Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by ndtphoto

Somebody HAS TO edit Adam Driver's 'Uh-Oh' lyric (1:45 in the above video) into Episode VII right when

[Show spoiler]Kylo Ren sends his lightsaber right through Hans' gut...

Not quite, but here's this piece of fanart that sounds like it might be up your alley!

[JamesKurtovich]

Speaking of the political climate of the galaxy, what does the Resistance do that the Republic itself can't do? Why are they separate entities?

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Everything I said was accurate so I don't know what your gif implies.

That I don't know how to argue against it, and thus you won the argument.

Not everything is a disagreement, after all.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by GC Riot

It basically implies that you won the argument. That you put forth such a strong case that there just wasn't any real way to object to it.

Originally Posted by StingingVelvet

Sweet! America loves a winner!

There you go.

[celticmoon]

So are all IMAX screens likely to keep TFA until The Finest Hours comes out at the end of January? As far as I can tell, that is the next IMAX movie on the slate.

I want to try to catch it on IMAX but likely won't have a chance in the next couple of weeks.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by matirocker

I like how people who loved the movie freak out whenever someone has something bad to say about it, or criticize it

That's true of most Star Wars fans. They are the worst.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by matirocker

I like how people who loved the movie freak out whenever someone has something bad to say about it, or criticize it for being a rehash of the OT. Except my mom, every other person who watched it had the same comment about it, and they're not people who go in the internet, read what most people say and repeat that.

I enjoyed the movie, but my biggest problem with it is that it teased a LOT of NEW and original stuff that seemed to be so interesting, like the training of the new Jedi by Luke, the Knights of Ren (seriously, what the hell is that, it was only mentioned and seen once as background characters during a hallucination), how did Maz get Anakin's lightsaber? The political state of the galaxy is merely mentioned, while in ANH is was rather more talked about, even mentioning the old republic, the emperor, etc. And for a long time before the movie came out, we were wondering the identity of the characters. Who is Rey? Well now that the movie is out, we can say...

[Show spoiler]Who is Rey? Because they answered nothing.

Instead of tackling those subjects I was really interested in knowing, they went for the

[Show spoiler]''let's blow up the death star before it destroys us'' 3rd act again.

It's a great, very enjoyable movie, but they didn't risk that much, they played it safe. That's basically what I think about it

Thanks incoming for this post when I get them.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by gates70

That's true of most Star Wars fans. They are the worst.

cottage cheese is the worst!!

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

cottage cheese is the worst!!

Cottage cheese is yummy! Go check out the main Star Wars thread.

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by gates70

Cottage cheese is yummy! Go check out the main Star Wars thread.

it's basically curdled milk.

what pray-tell should i keep my eyes peeled for over there??

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

it's basically curdled milk.

what pray-tell should i keep my eyes peeled for over there??

I like weird stuff lol. It's actually pretty quiet there right now, but it gets rough and fanboyish a lot. Don't ever dare tell them that one of their movies suck lol

[Blu-Benny]

Originally Posted by gates70

I like weird stuff lol. It's actually pretty quiet there right now, but it gets rough and fanboyish a lot. Don't ever dare tell them that one of their movies suck lol

well, even though i can sit and watch them......Phanom Menace and Attack of the Clones do suck.

but they are still Star Wars......so i force myself to watch them every now and again.

and they do have some redeeming qualities in them......they just can't hold a candle to the originals or the force awakens.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by matirocker

I like how people who loved the movie freak out whenever someone has something bad to say about it, or criticize it for being a rehash of the OT. Except my mom, every other person who watched it had the same comment about it, and they're not people who go in the internet, read what most people say and repeat that.

I enjoyed the movie, but my biggest problem with it is that it teased a LOT of NEW and original stuff that seemed to be so interesting, like the training of the new Jedi by Luke, the Knights of Ren (seriously, what the hell is that, it was only mentioned and seen once as background characters during a hallucination), how did Maz get Anakin's lightsaber? The political state of the galaxy is merely mentioned, while in ANH is was rather more talked about, even mentioning the old republic, the emperor, etc. And for a long time before the movie came out, we were wondering the identity of the characters. Who is Rey? Well now that the movie is out, we can say...

[Show spoiler]Who is Rey? Because they answered nothing.

Instead of tackling those subjects I was really interested in knowing, they went for the

[Show spoiler]''let's blow up the death star before it destroys us'' 3rd act again.

It's a great, very enjoyable movie, but they didn't risk that much, they played it safe. That's basically what I think about it

Definitely agree it could've used some more exposition here and there, which is all the more frustrating because we know that some of that stuff was shot! For example, the political state of the galaxy post-ROTJ as you mention, that would probably have been sufficiently explained by keeping that deleted Senate scene in the movie.

The lightsaber was pretty annoying because I had mentally prepared myself for the fact that they maybe wouldn't go into that, and a few other questions, in this first movie but rather save the explanations for the sequels. Then I couldn't believe my ears when Maz is actually questioned about it and replies "a good question - for another time!" or something like that. I was shouting "**** you Abrams/Kasdan!" internally at that moment.

Now, I just hope that VIII and IX do answer all these questions. If they do, then I'll be able to appreciate what they were going for here. But part of me worries that they'll "forget" to give us some of these answers, the same way Lucas did in the prequels. And that would suck, and most likely be something I ended up holding against this trilogy once this is all over.

[Nightrunner]

[A Sith Lord?]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Speaking of the political climate of the galaxy, what does the Resistance do that the Republic itself can't do? Why are they separate entities?

Resistance was an off the record unofficial Anti-First Order militia that the Republic secretly financed/supported.

I suppose after the Empire was defeated the Republic wanted peace, and politically going to war with the First Order may not have been a popular move. So the Republic secretly supported the Resistance's initiatives.

It's why when the Resistance are about to get hit by the Starkiller, one of Leia's underlings says "we can't do anything without the Republic's ships" or something of that nature.

[celticmoon]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

For example, the political state of the galaxy post-ROTJ as you mention, that would probably have been sufficiently explained by keeping that deleted Senate scene in the movie.

Definitely agree about this one. We needed some explanation as to what the relationship is between the Republic, the First Order, and the Resistance. As it is, it is very vague, but ends up appearing that the First Order is virtually in the same position that the Empire was in in the OT, though from my understanding of the deleted scene of Leia near the beginning of the film, this is clearly not the case. I feel like they needed something, even if it was essentially an info dump. Or they could have somehow got that information into the opening crawl.

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

The lightsaber was pretty annoying because I had mentally prepared myself for the fact that they maybe wouldn't go into that, and a few other questions, in this first movie but rather save the explanations for the sequels. Then I couldn't believe my ears when Maz is actually questioned about it and replies "a good question - for another time!" or something like that. I was shouting "**** you Abrams/Kasdan!" internally at that moment.

I don't feel like this really needs to be answered even in the sequels. She's an old, wise, Force-sensitive being with a bunch of artifacts and among them is this Lightsaber. Honestly, I'm fine with "It was the will of the Force" or "Destiny" or whatever that got it to Maz and finally to Rey.

[gates70]

Originally Posted by Blu-Benny

well, even though i can sit and watch them......Phanom Menace and Attack of the Clones do suck.

but they are still Star Wars......so i force myself to watch them every now and again.

and they do have some redeeming qualities in them......they just can't hold a candle to the originals or the force awakens.

My girlfriend and her kids never seen any of the SW movies so we sat down for a marathon over a few days before seeing Awakens...but I skipped Episodes I and II just explaining to them the premise since they do in fact suck hard.

Originally Posted by Nightrunner

See what I mean about SW fans when you mention something bad about one of their movies LOL

[JamesKurtovich]

Originally Posted by MasturB

Resistance was an off the record unofficial Anti-First Order militia that the Republic secretly financed/supported.

I suppose after the Empire was defeated the Republic wanted peace, and politically going to war with the First Order may not have been a popular move. So the Republic secretly supported the Resistance's initiatives.

It's why when the Resistance are about to get hit by the Starkiller, one of Leia's underlings says "we can't do anything without the Republic's ships" or something of that nature.

Interesting. You'd think the general population wouldn't want to risk another Imperial takeover.

I'm getting anxious to see this movie again.

[Himmel]

George Lucas Says He Sold ‘Star Wars’ to ‘White Slavers’.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/st...rs-1201669959/

[Taipan]

Originally Posted by Terminated

George Lucas Says He Sold ‘Star Wars’ to ‘White Slavers’.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/st...rs-1201669959/

lol. Probably did!

[AintNoSin]

Originally Posted by Terminated

George Lucas Says He Sold ‘Star Wars’ to ‘White Slavers’.

http://variety.com/2015/film/news/st...rs-1201669959/

Nah, he sold it to

[Show spoiler]KanjaKlub

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