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Post by BlackoutCreature on May 29, 2019 7:41:35 GMT -5
Snoke didn't need a deep backstory or connection to lore, he just needed to be interesting, original, and/or intimidating. He just ended up being none of them, at least to me. He was interesting when I thought he legit was a gigantic man thanks to that TFA hologram. Lord help me, I don't know why but it was a weirdly novel idea at the time. Instead he just ended up being 8 feet tall or something. After watching TFA I was absolutely convinced that they were gonna reveal he was the same species as Maz Kanata, including height, and was just using holograms and other tricks to tower over people and intimidate them.
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2019 7:47:33 GMT -5
He was interesting when I thought he legit was a gigantic man thanks to that TFA hologram. Lord help me, I don't know why but it was a weirdly novel idea at the time. Instead he just ended up being 8 feet tall or something. After watching TFA I was absolutely convinced that they were gonna reveal he was the same species as Maz Kanata, including height, and was just using holograms and other tricks to tower over people and intimidate them. .....I heard similar things about he was a little fella, but I must admit I didn't really see the (albeit slight) visual similarity in their faces before now. Huh.
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Post by EyeofTyr on May 29, 2019 8:30:47 GMT -5
After watching TFA I was absolutely convinced that they were gonna reveal he was the same species as Maz Kanata, including height, and was just using holograms and other tricks to tower over people and intimidate them. .....I heard similar things about he was a little fella, but I must admit I didn't really see the (albeit slight) visual similarity in their faces before now. Huh. And, in a way, this is correct. The official reasoning for why Snoke makes his holograms so big is to make himself look bigger and more intimidating due to the reality of how frail and mangled he is. Which is why I've long stood by the theory, and what happens to him in TLJ supports this, that he was always meant to be a paper tiger. They intentionally invoke some of the tropes that are associated with Palpatine with him, they intentionally do things like the giant hologram, because the whole point of him was to be a big red herring that made people go "Aha, I see what you're doing", only for them to not do that. With what little we've seen of Rise of Skywalker, it only seems to really hammer home Snoke's role was never as big as people thought it was and that Disney, JJ, and others really were telling the truth when they said post-TFA Snoke wasn't this big smoking gun so many fans online tried to turn him into.
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Post by Cyno on May 29, 2019 12:53:31 GMT -5
Snoke's backstory is basically being a Dark Side adherent (but not Sith) and Force artifact collector who lived in the Unknown Regions when the First Order was getting itself established. He helped them navigate the region, and he just sort of weaseled himself into the power structure. He was most likely just an opportunist who struck while the durasteel was hot. MAYBE he was a pawn of the Emperor's and a part of his Contingency plan that he didn't even share with his most trusted officers, but right now that's a long shot, considering that Palpatine was apparently not even aware of Snoke's existence until he felt his presence shortly before his death.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2019 14:03:54 GMT -5
2 updates: 1) According to John Williams' brother, we are looking at a 135 minute score for Rise of Skywalker. (35 mins have already been recorded). Pretty much every single major theme from the saga will be revisited and used in what will be Williams' bow from the franchise. 2) and it seems there's been a leak in regards to an upcoming Star Wars book: the Secrets of the Jedi by Marc Sumerak.... {Spoiler}{Spoiler}it's a narrative of the Jedi by an elder Luke, presumably while in exile, where amongst many historical bits he mentions that he was in contact with his father's spirit (as well as Obi-Wan and Yoda) for years after ROTJ, and that Obi-Wan (as well as Yoda, as seen in in TLJ) could interact with the physical plane... screenrant.com/star-wars-force-ghosts-anakin-obi-wan-last-jedi-sequels/
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Post by Cyno on Aug 14, 2019 14:12:38 GMT -5
Also it's now canon that Maz Kanata helped Leia acquire the Boushh costume for her infiltration into Jabba's palace. She's also used it for other undercover missions.
Boushh himself is still canonically an Ubese bounty hunter who made the horrible mistake of trying to blackmail the Black Sun. It didn't work out well for him. Leia being able to successfully pose as him is due to the fact that his death wasn't widely known.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 15, 2019 12:27:11 GMT -5
Not sure if Cinelinx is a credible source, but they're reporting that Ewan McGregor has signed up to play Obi-Wan Kenobi - no details, so it could be something Disney+ related or for Rise of Skywalker or for that standalone movie everyone & their dead grandma has been hoping/praying for...
Personally, hoping it's for Rise of Skywalker. There's a real "the end of all things we know" vibe to this one, so might as well get everyone you can back for one last big hurrah to the Skywalker saga.
EDIT: (Link was returning an error for me, removed it in case it's a problem...)
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 15, 2019 12:32:33 GMT -5
It was confirmed a while back that Disney wanted to use McGregor for an Obi-Wan movie. The doomsayers gleefully reported that Disney had scrapped all spinoff movies after Solo flopped, but it's more accurate to say that they have simply decided to be a bit more picky about what spinoff movies they choose to make in the future. Hopefully this is the case here, as McGregor really deserves a shot at starring in a good Star Wars movie.
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Post by thechase on Aug 15, 2019 12:38:11 GMT -5
DeMOCRACY!
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Post by Cyno on Aug 15, 2019 12:40:20 GMT -5
I've seen it being reported all over the place as rumors including on some pretty reliable sources like Star Wars Explained. Nothing confirmed but it's definitely gotten attention of the fandom in general.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2019 12:57:00 GMT -5
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Post by Chiral on Aug 24, 2019 13:04:54 GMT -5
We're not getting the BTS reel til Monday New footage shown apparently has {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Rey in black robes with a fold out double bladed red lightsaber??
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Post by Bang Bang Bart on Aug 24, 2019 13:08:07 GMT -5
{Spoiler}Between the trailer for Last Jedi and this new Rise of Skywalker teaser, they suuuuuuuure love teasing an Evil Rey so much.
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Post by chrom on Aug 24, 2019 21:57:00 GMT -5
We're not getting the BTS reel til Monday New footage shown apparently has {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Rey in black robes with a fold out double bladed red lightsaber?? {Spoiler} {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} So now they're resorting to having her copy Darth Maul
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Post by Welfare Willis on Aug 24, 2019 22:07:20 GMT -5
We're not getting the BTS reel til Monday New footage shown apparently has {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Rey in black robes with a fold out double bladed red lightsaber?? {Spoiler}{Spoiler} {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} So now they're resorting to having her copy Darth Maul
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Post by Shark on Aug 25, 2019 15:33:09 GMT -5
We're not getting the BTS reel til Monday New footage shown apparently has {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW}Rey in black robes with a fold out double bladed red lightsaber?? {Spoiler}{Spoiler} {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} So now they're resorting to having her copy Darth Maul {Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} She already uses a staff so it's not much of a stretch to think she'd use that kind of lightsaber design. I've seen fan art like that too.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Aug 25, 2019 16:23:31 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} So now they're resorting to having her copy Darth Maul {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} She already uses a staff so it's not much of a stretch to think she'd use that kind of lightsaber design. I've seen fan art like that too. {Spoiler}{Spoiler}Makes sense, since she would've had to build herself a new one. Might as well build one similar to the weapon she's used her entire life.
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Post by Jiren on Aug 25, 2019 17:25:30 GMT -5
{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler} {Spoiler}{Spoiler}{Spoiler}{SPOILER: CLICK TO SHOW} So now they're resorting to having her copy Darth Maul
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Post by HMARK Center on Aug 26, 2019 5:55:59 GMT -5
Sure, laugh it up now, but where will you be when IT BREAKS NEW GROUND?
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Post by Rican on Aug 26, 2019 8:24:55 GMT -5
Can't wait!
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