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derFunkenstein wrote:So is this just Luke Rey on Dagobah Green Mountain? Will she sense her friends and trouble and leave before her training is complete? Is this going to be ENTIRELY based on Empire?
derFunkenstein wrote:So is this just Luke Rey on Dagobah Green Mountain? Will she sense her friends and trouble and leave before her training is complete? Is this going to be ENTIRELY based on Empire?
There was a hand. Did you bring the hand?
Hawkwing74 wrote:derFunkenstein wrote:So is this just Luke Rey on Dagobah Green Mountain? Will she sense her friends and trouble and leave before her training is complete? Is this going to be ENTIRELY based on Empire?
Ugh, I hope not. I'll be the fool who gave my money if it really does turn out to be that. Maybe I can read what the critics say, and figure it out, before wasting money.
kvndoom wrote:Somehow Rogue One has become my favorite of all the Star Wars films though.
Captain Ned wrote:I saw this trailer and had high hopes. After the posts here about Empire, the 13-YO glee in me is gone. Thanks.
derFunkenstein wrote:Sorry. I just can't not see the parallels between ESB and Ep8, at least in this trailer. It's way too similar and I'm surprised nobody else pointed it out first.
Captain Ned wrote:Disney, I'm calling you out!! If your dream for Star Wars cash is remaking/tweaking/rebooting the Original Trilogy, fans of the same will never spend another dollar on Disney. The sad part is that your accountants and actuaries have already figured out that that's a popped zit in your expected cash flow from these films.
superjawes wrote:I think that this film will diverge from the original trilogy's story structure in big ways.
superjawes wrote:As I've said before, The Force Awakens was partially limited because it HAD to appease old fans. Episodes 1-3 were such a mess that Disney needed to restore the faith. Since TFA was successful, they can push forward with new ideas like Rogue One. I think that this film will diverge from the original trilogy's story structure in big ways.
Hawkwing74 wrote:I hope the story is better than the last one. Regardless, I'll be there to see it.
superjawes wrote:So as a general arc, we know that The Last Jediwill have one big similarity to Empire: it will be darker/more depressing than its predecessor. I mean obviously. You had your big, happy (mostly) start, but we know that there's a third chapter coming, so this one will obviously tear the good guys down so they can rise to the challenge in the third. Storytelling 101.
That being said, we literally CANNOT rehash Empire. We know that Rey is training with Luke, so there's no big reveal of a tiny-yet-powerful Jedi master in the swamp. The bit of meat we got from the traile--Luke saying that it's time for the Jedi to end--forces the story in a new, more complicated direction (assuming it's not a misdirect). Luke will return to his friends to pay off that plot point. And character-wise, the closest 1:1 replacement we have is Rey:Luke. Kylo Ren is very different from Vader, Poe is just Poe, Finn has a mysterious back story, and BB-8 is just awesome.
As I've said before, The Force Awakens was partially limited because it HAD to appease old fans. Episodes 1-3 were such a mess that Disney needed to restore the faith. Since TFA was successful, they can push forward with new ideas like Rogue One. I think that this film will diverge from the original trilogy's story structure in big ways.
Vhalidictes wrote:Uhhh....
Luke -> Rey
Yoda -> Luke
"Stopping the plot to train with the only Jedi Master while my friends fight a pitched battle without my help" is exactly the plot of The Empire Strikes Back!!
It's a remake... albeit maybe a good one that has a slightly different feel / sequence of events.
derFunkenstein wrote:Well I think episode 7 was just like Aladdin, because the bad guy does stuff and the hero saves the day, so...
derFunkenstein wrote:Well I think episode 7 was just like Aladdin, because the bad guy does stuff and the hero saves the day, so...
Vhalidictes wrote:Robin Williams' performance was the best part of that movie.
kvndoom wrote:...Somehow Rogue One has become my favorite of all the Star Wars films though. Just bought the Bluray, need to watch it again soon.
Captain Ned wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:Robin Williams' performance was the best part of that movie.
Would the Star Wars community accept Jar-Jar Binks if he/she/it was voiced with a completely unleashed Robin Williams?
Captain Ned wrote:Vhalidictes wrote:Robin Williams' performance was the best part of that movie.
Would the Star Wars community accept Jar-Jar Binks if he/she/it was voiced with a completely unleashed Robin Williams?