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Old 12-03-14, 03:30 PM
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015, D: Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fis
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Wasn't the Plagueis novel canon? In that:
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Plagueis was still Sidious's master while Maul was working for Sidious. And they said Maul wasn't a fully trained Sith, more of an errand boy.
No. The "new canon" is currently two novels (the Rebels one and Tarkin), the Darth Maul comic, the 6 movies and the two CGI cartoons. Everything before that is Legacy.
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The report also said Lando was in the script but far as we know BDW wasn't in it and I don't think they'd get someone else to play Lando.
The report says that Lando is mentioned...it doesn't say he appears in the movie.
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No. The "new canon" is currently two novels (the Rebels one and Tarkin), the Darth Maul comic, the 6 movies and the two CGI cartoons. Everything before that is Legacy.
Maybe Max Von Sydow is playing Tarkin? Is he the right age? Seems odd that one of the early "new" books would be about Tarkin unless there's something Disney knows that the rest of us don't. Then again, why Han and Leia would have Tarkin (or Boba Fett for that matter) looking after their kid is a head-scratcher.
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Maybe Max Von Sydow is playing Tarkin? Is he the right age? Seems odd that one of the early "new" books would be about Tarkin unless there's something Disney knows that the rest of us don't. Then again, why Han and Leia would have Tarkin (or Boba Fett for that matter) looking after their kid is a head-scratcher.
Tarkin wasn't about to evacuate the Death Star in their moment of triumph...

It would be a pretty big retcon if he survived.
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"Evacuate in our moment of triumph?"

Yeah, I don't see that at all.
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Tarkin wasn't about to evacuate the Death Star in their moment of triumph...

It would be a pretty big retcon if he survived.
Damn, beat me to it.
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What if it's one of Annie's childhood friends? He's holding the helmet and remembering the good old days when they were kids on Tatooine.
That would be so wizard!
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Tarkin wasn't about to evacuate the Death Star in their moment of triumph...

It would be a pretty big retcon if he survived.
It might explain why half his body is a cyborg, though. His body was thrown free of the blast.
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Plus, it led to an epic fight between Sidious versus Maul and Maul's brother.
I love me some Star Wars, and the execution may have been fine, but seeing it written out like that had me laughing out loud. We used to do that as kids playing with action figures - "Bang, your guy is dead!" "Well, his brother just came in!"

Also, Blind Fury comes to mind
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It might explain why half his body is a cyborg, though. His body was thrown free of the blast.
How is his body breathing floating around in space?
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Back up guys! Looked at the report again and says
Spoiler:
Sydow is NOT Force sensitive!


So back to Boba Fett.
http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit...news/?a=111852
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I'm gonna guess it's Biggs who somehow managed to survive being blown apart during the rebel attack on the first Death Star.
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Shmi Skywalkers secret lover. Retcon the virgin birth!


Seriously, I don't think anything works. If it was someone from the prequels, I'm sure most of the actors would come back. Eh, probably not Terence Stamp. I think I read he was pretty pissed about acting to a tennis ball or something.
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I'm gonna guess it's Biggs who somehow managed to survive being blown apart during the rebel attack on the first Death Star.
Nope. It's Porkins!

Episode VIII: Return of Porkins

Then Disney will release the Special Porkins Edition of the OT that contains new Porkins scenes like in the video below.

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/32itsA81Ouw" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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Back up guys! Looked at the report again and says
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Sydow is NOT Force sensitive!
That just means he doesn't care about the Force's feelings and constantly treats it like crap. Which keeps the Force coming back while complaining that it can never seem to meet someone nice and sensitive.
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Every alleged plot detail I've read is different. I will wait (for over a year!) until I see the movie to find out the truth.
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If Max Von Sydow is truly
Spoiler:
playing a character from the PT and not just someone whom was alive in the PT Era but not seen or mentioned in the PT, then here are my five guesses:
1. Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas
2. Cliegg Lars
3. Boba Fett
4. One of the clones, long since defected.
5. Captain Antilles


It's all rumor and speculation. If we can't openly talk about that in a thread about the film and need spoiler tags at this point, what exactly about treatment we supposed to talk about? How we'd like to see it? I want to see it. Anyone else?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015, D: Abrams) S: Hamill, Ford, Fis
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Few other things from the spoiler report:
Spoiler:
Chewie has a robotic arm. Eh, sounds like bs.
Lupita is Luke's apprentice and Boyega's eventual love interest.
Driver wears a mask b/c half his face is scarred. Dunno about that. Isn't he the pretty boy type? Why cover him up? Just so he gets the Vader helmet?
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I don't think Chewbacca will have a robotic arm in the movie. The guy who wrote the report probably included it because of the concept art that leaked a couple months back. The more legit sounding reports indicate he's still the same old Chewie.

I think MakingStarWars had an article speculating Lupita's character is an alien with the codename "Rose" who runs a cantina/bar. If anyone is playing Boyega's love interest, I'm betting it's Ridley. I think there could even be a love triangle with Oscar Isaac (assuming he's not playing her brother).

I'm fairly sure Driver will be wearing a mask at some point in the movie. That photo that Star Wars Underworld leaked last month showed a Darth Reven style villain holding the new cross-hilt saber. He's probably hiding his identity from the good guys, since it looked like Driver was on set in a X-Wing pilot uniform at the Greenham Common shoot (though it could have been an extra with the same build/hairstyle).
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Thank you to those of you still bothering to keep potential spoilers tagged.
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Thank you to those of you still bothering to keep potential spoilers tagged.
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Revan-style mask would be cool in this.
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How is his body breathing floating around in space?
The same way Han Solo breathed while frozen in carbonite ...
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If Max Von Sydow is truly
Spoiler:
playing a character from the PT and not just someone whom was alive in the PT Era but not seen or mentioned in the PT, then here are my five guesses:
1. Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas
2. Cliegg Lars
3. Boba Fett
4. One of the clones, long since defected.
5. Captain Antilles


It's all rumor and speculation. If we can't openly talk about that in a thread about the film and need spoiler tags at this point, what exactly about treatment we supposed to talk about? How we'd like to see it? I want to see it. Anyone else?
But none of those characters would bring about the "wow" factor (as speculated) except for
Spoiler:
Boba
. The others we have no knowledge of - for the most part.
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The same way Han Solo breathed while frozen in carbonite ...
It probably wasn't an airtight seal. They did make sure his body functions were still working properly.
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