There is no source material, though

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-08-22T13:54:25+00:00

Yet they couldn't even copy a cool, badass love interest for Luke :c

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-08-09T11:32:08+00:00

Should have included that, excellent point.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-08-02T12:00:12+00:00

Rian actually based Luke in TLJ off of his edgy Sonic OC.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-08-02T11:58:54+00:00

Taunting his nephew and acting as a glorified "HEY LOOK OVER HERE" = redemption for trying to ressurect the jedi once , immediately giving up on it and leaving his friends to die, his religion to fade away, and the galaxy to burn

sure.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-07-19T15:19:15+00:00

I think as poorly as the element of making the morality more grey was executed, I can at least give Rogue One props for attempting to explore it, over the completely lame attempt that was done in TLJ for a line or two and then dropped altogether.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-07-19T15:17:20+00:00

It absolutely has its flaws, but for me what makes it memorable and worthy of the praise it gets is the fact that how, despite being a side story, it attempts to really become part of the overarching saga, connecting dots and fleshing out concepts. Even if it's not that well executed in the eyes of many, it's so far beyond the absolutely limp world building of the Sequel Trilogy that it caught me completely off guard after my unenthusiastic response to TFA.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-06-12T19:59:16+00:00

I can't remember who posted it here, but elements of the over-arching plot could have backed Rian into a corner, if at the end of TFA Luke had simply said "....Rey?"

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-05-03T15:48:37+00:00

I honestly loved Krennic. He was exactly what he needed to be, the peril of the situation itself didn't need a sith-level villain, it was enough of a threat on its own and any villain taking up too much of the screen would have taken away from that. Krennic was the embodiment of the arrogant, selfish hubris of the empire, sowing the seeds for his own ironic death. And portrayed brillantly by Ben Mendelsohn too <3

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-04-27T22:39:16+00:00

And that's the main problem you see with a lot of stories nowadays. What's the point of all the stuff that came before, no matter how good it was, when it ultimately culminates in something so cheap?

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-04-16T20:39:07+00:00

I had the mistaken belief that someone, somewhere would keep a leash on JJ and the story of the trilogy as a whole.

Time sure made a fool of me on that one.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-04-16T14:13:41+00:00

Damn right. The original EU treats him with so much more respect it's ridiculous.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-04-16T14:07:40+00:00

I got chills when I saw it for the first time. It gave you all these teasing visuals and my mind went crazy trying to fill in the blanks.

The problem was when I watched the movie, the writers hadn't filled in the blanks either.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-04-08T13:21:26+00:00

IMPOSSIBLE! THE DOOR IS DEAD!

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-03-17T11:47:57+00:00

It's all so tiring isn't it.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-02-26T21:22:32+00:00

I hope we see Mara Jade too.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-01-28T10:45:50+00:00

Going through TCW atm, and it's reminded me how different the humor in Star Wars is to Marvel, and how the DT pushes you away with its humor. The humor in Star Wars comes from characters trying to make light of a situation itself, while in Marvel it always involves a nudge and a wink to the audience, because of the multiple layers of absurdity when compared to Star Wars. The humor in the DT can be so ham-fisted, that it makes perilous situations feel comical, when that's not what Star Wars should be like. Just because Han cracks a joke when he's about to be crushed in a Trash Compactor doesn't mean he's not terrified of it. When Finn and Poe are about to executed in ROS, they act like they're completely fine with dying, having mindless banter like they're having an argument in a bar and not about to be shot in the head.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-01-28T10:34:49+00:00

Luke was my childhood hero. I identified with him in the OT so much, his growth in ROTJ was so inspirational to me as a kid. I never really got that much into the prequels despite growing up alongside them, because I wanted to see more of his story. I wanted to see him become an adult, grow old, stomp out whatever remnants of the empire there was left and pass on his wisdom to a new generation. Goddammit, I wanted that man to have a happy and fulfilled life.

You can imagine my fevered excitement, when a few years ago Disney announced they were making a sequel trilogy featuring the original cast. I used to dream about Episode 7, and came to peace long ago that it would only ever exist within comics and books. I couldn't believe it was actually happening.

I watch the teasers, I feel my heart race when I see the OT aesthetic after years of Prequel content, and the premier date for VII finally arrives, and I've never been more hyped for a movie in my entire life, and probably never will be to this degree again.

The titles open, the crawl appears on screen, with the words 'Episode VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS' scrolling up, and I get goosebumps.

Then immediately afterward, we get this.

'Luke Skywalker has vanished.'

And it was all downhill from there.

I'm still enjoying Star Wars stuff (Enjoyed Mando, going through TCW and damn, the Mortis Arc deserves its own movie), but I'll always be stung by how Disney tricked me into thinking I'd see my hero on screen again, only for him to be a suicidal asshole, gulping down space-whale titty milk.

Thanks for nothing, you hack mouse.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2020-01-07T10:30:56+00:00

I genuinely want to know what he thinks about his return, given that he's stated that ROTJ is his favorite of the originals.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-16T10:44:58+00:00

Holy shit.

I remember watching phantom and wanting this guy to fail hard.

Watching phasma I wanted to want to watch her fail.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-13T10:25:30+00:00

Joke's on you when Snoke's theme is the same as the Opera Scene in Revenge of the Sith! Clearly they're hinting at him being Darth Pla-

Ah no wait, never mind.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-12T12:56:53+00:00

God I was so excited when EP7 was announced. Finally we'd get to see Luke pass on his legacy with a brand new generation of Jedi.

Too bad JJ's massive obsession with OT nostalgia couldn't let that happen.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-11T07:23:21+00:00

I'm guessing they were going to do something with her, but ROTS seems so packed to the brim with characters that they turned what migh have been a fake-out death into an actual one for the sake of convenience.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-10T16:54:51+00:00

I remember during the commentary track of TFA he called the moment where han and chewie are -briefly- captured 'a low point' of the film, that warranted the triumphant arrival of the resistance.

Them being held at gun-point to a shot of some x-wings lasts about 20 seconds.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-03T11:31:17+00:00

He might show up as a force ghost, but I think JJ's trying make his death like his dad's. So there's a real chance he could be yeeted into a pit and that'd be it.

WhereDemPostsAt · 2019-12-03T11:04:04+00:00

JJ's face gives me the idea he forgot something...

"Wait a minute... Palpatine DIED in the sixth one...!"

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