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Old 01-23-17, 12:00 PM
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by dstrauss
And remember Jedi can be single or plural. I like it.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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im telling you... Ray will turn bad and Driver will turn good.
I subscribe to this theory.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Kylo Ren killed Han, can he come back from that? I suppose if Anakin can after killing younglings, then anybody can.

I wonder if General Organa's death will be the thing that pushes him back to the light?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Rey will kill Luke... Kylo will then turn good.

Snookes plan was to find her. Kylo is not used anymore and fights back.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by raven56706
im telling you... Ray will turn bad and Driver will turn good.
This is still Disney. There's no way Rey will turn bad.
Old 01-23-17, 01:45 PM
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Disney is the ones that OK'd the entire cast of Rogue One to be killed off.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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Disney is the ones that OK'd the entire cast of Rogue One to be killed off.
They kinda had to if they wanted it to mix well with ANH at all. Otherwise, where are those very important characters throughout the OT?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

I thought Rey was a Mary Sue so how could she ever go bad?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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This is still Disney. There's no way Rey will turn bad.
i think they may surprise you.
Old 01-23-17, 02:03 PM
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

I like it.

"The Last Jedi" can mean many things. My money would be on Snoke/Ren hunting down Luke. The red font goes with that. Remember, Ren wanted to "finish what Vader started". Vader was to hunt down and destroy the Jedi Knights. Ren is now hunting Luke instead of Vader in TESB.

While the title does not use a powerful verb as we expected, such as strike or attack, it still can be referencing an antagonist's point of view.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

I'm surprised so many like the title.

I mean, it's not a bad title. It's just kind of bland and safe.

And I kind of agree with TGM about the syntax, though TFA already broke that.

It's also kind of weird when you look at all of the titles:

I. The Phantom Menace
II. Attack of the Clones
III. The Revenge of the Sith
IV. A New Hope
V. The Empire Strikes Back
VI. The Return of the Jedi
VII. The Force Awakens
VIII. The Last Jedi

Six is "Return of the Jedi" and Eight is "The Last Jedi." Makes me think, Welp, that didn't ladt long, which I guess is more or less true...
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I think ROTJ was more about Vader/Anakin than anything else. Once again though, multiple meanings.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Title seems ok to me, but honestly the only subtitles in the entire series that I thought were really cool sounding have been The Phantom Menace and The Empire Strikes Back.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Noonan
They kinda had to if they wanted it to mix well with ANH at all. Otherwise, where are those very important characters throughout the OT?
I'm happy with Rogue One and wouldn't change the ending or the death of the cast, but I don't really buy this argument.

None of these people would have made it onto the Tantive IV for the trip to Tatooine or Alderaan. The battle of Yavin was a space battle, so there's no reason to assume any of them would have participated. The Empire Strikes Back takes place well after A New Hope. If they had survived, there's no telling what other missions they would have been sent on.

Still, the ending worked just fine, and the sacrifices they made gave the importance of Leia's mission more meaning.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

They could've all survived Rogue One, only to die during Lando's little maneuver at the Battle of Taanab.
Old 01-23-17, 05:00 PM
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

The title is fine with me, though I wonder if the days of colloquially referring to Return of the Jedi as "Jedi" are over.

I'm sure it's story relevant, otherwise having "Last" in the second to last movie (of the three trilogies) is odd to me.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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The title is fine with me, though I wonder if the days of colloquially referring to Return of the Jedi as "Jedi" are over.

I'm sure it's story relevant, otherwise having "Last" in the second to last movie (of the three trilogies) is odd to me.
Are we sure that we aren't getting episodes X, XI, and XII?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

^^^ Of course there will be more Episodes.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

I love the title. Sounds both ominous and kind of epic to me.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

I like the title but they seem to be just repeating the OT like with Yoda being the last Jedi at the time.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by dex14
^^^ Of course there will be more Episodes.
I wish they would remake the prequel trilogy into something comprehensible before they do anything past IX. And then dump TPM, AOTC, and ROTS into the "Legends" landfill.

Recast Anakin and Padme, have Ewan return as Obi-Wan, and make something really good with the bones of the original PT.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Better title: Last of the Jedi

It matches Empire and Clones better and it's quoting Yoda from ROTJ when he says, "When I am gone, the last of the Jedi will you be." I love that line.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Title was given away by Snoke during TFA.

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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
Six is "Return of the Jedi" and Eight is "The Last Jedi." Makes me think, Welp, that didn't ladt long, which I guess is more or less true...
Unless the "Jedi" their were referring to in Ep. VI was Anakin, then it REALLY didn't last long.

"The Jedi has returned! ...And he's dead."


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