Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Dec 15th, 2017)

[ShadowX81]

It's not so much people not seeing it, but the bigger question is what in TLJ makes people urgently WANT to see Ep IX, the way ESB made people urgently want to see ROTJ?

ESB put so many things in the air, burning unanswered questions, yet I can't think of a single thing that TLJ sets up that you want to see answered in Ep IX.

Spoiler

Will this be a thing?

 

[klwn]

ESB put so many things in the air, burning unanswered questions, yet I can't think of a single thing that TLJ sets up that you want to see answered in Ep IX.

Yes, there is no proper cliffhanger.
The only questions that come to mind are things like "how powerful will Kylo be?", for now I just don't buy him as main villain with Rey being close to his level, or "how long after VIII will it pick up?". Because if it's just a few days/weeks, this trilogy will have close to zero character development.
Also practical stuff like what are they going to do regarding Carrie Fisher/Leia.

 

[Wor-Gar]

The Broom Child, just some random-ass kid doing the Force to a broomstick and imagining it’s a lightsaber, which somehow works simultaneously as a giant finger in the eye to the series’ heretofore relentlessly inward-turning mythology and baits fan-nerds to own themselves by missing the point and speculating about who this kid’s secret parents might be.

... perfect

The only questions that come to mind are things like "how powerful will Kylo be?"

Is that really a question that anyone but a 10 year old would care about?





I feel so ashamed of Mark Hamill for backpedaling. Alec Guinness never said 'sorry' for being a crank about Star Wars. Nor did Harrison Ford. Sometimes it pays to have balls.

Where's this guy when you need him?

 

[Adolfo]

Seeing it is one thing,paying to see it is another

Exactly

 

[klwn]

Is that really a question that anyone but a 10 year old would care about?

In the current state of things, yes, because it's part of his character's evolution, which is virtually non-existent for now. Snoke didn't "complete his training" with TLJ happening right after TFA, and Kylo, outside of being the Supreme Leader, is still virtually the same character that he was at the end of the first movie.
Rey seems to be learning everything crazy fast, so for Kylo to be an actual threat, his power in the Force really does matter for IX not to be another uninteresting mess.

 

[Ropen]

It's not so much people not seeing it, but the bigger question is what in TLJ makes people urgently WANT to see Ep IX, the way ESB made people urgently want to see ROTJ?

ESB put so many things in the air, burning unanswered questions, yet I can't think of a single thing that TLJ sets up that you want to see answered in Ep IX.

We're in a 100% brand-obsessed era in movies, and SW is top of that list so people sort of go simply because it's SW, but this makes it hard to really judge the actual quality or even popularity of individual films - it's part of a multi-billion dollar marketing franchise that overwhelms everything for a couple of months, pulling fearful critics into line and audiences feeling left out if they can't say "yes" to the "have you seen the latest SW film?" question.

If hollywood wouldnt be stuck in its own copyright mess and decide to milk the franchise cow, the people will be obsessed with brand era movies.


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[Wor-Gar]

In the current state of things, yes, because it's part of his character's evolution, which is virtually non-existent for now. Snoke didn't "complete his training" with TLJ happening right after TFA, and Kylo, outside of being the Supreme Leader, is still virtually the same character that he was at the end of the first movie.
Rey seems to be learning everything crazy fast, so for Kylo to be an actual threat, his power in the Force really does matter for IX not to be another uninteresting mess.

If TLJ taught us one thing, its that training is clearly unnecessary.


What training was there in fact? She got tickled by a feather and fought a rock.

 

[klwn]

If TLJ taught us one thing, its that training is clearly unnecessary.


What training was there in fact? She got tickled by a feather and fought a rock.

 

[Adolfo]

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Ooooooooooh!

 

[YoNoSe]

Good likeness.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Has this made its billion yet?

It only took TFA 12 days to makes its first billion.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Has this made its billion yet?

Said Disney executive.

 

[jye4ever]

 

[Wor-Gar]

Has this opened in China yet? Why they wait so long for a market they want?

I'm going to laugh like Jye's sig when this tanks in China.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Has this opened in China yet? Why they wait so long for a market they want? .

Grace talked about this in several of her videos. There are different reasons, including marketing strategies, but sometimes when it comes to China, its up to China when a foreign film opens there, because they like to make the local films their priority.

 

[Wor-Gar]

Grace talked about this in several of her videos. There are different reasons, including strategically reasons, but sometimes when it comes to China, its up to China when a foreign film opens there, because they like to make the local films their priority.

I would guess they waited for Chinese New Year -- holidays -- to boost the film.

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

I would guess they waited for Chinese New Year -- holidays -- to boost the film.

Who knows? TFA made 124 mill and RO made 64 mill, so I don't expect TLJ to be a huge hit over there.

Compare that to 400 mill by Fast 7 and 8.

 

[Prime Clone]

When Luke, explaining to Rey why the Jedi Order has to end for all time, all but looked directly at the screen and said, Because the stupid prequels revealed them to be the most worthless group of dumbass mother****ers in the history of the universe, and since we must treat those awful movies as Star Wars canon, that forces us to repudiate the Jedi for all time.

When Luke described the Force to Rey entirely without mentioning sub-atomic particles.

Midichlorian haters can rationalise them as another symptom of the Jedi's delusion: overanalysing the details at the expense of the big picture.

 

[crows]

Who knows? TFA made 124 mill and RO made 64 mill, so I don't expect TLJ to be a huge hit over there.

Compare that to 400 mill by Fast 7 and 8.

The last jedi is tracking behind rogue one. If rogue one made 64 million then the last jedi will probably make that or less

 

[jye4ever]

That is low and China will not be TLJ savior like it was for Spiderman Homecoming which opened with 70 million over there.

TLJ will still probably get to the numbers Clown mentioned a few days ago though.