https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wji-BZ0oCwg
And it looks like crap.
Seems exactly like the type of movie /m/ wants from the franchise.
>no jedi
>gruntwank
>female protagonist
>>14092792
Better than TFA.
>>14092740
Looks cool, though i have a feeling they're going to wank stuff like tr8r for the fanservice
this shot gave me chills
>>14092808
I don't remember the Death Star being that big in the originals.
Is this IP MAN 4 in the future?
The impwank is strong in this.
What do you think of the new MC?
> All that clearly Iraq/Afghanistan inspired footage
It amazes me how they put so much effort into mimicking the control room, Mon Mothma, the trooper costumes, the klaxon, the imperial interior style... then they just completely ignore how Mos Eisley was shown and have headscarves and APCs and tight dingy alleys under gloomy lighting straight out of Zero Dark Thirty.
Not to mention all them shots of the MC clearly meant to evoke Hunger Games.
>>14092828
>Mos Eisley
I doubt it's even the same planet.
>>14092831
No shit.
>>14092740
marks' not looking so good
>>14092813
It's the size of a moon, what'd you expect?
>>14092825
Looks like she's going to be good at everything for no reason. Let's hope they at least give her some flaws, or a reason for her being good at everything.
>>14092841
I dunno, he looks pretty good for an old man.
>>14092825
I thought she'd be like cool and mature Rey, but she was actually edgy Rey.
>>14092841
Still better than he looked a few years ago.
>>14092740
Looks good. Expanded universe is always good but this is good without directly riding on nostalgia feelings.
>>14092825
Cute.
>>14092843
She isn't a pilot, that's one.she obviously will have personal issues and will suck as team player.
Oh, is not bothan.
>>14092841
This actually made me smile.
>>14092855
He looks awesome. He is what, pushing 50?
>>14092843
>rey being absolutely rubbish with guns was shown more in the deleted scenes
>this would have at least added something to the character even if it's just a little
>it's a deleted scene
fuckin' JJ
>>14092821
I mean, they have to have someone who's an incompetent blowhard to shout orders, right?
I immediately thought of how much more aesthetically pleasing all the gear and uniforms were compared to TFA. Even being able to see the original TIE Fighters (and maybe one other model of Imperial spacecraft) would be an improvement over the one-fighter show per side in TFA.
>>14092843
I wonder if she'll use a laser bow.
>>14092808
yeah the way the shadow pans past like a classic star wars scene transition was fucking genius
that bit at the end where the mc is in some imperial corridor and the lights come on one by one around was great too
at the very least it will look pretty
no really feeling these lazy looking bounty hunter or smuggler designs though
>>14092740
>tfw this movie will directly retconn kyle katarn and the entirety of the dark forces series
i guess i should have known considering that jedi knight/jedi academy were already retconned but still
>>14092874
I can't imagine there was any way that was going to survive--that, and the game TIE Fighter were always on the chopping block. A shame.
At least they're not retconning the old stormtrooper armor/uniforms out of existence.
>>14092860
He can look amazing done up right.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuhKtJhtckQ
>>14092825
So we're getting yet another 'tough, independent action woman who don't need help from no man or alien'? How much do you wanna bet she'll be Force sensitive too and fight Darth Vader to a standstill?
>>14092825
Literally all she's missing is the braid.
>>14092890
There's no Jedi/Force users in this (except for Vader).
>>14092808
Didn't they build it around the laser in Episode 3? Hell, even in Episode 6 it's not the last part
>>14092899
Yeah it seems kind of dumb--we don't lower the completed top sixth of a skyscraper onto the finished fifth-sixths of the building--and contradictory to how they built it in ROTJ.
On the other hand, different priorities, "Twenty years to build the first one", etc. Any number of odd ways to justify it.
>>14092899
Renovations?
>>14092899
They had a service recall on the old superlaser dish and had to replace it.
Ok.
You got me.
I'm hype.
>>14092899
Dude.
DUDE.
Anything to justify that sweet shadow cast over the rest of the Death Star.
Remember the golden rule:
>BECAUSE IT LOOKS COOL
>>14092792
All this edge in one sentence
> She even has a quiver stand-in
>>14092874
There's been like 4 different contradictory stories about the First Death Stars plans, them sticking to the one in Clone Wars is neither surprising nor upsetting. Kyle is non-canon and has been with years, make peace with it and move on.
>>14092937
Did he steal them directly in the first place? I thought he just ferried them?
Also there was the X-Wing version where some random listening post picks it up "oh hey there's an imperial transmission - looks like some sort of battlestation!"
>>14092948
My personal favorite was the data clerk who saved a copy on his private network drive that the rebels hacked. never trust secure information to be stored in iCloud
>>14092825
cuter than Rey
>>14092937
>Kyle is non-canon and has been with years, make peace with it and move on.
FUCK YOU
and this movie will be ass, you all know it
>>14092977
I don't really care. He's non-canon regardless. His games still exist so even I liked him I don't see what difference it'd make.
>>14092983
until disney announced that all EU stuff was no longer cannon, he WAS canon anon
>>14092984
Yes, and? It's been a few years now. Get over it.
>>14092984
you realize the Jedi Knight games didn't just evaporate on Disney's magical orders, right? You want it, go and and play it.
>>14092895
dude, she looks like she's an adult woman
plus
>brown medium-short hair
>rebel
>dark clothes(???)
that's about it, bub
I want some blaster porn and Mandalorians
>>14093027
Not him but the fondness people have for Katarn's crazy adventures should prove there's interest in having his existence as, at the very least the Dark Forces era mercenary under Alliance employ, recognized by the Disney canon.
I don't mind if he's reduced to literallywho status in the Disney canon, they already did that with Jake Farrell, the most literallywho A-Wing pilot to ever literallywho his way into a name.
I don't see what the problem is.
Ripping off characters from books for your Star Wars lead is how they did it back in the day. They just didn't have a movie of the book yet back then.
>>14092740
>Le stronk womyn meme
dropped.
>>14093055
> that scene with Mon Mothma relaying female lead's life
Did we really have to have that? Is going to say she's a loose canon but get's results next?
>>14093055
It depends how many people mourn his loss. I've never seen anyone outside here bitch about it.
>>14092821
Good.
Shits the main reason I'm interested desu, and the prospect of laser fights over space knights with powers.
I fuckin love me space empires.
>>14092927
>RX-78 backpack
>>14093063
>no le weak women meme
10/10 will watch multiple times
>>14093055
There's still the possibility that Dave Filoni (from Rebels) might sneak him back into the canon like he did with a lot of other things from the EU.
looks like shit.
>Donnie Yen bowstaff fighting a platoon of Stormtroopers
DREAMS DO COME TRUE
Fantastic, another Star Wars movie that only looks like Star Wars in name.
This franchise has been fucking dead since 2005.
>>14093094
Is there anything you like anon? Or are you always a negative faggot?
>>14093100
>since 2005
George please.
>>14093085
t. carl the cuck
>>14092860
Hamill? Dude's 64 and looks damn good for his age now.
>>14093098
>chink pandering intensifies
Mainlander gooks will never understand Star Wars because they have no soul, no amount of space kungfu will change that.
The best that Disney could try would be to make the Stormtroopers five-foot flat, wear khaki, speak Japanese and toss babies onto bayonets.
>>14093058
Because it's a pretty blatant maneuver by one of the world's biggest entertainment companies right after a high-profile big-budget movie series centered on the ripped-off character ended?
>>14093092
I remember those ships from KotOR. So they're still using ship designs that are several thousand years old?
When you think about it (and count the EU), the Star Wars universe is kind of... stagnant. Politically things get shuffled around every few hundred years, but technologically and culturally, nothing ever really changes.
>>14093121
WELCOME TO THA KANJIKLUB
I wonder what new dank memes will emerge from this flick
>>14093125
i mean, even in the KotOR era they have basically godlike powers in terms of being able to traverse the galaxy efficiently, build anything they want, terraform planets, manipulate gravity, etc.
at that point where do you go?
>>14093127
We only really got TR-8R out of TFA if I'm remembering right. I think it was just because TFA was utterly boring and forgettable otherwise, though.
>>14093137
>The only good thing about TFA was the memes
sounds about right, SW is becoming the new capeshit anyways.
>>14092899
I'm assuming that's how they built the prototype Death Star but decided to do something more modular for the actual one.
>>14093136
>>14093125
Technology never changes in Star Wars. At least not in a way noticed by people with out a perspective that is several thousand years long.
things progress and regress over several millennia. As various wars between the light and dark side of the force ravage the galaxy.
>>14093125
They're not the exact same Hammerheads from a thousand years ago but modern ships designed with a classical look.
https://youtu.be/O0XoKT2LziA?t=281 (jump to 4:41)
>>14093148
Well, look who owns both Star Wars and Marvel.
Disney is easily the most powerful entertainment company in the world. I mean, it kind of already was, but now there's no stopping it even if you wanted to bar a massive economy-destroying disaster.
>>14093136
Thousands of years ago people dreamed of flying, of bringing the dead back to life etc. All of that is routine now (for a given value of them at least), so we have new dreams that build on our experiences, with terraforming, gravity manipulation, FTL being some of the bigger dreams. Anyone living in time with them would be the same, dreaming stuff that we can't, but built on those being everyday. We can't say what they are because of it, but there's no reason to assume there isn't more.
>>14093049
>two stun stick or two guns
ah, so we need our protag to never sling stuff on her back
>>14093055
oh definitely. I'm just saying don't get upset because its not like the things you loved are deleted from the universe
>>14092740
>Mark Hamill's grumpy old man face at the end of the trailer
my fucking sides
>>14093148
better than capeshit, at least
>>14093136
When post-scarcity is reached and hunger, ignorance, and want are banished forever, people will end up killing for idealogy instead.
>>14092899
in fairness my dude, the Deathstar II was trying to be operational as fast as possible
>>14092740
I was initionaly hesitant about Disney's plan to milk the franchise with extra movies beyond the sequel trilogy, but after TFA and this trailer I'm starting to come round. This shit probably won't be riding the nostalgia train so we might end up with someone worth watching.
>>14092825
As long as she's not another Mary Sue and has some flaws and has to work to be good at everything I'll accept her.
>>14093137
>I think it was just because TFA was utterly boring and forgettable otherwise
I think you just have brain problems. And if you're only watching something just to get memes out of it then you need to seriously consider suicide.
>>14093207
>As long as she's not another Mary Sue
If you retards actually paid attention to TFA you'd realize Rey is far from the Mary Sue you think she is.
No Sheev? Fuck you too, Disney.
>>14093217
they're not going to listen to you
They don't even use the term right
>>14093214
Diffrent anon here, what exactly makes TFA not boring and forgettable? They played it way to safe to be memorable or good and all we got besides TR-8R was some Nostalgia-bait.
>>14093217
LITTLE
WHITE
KEK
BALL
>>14093217
How is she not? The definition of a Mary Sue is a character who is nearly perfect and flawless with the ability to do everything right and save the day.* She never struggles to learn anything, she's good at everything as soon as tries it. The only times she struggles is when it takes her a couple tries to persuade the stormtrooper to let her out and the time she gets scared by a lightsaber, Of course the next time she touched the lightsaber she can go head to head with no a Sith just fine with 0 training. I mean even Luke got a fucking training montage.
*(Being a self-insert of the author is also included in the definition sometimes but it's not required, and I doubt JJ Abrams self inserts as twenty-something year old girl)
>>14092808
>>14093255
>Of course the next time she touched the lightsaber she can go head to head with no a Sith just fine with 0 training.
You mean the Sith wannabe with a hole in his side from a bowcaster blast that just finished messing around with a previous opponent and she STILL struggled against?
Whatever.
>>14093217
>Rey apologist
Fuck off.
>>14093255
Luke didn't even get a training montage, since there was just the one bit of him hitting laser's back and no actual montage.
>>14093271
One of the main problems with Rey is that she's played by an ugly cunt.
>>14093274
Luke spent a month on Dagobah training under Yoda in TESB. And Luke needed guidance from Obi-Wan's Force Ghost to use the Force to hit the thermal exhaust port.
>>14093269
Are you forgetting how she magically knew how to use Mind Tricks and telekinesis within literally half a day's time if not less of encountering Maze and learning about the Force from simply touching Anakin's older lightsaber?
Everything about Rey in TFA exaggerates how super competent, powerful, and gifted she is that its impossible to take her seriously.
>>14093285
why do you memorize a thing you hate
>>14093279
British people look like lizards, so its not surprising.
>>14093269
Are you ignoring how she's portrayed as knowing how to use Force powers without any actual training or experience, how she apparently knows how to use and pilot the Falcon better then Han fucking Solo, or how she constantly saves and frees herself from danger while the guys are left in the dust and the film even goes off in such a direction that most people assumed Finn was essentially comedic relief until the very end?
Her character was aggravating.
>>14093285
>how she magically knew
she's an in universe weeb, anon. she knew what to do because she read stories about all this shit that happened, about how the jedi could do shit like that and how leia was so badass and luke fought darth vader and they got helped by a cool smuggler named han
she's literally a star wars fan in a universe where starwars is REAL. if you woke up tomorrow in an anime and a funny lookin dude with wings floated up next to you and handed you a black notebook, you'd start writing some names wouldn't you?
>>14093291
Why are you wasting oxygen?
>>14093301
you seem angry
maybe if you memorized things you like instead you wouldn't be so angry
>>14093299
>she read stories
No she didn't. Its literally shown she had never heard of the Jedi or understand what the Force was until she meet Maze and had it explained to her.
Because that's all what Maze was, a literal, walking, talking plot device for exposition on the Force. And she did all of that within the span of less than a day's time from Kylo's assault to breaking out of captivity when Han and the others came to rescue her.
There's no justification for this.
>>14093303
>>14093291
Why is anyone angry for proving you wrong, ESL poster?
>>14093299
the real explanation is that she is either Luke or Leia's daughter. That she was training as a jedi when Ben flipped to the Dark Side. Luke takes her and wipes her memory. Giving her a crappy remake of his and Anakin's childhood.
>>14093308
From a literary prospective, any set up in Episode VIII isn't going to legitimatize the issues that Episode VII had. Even if it explains that Rey was some former Jedi trainee or prior apprentice, its pretty sloppy writing.
>>14092821
Is that fucking Ben Mendelsohn? Fuck yes, that uniform and shot alone is great, but I'm even more on board now.
>>14093285
What really annoyed me about Rey is that they went out of their way to ensure that she didn't need help from anyone in TFA. Get accosted by some thugs? She beats them up without a sweat. Get captured by the First Order? She pulls a Jedi mind trick out of her ass. Getting her ass kicked by Kylo Ren? She magically learns the Force Cheat Codes.
I mean, Luke needed to get his ass saved at least 3-4 times in ANH alone. Hell, the climax of the OT is him getting his ass saved by Darth Vader!
>>14093299
I watch /m/ shows. By your logic if aliens came and told me I needed to pilot a mecha to save the galaxy I'd be the greatest mecha pilot who ever lived. Hearing stories =/= knowing how to do the things in those stories at an expert level.
I like it
>>14093214
TFA was a super safe retread of ANH, just shinier. All it did was pander to nostalgia for the original trilogy without trying anything particularly new or interesting.
>>14093285
>Everything about Rey in TFA exaggerates how super competent, powerful, and gifted she is that its impossible to take her seriously.
...good thing that she's a character in a magical adventure movie for children, amirite?
>>14093320
still better than the prequels.
>>14093308
Wasn't she left on not-Tatooine when she was like 5? I mean even if she is Luke's daughter, I doubt she would have received expert level training at five. And as mentioned before, Luke got a training montage.
>people still having difficulty accepting that she's literally the force awakened
>as in a walking agent of the force itself
>as in "modern day Jedi, as written by the folks at Marvel."
>as in WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE MAGICAL SPACE SAMURAI angstbait rather than the second coming of space jesus / Anakin reincarnated
Oh wait, she did thing. That means she's flawless and thus totally a Sue right?
Chronologically speaking when exactly did this take place before ANH?
>>14093315
Of course those were problems. She wasn't told what a Jedi Mind Trick was or how they work, but she pulled it off. How to use mind over matter? Never explained but she snatches Anakin's lightsaber from Kylo, why is she a better technician or pilot then Han whose spent decades with the Falcon?
They wanted her to be a second Leia in terms of being a "strong independent" female but jesus fuck, they pushed it too hard. She quite literally able to do things that might only possibly be half-assed explained with a hand wave from some future story but its so sloppy and lazy.
And yes as I recall with Luke:
ANH:
>saved from a Tusken Raider by Obi-Wan Kenobi
>saved from the garbage compactor with everyone else by Artoo
>saved by Biggs or Wedge during the Battle of Yavin from a Tie-Fighter
>saved by Han during his Trench Run before Vader could shoot him down
>>14093321
Last I checked Star Wars franchise is for adults as well as kids. Also still isn't a justification for the nonsensical plot bending antics she pulls in the movie.
>>14093322
At least the prequels were memorably bad. TFA is so middle of the road it's kind of depressing. Notice pretty much everyone stopped talking about it within a month of release and it isn't really brought up anymore.
It'll be the same with this movie. People will hype it up and talk about it constantly for about three weeks, then it'll fade into obscurity. Meanwhile, the original six movies will remain a cornerstone of popular culture for years to come.
>>14093325
I just wished they showed more on how rubbish she was with blasters, that would have been enough "balancing" for me
>>14093324
She only thinks she was left on the planet at 5.
Han or Luke probably have the alien running the scrap yard in on it. The Aluminum Falcon just "happened" to end up there as well.
>>14093327
1 BBY year or so
>>14093327
Last I heard, immediately before the events of ANH. The movie is supposed to be about stealing and delivering the Death Star plans to Leia.
It will probably end with Leia's blockade runner being pursued by a Star Destroyer.
>>14093327
>movie trailer shows Death Star being built and set up
Do the math.
>>14093322
Nope.
>>14093325
>can literally use Force powers despite not being trained or explained how to use them
>in less then a day's time about learning about the Force
>can pilot a starship that Han Solo owned better then he can
>is never in any real danger throughout the movie
>can do anything she wants
Sounds like a garbage protagonist to me.
>>14093338
Many Bothans died.
>>14093279
TESB isn't what we're talking about though - we're only talking about ANH, and comparing TFA and it's events to it since they're both first films.
>>14093322
>he actually thinks this
>that stock punching sound in 0:28 from smacking the stormtrooper's helmet with a baton
really? like fucking really?
If not having formal training in the force makes you a sue, doesn't that mean the first force wielders were badly written fanfic characters?
>>14092740
Looks like direct to video shit. I mean, Star Wars has always been laughable shit, but this is legitimately garbage.
>that klaxon
Just wreck my eardrums, fà m.
>>14093347
depends, if you think the force is a side effect of having a parasite, or a mystical power.
If it is a parasite. Then you have people turning headaches into super powers.
If it is mystical. Then the Force uses you like a meat puppet.
>>14093344
TFA borrows elements and settings heavily from both ANH and TESB.
>opening sequence on a desert planet that totally isn't Tatooine? check
>learning about the Force and what Jedi are on a totally isn't expy to Dagobah? check
>transition to fleet/imperial scene aboard the Starkiller discussing insert x super weapon that isn't aping the Death Star conference scene? check
>movement to assaulting a snow covered ice planet that isn't following an inverted Battle of Hoth sequence? check
>grand reveal of Kylo Ren being Ben Solo; Han's estranged son in a cheesy basic confrontation scene with a large shaft that doesn't try to hide its mirroring of Vader revealing his identity to Luke in TESB? check
>>14093331
>Notice pretty much everyone stopped talking about it within a month of release
not saying it TFA isn't average but most of the time even the best movies don't get talked about much these days in the following months after the release unless it's being artificially pushed, terrible big budget movies tend to be talked about more simple because they become punchlines in late shows
>>14093347
No, just Rey. Anakin was using the Force instinctively to increase his reaction time and predict things but he wasn't aware of this or capable of doing more until he started training.
Luke also used it to find lost objects growing up and had an unnatural piloting ability, Rey however pushes it to 11 and that's what makes it intolerable.
>>14093355
The worst part about the Kylo Ren and Han Solo drama scene was how when they kept mentioning SNOKE'S name, it killed any sort of suspense or emotional build up. I was literally stifling my laughter in the movie theater and so were all my friends because it sounds like something out of Sesame Street being thrown into the mix.
Also JJ's textbook extremely simplistic and awful use of using the background with dark and red lighting against the backdrop for Kylo and light and blue colors with Han when switching to each's focus was low brow as fuck.
>>14093341
>can literally use Force powers despite not being trained or explained how to use them
So... like Anakin?
>>14093374
When did 10 year old Anakin use TK or Jedi mind tricks in TPM?
>>14093372
>>14093374
Anakin and Luke weren't trying to use powers.
it just happened naturally with them.
>>14093374
Chosen One > Ugly slut
Also last I checked mate, he was just using it for his reflexes. You know, being the most powerful Force-User in existence kind of justifies it. What's your excuse for Rey again?
>>14093378
Wrong.
>>14092906
Skyscrapers also aren't built in zero gravity.
>>14093378
>T-they just weren't doing it like she was!
>Its totally okay!
>Despite the fact Luke being pissed off when Obi-Wan is struck down and is the son of the Chosen One who with no formal training still can't use the Force that way!
>But lets slide some convenient bullshit for Rey, okay!
Nah.
>>14093383
>What's your excuse for Rey again?
Being the descendant of two of the most powerful Force-Users in existence
Being the first movie in a trilogy
Not being autistic
>>14093397
>Being the descendant
That didn't happen with Luke and it didn't happen with Anakin. Not valid.
>Being the first movie in a trilogy.
Not a valid excuse.
>Not being autistic.
You failed this the moment you posted in the thread.
>>14093399
Luke was confirmed to have the same power and potential as Anakin by Lucas. There's no such fluff or statement going for Rey. On top of this, there is no suspension of disbelief to see one Skywalker descendant pulling powers out of her ass as the scene necessitates in them in the story.
Its not good writing and it certainly gives off a Sueish vibe.
>>14093397
You are dumb.
>>14093408
Bicker all you want, but when I go to a film subtitled the Force Awakens I expect jedi bullshit that puts Unicorn's 7th episode's newtype nonsense to shame.
Sometimes I wonder if /m/'s dislike of Gundam's newtype bullshit is in play here.
>>14093397
>Being the descendant of two of the most powerful Force-Users in existence
Yoda and Sheev?
>>14093416
>It appealed to me despite how dumb and nonsensical it is and how it breaks every valid claim for why her character is awful
>But I expected that so ITS OKAY
>>14093419
Anakin's potential goes beyond both Palpatine and Yoda's. And Luke's is equal to that. Even SHEEV admits this to Yoda in Episode III when they're fighting each other.
>>14092740
They're making a new Star Wars movie already?
>>14093429
>I don't like it that means it's bad writing
>>14093433
every year until they stop making money
>>14093438
Numerous arguments and substance to the claims about why Rey is an awful character have been posted. Your counter is literally "LOL I WAS EXPECTING THIS SO ITS ALRIGHT KAY?".
Great rebuttal, faggot.
>>14093448
>I don't like it that means it's bad writing
keep digging that grave, dumbshit.
>>14093440
literally this, not too long ago there were some articles mentioning how disney is going to be releasing at least one star wars movie every year for the foreseeable future with no end in sight
>>14093329
>Also still isn't a justification for the nonsensical plot bending antics she pulls in the movie.
Hai, I am from the past, I just watched this new scifi movie called "Star Wars" and found that it features WIZARDS
Fucking WIZARDS in my scifi movie, 0/10, guaranteed to flop.
I thought Rogue One was going to be about Rogue Squadron and mass vehicular manslaughter.
I better get some gorgeous Y-wing porn in R1
TFA gave me blueballs
>>14093468
then you didn't pay attention
it's been about the death star heist since before TFA came out
and it ends with "Good job Rouge One, your girl-ness has helped the Rebellion. Now go make a squadron."
>>14093455
>I don't have a counter but your wrong okay!
Keep being that autist, piss-ant.
>>14093438
>>14093455
What are you babbling about? Your literally posting nothing but one liner personal attacks and ad hominems because you can't actually explain why its reasonable for Rey to show of those powers which all correspond to scenes where she would need them, its deus ex machina in a sense, and bad writing.
>>14093461
They have a Han Solo, Yoda, and Fett spin-off movies in the works as well.
>>14093496
>and it ends with "Good job Rouge One, your girl-ness has helped the Rebellion. Now go make a squadron."
So either she dies between making this squadron, and Empire Strikes Back, or... what?
The only time I recall Rogue Squadron existing was on the battle of Hoth, with Wedge and Luke being the leaders of it.
>>14093461
onlines say stock reports say the internal estimate (as of a couple of years back) was that Star Wars was projected to go at current levels for40 years
>>14093464
What does that have to do with the franchise being geared for all demographics? This isn't Gundam, its not primarily aired at small children. Otherwise RoTS and TFA wouldn't be PG-13 rated.
Too bad Star Wars is shit.
>>14093525
leading and founding are different things
>>14093526
Star Wars net value before Disney bought it according to Forbes in 2012 was over 27 billion USD and expected it to grow for at least another 10 years without any movie series. However given how Disney plans to release continual sequel and spin-off films for the next several years on top of the Rebels TV series and possibly future sequel shows, it may prove to be a Gundam scenario where the public might get drained of Star Wars.
>>14093537
*without any new movies added to the series
>>14093529
It may be shit but it's also trash
>>14093527
There's a dude ITT complaining about the new Space Wizard doing Space Wizards thing better than his favourite old Space Wizard.
It's fucking ridic. About as ridiculous as some imaginary oldfag complaining that there were space wizards in his srs grim and gritty scifi movie full of dirty and run-down spaceships.
>>14093537
>milking marvel for all it's worth
>milking star wars until it's bone dry
I'd complain about them not understanding the value of scarcity but there's been one marvel movie every year since iron man and the public shows little signs of fatigue
I mean BvS put a lot of people off but that just made them want Civil War more
>>14093525
The name is a misnomer. The film so far seems to have zero to do with Red/Rogue Squadron. I think they only chose the name because its both catchy and would appeal to EU fans who were followers of the Rogue and Wraith Squadron books and comics.
The main character is portrayed like a Wraith Squadron character or Imperial agent; covert ops, infiltration, operating like a commando or insurgent then a fighter jockey.
>>14093553
That's not complaining. Its a legitimate argument because she's doing is literally bullshit for the sake of bullshit.
>>14093553
What the fuck are you babbling about. The bitching about Rey is because she is pulling powers out of her ass without any sort of training. No one in the franchise has done this and its written to work her character out of any danger throughout Episode VII's entire story.
JJ is a shitty writer and Rey is a shitty character.
>>14093537
>it may prove to be a Gundam scenario where the public might get drained of Star Wars
I dunno.
Might need a cool-off period every ten years or so for a bit, but it seems to me more and more that the dead zone between Ewoks Adventures and Shadows of the Empire is the exception more than the norm.
But it's a lot easier to make plans to shit them out every year and dial back the schedule than to rush production from every three years or something, same with infinite capeshit.
Strike as hard and as much until the iron stops being hot.
>>14093553
>its okay that Rey can use telekinesis, Jedi Mind Tricks, reverse a telepathic mind probe from a semi-trained Sith Lord, and even use fucking zen meditation despite only touching a lightsaber for 10 seconds and learning about the Force less then 24 hours before getting captured or fighting Ren at the movie's end
>BUT THIS IS OKAY BECAUSE I LIKE IT
Trailer makes the movie seem incredibly uninspired. Plus way too much time spent flaunting the girl lead (without making her seem interesting in any way too, but maybe that's just me), like, I was expecting it to be about a group of people.
But I guess we'll get more trailers and my opinion could change. Just didn't get me excited like I'd expect from a Star Wars trailer.
Though admittedly, the Death Star plan theft just seems like something at the very bottom of the barrel of exciting Star Wars stories they could've told and I mostly forgot about this movie as soon as they announced it as a result.
>>14093553
Did you find all the people whining about about Midochloridians when phantom menace came out just as annoying? After all it's just ridiculous space wizardry right?
>>14093563
>That's not complaining. Its a legitimate argument because she's doing is literally bullshit for the sake of bullshit.
...magical bullshit in a movie about space wizards?
Hold the fucking press., people.
>I think they only chose the name because its both catchy and would appeal to EU fans who were followers of the Rogue and Wraith Squadron books and comics.
Doesn't make a lick of sense. Disney pulled the plug on the EU and Hollywood cares exactly about two audiences: the US and the China. Everybody else is just people who have stupid german money that can be used to cover costs during production.
>>14093563
My post was misleading, I know the inclusion of "Rogue" in the name has no connection to Rogue Squadron, the person I was replying to however was trying to meme up the fact that that is the case, as seen >>14093533 so I was playing off that.
>>14093618
>magical bullshit in a movie about space wizards
Bad writing is bad writing. Can you actually given a definitive defense or justification for Rey not being a sue? Her powers come at the sake of convenience, her character is never in any actual danger, and the movie overwhelmingly peddles suspension breaking events that make her character seem unrealistic.
Also
>...
>.,
Kill yourself. This isn't tumblr, retard.
>>14093618
So I guess Gundam Seed-Destiny with Kira being untouchable was good because the fans wanted it? Okay.
>>14093515
Literally the crux of your position is
>I don't like it that means it's bad writing
>>14093596
I do still, because nobody seems to get that Midichlorians are only a rough estimator of how attuned someone is to the force.
They do not GIVE you force powers, nor are they an exact figure on how powerful of a jedi you are going to be.
The whiners just complain that "magic microbes are thw source of the force wah" but that isn't what's said onscreen or in other source materials.
>>14093629
>This isn't tumblr, retard.
Judging by all the posts on /m/ lately about wanting to shove all conservatives into camps, and freaking out about people making fun of sjws, I can see why people could confuse this place for tumblr.
>>14093586
In my opinion, choosing something like the Death Star plan heist is perfect for making a movie, precisely because of the vague nature of it all.
That leaves a lot up to the writers/designers for this film, as the only line referencing the heist indicate "many bothans died". You can go a lot of places with this premise, and without the plans you can't blow up the death star in the first movie, which is what starts to push the war in the Rebels favor, so it's at least semi-important as far as the original trilogy goes.
>>14093640
Strange, all I ever see is Trumpposting.
>>14093639
>I do still, because nobody seems to get that Midichlorians are only a rough estimator of how attuned someone is to the force.
Oh god, someone else on this planet finally gets it. They were just there so they could say Anakin's power level was over 9000. That's it.
>>14093635
So literally no counter argument that you can actually defend? Good to know. Its a hilarious pattern how every time someone like you who are Rey apologists are pushed to explain yourselves, you give nothing. Just the same old tired out one liner ad naseum repeat bullshit.
>She's not a bad character because I say so so its good writing
Seriously stop posting.
>>14093596
That mostly filled me with Schadenfreude. Personally I was like: "whatever, the dude owns that fictional universe."
What was more, complaining about that particular instance was pretty moot as all three of those movies apparently were full of terrible acting, OOC-behaviour on the character's part and had a plot that couldn't decide what it was trying to be, so it ended up a hot mess of a trilogy.
>>14093660
t. RLM
>>14093650
Would you believe that there are people who actually wrote the film off based solely on THAT?
>>14093055
>the most literallywho A-Wing pilot to ever literallywho his way into a name.
Nah, that's the frogdog in Jabba's palace.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Buboicullaar/Legends
>>14093671
Other way around, dumbass. Luceno was given the green light to write Plagueis and Sidious' backstories and origins in the old Star Wars canon before Disney took over. Luceno reworked the concept of Midicholorians by explaining they just MEASURE one's general affinity to the Force, but do not generate the Force itself, its vice versa in fact.
Luceno was allowed to retcon the concept Lucas vaguely created in TPM.
>>14093629
>Can you actually given a definitive defense or justification for Rey not being a sue?
Oh, that's easy, she's not a fanfic character and the movie isn't fan fiction.
Anything else?
>>14093686
That's not a explanation. Try again tumblr faggot.
>>14093681
They didn't say that Midichlorians gave you force powers in tpm either tho
>>14093686
>she's not a fanfic character
>A Mary Sue for female characters is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character, a young or low-rank person who saves the day through unrealistic abilities.
Sounds like exactly what Rey is to me.
>>14093691
Technically right and technically wrong. Because it was worded and explained so vaguely in TPM that people didn't understand this.
>>14093686
you're a fanfic faggot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrYnZ7ZxRe4
>>14093686
A Mary Sue isn't limited or exclusive to "fanon" portrayals, dude.
>>14093654
Can't counterargue a nonexistent argument, shitposter-kun.
>rey apologists
>says I'm the one engaging in ad hominem
ayyyyyy
>>14093697
>Sounds like exactly what Rey is to me.
Sounds exactly like Luke to me, who only could hit the vent after he used his special mary sue powers which we were told and shown to be sorely lacking throughout the whole movie.
>>14093727
>a nonexistent argument
Check your eyes.
>ad hominem
You also don't know what a ad hominem is on top of abusing the poisoning the well argument. Cute attempt, autist kun.
>>14093730
Luke had to be saved 4 times in ANH and only managed to hit the thermal exhaust port with explicit instructions and guidance from Obi-Wan after Han saves him from Vader. Not seeing the comparison with Rey pulling Force powers out of her ass as soon as it becomes convenient for her to have them.
Try again.
>>14093697
>escorts a droid back to its owner
>gets kidnapped
>fights for her life to escape and probably would've gotten away on her own if she didn't run into the rescue team on the way
>literally a powered up take on her street urchin survivalist origins
>NO SHE'S A MARY SUE WHO DID EVERYTHING
>>14093740
So your defense for Luke not being a Sue is that he's too shitty a character?
Dumbass.
>>14092808
Considering all that mass and how fast this thing was attached it would destroy Death Star.
>>14093767
Luke is the simple journey of the hero character, so yes.
>>14093754
>gets kidnapped
For all of five minutes.
>how does she free herself
By using a Jedi mind trick despite having no instructions or training yet learning about the Force only hours earlier talking to Maze.
>fights for her life
She was never in any danger and the film failed to make it seem like this, she spends more time saving others then being legitimately threatened.
>literally a powered up take on her street urchin survalist origins
What the fuck does this even mean? Not of this even answer's the other anons question to how anyone can justify her having Force powers up the ass.
>two dudes jump her
>she curbstomps them
>Finn tries to help help her
>she beats the black out of him
>she also saves his life like three times in the movie turning his character into a literal joke
>can pilot the Falcon better then Han despite having no experience piloting at all and knowing how it runs better then he does
>can use TK despite never having any training when its okay to get Anakin's lightsaber
>can use a Jedi Mind Trick despite no training and only when its presented as being a grace to get her out of imprisonment
>also reversed Kylo's telepathic probe and put him in pain and the submissive role
>not a Sue
>>14093767
So Luke being well written, developed, and going through the cycles of a naive boy to hero is now a "shitty" character? Holy shit kill yourself.
>>14093767
>Luke
>shitty character
Holy shit end yourself you fucking millennial waste of genetic material. Luke not being some self-insert STRONG INDEPENDENT WOMAN because he actually has to develop makes him a 10/10 character.
Not your shitty Sueish Rey who can do anything she wants, whenever she wants, as unrealistically as she wants you sore assed troglodyte.
>>14093767
>Dumbass.
Says the guy defending Rey while insulting Luke as being "shitty", that's some deeply ironic wording and projection.
>>14093785
>no training
By this logic there cannot exist Force users because at some point someone had to be able to use the Force without any training in order to gain the experience needed to teach others to use the Force.
>>14093794
>actually has to develop
Oh yeah, MUH FATHER IS A GOOD MAN is totally character development.
Nice to know trumpshitters don't even know what they talk about and just accuse anyone they don't like of being millenial cuck womanworshippers.
>faggots in this thread defending Rey
>s-she's not a Mary Sue!
holy fuck, kill yourselves morons, go insert yourselves in your Twilight shit
you are the main reason Star Wars is shit
>>14093807
>By this logic
There is no "by this logic" because that's not the context or tangent being argued or debated at all here. Deal with it, Rey uses powers without any sort of basis or belivability and is an unrealistic and boring Sue like character.
Obi-Wan had training.
Anakin had training.
Luke had training.
That simple.
>Oh yeah, MUH FATHER IS A GOOD MAN is totally character development
Luke refusing to follow the robotic emotionless views of Obi-Wan and Yoda who represent the old outdated Jedi Order and actively argues and proves that love and compassion show that emotions are not weaknesses to redeem Vader and return Anakin from the dark side is great character development and Luke's maturity as a man and hero.
>trumpshitters
I don't even know what this means or what this has to do with anything but I suggest you stop posting like an idiot.
Honestly, if Rey repeatedly breaking free on her own and the writer speeding us along on the way to more Jedi-related stuff is all you find objectionable about this particular movie, then it must be a fucking sublime work of art in comparison to Episode 1-3.
Remember
>magical bacteria
>I'M BADASS AND BLACK oh wait Im dead lol.
>Jar Jar Binks
>really shitty child actors
>what are they trying to do with this plot again? It can't decide whether it wants to do politics or pew-pew-pew
>the Pod race allegeldy being the only memorable scene in the whole orderal
>>14093818
And so once again we come to the center of your "argument"
>I don't like it, that means it's bad writing
Also nice fanfic bullshit about "old jedi order" and other nonsense. Continue being a stupid fuck who uses tvtropes as a substitute for actually watching the films.
>>14093819
Except RoTS is better then the rehashed uninspired, garbage written, nonsensical, unoriginal plot that is the spew that represents TFA.
>female Sue
>nigger Stormtrooper
>white people are bad theme with the First Order
>REMEMBER FERGUESON with TR-8R wailing on innocent Finn
>no new ground treaded or material added to the mythos
>JJ not having a grain of originality
>awful dialogue: DROID PLEASE! HEY SOLO! WE'LL USE THE FORCE!
>SNOKE
Fuck off Jar-Jar Abrams.
>>14093770
You realize you are talking about a movie that has noise and earth gravity in space, right?
A movie where people speak english and have 3 foot laser beams as swords?
It's like you are complaining that the ponies in My Little Pony don't looking anything like actual ponies.
TFA's script and direction is absolute shit
you can't deny this no matter what
>>14093829
Oh I see what your problem is.
You left your /pol/ goggles on.
Disney has been pushing agressively to make Star Wars appeal more to grills.
Has it been working?
>>14093826
>And so onc eagain we come to the center of your "argument".
I have an argument and established my stance on why Rey is a bad character. Where is your argument? Where is there any substance to your claims at all defending her?
>I don't like it
I don't like it and I am able to call out bad writing which centers around her character being badly written. Can you actually put up or shut up for once, you samefagging piss-ant?
>Also nice fanfic bullshit about the "old jedi order" and other nonsense.
What "fanfic bullshit"? The PT straight up establishes that attachments and emotions are frowned up and Jedi are supposed to emotionless and detached. Even without even going into the PT this is set up and explained in TESB and RoTJ.
And I never used TVTropes or even give a shit about that site. You have literally nothing to counter claim or rebuke, you are just a textbook shitposter.
>>14093834
Oh I see what your problem is.
You think your still on tumblr, feminism kun.
>>14093844
is that an actual quote of that faggot? holy shit
>>14093829
>white people are bad theme with the First Order
Yeah, I really miss the diversity the Empire's officer corpse used to have during the first three movies.
>I REBEL
>YES SIR
Cringe/10
>>14093838
It sure worked to make the usual suspects mad about the lack of princesses in any castle.
>>14093853
At least the Empire was visibly represented by Americans, Scottish, English, and Irish actors and we know them Stormtroopers descend from brown Pacific Islanders.
BUT WHITE PEOPLE ARE BAD OKAY!
>>14092740
For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, this trailer made me angry.
Maybe it was the Star Destroyer that looked like 3d-printed plastic. Maybe it was the "cocky rebellious girl orphan" MC. Or the black Darth Vader knock-off.
>>14093848
Yes.
>>14093826
Where is your argument? All your saying to him the whole time is "Rey isn't bad because I like her", and nothing else. You don't actually counter or give any credible arguments to her possessing these powers whenever their needed.
She's a pretty awful character.
>>14093839
Oh yes, your "stance," with its arbitrary rules tailor fit to define Rey as badly written while excusing Luke whenever he does the same exact thing because he met some imaginary failure quota.
All you've done is concocted an excuse to turn your opinion (I don't like this character) into a statement of fact (it's bad writing).
Conveniently any time you get called out on this, someone decides to turn this into an issue on race, gender/sex/whatever and all these pithy irrelevant fleshbag issues so that you can sweep the opposition away as being part of the tumblr boogeyman, clearly you're not interested in having a discussion but rather forcing everyone to bow down to you because everything you say is right.
Just noticed these guys in the back, look different than the tank troopers.
>>14093860
>At least the Empire was visibly represented by Americans, Scottish, English, and Irish actors
Holy shit, they seriously allowed catholics into their officer's ranks?
No wonder they lost.
>>14093862
What Darth Vader knock-off? Do you mean the Shadow Troopers?
>>14093862
> Maybe it was the "cocky rebellious girl orphan" MC.
same I got that "Pshhh nothing personal kid *teleports behind you*" vibe from her.
gif related
>>14093860
>it's not the type of white people i like
do people from /pol/ even realize the irony?
PEOPLE HATE HER:
SANDBITCH ESCAPES TORTURE DUNGEON USING THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK
>>14093866
>Oh yes, your "stance"
Why is stance in quotation marks?
>with its arbitrary rules
Is it really arbitrary for having a set of standards for a character?
>tailor fit to define Rey
No, it isn't.
>while excusing Luke whenever he does the same exact thing
When did Luke uses telekinesis, Jedi Mind Tricks, Force meditation, or out-fly Han or the other pilots on either side of the Battle of Yavin in A New Hope? You are reaching badly and blindly and making zero sense here with your desperation to save face.
>because he met some imaginary failure quota
What "failure" quota, autism kun? Luke is set up as a naive and ignorant farmboy who thinks after learning his dad is a hero in the Clone Wars that he's going to be hot shit in the movie. Han takes a shit on him, Obi-Wan reminds him to not get cocky, which he does despite this, and he struggles throughout the movie realistically.
>gets saved at the cantina from being killed by the two criminals by Obi-Wan
>gets saved by Artoo on the Death Star from being crushed to death after saving himself from the tentacle monster
>gets saved by Biggs from being shot down by an enemy Tie
>gets saved by Han again who takes out Vader's wingman which causes the survivor to panic and knock Vader away letting Luke take the shot
>which he only manages because the movie set's up Luke is a good pilot and has Obi-Wan's advice
You are a retard.
>All you've done is concoted
Your paranoia isn't my problem, if you are delusional enough to think anyone is inventing reasons for explaining why Rey is an awful character to get at her, that's your problem. She is badly written.
>Conveniently
Not as conveniently as Rey possessing Mind Trick and Telekinetic powers when their suited to a scene to show off how STRONG AND INDEPENDENT her character is.
>you get called out on this
When did I get called out on anything excuse your continually backpedaling pathetically degenerating excuses for her being an awful character?
>>14093886
kek
also, Vader is bound to appear in this new pandering film, right? maybe he doesn't even have to talk and just shoot down faggots in his TIE Advanced
>>14093896
>TL/DR: I don't like her, that means it's bad writing
>>14093902
Nah, that would be good writing because Vader was shown to be more machine than man so bringing him back would be totally consistent!
>>14093866
Also final part, my autistic little faggot:
>Conveniently any time you get called out on this, someone decides to turn this into an issue on race, gender/sex/whatever and all these pithy irrelevant fleshbag issues so that you can sweep the opposition away as being part of the tumblr boogeyman, clearly you're not interested in having a discussion but rather forcing everyone to bow down to you because everything you say is right.
I'm sure it took all of your creative juices in that minuscule little peanut of a brain you have to write as fedora tipping a sounding comment as that was but pointing out her character isn't flawed, played straight as perfect 1-dimensional, no depth, and utterly overpowered character who can use the Force like a textbook Mary Sue can is a matter of fact.
Stay mad, tumblerina.
>>14093875
No, the black guy in the broken black armor who talks like he's breathing with a scuba tank.
>>14093909
>no rebuttal
Nice try samefag kun:
>>14093866
>>14093826
>>14093754
(You)
the force was asleep, so Luke using it was hard
now it's awake, so Girl using it is easy
did you even notice that part where they said the movie was about The Force and how it Awakens?
>>14093912
Wow you're mad. Make sure not to beat your house bitch when you leave the computer, they'll castrate you for that.
>>14093909
>Nah, that would be good writing
yeah, that's completely impossible in SW ever since the new trilogy was made
>>14093866
Stop posting, feminism kun. No one is buying your shit, just end yourself. You keep trying to deflect, poison the well, and move the goal posts when called out on your shit.
You are pathetic.
>>14093896
>What "failure" quota, autism kun? Luke is set up as a naive and ignorant farmboy who thinks after learning his dad is a hero in the Clone Wars that he's going to be hot shit in the movie. Han takes a shit on him, Obi-Wan reminds him to not get cocky, which he does despite this, and he struggles throughout the movie realistically.
You don't realize that the girl had been fending for herself for about half of her life on a hostile planet while Luke was a spoiled brat who complained about having to do routine maintainance jobs?
It's wierd that she doesn't know how to use a blaster, because those seem to be dirt cheap and absolutely everywhere in-universe.
>>14093926
>mfw he literally got ass-stomped so hard he's trying to shit-talk now
>another mary sue female lead.
ugh....
>>14092740
>guy fighting using a staff
He's gonna last a whole minute in battle I can tell.
>>14093933
No you see apparently she hasn't been raped hard enough on sandplanet so that means she's been living the life of luxury a farmhand on Tatooine could only dream of.
>>14093933
>Luke was a spoiled brat
Luke was a brat, he wasn't spoiled. Tatooine is literally outside of Imperial space and deep in the Outer Rim on the outskirts of Hutt space. Jabba's headquartered there and military and police presence is practically non-existent because the planet is a literal beehive of illict trade, smuggling, and a major zone of underworld activity.
Luke lives with the constant threat of Sand People attacks and raids, criminals just a few miles away at Anchor's Head and Mos Eisely, on a desolate sand planet while trying to get away.
Tatooine is a shit hole.
>>14093933
Tatooine is considered a death world, Jyakko or whatever Rey is on isn't. Also TFA novel establishes some shit where Rey had caretakers before she was old enough to have her independence.
>>14093942
>not spoiled
I'd like to challenge that, actually.
Kid owned a Skyhopper, those things can't possibly be cheap.
>>14092797
>female protagonist
But why?
She is the only weak part in the trailer.
>>14093938
I already hate that guy. He's a living, breathing cliche. He even looks Japanese.
>What if we made an ensemble movie?
>Awesome, but what if, instead, we made a strong female lead again!
>Oooooh like Hunger Games?
>Yes, just like Hunger Games!
>>14093942
>Luke was a brat, he wasn't spoiled
Yeah, he only had foster parents who ran their own business, who owned enough property to be selling water and who had enough cash to let him have an armed racing aircraft. Kid also was part of an informal club of kids who had similar armed racing aircrafts.
So poor
Much hardship
>>14093957
They are cheap. Their made by InCom, who are the Toyota of Star Wars vehicle and starship manufacturers. Also remember Luke had to sell his landspeeder to buy ticket fare for himself, Obi-Wan and the droids to get Han to smuggle them to Alderaan.
