Solo: A Star Wars Story

[crows]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

I know everyone was in awe of the special effects of last jedi and the space fights,

But if u read the last jedi as a book.... the last jedi is a super messy story. It is not a good continuation to force awakens.


Everyone gets distracted by the big effects and the fancy sets....

But last jedi is the most problematic story of the entire franchise. Worse than he phantom menace.

Out of all movies, story wise last jedi makes the least sense. It is the most contradictory and has the worst ending.

I see u guys posting pics of all movies and talking about the entire saga and last jedi.....it is just not a good story.... its just not.

 

[YoNoSe]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

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[YoNoSe]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

the last jedi is a super messy story.

But last jedi is the most problematic story of the entire franchise.

story wise last jedi makes the least sense.

it is just not a good story.

 

[crows]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

 

[rushmore223]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

See my new user title and location, lol.

Good one!

 

[rushmore223]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

It's the alternate 1980 one-sheet with art that acknowledges Lando as part of the cast. Better image without the glare:

One of my many prized movie posters.

 

[JAWS]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Yeah I guess you’re right i’ll just watch political talk shows with my son instead.



Well weren’t the OT themselves just copies of swashbuckling, samurai and adventure movies and tv shows?

And i’ll say this for the millionth time.

The ST are the direct result of the PT NOT BEING SW ENOUGH!

A direct result of “Lucas raped my childhood!”

So the ST HAD TO bring back the old farts to DO SW STUFF!

The ST had NO CHOICE BUT TO DO STUFF THAT LOOKED AND FELT LIKE SW so copy the OT they did!

The ST/Kennedy haters need to accept the fact that their hate of the PT is what gave rise to the ST.

The PT/Lucas haters gave birth to the person they hate most, Kennedy.

It’s an F U from Lucas to the PT haters lol

I’m one of the PT raped my childhood haters so I KNOW THAT I CREATED KENNEDY hence why I don’t ***** about Kennedy.

They didn't have to bring back the of darts to make SW feel like sw. Solo and RO are proof of that. I know it's not the point out making. Just find it funny that the two ST with original cast members feel less like SW then any of the film. That includes the PT. It's the lack of world building and imagination that did the ST in. As bad as the PT films are they still felt like a galaxy far far away and not fan fiction made here on earth.

 

[a-dev]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

In my Saga post? Hmm it shows for me. Is everyone else just seeing five posters?

It's showing now. Weird.

Bit late for an April Fools joke.

If I were to take it seriously my response would be how can they cross over when the Star Wars movies exist as movies in the MCU?

It would probably be in-joke special effects gags in the background of a scene like how ET's race appeared in Phantom Menace.

 

[DarkChocobi]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Asking for equality rights..yet refuse to take responsibility like a man and playing viction role and blame others.

Looking good queen "Kathy"

 

[ajp4mgs]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Yes TLJ isn't without flaw. I loved it from the very first viewing and certain aspects (Snoke throne room, Holdo suicide, all of Hamill's scenes) still feel like top tier Saga moments and I think they always will. It's beautifully shot and acted the CGI is more often than not spectacular. I respect that Johnson tried to put story first and that he wanted to craft a SW film that truly did keep you guessing until the end. Is it the route I would have gone? No. Is it the *best* route regardless of whether I would have picked it or not? Again, no, not in my opinion anyway. But he had one hell of a hard task ahead of him and that was trying to figure out why Luke was sitting on his ass during TFA thanks to JJ Abrams.

Now I'm not particularly mad at Abrams since IMO he really did bring back the SW "magic" but I've never loved the idea of the Empire just never really going away with the destruction of the DS II and the death of the Emperor and Vader merely putting them on pause for a few decades. But I've enjoyed seeing the Big Three bring their A-game to these new films instead of sleepwalking through ROTJ (except Hamill who did a good job in ROTJ as well.) I enjoyed seeing Ford finally get his wish to die on screen and I've enjoyed watching Adam Driver giving us a better version of the character that Anakin should have been in the PT. So I guess TFA and TLJ has scratched some significant SW itches of mine and for that I'll be grateful and I know I'll continue to enjoy watching them regardless as to whether I hold onto them as canon.

But Solo and RO are truly where it's at as far as OT quality "new" SW is concerned. And I'm not even kidding that I've always held onto a certain fascination with TPM (some parts morbid, some parts genuine) and I'm beyond shocked that Solo of all films has provided an easy way to accept it back into the fold without the entire Saga being bogged down by "too much PT."

First of all: that was a great read. Thank you for posting the food for thought. There's one point you make (and plenty of other people have made it too) that I look at very differently. It's your point about Rian Johnson being stuck having to come up with a reason for Abrams having Luke just "sitting on his ass." Wouldn't any alternative to Luke sitting on his ass have been problematic when you need to establish a sustained new villain/threat for three sequels?

Here's what I mean. A lot of people seem to want it both ways: they want 1.) a Luke who is the greatest Jedi ever (the Chosen One, if you will), and 2.) a Luke who would never go into exile. I get that; a part of me wants that too. But then, how could you build a credible antagonist for a sequel trilogy if Luke is still the all-powerful Jedi master who'd be there to take on any emerging Dark Side threat?

Luke, the guy who defeated the legendary Vader (when Luke was still a Jedi knight), would now have become even more powerful/knowledgeable (and rise to Jedi master). How would the "bad guys" gain enough of a foothold to pose a dramatic and credible sequel antagonist in a galaxy that had an active ass-kicking legend like Jedi Master Luke Skywalker? Shouldn't a more evolved (more knowledge and ability) Luke be able to thwart any post-Palpatine threat (like Snoke and the rising First Order) before it gets powerful enough to last three movies?

Moving the uber-powered Luke chess piece off the board seems to me like a sensible (maybe even necessary) device for clearing the way to a new Emperor/Vader level of threat. What's better: Luke being out-dueled by Snoke and Kylo in actual combat/strategy/Force use (which would likely have to be the case to make sense with their rise to power if Luke isn't sitting it out)? Or, a devastated Luke off the board because he doesn't want to be responsible for empowering anymore new Vaders? Can't really win either way, so what's the lesser of two evils here?

Would an older Luke be preferable for all of us if he was a badass who never lost the unshakable optimism and fight that he had in the OT? Absolutely. But, Abrams had to figure out a way to come up with a Vader/Emperor type of antagonist in a landscape that contained a more powerful version of Luke than the one who was destroying a Death Star, defeating Darth Vader, and standing tall as both of the last two Sith lords had been vanquished. In the lead-up to the ST, Abrams had to either sit Luke on his ass, or have it kicked. I prefer the former option, even if I don't like either one. Without choosing one, though, I don't think the rise to prominence of the new evil power would have been fully credible.

Maybe I'm just missing a better way to go about creating drama while keeping Luke the Legend in the fight the whole time. I don't know. Either way, thank you again for a great thought-provoking read.

 

[DarthBakura]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

I’m guessing this flopped? Can’t say I’m surprised, after the backlash from rabid fans over The Last Jedi. I personally lost a great deal of interest the moment I realized they miscast Han.

Feel kinda bad for Emilia. First Terminator, now this. Still going to enjoy the eye candy in a few months, when it hits blu ray.

 

[jye4ever]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

I know everyone was in awe of the special effects of last jedi and the space fights,

But if u read the last jedi as a book.... the last jedi is a super messy story. It is not a good continuation to force awakens.


Everyone gets distracted by the big effects and the fancy sets....

But last jedi is the most problematic story of the entire franchise. Worse than he phantom menace.

Out of all movies, story wise last jedi makes the least sense. It is the most contradictory and has the worst ending.

I see u guys posting pics of all movies and talking about the entire saga and last jedi.....it is just not a good story.... its just not.

They didn't have to bring back the of darts to make SW feel like sw. Solo and RO are proof of that. I know it's not the point out making. Just find it funny that the two ST with original cast members feel less like SW then any of the film. That includes the PT. It's the lack of world building and imagination that did the ST in. As bad as the PT films are they still felt like a galaxy far far away and not fan fiction made here on earth.

You know Kennedy’s days are numbered when JOHN CAMPEA posts a video saying she needs to step down

Hell considering his reputation is that of a Disney shill one could then say he has insider information which means her ceremonial fall on the sword is imminent.

 

[crows]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

You know Kennedy’s days are numbered when JOHN CAMPEA posts a video saying she needs to step down

Hell considering his reputation is that of a Disney shill one could then say he has insider information which means her ceremonial fall on the sword is imminent.

WHAT? omg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! omg MY HERO

 

[Star-Crunch]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

It's showing now. Weird.



Bit late for an April Fools joke.

If I were to take it seriously my response would be how can they cross over when the Star Wars movies exist as movies in the MCU?

It would probably be in-joke special effects gags in the background of a scene like how ET's race appeared in Phantom Menace.

But, BUT, look at all the SW actors in the MCU. Clearly they don’t care about stuff like that

 

[crows]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

AAAGHHHHH it is really REAL!!!!!!!!



What a truly incredible video... to see a shill like him CRUSH kennedy.... wow WOW! WOOW!

 

[EVILFACE]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

MCU monies now have to be used to save the Star Wars Sinking Ship.

WB to announce the LOTR and DC crossover.

 

[jye4ever]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

I thought the fans who liked TLJ liked Kennedy??? Or does everybody want her gone these days?

Put it this way if she stays I’m not going to cry myself to sleep over it and if she goes I’m not going to cry myself to sleep over it.

AAAGHHHHH it is really REAL!!!!!!!!



What a truly incredible video... to see a shill like him CRUSH kennedy.... wow WOW! WOOW!

But if he’s still a Disney shill (not Kennedy but Disney) are you saying that Disney made him publicly ask for Kennedy’s removal?

Or is he not a shill and you’re just suffering from a horribly debilitating case of paranoia lol

 

[crows]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Put it this way if she stays I’m not going to cry myself to sleep over it and if she goes I’m not going to cry myself to sleep over it.




But if he’s still a Disney shill (not Kennedy but Disney) are you saying that Disney made him publicly ask for Kennedy’s removal?

Or is he not a shill and you’re just suffering from a horribly debilitating case of paranoia lol

paranoia?

hes a known shill.... well known.

Disney didnt ask him for anything, I honestly think enough people around him are telling him they hate kennedy and he cant deny it anymore. might even be producers or actors involved in star wars.

 

[jye4ever]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

Listen don’t come crying to me when Disney replaces Kennedy with a muslim woman then Kennedy haters will be begging for her return lol

Or give Lucasfilm to Steve Bannon.

 

[YoNoSe]

Re: Solo: A Star Wars Story (May 25th, 2018)

I believe the children are our future.