General star wars talk/discussion/complaining

[jian]

In that we we don’t know that the leaks are true, we don’t know, sure.

But as I hear it, the movie opens with precocious young force sensitive teen’s mother being killed by orange-sabre merc Mia Goth, who is working for Matt Smith’s crime lord. Kid flees to his uncle Gosling, a drunken washed up war vet. Cue much tooth-achingly shmaltzy bonding as they flee across the galaxy to deliver the kid to the Ray Skywalker Academy for Wayward Jedi.

I think the movie will answer the question all Star Wars fans want answered - is having a wide-eyed moppet in your back seat any match for packing a good astromech instead?

“You’re under arrest for breach of child labour laws, sir. Get out of the cockpit with your hands where I can see them.”

“If you’ll just let me explain, officer… they’ve got such tiny hands, just right for adjusting my shield power flow in mid-flight…”

 

[gnarlygninja]

I guess not if they’re taking the Top Gun Maverick approach and going up in actual Incom T65 SSFs with head cameras?

I think only Tom Cruise could get away with this, most actors aren't so dedicated to doing their own stunts they'll invent interstellar space craft then learn to fly them.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I think the movie will answer the question all Star Wars fans want answered - is having a wide-eyed moppet in your back seat any match for packing a good astromech instead?

Mandalorian & Grogu already did that. We basically have two movies with the same plot.

Personally I prefer muppets to human teens.

 

[jian]

I think only Tom Cruise could get away with this, most actors aren't so dedicated to doing their own stunts they'll invent interstellar space craft then learn to fly them.

Kids these days, man, I don't know. No devotion to the craft.

 

[Zardnaar]

“We’re launching a new IPO offering 4% of our stock to selected investors.”

“That doesn’t sound very evil…”

“We’ve changed the index tracker rules so that Sith shares will be taken up preferentially by pension funds and boost our stock price. We’ll be worth at least two trillion credits after this!”

“Yeah, that sounds more like it.”

That was Darth Vectivis iirc.

 

[jian]

That was Darth Vectivis iirc.

And Darth Spaceks now.

 

[Reynard]

I think all we really know is that Star Wars: Starfighter is set 5 years after RoS (a good fertile time), is directed by Shawn Levy (who's turned out a decent number of fun action films with heart, such as Free Guy and The Adam Project), and starts Ryan Gosling as a fighter pilot. That's a goodly amount to go with, and I for one am hoping it fulfils the promise of being very watchable.

Iam cautiously optimistic about Starfighter.

Despite what it may seem like, I love Star Wars. I want Star Wars to be good. And when it is, there's nothing better. And I am often forgiving: I like both Obi-Wan and Acolyte, even as I see the flaws.

But bad Star Wars makes me sad.

Also, Maul: Shadow Lord is Peak Star Wars.

 

[Zardnaar]

Iam cautiously optimistic about Starfighter.

Despite what it may seem like, I love Star Wars. I want Star Wars to be good. And when it is, there's nothing better. And I am often forgiving: I like both Obi-Wan and Acolyte, even as I see the flaws.

But bad Star Wars makes me sad.

Also, Maul: Shadow Lord is Peak Star Wars.

One problem is its set after the ST.

All roads ultimately lead to RoS. Not sure if it will generate any enthusiasm. Find out next year.

 

[Whisper-Kitten]

Iam cautiously optimistic about Starfighter.

Despite what it may seem like, I love Star Wars. I want Star Wars to be good. And when it is, there's nothing better. And I am often forgiving: I like both Obi-Wan and Acolyte, even as I see the flaws.

But bad Star Wars makes me sad.

Also, Maul: Shadow Lord is Peak Star Wars.

I feel the same way my friend. Maybe at some point Disney will make a course correction and fix what they have done.

 

[MarkB]

One problem is its set after the ST.

All roads ultimately lead to RoS. Not sure if it will generate any enthusiasm. Find out next year.

We can only hope. They have to at least try to move beyond the sequels at some point.