Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Pre-release)

[sztriki]

Sigh...I’m so easy to bribe emotionally...can this movie please be good? Pretty please?

 

[robn1]

This may have been discussed already, but the demands of life keep me from reading all 254 pages of this thread. If it has been discussed, sorry, if not, bear with me.......

I saw images again of C-3PO with his red eyes and him carrying Chewie's bowcaster and bandoleer. I also recently watched an interview of Alan Tudyk (K-2SO) and he briefly mentioned a moment when he met Anthony Daniels and before he could even introduce himself, he claims Anthony looked at him and said something along the lines of "Oh **** you", referring to the love that was being thrown his way after K-2SO did so much to help Jyn and Cassian in Rogue One, essentially whooping some a$$ and dying a hero.

So then I got to wondering, is red eyed 3PO being re-programmed to be a warrior, and that's also why he's carrying Chewie's bowcaster? Is this an attempt to bring K-2SO hero level to 3PO; to have him do something outside of talking Luke, Han, and Chewie off rotisserie spits? (Which, by the way, was more Luke's doing). It seems like C-3PO doesn't have a lot of stand out moments.

I don't know how I'll feel if I see 3PO laying down the scunion on a bunch of First Order stormie's a la Terminator style. I don't know why I made that connection, but I'm thinking there will be a moment where be goes from protocol droid to warrior droid. And I also can't help to think that based on Daniels' comments, he maybe said something and wants a K-2SO style send off? I don't think he'll be destroyed, but maybe have a bad a$$ moment?

Wondering if anyone else feels that way?

Daniels' comment to Tudyk was because he didn't have to wear an uncomfortable costume.

 

[RodanAZ]

Sigh...I’m so easy to bribe emotionally...can this movie please be good? Pretty please?

It's clear that a great deal of thought and understanding of why the OT was so loved went into that little marketing clip.

It's a shame the ST movies themselves haven't haven't been crafted with the same level of caring. I'm trying to hold out hope for TROS... but it's not easy.

 

[Joek3rr]

 

[Jaitea]

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Na, it looks rubbish,.....Knives Out sounds like a better movie

This will be the first one I've ever missed,.....I even saw Caravan of Courage & the Clone Wars cartoon movie at the Picture House.

Disney/LFL sharpen your pencils & pull your socks up

J

 

[BTTUK]

If what i've been told is even remotely true, I suspect many will reconsider their feelings towards TLJ!!

 

[Psab keel]

I sincerely doubt that. The damage is done.

 

[Scarecrow Joe]

 

[Mr Webber]

So I saw recently that Jar Jar said it would be weird if Palpatine wasnt brought back for this train wreck. I`d love to hear from anybody who actually agrees with that and the reasons behind it. The only thing I`m looking forward to at this stage is for the Disney trilogy........to end.

 

[Joek3rr]

So I saw recently that Jar Jar said it would be weird if Palpatine wasnt brought back for this train wreck. I`d love to hear from anybody who actually agrees with that and the reasons behind it. The only thing I`m looking forward to at this stage is for the Disney trilogy........to end.

Yeah I agree with it. Think of how weird it would be to have your grand 9 part saga ending without the the master mind behind 2/3 of it. The guy who is literally responsible for kicking the Skywalker saga into motion. And he's not going to be in your conclusion of that story? That....right there would be bad story telling.

 

[ConvergencePro]

Yeah I agree with it. Think of how weird it would be to have your grand 9 part saga ending without the the master mind behind 2/3 of it. The guy who is literally responsible for kicking the Skywalker saga into motion. And he's not going to be in your conclusion of that story? That....right there would be bad story telling.

Which begs the question, was this a story that needed to be told in the first place?

 

[Psab keel]

Seeing as how Steve Ovaltine had nothing to do with 7 and 8, it feels out of place to have him return now. Though based on the leaks I've heard they will shoehorn it in somehow. Whether J.J. conceived of the idea of his return from the beginning, it certainly wasn't set up very well for him to come back.

Besides I thought this was the SKYWALKER saga? Not the Steve Ovaltine (Sheev Palpatine) saga. (I shudder even typing the name Sheev. It just makes me gag.) I mean there CAN be other villains and there was going to be with Snoke, but that went out the window with The Last Turd Fly.

Plus has anyone considered that if Palpatine is such a mastermind and created this entire saga, then wouldn't it reduce every character into an idiot for not sensing ANY of this and doing something about it? I mean the PT rendered the Jedi into morons for not seeing what was happening right in front of their eyes.



I just am constantly baffled by all of this, and even more baffled that people lap it up just because it has Star Wars in the title. I mean if you dig it, cool. I just don't get the appeal.

 

[robn1]

Palpatine may have been meant to be the villain for the entire original 9 part saga, but George got weary of Star Wars and wrapped it up in ROTJ. That's it, the villain is dead and the story is over. Another trilogy is fine but it now needs a new threat, which is what we got with Kylo Ben and Snoke. But Ruin Johnson perverted expectations and killed off the big bad in the second act.

This is bad story telling.

And it backed Jar Jar into a corner, no big bad to kill so bringing this mess to a satisfying ending is more difficult. And Jar Jar doesn't normally do satisfying endings anyway (just ask his wife ). So he pulled resurrected Palpy out of his ass just to have a baddie for part 3.

Which is also bad story telling.

 

[Psab keel]

And everyone thought Return of the King had too many endings!

Return of the Jedi 1983
Revenge of the Sith 2005
The Fries of Jakewalker 2019

About 40 years of endings. Just wait another decade and we'll likely get ANOTHER trilogy to close out the Skywalker family saga.

 

[Mr Webber]

Yeah I agree with it. Think of how weird it would be to have your grand 9 part saga ending without the the master mind behind 2/3 of it. The guy who is literally responsible for kicking the Skywalker saga into motion. And he's not going to be in your conclusion of that story? That....right there would be bad story telling.

Of course you do, I would expect nothing less. Let me update you on what happened. He is DEAD. Anakin/Darth Vader KILLED him. Bad story telling is being so devoid of original thinking that you have to retcon a conclusion that has been praised and accepted for over THREE DECADES either because you have absolutely no plan (Jar Jar has been exposed by Trevorrow for coming up with this idea after he was dragged back in) or you have to prop up an existing black hole of a character by undermining existing ones, or both.

 

[gedmac66]

To my mind the creator of Star Wars ( George Lucas ) started and finished his films with “ Skywalkers “ as the protagonists. TFA - not perfect , but certainly had promise to expand on that.
Thanks to Ruin Johnson and the hot pile of **** that TLJ turned out to be , we’re now stuck with JJ & LF et al , scrounging for a ‘ suitable ‘ ending for this trilogy by changing the focus from what was originally intended - An all knowing , All powerful Palpatine behind it all ..., Huh !?

Just my 0.02

 

[patrickivan]

There seems to be an awful lot of things that look incredibly stupid to me in these final trailers. More cloud battles. Horses on SDs. 100000000 SDs that have apparently been sitting around. And about half a billion new characters thrust into it, and another million more cameo characters.

AND, I am STILL waiting to find out how this series has anything to do with the Skywalker legacy, other than Luke being in one movie being cynical for the entire thing, and then dying alone.

Unless they actually have another Skywalker HERO (not Kylo- he's the bad guy, I don't care that he's technically a Skywalker), I have no idea how this is a Skywalker story...

Despite all my misgivings, we got our tickets when they came out, and I'm still excited to see what happens, and still hope it's a good movie in the end.

 

[Psab keel]

More power to you and to those giving it a chance by seeing it in theaters.

 

[cboath]

Yeah I agree with it. Think of how weird it would be to have your grand 9 part saga ending without the the master mind behind 2/3 of it. The guy who is literally responsible for kicking the Skywalker saga into motion. And he's not going to be in your conclusion of that story? That....right there would be bad story telling.

It's also bad storytelling to throw him in at the last second without a millisecond of allusion in the previous two flicks that his involvement was even a microscopic possibility.

It was just a bad choice to make this section 'part of the skywalker saga' instead of just forging ahead with something new/different. Nothing was left from ROTJ that said 'we need to tie this up'. It was complete.

They made a royally bad choice in trying to hype this as the conclusion to the skywalker saga when there wasn't one necessary.

 

[Joek3rr]

It's also bad storytelling to throw him in at the last second without a millisecond of allusion in the previous two flicks that his involvement was even a microscopic possibility.

It was just a bad choice to make this section 'part of the skywalker saga' instead of just forging ahead with something new/different. Nothing was left from ROTJ that said 'we need to tie this up'. It was complete.

They made a royally bad choice in trying to hype this as the conclusion to the skywalker saga when there wasn't one necessary.

Maybe it was bad idea. But you got to put the blame on George. He's the one that wanted there to be a 7-9, but have someone else do them.