[SPOILERS] Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Thread #2) - One Thumb Up
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I could be totally wrong but modern day Carrie Fisher seems to have a voice that you can only get by smoking for many years. I don't think you get that sound naturally.
TheKaeptain
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Hispanics can be white.
TheOctodad
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There's a visualization or some other book that claims she had simulation training so that would fit.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Patty and Selma are heavy smokers.
Obliterator
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And we know she somehow had a general sense of Luke's location. Anyone else pick up on a couple things from her vision? It happened super fast so I'm sure I missed stuff
Bobby Roberts
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Just because you're from Canada doesn't make you white, Cap.
Doublesith
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Lor San Tekka referring to the balance of the Force is another one.
Lucasfilm's equivalent to Feige is Kiri Hart.
Meet Disneys Star Wars Maestro, Kiri Hart
http://lucasfilm.com/our-team/kiri-hart
Oh huh, no idea then
Any ideas how Maz got Luke's lightsaber? And if she has a lucky Luke hand to grant wishes as well.
BFIB
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Got a gut feeling Lando went back for the lightsaber.
TheKaeptain
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IDK man I can post pictures of a friend from Mexico and every one here would think she straight up from Ireland.
Pablo Hidalgo is most def a white-Hispanic.
kopitarrulez_11
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Everyone lost it at that scene it was just too perfect
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
the ship that dropped her off wasn't first order/empire. Looks more like a republic ship. I think am on the she is luke's child thing.
Bobby Roberts
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Why are you nitpicking this shit in the face of the larger point, though?
The One and Done
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Maz was so awesome. "Where's my boyfriend? ....I love that Wookie."
Definitely possible she was seeing a vision of where Luke was. In ESB when Luke was training with Yoda he saw a city in the clouds when he sensed Han and Leia were in trouble
Hence my comment about "not being crazy like Perlmutter". Or would that require not pulling comments out of context so you can be angry about them.
She is the CEO of Lucasfilm, like Perlmutter is the CEO of Marvel. They are the same spot on the hierarchy. Feige pulled a power play and got himself out from under Perlmutter (thank the heavens); but Feige doesn't control Marvel TV or Marvel Comics - while as Kennedy has full control over ALL aspects of Star Wars.
It would be a waste of her talent to have her just watch over the movies (ala Feige) rather than working on all aspects of the IP.
Heh, Leland and Pablo are on the team because of their roles pre Disney (Leland Yee was basically the guy who kept tabs on canon, Pablo was a writer for StarWars.com and did work on the old school West End RPG), and Kiri is the producer of Star Wars Rebels (which seems like a good idea, to have the person in charge of your in-canon TV show be on the team that keeps track of well, canon). Not sure about Beck or Williams though.
EDIT: Thanks to a poster above
Looks like Kiri Hart is the equivalent of Feige.
I saw it guys, I feel like it's okay to actually like star wars again after 32 years of re-edits, bad decisions and terrible prequels.
Not sure how well they can keep the ball rolling but it's off to a good start. I suspect that the next film will probably be pretty good - "source of the jedi" or something along those lines maybe ? I imagine it will be filled with at least a couple scenes showing what happened with Kylo Ren and both Ren and Rey will be receiving training from their respective masters. Kylo might even perhaps be renamed Darth Curlyfro ? I also think Captain Phasma might return(after escaping the garbage disposal off camera) and Finn will obviously be sensing the force more clearly, maybe even get his own light saber ? There are many possibilities.
I don't even mind that they played it very safe with this film , it's got all of the same story beats - Han Solo is Obi-wan (the father mentor figure who dies) , Rey is Luke, Finn is Leia , BB8 is r2d2. Luke is now Yoda , snoke is palpatine and Ren is Vader. The map replaces the death star plans and the star killer replaces the death star. It works though , after so long a retread plot is needed , I just kind of hope with this out of the way that Episode 8 isn't just "the bleak one where the good guys lose". Also , is it just me or did the star killer basically just destroy all of the planets from the prequels ?
Anyway that's about it for me.
Not sure how well they can keep the ball rolling but it's off to a good start. I suspect that the next film will probably be pretty good - "source of the jedi" or something along those lines maybe ? I imagine it will be filled with at least a couple scenes showing what happened with Kylo Ren and both Ren and Rey will be receiving training from their respective masters. Kylo might even perhaps be renamed Darth Curlyfro ? I also think Captain Phasma might return(after escaping the garbage disposal off camera) and Finn will obviously be sensing the force more clearly, maybe even get his own light saber ? There are many possibilities.
I don't even mind that they played it very safe with this film , it's got all of the same story beats - Han Solo is Obi-wan (the father mentor figure who dies) , Rey is Luke, Finn is Leia , BB8 is r2d2. Luke is now Yoda , snoke is palpatine and Ren is Vader. The map replaces the death star plans and the star killer replaces the death star. It works though , after so long a retread plot is needed , I just kind of hope with this out of the way that Episode 8 isn't just "the bleak one where the good guys lose". Also , is it just me or did the star killer basically just destroy all of the planets from the prequels ?
Anyway that's about it for me.
Given Chewie's 400 years old, I'd say he might be used to that sort of thing now.
Still wanted more stuff from it though
eyeball_kid
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Maz is a 1000 year-old pirate and she most certainly knows that scoundrel Lando. She's probably got Yoda's staff laying around somewhere too.
I disagree, chewie raged hard when he died, and was then shown weeping afterwards. We will most likely feel the affects of Han's death till episode 9
Doublesith
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You're missing Rayne Roberts (who is also not white!).
Bobby Roberts
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FUCK, you're right. I knew that didn't look right. We have the same damn last name, too. Thanks for the catch.
It might because of my age as a twenty-something, but I feel that I definitely like them way more than when I got introduced to the original crew in ANH.
they definitely had a bromance
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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Saw this today. I liked it alright. It had a bit of the goofiness that was in the Star Trek reboot, which I didn't care for. But aside from that it was a decent entry in the series. Better than the prequels for sure. Empire and a New Hope are definitely a lot better, but it may edge out Return of the Jedi for me.
Yeah, that was a bit strange. I thought for sure there would have at least been a moment of Leia and Chewie embracing each other and grieving together instead of just the two shots of them sitting and sulking.
OricWindstar
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Swagger is one of the harder things to pull off.
It's stylistically designed to be that way and you can't undo that.
Nah, he is acting the hell out of his roll. And it's great.
If I were to take ANH on its own, I'd probably say the same. It's hard, though; I watched the three OT movies on VHS over and over again starting pretty much the moment I learned to walk on through until I was like 13.
28 here btw.
Anyway, point is, it's really difficult for me to isolate ANH. Not impossible, I suppose. It's pretty standalone and whatnot. And, having seen TFA twice now, I'm pretty sure I can safely say that I like TFA more. And I like its character introductions more.
Especially Rey > Luke. I love the character Luke becomes, but I don't love him in ANH. I love Rey from the word go.
Bobby Roberts
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Been hearing this from more than a few fans. I think it might be that Poe, Finn & Rey had a chance to bounce off each other on basically the same level in a way Luke, Han & Leia really didn't get to until much later in the movie. Luke spends a lot of his intro being yelled at or slightly condescended to by much older dudes, until he meets Han, who more or less disregards him entirely, and only after springing the Princess does their interplay really start to take off. That's like 90 minutes into the film.
With the Force Awakens, Poe flicks Kylo shit, bumps into Finn, and they hit it off great, until he bumps into Rey, which has them sparking, chemistry-wise... They basically don't meet any grumpy old fuckers looking to teach these whippersnappers a thing or two until about the 45 mark when Han Solo shows up.
I think that makes a big difference as to how ingratiating these guys can be.
Battlefront is focusing on the OT era, so nope, he isn't.
Well, I watched an afternoon screening today, and thought it was pretty entertaining! I'd certainly watch it again.
For the record, I'm not an avid Star Wars fan; as I thought the prequel/original trilogies were decent, and don't care much for the pop culture craze. However, I'm looking forward the next episode.
Some thoughts that comes to mind:
- The cinematography is phenomenal; especially when Rey was scavenging the interior of the star destroyer and the encounter between Han and Kylo.
- I find Rey to be quite endearing, I'm looking forward to seeing how her character hones her Force abilities in the next episode.
- The Millennium Falcon reveal was perfect.
- Harrison Ford settled well back into his role as Han Solo; his "negotiations" with the space pirates was pretty amusing.
- I thought that Carrie Fisher did okay as Leia; perhaps her script could've been better?
- I would've liked to see the combat capabilities of the chrome stormtrooper.
- Kylo should've kept his mask on, he doesn't look as menacing or intimidating with his face uncovered.
For the record, I'm not an avid Star Wars fan; as I thought the prequel/original trilogies were decent, and don't care much for the pop culture craze. However, I'm looking forward the next episode.
Some thoughts that comes to mind:
- The cinematography is phenomenal; especially when Rey was scavenging the interior of the star destroyer and the encounter between Han and Kylo.
- I find Rey to be quite endearing, I'm looking forward to seeing how her character hones her Force abilities in the next episode.
- The Millennium Falcon reveal was perfect.
- Harrison Ford settled well back into his role as Han Solo; his "negotiations" with the space pirates was pretty amusing.
- I thought that Carrie Fisher did okay as Leia; perhaps her script could've been better?
- I would've liked to see the combat capabilities of the chrome stormtrooper.
- Kylo should've kept his mask on, he doesn't look as menacing or intimidating with his face uncovered.
CrichtonKicks
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It's not about being angry. Don't know why you would think I am. It's about the fact that Kennedy understands that creative comes first so she stays involved to keep it on track. It was Kennedy that jettisoned Lucas's ideas for Ep 7.
Pearl utter just cares about money and could care less about creative integrity.
I think this is misdirection cause it seemed more likely it was Rey arriving in the vicinity.
he isn't but maybe he can be dlc with his orange and black tie fighter. his piloting skills are up there with the skywalkers if not better.
Yeah but I could see them doing it as a promotion. Battle of Jakku is in there.
What trailers did you guys get?
I got Warcraft, Civil War, Apocalypse, and something called The 5th Wave that I initially mistook for a District 9 sequel.
OricWindstar
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Bold statement, but I will say he was what made me most excited when they had the initial cast announcement.
You're asuming battlefront has prequel and sequel content, ha! good one
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