Star Wars: The Force Awakens (12/18/15)

[pturtle]

Luke is still the only one with force knowledge so they'll be hanging with him for awhile. Perhaps Finn and. Rey can rebuild the spirit allowing other force sensitive folks the ability to share their wisdom. Unless Luke decides to keep them to himself in the cave...

Ah, okay, I can see them possibly showing Luke talking to them but for obvious reasons never showing them.


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[Matt S]

You just know that Vader's helmet will be included in HT Kylo Ren 2.0

 

[YoNoSe]

You just know that Vader's helmet will be included in HT Kylo Ren 2.0

Always two there are...

 

[abake]

Been thinking a bit more about the movie and here's a couple of extra thoughts...

I think that, all of their failings aside, in the prequel movies Lucas gave us a much larger universe. He gave us strange planets and political intrigue and different, exotic civilizations, not least of all the Republic.
Now Disney and Abrams (and Kasdan) have made that universe small again...
We're back to a bunch of rebels, a totalitarian regime, and scavengers. Is that all there is to have in the SW universe?
The planets look just like corners of the earth. There's a certain sense of wonder that is missing from this new Disney-led SW. Lucas gave them (and us) such an enormous canvas to play with, and they made it small again.
Now I know people will say they'd rather have a better story in a smaller universe, but I'm not really sure it's a better story, and if it were, why not have it take place in that larger, more intriguing universe?

I guess in the end, people really don't like new. Fans seem to mostly just want the same thing. So, in that regard, I suppose TFA is a great success.

And, just to be clear, I do like the movie, I really enjoyed it.

Somebody mentioned the music, and I have to agree that the music was thoroughly forgettable. OT and PT have much better music. In fact, I think the PT is among Williams' finest work. Not so in TFA. As somebody mentioned, the only real stand outs were the bits rehashed from the OT.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Star Wars food has always looked awful and disgusting in my opinion. I've thought this ever since I was a kid.


The blue milk in ANH. The nasty Mexican Churro looking sticks that Luke has in his survival kit (that Yoda "eats") and Yoda's nasty bowls of chilli in Empire. The dog treats Leia gives wicket in Jedi. The nasty porridge that Shimi feeds everyone in Menace. That crap the Clones are eating in the cafeteria in AOTC. Now, the foamy instant-just-add-water nerf ball crap Rey was making and eating on Jakku.

Luke probably eats fish or something.

Tauntauns are delicious.

 

[Gully Foyle]

When Vader was burned his mortal body turned to ashe and his force spirit returned to the heros which Luke saw at the end of Jedi. Perhaps its a comment on our mortal bodies corrupting the Light Side due to our human urges and desires....which vanish when we are freed from our bodies?

Fascinating thought . . . but it strikes me as a question much greater than the source material can bear.






Disney's after the moolah, not an attempt to elucidate the true nature of the human soul . . .

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[a-dev]

The PT had some good musical themes but the rest was a cut and paste from any other Williams soundtrack. I can't even remember any themes in TFA to be honest, but I've only seen the film once so I won't right off the soundtrack just yet.

 

[Khev]

I can't even remember any themes in TFA to be honest.

 

[jye4ever]

None of the locations looked nice, all pretty bland.

Ok, the snow saber battle looked good, but that's it!

 

[DiFabio]

Ewan Mcgregor dubbed dialogue featured in the Force Awakens as Obi-Wan

J.J. Abrams reveals Obi-Wan and Yoda are secretly in 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' | EW.com

I heard Obi-Wan speak to Rey, I thought it was just Alec recordings though. Guess Frank Oz and Ewan were in it too, cool.

 

[Rorywan]

With some help, I found what Rey's theme reminded me of. That Jim Carrey movie from the 2000s. When she was sliding down that desert slope by the star destroyer I was like "what was that movie with that music". Bits of the Drummer boy too.

That was actually my favourite shot in the movie.

 

[mattinglymint23]

As I said earlier, it bugs me there are some obviously pivotal events that won't play out in the primary SW films (unless they do flashbacks). Kylo's downfall and Luke's exile are too big to leave to the anthology films, or worse, books and comics!

Still, maybe that's all part of Lucasfilm's plan.

I hear ya. I'd like to see more too. But remember we didn't see any Vader backstory in episode 4 5 and 6. And look how that worked out.



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[Gully Foyle]

Star Wars food has always looked awful and disgusting in my opinion. I've thought this ever since I was a kid.
Luke probably eats fish or something.

Maybe Luke ate Rey's momma?



Hey, at least it would be a story beat we haven't seen before . . .



Episode 8: The Force Regurgitates

Episode 9: The Force Echoes (yet again)

Episode 10: Time Is A Flat Circle, allright allright
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[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Look at who's holding the green lightsaber . Coincidence? I don't think so!

 

[karamazov80]

I dare you to post this kind of stuff in the Hot Toy Kylo Ren thread. They'll eat you alive.

Hmm. . .

 

[Khev]

My daughter commented that she was expecting Kylo to be all mangled under his helmet and then was surprised when it turned out he "looked liked a nerd." Come to think of it Driver did kind of remind me of the dorky kid in "Christine" who goes all goth and murderous.

 

[karamazov80]

Yeah, I think that's what JJ et al. had in mind. We were previously accustomed to Vader, and so it was a bit of a surprise to see just some guy. He wears the mask as an affectation.

 

[Khev]

Yep and I can see how that'd be off putting for some but I thought it was brilliant. They get to give us a Neo-Vader with its own twist that doesn't step on the toes of the original.

 

[Prime Clone]

I hear ya. I'd like to see more too. But remember we didn't see any Vader backstory in episode 4 5 and 6. And look how that worked out.

Yeah, but there were three spare episode slots to cover all that. This time we'd need an Episode VI 1/2.

 

[greygoose]

None of the locations looked nice, all pretty bland.

Ok, the snow saber battle looked good, but that's it!

ANH locations were bland. People just need to let the new trilogy play out over another two movies. I'm sure we'll see new locations.