wondering how great it might have turned out if Tony Gilroy had had more time to fix up the movie, or if he had had creative control from the start. The movie as-is is a little uneven, and the seams of the reshoots are visible, especially when you compare it to the trailers. Without Gilroy, it probably would have been a mediocre movie at best. With Gilroy in control, it could have been an Andor-tier masterpiece. It makes the movie kind of hard to rewatch now.

After Andor’s finished, I wanna see a Rogue One special edition which brings it tonally in-line with the show.

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#1614618
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The Unpopular Film, TV, Music, Art, Books, Comics, Games, & Technology Opinion Thread (for all you contrarians!)
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Spartacus01 said:

Z6PO said:

Spartacus01 said:

Back to the Future’s version of Johnny B Goode is better than the original version. And I’m saying this as someone who loves Chuck Berry.

But the phone call that follows, even if it’s a time paradox, is an unfortunate racist joke. That short scene could have been left on the cutting room floor and the movie would not have been changed at all (besides being slightly less racist).

Why is it a racist joke?

Chuck Berry couldn’t come up with the song independently; he had to steal it from a white man. I assume that’s the logic, anyway.

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#1613736
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Random Musings about the Empire Strikes Back Draft Script
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Verboten said:

I haven’t visited theforce.net forums since the prequels days. They were incredibly sycophantic towards Lucas and pro-prequel then. Kind of wild to read that hasn’t changed much in nearly 20 years.

I wonder what the TFN changeover rate is. It’s easier to uncritically buy into the party line when you’re too young to know any better.

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#1613728
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Flickering Swords: A Strange Star Wars AU Fanfic
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Wannabe Scholar said:

SparkySywer said:

This is really cool. If OP is still around, it would be cool to see this developed further.

No. Hell no. Fuck the characters. Fuck the SW galaxy. Fuck the franchise and the fandom of Lucas and Disney dick-riders into the dirt.

That’s a pity, though I all too well understand these feelings. I managed to claw myself up out of that pit, so here’s hoping you manage the same. The Lucas/Disney dick-riders don’t have to determine SW for us.

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#1612420
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Star Wars Headcanons
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The Sand People’s language isn’t actually a collection of animalistic grunting/barking; that’s just how it sounds to outsiders when passed through their mask filters. Sand People may wear comlinks under their headwrappings which allow they to hear each other properly, or they may’ve learned to understand this “filter talk” as a type of secret language.