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Post by Sir Woodrow on Mar 28, 2019 18:40:06 GMT -5
I'll be damned, we are getting bowcaster Threepio. I can reveal exclusively that Prawn guy's name is Shrimponna Bar-Bee and he will voiced by Paul Hogan
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 10, 2019 19:54:20 GMT -5
That's quite a mural.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Apr 10, 2019 20:21:17 GMT -5
I was well versed in Star Wars before the Special Editions, but totally saw the SE’s in theatre. Rouge One was kind of unnecessary, but it was a damn good movie and when it was over I at least left the theatre understanding why they felt the need to tell that story. Solo, I thought was okay and had good moments but afterwards I was actually annoyed because I felt they skipped over much more interesting stories during the movie then the one they decided to tell. Like, pretty much everything in the first 20 minutes would’ve been more interesting to flesh out and explore then what they went with. I’d much rather explore his life leading up to why he became a smuggler then the exact events of how he became one EDIT: Also, Emilia Clarke just doesn’t work for me in anything but GoT. He wooden acting works there, can’t buy into her anywhere else I really liked Emilia Clarke actually. I got pretty invested in her Cherichi specially with that ending. I haven’t seen snyrging else she’s been in though so maybe that’s why. My biggest complaint is they kinda made Han getting the falcon not that big of a deal If my memory serves, going by the old EU books, Han got the Falcon in a similar fashion to Solo. I remember getting the THX versions of Star Wars for my birthday as a kid. So many good memories and a giant fanboy. So much so I think I give the prequels and Force Awakens a little more leeway than someone who wants to write reviews should. That said the only film of Star Wars I've outright disliked was Last Jedi. Just wasn't a fan of some of the plot points, thought Finn's side quest was filler, and wasn't a fan of Luke's willingness to kill Kylo when he was willingly to toss his lightsaber away to attempt to redeem his father. All that said, I'm happy Abrams is back for Episode 9. Felt like he a had a vision of where the sequels were to go that got sidelined by Rian.
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Post by Chiral on Apr 10, 2019 21:27:59 GMT -5
Heading to Celebration tomorrow!!
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 10, 2019 21:29:55 GMT -5
I still like Star Wars... but they need to earn back some lost faith
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Post by The Captain on Apr 10, 2019 21:35:12 GMT -5
That's quite a mural. That's a neat mural. Love that they have Clone Wars and Rebels represented along with the movies. Especially seeing characters like Ahsoka, Hera, and Kanan in the more realistic art style of the movie art.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 10, 2019 23:47:37 GMT -5
That's quite a mural. That's a neat mural. Love that they have Clone Wars and Rebels represented along with the movies. Especially seeing characters like Ahsoka, Hera, and Kanan in the more realistic art style of the movie art.
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Post by Perd on Apr 11, 2019 0:01:59 GMT -5
I’m hearing this may be titled Star Wars: Epispde IX - F*** Rian Johnson.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 11, 2019 7:26:58 GMT -5
I really liked Emilia Clarke actually. I got pretty invested in her Cherichi specially with that ending. I haven’t seen snyrging else she’s been in though so maybe that’s why. My biggest complaint is they kinda made Han getting the falcon not that big of a deal If my memory serves, going by the old EU books, Han got the Falcon in a similar fashion to Solo. I remember getting the THX versions of Star Wars for my birthday as a kid. So many good memories and a giant fanboy. So much so I think I give the prequels and Force Awakens a little more leeway than someone who wants to write reviews should. That said the only film of Star Wars I've outright disliked was Last Jedi. Just wasn't a fan of some of the plot points, thought Finn's side quest was filler, and wasn't a fan of Luke's willingness to kill Kylo when he was willingly to toss his lightsaber away to attempt to redeem his father. All that said, I'm happy Abrams is back for Episode 9. Felt like he a had a vision of where the sequels were to go that got sidelined by Rian. Like wasn’t willing to kill Kylo. He hesitated, couldn’t follow through, and unintentionally ended up being the tipping point for Ben going full Dark Side and got a lot of people killed, hence the self imposed exile. He let himself fall into the same bullshit that the Jedi did leading up to the Clone Wars, thinking the Jedi were infallible and had the right to be judge, jury, executioner. Why does everyone act like Luke was slaughtering children in their sleep? He saw a vision of the evil Ben might cause, and had a “Could you kill baby Hitler?” moment. He went in there to kill Ben to prevent mass killings and evil, realised he couldn’t do it, and ended up being the catalyst that pushed Ben over the edge. It’s kind of a running theme through Star Wars that the Jedi as a whole, as a religion if you will, generally tend to seriously f*** shit up in the name of preserving peace. Their idealistic black or white, good or evil view on the galaxy never works out to their intention. The Rose/Finn sideplot was pretty lame tho, that one I will 100% concede. And killing Finn in some heroic sacrifice would’ve been the right way to go, Finn is a completely superfluous character. He serves 0 purpose really.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Apr 11, 2019 8:26:54 GMT -5
If my memory serves, going by the old EU books, Han got the Falcon in a similar fashion to Solo. I remember getting the THX versions of Star Wars for my birthday as a kid. So many good memories and a giant fanboy. So much so I think I give the prequels and Force Awakens a little more leeway than someone who wants to write reviews should. That said the only film of Star Wars I've outright disliked was Last Jedi. Just wasn't a fan of some of the plot points, thought Finn's side quest was filler, and wasn't a fan of Luke's willingness to kill Kylo when he was willingly to toss his lightsaber away to attempt to redeem his father. All that said, I'm happy Abrams is back for Episode 9. Felt like he a had a vision of where the sequels were to go that got sidelined by Rian. Like wasn’t willing to kill Kylo. He hesitated, couldn’t follow through, and unintentionally ended up being the tipping point for Ben going full Dark Side and got a lot of people killed, hence the self imposed exile. He let himself fall into the same bullshit that the Jedi did leading up to the Clone Wars, thinking the Jedi were infallible and had the right to be judge, jury, executioner. Why does everyone act like Luke was slaughtering children in their sleep? He saw a vision of the evil Ben might cause, and had a “Could you kill baby Hitler?” moment. He went in there to kill Ben to prevent mass killings and evil, realised he couldn’t do it, and ended up being the catalyst that pushed Ben over the edge. It’s kind of a running theme through Star Wars that the Jedi as a whole, as a religion if you will, generally tend to seriously f*** shit up in the name of preserving peace. Their idealistic black or white, good or evil view on the galaxy never works out to their intention. The Rose/Finn sideplot was pretty lame tho, that one I will 100% concede. And killing Finn in some heroic sacrifice would’ve been the right way to go, Finn is a completely superfluous character. He serves 0 purpose really. agree to disagree on the Luke part. Yeah he hesitated but the fact he was willing to go in there with the intent to kill him felt out of character to me. I guess rely on the old EU continuity sometimes. He had the same choice in the Legacy of the Force series, the choice to kill his now Sith nephew, and refuses to lift his hand to duel him. Plus it wasn't like Vader was a pacifist either. If Vader had struck Luke down or let the Emperor do it, they would've gone on the massacre a Rebel force and countless others. Same choice there, strike down someone who might go on to kill others or make the choice that his love was enough to redeem him. Just seems to me Luke's first instinct after decades removed from that moment would be to try and redeem Ben before had fully fell. I can see the other side of it, we never know how we'd react if given the 'kill baby Hitler' option.
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Apr 11, 2019 8:38:52 GMT -5
Like wasn’t willing to kill Kylo. He hesitated, couldn’t follow through, and unintentionally ended up being the tipping point for Ben going full Dark Side and got a lot of people killed, hence the self imposed exile. He let himself fall into the same bullshit that the Jedi did leading up to the Clone Wars, thinking the Jedi were infallible and had the right to be judge, jury, executioner. Why does everyone act like Luke was slaughtering children in their sleep? He saw a vision of the evil Ben might cause, and had a “Could you kill baby Hitler?” moment. He went in there to kill Ben to prevent mass killings and evil, realised he couldn’t do it, and ended up being the catalyst that pushed Ben over the edge. It’s kind of a running theme through Star Wars that the Jedi as a whole, as a religion if you will, generally tend to seriously f*** shit up in the name of preserving peace. Their idealistic black or white, good or evil view on the galaxy never works out to their intention. The Rose/Finn sideplot was pretty lame tho, that one I will 100% concede. And killing Finn in some heroic sacrifice would’ve been the right way to go, Finn is a completely superfluous character. He serves 0 purpose really. agree to disagree on the Luke part. Yeah he hesitated but the fact he was willing to go in there with the intent to kill him felt out of character to me. I guess rely on the old EU continuity sometimes. He had the same choice in the Legacy of the Force series, the choice to kill his now Sith nephew, and refuses to lift his hand to duel him. Plus it wasn't like Vader was a pacifist either. If Vader had struck Luke down or let the Emperor do it, they would've gone on the massacre a Rebel force and countless others. Same choice there, strike down someone who might go on to kill others or make the choice that his love was enough to redeem him. Just seems to me Luke's first instinct after decades removed from that moment would be to try and redeem Ben before had fully fell. I can see the other side of it, we never know how we'd react if given the 'kill baby Hitler' option. And I will admit my knowledge of the EU was never the greatest, only read the Thrawn Trilogy, Shadows of the Empire, and a handful of other books like the Tales From series, and it’s gotten really bad now so I can’t really comment from that perspective. Mine is strictly based off the accepted Disney timeline, and I personally didn’t feel that was completely out of character. Especially if he went full bore into Jedi learning, because killing Ben in his sleep is absolutely something I could see Mace Windu, Ki Adi Mundi, or about 99% of the Jedi we’ve seen so if they felt it would prevent the Empire or First Order. The prequels and Clone Wars really hammered home the point that Jedi are awful, and most of them are foolish, terrible people. The galaxy basically decided that a group of religious extremists with magic powers and laser swords should be the galactic police force. This conversation is actually making me love Star Wars less. Saying this stuff out loud really makes me take notice of how f***ed the Jedi are, and I think a part of my childhood just died. Nope, I get it now. I literally just started to get why people hated Last Jedi.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 11, 2019 8:43:16 GMT -5
Like wasn’t willing to kill Kylo. He hesitated, couldn’t follow through, and unintentionally ended up being the tipping point for Ben going full Dark Side and got a lot of people killed, hence the self imposed exile. He let himself fall into the same bullshit that the Jedi did leading up to the Clone Wars, thinking the Jedi were infallible and had the right to be judge, jury, executioner. Why does everyone act like Luke was slaughtering children in their sleep? He saw a vision of the evil Ben might cause, and had a “Could you kill baby Hitler?” moment. He went in there to kill Ben to prevent mass killings and evil, realised he couldn’t do it, and ended up being the catalyst that pushed Ben over the edge. It’s kind of a running theme through Star Wars that the Jedi as a whole, as a religion if you will, generally tend to seriously f*** shit up in the name of preserving peace. Their idealistic black or white, good or evil view on the galaxy never works out to their intention. The Rose/Finn sideplot was pretty lame tho, that one I will 100% concede. And killing Finn in some heroic sacrifice would’ve been the right way to go, Finn is a completely superfluous character. He serves 0 purpose really. agree to disagree on the Luke part. Yeah he hesitated but the fact he was willing to go in there with the intent to kill him felt out of character to me. I guess rely on the old EU continuity sometimes. He had the same choice in the Legacy of the Force series, the choice to kill his now Sith nephew, and refuses to lift his hand to duel him. Plus it wasn't like Vader was a pacifist either. If Vader had struck Luke down or let the Emperor do it, they would've gone on the massacre a Rebel force and countless others. Same choice there, strike down someone who might go on to kill others or make the choice that his love was enough to redeem him. Just seems to me Luke's first instinct after decades removed from that moment would be to try and redeem Ben before had fully fell. I can see the other side of it, we never know how we'd react if given the 'kill baby Hitler' option. Yeah, I don't know who that f***ing guy was but it wasn't my Luke Skywalker. Star Wars is back! And all your favorite heroes are old miserable failures!
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Post by xCompackx on Apr 11, 2019 12:01:34 GMT -5
I still think Phasma is alive. That’s all I have to say.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 11, 2019 12:12:15 GMT -5
I still think Phasma is alive. That’s all I have to say. She's like the Kenny of the new Star Wars movies.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 11, 2019 12:53:35 GMT -5
They devoted shitloads of screentime to Holdo and Rose, two useless female characters in TLJ, but killed off Phasma, the female character that had the most potential for development. What they should have done in TFA is just merge Hux and Phasma as a single character, and let Gwendoline Christie play her as a more serious Tarkin-like First Order leader, as a contrast to the temperamental Kylo Ren.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 11, 2019 13:46:52 GMT -5
They devoted shitloads of screentime to Holdo and Rose, two useless female characters in TLJ, but killed off Phasma, the female character that had the most potential for development. What they should have done in TFA is just merge Hux and Phasma as a single character, and let Gwendoline Christie play her as a more serious Tarkin-like First Order leader, as a contrast to the temperamental Kylo Ren. That sounds a lot better. Alternatively, have her move up in rank and lose or change her armor for the second movie. I've rarely seen suggestions that sound worse than what we got.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 11, 2019 14:32:47 GMT -5
Writer Bryan Young has probably the best take on Luke in the sequels for my money.
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Post by Hit Girl on Apr 11, 2019 14:36:53 GMT -5
Writer Bryan Young has probably the best take on Luke in the sequels for my money. He's trying too hard. Luke has been terribly written in the sequels.
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Post by Pooh Carlson on Apr 11, 2019 19:59:04 GMT -5
Heading to Celebration tomorrow!! I'm curious to hear your thoughts on it! I went today and walked through the exhibition floor first. Bought a couple art pieces and checked out the Lego displays at length. Tons of people... tons of walking. I ended up having to park in Parking Garage C, which was like a 30 minute walk from where the actual convention was, with no signs to guide where to actually walk to get to the convention. Had a photo op with Janina Gavankar at 4:10 and was going to go to the official merch shop afterward, but they had closed the line for the day, which is upsetting. I'd seen all I had to see, so I left at that point. Seems like it could've been organized better... more opportunity for official merch, better app, etc. etc.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 7:56:08 GMT -5
So.........we're getting the title and a trailer today, right?
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