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#779509
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The Ladykillers 2004
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Post Praetorian said:

timdiggerm said:

Post Praetorian said:

And well they might...or perhaps not...however you are still to be welcomed nonetheless...

 Why the ellipses? It makes you look pretentious...

 ...you may envision them to be a sign of pretentiousness...or due to a more legitimate origin...or perhaps merely imagine me to be catching my breath...however I prefer appropriate pauses between ideas...it is perhaps a fault of mine...

Yes, that's what the comma and the period (aka the "full stop") are for.

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#775403
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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DuracellEnergizer said:

ZkinandBonez said: 

Someone should make a list of PT elements that Lucas borrowed from the EU. The multi-coloured lightsabers already seems to have been in the EU first, and so does several aliens (Dexter from ATOC is apparently based of an alien from SW Droids) so it seems like it would be quite a long list. 

The double-bladed lightsaber and Aayla Secura would definitely have to go on the list. 

The name "Coruscant" rather famously

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#774833
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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pablumatic said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

Star Wars: Uprising Announce Trailer

^ Trailer for game set between ROTJ and TFA. Probably raises as many questions as it answers about the field of play going into TFA.

 This trailer shows the Death Star II blowing up with the ring from the Special Editions.

The SE is still the official canon and all those celebrations shown after the Empire was defeated at Endor that were inserted into RotJ somehow still aren't representative of what actually took place since we're getting sequels set 30+ years later.

One day of celebrations does not yield an entirely new government

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#773879
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STAR WARS: EP V &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - <strong>12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW</strong>
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ImperialFighter said:

As far as the 'circular rims' of the turbines go, they *aren't* a perfect circle as you say...although I've seen some X-Wing images where they are wrongly shown to be.  (I actually amended my last line in the post you quoted, to clarify that various 'google' images of them seem to vary)  

But here's an image which gives a decent look at how the top and bottom halves of the 'circular rims' are intended to be slightly mismatched with each other - http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20150309054138/starwars/images/b/b2/X-wing_2_Fathead.png

 Are you sure that that's not just a trick of perspective combined with the shelf jutting out a little?

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#773306
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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DavidMerrick said:

Also please keep in mind that the name "Snoke" did not show up once in that summary based on the established rumours, which confirms my theory that they're taken from an earlier draft. To put that in perspective, if we were discussing rumours about the original Star Wars from an early draft leak we'd be talking about the "Legion of Lettow."

 The character certainly appeared ("Uber"), but perhaps the name was never reported, as he's called "Supreme Overlord" throughout the script and "Snoke" is the sort of detail that gets mentioned in photo captions

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#773085
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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ZkinandBonez said:

adywan said:

Andy Serkis' role in TFA has now officially been confirmed. He will be playing a  character named Supreme Leader Snoke (click image for larger view).


So I'm guessing then that this "Supreme" leader Snoke might be the guy addressing the First Order rally that we saw in the trailer.

But if he's a motion-capture character then it's safe to assume that he's some kind of alien. I find that a pretty fascinating departure from the Empire that we know from the OT. The Empire pretty much consisted entirely of white men, which fitted well with the allusions to Nazism, colonialism and fascism in general. However now we have a supreme leader that's a non-human and Captain Phasma, who's clearly a very important military figure, is a woman. This is a very big departure from what we know. So the First Order is clearly quite different from the Empire that we saw thirty years ago.

(Also is a fascist regime without any form of racial or gender discrimination a form of social commentary on anything? The Empire were like a mix of Nazis and the British empire, so what would the First Order be an allusion to?)  

 In the 4k version of that shot, it seemed fairly clear that the figure was a regular human, which makes the mo-cap character an unlikely candidate.

In that possible-plot slideshow that was linked earlier, it sure sounded like Snoke (whose name wasn't known at the time) was a shadowy figure. So many involved in The First Order may not even know who's running the show: snoke & mirrors

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#772847
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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DuracellEnergizer said:

ratpack1961 said:

Kylo Ren is boring design wise.  Another male villian.  I wanted Ventress or anything different then what we've seen before.

I agree. Hopefully, Kylo won't be the only darksider to show up in this trilogy.

He apparently has a boss, about whom very little, if anything, is known.

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#772732
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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ray_afraid said:

pablumatic said:

...I can only assume the saber itself contains something important.

 That's the rumor. Something is hidden inside.
There's also the rumor that the film will open with Luke's severed hand floating through space still clutching the saber handle. I'll walk out if that happens.

pablumatic said:

...Here's to hoping its all false.

I'm with ya, but I've become a bit of a Thomas when it comes to Star Wars...

 Thankfully I haven't heard the floating hand rumor for some time