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[Dash_Riprock]

Anakin had legitimate reasons.

Aaaand at that point I stopped reading your post.

 

[Glass]

Of course it was a thumbs up, what about BB8's character or this films humour would suggest it was a middle finger.

 

[Aiii]

So thinking about it: do they ever explicitly say that Kylo was the one who killed all of Luke's students?

They say that Kylo used to be Luke's student before Snoke turned him.

Han says ONE of Luke's students killed everyone.

I know it's unlikely and Han probably just didn't want to mention it was Kylo, but it also sounds like they could be setting up bait and switch.

Also, the flash back scene where it happens is intentionally vague.

There's really no good reason to assume it was anyone else.

 

[entremet]

Not having Sith is great, because the Sith bring their baggage with them--only two at once, etc.

That makes things more predictable. Without the Sith call backs there are more surprises in store.

I'd like to see more Force users, both light and dark, that aren't wedded to sabers.

 

[Patryn]

i forget where the jedi temple back in the old EU was. was it the rebel base on yavin 4?

Luke had a Jedi Academy there in the EU.

 

[Slacker]

My only disappointment was that the first three minutes of the movie weren't the "Yub Nub" song cut from the end of Jedi.

Actually, they should have had the text crawl say something about the victory on Endor, then go to the celebration. Then go back to space for the text crawl we saw.

Not having Sith is great, because the Sith bring their baggage with them--only two at once, etc.

Do you think when George typed "Only a Sith deals in absolutes" his word processor put a squiggly line under the sentence? Grammar warning, sentence saying someone else deals in absolutes is an absolute.

 

[Jintor]

would capt. phasma been better if she was the one fighting finn with the shockstick in this scene?

honestly, i think so. just stun her or something instead (for whatever reason). Then it makes the encounter on not-hoth even funnier

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

There's really no good reason to assume it was anyone else.

Other than the fact that it's Star Wars. There was no good reason to not believe Darth Vader killed Luke's father until the end of Empire.

 

[rrc1594]

Poor Leia got the shitty Skywalker genes, for her kids. While Luke kid got the good genes.

Aaaand at that point I stopped reading your post.

To be fair the reasons were there, the fear of "losing someone". It wasn't well written

 

[MadLaughter]

You can commemorate him with this beautiful japanese action figure

http://tamashii.jp/special/sw/lineup_shf.html#shf_firstorder_stormtrooper_sbset

he'll do to your wallet what he did to finn's pride

Oh FUCK. Does the text give him a name or a name to his weapon?

 

[Sylas]

So thinking about it: do they ever explicitly say that Kylo was the one who killed all of Luke's students?

They say that Kylo used to be Luke's student before Snoke turned him.

Han says ONE of Luke's students killed everyone.

I know it's unlikely and Han probably just didn't want to mention it was Kylo, but it also sounds like they could be setting up bait and switch.

Also, the flash back scene where it happens is intentionally vague.

I'm dying to see the movie again because I want to see that flashback scene again. They show someone with a red saber--does it have Kylo's crossguard on it? I didn't look hard enough.

 

[half a moon]

no, because she hit people straight in the face with that staff.

A double bladed lightsaber isn't a staff.

Bro you can make it a staff.

 

[Guy.brush]

well, not until ordered

So how do they sleep then? or shower? Do they wait for the order to do so?

 

[longdi]

So thinking about it: do they ever explicitly say that Kylo was the one who killed all of Luke's students?

They say that Kylo used to be Luke's student before Snoke turned him.

Han says ONE of Luke's students killed everyone.

I know it's unlikely and Han probably just didn't want to mention it was Kylo, but it also sounds like they could be setting up bait and switch.

Also, the flash back scene where it happens is intentionally vague.

I think that is the main problem i have with TFA as a movie. It felt more like Ep 7.5 instead of 7, with a lot of back-story glossed over, fast forwarded or expecting viewers to know of. I know being first of the triology, things will get tie together by 2019...

On the other hand, i may preferred TFA to be epic LOTR length with fleshed out story every episodes. I am looking at the upcoming movies, and i do feel 2 more 2hrs episodes may not be enough to fulfil our Starwars universe cravings.

 

[gutter_trash]

did anyone find the musical score to be subpar compared to ALL the rest of the other Star Wars movies?

besides Leia and Luke's theme, there was no stand out new theme in the OST, the score was a little too ''modern'' for my tastes

 

[GungHo]

Yeah and I will imagine that we will get some awesome darth vader action in that one.

I would be cool with never seeing him, honestly. Just hear about him. Like the boogey man. At most, see his fighter and hear the voice, but otherwise like an old WWI fighter film... A spectre in the clouds.

 

[Sephzilla]

I have to say the Stormtroopers in this movie looked fantastic. Even though they only made minor changes to the look, they just looked cooler to me.

did anyone find the musical score to be subpar compared to ALL the rest of the other Star Wars movies?

yeah, i thought the music was a bit underwhelming

 

[jett]

Phasma is a commander, no?

She's not going to be doing ground fighting.

Well, yeah, but in a movie filled with contrivances, what's the harm in one more that would bring a bit more emotion and tension into the fight?

Ditto.



I didn't take it as an explicit anti-lightsaber weapon. I thought it was just a sci-fi melee weapon. Like a Star Wars tonfar.

Certainly really convenient, but looked like it could be used for crowd control too. It's basically a superduper stun baton.

Also, if Kylo "felt" the Force in Rey, he could have brought them as a precaution.

Case in point, lol. Yeah.

 

[Mr Cola]

did anyone find the musical score to be subpar compared to ALL the rest of the other Star Wars movies?

besides Leia and Luke's theme, there was no stand out new theme in the OST, the score was a little too ''modern'' for my tastes

Yes, many people in here have said so, it was just serviceable, nothing notable at all

 

[entremet]

did anyone find the musical score to be subpar compared to ALL the rest of the other Star Wars movies?

besides Leia and Luke's theme, there was no stand out new theme in the OST, the score was a little too ''modern'' for my tastes

It was nothing special.

The Phantom Menace was much much better in the score department.

 

[The Flash]

Luke had a Jedi Academy there in the EU.

One of the best EU trilogies as well

 

[BronsonLee]

Rey killed everybody.

The reason Luke is so perturbed at the end is because he's trying to decide whether to fucking kill the sod or not

Welcome to KOTOR Town

 

[Anton Sugar]

So thinking about it: do they ever explicitly say that Kylo was the one who killed all of Luke's students?

They say that Kylo used to be Luke's student before Snoke turned him.

Han says ONE of Luke's students killed everyone.

I know it's unlikely and Han probably just didn't want to mention it was Kylo, but it also sounds like they could be setting up bait and switch.

Also, the flash back scene where it happens is intentionally vague.

Oh shit, I must have missed that detail. They say that one of his students actually killed the others? I thought that one had just betrayed him and they didn't say what happened to the others. I thought the other Knights might be the rest of Luke's Jedi, corrupted/turned by Kylo.

WAT. For real?

Phasma rebuffs Finn when he has his helmet off, asking him who gave him permission to take it off or something like that. They don't explicitly *say* that helmets are worn at all times, but given the rest of the movie's points on conformity, I think it's safe to say that Stormtroopers aren't supposed to take them off in 99% of situations.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Oh FUCK. Does the text give him a name or a name to his weapon?

Riot Control Stormtrooper is all he gets. There's a Black Series version as well which I may have spent too much money on. The weapon's called a Z6 baton.

--

Standout theme in the soundtrack is Rey's theme - the one that carries through from The Scavenger into The Abduction. It's not the best SW score but I still really like it.

 

[Patryn]

I think that is the main problem i have with TFA as a movie. It felt more like Ep 7.5 instead of 7, with a lot of back-story glossed over, fast forwarded or expecting viewers to know of. I know being first of the triology, things will get tie together by 2019...

On the other hand, i may preferred TFA to be epic LOTR length with fleshed out story every episodes. I am looking at the upcoming movies, and i do feel 2 more 2hrs episodes may not be enough to fulfil our Starwars universe cravings.

It took a cue from A New Hope. If you go back and watch that, they don't explain shit either.

Then again, TFA the stuff they don't explain is a bit more central.

 

[Fliesen]

Bro you can make it a staff.

do you realize how long that shit is? it's unwieldy

this is a double bladed light saber

i simply don't get why everyone's got the hots for random ass impractical light sabers.
She's using the fucking SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER, why would we want her to stop using that? Because it's a horcrux?

 

[El Topo]

Bro you can make it a staff.

It's such a stupid concept, such a stupid idea, so useless, so dumb, but it looks so damn cool.

 

[borghe]

*Thirty seconds into Episode 8, Luke uses the Force to throw that lightsaber into the ocean*

Rey - What the hell, Luke!?

Luke - Everyone who uses that thing is either dead or missing a hand.

/dead

 

[Aiii]

I think that is the main problem i have with TFA as a movie. It felt more like Ep 7.5 instead of 7, with a lot of back-story glossed over, fast forwarded or expecting viewers to know of. I know being first of the triology, things will get tie together by 2019...

On the other hand, i may preferred TFA to be epic LOTR length with fleshed out story every episodes. I am looking at the upcoming movies, and i do feel 2 more 2hrs episodes may not be enough to fulfil our Starwars universe cravings.

Luckily there will be an endless stream of yearly non-main movies. Along with books, comics and a whole bunch of other stuff for SW nutjobs like us to sink our teeth into while the casual audience can enjoy their 2h blockbuster movie without wasting an extra hour on exposition that they don't care about.

I think that's what they were going for, anyways.

 

[Kaibutsu]

Finn's banter was amazing.

"You have a boyfriend--cute boyfriend?"
"Why are you doing this *head nod* why? why? Don't you see I'm trying to come up with a plan."

Can we just have Finn and BB-8 travel the galaxy together.

I wasn't real familiar with John Boyega before the movie but holy shit he nailed his role. Really impressed with his acting

 

[Messypandas]

Phasma is a commander, no?

She's not going to be doing ground fighting.

Commander of the L's.

 

[ngower]

Of course it was a thumbs up, what about BB8's character or this films humour would suggest it was a middle finger.

How I read it was Finn was begging BB8 to do this and he reluctantly did it and Finn thanked him and he was like fuck you. But it's hard to tell what a droid who has no fingers is doing. I don't care either way but I interpreted it as a middle finger.

 

[Nete]

Tie Fighters that can shoot backwards seem super OP. Wonder if they're still shieldless.

Regular First Order TIE Fighters have shields in the X-Wing miniatures game, so turreted TIEs should have too. It's not canon... but it still needs to be approved by LF.

 

[rrc1594]

*Thirty seconds into Episode 8, Luke uses the Force to throw that lightsaber into the ocean*

Rey - What the hell, Luke!?

Luke - Everyone who uses that thing is either dead or missing a hand.

LMAO

 

[Croatoan]

Rey killed everybody.

The reason Luke is so perturbed at the end is because he's trying to decide whether to fucking kill the sod or not

Welcome to KOTOR Town

That...I think I would like that twist.

 

[Apharmd]

Oh FUCK. Does the text give him a name or a name to his weapon?

Z6 Riot Control Baton. The shield he tosses away AFAIK is the Beta Blast Riot Shield. Name is just Storm Trooper with Baton and Shield.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Yeah Rey is definitely going to be a staff user--she looked pretty damn uncomfortable with that single saber.

what a time to be alive

 

[mreddie]

Hey, SNL can do this song again.

 

[Occam]

What if Rey is a trained Jedi already, and she just doesn't remember it?

 

[PuppetMaster]

Poor Leia got the shitty Skywalker genes, for her kids. While Luke kid got the good genes.



To be fair the reasons were there, the fear of "losing someone". It wasn't well written

Leia is Snoke.


THINK ABOUT IT!

MAKES PERFECT SENSE!

 

[LNBL]

Whattttttttttttttttt Daniel Craig was the stormtrooper in that scene with Rey using the mind trick??

http://www.theguardian.com/film/201...cameo-in-star-wars-the-force-awakens-revealed

 

[Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!]

Oh shit, I must have missed that detail. They say that one of his students actually killed the others? I thought that one had just betrayed him and they didn't say what happened to the others. I thought the other Knights might be the rest of Luke's Jedi, corrupted/turned by Kylo.

I believe they did. I think Han said it. I really need go see the movie again asap.

 

[Oozer3993]

That was indeed Nien Nunb

*sniff* I'm so happy. My boy's still fighting the good fight. The Man With The Laugh shall live forever!

 

[Grover Cleveland]

did anyone find the musical score to be subpar compared to ALL the rest of the other Star Wars movies?

besides Leia and Luke's theme, there was no stand out new theme in the OST, the score was a little too ''modern'' for my tastes

Yes and no.

It's not bad, JW is not capable of making a BAD score. It has a few really beautiful moments but on the whole it's largely just...inoffensive.

Which is OK. John Williams is 83 years old. This may be the last score we get from him. Expecting another Empire may be asking too much from him at this point.

 

[FUBAR McDangles]

Dude, it's either that or they look like cartoon CGI. It would take so much longer post production to get a bar full of aliens to look believable.

Just look at the tentacle monster from Han's ship, you honestly would rather shit look like that then high quality costumes?

I thought that tentacle monster looked better than almost every single costume so yes I would rather have that.

 

[MadLaughter]

Riot Control Stormtrooper is all he gets. There's a Black Series version as well which I may have spent too much money on. The weapon's called a Z6 baton.

Thanks, man.

 

[Sectorseven]

So how did Maz get the lightsaber? No one aside from Luke would even know where to look, and assuming he even gave it much thought, it would be like finding a needle in a haystack.

I guess gravity would have pulled it towards the core where it should have been smashed on impact or crushed by the pressure.

 

[borghe]

did anyone find the musical score to be subpar compared to ALL the rest of the other Star Wars movies?

besides Leia and Luke's theme, there was no stand out new theme in the OST, the score was a little too ''modern'' for my tastes

actually I thought it was perfectly fine, with the one new standout being Rey's theme when she is sledding down the dune at the beginning.

 

[Ennosuke]

It wasn't Coruscant but it should have been Coruscant.

Nah, Coruscant is a pretty amazing planet. Especially in the lower areas, there is so much potential.

 

[gutter_trash]

Luke had a Jedi Academy there in the EU.

and there the Jedi Knight Dark Forces games had the Jedi Academy in them and was followed up with a game called Jedi Academy headed by Luke