Star Wars: Episode IX - THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

[Khev]

It was just test footage but it's clear that George was *never* going to go back to the OT aesthetic unlike Mando which showed us how even Separatist Gunships and Super Battle Droids could sync seamlessly with the look of the OT.

 

[jye4ever]

It was just test footage but it's clear that George was *never* going to go back to the OT aesthetic unlike Mando which showed us how even Separatist Gunships and Super Battle Droids could sync seamlessly with the look of the OT.

The death sticks arc


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[Otomofan]

Khev...you seem like a smart guy with good taste in movies.

I can't even fathom how you could sit through this once, let alone enthusiastically watch it several times. That blows my mind.

On every conceivable level, by every possible metric, this is hands down the worst movie to ever be released attached to the Star Wars brand. Worse than AOTC. Worse than TLJ. Just the worst thing imaginable.

It's more far removed from SW than Batman and Robin was from Burton's original Batman.

I made the same incredulous posts about people liking TLJ in that thread, but people insisted they liked it, so I can only take their word for it.

It's just hard to believe cause I thought some things were universal despite differences in cultures or upbringing and stuff like that. Good movies are good and terrible movies are terrible. But of course I've learned that's not the case. People really DO like different stuff.

Anyway, I'm violating my own self-imposed ban on this thread. I came back cause of the lightsaber backstory comic book news, but I gotta get outta here again for my own sanity.

TL;DR.....this movie is such a festering boil of putrid filth I'd rather watch TLJ back to back 5 times than ever sit through this one straight through.

 

[Khev]

Khev...you seem like a smart guy with good taste in movies.

I can't even fathom how you could sit through this once, let alone enthusiastically watch it several times. That blows my mind.

On every conceivable level, by every possible metric, this is hands down the worst movie to ever be released attached to the Star Wars brand. Worse than AOTC. Worse than TLJ. Just the worst thing imaginable.

It's more far removed from SW than Batman and Robin was from Burton's original Batman.

I made the same incredulous posts about people liking TLJ in that thread, but people insisted they liked it, so I can only take their word for it.

It's just hard to believe cause I thought some things were universal despite differences in cultures or upbringing and stuff like that. Good movies are good and terrible movies are terrible. But of course I've learned that's not the case. People really DO like different stuff.

Anyway, I'm violating my own self-imposed ban on this thread. I came back cause of the lightsaber backstory comic book news, but I gotta get outta here again for my own sanity.

TL;DR.....this movie is such a festering boil of putrid filth I'd rather watch TLJ back to back 5 times than ever sit through this one straight through.

Yes I hear you and a lot of good peeps here with very good taste in movies hate TROS so I get where you're coming from on the flip side as well. Like you said pretty much every movie has its fans and detractors and for TROS I'm just firmly entrenched with the fans even if that's the minority consensus in this case. I know I can't convince you that it's good and I know I've been pretty repetitive in why I liked it so I guess all we can do is leave at that and high five over the 1:1 Baby Yoda pics.

 

[jye4ever]

Yeah like TROS is not worse than AOTC lol


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[Captain Clown]

First they showed the Rebels repeatedly crossing paths with Vader right up to the events of ESB (instead of being in hiding for three years), now they're trying to cram more adventures between ESB and ROTJ (instead of Lando & Chewie just flying off to Tatooine as shown at the end of ESB).

Gap between OT movies: *exists*

Disney:

 

[BoosterGold06]

For anyone who has been called names for saying they prioritized diversity over writing a good story...turns out it's true.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/j-j-abrams-katie-mcgrath-215430275.html

?In the earliest stages, we talked about, ?If we have this moment, this privilege, what do we want to do with it?'? said McGrath of ?The Force Awakens,? the first of two ?Star Wars? films that Abrams would helm. ?And not from a place of being preachy or feeding people spinach, just from a place of ? any time you have a privilege, you have an obligation, period. That?s just how we try to live our lives.?

With that film, Abrams ?thought about building this story with the female protagonist, a set of four main characters: One of whom was Latinx, one of whom was a Nigerian Londoner, one of whom was a woman ? a white woman ? and one of whom was a white guy,? said McGrath. ?How can we find a way to have every kid who?s going to go see that movie see a version of themselves, in a way that isn?t often considered at scale??

 

[TaliBane]

For anyone who has been called names for saying they prioritized diversity over writing a good story...turns out it's true.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/j-j-abrams-katie-mcgrath-215430275.html

In that WHOLE article they never mention McGrath ("co-CEO") is JJ's smoking-hot wife?

She may be a primary driver in Times Up, but you have to ask - if she wasn't totally hot, would she be where she is, and lecturing to us about not hiring from the "usual suspects list"?

 

[Prime Clone]

Yeah like TROS is not worse than AOTC lol

You're right... it's worse than AOTC *and* TPM!

I'm just glad the ST has taken some of the heat off the PT.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I'm just glad the ST has taken some of the heat off the PT.

Wouldn't it be nice to have a few more genuinely great Star Wars movies? Wouldn't it be nice to stop having to justify and make excuses for the failings of the PT and the ST?


At one time -- right up to 1999 -- most Star Wars movies were GREAT!!!

Now, most are pretty bad to terrible. It's the odd 2-3 that are great movies. Star Wars as a brand is fairly poor at the cinematic event thing now seen over time. Perhaps TV is where it belongs now.

 

[FlyAndFight]

After the disappointment of TFA, Rogue One was like a glass of sparkling ice water to a man dying of thirst. I can honestly say that even with the few issues that it has (and I think they are very few), that film can proudly stand alongside the OT.

Ironically enough, although TFA was a let-down, I was optimistic that the next film would not only save it but lead the new trilogy forward in Star Warsish goodness. For a man dying of thirst, TLJ was like a glass of tatooine sand... (or is that Jakku sand?...)

I had absolutely no hope for ROS and actually went in with a "meh" attitude. Surprise me, JJ, I asked. In turn, it was a beer keg filled with sand...

I'm parched and only The Mandalorian has managed to provide some refreshment, of a sort. It's been entertaining but hasn't replaced the need for a GOOD Star Wars film on-screen.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I'm just glad the ST has taken some of the heat off the PT.

The PT is now the Limp Bizkit of the SW franchise.

 

[TaliBane]

After the disappointment of TFA, Rogue One was like a glass of sparkling ice water to a man dying of thirst. I can honestly say that even with the few issues that it has (and I think they are very few), that film can proudly stand alongside the OT.

Ironically enough, although TFA was a let-down, I was optimistic that the next film would not only save it but lead the new trilogy forward in Star Warsish goodness. For a man dying of thirst, TLJ was like a glass of tatooine sand... (or is that Jakku sand?...)

I had absolutely no hope for ROS and actually went in with a "meh" attitude. Surprise me, JJ, I asked. In turn, it was a beer keg filled with sand...

I'm parched and only The Mandalorian has managed to provide some refreshment, of a sort. It's been entertaining but hasn't replaced the need for a GOOD Star Wars film on-screen.

I really loved 3-4 of the 8 Mando eps and that's the equivalent of a 160 minute SW movie. So between that and the parts of RO I love (probably half) I've managed to scrape together the runtime equivalent of two SW movies outside of the OT that I love.

It may not be all watchable in one contiguous piece, but it is a real thing, and proves to me good SW CAN be made beyond the OT... even if the material that I'm talking about is the very closest to the OT in terms of execution and content.

 

[ironwez20]

You're right... it's worse than AOTC *and* TPM!

I'm just glad the ST has taken some of the heat off the PT.

Lol same. General perception is

"They are bad but they aren't the ST"

Funny. Going into the force awakens I was like, ok i'll give you a chance since this is the begining but this movie didn't wow me.

Next movie I didn't HATE it but I didn't like it either and the writing was awful.

This movie I'm just like wow, what a dull and bland way to end off a saga. There are no stakes, no consequences and no big losses. I wouldn't be surprised if all this gets retconned in 20 yrs. Give it the ol Halloween/ terminator treatment.

 

[jye4ever]

If TROS had been given the same thrilling set piece treatment and great secondary characters as RO I would?ve actually liked it.

Thrills like Vader, rogue squadron and multiple layer battles is what made RO great.

But no instead we got a non existing space battle in the grand finale to the ST!

Great and memorable secondary characters like K2SO, Chirrut, Krennic, Galen and 2 tubes is what made RO great.

But no instead we got Maz, Rose, Zorii, D-O, Babu and that horrendously boring resistance group in the grand finale to the ST!

Thankfully we got a great Leia and Han send off plus an excellent Rey, Kylo and Palpatine.

I don?t know which is worse though, Bor-Gullet, Rathtar, broom boy or that snake lol




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[Sassafras]

If TROS had been given the same thrilling set piece treatment and great secondary characters as RO I would?ve actually liked it.

Thrills like Vader, rogue squadron and multiple layer battles is what made RO great.

But no instead we got a non existing space battle in the grand finale to the ST!

Great and memorable secondary characters like K2SO, Chirrut, Krennic, Galen and 2 tubes is what made RO great.

But no instead we got Maz, Rose, Zorii, D-O, Babu and that horrendously boring resistance group in the grand finale to the ST!

Thankfully we got a great Leia and Han send off plus an excellent Rey, Kylo and Palpatine.

I don?t know which is worse though, Bor-Gullet, Rathtar, broom boy or that snake lol

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Don't dis Bor-Gullet - am looking forward to Din & baby rescuing Cara from the mind-flayer and then, yah know, wreaking havoc and destruction in the ground breaking penultimate finale to the Mandalorian series in theater, in hi res IMAX, with special guest appearance by Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker - who has managed to rally a charismatic group of surviving (Grey) Jedi and some kick ass pilots.

These reluctant allies clash in a spectacular battle on both land and sea for the Darksaber. Critics will hail the film as "the rebirth of the timeless mythologies of George Lucas". John Favreau and Dave Filoni accept Golden Globes and Oscars for Picture of the Year. George Lucas accepts a special award for his contribution to world culture.

Meanwhile KK was politely let go with a golden parachute and replaced by Kevin Feige. Years later, during home view parties of the extended versions, fans will speak in hushed voices of surviving the dark years of KK. "It was like watching Trump move the Statue of Liberty to the amusement park at Cedar Point, Ohio, and replace it with an office building" said one long term fan. "And then having him say, it's still on the water, what's the difference? U still get the tourists - all those Canadians luv it. Plus u can ride the 'coaster."

 

[Khev]

I don?t know which is worse though, Bor-Gullet, Rathtar, broom boy or that snake lol

Broom Boy. Definitely Broom Boy, lol.

 

[jye4ever]

Don't dis Bor-Gullet - am looking forward to Din & baby rescuing Cara from the mind-flayer and then, yah know, wreaking havoc and destruction in the ground breaking penultimate finale to the Mandalorian series in theater, in hi res IMAX, with special guest appearance by Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker - who has managed to rally a charismatic group of surviving (Grey) Jedi and some kick ass pilots.

These reluctant allies clash in a spectacular battle on both land and sea for the Darksaber. Critics will hail the film as "the rebirth of the timeless mythologies of George Lucas". John Favreau and Dave Filoni accept Golden Globes and Oscars for Picture of the Year. George Lucas accepts a special award for his contribution to world culture.

Meanwhile KK was politely let go with a golden parachute and replaced by Kevin Feige. Years later, during home view parties of the extended versions, fans will speak in hushed voices of surviving the dark years of KK. "It was like watching Trump move the Statue of Liberty to the amusement park at Cedar Point, Ohio, and replace it with an office building" said one long term fan. "And then having him say, it's still on the water, what's the difference? U still get the tourists - all those Canadians luv it. Plus u can ride the 'coaster."

holy crap lol

Broom Boy. Definitely Broom Boy, lol.

Yeah definitely lol

The snake with girl dressed in white is just too damn close to Conan for me to actually hate it.

It is a real shame Saw Gerrera back story was never fleshed out of how he even came to being so cynical and paranoid that he resorted to using a mind reading secret weapon creature on people.

But as is Bor Gullet just comes out of left field and doesn?t work.

It?s crazy that I?m not really a fan of TROS yet it has my second favorite light saber battle in the entire 9 film saga ending in one incredibly emotional scene.






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[Khev]

I love it when SW rips off Conan.

 

[jye4ever]

That?s just epic lol


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