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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (Pre-release)

astroboy said:
Totally. We don't need this to be battlestar galactica (which had incredibly unsatisfying mystery resolves) or the sixth sense. This just has to be a great adventure. All we needed was some well acted monologue from Rey about her parents being killed or sold to slavers or something. Maz could have said, "It's amazing what you can get from the black market if you know the right people" when asked about Lukes' lightsaber

Imagine if they showed us what was in the briefcase at the end of pulp fiction? That mystery worked because they didn't have to let us in on it. Star wars is a different beast. We'll have to find out about Rey's parents and we'll have to find out about Snoke.

Frankly the only "mystery box" that ever had satisfying contents contained Gwynith Paltrow's head.
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This isn't Pulp Fiction and it sure isn't Seven. ...and personally, I thought Battlestar Galactica was beautifully and masterfully crafted and ended; sure, there was an occasional hiccup - but, overall I loved it - even (and maybe especially) the ending.

Star Wars is a different animal. It's shown us time and time again that this is a small universe where everyone seems to know everyone else or have some connection. The idea that they've recovered Luke/Anakin's lightsaber alone is absurd (even moreso when you realize it seems to have midichlorians now) - so why not give us something more solid with Snoke? I think there needs to be some sort of revelation with him.

I'd rather Snoke be an absolute nobody with a complete air of mystery than have them feel a need to create someone new and force tell us a new story via the books.
 
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Jaitea said:
Yes everyone is hung up on JJ's 'Mystery Box',.....but the unanswered questions in TFA remind me of the same writer's (Kasdan) mysteries in ESB.....Yoda's "There is another",....Is Vader really Luke's Father or is he lying?,....Will Han return?

It all needs to be explained right away these days,....I had to wait 3 years

The other thing is the Snoke thing,....complaints are that he has to have a back story,....or be filled in by a book or cartoon,.....questions like "where was he during the Palpatine days" etc?,.....Where was Darth Tyranus during TPM,...where was Grevious during TPM & AOTC,.....it wasn't explained in the films,.....was it explained in a book or a cartoon?

J
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Those questions from ESB simply HAD to be answered. The 'there is another' could have been left hanging without a huge deal, but the others had to be answered, period.

If you want to try and equate trilogies - we never got to know jack about the emporer post ROTJ - well - at least for 16 years. ESB was 'cool, the emperor...he must be a badass if he gets vader to cow tow to him'...After ROTJ - he was a badass who got tossed down a shaft. We never really got more.

In the entire prequel trilogy what we learned about the emperor was: He was a senator from Naboo 30ish years before ANH. He wanted revenge, for, uh, something we still don't know, and, uh, he hoodwinked the republic and built a clone army to take over. After 3 extra flicks, we still didn't learn too much about his motivation or what made him tick, etc. He didn't seem to be connected to anyone either.

So, i think VIII needs to handle it correctly. If it's just going to be some unconnected guy - you can't build up the mystery. You just have to let it be. If there is a connection you can play up the mystery because it should pay off in the reveal. Right now, there's no more surrounding Snoke than there was the emperor in 1980, so it's all in how they treat it post TFA. But, yeah, if they build up the mystery and he's no one we know...it's 100% pointless and people will be upset/disappointed.
 
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The official SW Tumblr page posted this pic from Rey's Journal:
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It's interesting because I assumed Rey meant that she was waiting for her parents or a parent. That implies that a group left her on Jakku.


I'm still hoping Snokes is just a Sith collector like the rumors said. On one hand it would make sense for Palpatine to have other Force users in his back pocket for an emergency, or just because they can get the job done better. On the other, I don't want everyone to be Force users all of the time. I kind of like the idea (which was in one of the Darth Bane novels) that you have a Sith worshiper who is collecting Sith artifacts and knowledge who wants a real Dark Side user that they can help. Of course it didn't end well for the guy in the book...
 
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Sluis Van Shipyards said:
The official SW Tumblr page posted this pic from Rey's Journal: http://68.media.tumblr.com/8fb6822809c78a65ac95ad4971227984/tumblr_oeh5k4EHCQ1s6w6foo1_1280.gif

It's interesting because I assumed Rey meant that she was waiting for her parents or a parent. That implies that a group left her on Jakku.


I'm still hoping Snokes is just a Sith collector like the rumors said. On one hand it would make sense for Palpatine to have other Force users in his back pocket for an emergency, or just because they can get the job done better. On the other, I don't want everyone to be Force users all of the time. I kind of like the idea (which was in one of the Darth Bane novels) that you have a Sith worshiper who is collecting Sith artifacts and knowledge who wants a real Dark Side user that they can help. Of course it didn't end well for the guy in the book...
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I agree. There would be certain poetry about a man who is obsessed with the sith, yet has no control over the force

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Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (Pre-release)

NeoRutty said:
Kind of like a fat out of shape football coach. Know's the strategies, knows the training... loves the beer and being a giant hologram in a chair too much.
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That would be awesome. The great and powerful Oz being someone else, a hidden manipulator.

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Jaitea said:
Kind of like a pretend threat......a phantom menace if you like

J
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Do you mean like the Mandarin in Iron Man 3? The galaxy's best actor in the role of his life! It's really some dude who loves death sticks and Twilek dancers in a fancy mansion somewhere on Coruscant! :lol
 
Re: Star Wars: Episode VIII (Pre-release)

Really? Really? Who's writing this stuff? What's wrong with a bacta tank?! I could see something like this if it was just a limb injury (which they've done in the EU), but if you're that injured you go in a tank.
 
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bacta suit doesnt bother me, communication while traveling light speed doesnt either. technology changes with time
 
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I guess a bacta suit is more economical, both in bacta usage and storage space.

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