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TheMaestroso
Nov 4, 2014

I must know your secrets.

BarronsArtGallery posted:

if there's a loving force tree in this movie i'm going to scream

Hate to tell you that there's a force tree in Empire that's featured prominently.

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Cross-Section
Mar 18, 2009

ruddiger posted:

Would be pretty dope if the rebels released a poo poo load of porgs into the air as the enemy fighters were being deployed to simulate bird strikes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlbHK07fkY&t=105s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0MB4CVvkA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0vvYHuA10U

where do you think chewie's leading them :unsmigghh:

Preston Waters
May 21, 2010

by VideoGames

TheMaestroso posted:

Hate to tell you that there's a force tree in Empire that's featured prominently.

How many hallucinogens do you have to consume before you're able to see it though?

Barudak
May 7, 2007

BarronsArtGallery posted:

How many hallucinogens do you have to consume before you're able to see it though?

All it takes is licking a frog man

Preston Waters
May 21, 2010

by VideoGames
the only force tree I'll recognize is the one in "Star Wars: Dark Forces III -- Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast"

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Barudak posted:

All it takes is licking a frog man

Get Danny Devito to play Yoda as Frank Reynolds.

banned from Starbucks
Jul 18, 2004




Poe Dameron had a force tree in his back yard when he grew up

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

The MSJ posted:

Get Danny Devito to play Yoda as Frank Reynolds.

Yoda sold Wolf Cola to Boko Haram.

Ingmar terdman
Jul 24, 2006

Lucasfilm is hustling to take them down but the leaked character photos are cool.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Ingmar terdman posted:

Lucasfilm is hustling to take them down but the leaked character photos are cool.

I don't know why they're bothering, there's nothing to spoil in there. Other than people are looking awesome, and there's a Royal Guard looking guy with a big rear end blade. Oh, and Snoke is a white guy with blue eyes.

Milkfred E. Moore
Aug 27, 2006

'It's easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism.'
I think one of Kylo Ren looked like it hadn't gone through photoshop (lightsaber had no color, looked like one of those long fluro lights), so, I'd wager they're incomplete and we'll see them again later.

Electromax
May 6, 2007
wait, did you say my name?


EXCUSE ME ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?

Lunchmeat Larry
Nov 3, 2012

That looks final to me, Kylo Ren has a lot of weird fans.

The MSJ
May 17, 2010

Electromax posted:

wait, did you say my name?


EXCUSE ME ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?


Vader never slanted when he was standing or walking. How are you going to be as cool as grandpa, Ben?

Vintersorg
Mar 3, 2004

President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club



Carry me away to heaven Adam Driver. :swoon:

Can someone post the rest of the pics?

E: Found em here: https://starwarstheory.com/2017/07/27/leaked-tlj-movie-images/

Dave Syndrome
Jan 11, 2007
Look, Bernard. Bernard, look. Look. Bernard. Bernard. Look. Bernard. Bernard. Bernard! Bernard. Bernard. Look, Bernard! Bernard. Bernard! Bernard! Look! Bernard! Bernard. Bernard! Bernard, look! Look! Look, Bernard! Bernard! Bernard, look! Look! Bern



He may not look like much, but he's got it where it counts.

Barudak
May 7, 2007

I can not believe I am excites for red armor samurai who will assuredly exist to get mercked hard because its something new looking.

Canemacar
Mar 8, 2008

Luke's channelling a bit of Yoda with that little wooden walking stick

Captain Splendid
Jan 7, 2009

Qu'en pense Caffarelli?
Is Snoke......just a really hosed up human?

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Captain Splendid posted:

Is Snoke......just a really hosed up human?

Looks that way. What's the alternative?

homullus
Mar 27, 2009

thrawn527 posted:

Looks that way. What's the alternative?

"not human"


duh

Phi230
Feb 2, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Barudak posted:

I can not believe I am excites for red armor samurai who will assuredly exist to sell toys mercked hard because its something new looking.

Kazzah
Jul 15, 2011

Formerly known as
Krazyface
Hair Elf
that kid fell out of the force tree and hit every branch on the way down! I'm here all week folks!

Zeris
Apr 15, 2003

Quality posting direct from my brain to your face holes.
Here's my theory: the first order is synonymous with that lore or rumor that the emperor gave to implode the empire were he to die. That would have been his "first order" in such a case. Burn it all down, retreat to outer rim, and try again. Well that's my theory about why they're called the first order, thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe.

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Zeris posted:

Here's my theory: the first order is synonymous with that lore or rumor that the emperor gave to implode the empire were he to die. That would have been his "first order" in such a case. Burn it all down, retreat to outer rim, and try again. Well that's my theory about why they're called the first order, thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe.

How does Snoke come into the picture?

Gonz
Dec 22, 2009

"Jesus, did I say that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me?"

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

How does Snoke come into the picture?

Snoke is the money man for this whole operation, if Episode VIII leaks are to be believed.

He's apparently a super wealthy aristocrat, and part of TLJ involves Resistance agents robbing him blind at some sort of casino resort planet. He's the Terry Benedict of Star Wars, it would seem.

ChickenMedium
Sep 2, 2001
Forum Veteran And Professor Emeritus of Condiment Studies

Gonz posted:

Snoke is the money man for this whole operation, if Episode VIII leaks are to be believed.

He's apparently a super wealthy aristocrat, and part of TLJ involves Resistance agents robbing him blind at some sort of casino resort planet. He's the Terry Benedict of Star Wars, it would seem.

That's a way to go with it: Star Wars universe remakes of completely unrelated movies. Ocean's 11 for Star Wars 8. Star Wars 9 will be a remake of Romancing the Stone.

homullus
Mar 27, 2009

ChickenMedium posted:

Star Wars 9 will be a remake of Romancing the Stone.

... I would watch that.

Young Freud
Nov 26, 2006

ruddiger posted:

Would be pretty dope if the rebels released a poo poo load of porgs into the air as the enemy fighters were being deployed to simulate bird strikes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSlbHK07fkY&t=105s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oo0MB4CVvkA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0vvYHuA10U

That works perfectly since TIE fighters have no shields to deflect them.

CelticPredator
Oct 11, 2013
🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

I hope Snoke is Boba Fett and just wanted to gently caress over Han Solo and Luke Skywalker in the worst way possible.

Preston Waters
May 21, 2010

by VideoGames

ChickenMedium posted:

That's a way to go with it: Star Wars universe remakes of completely unrelated movies. Ocean's 11 for Star Wars 8. Star Wars 9 will be a remake of Romancing the Stone.

homullus posted:

... I would watch that.

As long as it has a version of that scene that introduces Michael Douglas' character I'm totally down.

It's like the greatest character intro ever. Dude is just walking through the jungle at a distance and you see him pull a shotgun off his back and start blasting people.

Preston Waters
May 21, 2010

by VideoGames

Gonz posted:

Snoke is the money man for this whole operation, if Episode VIII leaks are to be believed.

He's apparently a super wealthy aristocrat, and part of TLJ involves Resistance agents robbing him blind at some sort of casino resort planet. He's the Terry Benedict of Star Wars, it would seem.

From everything I've read and seen, especially the BTS footage, it looks like TLJ will be like a detour of some sorts from the overall trilogy plot. I'm thinking like how TDK was in Nolanverse trilogy? Honestly aside from the Harvey Dent thing, it has no connection on the third film. TDKR is basically a sequel to Batman Begins and TDK is its own thing. Thematically it's intact as a character arc, but there's no intrinsic link story-wise. A lot of trilogies do this and it works out really well now that I think of it.

Neo Rasa
Mar 8, 2007
Everyone should play DUKE games.

:dukedog:
I recall a brief interview/panel with Nolan while TDK was being made that that was intentional and that he was of the mind that each one should be able to stand on it's own and TDK is the Batman movie he would have made even if he hadn't done an origin movie first.

But he must have changed his mind a little since TDKR can work on it's own but is waaaaayyy more effective if you saw Begins.

Ingmar terdman
Jul 24, 2006

If you look at Empire from the "total story" perspective it's also a huge detour if you want to think of it like that. The "main event" is just the rebellion evacuating Hoth and getting to their rally point in space. The two story threads are 1. What a long strange trip it's been trying to limp our space-van back home and 2. Fighter pilot goes on a spiritual retreat at a less than opportune time.

TLJ is going to rule. I've been expecting it to be awesome since Johnson was rumored to be attached in 2014.

Hodgepodge
Jan 29, 2006
Probation
Can't post for 211 days!

Ingmar terdman posted:

If you look at Empire from the "total story" perspective it's also a huge detour if you want to think of it like that. The "main event" is just the rebellion evacuating Hoth and getting to their rally point in space. The two story threads are 1. What a long strange trip it's been trying to limp our space-van back home and 2. Fighter pilot goes on a spiritual retreat at a less than opportune time.

TLJ is going to rule. I've been expecting it to be awesome since Johnson was rumored to be attached in 2014.

Having the weight of making an entire trilogy good with only the middle film is a bit much to put on a filmmaker, but I'm glad it's Johnson because he might just pull it off.

TFA is kind of masterful in that it sets up a huge amount of themes and characters while remaining a blank slate in terms of what it all means.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Zeris posted:

Here's my theory: the first order is synonymous with that lore or rumor that the emperor gave to implode the empire were he to die. That would have been his "first order" in such a case. Burn it all down, retreat to outer rim, and try again. Well that's my theory about why they're called the first order, thanks for watching, don't forget to subscribe.

This is literally exactly what happens in the Aftermath books, which are in the new EU, so they're canon. So much so that I have a feeling your "theory" came about because you read snippets online from people who read the books, and pieced it together.

Baron Porkface
Jan 22, 2007


Ingmar terdman posted:

Fighter pilot goes on a spiritual retreat at a less than opportune time.

It always bothered me that Luke deserted the rebellion. In the adaptions he straight up lies to his sqadmates about rendezvous.

Blamestorm
Aug 14, 2004

We LOL at death! Watch us LOL. Love the LOL.


Ingmar terdman posted:

If you look at Empire from the "total story" perspective it's also a huge detour if you want to think of it like that. The "main event" is just the rebellion evacuating Hoth and getting to their rally point in space. The two story threads are 1. What a long strange trip it's been trying to limp our space-van back home and 2. Fighter pilot goes on a spiritual retreat at a less than opportune time.

TLJ is going to rule. I've been expecting it to be awesome since Johnson was rumored to be attached in 2014.

I think these story threads could be described differently in a way that demonstrates they are far more central to the entire story. Really it's "Luke learns what it means to be a Jedi, at great personal cost" and "Han and Leia cannot escape the reach of the Empire, which not only deploys overwhelming force but Han analogues (bounty hunters ), corrupts their friends (Lando), uses magic they cannot contest (the For e) and uses them against their best friend (Luke)." The Empire (mostly) wins and Luke learns he cannot win by pitting strength against strength, setting up ROTJ (or maybe the ideal Jedi we never got).

Canemacar
Mar 8, 2008

Baron Porkface posted:

It always bothered me that Luke deserted the rebellion. In the adaptions he straight up lies to his sqadmates about rendezvous.

It made sense to me. You could tell from his conversation with his copilot on Hoth that Luke moved on from wanting to "take on the whole empire". I got the impression he had realized their fight wasn't going anywhere so he sought out Yoda to become a great warrior and hero and maybe win the war himself. That explains why Yoda is always calling him an idiot who doesn't get it.

It's only after he rushes off to be a hero and gets his butt kicked that he learned that fighting wasn't the way to win against the empire

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Phi230
Feb 2, 2016

by Fluffdaddy

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

How does Snoke come into the picture?

he did so much cocaine his nose fell off so he speaks with raspy S's and everybody knows he's a cokehead so they call him Snoke (S sound)(no nose)(coke)

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