With Rey having that staff it'd be actively dumb if she didn't end up with a double-sabre.Would people be pissed if Rey was moving and fighting like this by IX?
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There's an official book you can buy discussing details of the movie, and it's stated in there that it's some other system that starts with an 'H'. Coruscant is not the HQ of the New Republic. In the movie, it's left a little unclear.
I hope we do. I want to see him kicking all kinds of ass.
Anton Sugar
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Something I also really loved about TFA saber duel: the purple hue that was created from the blue x red sabers.
He absolutely should be above it. That shit just felt like pure fanservice.
He absolutely should be above it. That shit just felt like pure fanservice.
Vader must have been close to 60 when he fought Luke.
Quick Question that I was wondering on the re-watch of ROTJ.
The moment where Luke breaks and decides to kill Palpatine Vader stops him. Now Palpatine obviously expected it thinking Vader did it out of a sense of loyalty to him but...
If killing Palpatine in a rage would have started Luke on a path down the darkside then Vader was likely saving him even then right?
Look how evil that motherfucker looks compared to the shitty cg character we got in TFA.
It's Hosnia and that's the system that gets blasted
Not Spaceghost
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I prefer the name FN-TR8R better for him.
But man seriously what a complete and utter badass.
He's just a regular stormtrooper, and he sees a lightsaber ignited against a stormtrooper in battle for the first time in 30 years and what does he do? He drops his blaster and rushes him with a an electro tonfa.
Yeah I sorta just want to see him OP with force power alone.
Oh shit, you know what, you're right. Palpatine had a hardon for doing lunging stab attacks, and that seemed to be Rey's go-to move. She did it like three or four times. Her lightsaber style was totally him.
I still think the movie is telegraphing hard that she's Luke's daughter. Remember the trailer voiceover, they reused ROTJ's monologue to imply a familial passing down of the Force from Luke to someone else. And that final scene is totally father and daughter.
I know we want these grand sweeping conspiracy theories to pan out, like Darth Darth Binks, but we have to remember these movies plots still have to be consumed by the general public, who maybe don't have the investment to see a payoff hearkening back to the Prequel Trilogy.
You could say the same to Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Lando... if you would hear the names for the first time.
I thought that was Hux going to Snoke at the end too, and I've seen it 3 times now...
I still think it's Hux... If not, then damn, that random Lieutenant mind tricked me
More_Badass
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So was this the original plan in the OT? Lightsabers were for Jedi, Sith and Dark Side users didn't use lightsabers?
You know what would be cool? If he pulls a Professor X and just outright freezes all the Knights of Ren in battle
I do think people need to get over this mindset that Saber fights shouldn't be choreographed like that.
It makes sense in the OT because Vader is very limited, Obi Wan is old, Luke really had no formal Saber training.
These other fights are against people well trained in Saber combat and very in tune with the force. I don't mind graceful fighting as long as it makes sense. The Maul fight is better for it.
It makes sense in the OT because Vader is very limited, Obi Wan is old, Luke really had no formal Saber training.
These other fights are against people well trained in Saber combat and very in tune with the force. I don't mind graceful fighting as long as it makes sense. The Maul fight is better for it.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Doesn't translate well to gifs. But the way the camera moves while they fight, and how they sound during the fight has physicality, which is way more than what the prequels offered.
It's at least a step up from Dooku. I think everyone can agree on that.
2 Slice Toaster
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The thing is do you hide the prequels from them, and take the risk of them watching them somewhere without you sitting there giving them the proper context?
Do you ensure they only see the despecialized editions?
These aren't easy questions for a parent to answer.
BruceLeeRoy
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Yeah its got to be that right?
BenjaminBirdie
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Snoke is worse than all of those combined. I never felt that way when I first heard the names you're citing.
Unlikely since Han and Leia had no "parental" reaction at all to her. Most likely she is Luke's daughter. Her being a Kenobi is a very interesting theory too.
But really the worst name of any important Star Wars character is Count Dooku.
Couldn't that simply be from tapping in to the Darkside ?
ReadingRambo
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It's more that the Republic doesn't seem to have the fortitude or stomach to militarize fully. Hence Leia creating the militia to stop what she sees as the inevitable resurgence of the old Empire in The First Order.
Sheev
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Quick Question that I was wondering on the re-watch of ROTJ.
The moment where Luke breaks and decides to kill Palpatine Vader stops him. Now Palpatine obviously expected it thinking Vader did it out of a sense of loyalty to him but...
If killing Palpatine in a rage would have started Luke on a path down the darkside then Vader was likely saving him even then right?
My interpretation is that they didn't want to let Luke off so easy. Killing the emperor right then and there wouldn't bring out his anger to the fullest so he might not have turned. Having to fight his dark side father trying to do it would really hammer it home. Even that wasn't successful, so obviously they had to have some layers of frustration for Luke.
I've seen it twice and both times it looks like Hux.
It's certainly plays that way. There's no the way character of the emperor as portrayed in Jedi would have used a lightsabre, he clearly has a disdain for them.
Sheev.
All this "Yoda and Palpatine are above using lightsabers" is just fan-concocted bullshit that isn't supported at all in the OT. Is it because they're old? Obi-Wan is in his 60s in A New Hope and nobody gave him shit about using a sword. The old martial arts master who is the most powerful in his order is pretty much a trope in action films.
Snoke is the absolute worst out of Sheev, Dooku and Snoke.
ReadingRambo
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I don't really think so. Narratively at that point in the confrontation Vader is still firmly on team Dark Side. Also, why not just kill the Emperor himself then and there?
I can't wait for the reveal that his Sith name is Darth Insanius or Darth Icky.
Sheev sounds much worse to me.
2 Slice Toaster
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If physicality is all you're after, I suppose I see why you prefer one above the other.
But it is was also considered an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.
WadiumArcadium
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George said that Yoda wouldn't have used a lightsaber back when he was making the OT. I assume he thought the same of Palpatine.
That is so true. When she fought Kylo she turned really menacing and just at the end snapped out of it. I did think to myself: Now that's Sith material. More so than Kylo actually. He is just a confused Jedi.
This movie was so fuckin gorgeous to look at
Too bad that shot made no freaking sense in the movie.
Beautiful shot, shouldve been cut.
Hasphat'sAnts
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Luke says he's looking for a Great Warrior in ESB, and Yoda's first response is, "Wars not make one great."
It doesn't preclude him from being a great warrior, but it's incongruous.
I mean if they're looking to kill each other, I'd at least expect them to put in some effort, not tip toeing around.
Dash_Riprock
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I don't think it carries the weight and tension of a good sword fight where a life is on the line. Flipping and twirling around to strike constantly comes across more like a dance, where either combatant isn't allowed to make the killer blow until the numbers are up. For me it's the difference between a martial art fight and a Bourne like fight. One is a dance and a lot of blows and blocks don't make sense/have little weight to them. The other is a frenzied fight for life. Both are entertaining, but I buy the latter much more.
Sheev is goofy as fuck. But Snoke is just plain lol.
Darth Snooky.
Really? I felt the exact opposite. I felt it had way too much pandering for the 40-50 year old bitter fans to flood them with nostalgia.
Nah. Supreme Leader Snoke sounded fine in context of the film. Count Dooku doesn't ever not sound (or look, in the opening crawl) dumb as hell.
More like early Padawan, same as Kylo (experienced Padawan). Rey was mostly fleeing from the battle though.
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