InfestedKerrigan Posted January 5, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2020 Rogue and Wraith squadrons are amongst my favorite books. Guess that's a bit more Horn, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 https://movieweb.com/star-wars-new-trilogy-high-republic-era/ Good gawl, Skywalker's not even dead yet and they're ready for their own trilogy Not a trilogy, bigger https://screenrant.com/star-wars-movie-new-saga-setting-past-rumors/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Films lead to spin-offs. Spin-offs leads to merchandising. Merchandising leads to filthy lucre. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Mel Brooks knew what was up. Too bad he [big bad swear word]ed off his sequel series. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 "High Republic" read: Yoda in his prime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 6, 2020 Report Share Posted January 6, 2020 Old and Busted: Old Yoda. Current Hotness: Baby Yoda. Next Big Thing: Teen Yoda. ”Understand me, parents do not.” 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 So, it seems JJ wanted Poe and Finn to hook up, but according to Oscar Issac, Disney stopped it, and wouldn't give. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 8, 2020 Report Share Posted January 8, 2020 There’s as much romantic chemistry between Poe and Finn as between any other two characters* picked at random from the sequel trilogy. You could tell me that Finn was supposed to have a burning passion for the random Stormtrooper that shouted “Traitor!” at him and I’d believe it. * Excepting Han/Leia and Artoo/Threepio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Broh, they share clothes, have a pet droid... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 2 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: Broh, they share clothes, have a pet droid... And that’s pretty much the beginning, middle, and end of their characterization. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 I was quoting from the tRoS Visual Dictionary, actually. I see you own it, too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Glacius Posted January 9, 2020 Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 So I went and saw it a second time, and honestly, it didn't help. There are just some really stupid moments in the movie and other things that feel off. Overall, it isn't a horrible movie or a dud. It is probably the best out of the last three films...but that isn't saying much compared to the rest. For whatever reason, the bad stuff seems to stand out compared to the good stuff...so when I think of the movie, I think of what's wrong with it..not what was good. That's probably the best indicator I can give for the flick as a whole. 😞 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2020 Read something suggesting that Disney recut it, to.cut ties with Lucas vision, and to discredit JJ before he starts working on DC for Warner Bros 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romans832 Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 11 hours ago, InfestedKerrigan said: Read something suggesting that Disney recut it, to.cut ties with Lucas vision, and to discredit JJ before he starts working on DC for Warner Bros IF true, that's F'ing dirty 😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Sounds far-fetched to me. I’m going to invoke Hanlon’s Razor: “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Based on the rest of J.J. Abrams’ body of work, I strongly suspect he’s phenomenal at coming up with ideas, but distractible and lacking follow-through. He kinda reminds me of me honestly, I’ve got terabytes of half-finished campaign settings, adventure ideas, comic book scripts, even a screenplay. Not to mention enough half-painted miniatures to fill in the Grand Canyon... I call it “Gamer A.D.D.” and I think Abrams has it too. Only I’m working with $5 bucks worth of foam board and hot-glue from Hobby Lobby; He’s got $5 gajillion bucks and sound-stages on five continents. Abrams seems to be at his best when only doing ONE film or ONE season of a show. Not bigger, multi-year projects. They needed one screenwriter (or a screenwriting pair) to write all three films, they really needed a competent executive producer to over see it. They needed a Kevin Feige. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Trainer Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 On 1/9/2020 at 7:38 AM, Brother Glacius said: So I went and saw it a second time, and honestly, it didn't help. There are just some really stupid moments in the movie and other things that feel off. Overall, it isn't a horrible movie or a dud. It is probably the best out of the last three films...but that isn't saying much compared to the rest. For whatever reason, the bad stuff seems to stand out compared to the good stuff...so when I think of the movie, I think of what's wrong with it..not what was good. That's probably the best indicator I can give for the flick as a whole. 😞 This!! The final trilogy was a pile of [big bad swear word], the last at least ended it decently. All 3 movies were not a Lucas envisioned story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Dark Trainer said: All 3 movies were not a Lucas envisioned story. Judging by what I've read online, that's not a bad thing. Every time I hear what Lucas had in mind for the final trilogy (The Whills, Midiclorians, Fantastic Voyage-style adventures in a miniaturized Force realm) I count my lucky stars we ended up where we did. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 To be fair, the original trilogy wasn’t a “Lucas envisioned trilogy” either. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 Yeah, the best things about the original trilogy came about as a result of removing Lucas from that process. The Prequels are what we get with Lucas Unfiltered. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 1 hour ago, andy said: Judging by what I've read online, that's not a bad thing. Every time I hear what Lucas had in mind for the final trilogy (The Whills, Midiclorians, Fantastic Voyage-style adventures in a miniaturized Force realm) I count my lucky stars we ended up where we did. What do you have against Avengers End Game? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 If it weren't for Kasdan I doubt we'd be having this conversation. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ish Posted January 10, 2020 Report Share Posted January 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, andy said: If it weren't for Kasdan I doubt we'd be having this conversation. Irvin Kershner deserves a lot more credit than he is usually given as well. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InfestedKerrigan Posted January 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2020 @Romans832 He's one of the reasons ESB and RotJ were epics. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted January 14, 2020 Report Share Posted January 14, 2020 Finally saw it tonight. I thought it was fine. It had all the stiff acting, implausible plot twists and explosions I look for in a space opera. I liked all the backhanded two-word plot reveals. I hope that was an intentional joke. Also the awkwardly long close ups on Adam Drivers sweaty face. Did he have sith flu? My sneaking suspicion is that these movies are made to be intentionally ridiculous. First because that's fundamental to the genre. Look up the comic book titles referenced by Lucas if you doubt that. These plots were never supposed to be coherent. But also because nerd outrage is an important part of the experience. JJ Abrams especially has injected this into the meta of previous projects already. He knows what will piss stars wars scholars off. He's seen The Simpsons. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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