Escape Goat
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No, thats for Death Star 2.
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[SPOILERS] Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Thread #3) - That's Not How the Force Works
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No, thats for Death Star 2.
I actually turned to my brother when we saw Ep7 for the first time and told him "Holy shit, that's a Bothan!!!!" in one of the resistance's base shots lol.
DrForester
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Just Manny, hopefully he gets some good development before then.
You know Finn, we really are in a Star War
Randolph Freelander
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FlashbladeGAF
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Every time I hear him yell out "Ben", gets me every time. Heavy stuff, You can feel the emotion in his voice.
The fact that Harrison Ford's actual son is named Ben, made it feel even more real.
I want a hype thread gif ready for the next Ninety direct.
Ridley in new NX Metroid = Boyega couch jump.gif
Yup. The final movie in the Star Wars saga will take place on gritty, realistic, modern day Earth. It only makes sense. Hope Snyder directs.
FlashbladeGAF
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Atraveller
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Why tho
Obliterator
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Ok I'm seeing more and more rumblings that Snoke is Darth Plagueis. Is there actual evidence of this?
"Tell me more about the Shepard."
Ninja Scooter
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"You know, these really are the wars of the stars."
Bobby Roberts
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Atraveller
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Besides both being gray bald alien and similar soundtrack, none.
Obliterator
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I mean BAD. If you type Darth into Google the 2nd search under Vader is Plagueis. Your average Joe until this started blowing up probably didn't even remember / doesn't know who that is. Its not Maul or any of the other more famous Sith
Shit. I wish it would actually happen. That would be epic as fuck
Randolph Freelander
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Because that's who she is.
Ending of IX to be decided through voting via smart phone app within the theatre
I've been watching Avatar the Last Airbender on Amazon recently, and I laughed way too hard at an early scene where they come upon the remains of Aang's old teacher and Aang says "I really am the last Airbender." Was supposed to be super sad, too.
I was catching up on The Walking Dead last night, and watched Rick tell his group that they are... The Walking Dead. Goddamn GAF memes! lol
I know that..tell that to Abrams who decided to call her General from now on leaving princess title behind because "she grew up"
I had seen Daisy and John's reactions separately, but not synced up like that. That sofa dive is already legendary but I love how misty eyed he gets during the trailer. That must have been an incredible feeling.If you went down the rabbit hole then you probably saw this reaction vid.
Daisy Ridley (Rey) and John Boyega (Finn) watching the 3rd trailer for the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXQBEBAoXjs
Yeah, sofa dive at the end = knockout kick. :lol
TheKaeptain
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The only good thing that could come out of the Snoke=Plagueis stuff is the breakdowns by all the nerds saying Disney wants nothing to do with the Prequels.
Ninja Scooter
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I was hoping Finn would be in one of these at the end
What did he mean by this?
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More I think about the movie, the more I dislike the Maz character. Really brings the whole thing down for me. Worse than Jar Jar.
DrForester
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We're going to learn that Kylo Ren made BB8.
Also never realized how much JJ looks like the guy from The Big Bang Theory...
Comfort Jones
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I just found out Rey's actor is a year older than me.
Life is craziness.
Life is craziness.
Monocle
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People make fun of the reaction video trend, but you haven't lived until you've seen at least a few good Star Wars and Red Wedding reaction videos tbh.
This is crazy to me. I love her voice and characterization. Jar Jar is a doofy looking slapstick character who ruins everything. Maz appears for like one key scene and never ruins the tone with wacky hijinks.
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excelsiorlef
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God I love the levels of negative hyperbole that runs through this thread.
Atraveller
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Such bait!
Yousa have real bad opinion moi moi.
What did he mean by this?
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Woah, stop! I meant functionally in the story. Not purely as a character.
Jar Jar helped the Jedi reach the depths of Naboo then stayed with the party along with Padme to keep the story attentive to the main conflict being on Naboo as they went planet hopping. Then he further served as emissary to and representive for his society in the climax.
Maz shows up, throws some awkward jokes, spits exposition out, and overall comes off as a character meant to tie together different drafts of the script so that the party can get the lightsaber without much drama or needing to reveal anything they would want to save for the sequels. Then she just disappears, completely edited out it seems which irritated me. She seems like she could be an interesting character, but no deeper characterization that came through for me.
Jar Jar helped the Jedi reach the depths of Naboo then stayed with the party along with Padme to keep the story attentive to the main conflict being on Naboo as they went planet hopping. Then he further served as emissary to and representive for his society in the climax.
Maz shows up, throws some awkward jokes, spits exposition out, and overall comes off as a character meant to tie together different drafts of the script so that the party can get the lightsaber without much drama or needing to reveal anything they would want to save for the sequels. Then she just disappears, completely edited out it seems which irritated me. She seems like she could be an interesting character, but no deeper characterization that came through for me.
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I liked Maz. She was like Yoda and Ackmena rolled into one.
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Something I noticed after a second viewing.
Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, I am sure it has, but I believe Kylo Ren's mask is key to explaining how some scenes unfolded the way they did, negating some often heard criticism.
Kylo's mask is a powerful Sith Artifact, no doubt. It allows Kylo Ren to focus his hatred, and greatly increase his force power. The other Knights of Ren are using similar masks to increase their potential with the dark side.
But Kylo's training in the dark side of the force is not complete. His main issue is his self confidence / self image. He fears being weak. The mask serves the added purpose of hiding his former self, and making him appear strong (well it does also make him strong literally).
When Kylo takes off his mask for the first time during his interrogation of Rey, he wants to prove to himself he is strong and confident, even without the mask. Previous scenes with Snork and the First Order Commander left him frustrated and vulnerable. As a result, he wants to prove he does not need help (=the mask) to be strong, so takes off the mask.
But when he tries to intimidate/manipulate Rey without the mask, this quickly backfires. Rey exposes Kylo's fears, which causes him to panic and quickly retreat to seek the advice from Snork.
Some criticism has been that Rey's Force powers develop too quickly. I actually think Kylo's injury in addition to his lack of mask made him very weak. Weak enough for Rey to beat him. Not Rey miraculously becoming all powerful without training.
During the Han Solo / Kylo Ren face-off. through taking off his mask a second time, Kylo wishes to face his doubts and perceived weakness. When Kylo says he is unsure if he can do it, I think he actually means killing his father and fully embracing the dark side. He might have some conflicted feelings, but if he is to redeem himself, he has to kill his father. The last rays of sunlight disappearing in the background symbolizes Kylo's definite turn to the dark side.
Not sure if it has been mentioned yet, I am sure it has, but I believe Kylo Ren's mask is key to explaining how some scenes unfolded the way they did, negating some often heard criticism.
Kylo's mask is a powerful Sith Artifact, no doubt. It allows Kylo Ren to focus his hatred, and greatly increase his force power. The other Knights of Ren are using similar masks to increase their potential with the dark side.
But Kylo's training in the dark side of the force is not complete. His main issue is his self confidence / self image. He fears being weak. The mask serves the added purpose of hiding his former self, and making him appear strong (well it does also make him strong literally).
When Kylo takes off his mask for the first time during his interrogation of Rey, he wants to prove to himself he is strong and confident, even without the mask. Previous scenes with Snork and the First Order Commander left him frustrated and vulnerable. As a result, he wants to prove he does not need help (=the mask) to be strong, so takes off the mask.
But when he tries to intimidate/manipulate Rey without the mask, this quickly backfires. Rey exposes Kylo's fears, which causes him to panic and quickly retreat to seek the advice from Snork.
Some criticism has been that Rey's Force powers develop too quickly. I actually think Kylo's injury in addition to his lack of mask made him very weak. Weak enough for Rey to beat him. Not Rey miraculously becoming all powerful without training.
During the Han Solo / Kylo Ren face-off. through taking off his mask a second time, Kylo wishes to face his doubts and perceived weakness. When Kylo says he is unsure if he can do it, I think he actually means killing his father and fully embracing the dark side. He might have some conflicted feelings, but if he is to redeem himself, he has to kill his father. The last rays of sunlight disappearing in the background symbolizes Kylo's definite turn to the dark side.
Whenever somebody says a part of this movie is "worse than Jar Jar" you automatically know that they are full of shit. The worst being that I've people unironically equate Finn to Jar Jar.
Hell, if nothing else, Maz had that amazingly delivered "I like that Wookie!". It sucks that Lupita got stuck behind a CGI character, but damn if her line readings aren't amazing.
Randolph Freelander
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It's just a mask. He hides behind it to project strength where it is lacking.
This much is plainly obvious. From the dialog he has with Vader's helmet, we know the inner struggle isn't rejecting the dark side, it's rejecting the light. After he impales Han, he thanks him.
Comfort Jones
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I mean I guess as much of a chance as you'd have at getting cast in the biggest movie ever at the same age most people are just baaaarely getting their shit together hahahaha.
TheSadRanger
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Only reason I knew is because most of the cast did an interview on Conan.
Which begs a question, did Oscar Isaac shoot Ex Machina before or after Star Wars? Because if it was before than I want to know what shampoo he used to grow that glorious lion's mane he had in Star Wars.
There was even a funny bit on Conan where Isaac is telling a story how Ford looked at his hair, smelling it and said "that's a wig". Isaac replied that it was real and said Ford had a look on his face of disdain and being impressed at the same time
I desperately want this to be real, but BB-8 and his arm is a pretty bad shop job.
We're going to learn that Kylo Ren made BB8.
Between, "Where's my boyfriend? I like that wookie," and Maz climbing across the table to stare down Finn, I don't know how anyone could not like her. She was great; I wish there was more of her.
neoism
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is that necessary?
I noticed that long before he took his mask off. It wasn't super obvious in the promotional stuff, but as soon as he walked out of his shuttle I saw that he was pretty small compared to Vader.
But that "Haaaaaaaaaaaaaan Solllo" yell that stopped the cantina in it's tracks was really, really stupid. That and Solo's blind shot during the battle on Takodana were like bad fanfic moments.
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