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Happy Life Day, /swg/
A small gift.
are the new comics generally good?
Will we ever learn the fate of the Jam Crew?
>>78419369
>Anakin used his Kraken
>Obi Wan uses his Killer Whail and kills him
>Anakin tosses his controller halfway across the room
>I HATE YOU
http://makingstarwars.net/2015/12/the-force-ghost-of-anakin-skywalker-was-proposed-to-be-in-the-force-awakens/
>Anakin's ghost was originally planned to appear in TFA.
>Rumors of Hayden Christensen being trained for some role in Episode 8
>>78419385
Thoughts?
Also, reposted from last thread.
>>78419373
The better way to answer this is, none of them are bad. GOOD however, is certainly up to opinion, but a lot of people like Vader/Kanan/Lando.
>>78419385
>>78419387
I hear Rian Johnson is fond of the Prequels, so maybe Anakin really will show up in Episode 8.
Would be nice pottery with Episode 5's first appearance of Force Ghosts, too.
>>78419376
They're dead anon, they perished when the Star Destroyer holding Kanan lost it's engines due to an errant lightsaber.
Rey better get rekt in Episode 8 like Bruce when he faced Bane the first time in TDKR.
>>78419387
I won't lie, that'd be one hell of a visual to see on the screen.
>>78419289
>>78419293
this would be amazing if pulled off right
cause like there isnt a character in the current canonand only a few in EU maybewho knows that its like to fall and come back
telling Kylo Ren how not worth it the whole thing is and how the power he receives wont replace the burn for the people he loses as hes face phases in and out of mechanics
>>78419387
It'd just be a little weird, considering that Anakin turned back to the Light when he died. So I'm not sure why it would be a back and forth between Vader.
>>78419387
I want force ghost Anakin. The whole concept of him going back forth between Vader and Anakin seems cool to me.
>>78419385
I'm all for this. Hayden Christensen gets a shot at redeeming himself. Vader doesn't get a get-out-of-jail-free card just because he did a good deed moments before death.
>>78419427
Agreed, I'd love it for Hayden to come back.
I can already picture the rage from the people who already hate Hayden's appearance at the end of RotJ.
Bring it on.
>>78419382
those are the correct specials they would gravitate towards.
>>78419385
>>78419387
Anakin's ghost will probably appear, but I don't see them going with this split idea. Anakin was pretty clearly back to his good self from late TCW/early RotS. Vader was redeemed and died, and then Anakin returned to live on.
>>78419422
Judging by those pictures, it seems more like Anakin's Ghost may not always be genuine, and may sometimes be more akin to Darth Bane in TCW, some kind of Sith imprint left on a place tainted by the dark side.
It'd be cool if there was a kind of guessing game for the audience, where we get to try figure out which scenes have Anakin's REAL ghost, and which are tainted dark side visions that Kylo is hallucinating.
>>78419385
>>78419387
>Anakin was going to appear in TFA
>Materializes just to see Kylo throwing a temper tantrum
>Just stands there and watches
>Obi-Wan appears behind him
>"Just talk to him."
>"Obi Wan, he's insane."
>"You know, you were once like that."
>Kylo is caressing Vader's helmet
>"No. No. No! No."
>"Anakin-"
>"NO!"
>>78419385
Yes please, especially seeing how obsessed Kylo is with Vader.
Hayden may be shit but he does make sense to be playing Anakin. Yoda and Obi-Wan should show up at some point also.
>>78419439
Me too, but I don't know why HE would ever want to come back after how people have shit on him for being Anakin for 13 years. Why would he ever want to do that again?
>>78419385
Man, Luke looks great in that image. Shame they didn't go with that.
Regarding Hayden's ghost:
Am I the only one not really bothered with it? I mean, I totally get the hate, but I think it's a nice dose of pottery.
>>78419458
>One is Snoke trying to keep Kylo
>One is the real Anakin
>>78419453
Reminder that this is clear evidence that the Force doesn't consider Tusken Raiders as people. Anakin got to revert to his younger self, POST his slaughtering of the Sandpeople and their children.
>>78419484
How do you know it's post?
>>78419458
It would be a cool way for Snoke to control Kylo.
>>78419477
In RotJ? No, its fine.
Common complaint: "Luke wouldn't recognize him!"
Luke wouldn't recognize the older Anakin either. Also makes no sense that the guy still has his limbs and hair.
Filoni explains it better in the TCW Season 6 QnA episode on Force Ghosts.
>>78419490
I assume so because of Anakin's hair, lack of Padawan braid, and the scar on his eye. It seems to me that he reverted back to himself shortly before Episode 3 happened.
>>78419477
I'm not bothered by it at all.
>>78419484
Tusken Raiders were slaughtering savages, that's why.
>>78419490
Because he resembles his late-TCW(which never made it to finalized animation, would've appeared first in the Utapau arc)/Revenge of the Sith self, not his Attack of the Clones self?
>>78419406
Them being on the same prisoner list does not mean they are in the same prison.
>>78419514
It's the same guy, he resembles both of them. Unless there's the scar, but I don't see it.
>>78419458
Ah, I see. Yea I can see that working out. I'd hope Vader's specter would be hard on him. Vader never seemed the type to be uplifting to others.
>>78419471
If Hayden is who I know from earlier interviews and press screenings, he is a big nerd and enjoys acting. If he is unsure of the role because of the crappy side of the fanbase, I hope some one from the crew tells him what an amazing opportunity it would be. The guy is great in the Prequels (it's the dialogue).
>>78419514
>His selfless sacrifice allowed his spirit to be preserved in the Force by his former mentors
Isn't that kinda bullshit? That goes against everything else we know about Force ghosts.
>>78419458
>One is Kylo's twisted obsession with Vader manifested into life by the Dark side
>The other is the real Anakin desperately clinging onto his sanity
>Kylo is occasionally seen talking with an invisible force when making decisions or when he's alone (The Dark Side manifestation of Vader)
>No one can see it so they think he's losing his mind (Which he is)
>But occasionally Force ghost Anakin, the real Anakin, will try and persuade him to the light. This one people can see
>Throughout the whole movie he's just having conversations with his version of Vader and the real Anakin
>This the inner conflict he has with the Light and the Dark
>>78419538
We don't know anything about force ghosts. Whenever someone asks how to do it the answer is always "I'll tell you later bro." Source: ROTS and those last TCW episodes.
>>78419538
Anakin becoming a Ghost is one of the things they are yet to explain. I have a feeling that it's probably going to be brushed off as "free entry because Chosen One".
Everyone else had to work for it, and even poor Qui-Gon didn't get a physical body. He's just a disembodied voice (who only got a physical ghost on the literal force planet)
I like to imagine Qui-gon was there, invisible at the end of RotJ like "screw you guys, I'm going to haunt Jar Jar."
>>78419547
I... I want this. A lot.
So I'm watching Episode 1 and I just realized the whole time my reaction is just 'Oh ok so the Trade Federation did this and now they're going to protect Padme harder, makes sense.' Like I'm reading a history book or something and not watching a movie that I should be enjoying.
Plus the structure of the movie feels fucking weird, like in every single place they're there for too long. It feels almost like it should have been a little 12 issue comic book and not a movie. I'm even imagining the cut offs for issues as I'm watching it like the final panel of one being Palpatine's hologram flickering off on Naboo, or them turning the power on in the ship right as that fish thing pops up, or Anakin finally fixing his podracer and saying "It's working! It's working!"
>>78419597
Also to clarify I'm not watching it for the first time. My post could have implied that.
>>78419526
AotC Anakin was a padawan, had no scar, and had short hair with a ponytail.
RotS Anakin was a Jedi Knight, had longer hair, and had a scar(it's visible there).
Anakin is a different person from AotC to RotS.
>>78419538
Not really. We don't know exactly "how" Force Ghosts come to be. The closest we've gotten is the Yoda episodes from Season 6 of TCW and the end of RotS, but, like>>78419561 said, it's basically an "I'll teach you how"
Here's all the info we know about Force spirits:
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Force_spirit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKWDZaxUoMg
Watched it the 3rd time.
Yeah, it's ROTS tier for me.
>>78419619
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
>>78419638
Revenge of the Sith is okay.
>>78419612
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKWDZaxUoMg
>"A-Ah! Y-Yes Leeland! Darn, you figured it out!"
Man, hanging out with Filoni and the Story Group would be so much fun. Just talking Star Wars and putting pieces together like that.
>>78419514
I'm more bothered that he's dressed in Jedi robes we have never seen him wear before.
>>78419638
My rating: V > IV > VI > VII = ROTS > TPM > AOTC
>>78419597
Also something else that I noticed is they initially treat OT characters like they're going to be easter eggs but then turn them into fleshed out characters anyways. Like at some point this movie didn't have all these characters from the OT but they added them in because they were too lazy to make new characters. Seriously watch the scene where they get on that silver ship on Naboo, Jar Jar walks into a room and R2 beeps at him. Then it immediately cuts to Obi-Wan and everyone trying to fly the ship away from Naboo as if R2 being there was supposed to be a little easter egg even though he becomes an important character in the rest of the movie. Then the part where Anakin says "Come to my room, I'll show you 3PO!" Again when Obi-Wan says "Master Yoda doesn't even have a count that high."
>>78419672
You gotta' remember, Lucas was building the film in a way that newer fans could watch it first and be introduced to these characters as if it was for the first time.
>>78419505
Lack of recognition always seemed a silly argument given Luke could just sense it through the Force. Also the healed Darth Vader who showed up as a ghost wasn't the same as the pale leathery potato head found under the helmet that Luke hadn't even seen for very long.
>>78419471
People had been shitting on him for a few years already when he said he'd be willing to play Anakin in TCW. Obviously that didn't happen, but he's never really expressed any bitterness towards the role itself.
You get any Star Wars related gifts?
>Ultimate Star Wars
>C-3PO Funko Pop
Psst, anon...Want some death sticks?
>>78419990
I got two posters if that's anythingFor myself
>>78419990
So far just some Star Wars candy.
Though I might be getting the Star Wars bundle on Steam with some Steam $ I got. Still deciding since I already own most of the games on disc.
>>78419990
Nothing yet. Day isn't over, have family to see.
Got one of my cousins some Star Wars Lego. The Grievous/Obi-Wan Wheel Chase set.
>>78420031
think of the sales, anon
>>78420110
That's why I'm waiting. It's currently on salve for like $22 since the Steam Christmas Sale is going on, but I wanna see if it'll go any lower.
I'm also leaning more towards buying Universe Sandbox2, because it looks like a lot of fun
>>78420131
it won't
How do you want your Republic, pham?
>>78420031
I already got myself the Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series bundle, hard to argue against four games + an expansion pack for six bucks.
>>78419990
2016 calendar
And my sister bough me a lightsaber (with my money)
That's it afaik
>>78419458
That'd be cool, but I'm having a hard time visualizing how they could flesh out that idea while keeping a fast pace and developing the actual plotlines.
>>78420185
That is a good deal. Might just go with that if I end up buying the SW games on Steam.
>>78420193
Which lightsaber?
>>78419990
Only my parents give me gifts and all they ever get me is money or clothesbut they didn't get me anything this year.
I'll get something for myself thoughI'll probably end up commissioning something from a guy who makes replicas out of cardboard and other common materials, if he's still even in the business.
>>78420193
>2016 calendar
Holy shit I forgot to buy one of those
>>78420193
How are toy lightsabers these days anyways? When I was a kid I had this really awesome one of Luke's RotJ lightsaber that looked really great when lit up and made lightsaber clash noises whenever you whacked someone or something with it.
>>78420201
>keeping a fast pace
I would like the good old slow pace to come back desu.
>>78420214
Luke's
>>78420245
Idk I haven't used it yet. It's still the night of Christmas Eve for me.
It's probably one of the cheaper ones? They don't light up or anything but they collapse.
>>78420304
Which one? I know that the lightsaber they call the black series Force FX Luke's Saber is actually Anakin's blue saber, because I saw it in Barnes and NobleWhen I bought the Black Series Force FX Kylo Ren saber
>>78419990
An Imperial Raider for x-wing.
>>78419385
>>78419427
>>78419439
Dub him with Matt Lanter and then we'll talk
>>78419385
>msw was 40% accurate for TFA, and all of that was in the clips from trailers
>people still buy into this click-bait schlock
Dissapointing.
>>78420155
I don't want it. Those poor sith were oppressed by the Jedi for thousands of years so it's only fair that the Republic get cucked by a Sith Empire. Boy do I love multiculturalism.
>>78420304
>be a kid
>close to the release of RotS
>with my parents in a mall
>walk by the toystore
>decide I really want a lightsaber
>beg my parents for the money
>actually a fair amount because toy prices are fucked up where I live
>parents give in and hand me the money
>run into the store
>pick Windu's lightsaber because I think he's the coolest and purple sabers are rad as fuck
>walk out happy as fuck with my new toy
>parehnts want me to show them what I bought
>proudly show them the hilt, pull the button down and show them how the saber expands
>it doesn't light up or make a sound or anything
>parents stare in disbelief
>"doesn't it do anything else?"
>"uh, no"
>parents mad as fuck that they just spent a bunch of cash on a useless chunk of plastic
>barely speak to me for days
>to this day I still display it in my roomand ocassionally play with it
>>78420364
>and all of that was in the clips from trailers
After MSW said it. Also these are the same people who managed to get an actual script for the movie like a month before release so if they didn't have insider info then they have it now.
>>78420386
Unless the spoiler articles came out several months, 3 or more, before trailers were released, it's not infeasible for one of the trailer editors to have leaked info from the teaser, since each scene was /mostly/ inconsequential when viewed out of order. If all there is is "well it can't be proven either way, therefore fuck you muh msw is God" then so be it, but don't bullshit me.
>just because they were wrong doesn't mean it's excepted that they'll be wrong again
That's exactly what it means.
Said it before, I'll say it again. Looking forward to it being 60% bullshit again almost as much as I am episode 8.
See you guys then, I guess. There's not much more to be said until more "leaks" come out. Just don't pour too much faith in a rumor based conjecture website, fellows, you might make an ass of yourself come showtime, like last week.
>>78420386
Their trailer descriptions weren't exactly 100%, though. They were at best 60-70%, which is really generous since a lot of the descriptions were things like "a shot of the Millennium Falcon flying" without any specifics.
>>78420386
S-should I?
>>78420469
Didn't mean to quote senpaitachi
>>78420469
>doesn't actually function as a magic 8 ball
what's the point?
>>78420443
MSW only started getting really accurate in the last 7-8 months or so anyway. For a long time Jason Ward has reported a lot of bullshit as well, some of it being second-hand garbage from Latino Review of Star Wars Underworld (sometimes adding "I don't know about that but click through anyway" or at times "my source says this is pretty close!) and sometimes reporting things from his own insiders that don't add up.
Let's not forget that he also had a habit of adding in his own speculation, which was almost always wrong (personal favorites being "Luke is evil" "Ematt and Leia are Poe's parents" and "Max Von Sydow is Boba Fett"), or that his leaks regarding the spinoffs have been pretty lackluster to the point of likely being guesswork.
>>78420532
The guy also swore up and down that Rey would be a Solo (real name Kira Solo), then like a month before release suddenly backtracked with "oh, I guess her parentage is up for debate!"
Not clear if he had been wrong this whole time or if it was an idea present in development that was changed, but either way it was funny watching him try to save face and even his own comments section was all "wtf dude." Kira being a codename or an early name for Rey at least seems likely since at least one display piece at a convention had the name Kira, but that's still not evidence that she was going to be a Solo.
>>78420564
>>78420532
>I'm not alone
Thank the force.
Also:
>7-8 months
So long after the first trailer came out.
I fucking knew it.
This is the part, my friends, where we throw our heads back in laughter!
>>78420318
Oh man, I dunno. I just know she got me Luke's saber, but she wouldn't know the difference between Anakin's blue one and Luke's green one if they are both marked as his.
>>78420384
I remember one Christmas, before RotS probably, my parents got me Anakin's lightsaber, one of the fancy ones that light up and shit. I thought that was the coolest thing ever. I don't really remember it though. Like I know I had it but I have no memory of playing with it ever.
>>78420601
well the big difference is that Anakin's has the blue blade and the black stripey bits at the bottom of the handle, and Luke's has the green blade and doesn't have the black stripey bits
Haven't you seen it? Or did the surprise get spoiled for you?
>>78420614
No I haven't seen it yet. Like I said, she bought it with my money and she gave me the receipt so....
I'm hoping it's Luke's (green one).
>>78419990
I got a two dollar BB 8 racecar from the parents as a joke gift since we just saw the movie.And I love it.
>>78420469
You should, one of the coolest things I bought in a while. I had it since it came out and I don't regret it.
>>78419422
He could be switching back and forth between forms just to make a point, you know.
>>78419990
I got the red and white book trilogy, a RD-D2 Pez, A Darth Vader Mug. Plus a Lego Tie Fighter Advanced.
>>78420583
Anymore like these?
>Get in the ship, Finnji.
>>78419373
Im going to preface this by saying im not super into comic books. The last run of comics I read was the joe kelly run of deadpool years ago. Before that was spiderman/venom/spawn/x-men when I was like 7-10 years old. So take what I say with a grain of salt I guess. Any way. I got a collection of Vader books (1-6) as a Christmas present from my fiance. I have mixed feelings about it. It seems kind of odd. Having to prove himself again to palpatine kind of takes away his "badassness". Like it seems he is a lesser Vader from the movies. That's the best I can describe it at least. Also The action/fighting seems a little light to. I like some of the support characters (triple zero) even though deep down I know they are stupid. I dunno they are worth a read I think. I actually do like it so far.
Anyone kind of disappointed that the start of the Rebel Alliance wasn't part of Vader's plan like in TFU?
I found it cool that he was using both Starkiller and fooling Palpatine into thinking it was it was to help him when he was just creating a Clone Wars situation to destabilize the Empire and take over.
So pretty much taking a page out of Palpatine's playbook.
>>78420629
I agree. Luke's saber is so much cooler than the legendary weapon used to murder babies
>>78421025
Vader failed Palpatine on Mustafar. He lost a huge chunk of his potential there, and Sheev had to bail him out.
He failed him again on the Death Star, losing an extremely important strategic asset.
Vader had not been a very good apprentice, and, from a legacy point of view, may now be unable to surpass his master, which is the entire fucking point of the Rule of Two established by Darth Bane. (yes, he's a big guy).
>>78421069
Why didn't they let Phasma do it?
>>78421300
They underestimated how much the internet would like TR-8R
>>78419387
>The reason Luke is this whole new entity
what
>>78421331
Luke is a Gray Jedi. He is not a Sith, but he is not a Prequel Jedi either. He accepts that there is a dark side within him, rather than suppressing and ignoring it.
>>78419387
> The reason Luke is this whole new entity is because he was the first to acknowledge his own dark side - that it was not separate from him.
Holy shit what? We literally Revan now?
>>78421352
This is seriously where they're going to go with Luke in Episode 8?
>Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
but now you can just accept the dark like that.
>>78421331
Luke follows his own path
apparently it didn't work so great when he tried to teach it
>>78421368
Reven and Kyle, yeah
>>78421369
What's the problem ? There's a difference between accepting that there is dark within oneself and "starting down the dark path".
If the Jedi Order had acknowledged that fact and trained the jedis in that regard maybe Anakin wouldn't have fallen.
>>78419385
>>78419387
More of these anyone? Cool stuff.
>>78421369
To be fair, Luke was the one who proved that someone could be brought back from the dark. His refusal to kill his father (despite Obi-Wan and Yoda's insistence) and his appeal to his father's inner good were what brought Anakin back from the dark side. Luke proved that it doesn't dominate your destiny forever and that there is a way back.
That said, I don't think that necessarily means Luke will start teaching some weird hybrid form or even be a "gray Jedi." I think he'll still teach the Jedi way as the ones before him did, just not as rigid and avoiding some of the mistakes the old order made (such as their stance on attachments).
>>78421414
>jedis
>>78419459
>NOOOOOOOOOOO
>>78419992
Yes, fuck. Anything to deaden my connection to the forceawakens.
So we aren't getting any DLC from the prequels or TFA for Battlefront.
What will the 4 new heroes and new maps be then?
>>78421414
This has been an idea that's been hovering around since KotOR II at least (and probably earlier than that) is that maybe the reason so many of the serious dark side threats throughout have been former Jedi is because the teachings of the Jedi Order are flawed and foster the conditions that created Sith like Exar Kun, Revan, and Vader.
>>78421570
The Jedi were so frequently purged in the old EU that you'd think they'd have learned their lesson way before Order 66
>>78421414
>There's a difference between accepting that there is dark within oneself and "starting down the dark path".
No. There fucking isn't. Either you don't allow dark within oneself influence your actions, in which case whatever mind games you play with yourself are irrelevant. Or you do, in which case you start down the dark path. Like observably.
All the bullshit about somehow achieving peace with oneself by acknowledging darkness within oneself (instead of being properly horrified by it and becoming more determined to reject it) is an artifact of fuckawful Eastern philosophies that ultimately boiled down to justifyng doing whatever the fuck you want to do. Bringing more of those into Star Wars cannot improve Star Wars in any way. They arleady shat up the setting to the point a Jedi cannot even explain why murdering kids (for the sake of getting more Dark Side juice) is wrong.
>If the Jedi Order had acknowledged that fact and trained the jedis in that regard maybe Anakin wouldn't have fallen.
Anakin wouldn't have fallen had he been adequately horrified by the extent of darkness he's carrying within himself. Easy acceptance of his very first murderous outburst both by himself and by Padme (who directly signed her own death warrant by that) was what enabled his fall.
Anakin ALSO wouldn't have fallen, at least not in the same way, had he been actually fucking following teachings of the Jedi Order. Because those at least were spot-on regarding the danger of attachments. Anakin's situation is often misread as his internal feelings love conflicting with external pressure of the Jedi Order. But he was free to quit the Order. Membership was voluntary. The conflict that put him in a bind was between two incompatible attachments: to his role of Jedi war hero and his love for Padme.
>>78421604
taoism is canon, anon
>>78421564
Chewbacca, Kenobi, Lando and Yoda. And if they want villains I guess Tarkin, Bossk, IG-88, Dengar or Greedo
>>78421604
I see what you're getting at with Anakin's slaughter of the sand people and such, but I think the idea of acknowledging and advertising the darkness has less to do with "it's okay if I do terrible things" and more with "it's okay that I'm angry sometimes so long as I recognize it and deal with it properly."
So it's not that Anakin was right to kill anyone, but that it's okay that he was pissed off. He just dealt with his anger badly because his two main mentors provided no middle ground context or advice and he wanted to be a jedi and a husband/father.
At the end of ROTJ, Luke recognized his anger towards his father, realized he was repeating the same mistakes, took a deep breath, and backed the fuck off.
>>78421570
Exar Kun isn't fair, he's a really bad egg from the start. Now, allowing him to manipulate and build his own evil order like Revan? Yeah, that's the Jedi's fault.
>>78416554
>>78416554
>racist extragalactic torture klingons are anywhere near as bad as the Crystal Star
Why do people hate Crystal Star so much? Isn't that the one where Luke infiltrates some cult worshiping an extradimensional entity?
I remember reading it as a kid and other than Luke fighting that thing I don't know what the big deal is. I don't see how that's worse than a race of beings immune to the Force and use lightsaber proof weapons and armor and shootin gblackhole guns while engineering xenomorphs that spray nerve gas instead of acid
>>78419394
I like to see what Rian will do with the prequel ideas in the sequel trilogy. Maybe involves Clones and uprising Jedi order led by Luke.
Were the Republic and Empire separate countries in TFA? Or was one a small rebellious group within the other?
>>78419422
Actually would be cool in a way it wasn't really his ghost but something his master is projecting to trick him be a really good mind fuck there for kylo.
>>78421741
>>78421748
Cute. I mean BB-8 was plenty cute enough to begin with but that's pretty cute.
QUICKLY, EVERYONE, TELL ME WHAT THE YOUR FAVOURITE PART OF THE FORCE AWAKENS AND YOUR FAVOURITE NEW CHARACTER!
>>78421369
>>Once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.
You ALWAYS have Dark Side in you, dummy. Starting down the dark path means to go full dark side.
>>78421755
I don't know why people thought BB-8 was giving Finn the finger. It had just helped him out so I don't know why it'd try for a hostile gesture
Is Snoke actually really really big or just the hologram?
I want a giant sith.
>>78421810
BB-8 AND POE
>>78421810I REALLY LIKED THE PART KYLO REN WAS TALKING TO THE VADER HELMET JUST BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE VADER BUT I THINK THE SCENE WHERE FINN AND REY MEET AGAIN AND HUG IS REALLY SWEET AND CUTE AND I LIKE IT A LOT
I REALLY LIKE BB-8
>>78421837
He's a big guy
>>78419990
Only cash.
I'm going to get the Lego FO transporter next week though. I don't care that it's just a gray box, it reminds me of a flying sandcrawler and Phasma is a nice bonus.
>>78421810
The end credits, and Rey.
>>78421837
He's actually microscopic. Basically just a single midichlorian.
>>78421837
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKtciRCVpFE
>>78419990
>that image
Fucking hell. Now I'm hearing "Anta baka!" Out of Ashoka's mouth.
Merry Christmas from /xcg/, fellow lovers/removers of fine aliens and appreciators of a good traitor basher.
>>78422009
Merry Christmas Commander, and I hope you have a cozy new year. Maybe Firaxis will give out snek waifus for Christmas next year, if you're good.
>>78419990
Got the ArtFX Cloud City Boba Fett. Really appreciate it because I didn't ask for, guess my parents just know me well.
Happy life day to the rest of you guys.
Merry Christmas /swr/!
>>78419990
YT 2400 and a tie advanced for XWing Minis.
Whoa, whoa, whoa - since when was realizing that you contain darkness within yourself the same as "falling to the dark side"? That's a terrible philosophy, real prequel tier black and white dichotomy bullshit.
Discovering your dark side and overcoming it requires you to accept its existence - if anything, denial of your dark side will lead to your being entrapped by it without your knowledge. That was how it was in the original films, and how it was in TCW when Filoni had to clarify/over-write what Lucas did in the PT.
Star Wars at its best is pseudo-Taoist, Kung Fu warrior monk bullshit. Not crusading pseudo-Teutonic bullshit.
>>78422307
I should get back into that game, but I'm too autistic to use ST ships. They're still going to release EU ships, right?
>>78419990
The Force Awakens Visual Dictionary and Incredible Cross-Sections books (I asked for them for nostalgia's sake since I got the OT versions when I was a kid), and some socks with TIEs and the Falcon on them.
>>78422327
I don't know what ST ships means, but yes, EU ships are still on the menu for future waves. Nothing is binding FF to canon.
>>78421689
>So it's not that Anakin was right to kill anyone
Technically they openly attacked his family and there was probably no form of government overseeing both peoples. (Or at least a recognized one)
He was in his rights to attack them. Did he go too far? Probably, but who knows how many lives he saved in killing that tribe?
Of course...I suppose other tribes could have seen the extermination as a sign to go to war...or stay away, who knows?
They simply couldn't be allowed to keep raiding and kidnapping people to put it simply. But it's unlikely anyone there explored any kind of diplomacy towards them...we know Anakin didn't.
>>78422356
>Did he go too far? Probably, but who knows how many lives he saved in killing that tribe?
Doesn't really rationalise it since he still did it out of anger and desire for revenge, though, which seems pretty anti-Jedi. It's not like his intent was to prevent any further attacks.
I need a gif of Mickey Mouse ordering Order 66 and clonetroopers destroying various EU material.
>>78422356
Tusken Raiders are very difficult to sway via diplomacy since they consider the very presence of most offworlders and their reliance on technology as being disrespectful towards the land and thus intolerable.
>>78422442
Is Tusken Raider culture still canon?
>>78420564
>(real name Kira Solo)
Her original name was going to be Kira. He likely had one of the first drafts of the story where Rey was still Kira and instead of Kylo being Han's kid, Kira was.
>>78419477
For me It's not as much hate as much as it feels a little disrespectful to the actor from before, and Hayden doesn't mesh as well with the scene even after touchups. I understand Lucas' intention though.
It's also one of the least shitty changes, Vader's noOoo being the worst.
>>78419439
I'd love to see what he could do given decent material and direction
https://kat.cr/star-wars-aor-strongholds-of-resistance-t11809751.html
>>78422528
>Kylo and Kira
>Jacen and Jaina
pottery
>>78419990
>Ahsoka Langley Soryu
I got the steelbook Blu-rays for A New Hope, Empire and Jedi. Not a big fan of the edits, but the cases look cool as fuck.
>>78421810
>Favorite part:
???
>Favorite new character:
Finn
>>78421368
Isn't that quote technically untrue? I mean with no other context but the movies yeah, but Yoda in the last season of Clone Wars is the first to acknowledge that he, although having reached the level of Jedi Grand Master, is also imperfect and always has a lingering dark side waiting to tempt him
>>78422322
The end of Revenge of the Sith could have been averted if Anakin could have just talked to Yoda/Obi-wan about his visions and fears for Padme's life.
>>78419538
>Isn't that kinda bullshit? That goes against everything else we know about Force ghosts.
No, according to Lucas it was a secret as to how Anakin became a ghost since he never learned the "technique" need to do so
Guess that secret is out now?
>>78422681
He should have just left the Jedi Order to go raise his family. He knew it was against the rules and did it anyway. But his desire to keep fighting in the war and getting more powerful kept him from making the right choice.
So hold on a minute, when Jar Jar calls Padme hot in Episode 1 she's 14? So Jar Jar thinks a 14 year old is hot? This is just... weird.
>>78422714
You can acknowledge someone's attractiveness without putting any sexual or personal connotation into it.
>>78422714
Jar Jar is a perverse and degenerate beast, what did you expect from him
>>78421810
Poe and Finn finding each other in the Resistance planet and bromancing it up.
>>78422714
He's from a completely different society.
>>78419990
I got books from my friends! "Star Wars in 100 scenes" "Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know" and "Star Wars Rebels Epic Battles: The Visual Guide." They're all reference books but I like having a growing Jedi(or Sith...?) Archives of information.
>>78422503
Cautionary: Remember my warning master. They might consider a question like that to be "speaking the canon in error" a blasphemy that would potentially stir up shitposting.
>>78421810
C-3PO showing up. Rey.
>>78422748
>yfw for gungans 14 year olds are mature women
>>78421810
>Stormtroopers turning away from Ren's tantrum
>Poe 'the bro' Dameron
>>78422503
Hard to say, especially since a lot of it was always dubiously canon to begin with. The technophobic part is almost definitely still true.
>>78422786
Old enough to bleed.
>>78421057
Whether you prefer Luke's saber or you lean more towards the dark side and want a child killing Sith artifact is a matter of preference.
>>78422828
From my point of view that lightsaber is evil.
>>78421837
No he isn't giant, if it helps, he's supposed to be 7 goddamn feet tall.
>>78422349
I believe it stands for "Sequel Trilogy" which would be the new stuff.
>>78422714
He's a catfish alien.
For all we know he's six.
>>78422904
TFA had new stuff?
>>78422932
First Order transporters and that Reisistance thing made out of a B-Wing, I guess?
>>78422964
And the Finalizer? It is just a modified Star Destroyer design, but apparently it's a whole new class.
>>78422858
Well then you are lost...to the light.
>>78422858
Well it did kill younglins, jedi, tasted wampa flesh, was brought into that dark side cave on dagobah and probably absorbed all the negative energy of Luke's ass beating at Vader's hands. That damn thing is probably a sith artifact by now.
>>78422932
They released new X-Wing and TIE fighter minis for the game, yes.
That was a sexy X wing Poe flew. I wonder if it'll have a toy or model.
>>78423064
There's a Lego one already
Requesting a redraw of this with Phasma
>>78423064
Those half-wings were hideous. Christ.
>>78423078
>>78423102
>>78423117
They must have sold out quick, I didn't see a single one.
>>78421369
Accepting that there's a dark side to yourself isn't the same as walking the path to the dark side, Yoda's quest in TCW had an entire section on this (his fight against his dark self)
>>78421810
>FAVOURITE PART
Either Han's death scene or Kylo throwing his tantrums
>FAVOURITE NEW CHARACTER!
Kylo Ren
>>78421658
>taoism is canon, anon
If it was canon Dark Side woudn't be evil. If only because taoism can hardly define enough actual ethics at all to even differentiate between good and evil, particularly once we remove the outer shell of various pagan cults absorbed into it and get to its actual philosophy.
>>78421689
>I see what you're getting at with Anakin's slaughter of the sand people and such, but I think the idea of acknowledging and advertising the darkness has less to do with "it's okay if I do terrible things" and more with "it's okay that I'm angry sometimes so long as I recognize it and deal with it properly."
But canonically there is only one way of "dealing with it properly", and that is complete suppression. Rewatch TESB and RotJ. Acting on your anger for ANY reason makes you instantly go wholly evil. For a Force-user is literally better to disarm yourself before the biggest, evilest monster in Galactic history than succumb to anger. PT makes the situation less starkly black-and-white, one does not immediately and irrevocably damns himself by channeling the Force in anger. But the the only proper way to deal with anger is still to suppress it. Neither in the movies nor in the Clone Wars acting under of influence by anger is ever potrayed as remotely justified.
Now, this happens to be bullshit. Anger only turns to wrath and becomes pernicious when you let it overrule your reason. Being angry at the Galaxy's biggest asshole who's busy giving you reasons to bisect him just means that your moral compass still can react to evil and justice.
But that's not how Star Wars work. And in the specific example from AotC I'm inclined to side with Star Wars, for a change. There is no magic formula of "dealing with it properly" (just like "accepting your darkness" in general do not magically give you an option beween keeping it under the lid or... not doing so). You let your rage control you or you don't.
This conversation reminded me of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmV9B8Q9oNM
>>78423064
>I wonder if it'll have a toy or model.
why????
>>78423114
>Our one true trash
>>78423512
>Not liking M/M/F threesomes
What are you, gay?
>>78423522
I though he's complaining that there's only 52 hits.
>>78421604
Fucking catholics.
>>78423302
Yea the movies are super black and white about this stuff. People always want to inject moral relativism into Star Wars and that's never been what its about.
The movies are clear: Its better to die, even to let others die, than to give in to anger.
That being said I think those who object to Luke's refusal to strike down Sheev are silly, he couldn't have won anyways and imagine if everyone refused to give into him like that? He only dominated people because they let themselves be dominated. Their lives were worth more than their "souls" you could say, Luke was willing to lose his life to save his "soul".
Tell me, /co/, why is this giant female cigarette so based?
>>78423692
Answer: nightsisters
>>78419990
6" Black Series Vader, Cody and Han and Luke in stormtrooper disguises, as well as a stormtrooper mood light.
>>78423711
>nightsisters were completely destroyed
>'nah nvm they still exist'
>space sand nigger villagers ride horse things made out of the scraps of a battle on a planet in buttfuck nowhere
>'they were with the Empire before the battle fighting the civil war'
>whole OT was fought to restore the Republic and Jedi
>the main characters ended up leaving the Republic, abandoning the Jedi, and the Republic gets destroyed
>Empire got destroyed
>'nah nvm first order'
>Darth Maul died in Epidsode 1
>'nah nvm he's still alive and dicking around doing nothing in the OT'
>Luke brings balance to the force by destroying the last of the dark side users
>'nah nvm Snoke was dicking around doing nothing while that happened'
>Empire is fine with gay people
>'nah nvm they won't be fine with it in the next Aftermath'
>people seriously think the new canon isn't just as shitty as the old EU (inb4 someone brings up some shit that wasn't even canon to the EU like the Holiday Special or IG-88 turning into the Death Star)
>Manage entire nightsister team on Galaxy of Heroes through pulls and dailies
and people said this game was p2w
>>78423512
>Kylo Ren/Hux only has 20 fics
>>78421810
>Favorite part
Hux's triumph of the will and starkiller firing
>favorite new character
See pic
>>78421810
Finn andTR-8R
Their fight was awesome.
Finn and the rebellion wish everyone a Happy Life Day
>>78419990
FO TIE Fighter and Snowspeeder for the 3.75 figures (I see more figures in my future, RIP my wallet). Hopefully Hasbro eventually does a landing craft those things were cool
>>78419471
To be honest he won't be directed by George Lucas this time so already it will be better. Besides the only one playing Anakin that has been bitter toward the role ( with good reason) is Jake Lloyd.
What is your favorite moment from all of the current Star Wars Canon?
Whether it be from a movie, show, or extended universe.
I think honestly it's the Inflictor crashing for me.
>>78421810
Finn
After Rey and Fin fuck the new order's shit up in the Falcon they run to each other excited as fuck both talking at the same time about how cool it was
Finn and Poe bromancing it up
>>78424377
I'd have to say the Battle of Jakku. There's just enough about it in the canon so far (Lost Stars background event, Battlefront DLC, aftermath in TFA) to make it seem interesting, but not enough to answer all the important questions. What was the Imperial Research Base on Jakku studying? Just what was the scope of the battle? Did Sloane escape from the Ravager before it crashed?
>>78422681
Which was impossible due to the Jedi's alarmist views on the light and dark as a stark dichotomy
>>78423169
I liked them! They look good when closed up.
>>78423302
>the only canonically correct way is to suppressing your feelings completely
But we've seen how stupid,hypocritical, and flat out dangerous that line of thinking is. Has it ever occurred to you that Yodi and the Jedi may have been fucking wrong? The true path lies within yourself, with self-understanding and choice. Acknowledging your strengths and weaknesses and working within that and the Force to live your life at peace or whatever.
>>78421810
Favorite part: Rey whoops Kylo's emo ass
Favorite new character: Rey a cute
>>78424527
>Favorite new character: Rey a cute
>Dat cute smile
>dat accent
>>78424587
She looks slightly inbred
>>78419373
Lando is fantastic.
It flew under the radar but it was imo the strongest release so far.
>>78419505
Luke demasks his father and finally sees him,. He would be borderline retarded not to recognize his father 20 years younger.
I hate this nitpick complaint. It makes no sense. How would you not recognize your own father? For the audience this makes sense but not Luke.
>>78423414
>Not Finn/Poe.
I want the Skywalker family to leave.
Man I really liked the Troopers in TFA. They actually seem fairly competent now.
Also
>Those two troopers NOPE-ing away from Kylo's tantrum
>>78424672
Well she IS English.
>>78424720
>How would you not recognize your own father
I dunno, how do you not recognise your twin sister either?
>>78424377
Probably either the scene between Han and Ben in TFA along with the Lightsaber duel with Finn and Rey afterward or just the overarching romance between Ciena and Thane in Lost Stars.
>>78421604
>jedi
>horrified
Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.
>>78424763
>separated at birth
>do not look similar
>stories of people marrying their own twins
Stop it. It's retarded. He knows Vader is his father and sees his face. It would be ridiculous for him not to recognize his face younger. After its established he knows exactly who he is.
This is as idiotic as the argument of Obi-Wan's robes
>>78424857
suffering leads to pain
pain leads to death
death leads to
>>78424720
He sees an old, scarred, dying man, and he sees him for 30 seconds. The ghost his thin, youthful, and has a head full of hair.
Literally nothing alike.
>>78423414
Kylo certainly got his creeper genes from his Grandfather.
So what do you think Qui-Gons force ghost was doing while the rest were partying with the Ewoks?
>>78424937
Being invisible, i. e. spying on furries
>>78424937
Probably faded, they can only do it for so long before they aren't strong enough to do it anymore.
>>78424928
My Dad's Creeper Jeans
>>78424919
Regardless of Anakin's appearance, do you think Luke wouldn't be able to recognize his presence in the force?
>>78423414
Was Kylo supposed to resemble the school shooter archetype? Rey's reactions to him in this scene were rather telling
>>78424965
Lame pun but I laughed
>>78424377
Honestly the entirety of the Cloud City sequence in Empire is hard to top for me. That said I enjoyed a lot of TFA, mainly anything focused on Finn.
>kylo ren isn't half wookie
missed opportunity
>>78424919
>Your eyes can deceive you, don't trust them
>>78419477
I don't like it because god damn it, after all the bullshit Vader's Suit Actor had to put up with he deserved a bit of face time as a Force Ghost.
>>78425003
Pretty much
>>78424919
He saw his father for the first time. It imprinted on him. It's VERY obvious that he remembered his fucking face. He would have to be mentally challenged not too.
And before the change, it's incredibly obvious who Vader/Anakin is with Sebastian Shaw. He went from pale face with scars to a full head of hair and full face. I honestly do not understand how people could not figure Luke wouldnt understand.
This is an audience complaint not a character one. Especially with Leia recognizing her mother as a fucking infant.
>>78425015
Maybe he is, maybe he shaves his body everyday
>>78424977
I'm sure he would. I'm just pointing out that there's no reason he'd recognize him based on physical appearance.
If you saw a random old dude die on the street, do you think you'd recognize a picture of him in his 20s?
>>78425015
>Implying he's not Chewie's son
Where do you think he got that hair?
>>78425034
Bob Anderson>David Prowse
>>78424904
Thanks yoda
>>78425049
There is a big difference between a random old dude and youre fucking father that you love as hes dying in your arms
>>78424474
Rey's Survival Guide adds a small but amazing detail about the Battle of Jakku.
She explains that there are numerous New Republic ships that had little-to-no laser damage, but a lot of impact damage, and she theorizes that when the Empire realized they were going to lose, they activated all their gravity wells/crashed into the enemy ships battering-ram style, to take as many Rebels down with them.
>>78424377
I agree, those final chapters had me literally on the edge of my seat.
>dat brawl on the Inflictor
Literally could have been an Anthology movie, I reckon the general fanbase would fucking love it.
>>78424720
His ghost looked completely different. And why would the ghost be healed, unscarred, have limbs? It only makes sense for the ghost to revert to a Pre-Mustafar body. Otherwise it's reverting him to a healthier state that never existed. If that can happen, how come Obi-Wan/Yoda never shed their wrinkles? The only explanation is if the Force reverts you to specifically, the last time you were pure.
For Anakin, it was pre-ROTS. For Obi-Wan and Yoda, they were pure right up until their final moments, so they don't revert.
>>78424736
Hilarious. Kinda' cliche, but I don't mind, I loved that moment.
>>78424937
Juggling Stormtrooper helmets and freaking out everybody because nobody except the other Ghosts would know it was him.
>>78425088
You mean "your fucking father whose face you've never seen before."
>>78425015
Dude did you see his hair?
It was glorious.
>>78425092
>they activated all their gravity wells/crashed into the enemy ships battering-ram style
There's mention in one of the new reference books, I believe, that Empire ships use their tractor beams to bring Republic ships down with them.
>>78424720
>People always look the same
Is there a similarity? Of course. But you're lying if you would instantly think they're the same person if you met them on separate occasions.
>>78425092
>>78425099
>His ghost looked completely differen
For the audience? yes. For the character of Luke? No.
This is an audience complaint and not a character one. Luke being a powerful Jedi who can sense across planets suddenly can't recognize his father? This complaint makes no fucking sense.
Would you not remember your mother or father dying of cancer when they get pale, skinny and bloated? Luke knew his father was dying and tried to remember every detail on him.
Additionally, Luke spent a great deal of time with his fathers corpse. He still had to carry him to the shuttle, take him out, put his mask back on for his funeral.
>>78425179
That's Anderson, not Prowse.
Anderson did all the fencing work which is why he has the Saber.
>>78425245
>Luke being a powerful Jedi who can sense across planets suddenly can't recognize his father?
You're right, but the same logic means he would sense young Anakin too.
>>78424587
>Her face when she says she bypassed the condenser
>>78424977
Even if he didn't recognize Anakin, surely he could figure out who it was through process of elimination.
>Yoda ghost
>Obi-wan ghost
Who else would it be?
>>78425337
I suspect he will get a Holocron showing younger Anakin eventually in the comics too, for a nail in the coffin to this argument. He's already seen a bunch of other Jedi through Holocrons, like Shaak Ti.
>>78425274
After the duel on Bespin, Luke could sense Vader/Anakin. I'm assuming when he saw the ghosts and even before that he felt Obi-Wan, Yoda and his father.
I'm using the deleted scene as a reference too because in ROTJ, Vader is calling out to Luke from across the galaxy. I believe that implies a deep force connection.
>>78425034
That wasnt David Prowse.
I knew FA was going to be bad but I was still very disappointed. I can't imagine how bad the last two movies will be. I think the other movies might be good, not sure about Han Solo but Rogue One sounds cool.
>>78425565
>Bad
I want /tv/ to leave
>>78425245
"Sense" and "see" are very different things.
I'm not saying Luke couldn't figure out who he was. Are you even reading the posts you're responding to?
>>78425565
It wasn't bad though. There's plenty to be disappointed about, sure, but it was still an enjoyable movie. We got annual movies for at least 5 years, chances are, at least one of these is going to be something you'll love.
What sort of Star Wars things are you doing for Christmas?
I'm watching Episode 1 with my niece
>>78425638
>It wasn't bad though. There's plenty to be disappointed about, sure, but it was still an enjoyable movie
I grew up with Star Wars so I have high expectations, if I want to watch an enjoyable movie, there's tons of them out there.
>We got annual movies for at least 5 years, chances are, at least one of these is going to be something you'll love.
I hope so.
>>78425665
I'm celebrating Life Day with a bunch of Wookiees. Hopefully Jefferson Starship is gonna come play.
>>78425696
>I grew up with Star Wars so I have high expectations
I can't wait for 30 years from now when people say this shit about superhero movies.
>>78425620
>Sense" and "see" are very different things
Of course they are.
I'm simply saying this is an audience complaint and not a character one. I got into an argument on /tv/ about this when they called it a plot hole so, forgive me if I'm a little retarded.
>>78425565
way to be that one prude in a theater with cheering people
>>78425712
I don't know, just because I liked this movie when I was a kid doesn't mean I care about it now.
>>78425712
Will Superhero movies still be a thing? I think Marvel has fucked everything up with the oversaturation and mediocre shit they are pumping out, and I don't think that Superheros are as culturally impactful or significant as Star Wars. I can see Star Wars lasting another 30 years, but I am not sure the MCU will even be a thing that anybody remembers.
Depends on how the DC movies do though. Batman/Wondy/Superman are certainly more iconic and have more staying power.
Did /tv/ had a field day with:
>mr. big deal
?
>>78425565
I really hope TFA turns out to be the weakest of the ST and the next movies will be better. So far if I turn my brain off whenever they mention things like "Republic", "resistance" and "Starkiller base" TFA is a pretty good flick with likable characters. Solid 7 out of 10.
>>78421810
Character: Poe (So swag, even for a hostage)
Moment: Escape from Jakku
>>78421810
>favorite part
Kylo and Rey going at it with the lightsabers
>favorite character
Poe "better than wedge"/"the bro" Dameron
the part where he ace in a day some tie fighters in succession was pretty dope too.
RATE THE OST FOR VII IN RELATION TO THE OTHER MOVIES
IV>V>=III>=VI=II=I >>>> VII
>mfw
>>78425813
I didn't mind them saying Republic at all, how come that triggers you anon?
>>78425973
But Ep I has Duel of the Fates, tho.
>>78425973
IV > V > VI > I > III = VII >>>>>>> II
>>78425973
3 > 1 = 5 = 6 = 4 = 2 >>> 7
3 literally takes the best music of the first 6 movies, as well as adding GOAT new stuff, I fail to understand how anybody can not have it as the best for OST. I don't think there will ever be another Star Wars movie with such a perfect soundtrack.
>>78425764
Check the /co/ archives from 1977 and you'll see threads asking how long Star Wars would last. No one thought it would still be around in 2015.
>>78421810
>best character
pic related
>favorite part
X-wing fight
>>78425730
I agree that it's not a plot hole.
Your first problem was talking to /tv/
>>78426013
its the only thing that comes to my mind when I think of the prequels, but its so goat it ties with a bunch of tracks I like from VI
>>78426058
>there are people who don't know about TR-8R
What a shame.
>>78426087
And the Wook will never let them know
>>78424523
>The true path lies within yourself, with self-understanding and choice. Acknowledging your strengths and weaknesses and working within that and the Force to live your life at peace or whatever.
That's what the Jedi way is about though. In fact, one of the few things we know about becoming a force ghost is self-undersranding and knowing who you are
>>78426164
>That's what the Jedi way is about though
Too bad only four Jedi out of thousands could even accomplish it, and two of them had to live their lives in exile re-evaluating their teachings after losing everything.
Anyone know what that cute/moe BB8 comic is? Drawn like some manga style.
>>78426290
I'm pretty sure other Jedi understood this as well, since you know it's part of their teachings and code.
The only reason no one became a ghost is because there's other parts of the process that they didn't do.
>>78425973
>prequels
>above anything
There's contrarian and there's being an asshole.
>>78426363
>Literally can't read
He's talking about soundtracks you retard.
Any Uprisingfags here? I have no fucking clue how this Tier 2 armor/materials shit works. Why are there all different types of materials now? I have no idea how to get the stuff I need to upgrade gear anymore.
Do I just need to catch up in the story or what?
>>78426363
>being this edgy
Is that you Kylo?
>>78425665
Trying to get KotoR running in widescreen with movies working but it ain't goin so well
>>78426550
If you figure it out post solution. Been put off if replaying kotor cause of that.
>>78426480
>Tier 2
I haven't played around with it much, but the different materials correspond with different resistances.
Honestly, I don't fuck with it. But I'm a super casual player, and I'm just in it for the story.
>>78426580
I'm pretty casual with it too. I stopped stockpiling and just started salvaging everything I had so I could just get on with the story. It's probably gonna' hurt me in the long run, but oh well.
>>78426571
I'm considering giving up and just moving onto KotoR2 right now since this shit is driving me up the wall.
Anyone know how the GoG version runs?
They usually have this all ready to go
>>78425034
The suit actor got dicked out of being Vader's face too.
>>78426164
Yeah, and how many Jedi become force ghosts?
Qui-gon, who was a massive rebel who went against many Jedi teachings; his pupil Obi-Wan, who lived most of his life as a hermit in a fucking desert meditating; Yoda, an old-ass fucking hermit wizard who spent a massive chunk of time meditating on the force in isolation; and Anakin, who is the chosen one and rejected Jedi teaching for his own path.
>>78426617
It will only hurt you if you're trying to get your whole armory unlocked. I stopped even doing crew runs, because I just really didn't care anymore.
It's a fun game, but the replay value is pretty low for me. It's just a whole lot of "rinse and repeat," even more so than other RPGs, which is just the nature of being mobile based, I guess.
Think the Topher Grace edit will ever become available?
>>78425565
>I knew FA was going to be bad
>bad
>>78425665
I read some comics last night, now I'm watching Rebels. I played some Battlefront II which I never had tried out before, but I didn't really enjoy it.
I also wished my friends a happy life day and sent them the video of coked out Leia singing a life day carol.
>>78426550
I can't get that fucking game to run AT ALL.
>>78426623
KotOR 2 on Steam and GOG is an updated, enhanced edition with the restoration mod packed in and better optimization unlike the first one which hasn't touched. Should run fine.
>>78426087
>TR-8R
More badass than Capt Phasma
Who /got a BB-8 shirt for christmas/ here
>>78426719
No. But it'd be great if we could just get some more details about what all he did.
>>78426764
Do I need to play the first one before? Because I don't think I'll ever get it to run.
>>78426781
I got a "Vacation on Tatooine" shirt. My wife didn't notice until I opened it that Uncle Owen's skeleton is next to the house.
I love it.
>looking for new SW merch
>find this shit
>>78426749
No, it's not the prequels but does it compare to Ep 4 & 5? I don't think so.
>>78426818
Its abetter idea than not, but if you cant get it to work then you should be fine
>>78426878
One could argue it compares too much to Ep 4...
>>78426878
>>78426911
I'll give you ep5 but 4? It wasn't even that good. If anything 7 is a better version of it.
>>78423951
There's plenty of terrible EU canon
>Trioculous
>lord Nyax
>legacy (muh edgy Skywalker though)
>thrawn (muh paintings exhibiting war culture and constant dumb luck)
>Vong
>Swtor
>a myriad of things I don't even know about
Nice b8, I'm glad no one took it.
>>78426689
I literally said in my post that there's more training that the Jedi and audience don't know about and that's why they didn't become ghosts.
Can you read anon?
>>78427120
>Nice b8, I'm glad no one took it.
You took it, you dolt.
>>78426818
You should, and it's a significantly better game anyway, but if you can't get it to work (I had to disable cinematics in the Steam folder to get it to work for me, and even then it still had a lot of issues) then you don't have much choice.
>>78427120
You forgot ssi-ruks
>>78425973
IV=V > III+=VI > I > II > VII.
>>78427120
I didn't know what the fuck that Nyax is and what I found is 10 times dumber than I've expected
>The legend of Lord Nyax was a part of the mythology of Corellia. A scary bedtime story was told to Corellian children that Lord Nyax came to steal young boys and girls from their beds.
>During the Yuuzhan Vong invasion, the Dark Side Adept Irek Ismaren assumed the identity of Lord Nyax after hearing it in the minds of those he tortured.
>>78427493
They're on his fucking kneecaps Jesus christ.
>>78419483
That would actually be cool, but anakin fluctuating between light and dark is just dumb
>>78427493
What happens when he trips walking down the stairs?
>>78427559
something extremly painful
>>78427493
Not enough edge. Should have installed a few on his shoulders too, instead of spikes.
2 thing people need to realise.
1. pic relates
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd_8-NCN5CUYou will know it to be true
My 7 year old nephew is obsessed with Captain Phasma. He got the voice changer, the action figures, the pop statue, 3 tshirt, and her lego set. Should I be proud?
>>78427493
Wouldn't be so bad if the only lightsabers were in his hands
>>78427493
someone actually managed to get worse than Krayt, the literal embodient of the Coldsteel meme? holy fuck
let me guess, he had a red Twi'Lek girlfriend too?
>>78427644
try to get your nephew into Metroid
>>78427624
JJ is aware of this theory and toying with you.
P.SI want to believe.
>>78427624
Darth Vegas?
>>78427676
Johnny williams is a master of this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hofrEQPmvY
He literally used the Emperors theme as the Party song in EPI
>>78426849
There is also a chopper car
>>78427624
>That feel when this works as a circle for Finn and Rey in this movie
They're each the Helper role in the other one's story, along with Poe. I figure Rey's story will follow the more classic arc of this in VIII though while Finn's goes a bit off track or something.
>>78426013
>>78426072
I liked the battle droid march theme. Aside from that and duel of the fates though I do struggle to think of anything else.
>>78419484
That's not how the force works anon.
It doesn't care about good or evil in the same way we do.
>>78425092
>She explains that there are numerous New Republic ships that had little-to-no laser damage, but a lot of impact damage, and she theorizes that when the Empire realized they were going to lose, they activated all their gravity wells/crashed into the enemy ships battering-ram style, to take as many Rebels down with them.
So they were literally colony drops then?
>>78419990
Two Doctor Who books.Bosk's armor was from Doctor Who.
>>78428047
Which books?
>>78425973
March of the Resistance is GOAT
>>78428177
Impossible Worlds and Whoniverse. Impossible Worlds has some amazing concept art.
>>78423711
>tfw level 62
Fuck am I that close? I can't wait till this game gets into force stuff, comments-section-nerds be damned.
So apparently there is this theory floating around that Kylo is going to be like Proffesor Snape, and it's going to be revealed that Luke knows everything, and Kylo is trying to bring balance to the force as Vader did and shit, and he is trying to force himself onto the Dark Side in order to do it.
Sounds like a messy long-shot, but interesting nonetheless.
http://murphcooper.tumblr.com/post/135538931843/ok-so-my-dad-just-came-up-with-the-coolest-fucking
Thoughts?
>>78423951
IG-88 turned into the death star?
>>78427652
No he was too evil and obsessed for that.
Naturally.
>mfw people defend the EU near me
>>78428437
>Death Star 2
>IG-88 uploads himself into the Death Star's "mainframe" (oh fuck that's so tech savvy) and takes complete control of the thing.
Yeah. That happened.
>>78428512
>IG-88 becomes DS2
Man, that's good shit.
The old EU writers literally didn't care did they? I love it. It's like they were having an absurd concept competition.
>>78428435
Stupid. I could see someone trying to redo Dark Empire in some way, but Kylo is out of his goddamned gourd in a way that I think belies there being some kind of subtle manipulation going on. I'd be less shocked if Hux or Phasma turned out to be a NR plant. Which is also stupid.
>>78428541
>>78428512
Don't forget he was getting ready to send out a "Kill All Humans" signal to all the droids in the galaxy just seconds before the Death Star blew up.
>>78428565
Hux and Phasma will try to overthrow Snoke and build a Force-free empire. It's obvious.
>>78428541
The only part of the EU I miss are the backstries of some of the bounty hunters, honestly. Zuckuss, 4-LOM and Bossk all had pretty decent ones.
>>78428541
>>78428570
>>78428610
I think there's something endearing about a balls to the wall let's go crazy attitude toward the EU. I mean, it's comic books -- remember when they just did crazy shit for the sake of doing it? Sometimes you just need 90s Marvel in your life.
>>78428678
>Sometimes you just need 90s Marvel in your life.
Be careful what you wish for, anon
>>78427493
>Using a monstrous Beetle to scare children.
>>78428435
I've been thinking about that too. It has credence, but I don't think Luke would be so callous and irresponsible to willingly present the son of his sister and best friend to something as engulfing as the Dark Side. Vader may have been an exception, but that was only after a lot of time and chance revelations. Luke knows what the Dark Side can do to you and I doubt he'd want to expose that sort of hell to anyone else, regardless as to whether or not it'd be one small piece in bringing about the final end to the ultimate evil (again). Though I suppose Quinlan Vos is another example of people using the Dark Side as a means to an end (which would give the theory a bit more credence), but it's still way too unpredictable and would leave the consumed unnecessarily scarred by what they'd done along the way.
>>78421069
>Traitor rhymes with janitor
Mind=blown
>>78428912
It.. doesn't though?
>>78424377
Which book did this happened?
>>78428912
>Traitor rhymes with janitor
>I was only nine years old
>I loved Darth Vader so much, I owned all the helmets and black capes
>I pray to Vader every night, thanking him for the Midichlorians I have been given
>"Vader is love", I say, "Vader is life"
>My dad hears me and calls me a nerf herder
>He is obviously jealous of my devotion to Vader
>I called him a TRAITOR
>He shoots me in the chest and sends me to my room
>I am crying now, because my chest hurts
>I go into my bed and it is very cold
>I hear a mechanical breathing moving towards me
>I sense a presence
>It's Vader
>I am so happy
>He whispers into my ear, "I am your grandfather"
>He grabs me with the force and lifts me in the air
>I'm ready
>I gasp for air for Vader
>He chokes my throat
>It hurts so much, but I do it for Vader
>I can feel my lungs tearing as my eyes start to water
>I push against the Force
>I want to please Vader
>He turns on his lightsaber as he asks me about the plans to the Death Star
>My dad walks in
>Vader looks him deep in the eyes and says, "I don't like sand"
>Vader flies away on his TIE fighter
Vader is love, Vader is life
>>78428912
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Just One More Round, Friend!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Fa8GfVv68
>>78429061
>"I don't like sand"
>not hate
So wrong.
>>78428435
I saw someone point out that Kylo Ren is pretty much like a young Snape in his personality and shit.
I can even see Adam Driver play Snape. He could be a young Alan Rickman, yeah?
>>78429135
He says "don't like".
>>78429135
Someone doesn't remember the line.
>"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere."
>>78428912
Lmao what the fuck
>>78429061
Do you think Ren has a tattoo about Vader?
>>78429169
>"Not like you... You're everything soft... Smooth..."
>Actually gets a kiss
>Thinking I'm going to hate Finn and like Rei
>Watch movie
>The opposite happens
Finn and Poe were fucking great, srly, Finn could be in the top 5 best Star Wars characters.
>>78429198
>Finn and Poe were fucking great, srly, Finn could be in the top 5 best Star Wars characters.
>>78429193
>you
And it was "not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth," but yes. Still stupid.
>>78424857
Chicken leads to egg. Egg leads to omelet. Omelet leads to fecal urgency.
Any of you guys bought any of the Bandai model kits? They're pretty cheap on Amazon now and I'm thinking of getting the OT and TFA Stormtroopers since they're cheaper than buying the 6" black series figures, and the final product looks better (I also used to love building model kits as a kid, though I never did anything serious).
Just wondering if they're worth getting hold of. Their Vader looks cool too, though I'm not sure about the cape being made of segmented hard plastic.
>>78429228
Barring retardation or autism, I'm not entirely sure how it's a stupid line. He's opening an old wound only to quickly cover it up with something that makes him feel better about it
It's a little juvenile, but it's the truth
Thoughts on this list?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5uf1bkQQ-s
Yeah, I know
>Doug Walker
But he's got some good thoughts on it.
>>78429198
So is Finn Force-sensitive?
>plan on going to the movies to use a voucher before it expires next week
>Every TFA screening is either sold out or only has shit seats left
>>78429387
The novel seems to suggest it's a burgeoning sensitivity. Comments that the Force was with him during his duel with Kylo, even if he lost
>>78429401
Why didn't you order your ticket online?
>>78429422
He's a bro either way but if he becomes a Jedi I'd be super happy.
>>78429439
I haven't gone to the theater yet, but I'm looking at the showtimes on the website and every showing today is packed. Also, you have to show up in person to exchange the voucher for a ticket.
>>78429401
>>78429497
>It's the same deal with The Revanant
Guess no movies today
>>78427644
Introduce him to the game Super Metroid. >>78429543
I heard Creed was pretty good too
>>78429306
Don't try to become a writer or a comedian. In fact, stay away from your keyboard too.
Will there be a love triangle?
Not sure why, but the whole distinction regarding the rather nebulous rift between a Padawan and what makes one a "Jedi" always intrigued me. As if they're several worlds apart.
>>78421810
Escaping the Finalizer/Jakku and probably Finn, which I never would have guessed
>>78429862
Knight and squire
>>78429957
I'm aware of the difference and interpretation. But I just like how almost mythically the gap is treated in-universe, even if it isn't too substantial.
Why nobody talks about the cutest pilot in the galaxy?
>>78429862
These are the ninja people from TCW, right?
>>78430099
We didn't see nearly enough of her because the pacing of the battle was way too fast, allowing only Poe to stand out amongst the rest of Black Squadron
Tangentially related, I hate that this particular part of the Resistance's arrival on Takodana didn't make it into the final cut. It's so beautiful
>>78421043
Not at all, that was awful
>>78429790
This image requires a Brazzers logo
>>78430144
Yup, the Kage Warriors. For whatever reason, they seem to have allied with the Confederacy, as we see another one in two issues prior to this attacking the Jedi Temple
>>78429638
>You've never watched the Plinkett reviews
Filthy casual.
>>78430238
I think it's cool to see different races and worlds in the Confederacy. We saw it a bit in TCW with the Confederacy senate and Umbara's defection from the Republic but it always felt that they consisted off just Battle Droids, Count Dooku and Grievous
>>78429862
Have we storytimed Kanan 009?
>>78428998
Lost Stars
>>78430338
I think that one got largely ignored.
>>78430359
Yeah, I think it was released when the movies came out overseas?
>>78429378
>number 2: the different worlds
His comparison reminded me of TFA. I never would've thought that a new star wars movie that came out after the PT would not have that kind of worldbuilding.
>>78430300
Yeah, and the occasional Nemoidian General or Admiral. I like how the canon is bringing back the idea of member worlds and systems actively taking part in the Confederacy's part of the conflict that the EU did quite often, such as in cases like Jabiim.
So rather than have these members worlds expend their own defense forces, the Confederacy loans them a couple droid armies to do the bulk of their fighting for them while said members take advisory or command roles.
>>78419453
This could have just been one surge of light-sidedness. He spent Half his life as Vader, that's gotta leave some imprint on his psyche.
>>78430398
Not a lot of creative film making went into TFA. It was mostly "remake Star Wars!"
>>78430388
Just about, but the Vader annual also came out on the same day and people flocked to that one instead.
>>78430163
Yeah, big fanboy JJ is I expected the Beastie Boys guy to get more screentime.
>>78430513
I know. I just hope ep. VIII and IX will be different. TFA's rehashed copy-paste story doesn't sit well with me, even if it was enjoyable.
>>78430238
Does she realize the context most people use damaged goods to describe people?
>>78430666
Doug's right though. The creativity and expansion of the Star Wars universe is the main selling point of the prequels. They opened it up to so many new possibilities, and TFA brought us right back to square one.
Hopefully the new crew will have a little more imagination.
>>78430604
I thought the black guy died at first and laughed at the trope usage but then I saw it was Asty and I was like "what a fucking waste"
Also I hate that the wilhelm scream was used only once. TR-8R should have bellowed it when Han gutted him with the bowcaster
>>78430755
Rian Johnson apparently really likes the Prequels, so we may very well see a bit more of that.
>>78430787
They only ever use the Wilhelm once a film.
>>78430883
Do they really? I swear I heard it at least twice in TPM and RotS.
Even then, I was glad to hear it in the Finalizer escape sequence. As soon as the TIE started blasting everything around it I was thinking to myself "Wilhelm, Wilhelm, Wilhelm, COME ON"
If it hadn't happened I probably would have stormed out of the theater or just panned the movie right then and there
>ITT: Anons who can't into pottery
It was a remake on purpose. It's bringing Star Wars to a new generation, both in real life and on screen.
But even with that, it's not the same movie. All this "beat for beat remake" shit needs to stop soon before people start actually believing it. Somehow everyone making this complaint fails to realize that the plot is not "How do we beat the Starkiller?", it's "How do we find Luke Skywalker?"
Yes, there are a lot of beats that VII and IV share with one another (again, that's the point). But it's done in a different way, and is clearly going to branch into something different for the next two films.
>>78430943
>autism
>>78431023
Hey man, the wilhelm is tradition
it's not autism to expect it
>>78428541
>>78428610
Bossk and Dengar have made apearances in the official Canon aside from ESB, but have IG-88, Zuckus or 4-LOM shown up anywhere?
>>78430846
Source on that? I wanna see what he's said on it.
>>78428565
If there is some kind of manipulation, it might be crazier than even that since they're talking about going off the rails. I just pray the first order isn't secretly trying to keep something worse.
>>78431120
Nope, sadly. There's anothher IG droid (a red one, IG-90) in the Vader comic though.
I find it odd Zuckuss and 4LOM weren't in Clone Wars, honestly. But since Embo is great too I'm not complaining.
>>78431003
>It was a remake on purpose.
We know. That's not a good thing.
>>78431131
>http://makingstarwars.net/2014/07/rian-johnson-getting-directing-job-star-wars-episode-viii-working-lucasfilm/
I hate linking MSW, but
He's apparently genuine about it, too
>>78431182
*keep back
>>78431183
I think the fact that Gillen created IG-90 instead of just using IG-88 means that he has plans to kill him off.
Either that, or Lucasfilm didn't agree with IG-88 being portrayed as HK-47 because they have other ideas of what his personality should be like.
>>78431234
In the EU, 88 destroyed a few other IGs, maybe it'll lead to a story arc where the same thing happens eventually.
>>78431199
Great response.
There's nothing wrong with mirroring the plot in some ways. It's not the same movie, no matter how much you say it is.
>>78421810
The escape from the Star Destroyer.
Finn.
>>78431377
>There's nothing wrong with mirroring the plot in some ways. It's not the same movie, no matter how much you say it is.
there's a plan, same planet, same things happen, in the end a planet\base is destroyed. What is different again?
>>78431443
there's a jedi kid, same planet, a space battle, a mentor dies, in the end the enemy fleet is destroyed
Oh, I guess that TPM was a remake of ANH too.
I'm now convinced that Luke is the one who left Rey on Jakku. Seeing it a second time allowed me to pay way more attention to plot details surrounding it.
The first clue is how Unkarr Plett "stole" the Millennium Falcon. It makes sense that Luke sold it to him as payment for taking care of Rey when she was a child.
The second is Kyle Ren seeing an island in the middle of an ocean in Reys mind as he described her dreams. Too similar to the island Luke was on at the end of the movie to be coincidence.
The third clue is the lightsaber vision Rey has Maz's Castle. I'm convinced that the visions she saw were what the lightsaber was actually present for. The screaming younglings that Anakin killed, Obi Wans voice, Darth Vader breathing, Luke with R2, Kylo Ren betraying Luke, and finally Rey being dropped off on Jakku. It would make sense that Luke retrieved his old lightsaber and entrusted it to Maz rather than her just magically having it through the Force.
Of course this is a lot of theory but there's too much pottery in this movie for a lot of what I said to be just coincidence.
>>78431493
>Oh, I guess that TPM was a remake of ANH too.
My god, you're right. Those fucking hacks.
>>78431588
>The first clue is how Unkarr Plett "stole" the Millennium Falcon. It makes sense that Luke sold it to him as payment for taking care of Rey when she was a child.
It's confirmed that it got stolen from Han by random pirates, then it got passed around between them until Unkar got it. No way Luke would get it and not even happen to mention it to Han, since secret-keeping isn't something he does.
>>78424587
She sitting on his lap in this pic?
>>78431650
Confirmed by who? Rey says that's what happens in the movie but where do you think she heard that story from?
>>78431588
Why would Luke sell the Falcon? It didn't belong to him. And why would he entrust his father's lightsaber of all things to Maz?
Who fucking calls a star destroyer the fertilizer?
>>78431650
>secret keeping isn't something he does
>never told anyone that Vader was his father until Return of the Jedi
>hides away in secrecy and never told anyone where he went
Come on.
>>78431679
TFAVD, so by Pablo essentially.
>>78421810
Phasma scene fighting Rey and Finn
Phasma
>>78431684
It's possible that some of the events she saw when she touched the hilt hadn't happened yet.
He may not have given it to Maz, she may have acquired it from Bespin without his knowledge. He probably thought it lost in the clouds.
>>78431718
>never told anyone that Vader was his father until Return of the Jedi
He keeps it from the main cast, yes, but we don't know past that.
>hides away in secrecy and never told anyone where he went
Can't disclose the secret if you are already gone before ever seeing them, and then falling away from contact on purpose.
>>78431704
Coldsteel Ren
>>78431679
>>78431721
Han mentions it having been a chain of thefts in the movie too.
>>78431003
>It was a remake on purpose. It's bringing Star Wars to a new generation, both in real life and on screen.
And I get all that. It makes sense for them for making something more safe to get as many people back into star wars as possible, but it just feels wrong to do this for a franchise whose new entries got released frequently over the years (TCW, Rebels) that weren't bad at all.
>But even with that, it's not the same movie. All this "beat for beat remake" shit needs to stop soon before people start actually believing it. Somehow everyone making this complaint fails to realize that the plot is not "How do we beat the Starkiller?", it's "How do we find Luke Skywalker?"
This is what I meant with the rehashed copy-paste in my previous post. There is a new story in TFA. But there's so much of the same old stuff from ANH story-wise that stands out like a sore thumb when you think about it.
The movie might start and end with the "How do we find Luke Skywalker?" storyline, but as soon as they left jakku, that story is pushed to the side and we end up getting the "How do we beat the Starkiller? one.
The whole movie feels like and literally is a glorified fanfiction. It's like one of those fics whose author decided to combine his favorite story with a few new ideas and released it. It's execution may be good, but it still feels like you watch something that you've already watched at many points.
>Yes, there are a lot of beats that VII and IV share with one another (again, that's the point). But it's done in a different way, and is clearly going to branch into something different for the next two films.
I do hope so, but it got me worried that we might get "ESB, but different!" in XIII.
So I'm watching AotC again, and just passed the part where Dooku retrieves the Death Star blueprints from Poggle the Lesser.
Makes me wonder, if the Separatists won the Clone Wars, how they'd utilize the Death Star. Enforcing tax collection and repossession, maybe?
>>78431721
>thinking the movie guide is going to give away any secrets or spoilers
>>78431796
>indirectly references Kylo's family tree on his page plain as day
>>78431794
They'd blow up Naboo for the taxation and tariffs they were butthurt about to begin with and to spite Padme.
>>78431779
Han only knew the first person who stole it from him. If he knew the chain then he wouldn't have a problem finding the Falcon
>>78431824
Kylo Rens parentage wasn't even a secret. You find out like 30 minutes into the movie. They're not going to tell you anything in that book other than what the movie had shown.
>>78431860
>Luke, Leia, Chewie and Lando know Han is in Jabba's Palace
>Still takes them a year to get around to saving him because it's not as easy as knowing the basic information
>>78431893
Considering it was kept secret intentionally up until the movie came out, whether or not the masses guessed it already, I would say it counts as a spoiler.
>>78431836
Except they wouldn't. The CIS wasn't run by the corporations. And even if it was, it'd tear itself apart because the TF,TU,CG and BC would've fought each-other over who says what.
>>78431785
>The movie might start and end with the "How do we find Luke Skywalker?" storyline, but as soon as they left jakku, that story is pushed to the side and we end up getting the "How do we beat the Starkiller? one
I would say that's not entirely a bad thing, but the execution in the shift of focus definitely bothered me. They should have kept the Starkiller around until the next film at least, because its utilization and destruction just wasn't as effective as the Death Star's. Mostly due in part because we know and care next to nothing about the Hosnian System aside from what we're [supposed] to know from the novels and comics. Finding Luke is mentioned a number of times throughout the film, but no one's making a visibly concerted effort to do so. Or at least no one is really shown to care all that much. This can be rationalized with the fact that the Resistance is sort of fighting its life, but even then that struggle isn't shown to be effective or particularly desperate.
It's a good movie and its adapting much of A New Hope for its basic structure isn't a sin, but the things it does borrow aren't used strongly enough and just end up as passing set pieces
>Rey and Leia meet for the first time
>Nobody mentioned any of them to the other
>Leia ignores Chewie and goes to hug Rey
That scene was odd as fuck
>>78431785
>I do hope so, but it got me worried that we might get "ESB, but different!" in XIII.
I don't think we have to worry about that. I mean, sure -- you can make the parallel between Rey/Luke and Luke/Yoda, but there's a lot of differences too.
There's clearly some mystery behind Rey, and it's something more than just Vader being Luke's father. I think a lot of VIII will be about Rey's training and what exactly her connection to the Force is.
>>78431894
It was even worse in the original Marvel Star Wars comics, where they were looking for Han for 3 real-world years and never thoguht "maybe he's in Jabba's Palace"
>>78431893
And the recent history of the Falcon wasn't even a secret. You find out like 30 minutes into the movie.
>>78431893
I wouldn't even say thirty minutes. Lor San Tekka makes a whole number of references to it when he meets Kylo in the village as if it's supposed to be a particularly big deal. And while it is... the drama and mystery of the revelation just isn't played up well at all. Then Snoke just confirms it right then and there with a poor bit of exposition. Han's confronting Kylo was fantastic but then barring Chewie's reaction (as well as Finn and Rey's I suppose) there's no mention of it at all.
It's something I expect to be expanded upon in Episode VIII obviously, but VII really could have done a lot better. It tries to tug at your heartstrings but kind of fails at it because marketing was too busy reminding you of practical effects
>>78432161
It was never even built up as a mystery though. The movie doesn't play it as a big reveal.
Who here started crying when "SW" came on screen after "a long time ago..."?
I started sobbing tears of joy like a little girl and then the first line of the crawl came on the screen I turned to my sister and said
"what!?"
>>78430411
Yeah. I do hope the Confederacy is expanded upon, especially showing the member worlds and expanding on the roles of the Separatist Council during the war
>>78432005
the force senpai
>>78432397
I may have loosed a cry of joy.
Loudly.
>>78432397
>tfw I didn't because the opening crawl score was weak and kind of... absent
>>78432397
I had a nostalgic twinge when they did their first old school wipe, I'll admit.
>>78432466
the whole soundtrack was, just look at the opinions above, I cried because I was going to revisit a world that I hadn't visited since the late 90's, and by that I mean ABY SW.
>>78432397
considering I find any of the movies on tv at almost every hour no not really
>>78432397
Did you clap when Han Solo appeared?
>>78432514
Seriously. I've been seeing a lot of videos using the crawl score from the Originals lately and it's kind of annoying. As nostalgic as it may be, the Prequel version was and always will be at this point, the superior one. The Original crawl is comparatively clunky and in hindsight, awkward, memorable as it is
>>78432430
The Force told Leia to ignore poor Chewie who lost a long time friend and hug a stranger?
>>78432573
I did when he died
>>78432588
Would you want to hug a Wookiee that's going through one of the worst emotional stresses of his life?
>>78432588
the force knows furries are subhuman
>>78431785
>It's execution may be good
In some technical respects, perhaps. But on the whole the execution wasn't much better than the concept. It's mostly well-shot and well-edited, but the screenplay's a mess in all kinds of ways.
Kylo Ren's interesting, though. Hopefully they don't fuck him or Luke up.
>>78432573
a bit, I saw it the first time in Mexico and Mexican moviegoers don't really pop and cheer like in the U.S., I was actually surprised people clapped at all.
When I saw it a couple of hours later in the U.S. I liked that the biggest reaction the crowd got was when Rey grabs the lightsaber with the force before she fights Kylo.
People cheered even louder than when the opening title came on.
>>78432663
Well, US is filled with SWJ
>>78432573
My theater went nuts when the Falcon showed up. Then again when Han showed up. Then Leia showed up and ... absolutely nothing.
Then Threepio came on and everyone went crazy again.
>>78432573
>Han and Chewie appears
>everyone cheers
>Leia appears
>not a single soul makes a sound
>C3PO shows up immediately after
>crowd goes fucking nuts
>>78432858
>muh boogieman
>can't even spell SJW
>>78432858
>SWJ
Star Wars Joymongers!
>>78432949
The drug dealers in my theater went nuts when Leia showed up.
>>78432965
Same with my theater. Luke didn't even get a reaction.
>>78432966
>Not knowing what a Star Wars jedifanboy is
>>78432993
There was one solitary guy who went "woo" in mine.
>>78432993
One dude said out loud "I thought Oliver Reed was dead" when Luke showed up.
>>78433036
Kek.
>>78432993
That awkward moment when I was the only one who cheered at the Gonk droid
>>78433342
My brother of african descent
>>78433342
I was the only one who cheered for Ackbar
>>78433445
30 years and still an admiral.
>>78433464
To be fair, he did retire and Leia recruited him again and probably just let him have the title.
>>78433464
Don't think you can get any higher than that.
>>78433445
I had a few cheers for him on my end.
>>78433464
There isn't much to aim for once you become an admiral in most navies
What was the second time?
>>78433596
The white dude down front is the only one who realizes Han just ripped them off
>>78432397
So had you just never seen a Star Wars movie in a theater before?
>>78432003
The worst part of that is that the Luke search storyline, which had dominated the movie until that point, gets essentially forgotten so that the cast can deal with a superweapon. Then once that's dealt with the Luke storyline is very quickly wrapped up, almost as an afterthought. Even the explanation for why Artoo suddenly wakes up at such a convenient time is idiotic: BB-8 went up to him with "hey we got the map let's do this" and it took Artoo a while to react to that. That's the actual explanation from Abrams for why Artoo suddenly wakes up.
They could've still used a lot of what they did without making it a superweapon. We know Kylo and the First Order have an incomplete map (presumably something similar to what Artoo had, since both sides needed that last piece). Have Kylo take Rey to get that information (as happened in the movie), Han, Finn and Chewie go there to get her back and also to destroy the First Order's archives. The Resistance shows up to provide cover so that the heroes can escape once the job is done. Everything else can play out as it does in the movie, with Han confronting Kylo, the fights in the forest, etc. Plus at this point, Hux conferring with Snoke makes more sense since all they're doing is abandoning a base that's falling apart, rather than coming across like a dumbass for asking Snoke if he should evacuate a dying planet.
The guidebook claims that Phasma is high enough in hierarchy to not wear stormtrooper armor and only does so because she loves being on the frontlines.
I hope it means there'll be a scene with Christie in the standard FO officer coat nstead of the armor in VIII.
>>78433951
The map to Luke didn't make that much sense to me, either. Apparently all they were missing was one piece, and according to Threepio that one small piece along wasn't enough because it was all "uncharted" systems so they need the full map for context. But then you see the full map and realize the missing piece is actually a significant chunk, how in the world was that entire chunk completely uncharted?
>>78433960
Who cares?
>>78433960
Fuck uniforms, I want this dress to be in the movie
>>78433993
>how in the world was that entire chunk completely uncharted?
There's at least 1/4 of the known galaxy that's uncharted and marked as Unknown Regions. Even places in the "known" part of the galaxy can go uncharted and unnamed if the planets are completely useless to those finding them.
See: Before the Awakening, where Poe tracks First Order ships to a system that has no useful planets, so it just got a basic name designation (OR-### or w/e) and nothing else.
>>78434003
Gwen definititely doesthey should just let her play Samus already because her enthusiasm will obviously be wasted, Phasma will be a single act side villain at best
>>78433036
>Oliver Reed: Died May 2, 1999
>Phantom Menace: Released May 19, 1999
>>78431934
>The CIS wasn't run by the corporations.
Whatever you say, Separatist. What other lies do you tell yourself at night so you can sleep knowing how many innocents you killed?
>>78434102
too bad
>>78432581
The opening crawl score for the originals is better then TFA.
>>78434308
Yeah, TFA is definitely the weakest version. You can really tell it's a smaller orchestra.
>>78432573
Every time something from a previous movie was on screen, my audience clapped and hollered.
Did you go into the movie knowing Kylo was Han's son?
>>78430338
I don't recall it. There was mostly movie discussion with a lone voice or two requesting it.
https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/680478803005554688
Is this true? No more bacta tanks?
>>78434626
I imagine the tanks are very expensive to buy, along with the bacta itself. Resistance hasn't got the funds for that when they can barely afford X-Wings.
>>78432397
I teared up pretty hard
>>78431934
I wonder about that. I have this idea where if the Confederacy won the war, they'd have essentially transformed the galaxy into what would be a much, much larger Corporate Sector, splitting particular parts of the galaxy amongst the respective corporate factions that made up the CIS. The Republic would probably remain, though as a paltry shadow of its former self and largely powerless, constantly threatened with the possibility of being swallowed up by the eerily efficient corporate machine of the CIS.
The Jedi Order would likely have been disbanded by the Senate per treaty concessions, and whoever of them managed to survive the war are either serving able patrons to get by; forced into shoring up corporate muscle; or wandering the galaxy as ronin-types.
I suppose in a way it'd resemble the quagmire of Meiji Era Japan after the Bakumatsu.
>>78434626
>Wesiman asking questions
I love you Greg
>>78434308
This is true
>>78434626
Good practice for Finn, his exhaust port is going to need widening if he wants to let his bro shoot his proton torpedo into it
>>78434732
You are leaving out the big glaring issue of Sheev though. He was the one that orchestrated the war and was behind everything.
>>78434732
Sort of depends on who's in charge of the CIS when it wins (I supposed we're assuming from the get-go that Sidious is out of the picture because he would never have let the CIS win). If Dooku or Grievous were in charge at the time, I don't think they would've stopped until the Jedi Order was destroyed. In a Dooku scenario, I could see him negotiating with the Republic and convince/force its leaders to start painting the Jedi as criminals, thereby giving them an excuse to continue hunting and killing them even after the CIS and Republic have made peace. In a Grievous scenario, I don't think he'd accept negotiations at all and would just keep on going until everyone was dead.
>>78434743
Only question he had, too.
>>78434780
Sheev is a bit of a problem to work around because it's hard to think of a convincing way for him to leave the picture without considering his rather massive hand in everything I want to say Dooku would manage to have him killed off or exposed somehow but Sheev is too good to be Sheeved even by one he personally versed in Sheeving
>>78434910
Just for the sake of argument, let's say he slips in the shower.
>>78434968
But that's Anakin's shtick
>>78435010
Okay, Palpatine instead chokes on a pretzel.
>King Prana will never get those rathtars for his zoo
>>78435067
>Prana plotline comes up in 8 and/or 9
>He personally comes after Han and Chewie for reparations, only to find that Han died
What happens next?
>>78434579
Yes. Serves me right for lurking fucking /r9k/
new bread when?
>>78435177
When I rek ur mum lol
>>78434579
Yep. I didn't really care because I saw it coming. Ditto with the movie's big death.
>>78435230
Not your best work Carlos, you're getting rusty
>>78435238
>Ditto with the movie's big death.
Yeah, a lot of people saw it coming. Maybe not the exact way it happened, but given Harrison Ford's history with the franchise and given his age, "Han Solo dies in this one" was something lots of people guessed would happen.
>>78435137
They all get sad
>>78435191
lol
>>78435137
"Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea. I'll go ahead and forget all about this, I can hire someone else to get some rathtars for me. Please give General Leia my condolences."
>>78434579
I really want some interaction between Leia and Kylo Ren in the next two films. Also I want Lando to come back and say he's going to whoop that kids ass for killing his daddy.
>>78435652
Lando using the best tech for elder citizen mobility when
>>78432965
>everyone in my theatre reacted about the same for the OT characters, 3PO getting the lower reaction
Different strokes for different folks I guess.
>>78435652
I'm still not sure if Han made Luke, Lando, or Chewie the official godfather.
>>78435799
>Lando is kylo's godfather
>Luke had Rey's godfather beKyle katarn. If only this was possible.
These guys were cool. Shame they went to such waste. Saw in some behind the scenes stuff that they'd had a couple scenes apparently cut from the final release where they were a bit more active.
Anyone else think the Scot felt a little out of place, though? That accent and dialect were so thick it took me out of the movie for a bit. No offense to him or anything of course, it's good to hear more than just American English and British English for a change, but he took some getting used to. Especially with how much of a mouthful a lot his dialogue was.
>>78435878
As per Star Wars tradition, they'll probably get a bunch of cool appearances in books and comics, and maybe even Rebels. But they're just wasted appearances in the movies.
See: Sarco Plank & Crimson Corsair.
>>78435947
>>78435947
>>78435947
New thread
>>78435923
The Crimson Corsair got a lot of screen time for a backgrounder. Even spoke.
