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JJ isn't making the next one.
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[SPOILERS] Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Thread #2) - One Thumb Up
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JJ isn't making the next one.
Jacksinthe
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I'm having a hard time seeing how people aren't connecting these dots, tbh. Its either him or a red herring but its not coincidental.
If Disney wants to end the Skywalker story with Ep9 then it has to end with Plagueis. If they want to milk it, then it won't. That's my theory.
How do you know they're not around? Maybe they (or some of them) are the Knights of Ren?
It's not crucial but it is frustrating. Without knowing anything at all about why Luke left it's hard to care about seeing him again. If he was afraid he was only capable of training Dark Siders then I sympathize with his pain and exile. If he made one mistake and flitted off, abandoning his sister and best friend and his duty to revive the Jedi, then he's a coward and fuck him.
DarkHeartedKill
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Where's that from?
I know. But Disney still owns it so they can still call the shots regardless of the directer.
Hasphat'sAnts
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That one mistake happens to be his nephew...
Jacksinthe
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JJ consulted with Rian on Ep8. JJ isn't directly involved but they did spin some yarn together.
Hasphat'sAnts
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IT'S A MYSTERY!
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I'm thinking so. That is why R2-D2 finally activates at the end, it's the first time they are near eachother.
Haven't they are started some minor shooting. Particularly at the location where the Jedi Temple is?
Yeah that's my impression. It's funny to characterize a four-second sequence of shots set in ambiguous time / veracity a "scene". The force vision also included a premonition of Kylo in the snow, maybe that Knights of Ren (?) scene is also set in the future?
TheRedSnifit
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Loved the movie.
Only weird thing was that it doesn't make any effort to show the strength of the factions. The ironically-named Resistance is in control, yet they don't seem to notice that the First Order has not only taken over an entire planet, but turned it into a superweapon. That'd be like a bunch of neo-Nazis taking over New York and building a bunch of ICBMs without the government noticing that something's up.
Only weird thing was that it doesn't make any effort to show the strength of the factions. The ironically-named Resistance is in control, yet they don't seem to notice that the First Order has not only taken over an entire planet, but turned it into a superweapon. That'd be like a bunch of neo-Nazis taking over New York and building a bunch of ICBMs without the government noticing that something's up.
Jacksinthe
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IIRC they began in September.
Ether_Snake
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The movie is out, sure they might adapt things here and there no doubt, but VIII's production has started.
This scares the crap outta me
Also Rian Johnson is one of my favorite directors (Brick was my favorite movie for a looong time) but Im kinda worried as he does really small films and small stories, dunno how that will translate in Ep8.
Yeah this was my major complaint
I thought it was amazing, but it was polarizing AFAIK.
Scientist Supreme!
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I think the first half is great then it falls off a cliff in the second part.
I'm in the minority though.
Patrick Bateman
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Looper is pretty amazing. It had an interesting style and I definitely recommend watching it.
I go back and forth on whether it's good but it's definitely worth a watch. That movie has a lot of good ideas and executes good style.
Just Some Guy
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Mindless action and very little in terms of depth story wise. C-
Jacksinthe
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Which is why I used past-tense, the same way JJ said it in an interview.
Not my words, his.
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Ether_Snake
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If he has a good script it should be fine, he's well backed up by the studio and the production crew, so I think the only big risk would be the script.
My point was they would probably not rely on VII's reception to figure anything out.
DarkHeartedKill
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The movie? It's not the greatest. Their whole explanation of time makes no sense at all, it doesn't work very well. It's okay to pass the time or if you're bored, but I wouldn't say it's something you should watch when there's other great films out there.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Yeah, they did that three months ago, I believe. They start proper principal photography in just a few weeks.
Alas, poor Vader! For I knew him Snoke.
The resistance isn't being aided by the New Republic. Leia organized the resistance to fight The New Order on her own accord. The only mystery to me seems to be how big the FO truly is, but they seemed to have wiped out a good portion of New Republic planets with the weapon.
Vader is on a whole other level than that pitiful duelest kylo.
Awesome. Brick is also really good and Id almost advise watching it over looper. Cool character dramas with really strange set ups and universes.
TheOfficeMut
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He's a fucking potato chip!
I've got a feeling they got the majority of the throwbacks out of the way in the first movie so it could function as a link to the next two movies standing largely on their own.
Most of us take for granted the fact that we never saw the OT in their original theatrical run, so we didn't have to wait for answers.
There was plenty left unsaid in those too. Especially in the first, with references to Luke's father and the Clone Wars.
Star Wars is at its best when things are left unsaid. It lets your imagination fill in the blanks.
I was sooo happy that they got rid of the flashy kung-fu style swordfights. The fights had weight and tension.
The thing that makes establishing what her connection to Luke is so difficult is that Kylo never appears to have any clue who she is.
This is obviously going to be revealed in the next movie, so we'll have to wait until then.
That scares me greatly. We could have two very differeent movies
Jacksinthe
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I never said they did.
Like ANH and ESB.
DiipuSurotu
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Leaked concept art from before the film's release.
DarkHeartedKill
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Maybe in terms of combat. However, Darth Vader never was able to extract information and memories from peoples minds. Otherwise he would have done that to Leia.
O, thanks. I thought it was something I missed.
Did reya do battle meditation to beat ren?
2edgy4me
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Lol. Yep.
Ether_Snake
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That's why it could be Rey seeing what her mother saw.
I'm still confused about whether or not the guy who gets killed was going to club the viewer, or is waiving for her/him to run :/
Admiral Woofington
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so uh to clarify since there's 50 pages and I don't wanna read through them, who else really enjoyed it but felt they copied a bit much from the original films with the basic premise?
It's a good thing. If JJ does the next one, it'll be another retread complete with phrase "I am you father!!" shoved in.
Remember Star Trek Into Darkness with the Khannnnn!! thing?
I'm sure he could have, but Leia was subconsciously strong-willed with the Force and was specifically trained to be able to resist mind probes (see: The Princess, The Scoundrel, and the Farm Boy). Poe is not Force-sensitive, and Rey wasn't trained in anti-interrogation techniques (unless she was and doesn't remember, but even then she would've been like...5).
eyeball_kid
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Not me, I'm glad. Abrams can make a good popcorn movie, but he has no sense of pacing and doesn't know how to let a scene breathe (both things Lucas was actually quite good at). I'm hoping we'll get an ESB type of film in Ep. 8.
MisterHero
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Kylo's unmasking was the moment I began taking him seriously. Driver is so much better without it.
DarkHeartedKill
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Petty much everyone agrees that it took a very safe route and followed the OT.
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