Topic: Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker / The Mandalorian / The Clone Wars

[Rob Dylan]

I'd need proper convincing to go watch this.  Unlike the other two films I can't see this adding anything to the Star Wars universe.  But I'm happy to get to pick and choose which SW films I get to see now.  TFA was decent enough and Rogue One was (for me) epic.

The only reason I might watch this is if they did movie versions of the Han Solo novels but I doubt this will be anywhere near close.

Yeah, not sure what they can do with this one really. It's not connected to the main saga, there won't be any Jedi, presumably the Empire will only be there in the background, it's difficult to see what huge challenge or threat they have to overcome, and we know the main three characters will all survive. But, people seem to rate the directors and it's co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, so maybe it'll be decent. Presumably it'll have more of a comedy vibe to it than Rogue One. Still set for release in May 2018, only 5 months after Episode 8, which is a bit weird.

In other news, rumours that they might finally be releasing the unaltered versions of the Original Trilogy on DVD / Blu Ray:

http://makingstarwars.net/2017/02/rumor-unaltered-original-star-wars-trilogy-re-released-year/

[SP]

If they are exploring new genres, it could be a crime caper.  Thank Ant Man in the MCU.

[Rob Dylan]

If they are exploring new genres, it could be a crime caper.  Thank Ant Man in the MCU.

Yeah I think that's what they'll go for. Could be fun, but the characters and script will have to be spot on to make up for the absence of most of the things you usually see in Star Wars films.

[Red Beret]

Yeah, not sure what they can do with this one really. It's not connected to the main saga, there won't be any Jedi, presumably the Empire will only be there in the background, it's difficult to see what huge challenge or threat they have to overcome, and we know the main three characters will all survive. But, people seem to rate the directors and it's co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, so maybe it'll be decent. Presumably it'll have more of a comedy vibe to it than Rogue One. Still set for release in May 2018, only 5 months after Episode 8, which is a bit weird.

In other news, rumours that they might finally be releasing the unaltered versions of the Original Trilogy on DVD / Blu Ray:

http://makingstarwars.net/2017/02/rumor-unaltered-original-star-wars-trilogy-re-released-year/

The prequels were released in May, but beyond that I agree the timing is odd.  For me it suggests they already think this film wont do so good and want to get it out before the summer blockbusters roll that year.

[Beav]

Episode 8 was originally slated for May this year, before being moved back for a Christmas release.

I wouldnt be surprised if they moved it there too, they crush everything else at that time of year and Ep 9 wouldnt be out till the year after. TFA was december, Rogue One was december, The Last Jedi is december. December is Star Wars time.

[Redman0151]

Yeah, not sure what they can do with this one really. It's not connected to the main saga, there won't be any Jedi, presumably the Empire will only be there in the background, it's difficult to see what huge challenge or threat they have to overcome, and we know the main three characters will all survive. But, people seem to rate the directors and it's co-written by Lawrence Kasdan, so maybe it'll be decent. Presumably it'll have more of a comedy vibe to it than Rogue One. Still set for release in May 2018, only 5 months after Episode 8, which is a bit weird.

In other news, rumours that they might finally be releasing the unaltered versions of the Original Trilogy on DVD / Blu Ray:

http://makingstarwars.net/2017/02/rumor-unaltered-original-star-wars-trilogy-re-released-year/

Was always bullshit the claim from George that he edited the original film so the un-edited version is gone. I'll be buying the box set when they release it, no more 2 foot long Han Solo neck or ridiculous songs

[telekon]

I'd need proper convincing to go watch this.  Unlike the other two films I can't see this adding anything to the Star Wars universe.  But I'm happy to get to pick and choose which SW films I get to see now.  TFA was decent enough and Rogue One was (for me) epic.

The only reason I might watch this is if they did movie versions of the Han Solo novels but I doubt this will be anywhere near close.

The Gunslinger/Scoundrel (which Han Solo is a prototype of) story arch in Star Wars: The Old Republic was in my view really really good, funny, and interesting. I doubt the notion that they couldn't write an entertaining film here, and the nostalgia factor is already a given.

[John_P]

The prequels were released in May, but beyond that I agree the timing is odd.  For me it suggests they already think this film wont do so good and want to get it out before the summer blockbusters roll that year.

Early May has always been the prime Blockbuster release date in America for the last 40 years. Think it's roughly around then schools in America break up for the Summer. It's no surprise Marvel have moved their big release of the past few years into that spot.

As people have said both episode 7 and 8 (and I think 9) have all initially been slated for early May only to move when they've entered production. I imagine Han Solo and episode 9 will both move to Christmas releases as it makes the marketing cycles for each film to lap perfectly with each other.

The guys involved in the new film have made some great films recently so I'm really looking forward to this despite my initial misgivings about the project.

[Brian Blessed]

Celebration Orlando starts Thursday, so hopefully we'll get a teaser for The Last Jedi in the next few days. Then comes decision time, do you watch a shitty, shaky version some prick records on their phone, where you can't here anything because of other pricks screaming, or do you wait 30 minutes for the official release online?

[Mr Mingebag Squid]

Celebration Orlando starts Thursday, so hopefully we'll get a teaser for The Last Jedi in the next few days. Then comes decision time, do you watch a shitty, shaky version some prick records on their phone, where you can't here anything because of other pricks screaming, or do you wait 30 minutes for the official release online?

Rumoured to be a longer trailer rather than a teaser.

[Brian Blessed]

Rumoured to be a longer trailer rather than a teaser.

That would be nice. One about the same length as the Thor trailer would be good. An even though that was called a teaser it was over two minutes.

[John_P]

Celebration Orlando starts Thursday, so hopefully we'll get a teaser for The Last Jedi in the next few days. Then comes decision time, do you watch a shitty, shaky version some prick records on their phone, where you can't here anything because of other pricks screaming, or do you wait 30 minutes for the official release online?

Think they streamed that part of the celebration event live online when the force awakens first trailer was released so hopefully they'll do similar.

[Brian Blessed]

Think they streamed that part of the celebration event live online when the force awakens first trailer was released so hopefully they'll do similar.

If I remember correctly (good chance I don't!) they had a panel with all the stars, and at the end a sizzle reel.

[Red Beret]

It's finally here....

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[oojason]

A Tribute To Carrie Fisher

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^ from today's Celebration Orlando 40th Anniversary Panel

[Barefoot Doctor]

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[J-Mc-]

Trailer doesn't blow me away like Force Awakens one did but still can't wait!

[Something Worse]

Ooooh yeah, that'll do.

Please be good!

[XabiArt]

Very intriguing trailer. Looking forward to it.

[oojason]

The Last Jedi teaser poster...



https://twitter.com/starwars

[Keita Success]

Hoping that "It's time for the jedi to end" is an incomplete sentence. I.e. "...end the First Order"

[Beav]

Oooooooh. Looks great.

[John_P]

Very nice, low key and giving nothing away.

Loving the poster!

[Schmidt]

Feels like we've gone full circle with trailers and now these 'teasers' are basically what trailers used to be, a short taste of the film without giving everything away.

This looks pretty awesome so I'm gonna try to avoid seeing any more of it, though no doubt I'll run into a couple more of them in the cinema over the coming months.

[jimbo196843]

Celebration Orlando starts Thursday, so hopefully we'll get a teaser for The Last Jedi in the next few days. Then comes decision time, do you watch a shitty, shaky version some prick records on their phone, where you can't here anything because of other pricks screaming, or do you wait 30 minutes for the official release online?

My son has gone to that Celebration Orlando, it looks amazing. How the world has changed, only 19 and he's just hopped on a plane

[Redcap]

Good trailer. I hope this movie doesn't end with Kylo Ren killing Luke. That would be a bit much after the same trick in The Force Awakens.

[WillG.LFC]

Hoping the trailers don't start giving away too much and fingers crossed for a bit of originality after ep 7

[Brian Blessed]

At least we now know why Luke is living where he is.

[Garrus]

Hoping that "It's time for the jedi to end" is an incomplete sentence. I.e. "...end the First Order"

Or maybe he just jumps off the cliff after delivering the line? 

[Haemoglobin]

I'm not quite as excited as I suspect most are for this (been tickled lately by RedLetterMedia's Nerd Crew pisstake podcasts... veeery cool), but I am genuinely intrigued to see how much gravitas Hamill, who has grown exponentially as a veteran (voice, at least) actor, very much under the radar in the intervening years, can bring to a grizzled elder Luke.

I really hope it's a profound, deep performance, full of regret and humanity; a quiet, subtle meditation on loss and aging, behind all the light-sabring and that. Done right, it could be really quite moving for those of a certain generation, seeing as Luke is the one character across the saga we've witnessed grow by far the most. As lovely as it was to see Han and them back, Solo especially doesn't change too much over his character arc; maybe became slightly less of a cynical hardass, but he was still essentially the same man from the first Star Wars. Luke, though, evolved and matured to a significant degree over the original trilogy, even if something about his goody-goody character still irritated many of us and so he couldn't penetrate that Solo-Vader-Fett lock on our boyhood faves.

A powerhouse portrayal of a gnarled, damaged, heavy-hearted-but-still-heroically-spirited Luke Skywalker could make all the difference for me. From a callow peppy youth to a wizened burdened master, a fantasy mirror image of the inner journey many audience members have traversed over the past 30-odd+ years. Could be fascinating, and the dynamic between him and the surly inwardly-conflicted angst-ridden teen Kylo Ren (not so much the honest-to-goodness Rey) could lend the film a surprising degree of human depth and even insight.

[Redman0151]

I'm not quite as excited as I suspect most are for this (been tickled lately by RedLetterMedia's Nerd Crew pisstake podcasts... veeery cool), but I am genuinely intrigued to see how much gravitas Hamill, who has grown exponentially as a veteran (voice, at least) actor, very much under the radar in the intervening years, can bring to a grizzled elder Luke.

I really hope it's a profound, deep performance, full of regret and humanity; a quiet, subtle meditation on loss and aging, behind all the light-sabring and that. Done right, it could be really quite moving for those of a certain generation, seeing as Luke is the one character across the saga we've witnessed grow by far the most. As lovely as it was to see Han and them back, Solo especially doesn't change too much over his character arc; maybe became slightly less of a cynical hardass, but he was still essentially the same man from the first Star Wars. Luke, though, evolved and matured to a significant degree over the original trilogy, even if something about his goody-goody character still irritated many of us and so he couldn't penetrate that Solo-Vader-Fett lock on our boyhood faves.

A powerhouse portrayal of a gnarled, damaged, heavy-hearted-but-still-heroically-spirited Luke Skywalker could make all the difference for me. From a callow peppy youth to a wizened burdened master, a fantasy mirror image of the inner journey many audience members have traversed over the past 30-odd+ years. Could be fascinating, and the dynamic between him and the surly inwardly-conflicted angst-ridden teen Kylo Ren (not so much the honest-to-goodness Rey) could lend the film a surprising degree of human depth and even insight.

Haha they've been brilliant, off topic but love the taking apart of the cynical fake "nerd culture" bullshit that people are pushing for profit. The one of them opening the "geek crates" had me nearly in tears

[Something Worse]

I'm not quite as excited as I suspect most are for this (been tickled lately by RedLetterMedia's Nerd Crew pisstake podcasts... veeery cool), but I am genuinely intrigued to see how much gravitas Hamill, who has grown exponentially as a veteran (voice, at least) actor, very much under the radar in the intervening years, can bring to a grizzled elder Luke.

I really hope it's a profound, deep performance, full of regret and humanity; a quiet, subtle meditation on loss and aging, behind all the light-sabring and that. Done right, it could be really quite moving for those of a certain generation, seeing as Luke is the one character across the saga we've witnessed grow by far the most. As lovely as it was to see Han and them back, Solo especially doesn't change too much over his character arc; maybe became slightly less of a cynical hardass, but he was still essentially the same man from the first Star Wars. Luke, though, evolved and matured to a significant degree over the original trilogy, even if something about his goody-goody character still irritated many of us and so he couldn't penetrate that Solo-Vader-Fett lock on our boyhood faves.

A powerhouse portrayal of a gnarled, damaged, heavy-hearted-but-still-heroically-spirited Luke Skywalker could make all the difference for me. From a callow peppy youth to a wizened burdened master, a fantasy mirror image of the inner journey many audience members have traversed over the past 30-odd+ years. Could be fascinating, and the dynamic between him and the surly inwardly-conflicted angst-ridden teen Kylo Ren (not so much the honest-to-goodness Rey) could lend the film a surprising degree of human depth and even insight.

You're asking a lot from a Disney movie I'd say, expect him to be Yoda II.

[telekon]

The Last Jedi teaser poster...



https://twitter.com/starwars

That poster alone makes me want to watch Episode VII again.

I'm curious though why it's so red, the obvious colour of the Sith and the dark side, in combination with Rey and Luke. It could be purely aesthetic, or a signifier of a threat of the dark side on either or both of them personally.

Also, the teaser trailer review hinting at a possible Yoda force ghost is quite nice. Can't seem to find it now, but there's a shot of Rey training with Luke watching and a rock formation next to her that looks a lot like Yoda standing on top of it.

[Garrus]

That poster alone makes me want to watch Episode VII again.

I'm curious though why it's so red, the obvious colour of the Sith and the dark side, in combination with Rey and Luke. It could be purely aesthetic, or a signifier of a threat of the dark side on either or both of them personally.

Also, the teaser trailer review hinting at a possible Yoda force ghost is quite nice. Can't seem to find it now, but there's a shot of Rey training with Luke watching and a rock formation next to her that looks a lot like Yoda standing on top of it.

In the trailer, Luke says it's "time for the Jedi to end", so I assume he means they have to get a little nasty to beat the First Order.

[Something Worse]

In the trailer, Luke says it's "time for the Jedi to end", so I assume he means they have to get a little nasty to beat the First Order.

It's actually cut off early.

Luke says "It's time for the Jedi to end their policy of abstinence"

Then he puts on some classic Max Rebo Band to soften the mood...

[Riquende]

Stop talking about all that Episode whatever crap... some real Star Wars has turned up.

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[Brian Blessed]

That poster alone makes me want to watch Episode VII again.

I'm curious though why it's so red, the obvious colour of the Sith and the dark side, in combination with Rey and Luke. It could be purely aesthetic, or a signifier of a threat of the dark side on either or both of them personally.

Also, the teaser trailer review hinting at a possible Yoda force ghost is quite nice. Can't seem to find it now, but there's a shot of Rey training with Luke watching and a rock formation next to her that looks a lot like Yoda standing on top of it.

I don't see Yoda.

[TepidT2O]

I've just watched Rouge one on download at home...

Phenomenal... wish I'd seen it again at the cinema.

The fight scenes have such visceral impact, the characters actually have a connection with you, and the last 10 minutes were brilliant film making.

Emotional, nostalgic and breathtaking..

[aggerdid]

I dont understand why there has never been a live action star wars tv series. Have completelydifferent characters like. Sadly I don't think my HBO star wars bounty hunter will ever become a reality but I can dream. Used to be a game on ps2 called bounty hunter where you play as jango fett and i've always thought it'd make good tv. Bounty hunters completely with each other. Interesting characters and locations

[oojason]

I've just watched Rouge one on download at home...

Phenomenal... wish I'd seen it again at the cinema.

The fight scenes have such visceral impact, the characters actually have a connection with you, and the last 10 minutes were brilliant film making.

Emotional, nostalgic and breathtaking..

It's not too late for a trip to the cinema to see it again... (a bit strange that it's now out on dvd, blu ray, and digital download for sale - as well as full hd copies available in the usual places )

http://www.britinfo.net/cinema/ - type in the name of the film and your post code or town and it'll show the nearest cinemas playing it - which may be useful for any films - for Rogue One it seems a fair few Odeon cinemas are still playing it...