Star Wars: The Last Jedi (Post-release)
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For sure, good question. JJ has his work cut out. Best bet is they go forward a number of years to give this stuff some space and time to breathe.
Toadmeister
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Just go and enjoy. Try being a 5-year old again (seriously).
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Brent M
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I wonder what happened to the Knights of Ren. Why do we only see them in TFA for 2 seconds in Rey's "vision" and then nothing else about them? I would have loved to have seen something like Luke and Rey facing off against Kylo and his army, but I guess that's not going to happen. 
mattycsi
Master Member
I hope thats true, I'm not beyond ep9 redeeming TLJ, I just can't see it from here. My main worry JJ is that he always tends to ask more questions than he has answers for, exhibit A: Lost.
Toadmeister
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I was thinking this same thing. And I was surprised when Snoke got sliced so easily.
That said, the shock value was good!
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I wonder what happened to the Knights of Ren. Why do we only see them in TFA for 2 seconds in Rey's "vision" and then nothing else about them? I would have loved to have seen something like Luke and Rey facing off against Kylo and his army, but I guess that's not going to happen.
Perhaps the Pratoreon Gaurds? They seemed pretty skilled.
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Hubris. Pride goeth before the fall.
And Kylo did a neat trick to fool Snoke as he was giving the play by play!
AnubisGuard
Master Member
Good. Better that than dragging out the expected beats for three movies. Now they might have to come up with something original!
Well, I just got back from seeing this which I really had not planned on doing until next weekend. Just happened to drive by a theater that didn't have much of a line up because it was a matinee showing.
My overall impression of the film was that it was an infantile fan film with a big budget. I have to say though it did have some very good moments as well, but those seemed to be sadly undermined by some genuinely corny/ goofy elements. Some stuff was genuinely cringe worthy and some people in the audience were laughing because of how bad it was. It was almost like watching two different films at the same time. So many wasted opportunities. More later...
My overall impression of the film was that it was an infantile fan film with a big budget. I have to say though it did have some very good moments as well, but those seemed to be sadly undermined by some genuinely corny/ goofy elements. Some stuff was genuinely cringe worthy and some people in the audience were laughing because of how bad it was. It was almost like watching two different films at the same time. So many wasted opportunities. More later...
Brent M
Sr Member
Yeah I guess that's possible, but I just assumed they were Snoke's guards same as the Emperor's Royal Guards.
PantheraGem
Sr Member
Waiting to hear about the Johnson trilogy being scrapped.
Snikt
Sr Member
The funny thing is that originally Vader and Anakin were two different people. Cleary Snoke was just the catalyst for Kylo to become evil. Now Kylo is the main bad guy, so while Im disappointed we didnt get to know how Snoke came to be, I dont care because I thought the idea of snoke was stupid anyway. Everything about the character is half baked. So who cares what his back story is. Im annoyed they didnt say how Maz got lukes lightsaber, and what the hell happened with the knights of ren? Kinda bummed about Finns relationship with Rose, thought that was weird, dumb, and took away from him and Rey.
cayman shen
Master Member
Thinking about Snoke's need for backstory, I REALLY hope 9 answers some basic questions. Think about ESB...was Vader reaaaally Luke's dad? Who was that navigator on the spice freighter then? We found out in ROTJ. OWK lied. Now we know.
So I'm guessing RJ didn't want to answer every question. Gotta save some for 9. Hopefully it's dealt with. JJ has to know fans want some rudimentary info.
Tldr: I think we can't really judge TLJ fairly until 9 comes out. (I still loved it though, as did, crucially for the franchise, my two teens).
So I'm guessing RJ didn't want to answer every question. Gotta save some for 9. Hopefully it's dealt with. JJ has to know fans want some rudimentary info.
Tldr: I think we can't really judge TLJ fairly until 9 comes out. (I still loved it though, as did, crucially for the franchise, my two teens).
spacebob
Sr Member
Let's assume that the remainder of people left on this thread at least want to talk about details this film as it is, good or bad.
My feelings are made clear in my first post in this thread.
Can we remember What yoda said? Writers obviously thought about it a lot. Mark an Frank went along with it.
I can't quite remember.
My feelings are made clear in my first post in this thread.
Can we remember What yoda said? Writers obviously thought about it a lot. Mark an Frank went along with it.
I can't quite remember.
mattycsi
Master Member
I care!
And about the other things you mention too.
Snoke, the saber, Knights of Ren, were all built up to part of this universe and to mean something, and all were literally and figuratively tossed over a shoulder without a second thought. If that was part 2 of any other franchise we would all be turned off by it. It is poor story telling, plain and simple.
Brent M
Sr Member
I can forgive a lot of the film's flaws, but the Snoke thing really bugs me because you can't just have a "Supreme Leader" who lured Kylo away from Luke to the Dark Side and then not explain anything at all about who he is, where he came from, how he got so poweful, etc. That's just a really huge fail by Rian Johnson IMHO.
kalkamel
Master Member
Oh dear God, yes please! I've had enough of this reimagining of Star Wars via Cliff Notes.
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