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Star Wars Universe Thread: May The 4th Be With You
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I get that too...This is Luke Skywalker after all...But again in writing this looks terrible...
To clarify the whole force ghost Luke thing...
Luke isn’t a force ghost when he confronts Kylo...He’s a literal projection of himself that he uses to distract Kylo while the resistance escapes...While he ignited a blue light saber he never once uses it...That’s because he physically can’t use it...He’s just a copy...Luke is never seen as a force ghost in this movie...
The only usable ship on the island is the Falcon...When Rey opts to leave Luke is still adamant that he won’t train her or get re-involved with the greater conflict...
Prior to Rey leaving R2 played the Leia message from Episode IV to try to persuade him but it doesn’t work...
After Rey leaves Yoda shows up and talks some sense into him but at this point there’s no possible way he can leave and help...The only way he can get to his friends is via the projection thing...
I find it kind of lazy on the writers part to introduce a power like that for this exact scenario but that’s neither here nor there...
To clarify the whole force ghost Luke thing...
Luke isn’t a force ghost when he confronts Kylo...He’s a literal projection of himself that he uses to distract Kylo while the resistance escapes...While he ignited a blue light saber he never once uses it...That’s because he physically can’t use it...He’s just a copy...Luke is never seen as a force ghost in this movie...
The only usable ship on the island is the Falcon...When Rey opts to leave Luke is still adamant that he won’t train her or get re-involved with the greater conflict...
Prior to Rey leaving R2 played the Leia message from Episode IV to try to persuade him but it doesn’t work...
After Rey leaves Yoda shows up and talks some sense into him but at this point there’s no possible way he can leave and help...The only way he can get to his friends is via the projection thing...
I find it kind of lazy on the writers part to introduce a power like that for this exact scenario but that’s neither here nor there...
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Man i cannot wait till 7pm on Saturday.
Anyone got that fast forward button handy.
Anyone got that fast forward button handy.
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I find it incredibly egregious that not only would they make a power so random to kill Luke Skywalker, but they would do it at the expense of the whole saga. Like Luke couldn’t do this to save Han and friends before? I was never a huge fan of the EU before by they are officially my part of my head canon now. I can’t acknowledge this Sequel Trilogy. [/]
It’s dropping.....
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I literally just made that up cuz we were just talking about Fett
But come to find out after a brief Google search that too has already been theorized
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I find it incredibly egregious that not only would they make a power so random to kill Luke Skywalker, but they would do it at the expense of the whole saga. Like Luke couldn’t do this to save Han and friends before? I was never a huge fan of the EU before by they are officially my part of my head canon now. I can’t acknowledge this Sequel Trilogy. [/]
It’s dropping.....
They catering to the new fans now
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Rey parentage thing doesn't bother me but that other part concerning Luke sounds like pure bull ****.
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This...
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My biggest problem with this new trilogy...
...is nothing changed...The original characters never progressed beyond where they were at the end of ROTJ...Han was still a smuggler, Leia was still leader of the resistance / rebel forces, and Luke was still conflicted about what he should be doing with his powers...The Empire re-branded and carried on all business as usual and such...
I can understand wanting a new generation of films to appeal to this new generations audience...But why not just set the story 200 years in the future if all your going to do is kill off the original cast to help prop up the new cast...Especially if your showing that they’ve had literally no growth in the past 30 years...It’s basically saying these characters succeeded at nothing...Kind of cheapens the original trilogy if you ask me...
I can understand wanting a new generation of films to appeal to this new generations audience...But why not just set the story 200 years in the future if all your going to do is kill off the original cast to help prop up the new cast...Especially if your showing that they’ve had literally no growth in the past 30 years...It’s basically saying these characters succeeded at nothing...Kind of cheapens the original trilogy if you ask me...
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The parentage thing has me just floored for the simple fact that The Force Awakens looks like a ridiculously contrived film. And once that settles in, it makes the Luke projection THAT much more ridiculous with the resistance in trouble and Han dying that Luke could have intervened in. And then the apparent romance between Rey and Kylo?! Dog they’re playing footsies through the Force 
I’m convinced we’re living in a parallel universe now.
I’m convinced we’re living in a parallel universe now.
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Mark Hamill and even Daisy Ridley’s apprehension about this film should’ve been the signs
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Silly convo to have before viewing to me. A movie is more than a few written possible spoiler points.
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They did it to bank on the nostalgia and get people to hop on the new trilogy which is their new audience.
I been hearing about this supposed ship, it better not be true bc that'd be some sick twilight junk
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The parentage thing has me just floored for the simple fact that The Force Awakens looks like a ridiculously contrived film. And once that settles in, it makes the Luke projection THAT much more ridiculous with the resistance in trouble and Han dying that Luke could have intervened in. And then the apparent romance between Rey and Kylo?! Dog they’re playing footsies through the Force
Showed that to my friend...He laughed and said pretty much...
He said these new movies would’ve better listed as Episode 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5...This movie is essentialy ESB...
Lost hero seeks out the old wise teacher on a remote planet to help guide and train them...Hero leaves before training is complete to save their friends who are in danger...
The resistance / rebals are chased by the First Order / The Empire through the entire movie with several close calls...
Luke reprises his ESB role as well as fills the ESB Han role in that his dying enables the rest of the group to escape...
The next movie will probably be Rey looking to bring Kylo back to the light because she feels the good in him...
He said these new movies would’ve better listed as Episode 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5...This movie is essentialy ESB...
Lost hero seeks out the old wise teacher on a remote planet to help guide and train them...Hero leaves before training is complete to save their friends who are in danger...
The resistance / rebals are chased by the First Order / The Empire through the entire movie with several close calls...
Luke reprises his ESB role as well as fills the ESB Han role in that his dying enables the rest of the group to escape...
The next movie will probably be Rey looking to bring Kylo back to the light because she feels the good in him...
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To be honest Episode 7 should’ve been the movie centered around the old cast with slight introductions to the new characters...8 would have been the transition film...9 would have been the new cast’s film with slight involvement from the old characters...
Maybe if they’d started Episode 7 around the time of Luke’s Jedi Temple we would’ve been better off...
Basically The Last Jedi should’ve been the conclusion to this trilogy...It feels like the skipped an episode...
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Meltdowns happening yet?
Meltdowns happening yet?
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If you're a T-Mobile customer, you can get a movie ticket for only $5 today using the T-Mobile Tuesdays app.
It will work for Star Wars.
It will work for Star Wars.
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Yup, they are just retreading the same old water with a more 'diverse & progressive' cast. People forget that Disney purchased this franchise to make money, not win awards with compelling stories. Kids seem to like the new characters though.
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With regards to the OG cast - Luke, Leia, Han, etc. you can blame George Lucas solely for not doing anything for almost two decades with them. If they've been doing the same damn thing for the last 30 years it's not their fault.
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Yup, they are just retreading the same old water with a more 'diverse & progressive' cast. People forget that Disney purchased this franchise to make money, not win awards with compelling stories. Kids seem to like the new characters though.
Can’t put the blame on George Lucas for what Disney decided to do with the characters...
The EU created a vast mythology for these characters...First thing Disney did was throw the EU out...Second thing they did was produce Episode 7, which in turn showed us things stayed exactly the same...Disney never had a desire to use the old cast outside of putting butts in seats...It’s very obvious after The Last Jedi that they want to move away from the originals as quickly as possible...
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If those spoilers are true, this movie sounds like ****.
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i'm avoiding all spoilers and theories
movie is only 2 days away
movie is only 2 days away
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Also the lack of resolution on the Rey’s Parent’s thing, and zero backstory for Snoke make me want to force project myself into the afterlife...
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I kept thinking Mark Hamill was just trolling but the signs were always there. Rian Johnson
