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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 12, 2019 20:46:31 GMT -5
The only real issue I have with The Last Jedi is that scene in the middle at the casino. It just seemed like an excuse to show off some alien races and a lot of CGI. Then they have an unnecessary chase on those weird (whatever they are) animals. I understand that the stable kids are important to the plot, especially the final scene but that whole segment dragged. In my opinion the first and third acts of Last Jedi are great. The middle act, not so much. I loved the slow-speed ship chase.
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adamclark52
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Post by adamclark52 on Apr 12, 2019 21:19:16 GMT -5
Disney and the Last Jedi did the impossible: I don’t really feel anything here. In fact, I heard about this trailer earlier this morning and forgot about it until late in the evening. And I’m the guy who uses the Jedi Knight symbol as his avatar on five or six forums, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and MySpace
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Post by adamclark52 on Apr 12, 2019 21:22:29 GMT -5
Huh. There's a callback I didn't expect. What happened to doing away with the past?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 21:24:16 GMT -5
Teaser has me anticipating how this saga will end (I doubt they’ll hold off on “Episodes” for long). Didn’t expect that cackle.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 12, 2019 21:25:11 GMT -5
Huh. There's a callback I didn't expect. What happened to doing away with the past? Force Awakens: Fan service for everybody! Last Jedi: f*** fan service! Rise of Skywalker: MOAR FAN SERVICE!
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 12, 2019 21:42:29 GMT -5
The only real issue I have with The Last Jedi is that scene in the middle at the casino. It just seemed like an excuse to show off some alien races and a lot of CGI. Then they have an unnecessary chase on those weird (whatever they are) animals. I understand that the stable kids are important to the plot, especially the final scene but that whole segment dragged. That scene was like the worst of the prequels barfing into the worst of the Disney movies.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 12, 2019 21:44:00 GMT -5
Huh. There's a callback I didn't expect. What happened to doing away with the past? The subverting of expectations has now been subverted.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 12, 2019 21:47:59 GMT -5
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Post by "Trickster Dogg" James Jesse on Apr 12, 2019 22:00:05 GMT -5
The idea that 10 years worth of planning for Star Wars movies is happening right now is both depressing and exhausting. Deprexhausting, if you will.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 12, 2019 22:08:37 GMT -5
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Post by Glitch on Apr 12, 2019 22:28:10 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2019 22:58:05 GMT -5
The only real issue I have with The Last Jedi is that scene in the middle at the casino. It just seemed like an excuse to show off some alien races and a lot of CGI. Then they have an unnecessary chase on those weird (whatever they are) animals. I understand that the stable kids are important to the plot, especially the final scene but that whole segment dragged. In my opinion the first and third acts of Last Jedi are great. The middle act, not so much. I loved the slow-speed ship chase. That is the perfect TL;DR for my opinion of the movie, among some other things during the movie (like Leia’s infamous space walk). Let’s put it in a positive light for a moment though, this movie caused a good hour and a half discussion me and my two brothers had. We rarely do that for anything these days. This entire sequel trilogy has done that for me and my brothers to be honest. And even though I’m in another state right now, once IX comes out and I go down to visit my family for the holidays, we’re going to see this. We began this together, were ending it together.
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Post by mattperiolat on Apr 12, 2019 23:16:14 GMT -5
The hate for TLJ borders on irrational for me personally. Then again, I’m biased since I was considering if it was a serious threat to the top slot shared by ANH and ESB among Star Wars. Yeah, Casino World is a drag, but I really enjoyed all the rest of the movie.
Now, to Skywalker...
“Impressive. Most impressive.”
I’m optimistic about what is coming as there is a LOT to like - Rey being a badass, Lando and Leia are back and, well, that laugh is foreboding, isn’t it?
Here’s my sole worry - geek culture as a LOT coming up. Avengers in two weeks, Dark Phoenix and Spider-Man after that, Disney+ will have Mandalorian and more Clone Wars... I just worry about us all being saturated by the time we get to December.
Still, I’m willing to belly up to the bar and call for another round.
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Post by Kalmia on Apr 13, 2019 0:35:07 GMT -5
I love Star Wars enough to have spent the money to come from the UK to go to Celebration and was at the EpIX panel today. I loved TLJ and more people I’ve spoken to at Celebration loved it than hated it. Of course, lots of people didn’t like it but to suggest it’s the majority of Star Wars fans is just plain wrong.
I’m not surprised Palpatine is back. It’s canon that he had contingency plans for the fall of the Empire (one of those plans forms the backbone of the Aftermath book series which covers the battle of Jakku) and he had clones of himself. That he’s found some way to still have a presence in the timeline of IX is not a brand new and unexpected concept. The First Order was eventually borne from one of his plans, after all.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 13, 2019 0:53:11 GMT -5
I’m not surprised Palpatine is back. It’s canon that he had contingency plans for the fall of the Empire (one of those plans forms the backbone of the Aftermath book series which covers the battle of Jakku) and he had clones of himself. That he’s found some way to still have a presence in the timeline of IX is not a brand new and unexpected concept. The First Order was eventually borne from one of his plans, after all. I think one of the main issues with this trilogy is it's leaned heavily on both the old EU and the new, and expects viewers to be familiar with them. Hopefully Palpatine's role in the movie won't be handwaved away with a metaphorical "it's all in the EU", as was the case with the entire backstory of the First Order and Resistance. Also, one must presume that if the goal from the beginning was for Palpatine to be the Big Bad of Episode IX, Snoke being killed off unceremoniously in Last Jedi makes a lot more sense now.
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Post by Fade on Apr 13, 2019 1:15:11 GMT -5
I’m sure the movie will do a lot of unpacking of lore..including Palps return and however which way they decide to go about it (clones, the dark side, whatever). The new canon just seems to accentuate it with Palps contingency plan for his death not only included the first order but somehow a way to come back.
....so even in death..it’ll be interesting to see how Snokes explained away as fitting in all this? Did Palestine use Snoke? Snoke exploit Palps crumbling empire?? God damn you JJ you’ve made me so f***ing stoked again.
I’ve got the feeling The Rise of Skywalker is gonna be about as on the nose as possible: The rise of Luke (perhaps as a symbol or literally if Palps can cheat death) The rise of Rey (Maybe she is? Maybe she isn’t? Again? God damn it all to hell) The Rise of Kylo cause ain’t no way my dude is gonna f***s with Sheev, nah he’s gonna be set out to bag a body and finish what grandfather has started. And lastly, Anakin and the prophecy and Sheev and all that’s led to this, I feel, is going to get some sort of fleshing out. Regardless I’m stoked, kudos to them all
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Post by adamclark52 on Apr 13, 2019 1:32:10 GMT -5
I’m willing to bet an entire weeks pay that no matter what they say now in ten to fifteen years Disney goes back to the Skywalker well.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 13, 2019 3:00:29 GMT -5
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Apr 13, 2019 5:24:08 GMT -5
Gotta post this. Crew Blind Wave posted their reaction video, and I'm pretty sure Eric was about to start bawling during it. Language warning.
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Apr 13, 2019 5:29:16 GMT -5
Can't wait for the exciting conclusion to this saga where we finally find out if......uh......something. (language) Trust him. He knows what he's doing.
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