[TRAILER] Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

[ccs]

The few threads left over at end of Jedi.

1. Luke reestablishes Jedi
2. Han and Leia's relationship
3. Luke and Leia/Leia Jedi potential.

1. Not compelling enough to see on screen beyond flashbacks/montage.
2. Should never have been in question. Hero gets the girl, they fly off, live happily ever after.
3. Leia shouldn't have had jedi/force potential.

The old EU covered that. What we got.
Skywalker suffers fail dies. Son suffers, fails dies, grandson suffers fails probably dies.

Look, I know you love the EU. I don't. I never really have beyond the random bit. And I thank God that canon-wise it's been wiped away.
Let's just agree to disagree about the usefulness of the EU.

 

[Zardnaar]

1. Not compelling enough to see on screen beyond flashbacks/montage.
2. Should never have been in question. Hero gets the girl, they fly off, live happily ever after.
3. Leia shouldn't have had jedi/force potential.



Look, I know you love the EU. I don't. I never really have beyond the random bit. And I thank God that canon-wise it's been wiped away.
Let's just agree to disagree about the usefulness of the EU.

Old EU was mixed but it had really good stuff that did get compared positively to the originals.

Disagree about Leia having force potential unless you think she shouldn't be Luke's sister. I don't have a problem with it although it's an obvious retcon in the OT.

 

[Mallus]

It is a good visual but might be a little silly.

Remember when a big space worm tried to bite the Millennium Falcon in two, but it kinda had it coming because it hid in the worms stomach for a while?

Or when a bunch of little WWII dogfighters in space attacked a station as big a moon?

There's precedent for impressive-yet-silly visuals in the franchise...

To be honest, that's a lot of the appeal. Give me fun characters, a bit of mysticism with the serial numbers filed off, at least one robot, and copious amounts of arresting SF imagery like the fever-dreams of an old Flash Gordon serial producer. Bonus points for Kurosawa references & a little chambara w/laser swords.

 

[Umbran]

Remember when a big space worm tried to bite the Millennium Falcon in two, but it kinda had it coming because it hid in the worms stomach for a while?

Or when a bunch of little WWII dogfighters in space attacked a station as big a moon?

There's precedent for impressive-yet-silly visuals in the franchise...

To a large extent, Star Wars is "space opera", a genre not known for subtle, understated imagery.

 

[Zardnaar]

Even in Star Wars there is a bit much.

See the OT. Star Destroyer, death star.

Bigger fleet in ESB, bigger fleet RoTJ.

They ramp up to it and even then it's 30 odd ships.

Things I regard as over the top even by Star Wars standards.

Star Killer Base
Yoda Sonic the hedgehog.
Dark Empire
Using the force to detonate a star
Using the force to pull a Star Destroyer out of the sky.

If you go to over the top you're going to have the how do we top this a'la Michael Bey. The trailer isn't there yet but will depend on context.

Visuals are great though. Sound was the best part thats a beautiful score and nails Star Wars.

 

[Morrus]

Dark Empire
Using the force to detonate a star
Using the force to pull a Star Destroyer out of the sky.

What are you talking about? Those things aren't in Star Wars.

 

[Zardnaar]

What are you talking about? Those things aren't in Star Wars.

Nice attempt 1/5 for effort. They're just not canon never claimed they were.

You yourself have said you played D6 , that's not Star Wars? Mine still has Star Wars written on it.

I know it's a shame Disney a multi billion dollar company often can't do a good storyline an RPG writer from 25 years ago pulled off.

Thank God Star Wars has only been around since 2012 when Disney bought it.

I mean they're really known for their high quality video games since then and novel lines. Excellent storyboards that are in no way a rehash.

 

[Morrus]

Nice attempt 1/5 for effort. They're just not canon never claimed they were.

You yourself have said you played D6 , that's not Star Wars? Mine still has Star Wars written on it.

I know it's a shame Disney a multi billion dollar company often can't do a good storyline an RPG writer from 25 years ago pulled off.

Thank God Star Wars has only been around since 2012 when Disney bought it.

I mean they're really known for their high quality video games since then and novel lines. Excellent storyboards that are in no way a rehash.

Huh?

 

[Salthorae]

What are you talking about? Those things aren't in Star Wars.

Pulling the star destroyer down was in the Force Unleashed video games. Can't remember if it was 1 or 2.

I thought that part was quite fun though

 

[Zardnaar]

Huh?

Those things exist in star Wars, I assumed you were being snarky.

I was using them as examples of stuff I thought was stupid even by Star Wars standards.

If you didn't know I apologise.

Outside the movies the 1st Order is presented as quality over quantity in Disney Cannon. Last movie the resistance was down to a single ship.

If they just throw huge fleets into the mix just because it's going to feel a bit silly. Depending on the execution of it.

So how they deal with the First Order and Palpatines return is important IMHO.