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darthrush said:

Dr. Krogshöj said:

I agree. The heart of the movie was the interplay between Luke, Rey, Kylo and Snoke. And almost all of it worked for me. That’s why I like the movie overall, despite the fact I felt the other storylines were flawed and dragged it down somewhat. Whatever you think about the plot holes of the space chase or Finn’s prequely adventures on Canto Bight, you’re ought to love the movie if you feel the story of the “Force” characters were satisfying, and hate it if you don’t.

This is really what it comes down to. The Last Jedi will stick with me far more than TFA (which I liked) since it just did the core characters so well in my opinion. The interplay of Luke, Kylo, and Rey was the heart of the movie and I think RJ knocked it out of the park, so despite Canto Bight and a bit too much humor for my liking, I still really love the film and think it’s the best since Empire and SW. It simply hits me on an emotional level that TFA failed to reach.

I’m in the same boat. I loved Mark, Adam, Daisey and Carrie so much in the film. I will admit the Holdo stuff was weaker and the Canto Bight stuff could have been better. TFA did its job for me- I cared about the new characters.

Hasbro Kessel Run Millennium Falcon

The front piece is a removable…thing. Cargo container? Shuttlepod? It seems that pieces of the hull come off to reveal the classic look.

CarboniteSolo said:

Will Disney be at San Diego Comic Con? D23 and SDCC are two ways they’ll announce something most likely. Unless something leaks before that.

May 4th announcement of Kenobi?

DominicCobb said:

ray_afraid said:

chyron8472 said:

Z6PO said:

I think it will be open ended. It’s better to be able to continue the adventures of young Solo.

How old was Han Solo in ANH?

29/30

Yep, although in general Star Wars is vague with character ages and timeframes. I actually don’t even know where this number comes from but it seems to be generally agreed upon.

Only Luke and Leia have definite ages, they were 19 in Star Wars. I wonder if they might age Han to 33/34 (Harrison’s actual age) to allow a bigger gap between Solo and Star Wars.

Rian Johnson 1 hr Q+A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xW6woTAof0&feature=youtu.be

Is anyone going to watch GMA tomorrow, or are we all waiting for it to be on Youtube?

ElectroDroid said:

Do you guys think that this movie is going the “fun” route, or more of a serious story like dark knight?

Hopefully not like Dark Knight Rises, where the director began to believe his own hype.

I should never go on reddit again. Its all one big PT circle jerk there.

Anakin Starkiller said:

I was convinced Leia would be in IX via footage from the prior films, and honestly, to an extent, I still am. The film’s still early in development, so despite what KK says, the plan is still likely subject to change. If they don’t include her, it’ll just be one more thing to add to my list of changes to make in my edits. Killing Leia offscreen between films like this is just unacceptable, regardless of Fisher’s death.

There really isn’t much they can do unless they make another Rogue One Tarkin. I’d rather have her go between the films and really focus on Poe as the new leader of the Resistance/Rebellion. He can talk about her and stuff. Oh and maybe we get Poe/Connix?

Also Kylo will never get to see his mother again. He will be all alone, and the last Skywalker. Make lemonade out of lemons.

SilverWook said:

I have not pondered them for years because those scenes never bothered me.

What I used to ponder were much more mundane matters, such as where are the bathrooms on the Death Star and how do Stormtroopers go in those outfits? Flip up codpieces? 😛

Could they be like the suits in Dune and filter your pee and poo so you don’t even need to take them off?

For those of you who are questioning Luke’s actions- he’s suffering from severe depression. Depression can really fuck with you and speaking from experience you do stuff that’s not normal for you.

Mocata said:

Yeah Leia had a red blade, I remember that. In the old comics there was a villain with a blue saber with two blades as well. Purple, blue and yellow were all used by bad guys in Dark Forces II.

In the 1998 Extended Universe Line, Dark Empire Luke and Leia both had red lightsabers. Clone Emperor had blue.

I used to use the yellow saber that came with Plo Koon to give Kyle Katarn Yun’s Saber.

As bad as Star Wars fans are, they are not Harry Potter fans. Thank god for small favors.

Its so sad that Carrie is not going to be in this one because Leia is the one who kept up the ideals of the Jedi Order, protecting the Republic, even when the Galaxy turned against her. The Resistance was the new Jedi Order in many respects.

Michael Ward said:

Frank your Majesty said:

I didn’t say it was easier, I said it was more comfortable for Lucas. With digital cameras, he could review any scene immediately without leaving his chair. The technical difficulties or the final result didn’t bother him too much.

This is an interesting thought.

I’d heard Lucas wasn’t really an actors’ director from his work on Star Wars (A New Hope), but I was stunned the first time I saw him sitting there on the set of one of the prequels drinking his giant coffee watching actors live on two TV monitors like he was filming a soap opera that had to get five episodes done that week. Isn’t there one behind the scene clip we he mentions sometimes he forgets to yell, “Cut”?

He wanted to build a film studio right on his property and film Episode 7 there before handing it off. Can you imagine? He would have directed in his bathrobe and it would be a good day if he remembered to close it.

Perhaps once Snoke opened the connection, there is no way to close it. Or else Rey and Ben don’t want to in their hearts.

The 4K remastering of the modelwork makes the 1997 CGI look even more like trash.

If an OOT release happens its a day one purchase for me. I would even pay full MSRP.

I wonder if the issues with Yoda have to do with the state of puppetry today. Its becoming a lost art.

Wolfman said:

Thought I would dig out the Star Wars Holiday Special as I had not seen it through in years.
Blimey! That was a real test of endurance. Even worse than I remembered.
The best thing about this recent viewing was the Cantina scene. I forgot all about the Mos Eisley creatures from the film appearing. It was good to see the costumes and masks of background aliens in more detail than the film.

The Cantina sequence has a different director than most of it. As I recall he was one of Lucas’ film school friends who George chose to direct it.

Star Wars. It changed the way we look at movies.

I applaud JK Rowling for writing books that made kids want to read, but some fans need to take those reading skills and use them on other books and stop comparing everything to Harry Potter (Some SW fans do this too).

The Star Wars movies on the whole are better than the Harry Potter ones, even with the who’s who of British actors in them. As long as Emma Watson (I irrationally hate her) is never in a Star Wars we will be good.

On the merch front: lightsabers beat wands every time.

Mocata said:

It would have made more sense to show him getting greyer as time went on, since it would then line up with Vader’s face too as they were both dark side users. Didn’t he look worse in AOTC than ROTS? It’s a redundant rebate I suppose.

He totally did.

AOTC

ROTS

I guess they were originally going for him to look more and more corrupted over time.

SilverWook said:

He could always fiddle with the settings on his helmet and the classic Fett voice comes out. 😉

Jason Wingreen is no more sadly. 😦

I never understood why Boba Fett would want to sound like a clone anyway. Tells way too much about him. Maybe we will be lucky and he’ll be silent the whole time.

Is anyone else afraid that Boba Fett will be in this? With his terrible Temura Morrison voice? I don’t want my ears to bleed in the cinema.

I remember I used to take the cloak of my vintage Bib Fortuna and put it on Luke to make him more a Jedi. Buff Farmboy first than Dagobah Luke.