mattn792 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) The trailer was just on during the football game, and it reminded me to wonder aloud - what’s the point of evil Rey’s dual saber doing a 180 degree turn? I mean, does it really have any utility in the parallel position? “Hey check this out, my dual saber is shaped like a giant U! It’s like swinging a toaster!” Edited September 23, 2019 by mattn792 Antpark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number 6 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Hmmm, 'evil Rey'. This strikes me as a JJ John Harrison-style bait-and-switch. I could very well be wrong, but I have a feeling that 'evil Rey' is going to be an ESB-type vision quest where Rey battles an evil version of herself. Kind of like in Superman III (which was awesome, btw). Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 As long as I get the requisite "Yur Mom" jokes, meaningless throw away complete acts, and impossibly OP Rey acts, Ill be satisfied with TJL 2.0! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taneleer Tivan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 7 hours ago, zhamlau said: As long as I get the requisite "Yur Mom" jokes, meaningless throw away complete acts, and impossibly OP Rey acts, Ill be satisfied with TJL 2.0! Johnson isn't directing this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatsby77 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Taneleer Tivan said: Johnson isn't directing this one. Doesn't matter. This story - like Episodes 7 & 8 - will be written and canonically approved by Pablo Hildalgo and the rest of the Lucasfilm Story Group. Edited September 23, 2019 by Gatsby77 zhamlau 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taneleer Tivan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 7 minutes ago, Gatsby77 said: Doesn't matter. This story - like Episodes 7 & 8 - will be written and canonically approved by Pablo Hildalgo and the rest of the Lucasfilm Story Group. It does matter, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRaven Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) Is anyone truly excited about this movie? I can't gauge this sort of thing anymore. I just feel like the majority of the old farts like me don't care about Star Wars and the younger generation would rather watch their myths (MCU). Edited September 23, 2019 by RedRaven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foley Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 Anakin's redemption arc (the whole point of the OT) culminated with him killing the Emperor. Bringing Palpatine back will make it all for naught, unless Anakin also returns to finish him off for good. RedRaven, zhamlau and Buzzetta 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cozmo-One Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 2 hours ago, RedRaven said: Is anyone truly excited about this movie? I can't gauge this sort of thing anymore. I just feel like the majority of the old farts like me don't care about Star Wars and the younger generation would rather watch their myths (MCU). I am very excited for this! Having Ep IV mesmerized after watching it 30 times or so when it first came out on HBO in the early 80s, I guess that puts me in the older camp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattn792 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 57 minutes ago, Foley said: Anakin's redemption arc (the whole point of the OT) culminated with him killing the Emperor. Bringing Palpatine back will make it all for naught, unless Anakin also returns to finish him off for good. Bringing Palpatine back seems so trite on its own, another re-hash of Palpatine vs Hayden Vader would be beyond unimaginative. The storyline might have worked if both were still lurking on the fringes in VII and VIII, but to trot them out now? 💤 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comics4All Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 13 minutes ago, mattn792 said: Bringing Palpatine back seems so trite on its own, another re-hash of Palpatine vs Hayden Vader would be beyond unimaginative. The storyline might have worked if both were still lurking on the fringes in VII and VIII, but to trot them out now? 💤 Maybe Hayden Vader has been living in Pismo Beach all this time & loves sand now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foley Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 6 minutes ago, comics4all said: Maybe Hayden Vader has been living in Pismo Beach all this time & loves sand now! Perhaps he even has the high ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhamlau Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 3 hours ago, RedRaven said: Is anyone truly excited about this movie? I can't gauge this sort of thing anymore. I just feel like the majority of the old farts like me don't care about Star Wars and the younger generation would rather watch their myths (MCU). In a sense, I think so. I think people are excited for the notion that "STAR WARS" is coming out...again...People it seems are mostly excited for the spectacle and the marketing that comes with a new Disney investment product being released on the market. At this point the product itself is pretty meaningless. People are excited for the shared cultural experience of it. Its sorta like how folks and the media get all worked up over new I-phone releases...everyone knows that I-phones technically are inferior to many other products(full disclosure I still use a 6), but its the shared cultural experience of the new release that gets folks amped up. TLJ was from a poorly made film. It had too-large-for-even-scifi plot holes , throw away scenes/acts, and basic scripting and overall logical failures that should have damned it box office wise not just among the viewing public...but the spectacle and cultural significance of the film completely overshadowed all of that. The marketing and side product releases buried the films actual failings. That will happen again here. It might lose 5-10 percent off the last film from negative fan reaction, but overall the vast majority of people who were going, just to share in experience of a new film, will go no matter what the actual story/film is. Excited for the big party coming up? Yeah they are. The film itself, probably not so much. RedRaven 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taneleer Tivan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 49 minutes ago, zhamlau said: Its sorta like how folks and the media get all worked up over new I-phone releases...everyone knows that I-phones technically are inferior to many other products(full disclosure I still use a 6), but its the shared cultural experience of the new release that gets folks amped up. This isn't true..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taneleer Tivan Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) I don't know if I'm "excited" as much as purely "interested". I'm interested in seeing if they can rebound from TLJ. I'm interested to see if they can somehow honor a finale of a franchise this large, in the same way that Endgame (great), or Game of Thrones (bad)..... I really hope that it entertains me the same way 3-7 did. TLJ is just a very bad movie. An even worse Star Wars movie. Edited September 23, 2019 by Taneleer Tivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Get Marwood & I Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 I'm always excited by a new Star Wars film. It's like a new Squeeze album. Or season of Doctor Who. Sometimes they soar. Sometimes they don't. Either way, every time I am excited beyond what is reasonable for a fifty plus year old man to feel. Maybe it will be so good that we will all sh ourselves in unexpected glee. It probably won't be of course, but I for one live in hope. For a new hope. I'll shut up now. tv horror 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 (edited) I know Palpatine returning seems contrived, but I'm happy about it. I want to see Ian McDiarmid slice the ham thick one last time. If nothing else, he should make things entertaining. Edited September 23, 2019 by Larryw7 tv horror and Comics4All 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv horror Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 The Last Jedi destroyed the last spark of my interest in the Star Wars franchise, I will admit I can't stand both Rey and Kylo and don't care what happens to them both. Killing Han then Luke dying and now possibly both Lando and Leia I predict a DUD, if they don't end it with R2 and C3PO eloping for a mixed marriage I'm out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tv horror Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 4 minutes ago, Larryw7 said: I know Palpatine returning seems contrived, but I'm happy about it. I want to see Ian McDiarmid slice the ham thick one last time. If nothing else, he should make things entertaining. Don't fall for the Darkside Larry it is all a mind trick the Emperor will not return, Darth Mouse wants to end the original series so that it can move on from Lucas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larryw7 Posted September 23, 2019 Share Posted September 23, 2019 1 minute ago, tv horror said: Don't fall for the Darkside Larry it is all a mind trick the Emperor will not return, Darth Mouse wants to end the original series so that it can move on from Lucas. I know what the mouse(rat?) intends, but I've been reading spoilers that indicate a juicy part for the.Emperor, so even if the rest of the movie.sucks, I'll still enjoy his performance. tv horror 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
