Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (12/16/16) *SPOILERS*
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jye4ever
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Python after Wor-Gar's post:
Drink the cool aid.
Fabs is just mad about Batman.... and always will be.
Well unless TLJ and Episode 9 blow my socks off I don't really consider TFA itself canon anymore. I still love the movie but right now I think the Saga is best with things concluding at the end of ROTJ. But pre-RO when TFA *was* part of my personal canon I didn't have a problem with Kylo's line about Clone armies. Luke and Leia mentioned the Clone Wars way back in 1977 so I just take his comment as an extension of that.
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Mad Old Lu
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Python’s assessment of the film is kinda how I remember RO. Dull through most of it, not caring about most of the characters, but having an exhilarating (if perhaps hollow) finale.
I haven’t watched RO since I saw it the one time in the theater, and I’m not particularly chomping at the bit to watch it again either. I didn’t even bother to buy the blu ray! I have it in my Netflix queue, so I’ll definitely see it again soon. Compare that with TFA which I really enjoyed and couldn’t wait to watch again, and I find myself liking it more with every viewing.
I haven’t watched RO since I saw it the one time in the theater, and I’m not particularly chomping at the bit to watch it again either. I didn’t even bother to buy the blu ray! I have it in my Netflix queue, so I’ll definitely see it again soon. Compare that with TFA which I really enjoyed and couldn’t wait to watch again, and I find myself liking it more with every viewing.
Bo Shrek
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Right now I'm on a RO high since the blu ray was release. Curious though given time which will I go to first for a Disney SW hit RO or TFA
jye4ever
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I am no TFA hater....anymore anyways....but unless E8 somehow elevates TFA by making Rey make sense, making the lack of Luke make sense, making the 32 year gap make sense and the lack of respect for Han's death make sense then RO will remain the superior of the 2 new SW movies for me.
Hell even if E8 has that effect on E7 RO will probably still remain my favorite.
That 3rd act is hard to beat yo!
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TFA will always be cemented as one of the (and possibly THE) best theatrical experiences of my adult life. Watching new Harrison Ford as Han Solo scenes in a new SW film (and to a lesser extent Leia and to a MUCH lesser extent Luke) with my kids was just beyond surreal. And I found the movie to be entertaining as hell on top of it.
But I'll be surprised if RO won't forever be my favorite non-OT SW film going forward. No matter what they do from here on out I just don't see that it being topped. If anything *can* top it though it probably would be seeing Luke Skywalker himself in action again but it will literally need to be RO Vader level to do the trick.
But I'll be surprised if RO won't forever be my favorite non-OT SW film going forward. No matter what they do from here on out I just don't see that it being topped. If anything *can* top it though it probably would be seeing Luke Skywalker himself in action again but it will literally need to be RO Vader level to do the trick.
shockwave
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Actually, I posted that a few months ago
He could at least try
Lol I said the same thing...but someone told me this was a SW movie not Harry Potter.....
jye4ever
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Even with Luke, as cool as it would be we just saw Vader do the same.
Luke is 1 movie too late!
But i'm still open to being blown away by....
Luke vs Sith battle, maybe even Vader again?
Another high quality big space and ground battle.
Sith army.
Hopefully a good story to go along with all that!
Luke is 1 movie too late!
But i'm still open to being blown away by....
Luke vs Sith battle, maybe even Vader again?
Another high quality big space and ground battle.
Sith army.
Hopefully a good story to go along with all that!
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Yeah I was thinking that too. Really all he can do is match what we just saw Vader do. If they do anything more then they'd be crossing over into twirling Palpatine territory. How are they going to top RO's space battle? They literally had like a hundred TIE Fighters launching from the Shield Gate at once. What's left for Episodes 8 and 9? *200* TIE Fighters? A thousand? RO went right up to the line and stopped just short of giving us too much. Doesn't leave a lot of room for improvement. And without question Poe Dameron <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< seeing Red and Gold Leader again.
The slim place where Eps 8 and 9 have openings are with mass land battles and mass lightsaber duels. Haven't seen that in live-action SW yet. Saving Private Ryan *combined* with Braveheart could be awesome. We'll see (if they even go that route of course.)
jye4ever
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True about the space battle...crap lol.
But it's still possible, not so much in vehicle numbers but the purpose for the battle.
RO also did good with the purpose so yeah it will still be hard to beat.
I don't know, give us the A and B wings and a purpose as good or better than RO and i'll be content.
Yeah a sith jedi group battle would be cool and no AOTC arena jedi doesn't count, that was embarrassing lol.
True about seeing A and B-Wings in action again. Especially since ROTJ teased the B-Wings and then never showed them again once the actual battle began. I'll definitely get some "memba" feels watching those ships.
I think what would be nice would be like you said to not try to just keep making "bigger" space battles but put some of the main bad guys or at least "Death Trooper" skill level pilots in the enemy fighters. Have more mano a mano Top Gun style dogfights where you've got elite aces on both sides directly engaged with each other.
It might also be cool if they go full "Robotech" and have Kylo switch sides right before the final battle, sending his massive Star Destroyer into battle alongside Calamari cruisers against a common enemy. To get really trippy they could even show X-Wings launching from the Destroyer, Poe and Finn leading a squad of TIE's, etc. Then Kylo can kamikaze his ship into Snoke's fortress or Hux' command ship and go out in a blaze of glory or whatever.
I think what would be nice would be like you said to not try to just keep making "bigger" space battles but put some of the main bad guys or at least "Death Trooper" skill level pilots in the enemy fighters. Have more mano a mano Top Gun style dogfights where you've got elite aces on both sides directly engaged with each other.
It might also be cool if they go full "Robotech" and have Kylo switch sides right before the final battle, sending his massive Star Destroyer into battle alongside Calamari cruisers against a common enemy. To get really trippy they could even show X-Wings launching from the Destroyer, Poe and Finn leading a squad of TIE's, etc. Then Kylo can kamikaze his ship into Snoke's fortress or Hux' command ship and go out in a blaze of glory or whatever.
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Mad Old Lu
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I must be getting old, but to me, none of that space battle stuff matters if I don’t care about the characters.
Mad Old Lu
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You're not old, the space battles in TPM and ROTS proved that years ago.
Don't get me wrong, I love a well-choreographed action sequence as much as the next guy. I just need to be invested in the characters and why they're fighting!
Don't get me wrong, I love a well-choreographed action sequence as much as the next guy. I just need to be invested in the characters and why they're fighting!
You mean you weren't riveted by random ILM employees dressed up as Jedi fighting generic CG droids on Geonosis?
Mad Old Lu
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Wasn't there a rumor that NSYNC is in the Battle of Geonosis?
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