Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
#851
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
https://movieweb.com/star-wars-9-mark-hamill-vow-of-silence
Mark Hamill Takes a Vow of Silence on Star Wars Movies
The no comment stance doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence for IX.
Mark Hamill Takes a Vow of Silence on Star Wars Movies
The no comment stance doesn’t exactly fill me with confidence for IX.
#852
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Just so we don't get yelled at by the mods, I'll keep this to a broad comment that still includes Episode 9. Yes, F**k Rian Johnson, but F**k JJ Abrams too as he put all of these OT characters in a crummy position to start with and set up no possibility for that reunion of the 3 in TFA. And this forces them to drag out old TFA Leia footage for Episode 9, as I have a suspicion they splice old/new footage together for some cheap flashback reunion just to make up for all the mistakes they made in TFA & TLJ. I will say it over and over again, they should have given Han, Luke, and Leia legacy roles in TFA and they can pass the torch so Episode 8 and 9 are about the new characters. That way you give the OT fans one more nostalgia trip (which TFA accomplished as it is the highest domestic grossing movie of all-time) and than move the F**k on with the story and focus on the new characters. Disney wanted their cake and eat it too by milking the OT characters for 3 movies (obviously they get asses in the theater) and now they divided the fanbase after the handling of Luke. Episode 9 should be about Rey and Kylo Ren, but instead the focus in the trailers and marketing will be on 80 year old Billy Dee Williams, old footage Carrie Fisher, and whether Luke is a Force Ghost.
#853
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/mark...tfall-season-2
But I have a tendency just to talk and talk and talk, and you can cherrypick. You know, I’ll be reading something, and say, “What moron said this?”, and then realize, “Oh, it’s me.” They can take selective comments you’ve made out of context and use it to support their argument: “See, Mark hated Star Wars!” “Did I?”
#855
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
#856
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Or maybe we can read the reason given by the man himself:
https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/mark...tfall-season-2
https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/mark...tfall-season-2
But I have a tendency just to talk and talk and talk, and you can cherrypick. You know, I’ll be reading something, and say, “What moron said this?”, and then realize, “Oh, it’s me.” They can take selective comments you’ve made out of context and use it to support their argument: “See, Mark hated Star Wars!” “Did I?”
#857
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
#858
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I don't believe they winged it... but I don't think the right people are in charge of this circus. Seems that Marvel can get it right so there's no excuse in the world to not have similar, quality stories for the SW franchise. They hung their hat on a one-trick pony in JJ and then gave the reigns to a guy who is more interested in putting his stamp on something that doesn't belong to him. I do believe they had an arc... I just think that arc was lazy, rehashed garbage and the backlash drove them to this panic mode for the last movie. I was SO fucking excited for this new trilogy... now I just want to see how it badly they trip over their dicks to fan-service everyone they pissed off. I have less than 10% hope that this last movie can fix the problems they created.
#859
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Or maybe we can read the reason given by the man himself:
https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/mark...tfall-season-2
https://www.denofgeek.com/uk/tv/mark...tfall-season-2
Some decisions still rankle, though. He remains shocked by Han Solo’s fate: slain by his own son and Luke’s nephew, the powerful Dark Side warrior Kylo Ren (formerly known as Ben Solo) in the sequel trilogy’s opening instalment, The Force Awakens. ‘I just thought, Luke’s never going to see his best friend again. You look at it in a self-centred way. I said that it was a big mistake that those three people would never reunite in any way. I guess I was wrong, because nobody seems to care! I have to stipulate that I care, but it didn’t really seem to affect the larger audience. Luke, Han and Leia will never be together again, and I’ll probably never get to work with Harrison again. Then the second thing was that they killed me off. I thought: oh, okay, you should push my death off to the last one. That’s what I was hoping when I came back: no cameos and a run-of-the-trilogy contract. Did I get any of those things? Because as far as I’m concerned, the end of VII is really the beginning of VIII. I got one movie! They totally hornswoggled (tricked) me.’
#860
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I mean, DC had a great planned story arc from Zack Snyder for their cinematic universe... wait.
Oh, but Universal had a plan for their Dark Universe franchise with a new Mummy film starring Tom Cruise.... oh.
Well, the Fantastic Beasts series has the creator of Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, actually writing the scripts, with a multi-film plan in place and... ah... erm.
But yes, Marvel, they haven't had any issues at all. I mean, The Hulk is one of their most famous characters, and Marvel's second MCU film ever, The Incredible Hulk was... er, well....
#861
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Disney needed Lucas ideas and storytelling for the ST, while Lucas needed a director/writer for the PT, as each one has their own problem that sticks out like a sore thumb. The OT had alot more collaboration as it was 'just' enough Lucas and a sprinkle of Kirshner, Kurtz, Burtt, Hirsch, Chew, Marcia Lucas that made it great.
#862
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk...l#post13510837
#863
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
We can discuss that excerpt in the TLJ review thread:
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk...l#post13510837
https://forum.dvdtalk.com/movie-talk...l#post13510837
#864
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Any justification to extend your ranting to another thread, eh?
It's also obviously his personal view as an actor of what he would've liked to have done, which is act more in all 3 films. Later in the article he states he understands that each movie focuses on a different OT character:
‘Harrison was more prominent in the first of the sequels, then I was more prominent, and Carrie was meant to be more prominent in the third. I’m glad they found a way to do that, and something tells me that she’d get a real kick out of the fact that she had a hit movie years after she left us, because that was just her.
#865
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
And your problem is you don’t let anyone have a point even when it’s from the same source you tried countering me with and is spelled out. I had a point and you don’t acknowledge it. Instead you just make counter arguments that go in endless circles to try and make what you’re saying seem right. I’ll end it here and we can hash it out in the other thread, but I’m not wrong.
#866
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I'm closing this thread for now. If some news worthy item comes up and the thread is still closed, report the post to have it reopened.
#868
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
C-3PO is holding a weapon... come on...
#870
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
#871
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
All of the rebels will be dead at the end except Threepio and then he will go all Rambo at the end and take out the entire First Order.
#872
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#874
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re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
If that was fan art, then that’s an odd thing to include, since it seems like a big “tell.”
Then again, maybe that’s the fan artist wants us to think...
...and it’s a circular argument.
I do seem to recall someone — possibly Anthony Daniels himself —saying C-3PO would have a larger part in IX.
Also, if this is real, those reports of Kylo gluing his helmet back together with red goo were accurate.
Then again, maybe that’s the fan artist wants us to think...
...and it’s a circular argument.
I do seem to recall someone — possibly Anthony Daniels himself —saying C-3PO would have a larger part in IX.
Also, if this is real, those reports of Kylo gluing his helmet back together with red goo were accurate.
#875
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
It's real. The black woman with the cape (Naomi Ackie?) was in the location photos with Finn and Poe and they're all wearing the same costumes. I assume the female with the helmet is Kerri Russell's character.
I agree, seeing Threepio wearing Chewie's bandoleer and holding his crossbow is kind of bizarre -- but not as bizarre and that sea monkey looking creature next to Finn. That thing is giving me Jar Jar flashbacks.
I agree, seeing Threepio wearing Chewie's bandoleer and holding his crossbow is kind of bizarre -- but not as bizarre and that sea monkey looking creature next to Finn. That thing is giving me Jar Jar flashbacks.