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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 25, 2020 17:45:21 GMT
"R2's circuits are famously unreliable!" C-3P0, Star Wars: Episode IX -- The Rise of Skywalker
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 12, 2020 17:30:07 GMT
I like how Luke says in IX, "I was wrong." Hmmn, I wonder what that's a metaphor for? You mean the same line Obi Wan Kenobi said in Return of the Jedi?
Interesting.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 12, 2020 17:29:45 GMT
The way I see is that Luke in The Rise of Skywalker is a continuation of his arc in The Last Jedi. The "Luke of old" came back after Yoda showed him that failure is a teacher, and then faced down the First Order by pulling off an incredible Force technique that only a Jedi strong in the Force could do. In The Rise of Skywalker, he didn't want Rey to make the same mistake of self-exiling on Ahch-To. So, yeah, it was the "Luke of old" because he learned his lesson.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 11, 2020 18:10:25 GMT
Because it's total bunk! Emperor Palpatine is back from the dead! (At least until he dies again at the end!) Deal with it!
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 11, 2020 18:06:23 GMT
Disney and Lucasfilm should allow George Lucas to make Special Editions of Episodes VII, VIII, and IX.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 11, 2020 17:59:52 GMT
I like how Luke says in IX, "I was wrong."
Hmmn, I wonder what that's a metaphor for?
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 11, 2020 17:56:15 GMT
I loved all the brilliant sequences which depicted the Emperor Palpatine coming back from the grave and finally establishing his presence in the galaxy.......
..... oh no, wait. It's just mentioned in the opening titles. Okay.
I loved that those "brilliant sequences" were not in the movie.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Apr 11, 2020 17:52:08 GMT
That reminded me of "War! There are heroes on both sides!" from Episode III.
I like "The dead speak!" better.
Very serial-y. The Star Wars and Indiana Jones films were inspired by movie serials (aka chapter plays), after all.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Feb 3, 2020 4:07:41 GMT
The Asian woman at the beginning looks like Demora Sulu.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Feb 3, 2020 3:33:15 GMT
Green, because it was the first different colored lightsaber we saw in the Star Wars saga besides blue and red, and most importantly because it was Luke's own lightsaber that he built himself, signifying his becoming a full-fledged Jedi Knight.
Regardless of who came before or after, Luke is the most iconic Jedi Knight in the history of the Jedi.
Even though Rey brings ultimate balance to the Force in the Skywalker saga, she does it using Luke's guidance, Luke's X-Wing fighter, and Luke's lightsaber that he inherited from Anakin.
Also, Luke is the last Jedi voice to encourage, embolden, and empower Rey to destroy Emperor Palpatine once and for all.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Feb 3, 2020 3:16:00 GMT
Looks like they ran short on the budget because the only makeup effect they could afford to age him was black lipstick.... Well, when Rey blasted Darth Grandpa's hood while deflecting his Force lightning back at him, you could see how old and gnarly his head and face were. He kind of looked like Freddy Krueger.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Feb 3, 2020 3:12:19 GMT
Maybe she was Force-forced or Force-impregnated by other involuntary means, perhaps Force-test tube? As for Rey's father/Palpatine's son, he was probably born 10 years before the original trilogy, which would make him in his 50's now if he were still alive, which would be the right age considering that Rey is in her 20's. Plus, Rey looked like she was 5 when her parents left her, and they both looked like they were in their 30's at that time. This would mean that Palpatine became a father well after he was deformed by Mace Windu and had become Emperor, so Rey's grandmother was most likely an unwilling participant in her pregnancy, unless she was also a Sith practitioner. Never underestimate the draw of power. There will always be those willing to have sex with powerful people. Just look at how many politicians have mistresses. True that. Just the thought, though. Ick.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 19:25:03 GMT
Maybe she was Force-forced or Force-impregnated by other involuntary means, perhaps Force-test tube?
As for Rey's father/Palpatine's son, he was probably born 10 years before the original trilogy, which would make him in his 50's now if he were still alive, which would be the right age considering that Rey is in her 20's.
Plus, Rey looked like she was 5 when her parents left her, and they both looked like they were in their 30's at that time.
This would mean that Palpatine became a father well after he was deformed by Mace Windu and had become Emperor, so Rey's grandmother was most likely an unwilling participant in her pregnancy, unless she was also a Sith practitioner.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 19:01:56 GMT
Maybe they should have told David Prowse that they used audio technology to alter his voice and make it sound more dramatic, heavy, and evil, and made it seem like James Earl Jones being the actual voice was a rumor or urban legend. Then everything would have been fine.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 18:37:35 GMT
Even if there are no more Star Wars "Episodes," the franchise should continue to use the iconic format that George Lucas came up with way back in 1977 -- "a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," the golden stacked Star Wars logo receding into the star field, the text crawl, and John Williams' blazing fanfare and main theme.
Williams' opening and closing themes should still be used, even though the movie-specific scores will be written by other composers.
The only difference would be the absence of numbered Episodes. This would follow Star Trek, which dropped numbers after Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
It would even hearken back to the very first Star Wars movie, which was simply called Star Wars and didn't have an Episode number or even the New Hope subtitle.
It should just be Star Wars, followed by whatever subtitle they come up with for whatever movie.
There is nothing comparable in cinema like seeing Lucas's opening titles and text and hearing Williams' opening and closing themes in a darkened theater, and it would be a shame to never have that experience again.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 18:08:44 GMT
Direct callback to Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 5:19:26 GMT
He should be in his 110's to 120's.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 5:16:12 GMT
It starts out with Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader and ends with their grandchildren.
I especially like the juxtaposition of Rey and Kylo Ren fighting against the backdrop of the Death Star throne room wreckage where Emperor Palpatine sat and watched and sneered and goaded as Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker fought in front of him nearly forty years earlier.
We've also now seen the births, deaths, and Force spirits of Luke and Leia.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 12, 2020 5:03:05 GMT
Did anyone notice the graves of Shmi Skywalker and Owen and Beru Lars?
In the wide shot when Rey first touches down and exits from the Millennium Falcon, I thought I saw one grave all the way to the left (Shmi Skywalker) and two graves near the right (Owen and Beru Lars).
Also, is Shmi's grave in any of the versions of A New Hope?
It would be amazing if it's there in the very first version of A New Hope, especially if George Lucas had already sketched out that part of the story at that time.
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Post by ShadowSouL: Padawan of Yoda on Jan 5, 2020 3:47:39 GMT
I can understand Palpatine having a child when he was a senator or the Supreme Chancellor, but who would conceive a child with Palpatine while he was the Emperor, unless by Force?
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