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Well, he went from being the undisputed King of Star Wars surrounded by throngs of yes-men, someone that retained complete and utter control of the mythos and made all the creative decisions related to it...to someone that noone listened to or consulted at all. That has to sting quite a bit. He was always proud of the said control he had of all-things Star Wars, and now that's all gone.
Shoulda listened to Obi Wan.
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Look, I love Lucas. Bless his little flannel heart he's a visionary genius, a cinematic pioneer, and I will argue his place in the highest echelon's of our modern pop-culture lexicon to my last breath.
Agreed!
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Kenobi & the duchess Satine had a short relationship before the events of TPM. However, she was killed off late in the series with no sign of having a child anywhere.
But it showed that he wasn't *that* strictly adherent to the Jedi code of no nookie. Combine that with having to give up everything that made him a Jedi after Order 66, it's feasible that he found someone on Tatooine in his exile & had a kid.
That's a lot for the general public who only see the movie to swallow, and even more for already lazy screenwriters to have to explain. They erased the EU so that the newbs could go about their business with creative freedom, right? I would hope they would be free of the @##@@ cartoons as well.
Speaking of, I looove how IGN keeps reminding us that Darth Maul is still alive out there on a weekly basis. Between sane logic (he's dead) and idiot fans that cling to new canon(nuh-uh), the comment section is a hoot.
Except they've always said that Clone Wars & Rebels are canon. And they still are. They were never EU.
Haha... that's the spirit! Now, when I say something about how its stupid that DM got cut in half AND fell down a reactor shaft, bring up how lightsabers cauterize and Luke survived falling in Cloud City!
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Kenobi & the duchess Satine had a short relationship before the events of TPM. However, she was killed off late in the series with no sign of having a child anywhere.
But it showed that he wasn't *that* strictly adherent to the Jedi code of no nookie. Combine that with having to give up everything that made him a Jedi after Order 66, it's feasible that he found someone on Tatooine in his exile & had a kid.
That's a lot for the general public who only see the movie to swallow, and even more for already lazy screenwriters to have to explain. They erased the EU so that the newbs could go about their business with creative freedom, right? I would hope they would be free of the @##@@ cartoons as well.
Speaking of, I looove how IGN keeps reminding us that Darth Maul is still alive out there on a weekly basis. Between sane logic (he's dead) and idiot fans that cling to new canon(nuh-uh), the comment section is a hoot.
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Just speaking for myself, my favorite movies are the ones where some innocent schlep gets caught up in something far beyond his/her control/sphere of experience, and has to dig deep and rise to the occasion. Just plain Joe/Joan average thrust into something totally out of the ordinary.
That's why I want Rey to be just some scavenger chick from a rat-hole in the desert who stumbles into this massive battle between good and evil. That's the way I saw Luke, that's the way I saw Anakin.
Besides, having everyone of relevance in Star Wars related to everyone else of relevance kinda stretches the old credibility, right?
I would like to believe this as well... hey, wait... Ice Cream Maker Guy wasn't related to.... unless... Finn's Dad?!?!
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Being a Kenobi would explain her accent... unless she came from the still unseen planet Britannica, where the Empire cultivates all of its commanding officers
But, no, if the prequels are canon, I don't see Obi shacking up with anyone... he was as rigid on the Jedi code as the rest of em.
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When you start comparing it to selling your children to "white slavers".....it's time to stop talking.
http://news.yahoo.com/george-lucas-says-sold-star-131428981.html?nf=1
Hey, the man who made the first action-adventure movie featuring black people has room to talk!
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Han Solo - Harrison Ford = 0 interest
Boba Fett ...um...anything times 0 is 0, right? They goin with the Sisterhood of the Traveling Armor rumor?
Love that Marvel plug n play... all stories that were just begging to be told, I'm sure. Just a shame that Darth Maul isn't on the card.
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And the balls to wear a cape in public.
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Directors have been doing this since film began. I'm not going to fault anyone for it, we're talking third tier character, here. If you could cast anyone for the roll, why not cast a buddy.
I'd prefer they cast top men for the job.
Hey, they did that too. Didn't ya hear, Daniel Craig was a Stormtrooper and Ewing McGreggor read a line of dialogue! This movie spread the wealth between A-List, B-List, and C-List actors!
I was commenting on the impressive career of relatively unknown William Hootkins.
Grunberg should check back in when he's got a few more features on the resume that he got on his own merit.
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Directors have been doing this since film began. I'm not going to fault anyone for it, we're talking third tier character, here. If you could cast anyone for the roll, why not cast a buddy.
I'd prefer they cast top men for the job.
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Our heroes being inactive I think was also necessary if they were going to play up the notion that these people are myths and legends from a time long ago. People Rey and Fin had only heard about in stories. I'm fine with them laying low. Leia, apparently was fighting the whole time.
Oh, please... do I have to talk about Rebels and its lightsaber wielding heroes and villains again? Crazy old wizards and sorcerer's ways indeed.
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Actually, if you watch Rey's dream sequence, Constable Zuvio is getting killed by Kylo Ren in the rain.
So he does show up, in a brief scene, barely visible, just to be killed.
Ladies and gentlemen, the New Ice Cream Maker Guy!
Rain on Jakku?
Ice cream maker? That was a stolen imperial data core. Everyone knows that.
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It was about what I expected... if you know of and like SW, it's great. If not, its pretty sloppy and just above average. I'm caught somewhere between. I agree with the few complaints about mashing poetic elements of ANH and ESB in that it doesn't work for me for tonal shifts: I was hoping for more fun than "epic/feels." There are a lot of unanswered questions that could be plot holes, or dependent of the rest of the trilogy to fill the gaps. Mystery is one thing (Ray's origin, Luke's motivations), and should be drawn out. Other things might be minor nitpicks, but my biggest need is the explanation of hope the post-Jedi republic works, the resistance, the first order... definitely not as clear as these are the good guys, these are the bad guys like ANH obviously.
Starkiller Base: pretty lame. I was expecting at least some attempt at something more than its a bigger death star that fires several bolts at once... like "that's why we couldn't find it, we were looking for it orbiting a planet... it is the planet! And its about to fire!!!"
The passage of time: Like Ghostbusters 2, I don't like the idea that our heroes have been inactive since last seen on screen or busted down to lows so that screenwriters only have to work so hard to bring them back to normal. Leia and Han broke up, Han is smuggling zoo animals, the Falcon is rusting in the dust, Luke is in hiding, Artoo is in a coma... any kid ever act that one out with the toys they sold us over the past 30 years? Having to put your Han Solo figure in the freezer for 3 years was hard enough.
Kylo Ren: Shades of Grandpa Christiansen...relatable to spoiled millennials. Like the approach with the new Lex Luthor, this may maximize the hate I have for him in the end?
Snoke/Maz: I guess that no one told them that, in addition to pushing practical effects and props, that make-up effects might be welcome? Horrible, horrible motion capture creatures... really took me out of the movie while onscreen.
Phasma: Cool armor? Check. Icy demeanor? Check. 2 minutes of screen time? Check. 300 million units of product produced with the character likeness? Check... ladies and gentleman... your new Bob Fett!
Han's Death: no surprise there. Not the way I want a hero to die... ignominious. Meh. Chewie got over it pretty quick... at least from what we see. He's even more of a background character in the scenes following. Life debt paid, time to bring in the family. Lumpy for episode 8!
Luke Skywalker: mystery, but not keen on the implication that he trained Jedi... and continued the long tradition of failure and running away with your tail between your legs.
Positives: practical effects when they could spare the time were great
new and old characters were well performed... yes, I like the new gang.
BB8 wasn't as stupid as Jar Jar or as cutesy as Ewoks...so he was great!
lightsaber battles (save for saber blocking troopers) were excellent. Heavy broadswords! No asinine choreography!
I plan on seeing it again to see if these are gut reactions and nothing more. There is a lot riding on looking back on the parts when the trilogy is complete, but that doesn't excuse TFA from structure issues as a stand-alone.
PS- anyone else buy Constable Zuvio figures? Wasn't he great in the movie?! And how about those snowspeeders? Fantastic!
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Han's death: I called it but it was still tough watching him go, he is a childhood hero to so many. However, his story has been told. I mentioned in the other thread how the character has come full circle going from the cynic to a true believer in the Force. When I saw the first full trailer, and knowing Ford wanted to put SW behind him ever since ROTJ, his death was the only thing I was willing to bet on. It was a good death though. Had a real emotional impact. RIP Han Solo, one of the great sci-fi fantasy characters of all time.
Patton, MacArthur, Eisenhower... yeah... their stories had all been told by the War to End All Wars.
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Including the 5 minutes from the PM that was a lightsaber fight was totally necessary... y'know... for the story.
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I grabbed 2 shy guys last night at Target. I really wish Nintendo would revisit Super Mario 2...Mouser, Birdo, TryClyde, Snifit, Wart....dreams.
At least Ive been seeing a resurgence of this line at retail in my area.
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But why did they go with Hank Henshaw as a cover? It's like when they tried to cover up that everyone knew Cumberbund was playing Khan in Into Darkness, and they tried to feed the fans some bull about his character being named after some D-list character from old show lore. Okay...its a lil different...I mean, I was like "Cyborg Supes" is black, too? Huh? Whatever."
Maybe they were short on the old double letter names? Might as well called him Greg Gumble or Jeff Jarrett.
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You know I have never seen that. Maybe this will be a good year to give it a watch. It looks like fun. Wasn't Life Day officially in November sometime?
November 17th...had my annual Life Day party with goodies from the Star Wars cookbooks. Set up the Ewok village to stand in for Kashyyyk, populated with Wookie figures. A friend of mine gave me a hand painted ornament featuring Chewie's family.
Peter Mayhew is coming to a convention in my town in February. I bet I'm the only person there getting something "Holiday Special" signed
I watch the Dvd transfer I made from the who-knows-how-many-generations VHS tape I bought at a convention in the early 90s. It's ugly, but I love all the old commercials that are still included.
Here is a link to watch the cleanest copy out there, just discovered a few years back:
http://www.thestarwarstrilogy.com/starwars/post/2013/10/04/Star-Wars-Holiday-Special-New-Recording
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Seriously though, that's why I love sci-fi! You just don't get that level of fan participation from Bridges of Madison County.
Exactly. Let them have their fun. Who cares?
$10 gets you a $2 "glow sword" from Oriental Trading?! Yippee!
Of course, the Uber-nerds can bring their own from home and join the "ceremonial banging of the plastic toys" for free.
You know what would be amazing? If lightsaber fights had inspired even a handful of fans to actually take up some form of swordplay as a genuine hobby or sport.
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Also also...lightsaber-blocking Stormtroopers. I'm gonna guess that came from the thought that there wasn't enough swordplay and that audiences might get bored? Skilled in hand to hand combat in an age where Jedi are "legend" yet they still can hit the broad side of a moisture farm with blasters...
For the "fans" :
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There was a huge difference in Phantom Menace and Attack of the Clones... more puppets, costumes, sets, location shots. Kinda like comparing sfx in Fury Road and Jurassic World this summer.
The did some excellent stunts in Indy 4, using post sfx to remove wires and safety harnesses. Again, I would love to believe they COULD do the same with a physical Stormtrooper...especially since they seem to be priding themselves on putting people in armor instead of going all Clone on us.
Indy 4 also had that monkey scene... so, yeah, somewhere between wire harnesses and jumanji, please.
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I can't decide which is a bigger mistake: Young Han Solo or Lady Ghostbusters.
Pratt isn't hard-edged enough for either character.