Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
02-19-19, 09:28 PM
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I heard TLJ was so bad it not only tanked Solo, but caused a 23% drop in Solo cup sales.
02-20-19, 08:28 AM
#777
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
True but Luke comes very close. Luke is pretty much the polar opposite of everything he was in the Original Trilogy. That was a man who abandoned every ideal he ever had. No optimism, no drive to help those he cared about. Just someone completely cut off from everything. Hell in fact it’s almost like the two got flipped in some ways.
02-20-19, 08:47 AM
#778
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
See, I don't have a problem with Luke dropping out, especially when you consider that he tried to murder his nephew. Luke wasn't portrayed as the most stable guy in the OT, the point was to show he had a lot of Anakin in him. So Luke saying I can't be around this to me rings true to character. Him drinking titty milk on the other hand I have a problem with.
02-20-19, 08:49 AM
#779
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I need to go Total Recall and get that whole scene erased from my mind!
02-20-19, 12:11 PM
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02-20-19, 12:15 PM
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
the movie died when Mary Poppins got back in the ship
the movie was put in the grave when Luke died from Exhaustion.
the movie was put in the grave when Luke died from Exhaustion.
02-20-19, 12:29 PM
#782
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
The fishing scene was okay, but the titty milk was just cringey. I felt embarassed for Mark Hamill in that scene.
02-20-19, 12:33 PM
#783
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I just imagine you responding at a party by immediately googling numerous links and quoting them back to the individual, while demanding references and citations in return.
02-20-19, 12:59 PM
#784
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
At a party I'd go "okay..." and walk away. There's a time and place to get into detailed discussions like that. Oddly enough, I think this forum is one of those such places, although maybe not this specific thread. I'm actually trying to refrain from responding to the TLJ talk in this thread, as I'm hoping it'll just die down. Unlike others, I can let the argument go.
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02-20-19, 01:19 PM
#785
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
At a party I'd go "okay..." and walk away. There's a time and place to get into detailed discussions like that. Oddly enough, I think this forum is one of those such places, although maybe not this specific thread. I'm actually trying to refrain from responding to the TLJ talk in this thread, as I'm hoping it'll just die down. Unlike others, I can let the argument go.
02-20-19, 01:26 PM
#786
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Except for the fact that, you know we don't see him that way. This is the same guy who had faith in his father despite him being one of the most evil men in the galaxy. He senses that Ben might have some Dark Side tendencies and almost kills him in his sleep rather than trying to help him beforehand. Yeah, that's not Luke.
02-20-19, 01:35 PM
#787
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Except for the fact that, you know we don't see him that way. This is the same guy who had faith in his father despite him being one of the most evil men in the galaxy. He senses that Ben might have some Dark Side tendencies and almost kills him in his sleep rather than trying to help him beforehand. Yeah, that's not Luke.
I know a lot of people do, but I have no problem with that scene.
02-20-19, 01:42 PM
#788
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
See the way that I read that is that even in Vader, he could still feel the good, the conflict within him. He went to confront Ben about the tendencies he had been picking up on, and in that moment, with Ben's guard down, he felt no good, no conflict within him, and it scared him, enough to ignite that lightsaber for a moment.
I know a lot of people do, but I have no problem with that scene.
I know a lot of people do, but I have no problem with that scene.
02-20-19, 01:42 PM
#789
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
See the way that I read that is that even in Vader, he could still feel the good, the conflict within him. He went to confront Ben about the tendencies he had been picking up on, and in that moment, with Ben's guard down, he felt no good, no conflict within him, and it scared him, enough to ignite that lightsaber for a moment.
I know a lot of people do, but I have no problem with that scene.
I know a lot of people do, but I have no problem with that scene.
02-20-19, 01:44 PM
#790
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
A lot of innocent people died before Vader's "redemption," including an entire planet. I don't think Luke wanted to see that happen again.
02-20-19, 01:49 PM
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Whatever Luke felt, he probably hadn't felt anything like it since standing before the Emperor, and he pulled his light saber in that moment too, before eventually refusing to fight.
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02-20-19, 02:50 PM
#792
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
So instead of trying to help stop the evil that he created he left for an island to pout while the galaxy was in turmoil. Still makes no sense.
02-20-19, 03:05 PM
#793
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02-20-19, 03:35 PM
#794
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Yeah, sucking the creature’s tit for milk is one of the stupidest things in a Star Wars film ever. I’d put it worse than some of the stupidest things in the prequels.
02-20-19, 03:36 PM
#795
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
02-20-19, 03:57 PM
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02-20-19, 07:53 PM
#797
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Goddammit, y’all can’t go talk about the tittie milk in the TLJ thread?
02-20-19, 09:00 PM
#798
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02-21-19, 12:50 AM
#799
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
02-21-19, 08:02 AM
#800
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Please keep TLJ bitching out of here. Go run circles again in that thread if you want.
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Hearing some cool stuff about Episode IX. Particularly the material shot in Jordan. Rey/Kylo scenes framed like Leone. "All that 'Solo’s a western' stuff. Bullshit. IX is the western."
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