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Star Wars Episode VIII Production Thread (Principal Photography Complete)
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They've gotta be careful not to hit too many of the same beats here.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Hopefully not too much Yoda... The green saber better strike this movie, and hopefully the next.
Need me some Ren v Luke.
It's funny, some guy in the premiere shouted (at the end) "See you in two years. Same time, same place"; everyone laughed.
At that time, the movie hadn't been delayed.
How sadly right he'd been.
Ol No Bones
Banned
Can't wait for the piggy back scene!
brandonh83
Banned
Don't think they'll kill off Kylo Ren that early
thecouncil
Banned
Point me to the spoiler thread! Can't wait to start reading some stuff.
Knew basically everything about VII going in. It paid off.
Knew basically everything about VII going in. It paid off.
Begun.. the Twitter updates have.
Adam Driver is signed on for all three films.
I really can't wait for the Rey / Ren rematch. Watching them both grow and develop in parallel is going to be great.
If needed, I can probably redo the OP later.
brandonh83
Banned
I don't understand your kind
but to each his own. Being unspoiled for VII led to some legitimate shock.Yeah was kidding, just the idea of Ren trying to fight Luke amuses me as surely he'd be crushed like a bitch. But with more training who knows. I wonder how much of a time gap there's gonna be. DAMN I'm just ready.
Really? Didn't know that. Do you have a link? Chance that could possibly mean he's there for flashbacks? Sounds like he's in in for the long haul though.
Sounds good. I didn't want to sign you up for something you didn't want to sign up for, but if you're okay with it, we'll roll on.
I don't think you need to do any major updates to the OP, we just needed a kickoff. My only suggestion is to put some kind of note about spoilers in there. (Tag the hell out of them, basically.)
TFA spoilers should be fair game though, right? Just spoilers for the unreleased movies should be tagged (AND marked).
efyu_lemonardo
May I have a cookie?
indeed
Will there be an Ep. 8 spoiler thread? Or are we game to just post tagged spoilers in here until release?
If I understand correctly.. they paid 4B and already made 5B? So they currently have a 1B profit on the deal?
brandonh83
Banned
Spoiler thread please. Black bars make me itch.
Prediction
Force Ghosts
Flashbacks
Finn Dies
Luke doesnt train Rey
Kylo evolves into the most evil of fuckers we have seen in Star Wars, but Rey thinks she can turn him back in Ep 9.
Phasma turns to the good side.
Force Ghosts
Flashbacks
Finn Dies
Luke doesnt train Rey
Kylo evolves into the most evil of fuckers we have seen in Star Wars, but Rey thinks she can turn him back in Ep 9.
Phasma turns to the good side.
There's an overall Star Wars production spoiler thread on community, I feel like spoilers should mostly stay there. But stuff that invariably ends up in here should be tagged.
How was Episode VII handled? I saw the production thread but avoided the hell out of it, and went in spectacularly blind. I'll follow VIII a bit more closely.
This works.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Cold.
After he defeats Hayden in the Sith cave, he'll be fully ready to take on Luke and Rey at the same time. Besides, when a Sith/Jedi is bought to near death and recovers their power level doubles.
You could talk about officially released materials (Although that had some controversy as cast members spilling certain info was debated because its not official but its widely known and reported)
Spoilers were verboten
Lifejumper
Member
Rian Johnson brehs.
brandonh83
Banned
They get over 9000 at that point
But yeah, that'd be... interesting. I really hope they find a cool way to get Hayden in, with Johnson directing I'm not worried about acting as I thought Hayden was fine when given decent dialogue, and Johnson is a better director overall.
Alrighty. Let's keep that tradition alive.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Ill never forget that just a few years ago, I never thought wed get another movie, now its healthier than ever. So awesome.
Badlucktroll
Member
You can bet your asses that Benicio Del Toro is one of the knights. (Maybe he isn't though and hes a good guy. Always that possibility). I hope Luke has a fight with him!
Also, aren't they re-writing Rian Johnson's script?
Also, aren't they re-writing Rian Johnson's script?
The fx in 7 were better than some other blockbusters, but I feel like it wasn't quite what I want out of a Star Wars film. Not nearly as cutting edge as I'd like. The believability of some of the indoor spaces really felt off compared to other Star Wars films too, especially in the bases of the First Order.
brandonh83
Banned
Cinematography was fucking amazing in TFA. Each time I see the saber duel it just gets more and more visually splendid.
Also we need a ground rule that ep7 spoilers should not be tagged
Tagging is gonna cause serious issues, it almost did last thread, its silly, you can click tags by accident and worse if you quote someone by mistake you see the spoilers in the reply tab, which happened to me, my fault of course but still.
This is an ep8 thread, anyone coming in here who hasnt seen episode 7 is silly.
Tagging is gonna cause serious issues, it almost did last thread, its silly, you can click tags by accident and worse if you quote someone by mistake you see the spoilers in the reply tab, which happened to me, my fault of course but still.
This is an ep8 thread, anyone coming in here who hasnt seen episode 7 is silly.
I felt like the entire duel at the end fit that bill as well, though it wasn't as stark as in ESB. Was a great setting to showcase using sabers as an actual light source on the characters and environment.
Aye. I think as a rule we should just settle on no spoiler tags.
Episode 7 spoilers should not be tagged.
Episode 8 spoilers go in the community thread.
Keep it clean.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Do you know I get chills when I read your recaps. I loved this movie so much it hurts.
Right, there was a lot of great cinematography, and I do agree with that. I just feel there were a lot of indoor scenes with too much light/semi bland placement that's absent from the brilliance of the OT.
And please, less light blue, overall. Those are my only real criticisms, visually.
EDIT: sorry for the tags on EP7. Gunna keep em off from here on out.
neurosyphilis
Definitely not an STD, as I'm a pure.
Can't wait to see Luke again !
WadiumArcadium
Member
I think it was just a final rewrite.
From what Del Toro's said I'm not sure he's an outright villain. I have a feeling he might be part of another faction not attached to the Resistance or the First Order.
Lifejumper
Member
Gotta love the friendly rivalry between Duncan Jones (Warcraft movie) and Rian Johnson (VIII): https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/697324033671610368
brandonh83
Banned
Now that I have a wireless keyboard instead of trying to punch up bullshit on a phone you'll probably get more of it
Perfect, if this could go in the OT that would be sound, there were pages dedicated to this discussion last time, which took away from more important talk.
Such as who would get more screen time, Rey or Finn
Oh how i want to relive those discussions, they were always fair and balanced and no-one took it personally
No worries. I'll clean it up and try to maintain it as much as possible.
This is reasonable. I'll put up a warning on the OP for unmarked Episode 7 spoilers.
This should probably be in the OT so we're all on the same page.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Im so emotional right now.
brandonh83
Banned
I wasn't saying you were criticizing the cinematography overall, but I was very impressed with it. Abrams has grown a lot as a filmmaker and some of those scenes we're talking about are in my opinion the best shots in the series, at least rivaling ESB. It had a more theatrical vibe than earlier Abrams stuff, which was pretty solid but you could tell he came from TV roots on stuff like Mission 3. With Super 8 he started to mature but it was trying too much to (purposefully) imitate Spielberg. And that's not a criticism at Super 8, I actually really like it, but it's true.
TFA feels to me like the first film of his with a lot of visual depth. His Star Trek movies were pretty well shot and looked good, but they all have this clean look. Which I'm not against specifically, but it was something I was slightly worried about with this movie but no, it... actually looked like a film. Not that his others don't, just, this one far more so.