NearRivers
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If I was a bored youth living on a dirt rock of a planet I probably wouldn't be rushing to return valuable (and potentially fun) lost property.
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Star Wars: In Production [Rumors/SPOILERS for All Films Past, Present, & Future]
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devin faraci knows his shit. He wouldnt have posted it if it was not real.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I don't think Boyega's a "bored" youth in this movie
and yeah, to support Cheebo's assertion: Faraci hasn't ever gotten anything on Star Wars wrong.
and yeah, to support Cheebo's assertion: Faraci hasn't ever gotten anything on Star Wars wrong.
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Jeez what is it with these star wars guys and getting their lightsaber hand chopped off
It's the best way to disarm a Jedi.
I guess we'll see how it plays out, but that sounds silly as shit.
And before someone quotes me and responds "IT'S STAR WARS DUDE," it's silly even for that.
Also another fucking
The prequels had the good sense to stop that shit.
I feel like Abrams' storytelling sensibilities are not where I want them to be.
And before someone quotes me and responds "IT'S STAR WARS DUDE," it's silly even for that.
Also another fucking
superweapon?
I feel like Abrams' storytelling sensibilities are not where I want them to be.
Lucky Forward
Member
Sounds like they're remaking the opening to
Star Trek Generations, only instead of a champagne bottle tumbling through space, it's a hand.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I mean, I guess you could just shout "Drop it!" really loudly and see if it surprises em, but otherwise yeah, you're probably going to have to cut the sword out of their hand somehow 
Also - The Empire Strikes Back starts with a star destroyer FIRING a droid at the surface of Hoth. And a Lightsaber's casing should be pretty strong, being that it's got to contain an energy source strong enough to power a blade of plasma that can cut through anything.
Which is a shrug, I guess. I mean - It's Star Wars. Scientific accuracy isn't much in those movies.
The question is whether
is cool enough to justify all that .
Also - The Empire Strikes Back starts with a star destroyer FIRING a droid at the surface of Hoth. And a Lightsaber's casing should be pretty strong, being that it's got to contain an energy source strong enough to power a blade of plasma that can cut through anything.
So I guess it's a matter of believing whether or not Luke's robot hand is made of a strong enough metal to survive re-entry.
Which is a shrug, I guess. I mean - It's Star Wars. Scientific accuracy isn't much in those movies.
The question is whether
the shot of a robotic skeletal hand clutching a lightsaber, sticking out of the sand for John Boyega to discover
NearRivers
Member
He might be. It seems to be a theme with the Tatooine based protagonists like Luke and Anakin. Adventurous or Restless would apply too.
Either way I'm curious to see why he's attempting to change his direction in life.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
its like poetry
Gozer the Gozerian
Member
Maybe they'll replace the traditional opening scrawl with a montage showing all the wacky hijinks Luke's hand gets into that get it from being chopped off to its final destination on the planet. I'm thinking from the point of view of the hand like the bullet intro to Lord of War
Silver_DNA
Member
The Adventures of Hand Solo?
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
The worst part of those spoilers is the
. Seriously haven't we had that enough as a plot device in Star Wars??
super weapon
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I believe the rumor is that
he's a stormtrooper, or whatever's left of the stormtroopers, and he's starting to seriously question the decisions he's made in his life to this point.
Everything about those spoilers sounds terrible. Like an embarrassing level of terrible.
It wouldn't be Luke's robot hand. He has a robot hand because his hand got cut off. He never lost his robot hand. If he lost it between trilogies, how did it happen? What could have possibly cut his hand off after the defeat of the empire? I hate this movie already.
Messypandas
Member
Lukes hand
Some concept art
http://i.imgur.com/Gtx7Hqs.jpg
I will eat my hat if this isn't some laughably bad fan fiction
wasn't cut off in space, it was cut off in Cloud city above Bespin. So if it fell downwards wouldn't it just be, you know, lying somewhere on Bespin?
Some concept art
http://i.imgur.com/Gtx7Hqs.jpg
I will eat my hat if this isn't some laughably bad fan fiction
Something something Midi-chlorians.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
The idea that
is much cooler but may be too close to the EU for them
the empire recovered his hand and used it to clone him
DiipuSurotu
Banned
Yeah... Sounds like the beginning of a JRPG.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Interesting in the ways most people seem to be dismissing this rumor
People are acting like the audience not knowing the answer to these questions right off is somehow bad drama. I don't get why that is. It seems to me starting the movie off with those questions and following our heroes as they try to answer them is a pretty decent way to move the plot forward.
The consensus seems to be that It HAS to be the ESB hand because that's the only one we've seen get cut-off onscreen. We never saw the ROTJ hand get cut off... so therefore it never happened, and could never have happened - even though we KNOW this movie takes place after a 30 year gap. 30 years is a lot of time for things that we've never heard about to happen.
Here's the thing: A gloved, robotic hand clutching a lightsaber sticking out of the sand (and tumbling through space) is a decent piece of imagery. And if it IS his ROTJ hand (and it likely will be, due to the fact I doubt a Star Wars movie is going to begin with a hunk of frozen meat and bone with a cauterized stump sticking out of it) then that hand provides three basic questions to help propel the plot forward
1) Where the hell is Luke
2) How did his hand come off
3) Who is behind this?
Here's the thing: A gloved, robotic hand clutching a lightsaber sticking out of the sand (and tumbling through space) is a decent piece of imagery. And if it IS his ROTJ hand (and it likely will be, due to the fact I doubt a Star Wars movie is going to begin with a hunk of frozen meat and bone with a cauterized stump sticking out of it) then that hand provides three basic questions to help propel the plot forward
1) Where the hell is Luke
2) How did his hand come off
3) Who is behind this?
People are acting like the audience not knowing the answer to these questions right off is somehow bad drama. I don't get why that is. It seems to me starting the movie off with those questions and following our heroes as they try to answer them is a pretty decent way to move the plot forward.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
That's too bad. This sounds like a pretty fucking lame starting point for a new trilogy.
StormyTheRabbit
Member
Sounds Terribad. However, anyone who has read the Thrawn trilogy that some serious SHIT could be caused by that hand being left laying around.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
I like the idea that the Empire is still around, but the timeline seems all kinds of messed up. The Republic disappeared in what, a single night? Yet the Empire goes on for 30 years after the Emperor's death. That's longer than his reign even lasted. Between this and things like the first Death Star taking 17 years to be completed yet the second one being functional in like one year, it's messed up. And those Jedi Hunters seem very ineffective at their job compared to the Clone Troopers.
StormyTheRabbit
Member
Movies, mang.
The Republic disappearing overnight wasn't a result of hostile takeover, but a result of plans that had been in the works for a while. The Republic voluntarily changed into the Empire.
Thinking the Empire is going to disappear overnight without the Emperor is like thinking Iraq's gonna be all fine and dandy once we get rid of Saddam.
Oh, wait.
Bucket Mouse
Member
Maybe it got severed by the Falcon's door.
That was fucking terrible the first time the EU did it.
Oh it's totally a JJ thing to do; problem is, I don't like the implications behind most of the questions it raises.
Like Luke running off for 30 years and Han never seeing him.
They did it more than once? I thought there was just Luuke and that was it.
Aaron Strife
Banned
That sounds really dumb and not very Star Wars-ish
Nicktendo86
Member
Is now one commenting that according to this
even though we have seen spy shots of it being constructed? For that alone I am calling fake.
Han isn't flying around in the millennium falcon
Messypandas
Member
Luke should just get his name and address etched onto the back of all his hands and lightsabers since he's so shitty at keeping them
Han will be an admiral commanding one of those huge fuck off ships, Falcon will be in a "space museum" for all the roles it played in the revolutions. Han and Chewie bust it out for one last ride into the sun mission
DiipuSurotu
Banned
But Saddam's Baathist Iraq does officially no longer exist while a Republic of Iraq has been declared. These rumors claim there is no New Republic at all. Surely after 30 years the Rebels should have freed one or two planets at the very least. It's a wide galaxy.
GentlemanCrow
Member
Bespin is like Saturn or Jupiter, there is no surface.
And guys, you really trust a leaked spoiler, which claims that Han and Chewie dont fly the Milenium Falcon?
110% fake.
Jeezus.
The hand business gave me NEMESIS flashbacks.
"Hey we detected Data's arm from across the galaxy. Let's go check it out with our Quadbikes while we trample on the Prime Directive"
Sounds pretty terrible tbh. And how can a hand survive the fall from space towards a planet? It would be less than ashes by the time it hit ground.
The hand business gave me NEMESIS flashbacks.
"Hey we detected Data's arm from across the galaxy. Let's go check it out with our Quadbikes while we trample on the Prime Directive"
Sounds pretty terrible tbh. And how can a hand survive the fall from space towards a planet? It would be less than ashes by the time it hit ground.
Schweinehund
Member
Already rooting for the Jedi Hunters.
Since midichlorians I've viewed Jedi as nothing more than lucky sobs.
Since midichlorians I've viewed Jedi as nothing more than lucky sobs.
Messypandas
Member
Shouldn't Luke have to hunt down all his weapons after he loses them? Like Bunks service weapon in the Wire? Some kid could find that shit man.
angular graphics
Banned
Sounds ok. Neither excellent nor terrible.