http://www.starwars.com/news/j-j-abrams-to-write-and-direct-star-wars-episode-ix?cmp=smc|1069686719
Noooooo
I imagine you’ve seen all these already ADY, but others who haven’t been on the forum so long may have not seen them.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B3yF2t_dm8BXUHNrY2wwMHNoa1E?usp=sharing
Years ago a member called SSWR made a bunch of small, yet effective, edit ideas. I didn’t manage to get hold of all of them before he took them offline, but there are some nice small ideas for ROTJ.
I have to say, these are really great mockups, and make changes seem remarkably feasible.
Very sad to hear you won’t be doing the prequels, but completely understandable. Of course, never say never… but yeah, makes sense.
I thought the new hangar matte behind the three talking guys stands out as a little too crisp compared to the actors in the foreground. But it is certainly better than the original.
Other than that, I think the changes (at least as far as I’ve seen) are fantastic. Favorite is definitely the enhanced screens in Echo Base. Hardest to notice unless you know to look for it is the Dagobah matte when Yoda lifts the X-Wing. It 100% looks like it was always there.
JEDIT:
What’s the reason for the pink bacta?
^ Agreed! Yoda was just another boring asshole in the PT. And even if he did act like Yoda, I still think it’s a mistake to actually meet him until ESB.
Also, why were the Jedi all on a planet covered in technology? I’d always imagined that they gathered somewhere peaceful, surrounded by nature. In ESB, Yoda says something about the force flowing from living things. Seems like that’s why he was in the swamp. But on the city planet, there’s no nature or quiet peace.
(I also hate the building designs. Inside and out. Bluh.)
That’s actually answerable: because the Jedi had become too entrenched in the power structures of the Republic and lost their way, philosophically speaking.
No, actually Mala has been scoring point after point off of you in this thread
People actually care about this sort of thing?
illegal women-only screening
wait how is that illegal?
I like to think it was also an excuse to finally move away from their awful redesign.
Uh, isn’t the 1701-A being built at the end of the film exactly the same?
Not exactly. See “Enterprise Redesign” on http://www.ex-astris-scientia.org/articles/new_enterprise_comment.htm
Yes, but:
It would have worked just as well in Beyond if the ship had been hijacked and the crew, fearing a destruction that never came, used the escape pods. The actual destruction of the ship was just a plot device to get them all onto this planet and into interesting situations.
It is surely a sign that they don’t know other ways to add emotional weight than destroying the Enterprise or threatening Earth.
and I completely forgot that they got it repaired…
Hoo boy, STID was a mess.
I’ve been considering seeing Star Trek Beyond, as I’ve heard its more in the mold of classic Trek than ST ‘09 & STID. Now, I still haven’t seen the prior two movies and still don’t plan to. Can this movie be viewed as a standalone film, or is it too mired in the continuity of Abrams’ films?
Everything you need to know going into this one is established in Trek '09. IMO, if you can’t stomach watching that film, you shouldn’t bother with Beyond.
Oh and they blew up the Enterprise at the end of STID. I almost forgot about that.
Also, killing off Chewie.
I dunno, I kinda liked them.
If John Williams was suddenly unable to compose music for the next film for whatever reason, my first choice for a replacement would probably be Alan Silvestri.
Because the Avengers films have had such memorable music?
I’ve been considering seeing Star Trek Beyond, as I’ve heard its more in the mold of classic Trek than ST ‘09 & STID. Now, I still haven’t seen the prior two movies and still don’t plan to. Can this movie be viewed as a standalone film, or is it too mired in the continuity of Abrams’ films?
The funny thing is that the previous 2 movies were just action and nothing else, but the best parts of the third movie are scenes were people are just talking to another, which are usually the most boring parts of movies. And the only thing (except the points written above) I would recommend to do is checking online which actor plays which character
I mean, once you’re watching it, it’s pretty clear, isn’t it? There’s a black woman, a Russian guy, a Scottish guy, an Asian guy, a Vulcan, a grumpy guy and the Captain.
I’ve been considering seeing Star Trek Beyond, as I’ve heard its more in the mold of classic Trek than ST ‘09 & STID. Now, I still haven’t seen the prior two movies and still don’t plan to. Can this movie be viewed as a standalone film, or is it too mired in the continuity of Abrams’ films?
COFFEE’S GUIDE ON EVERYTHING YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WATCHING BEYOND
•Kirk’s dad was a starship captian, but died.
•Spock Prime was living in the Abramsverse for a while, and everyone knew it…that’s it iirc.
Also, the planet Vulcan was destroyed in the first film, making Vulcans a rare race, the remnants of which are trying to restart their species on a New Vulcan colony. Oh, and Spock and Uhura have been dating.
They’re not super important, but there are things that won’t make sense if you don’t know them.
That isn’t a PT plot hole, it is an OT one. Unless you just chalk it up to him lying.
Yes, he’s lying. Or rather, that he’s telling the truth “from a certain point of view”.
screams in the void nails it, although I didn’t think there’d be armies of Mandalorians. I was sure that the Clone Wars were a war in which the Jedi fought against clones, as did everyone else (cf. Zahn’s Heir to the Empire trilogy).
When the Death Star, under command the command of Grand Moff Tarkin, followed the Millennium Falcon to Yavin via tracking device and was subsequently destroyed, it is almost certain that they did not keep the location of the Rebel Base a total secret from the rest of the Imperial Navy. As such, even though the Death Star was destroyed, the Base’s location was no longer secret. How, then, did the Rebellion have time for an awards ceremony before evacuating? Surely the arrival of some portion of the Imperial Navy was imminent.
So, does anyone else think those books might be the Journals of the Whills?
Also, do you think they’ll kill Leia?
I personally think that anything officially released (trailers, posters) is fair game in the non spoiler thread (otherwise there’s not much to talk about!).
100% agree
Either Luke has a lesson to learn - that the Jedi are ultimately necessary and not a root cause of suffering/evil - or 😦
it could mean scrapping the Wampa
This would be terrible 😦
and also incredibly anticlimactic
The argument got pretty heated, and it ended with Obi-wan leaping into the air to deliver a kick to Kale’s face.
In slo-mo wiru fu, hopefully.
That is a 100% accurate description, yup
I had a dream the other night that I was in a museum where you could watch any of the Star Wars films, but they had accidentally uploaded the original 1977 version of Star Wars into the system.
Except this version included a previously unknown deleted scene in which, high on a scrubby green hill, Grand Moff Tarkin, Obi-wan Kenobi and a third character debated Luke’s fate. The third character resembled a muppet-style talking hay bale, dressed in a brown robe, and was named Kale. The argument got pretty heated, and it ended with Obi-wan leaping into the air to deliver a kick to Kale’s face.
Now if that doesn’t count as General Star Wars Random Thoughts…