Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017) - SPOILER THREAD

[joshsquash729]

Originally Posted by ImBlu_DaBaDee

I’m definitely gonna enjoy rewatching The Last Jedi this winter as well and nothing afterward. It honestly works as an ending to the saga that began with A New Hope. Luke becomes one with the Force in front of twin suns, the Jedi tree has been burned, and Rey along with the force sensitive children across the galaxy represent the next generation of the never ending fight against evil. Everything comes full circle. Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is definitely a loose end if you don’t watch the next film, but I can live with that. Maybe I’ll just watch the fight he has with Rey on the ocean and the subsequent scene with “not Force Ghost Han Solo” and call it a day. He never speaks another line of dialogue after that scene anyway.

It’s funny because at the time I remember people complained that Rian’s film felt more like an ending than a middle chapter with no good story hooks. Maybe that was for the best. I certainly would prefer to forget that the Emperor’s reanimated corpse is hanging from a crane while this film was happening. Why was Snoke trying to kill Rey again in The Last Jedi? That was just a Palpatine surrogate that was grown in a pickle jar, right? And Palpatine needed Rey to come find him hanging from his crane on Excrement so he could die a second time, right? Nah, I’m just gonna pretend Rey doesn’t have a zombie grandfather out there somewhere and keep loving The Last Jedi.

That's my feelings too- it works pretty dang well as an ending. There's plenty of hope, but juuuust enough of a dangle of loose ends to see where it could potentially go. Yes, Kylo and the First Order is still out there, but Rey finally accepting her destiny and powers, as well as the actions of Rose and Finn awakening pockets of/future Resistance fighters, and Poe stepping up to become a more responsible leader, means that they have the hope they've been lacking all this time. Even if it's open-ended, that to me is better than Craney McGee and the Granddaughter Conspiracy. The Last Jedi was, and remains, a cinematically gorgeous, emotionally charged gem, and I will die on that hill.

[mwynn]

denial.
anger.
bargaining.
depression.
acceptance.

[kylor]

Originally Posted by mwynn

denial.
anger.
bargaining.
depression.
acceptance.

It finally happened.

[tcripe]

Originally Posted by farerb

The Hobbit never got the same vitriol as The Last Jedi, even in its 4K thread. Also it was bound to come up near a release but before it was announced and since 2015 no one really continued obsessing over it, definitely not as if they were emotionally abused.

The Hobbit was def bad but it wasn't insulting.

[tcripe]

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[mwynn]

denial.
anger.
bargaining.
depression.
acceptance.

[kylor]

Originally Posted by Himmel

George Lucas also reportedly planned to have Luke Skywalker die in his version of ‘STAR WARS EPISODE 8’

[mikeyfridebuzz]

Originally Posted by tcripe

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His cowardly actions were fine and totally in character because the OT showed him as someone incapable of having faith in any of his family or friends or having any heroic traits at all.

What I'm really upset about is that he DIED!...and the Pablo Hidalgo bombshell that Lucas was going to kill him too!!!! *rabble rabble rabble*

denial.
ANGER!!!!!!!!
bargaining.
depression.
acceptance.

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by mikeyfridebuzz

His cowardly actions were fine and totally in character because the OT showed him as someone incapable of having faith in any of his family or friends or having any heroic traits at all.

wut?

Have you even seen Star Wars?

[mwynn]

denial.
anger.
bargaining.
depression.
acceptance.

[mikeyfridebuzz]

Originally Posted by CreasyBear

wut?

Have you even seen Star Wars?

It's called sarcasm my friend

[Rodney-2187]

The best video I've seen about both sides of Star Wars debating:

REAL Star Wars Fans VS. FAKE Star Wars Fans!!!!!! - YouTube

[DrWally]

Originally Posted by ImBlu_DaBaDee

I’m definitely gonna enjoy rewatching The Last Jedi this winter as well and nothing afterward. It honestly works as an ending to the saga that began with A New Hope. Luke becomes one with the Force in front of twin suns, the Jedi tree has been burned, and Rey along with the force sensitive children across the galaxy represent the next generation of the never ending fight against evil. Everything comes full circle. Kylo Ren/Ben Solo is definitely a loose end if you don’t watch the next film, but I can live with that. Maybe I’ll just watch the fight he has with Rey on the ocean and the subsequent scene with “not Force Ghost Han Solo” and call it a day. He never speaks another line of dialogue after that scene anyway.

It’s funny because at the time I remember people complained that Rian’s film felt more like an ending than a middle chapter with no good story hooks. Maybe that was for the best. I certainly would prefer to forget that the Emperor’s reanimated corpse is hanging from a crane while this film was happening. Why was Snoke trying to kill Rey again in The Last Jedi? That was just a Palpatine surrogate that was grown in a pickle jar, right? And Palpatine needed Rey to come find him hanging from his crane on Excrement so he could die a second time, right? Nah, I’m just gonna pretend Rey doesn’t have a zombie grandfather out there somewhere and keep loving The Last Jedi.

That's a very interesting post. Personally I haven't seen how TLJ for a couple of years, so I'll be interested to see how it plays in the light of TROS. My guess is that TLJ opened a ton of potential doors and Abrams and Terrio chose instead to go through none of them, instead choosing to set the clock back decades. The 'see you around, kid' line is a setup for a payoff that never came, nor is the hint that the Force is manifesting itself in a new generation.

[kylor]

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by kylor

Do you think they walk into empty rooms and say this. Maybe on the first date?

[CreasyBear]

Originally Posted by mikeyfridebuzz

It's called sarcasm my friend

[kylor]

Originally Posted by mwynn

Do you think they walk into empty rooms and say this. Maybe on the first date?

An empty room with a calendar? Sure.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by kylor

An empty room with a calendar? Sure.

When they go to restaurant do they write it into the tip field?

[kylor]

Originally Posted by mwynn

When they go to restaurant do they write it into the tip field?

You'd have to ask them.

[farerb]