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[A Serious Man]

Episode 7 villains revealed

Dave Filoni pretty much confirmed that

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Vader would have been using Inquisitors to help hunt down Jedi after Episode 3.

That article basically just takes information we already know about SW: Rebels and extends it to Ep. VII.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Ugh.

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A flashback? Can't they just show a holocron recording or something? Flashbacks have never been seen in Star Wars, it's very out of place.

We don't yet know it won't be.

Dave Filoni pretty much confirmed that

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Vader would have been using Inquisitors to help hunt down Jedi after Episode 3.

That article basically just takes information we already know about SW: Rebels and extends it to Ep. VII.

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I'm happy with the concept myself, vader & palpatine doing the job themselves always seemed rather far-fetched. Even Zahn said there were other Dark Jedi helping out in the Thrawn trilogy.

 

[Abounder]

Never thought I'd see Star Wars take inspiration from Warhammer

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Inquisitors in a force vision...Hopefully it's not some clunky exposition ala Star Trek. Star Wars is much better when the Force is more mystical than having to explain it more (midichlorians, rule of 2, prequels, etc).

Should still be a lot of fun though just like Star Trek

 

[Sectorseven]

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A younger version of Princess Leia strikes me as very disorienting.

She was already so young in ANH and we've had her face burned into our memories for over 30 years.

 

[Doublesith]

The attributions in here are off. These images are coming from IndieRevolver.

Just to be clear, the helmet renders and the Solo costume shots were broken by indierevolver (as their huge watermarks can attest), but the helmet props shot was first revealed by makingstarwars.net.

 

[MisterHero]

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A younger version of Princess Leia strikes me as very disorienting.

She was already so young in ANH and we've had her face burned into our memories for over 30 years.

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That's okay, they'll reveal she's not Luke's sister. She's Bail Organa's biological daughter named after Leia who was assassinated in her infancy.

Bam, Leia's not a Force adept

Can we deduce that Jimmy Smits will have a cameo?

 

[sphagnum]

Here's the trooper progression.

 

[temp]

Always thought the Attack of the Clones design looked like sour lemon face.

 

[CreeperBlocks]

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Flashbacks in a Star Wars movie?... I don't know about this.

I don't know about this whole deal with

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Luke's Light saber just falling out of the sky.

That part doesn't sound promising.

 

[Dead]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

damn, that is sleek and sexy as fuck

 

[Easy_D]

Here's the trooper progression.

So basically took the best features of the old and the new and created something really cool

 

[Future PhaZe]

holy shit

 

[mattiewheels]

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So Ben was just that well-hidden, if the Inquisitors never found him? Besides the obvious fact that they never existed till now? They don't seem that effective already. I guess Sydow is the voice of the main Inquisitor then.

I love how even in costume design art, Harrison Ford still has that "why am I here?" look.

 

[OldRoutes]

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So Ben was just that well-hidden, if the Inquisitors never found him? Besides the obvious fact that they never existed till now? They don't seem that effective already. I guess Sydow is the voice of the main Inquisitor then.

I love how even in costume design art, Harrison Ford still has that "why am I here?" look.

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Who knows, maybe Ben fought them off many times. Yoda was also really well hidden. I don't think it's that far fetched.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

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So Ben was just that well-hidden, if the Inquisitors never found him? Besides the obvious fact that they never existed till now? They don't seem that effective already. I guess Sydow is the voice of the main Inquisitor then.

I love how even in costume design art, Harrison Ford still has that "why am I here?" look.

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well he did live in a cave in a desert on a horrible planet in the outer rim.

Couldn't have hidden much better then that (apart from not telling people his surname was KENOBI, but I doubt moisture ranchers write much down that gets transmitted offworld)

 

[Rootbeer]

Love the Han sketches. Love the new helmets. Love that they are tying things in with Rebels so well--they weren't kidding about having that story team working on keeping things all coherent and in canon, Hu?

Course, still not fully sold on the plot... Luke captured ALL this time? Sure hope that is a flawed detail.

 

[Tookay]

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Who knows, maybe Ben fought them off many times. Yoda was also really well hidden. I don't think it's that far fetched.

I imagine that'll be the plot to a spin-off film honestly.

Anyway, I don't know how to feel about this news. Parts of it sound fine, but a

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midway plot dump is an annoying Abrams crutch at this point.

 

[block tower]

Episode 7 villains revealed

i like it. hopefully the flashback is done in a cool way and not some weird dreamy type of f flashback, like how Lucas did those awkward premonition scenes in the prequels.

 

[Mistel]

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well he did live in a cave in a desert on a horrible planet in the outer rim.

Couldn't have hidden much better then that (apart from not telling people his surname was KENOBI, but I doubt moisture ranchers write much down that gets transmitted offworld)

That's the point of hiding there Obi wan was out the way and could of probably protected Luke if needs be.

 

[Rootbeer]

I'm sure there must have been flashbacks, dream sequences or the like in the old serials Star Wars was originally inspired by, right?

I don't think it will feel out of place, they just have to incorporate it in a way that feels true to the serial style.

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

That's the point of hiding there Obi wan was out the way and could of probably protected Luke if needs be.

I mean the bigger issue here is that Luke had applied to the imperial navy so they had the name LUKE SKYWALKER in their system, and yet Vader didn't seek him out.

Obviously this is because Lucas hadn't thought up Vader being Luke's father yet, but in retrospect it looks pretty silly.

 

[MisterHero]

I'm sure there must have been flashbacks, dream sequences or the like in the old serials Star Wars was originally inspired by, right?

I don't think it will feel out of place, they just have to incorporate it in a way that feels true to the serial style.

Anakin had force visions in Episode III. They're like flashbacks except present- and future-tense. it really stuck out imo

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Some news from Badass Digest regarding whose hand it is and other stuff: http://badassdigest.com/2014/08/15/exclusive-we-know-whose-star-wars-hand-jj-abrams-showed-us/

 

[Tookay]

Anakin had force visions in Episode III. They're like flashbacks except present- and future-tense. it really stuck out imo

I'll be honest: those scenes felt out-of-place back then too.

... mostly due to the fact that they were added in reshoots. Anakin's original motivation for turning to the dark side was that he was actually convinced the Jedi were wrong and trying to take over.

That didn't play so well to Lucas' first screening buddies (Coppolla and Spielberg), so he changed Anakin's motivation to saving Padme and then he filmed a bunch of extra scenes to reframe the context of the movie.

 

[Nicktendo86]

I mean the bigger issue here is that Luke had applied to the imperial navy so they had the name LUKE SKYWALKER in their system, and yet Vader didn't seek him out.

Obviously this is because Lucas hadn't thought up Vader being Luke's father yet, but in retrospect it looks pretty silly.

Did he? He said to obi wan though that he hated the empire, why would he try to join it? I always thought the academy was for the rebellion or something else?

 

[Woorloog]

I mean the bigger issue here is that Luke had applied to the imperial navy so they had the name LUKE SKYWALKER in their system, and yet Vader didn't seek him out.

Obviously this is because Lucas hadn't thought up Vader being Luke's father yet, but in retrospect it looks pretty silly.

I think Lucas once commented that Skywalker was quite common name in the galaxy.
Trillions of humans... name alone doesn't tell much.

 

[The Lamonster]

uhh that new helmet looks awesome.

WANT

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Did he? He said to obi wan though that he hated the empire, why would he try to join it? I always thought the academy was for the rebellion or something else?

It always sounded like the imperial academy. But Luke also wanted to get away feom Tatooine as soon as possible, so maybe he just wanted go away.


On the point with the database - It isnt like the Empire recruited their Stormtroopers froom a Country, they recruited from a whole galaxy. Also, Tatooine is comperable to a third-world nation, I doubt they keep track off all people living there.

Also, why would Vader search for his son? He didnt even know he existed.

 

[Mistel]

I mean the bigger issue here is that Luke had applied to the imperial navy so they had the name LUKE SKYWALKER in their system, and yet Vader didn't seek him out.

Obviously this is because Lucas hadn't thought up Vader being Luke's father yet, but in retrospect it looks pretty silly.

In restropect it does look a bit silly. But I assume that there was not just Luke with that surname in the whole imperial system. Let alone the galaxy itself.

 

[Nicktendo86]

It always sounded like the imperial academy. But Luke also wanted to get away feom Tatooine as soon as possible, so maybe he just wanted go away.


On the point with the database - It isnt like the Empire recruited their Stormtroopers froom a Country, they recruited from a whole galaxy. Also, Tatooine is comperable to a third-world nation, I doubt they keep track off all people living there.

Also, why would Vader search for his son? He didnt even know he existed.

He lamented that his friend Biggs went off to the academy, who ended up in the rebellion, somi always thought it was connected. Funny I've never even thought that he wanted to join the imperial navy lol

 

[Sir_Crocodile]

Did he? He said to obi wan though that he hated the empire, why would he try to join it? I always thought the academy was for the rebellion or something else?

It's made absolutely clear in the cut biggs scene (think it survived in the book) that it's the empire. He left because it's a podunk planet and he wanted off by any means.

I think Lucas honce commented that Skywalker was quite common name in the galaxy.
Trillions of humans... name alone doesn't tell much.

Lol, dude really didn't give a shit.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

He lamented that his friend Biggs went off to the academy, who ended up in the rebellion, somi always thought it was connected. Funny I've never even thought that he wanted to join the imperial navy lol

Maybe it was a hoax set up by Biggs as a cover - To be honest, I am not sure if I would tell my friends hat I join the rebellion when there were a fasisct galactic empire around.

Is there some EU-stuff on this whole thing with Biggs Darklighter?

 

[Nyanmaruz]

Here's the trooper progression.

So are we going to have glowing/light up eyes for the new stormtroopers? Looks kinda dull to have that much black covering the new helmets imo.

 

[GuitarAtomik]

I really like the new helmet design. Very cool.

 

[Mistel]

Is there some EU-stuff on this whole thing with Biggs Darklighter?

There's star wars empire darklighter that tells the past of him. It has him get into the imperial academy and become an imperial officer. Then there's the mutiny about the ship he's an officer on and he joins the rebellion.

 

[Dragonborn]

I just don't know how to feel about this. I'm starting to think it'll either be really great or really bad.

Still, I'm hyped as heck

 

[MisterHero]

I'll be honest: those scenes felt out-of-place back then too.

... mostly due to the fact that they were added in reshoots. Anakin's original motivation for turning to the dark side was that he was actually convinced the Jedi were wrong and trying to take over.

That didn't play so well to Lucas' first screening buddies (Coppolla and Spielberg), so he changed Anakin's motivation to saving Padme and then he filmed a bunch of extra scenes to reframe the context of the movie.

That makes sense. Though I can't imagine that the original cut had much more substance, unfortunately.

 

[Sectorseven]

Still don't get how droids aren't superior to human soldiers. Those

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inferno troopers for example,

how could a human be in any way advantageous to a droid for that purpose?

 

[MisterHero]

Still don't get how droids aren't superior to human soldiers. Those

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inferno troopers for example,

how could a human be in any way advantageous to a droid for that purpose?

They created the droids and clones and had a fake war until regular citizens got suckered into legitimizing it just by volunteering.

I'm gonna say it's politics

 

[DrForester]

Yesterday's helmets were renders, here are the actual props:

Via makingstarwars.net

Bit more white to break up the black between the eyes and the mouth would work quite Well I think.

 

[Sectorseven]

They created the droids and clones and had a fake war until regular citizens got suckered into legitimizing it just by volunteering.

I'm gonna say it's politics

It's comforting to know the Star Wars universe has luddites.

 

[MisterHero]

It's comforting to know the Star Wars universe has luddites.

The power of the Death Star... insignificant... Force yadda yadda yadda

 

[Jarmel]

Some news from Badass Digest regarding whose hand it is and other stuff: http://badassdigest.com/2014/08/15/exclusive-we-know-whose-star-wars-hand-jj-abrams-showed-us/

So the villain's face is half-metal? KOTOR anyone?

 

[XAL]

Dave Filoni pretty much confirmed that

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Vader would have been using Inquisitors to help hunt down Jedi after Episode 3.

That article basically just takes information we already know about SW: Rebels and extends it to Ep. VII.

Final nail in the Starkiller coffin?

Blah.

Retconning

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inquisitors

into the

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original trilogy like they've been a thing all along

....I don't know how to feel about that.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

I really like the new helments. Nice mix of old and new. The Inquisitors sound interesting if true. Too early to form an opinion on that yet though.

 

[Real Hero]

Retconning

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inquisitors

into the

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original trilogy like they've been a thing all along

....I don't know how to feel about that.

I really hate that. You are making your own star wars film why do that? Very strange.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

So the villain's face is half-metal? KOTOR anyone?

Haha. They include anything KOTOR-esque in VII and they're on to a winner.

 

[MattyG]

I thought the whole thing about Luke's hand and lightsabre crashing on main characters' planet was fake? I keep seeing it thrown in with legitimate stuff like the helmets.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

I really like the new helments. Nice mix of old and new. The Inquisitors sound interesting if true. Too early to form an opinion on that yet though.

Guys, await added scenes and dialogues with these for the next Blu-Ray Release.

 

[MisterHero]

I thought the whole thing about Luke's hand and lightsabre crashing on main characters' planet was fake? I keep seeing it thrown in with legitimate stuff like the helmets.

The hand

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belongs to the movie's villain. It might have been holding Luke's lightsaber.