Inferno313
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How so? Reads like most long-form entertainment journalism to me. I thought it was a great read.
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How so? Reads like most long-form entertainment journalism to me. I thought it was a great read.
Glass Shark
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Inferno313
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Yeah. It's weird too, because Kathleen Kennedy, JJ Abrams, and a lot of the cast have spoken at lengths about how a big focus when making Force Awakens was improving the way women are portrayed in Star Wars films.
But Hasbro gonna Hasbro I guess. Between this, and the Black Widow Avengers stuff, Disney needs to give them a talking to.
BenjaminBirdie
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just so "omfg imma write this so star warsy"
also, bruh, don't really care about carrie fisher's wallpaper bruh
Bobby Roberts
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We talkin' about the Rolling Stone article? Or something else?
Because the Rolling Stone article's probably the best single piece written about this movie thus far.
KoruptData
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Have to agree, that was a very fun read.
BrokenFiction
Member
Is it spoilery at all? I watched a lot of stuff, but going on the 2 week no media diet now.
TangoAlphaLima
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Whoa, is this picture what I think it is? Link to avoid spoilers:
http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/2015/article/watch-explosive-first-clip-from-star-wars-the-force-awakens-20151123/217512/small_rect/1448288521/300x169-EP7_IA_29355.jpg
How Rey and Finn end up on the Falcon on Jakku has been one of the plot points I couldn't figure out from promo materials thus far. Here it just looks like it's parked not far from that quadjumper that gets blown up (I'm assuming that might be the wreckage in the back of the picture). Still have no clue why the Falcon is just sitting there on Jakku, though.
Inferno313
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Yeah, I would avoid reading it if you're on a blackout. There's some speculation on the author's part that could be considered spoilery, as well as detailed descriptions of scenes he got to observe JJ editing.
Yeah, that picture shows what you're talking about.
It's not a new pic either I believe, I seem to recall it being posted a while back and people posted another pic of the Falcon's landing ramp from the original trilogy for comparison/confirmation. I think the Falcon is on Jakku because it's at some market or junkyard for old ships and stuff.
Damn he looks in great shape here.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
Ah, I either missed that picture before, or didn't immediately recognize the ramp struts if I had seen it before.
You're probably right about the junkyard bit, I kinda figured it would be something like that. I guess the more interesting question is how the Falcon ended up on Jakku. One can assume from Han's "We're home" line that it wasn't by choice. I suppose that will be something Han will give the backstory on when he meets Finn and Rey.
You're probably right about the junkyard bit, I kinda figured it would be something like that. I guess the more interesting question is how the Falcon ended up on Jakku. One can assume from Han's "We're home" line that it wasn't by choice. I suppose that will be something Han will give the backstory on when he meets Finn and Rey.
Oh man, he is most definitely a little short for a stormtrooper now!
Inferno313
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Hope we get some early critic reviews before general release. I'm rabid to hear some at this point
A significant number of bloggers and critics have been invited to the premiere on the 14th. So, at the very least, we'll probably see Twitter buzz about it.
BrokenFiction
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Perfect.
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/672481768667226113
"Lawrence Kasdan, national treasure."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-20151206-story.html
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/672481768667226113
"Lawrence Kasdan, national treasure."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-20151206-story.html
Perfect.
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/672481768667226113
"Lawrence Kasdan, national treasure."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-20151206-story.html
This line
Mixed with other lines hes said about Kylo in EW articles has me pumped, I think Ren is going to be the best thing about the movie.
The more I hear about how fun they want to make the film, "Delightful" I think is the word JJ and Kasdan use, the less inclined I am to believe anyone actually dies in this first one. Bait and switch methinks.
TangoAlphaLima
Member
It's possible, but I still think it's highly likely Han doesn't survive. Even if Han survives, I don't see him in anything more than a bit role after Episode VII.
WadiumArcadium
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I liked the Rolling Stones article too. It was the most enjoyable article I've read on the film.
Halfway through the Star Wars edition of Empire and it's pretty good. Kathy Kennedy refers to the Knights of Ren scene as the 'Force back'. It got me thinking.
Inferno313
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Not sure if this has been posted, but here's a really great long-form interview with J.J. all about the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ekui0QWaCA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ekui0QWaCA
WadiumArcadium
Member
Kinda jealous of the AT-AT cake in the Empire office.
Jables Swan
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12 days to go here in Australia. I really can't believe it's so close. I better double check I got the email for my midnight tickets.
Vanillalite
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So I finished the Jedi Academy short cartoon novels.
Sure they were for a young age group, but it was cheesy fun none the less. Roran thinking Mr G was a Sith was funny.
Sure they were for a young age group, but it was cheesy fun none the less. Roran thinking Mr G was a Sith was funny.
WadiumArcadium
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The Aftermath: Life Debt cover's been released.
Surprised the Falcon's on it. I guess this could mean a bigger role for some of the OT cast.
Surprised the Falcon's on it. I guess this could mean a bigger role for some of the OT cast.
AtomnayaKlubnika
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Perfect.
https://twitter.com/ericgeller/status/672481768667226113
"Lawrence Kasdan, national treasure."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-20151206-story.html
The last trailer "we fill fight them" gave me a big Raiders of the Lost Arch vibe. A mystical vibe. But it's a good thing that they are doing something very different from what we've seen from the Legends canon.
Lifejumper
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Thanks. That was great.
Duane Cunningham
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I'm listening to the soundtracks while I work this afternoon, and just so we're clear, the finest theme by John Williams is Leia's.
EDIT: Actually, maybe it's not Leia's theme, but I think it is. The one that's all through ESB. Starting at about :57 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxezTlYuZuk
EDIT: Actually, maybe it's not Leia's theme, but I think it is. The one that's all through ESB. Starting at about :57 here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxezTlYuZuk
How spoiler-filled is this?
Freddy=Legend
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My best friend & I did one movie a month for the past 7 months leading up to Dec. I'd feel like marathoning them again before going; but we got tix for the theatrical marathon, I guess that'll have to do. Hahaha.
Was thinking of making a thread before the premiere to watch one a night, im slightly against it because im European and there would be time sync issues. But still it would be nice to do something and have maybe a discussion a day about a particular film.
Inferno313
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No spoilers, mostly just talk about how the project came to be, what production was like, JJ's influences, stuff like that.
Inferno313
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I'm doing all six, but spreading them out. I've watched Episode I so far, II and III will be done by the end of this weekend, and then next week will be the OT.
I watched the whole saga earlier this year, but I am hyped enough to see the OTs again with The Force Awakens coming in two weeks...
I would enjoy a discussion, but I have not that much time in the week, so I will see A New Hope on the 11th, Empire Strikes Back on the 12th and Return of the Jedi on the 13th.
I still cant believe that we will get a new Star Wars Movie in just two weeks.
Daaaaaaamn, I really like this.
I'm going to the marathon event two weeks from today, so I'm holding out on watching the films until then
WadiumArcadium
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Good interview with Lawrence Kasdan on the LA Times site.
Kasdan's thoughts on the future films are interesting.
Kasdan's thoughts on the future films are interesting.
That doesn't sound like a good thing to me
bigwinnerx
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Interview is amazing. I appreciate deviations from where I was with Star Wars in the last 15 years and someone like Kasdan to recenter me.
I was in Disneyland last week & wanted to say a few things about Season of the Force; I'll post some pics at the bottom. Started Wednesday night at the Launch Bay. This was billed as having props from the films, but that may have only been the stuff from TFA. The exhibit mainly consists of OT & PT ship models & they looked to be made for this; some had little figures in them. The scale and variety was too big to be from any of the collectible companies that have been making stuff. They weren't in scale to each other, but they were all a good size. The Tantive IV was probably 3~4 feet long and most of the other ships were about a foot long (the OT TIE they had was smaller than the BS6 TIE they had for sale). The Episode VII displays had the biggest crowds and confirmed that it is Anakin's/Luke's lightsaber in the trailer. The Rey costume was weird because the model was also like a hard plastic for the whole thing, not mixed media.
There are two characters to meet, Chewbacca & Darth Vader. Chewie's set up is like the rebel base on Yavin and in the line there are hero lightsaber and helmets on display. The Chewie interaction was great, we saw him 2nd and he started with a hug & pointed at my hair. Waited about 20 minutes for him and about 15 for Vader. The Vader line has villain sabers and Trooper helmets and looks like an Imperial base. I don't normally do characters at Disney so I didn't really know what to do with him. They also have a store there that sells lots of items from Sideshow, GG, Anovos. I don't know if everything was more expensive, but the SSC R2-D2 1/6 figure was $175 instead of $150; but the BS6 TIE was the normal $170. I guess they had some BS6 Phasmas when they opened but they were all scooped up.
Hyperspace Mountain was a ton of fun. It's the same Space Mountain track, but they have projections of Star Destroyers & TIE Fighters as you fly around. The speakers on the cars have chatter like you're in a battle.
Path of the Jedi is a short compilation film in the old Captain EO/Honey I Shrunk the Audience theater. It uses the effects of the theater though, so the seats will move in certain parts and you get some blasts of air and lights flashing during lightsaber battles. My only complaint was the quality of the film they used was not very good.
Star Tours added a new destination - Jakku. It's the 1st planet you go to now on every flight and Finn comes on screen asking what you're doing there as he's in the middle of the scenes we've seen with the Falcon fighting off TIES around the crashed Star Destroyer. You follow the (surprisingly agile) Falcon around before going through the Destroyer. Then as you get off world BB-8 delivers a message & the ride continues as normal. It's really awesome they can add new scenes to this ride.
They turned the two restaurants in Tomorrowland to be SW themed. I didn't eat at the Pizza place though. Galactic Grill has a Darth Tamale with cheese inside and egg, chili, & sour cream on top for breakfast that was really good. I tried the First Order burger and it was too dry, needed more of the sauce. They have 2 special lemonades that come with glow cubes - one is a Millennium Falcon & the other is a Death Star. I got both of those as well as the Han Solo in Carbonite lunch box for the burger.
The entire are has a great energy to it though. When you first walk in they have these huge projections of the Rebel & Imperial logo on each side. There are banners along the Peoplemover track with silhouettes of various characters. After Force Friday, about half of the Star Trader shop was SW, now it's the whole store; & it's all kinds of stuff. When you're walking around Tomorrowland, they are playing various SW songs. Everybody seemed to be excited about Star Wars. Space Mountain normally has about a 70-90 minute wait on really busy days, it stayed at 120 all day. Star Tours is usually pushing 30 minutes, but it was constantly about an hour. It's only been open 2 weeks now so it's still popular, but that section of the park was incredibly crowded.
This is supposedly ending around the end of May. I enjoyed the offerings and the energy helped it, but I don't think it's worth taking a special trip to Disneyland just to see this. It did make me even more excited for the full Star Wars land coming in a few years.
- picture links to the Flickr album
There are two characters to meet, Chewbacca & Darth Vader. Chewie's set up is like the rebel base on Yavin and in the line there are hero lightsaber and helmets on display. The Chewie interaction was great, we saw him 2nd and he started with a hug & pointed at my hair. Waited about 20 minutes for him and about 15 for Vader. The Vader line has villain sabers and Trooper helmets and looks like an Imperial base. I don't normally do characters at Disney so I didn't really know what to do with him. They also have a store there that sells lots of items from Sideshow, GG, Anovos. I don't know if everything was more expensive, but the SSC R2-D2 1/6 figure was $175 instead of $150; but the BS6 TIE was the normal $170. I guess they had some BS6 Phasmas when they opened but they were all scooped up.
Hyperspace Mountain was a ton of fun. It's the same Space Mountain track, but they have projections of Star Destroyers & TIE Fighters as you fly around. The speakers on the cars have chatter like you're in a battle.
Path of the Jedi is a short compilation film in the old Captain EO/Honey I Shrunk the Audience theater. It uses the effects of the theater though, so the seats will move in certain parts and you get some blasts of air and lights flashing during lightsaber battles. My only complaint was the quality of the film they used was not very good.
Star Tours added a new destination - Jakku. It's the 1st planet you go to now on every flight and Finn comes on screen asking what you're doing there as he's in the middle of the scenes we've seen with the Falcon fighting off TIES around the crashed Star Destroyer. You follow the (surprisingly agile) Falcon around before going through the Destroyer. Then as you get off world BB-8 delivers a message & the ride continues as normal. It's really awesome they can add new scenes to this ride.
They turned the two restaurants in Tomorrowland to be SW themed. I didn't eat at the Pizza place though. Galactic Grill has a Darth Tamale with cheese inside and egg, chili, & sour cream on top for breakfast that was really good. I tried the First Order burger and it was too dry, needed more of the sauce. They have 2 special lemonades that come with glow cubes - one is a Millennium Falcon & the other is a Death Star. I got both of those as well as the Han Solo in Carbonite lunch box for the burger.
The entire are has a great energy to it though. When you first walk in they have these huge projections of the Rebel & Imperial logo on each side. There are banners along the Peoplemover track with silhouettes of various characters. After Force Friday, about half of the Star Trader shop was SW, now it's the whole store; & it's all kinds of stuff. When you're walking around Tomorrowland, they are playing various SW songs. Everybody seemed to be excited about Star Wars. Space Mountain normally has about a 70-90 minute wait on really busy days, it stayed at 120 all day. Star Tours is usually pushing 30 minutes, but it was constantly about an hour. It's only been open 2 weeks now so it's still popular, but that section of the park was incredibly crowded.
This is supposedly ending around the end of May. I enjoyed the offerings and the energy helped it, but I don't think it's worth taking a special trip to Disneyland just to see this. It did make me even more excited for the full Star Wars land coming in a few years.
- picture links to the Flickr albumHere is the AoL interview for John boyega. Has some really good insight in his future plans with the saga.
http://m.aol.com/build/519300229/
http://m.aol.com/build/519300229/
bonesmccoy
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Sounds great to me. The OT films are all very different from each other, and better for it.
WadiumArcadium
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Yep, can't wait to see what Johnson does with VIII.
Marvel ones are far cheaper with pretty low quality 2D animation. So I would say its doubtful, especially when Rebels does not get very good ratings for the most part.