Lord of Castamere
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Eh. Death Star 2.0 was a planned Attack against a heavily defended Star station, while Darth Star 1/3 were impromptu raids to stop an attack on them. We don't really know how well funded she is in context.
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[SPOILERS] Star Wars: The Force Awakens - It's True. All of it.
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Eh. Death Star 2.0 was a planned Attack against a heavily defended Star station, while Darth Star 1/3 were impromptu raids to stop an attack on them. We don't really know how well funded she is in context.
My first thought too in factWhen Rey is drawn to Anakin's lightsaber I was thinking the children screaming were the younglings Anakin killed with it. That sword has some bad history.
They should've at least put a super quick Mustafar reference in there, but I won't put that against it.
CreeperBlocks
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Maybe he was a Resistance fighter. But yeah, his character was very mysterious. I feel like we missed something there
I'm beginning to wonder if he has the connection to Rey. Maybe like her version of Kenobi, a person who watches over her from a distance. And he kind of looks like Kenobi to boot.
Kylo and Snoke seem to know about Rey. Han and Leia seem to know who Rey really is. Maz seems to know after Han clues her in.
The One and Done
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Just saw it again. The music at the end is euphoric. Does anyone have a link to it on YouTube?
Thanks.
"Order" is the command to activate a "Clone Protocol", it's not directly linked to the Empire's rule
For example, this is the Clone Protocol 65
"If a majority of the Senate or the Security Council declares that the Supreme Chancellor is unfit for duty, the Chancellor is to be captured or, if necessary, killed."
What the hell, man, you think she's gonna french a comatose dude
Isn't he supposed to be getting a love interest of his own?
Yeah it's my only gripe. Naming it "the resistance" was basically an easy call back to "rebels" but it makes little sense as a name. Why not the Vanguard or something like that
DragonSworne
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cont...ublic:_Order_Initiation,_Orders_1_Through_150
There are a lot of Orders in the Republic. Order 66 being one of them. I think the First Order can also mean the 1st Order from the Empire in response to RoTJ. It's both a command and a group.
I just read your TFA review in the Mercury. I'm not usually in Portland, so seeing your name IRL was kinduva shock. Good stuff
So what's up with the Clone Wars series? I was high on this movie and watched the Clone Wars movie but it was kiddie bullshit about a baby Hutt and fart jokes? Does it become... not that?
It's so weird. The crawl identifies him as "an old ally" so I was braced for Lando cameo or something but it's an ally from the last 29 years apparently because he's nobody identifiable from the original trilogy...
It's so weird. The crawl identifies him as "an old ally" so I was braced for Lando cameo or something but it's an ally from the last 29 years apparently because he's nobody identifiable from the original trilogy...
Went to tumblr.com, typed in "Star Wars" into the search field, found this right on the front page
Damn, tumblr wastes no time. LOL
LegalEagleMike
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according to one of the art books he was an explorer who was old enough to know about the Jedi during the time of the clone wars. Apparently he was also very spiritual and was a member of some church of Jedi worshippers for people who were not force sensitive.
wait what.
I liked the movie overall bit hate how much it copied from number 4. Third death star? Saving the rebel base at the last second? Eeesh. It would have been so much better if they failed to destroy it and the rebal base was blown up. Imagine the mind fucks. Of course Leia and the bots would have to survive somehow like being on a ship at the time. The end could have still shown hope in the Luke discovery scene.
I hope people don't think this just because the actress is black.
Dusktildawn48
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Yep I'll see it at least 5 times total
Laieon
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Just because you're a bad guy doesn't mean you're a bad guy.
Perhaps less full of idiots but full of pushovers. Oh we support this 'resistance' but we're not technically fighting the space nazis with infinite resources capable of building planet killing superweapons. Oh hey what's that shiny red light up the-
it's a long story
Or like... The Army of the Republic lol. "The Resitance" makes sense as a rebrand in Episode VIII *AFTER* the Order shatters the civilian Republic.
All the canon ones in that list involve the GAR (Grand Army of the Republic), i.e. The Clone Troopers, The orders are the protocols regarding them
The FO is just a remnant of the Empire, but not THE empire itself
Nah, no concern on that. Just curious.
Overall, I did enjoy the movie. I have it ranked below Empire and Hope and on par with Jedi.
But yeah, there were things little things that stuck out like "WTF?"
Went to tumblr.com, typed in "Star Wars" into the search field, found this right on the front page
Oh god, the ship name right now is "stormpilot"
SixMachine
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Just a random thought
he technically put his fap hands all over her neck in the last scene.
DarkHeartedKill
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What if Rey and Kylo are siblings? And Luke is the father!?
I guess incest runs in the family.
Fata1moose
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My thoughts exactly, along with I wish the rebel base got blown up. That would have been awesome.
Watched it Friday night, early Saturday morning, and I'll be seeing it a third time in the morning with my Dad.
I suspect I'll probably see this movie at least 5 times before its run ends.
CartridgeBlower
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What's the consensus on Rebels? Worth watching? Does anything connect to Episode VII?
It's okay, nothing to write home about.
Now and then there's some really cool episodes, though.
lastplayed
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I look forward to the inevitable "What if Episode VII didn't suck?" on YouTube.
Meh, I'm gonna see it again on Tuesday, I can't get enough of it.
Meh, I'm gonna see it again on Tuesday, I can't get enough of it.
EdReedFan20
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It was known in the 70's that a sequel was being made.
I'm going through it right now and I think it's pretty fun. It kinda has a Firefly feel to it in a way, at least to me.
Jedi Steps is amazingAbout the soundtrack
I did enjoy, especially 'Han and Leia' and 'Jedi Steps'. Fells like John wanted a more... relaxed? slow? vibe in this one. However, wtf with the cover?
were they out of people to do artworks?
……forgetit
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Sectorseven
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Early on there were rumors about Leia and the republic being the ones to build a death star and I think that would have been a more interesting take. There was all this talk about the two sides being in a cold war over the 30 years and the ethics of needing your own super weapon could have been interesting subject matter, plus you could potentially have more massive battles with death stars firing at each other.
The map to Luke Skywalker thing doesn't make sense. Why would you leave a treasure hunt map to your location. They even had an easy fix in the film by having the map lead to the first Jedi temple and not to Luke himself. Have it such that Luke followed that map to get to the temple and people are retracing his route to possibly find him.
Rebels is more of a continuation of Clone Wars than anything else. Its been getting better since its start, but isn't quite up to the same height as Season 5 of Clone Wars. Last few episodes have been pretty good, though.
They are doing screen tests with Boyega which implies a lot of screentime together, hence possible love interests.
Fata1moose
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I'm wondering who Snoke is and how he fits in as he seems old enough to be around in IV-VI.
PHOENIXZERO
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I'm fine with Rey coming off like a "Mary Sue" even if I don't think she is because we're only seeing act one of a three part play, her mechanical and piloting ability could be inherited or part of the "will" of the force. We don't really know much about her really she and Kylo Ren kind of come off as opposite sides of a coin Rey is light side Anakin (and Luke) minus his issues while Kylo is dark side Anakin with all his issues and a lack of the restraint Anakin learned along with some of his own while barely or poorly trained. Going by Wookieepedia's sources Rey is 19-20 (another Luke parallel) while Ren is 29-30 so there's around a 10 year age gap between them, do we know when he turned and how long he was under Luke's guidance?
If by episode eight we find out she really is just an orphan with no ties to anyone significant then I might have an issue, especially with the force manipulation but I assume it's because of a powerful lineage and a borrowing of KOTOR plot points and if that's the case I'm totally fine with it. I can enjoy "oh shit" level game changing good guys (like Neo from the Matrix, especially when he became "The One" or well, Superman) but I really don't see it ending that way once Kylo Ren gets his head screwed on straight.
First time that we know of and Rey remembers. Ren has several handicaps at that point and is unfocused, even the dark side of the force needs some level focus to properly wield, its reliance on emotions is also a weakness as it was in Ren's case and Anakin before him.
If by episode eight we find out she really is just an orphan with no ties to anyone significant then I might have an issue, especially with the force manipulation but I assume it's because of a powerful lineage and a borrowing of KOTOR plot points and if that's the case I'm totally fine with it. I can enjoy "oh shit" level game changing good guys (like Neo from the Matrix, especially when he became "The One" or well, Superman) but I really don't see it ending that way once Kylo Ren gets his head screwed on straight.
First time that we know of and Rey remembers. Ren has several handicaps at that point and is unfocused, even the dark side of the force needs some level focus to properly wield, its reliance on emotions is also a weakness as it was in Ren's case and Anakin before him.
shoplifter
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Lies, its great. Watch it every week religiously
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