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The release date is now December 15, 2017.
The Official Synopsis from Star Wars.com
“In Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Skywalker saga continues as the heroes of The Force Awakens join the galactic legends in an epic adventure that unlocks age-old mysteries of the Force and shocking revelations of the past.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens in U.S. theaters on December 15, 2017.”
Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins:
If things immediately go to shit afterwards and the First Order replaces the Empire and continues doing Empire things, then his actions accomplish nothing.
They didn't....they had 30 years of peace...and the First Order isn't in control of the galaxy.
They are trying to assume control of the galaxy, and the Resistance is trying to stop them. With mixed results on both ends.
This trilogy is about our aged heroes, and new characters, trying to prevent the dark side from coming back.
So I wouldn't call their actions meaningless. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
Amazing. Everything you just said is completely wrong!
My cousin and I are the two biggest die-hard Star Wars that ever lived. We were up until 2 AM last night talking about the movie.
There are plenty of people just like us who fudged their Boba Fett underoos over this movie.
If you were one of the fan's watching Videos on Snoke/Rey's Backstory for 2 years excited as hell to see all changes this was gonna make to the mythos.
Then this movie was disappointing as hell I didn't cheer once My entire fucking theater cheered like 5 fucking times and I was fucking pissed I couldn't muster even a little excitement for this movie.
Gonna keep my fingers Crossed I guess and Hope J.J walks backs everything on this movie. [Reply]
The more I think about it, the more Snoke's death was absolutely necessary.
When you get down to it, he's not really that interesting of a character. He's a cardboard cutout bad guy. What was he going to do going forward that we hadn't already seen? Sit on this throne, cackle, torture someone with the force? Completely played out.
His backstory is interesting...but whatever else he was going to do in this story wasn't going to be interesting.
The best use of his character was absolutely setting up a far more interesting character (Kylo) to be the real bad guy. [Reply]
Originally Posted by oaklandhater:
Cinemascore is just 400 people.
No matter how you slice it Disney has got to be worried about Rian Johnson trilogy a good chunk of Hardcore Star wars fan's really hated this movie.
I have no desire to see the last movie in the trilogy or Rian Johnson's new Triolgoy.
This movie shit all over Star wars.
Fast and the Furious of star wars movies all fluff no substance.
CinemaScore is a better barometer than Rotten Tomatoes. They are the industry standard. An A grade from them carries weight, and for a blockbuster movie like Star Wars, and A grade means a much better multiplier for the run of the movie. An A grade carries a 3.75 to 4x multiper usually, so at 220 million for the weekend, that would put Last Jedi at 820-880 million for its theatrical run---in other words, Disney is not worried about anything. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Hammock Parties:
The more I think about it, the more Snoke's death was absolutely necessary.
When you get down to it, he's not really that interesting of a character. He's a cardboard cutout bad guy. What was he going to do going forward that we hadn't already seen? Sit on this throne, cackle, torture someone with the force? Completely played out.
His backstory is interesting...but whatever else he was going to do in this story wasn't going to be interesting.
The best use of his character was absolutely setting up a far more interesting character (Kylo) to be the real bad guy.
Having Kylo be the real bad guy and not just lackey carrying out orders is a new dynamic, and should be interesting to watch. [Reply]
Originally Posted by mnchiefsguy:
Having Kylo be the real bad guy and not just lackey carrying out orders is a new dynamic, and should be interesting to watch.
It's really cool. We get to explore this whole fresh idea now of, like, what if Vader had overthrown the Emperor.
Far, far more interesting than setting up a rehash of Jedi. [Reply]
Speaking of, what exactly are the militaristic capabilities of the First Order at this point? Starkiller base is destroyed, they lost a Dreadnaught class ship, and the Supremacy and her escort Star Destroyers have been either torn in half or vaporized. What's left? It would be cool to get a look at the First Order's staging grounds out in the Unknown Regions.... [Reply]
Originally Posted by oaklandhater:
I completely disagree about what they're trying to achieve. it was crystal clear to me that a Jedi can come from anywhere and be anyone. Rey did not get any training AND wasn't in an existing bloodline. Prequels no longer make any sense whatsoever with this in mind.
