Star Wars Thread (a Galaxy Far Far Away) Obi-Wan Movie In The Works! (36)

Nothing wrong with being a fan of both I am!

 

Decided I can't wait the 3 weeks or so that it will take for good seats to open up for the IMAX Laser 3D showings so I'm gonna go check out another standard showing tonight. Although the only open seats for this was in the "D-Box" section. I've never seen a movie like this before, but apparently the chairs move to immerse you more into the movie. Might be pretty cool, but if it gets distracting I'll turn it off and just enjoy the movie.

 

TWINS!

 

Spoiler: Episode VII?

Part of me almost wants TFA to end up being Episode X. I know it's not going to happen, but it feels like enough interesting stuff happened in the past 30 years that they could fit another "prequel" trilogy between RotJ and TFA. There are so many unanswered questions, but at this point I hope that the next movie advances the current plot instead of focusing too much on filling in the blanks with flashbacks. Aside from the obvious questions regarding Ren and Rey's background, I also really want to know more about the current state of the galaxy. How did the First Order get so powerful because at this point they feel like the major institution in the galaxy with the New Republic being treated like rebels.

 

Thank you JJ for helping us move on from what Lucas did to us with those prior three cluster f***s. It wasn't a perfect movie, but it was so damn good. What a perfect sequel to the originals. The tone, pace, humor, characters, music, action, acting -- all top notch. Such a wonderful cinema experience when I saw it Friday night. Started off with goosebumps during the iconic text scroll. I couldn't stop smiling and grinning throughout this fun ride JJ gave us. Finn and Rey are young leads you feel comfortable handing the keys to the franchise to unlike Hayden and Portman (Portman is a pretty good actress, so i put more blame on Lucas and a God awful script/dialog).

Spoiler

I loved that starting around the second act, this felt like a Han Solo movie. He got to be the lead in his final Star Wars film (although Kennedy says they'll all be back...guessing in flashback/dream sequences). He's my favorite character in the entire universe. It's really tough seeing him topple into what looked like a bottomless pit and then to see it get blown up. Honestly, I didn't pick up on the bread crumbs and I should've. In every single interview he did, they talked about him wanting his character to die off some 30 years ago. Had to be hard for him to hold back that grin. Then even though the film was a mirror of a New Hope and I saw the Obi-Wan/Han parallels they were going with it never hit me that he wouldn't make it until Leia told him to "bring back our son." Then I knew he was a gonner, but part of me still refused to believe it. I thought they'd steer right when everyone was expecting them to turn left, JJ even made you question it when Ben/Ren nearly hands him the lightsaber. I loved seeing Chewie go all Rambo after Han died though, I'm very curious to see where the Wookie goes from here. Han's death is a great motivation for Rey, Leia, and Luke though. And I trust that if they were going to kill off one of the most iconic characters in cinematic history, they have a fully charted plan for its significance and how it impacts those close to him moving forward vs. it just being a shock value death.

Rey has to be Luke's daughter. That's the only explanation that makes sense to me. They drew every parallel they could and then when it was ruled out that she wasn't Han/Leia's daughter, that's the only scenario left in my mind. The biggest case for me was hate much hatred Ren has for her, that's a blood hatred and he was jealous of how close she was with his dad. And I think Han offering her a job was his way of keeping her close and keeping an eye on her.

Misc - I read there's at least 20 minutes of footage that didn't make the cut, including Chewie ripping a baddies arms off.
They must've really liked what they saw out of Poe (I think there's a lot of potential for them with that character) because he initially died off after the opening scene. Then they later decided to bring him back for the death fake out twist.
Han's death wasn't their initial plan for the character. They had he and Leia reconciling at the end, but said Han felt like "luggage" and wasn't really serving a purpose for moving the story along outside of nostalgia.

 

Daisy > Natalie > Keira

 

Spoiler: Re: Helljumper

I'm with you on that Helljumper. There's so much backstory they could explore but I think it might end up being too much of the OT cast, and they're just too old to fill that gap believably. I would bet there will be a book/comic someday to fill all that in though with Luke's academy, Ben's fall from grace etc etc.

 

Something about Daisy just stole me. I may never look at another woman again

OK let's be honest but you get the idea

 

Spoiler: The part of the movie where I laughed the hardest

Someone had fun with their sphero BB-8