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Old 10-10-17, 07:00 PM
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Timber
Right, and Attack of the Clones.
Honestly Attack of the Clones didn't seem that dark to me. Especially in comparison to Revenge of the Sith.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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Why wouldn't Finn just pull out a blaster and shoot Phasma?
I can’t really tell from the quick clip but it almost looks like Finn is using one of those spinny laser batons we saw that one trooper use in TFA.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Mike86
Honestly Attack of the Clones didn't seem that dark to me. Especially in comparison to Revenge of the Sith.
I think that was the point.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by csant
Just make Kylo a badass mother fucker and Ray his equal if not stronger. I'll be piss if Ray turns to the dark side and Kylo is somehow redeemed.
Kylo has been defeated. A girl beat him.

Kylo will die in the end. That is the reason for the meet up at the end, for her to finish him off.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Defiant1
I'm more of a casual SW fan and I know the franchise is much more sci-fantasy than sci-fi, but do they ever explain how the Empire/First Order's economy and manufacturing processes allow for so many large ships and vehicles to be built and maintained?
Off-hand, I'd say that it's a combination of automation (lots of droids in the SWU) and a nearly limitless supply of raw materials.

I would assume that Star Wars represents a Type III civilization on the Kardashev scale, or, at the very least, a highly advanced Type II that is almost a Type III.

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

Originally Posted by mcnabb
I think the whole Trailer is a misdirection (as most Trailers are) so I am taking every scene with a grain of salt and not trying to overanalyze it.
Very well could be. That bit with Rey and Kylo at the end looks like it might come from two different scenes. So we don't know who Rey is speaking to, or who Kylo is holding out his hand to.

I'm still thinking that, by the end, the Jedi and Sith will be no more, and Force users will follow a more "gray" path. Maybe the Kylo's Knights of Renn will be a less evil group of Dark Side users, and Rey will start a new group of Light Side users that is less self-righteous than the Jedi. This what the "Balance of the Force" is ultimately about, the light and dark need each other to exist. Rebels has touched on ideas like this with the Bendu.

So, in the end, the Star Wars "saga" of Episodes I-IX will be like the The Lord of the Rings, where one age transitions to another.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

fuck that trailer looked good!

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

The Senator in Baltimore has already sold out the premiere screening, which i managed to score tickets to. fuck i hope it's not going to be cold that night cause the box office is outside
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Rypro 525
The Senator in Baltimore has already sold out the premiere screening, which i managed to score tickets to. fuck i hope it's not going to be cold that night cause the box office is outside
No ticket kiosk inside?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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No ticket kiosk inside?
i think there is one but since its not a reserved seat theater, and the lobby is rather small to begin with, they're def gonna make everyone wait outside, some possibly for a few hours
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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
Very well could be. That bit with Rey and Kylo at the end looks like it might come from two different scenes. So we don't know who Rey is speaking to, or who Kylo is holding out his hand to.
My guess is Rey is actually talking to Luke, who holds his now black glove covered hand out to her in response. I do see that the close-up shot of Kylo appears to take place in the same scene as the one with the outstretched hand, but the bib on Kylo's jacket does not match the clothing worn by the person reaching out.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Brooklyn
but the bib on Kylo's jacket does not match the clothing worn by the person reaching out.
Yeah, he is kind of a baby, sometimes, isn't he.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Rey most likely will face the same cave test Luke did on Dagobah. So that might be where the misdirection comes in.

Say Rey walks into cave, feels dark Force energy, asks for help and Luke-Kylo form appears.

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

Originally Posted by Ranger
Rey most likely will face the same cave test Luke did on Dagobah. So that might be where the misdirection comes in.

Say Rey walks into cave, feels dark Force energy, asks for help and Luke-Kylo form appears.

I dunno.
There’s a couple shots in that trailer that look very much like that Degobah cave test. I think this is a very distinct possibility...and one more reason I’m worried we’re not going to get something terribly original. I really hope I’m wrong.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

I can see it now.

Finn gets captured and used as bait by Kylo and Snoke.
Rey rushes to save him and gets beaten badly and learns the truth about her family.
Luke and Chewie fly the Falcon in to rescue her.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Ranger
I can see it now.

Finn gets captured and used as bait by Kylo and Snoke.
Rey rushes to save him and gets beaten badly and learns the truth about her family.
Luke and Chewie fly the Falcon in to rescue her.
I actually think Rian Johnson is going give a different type/style SW movie then the previous Saga movies, and that is where the fans will be split. The fact that it's longer then any SW movie, and most of the cast have voiced their surprise/displeasure in the direction he is taking the characters (now that could be misdirection by the Ridley and Hamill but I think they were honest at first until Disney told them to knock it off with those type of comments). I just think it will be ironic when December rolls around and the bitching this time will be, "This just doesn't feel like the other SW movies, and I disagree with the way Johnson took Luke."

You honestly can't win with SW fans anymore, because if you give them something different then they bitch they are not enough like the OT. If you give them something that resembles the OT, then they complain it's not original. I would just say to them, "If you want something original, then go watch an original movie and stop following a 40 year old franchise of countless sequels!"
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by Ranger
I can see it now.

Finn gets captured and used as bait by Kylo and Snoke.
Rey rushes to save him and gets beaten badly and learns the truth about her family.
Luke and Chewie fly the Falcon in to rescue her.
I disagree with this one. Because for that to happen, it would mean that for once Rey wasn't an expert at something.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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I actually think Rian Johnson is going give a different type/style SW movie then the previous Saga movies, and that is where the fans will be split. The fact that it's longer then any SW movie, and most of the cast have voiced their surprise/displeasure in the direction he is taking the characters (now that could be misdirection by the Ridley and Hamill but I think they were honest at first until Disney told them to knock it off with those type of comments). I just think it will be ironic when December rolls around and the bitching this time will be, "This just doesn't feel like the other SW movies, and I disagree with the way Johnson took Luke."

You honestly can't win with SW fans anymore, because if you give them something different then they bitch they are not enough like the OT. If you give them something that resembles the OT, then they complain it's not original. I would just say to them, "If you want something original, then go watch an original movie and stop following a 40 year old franchise of countless sequels!"
Not to mention Rian mentioned they would be doing something in this one that has never been done in SW before and that it would be different from the others. Time travel or a major time lapse?
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

if disney had the balls, they move rey to the dark side of the force.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by raven56706
if disney had the balls, they move rey to the dark side of the force.
IF they did, it would only be a temporary cliffhanger for Ep IX.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

Originally Posted by DaveyJoe


it's been 50 years since EpIII.... what is a gungan's lifespan anyway...?

#SnokeIsJarJar

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

Originally Posted by raven56706
if disney had the balls, they move rey to the dark side of the force.
Rey is a Palpatine
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

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Rey is a Palpatine
God I hope not.
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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (12/15/17, W/D: Rian Johnson)

So I watched the trailer again, and I am still of the same opinion about it. The trailer didn't really do anything for me. I didn't feel any "wow" moments during it. The trailer for Force Awakens had some great "wow" moments. Seeing Han and Chewy was the big one. This one was sort of blah for me. Don't get me wrong, I am still excited for the new movie and will definitely see it, most likely multiple times, but the trailer didn't increase my excitement for the film.


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