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Wank posted:There is not one good original design in TFA. Unkar Plott & the Robo-Jawas own & Kylo & his knights & phasma POOOOOOOOOOOOOORTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIONS
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Wank posted:I love how the rifle Finn lugs around is basically "generic space laser rifle 1". Awful. It isn't like the original stormtrooper rifles were much to write home about. Even Han's pistol was just like a Mauser pistol with a nozzle thing on the end. They're uncivilized anyway.
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The original blasters were all based on WW2 weapons. Much better that way than generic sci-fi guns.
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cargohills posted:The original blasters were all based on WW2 weapons. Much better that way than generic sci-fi guns. None of the TFA blasters are 'generic sci fi guns'. A lot of the TFA guns are based off of AR bodies. Basically the WW2 equivalent for 2015 ie guns used in the gulf war. They looked fine? You can even see the magazine well for the AR body in Finn's gun, like you could see the magazine well of the old stens in the OT star wars blasters. The TFA stormtrooper guns are the old models but with 'modern' accouterments like polymer body & molded stock. Finn's is infact very similar to the old A280 blaster rifle the rebels used in ESB & ROTJ, which was also based off the M-16 body. And in the movie they are considered republic surplus, outdated tech, given they are upgrades of weapons used 30 years ago and now outdated, that makes sense! Poe uses the same one Finn does but with an extended stock and it looks nooice TFA followed the gun design aesthetics of the PT & OT pretty much by the numbers. A lot of the more outlandish looking guns are all on background characters that you can only really get a good look at in the visual dictionary, and a lot of them are very cool I wish they got some screen time. Jerkface fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Mar 19, 2016 |
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Yeah, all in all they look very similar to the original ones. Just for comparison: OT Stormtrooper E-11:  TFA Stormtrooper F-11d:  OT Rebel A280c:  TFA Rebel El-16:  The Stormtrooper blaster in particular is pretty much exactly the old gun with some fancy white finish and more elaborate stock, which works pretty well given how the First Order seems all about projecting an orderly and imposing image. The new rebel blaster does look different, but still similar enough that you could reasonably see it as a new model that evolved from the original A280c or was built by the same manufacturer. In either case, the overall look and aesthetic is pretty drat close. 
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Somebody, or a couple of somebodies were saying in the TFA thread that all the new weapons looked like crap. I'll be damned if I can see that in your pics, though. They are basically carbon copies of the OT weapons.
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Why does the new stormtrooper blaster have both a fixed stock and an adjustable stock?
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plainswalker75 posted:Why does the new stormtrooper blaster have both a fixed stock and an adjustable stock? Swag. (also in the movie most of the blasters dont have the fixed stock) In the visual dictionary the fixed stock is a removable customization & the 'folding stock' is just a collapsible grip. Jerkface fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Mar 19, 2016 |
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Neo Rasa posted:I'm hoping the hologram is 1:1 and Snoke actually is like 30 feet tall. Realistically though I do hope they use a real actor, I still think he's going to turn out to be a Sith force ghost rather than a physically living character. But that would fly in the face of "If you a a Sith and you die its game over" from the OT (But it would be a drat good plot twist if they could get it to work) I tend to favour the theory floating around the internet that Snoke is Darth Plagus, a lot of the infomation matches up and i simply dont believe they have just dropped a force using character into the films that has no history or connection to anything, with all the other links in the film he would stick out like a 30 foot blue hologram. Depending how much faith you have in spin off items, the truth of Reys family has been accidentally spoiled by a "connected to star wars" toy for which a promotional shot was released. Simiular to the "Who the Mandarin really was" lego cock up for Iron Man 3. **Please forgive me if this has been discussed to death, i didnt read the vast majority of the thread which i normally always do before posting.. But thats starting to get REALLY time consuming.
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504 posted:
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zVxTeflon posted:link? Im sorry, its been pulled when they realised what they had done. If its any help it was featured in one of the star wars threads here on SA. Perhaps one of the more "knows what they are doing" people could search for it? I believe it is in the giant SW thread that covers all films and the EU books but i might be lieing. EDIT: Sorry all, im talking bollocks.. i tried finding it with google and it has been officially cleared up as a misunderstanding, it very luch sounds like "cousin" but its actually "curses" A link if anyone cares with the video that caused confusion http://uproxx.com/gammasquad/2015/12/disney-infinity-rey-spoiler/ 504 fucked around with this message at 12:07 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Fashion: http://makingstarwars.net/2016/03/star-wars-episode-viii-poes-clothes-description-plus-info-on-the-dernleia-situation/ Plus more on Leia, Poe and Dern's character. Teek fucked around with this message at 20:45 on Mar 24, 2016 |
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Teek posted:Fashion: If that spoiler does happen in the next one, it is what should have happened in TFA.
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homullus posted:If that spoiler does happen in the next one, it is what should have happened in TFA. Leia is in a coma since we can't have an old lady in a movie that isn't Helen Mirren.
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Carrie Fisher might as well have been in a coma during TFA.
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It was snokkkeee.
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wyoming posted:Carrie Fisher might as well have been in a coma during TFA. I imagine getting the script for this movie they had made a big deal about you signing on to and finding your entire role is "stand around and talk about men doing things and then hug the main character who you've never met before" had to be one of the most infuriating/deflating goddamn things. Like she has more to do in like five minutes in any and every other Star Wars movie she did than she does in Force Awakens. I'd give the bare minimal effort at that point, too.
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I got the impression that Lucas told the three OT principals that their roles would be small when he signed them up. He sold them as their characters handing off their mantels to the "next generation". While we don't know Lucas's original treatment, my guess is that in Abram's reworking, Han's screen time was greatly expanded, Luke's was essentially eliminated, and Leia's must have been about the same.
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The Cameo posted:I imagine getting the script for this movie they had made a big deal about you signing on to and finding your entire role is "stand around and talk about men doing things and then hug the main character who you've never met before" had to be one of the most infuriating/deflating goddamn things. Like she has more to do in like five minutes in any and every other Star Wars movie she did than she does in Force Awakens. I'd give the bare minimal effort at that point, too. Given her inability to express emotions through manipulating face muscles I imagine that's for the best. It's like she's wearing a cast on her face except it's her face.
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They should have built the plot around it, she actually looks like OT era Palpatine because she's now some super high rank Sith person and this is just a dark side illusion so no one suspects.
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But seriously, "Leia gives stirring speech to Resistance, meets Han Solo backstage (Rey in tow) for the awkward info dump, gets put into a coma right after" would have been better than what she got in TFA
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Luke went into hiding to escape from gambling debts: http://makingstarwars.net/2016/03/star-wars-episode-viii-luke-skywalker-aliens-in-space-vegas-dern-and-poe-pick-ups/ Seriously though, wouldn't have expected whatever this thing ends up being. Maybe there's a Hutt there he's going to meet? Teek fucked around with this message at 22:03 on Mar 25, 2016 |
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Teek posted:Luke went into hiding to escape from gambling debts: There better be some sabacc in the casino.
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Just going to leave this here... http://pastebin.com/EDyzfWat
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Cheesus posted:Just going to leave this here... Is there any reason whatsoever to assume anything here is true?
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ImpAtom posted:Is there any reason whatsoever to assume anything here is true? "Luke turns to her and says "No, you are my father"." Because I need it to be!
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wyoming posted:"Luke turns to her and says "No, you are my father"." I admit I enjoy the idea of Star Wars Episode 8 being "poo poo, we've got no ideas, guess we better marathon The Legend of Korra" but they really should have gotten JK Simmons to play Luke then.
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Cheesus posted:Just going to leave this here... quote:"In a moment of pure pottery, Phasma makes Finn lower the shields." Pure pottery, indeed...
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Given what Disney/Lucasfilm let Abrams do, I'm prepared to believe and disbelieve anything and everything. That said, I'm unfamiliar with Rian Johnson. Does any of this sound like stuff he "would do" based on his existing work?
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Cheesus posted:Given what Disney/Lucasfilm let Abrams do, I'm prepared to believe and disbelieve anything and everything. Kill a character whose actor probably wouldn't have come back unless they killed him then anyway?
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computer parts posted:Kill a character whose actor probably wouldn't have come back unless they killed him then anyway? Yeah, the only 'shocking' thing in Episode 7 was Han Solo's death and Han Solo's death has been on the lineup since the Empire Strikes Back.
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Cheesus posted:Just going to leave this here... Doesn't mention Laura Dern, probably not real.
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Toph Bei Fong posted:Pure pottery, indeed... It's like pottery, it rimes.
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Given that Laura Dern is apparently involved in the Poe/Leia story quite deeply and there is no mention of a character like her at all in that, I'm gonna venture to say that 90% of that is bullshit with some broad strokes that are spot-on like Luke talking with the ghosts of Obi-Wan and Yoda and Maz being somewhere in the picture, probably in something like a vision quest for Rey. As it is apparently Dern is a lower commander in the Resistance who inserts herself as leader when Leia is put into a coma by a First Order ambush, much to Poe's chagrin. Poe rebels against her command and eventually takes over the Resistance himself after Dern's character makes a bunch of decisions that suggest she might be a FO mole operating within the Republic's chain of command. Presumably Leia wakes up before the end of the picture and resumes her leadership - or maybe she lets Poe retain his position as a "passing the torch" thing, since this movie's probably going to be stacked high with that sentiment after TFA, initially designed to be a torch-passing movie, turned into "hey guys, it's HAN SOLO~!" instead when JJ and Kasdan took over the script from Arndt. Who knows. Also apparently at some point Luke looks for someone in an alien casino. Which also isn't mentioned anywhere in that synopsis. He also lives in a hut that looks like a honeycomb. There are pictures of this honeycomb hut and I swear to God it looks like something out of Willow.
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How can anyone take that pastebin seriously holy gently caress
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A lot of that "leaked" plot just doesn't make sense at all. In fact, I don't think I believe any of it except that Luke struggles to accept that he should train Rey, and you see her train under his tutelage. Other than that, it can gently caress off.
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Rey being a reincarnated Anakin or Chosen One would be the worst best thing. There's a part of me that wants it to be true.
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The Cameo posted:Given that Laura Dern is apparently involved in the Poe/Leia story quite deeply and there is no mention of a character like her at all in that, I'm gonna venture to say that 90% of that is bullshit with some broad strokes that are spot-on like Luke talking with the ghosts of Obi-Wan and Yoda and Maz being somewhere in the picture, probably in something like a vision quest for Rey. Yeah, if you're going to take the time to write up a fake story outline, at least incorporate the existing spoilers leaked by reliable sites. In regards to the honeycomb hut, I'm not sure what you're referring to. There have been several pictures of the reproduced Skellig Michael stone huts, which look just like the huts we saw in TFA already... Did you seen an incomplete one which didn't have all the rock in place maybe? Or are you talking about the shape? Because I guess you could call that a honeycomb, I mean it's like a bell, yurt or igloo shape. Teek fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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I could accept the Snoke discarding Kylo for some reason and him then beginning to find redemption. But dark side super space monster souls and Rey being Anakin are completely unbelievable though I really would love it to be true. Also the Echoes of The Dark Side, really that title is too dumb.
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StoneOfShame posted:I could accept the Snoke discarding Kylo for some reason and him then beginning to find redemption. But dark side super space monster souls and Rey being Anakin are completely unbelievable though I really would love it to be true. Also the Echoes of The Dark Side, really that title is too dumb. It's really not any worse than The Force Awakens.
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