ntnon

Rather

Orbi-Wan Techno

Dude, rollie-eyes? I was being sarcastic based in a lot of the nonsense posted before me....

hasslein

Disney is going to remake Empire for the next one, so in their twist Phasma takes off her mask and says, "Rey, I am your mother..."

ntnon

Fair enough.

I just naturally assume eyes rolled are coming in my direction these days...

fujishig

Still reading through the entire thread but I'm halfway there. Finally saw the movie this weekend, and I can admit I'm enough of a fanboy to be fine with this continuing on the Star Wars legacy for my kids.

Can't understand the criticism that there's too much coincidence here when A New Hope also had a ton of it.
I can understand the criticism that they "homaged" a bit too much but like I said before, I'm a fanboy, that's fine. It did make some of the movie way too predictable, including the lightsaber in the snow and the scene on the bridge with everyone stopping to watch. If there are At-ats and tow cables to open the next one I'll be disappointed but I'm ok with this one.

Now I want all the toys. Specifically all the Hot Toys. Kylo seems sold out but I'm sure they'll make another. Phasma's forgettable part will actually save me some money.

Jackskeleton

I seriously would not be surprised if VIII was basically a remake of Empire with Luke teaching Rey the ways of the force basically a jedi master teaching her on a water filled planet. All while the "Resistance" is on the run from the First Order with some silly nonsense about how their hyperdrive not working or powerful enough. Toss in some silliness that they have to turn it off from the inside or something. Mirroring Empire and causing far more nerd rage to explode after a two year wait for a "new" star wars.


I'll be laughing my ass off.

Super X

Actually, in a shock twist, Phasma will take off her mask and say "Rey, I am your father..."

Super X

And it'll be the first one to make $1B domestic. And it'll cause the heads to explode of the people here who will still be trying to convince people that TFA was a remake of ANH (at which point, this thread will be on Part 10).

Rob V

Reported to mods

stingermck

Right in the feels. Didn't think about this:

RoboDad

My friend and I were talking about that very thing on Saturday after seeing the movie again (right down to the "baby Ben playfully tugging on the Wookie's fur" moment).

Solid Snake

I seriously want Chewie to develop from what he's experienced. I can't imagine him taking that shit lightly even w/ hitting Ren.

I don't think we'll get it but... I'd love to see Chewie actually have some seeded development.

Groucho

Maybe they can explore this in Episode VIII via Chewie's relationship with Lumpy.

HN

Star Wars Episode VIII: The First Order Retaliates

hdnmickey

ITA. Would be even more awesome if Fin was taken hostage by some secondary character (Phasma?) towards the end so it could be resolved in the next installment.

GuessWho

It just follows the pattern of a first part of the trilogy, which is fine. Nobody cried foul when episode 1 followed the pattern:

New hero is fatherless, lives on a desert with no future prospects
Anakin / Luke / Rey

New hero gets a mentor
Qui-Gonn / Obi-Wan / Han

Mentor killed by dark side user dressed in black
Maul / Vader / Ren

New hero helps destroy something big
droid control ship / death star / starkiller base


It's parts 2 & 3 of the trilogies that they veer away from set patterns

RoboDad

If anything, you could say that the last element is different from what went before, since Rey didn't help destroy anything. That was Han, Chewie, Finn, Poe, and an entire squadron of X-Wing pilots (but mostly Han, Chewie, and Poe).

Shazam

And people call her a Mary Sue. Dumb bitch didn't even use her tits to destroy the Starkiller.

BobO'Link

People were too focused on the awesomeness of Jar Jar Binks to notice such trivialities on that one...

RoboDad

TomOpus

I did not see all of it. I did, however, see enough of it.

majorjoe23

I did not see any of it. I did, however, see enough of it.

Brack

We will finally find out Chewie speaks basic (Star Wars English). In fact, he always could.

Solid Snake

GuessWho

Well... that's not something I needed to have on my screen at work...