So Ashoka Tano is dead, this makes me very sad
I thought Lando was a being a perv, my wife thought he was being avuncular.
The plothole I struggled with was where Rylo Ken got the Tie fighter he had at the end. He was left stranded, but seemed to have called and Imperial Uber to follow Rey. How?
Ashoka Tano is dead
Of course she is; all the Jedi were killed between ep 3 and 4. Even the younglings!
What with this and the Irishman (not in the same League but disappointing) is there anything redeeming about Q4 2019
Of course she is; all the Jedi were killed between ep 3 and 4.
She wasnt a Jedi then and appeared safe and well in rebels till she died when a sith temple fell on her after a fight with Vader, Erza bought her back in a jedi temple. After the battle of endor she went off to find Ezra
The plothole I struggled with was where Rylo Ken got the Tie fighter he had at the end. He was left stranded, but seemed to have called and Imperial Uber to follow Rey. How?
I'm guessing the supreme leader of the first order could get a tie fighter
You'd also imagine in that case he could get Richard E to back off a back, too.
You’d also imagine in that case he could get Richard E to back off a back, too.
He looked busy going to help Rey.
Muppets' Christmas Star Wars.
Excellent. Most enjoyable.
I liked it, it I think best left not analysed but remembered for the grin on a 10 yo face at lasers, spaceships and lightsabers. We were all that age once.
Villanelle
Jeez, missed that but I can’t take Greg Grunberg seriously as he reminds me of a comedian but not sue who - Dom Joly, Adam Richman... I don’t know.
Best bit was when anagallis junior aged 9 shouted Chewie finally got his medal, he was very upset when he thought he'd died though!
I went with the family, and we all enjoyed it. That’s what Star Wars always was.
I'm pretty sure that Chewie has "finally" gotten his medal about 5 times now.
I thought it was good.
My friend who I saw it with felt they laid on the fan service far too thickly (Wedge!) & there were a lot of setups for spinoffs (Zorii Bliss, apparently) and for future instalments.
I’m pretty sure that Chewie has “finally” gotten his medal about 5 times now
I thought the one previous occasion was the MTV awards and wasn’t canon?
Loved it. My mate loved it and both my kids are still on the ceiling a couple of hours later and that’s what it’s all about.
I've no reason to believe this is true but I've decided to headcanon it that Maz gave Chewie Han Solo's medal. It's just a bit random otherwise to think she's finally gone oh! Doh! I was supposed to give this to him back in 1977 but it's been packed up with the christmas decorations all this time.
Solid 8 out of 10 for me. I’m not a massive Star Wars fan, can tolerate the first 6 movies, really like force awakens, less so tlj but enjoyed this as much as force awakens I think. Probably prefer rogue one to all of them and solo I quite enjoyed also. Good popcorn film to sit back and relax over the Xmas break
So Ashoka Tano is dead, this makes me very sad
Me too. Although I hadn't considered this until you pointed it out. I'm still hoping for an appearance with Wren on the TV show. (Actually I'd quite like a 3 part mini series on the quest for Ezra).
I still want to know who the old woman on Tatooine is.
very good entertainment. Really enjoyed. It was a bit "Lets go here, no, There, NO here, lets run around pointlessly..." in the first half, but pretty cool, nevertheless. Yellow lightsabre was cool, Han's Medal given to Chewie, Richard E Grant made for an excellent Imperial General and the Emperor was just epic.
8/10
Snakes on a... Horses on a Star Destroyer, and they have Tusks!
The first half seemed to be a massive course correction from the last film. It took a serious change in direction to get in the direction it wanted to be going.
After that, it was good entertainment.
I really enjoyed that.
It started with all the pace and subtlety of a Motörhead song and I found myself thinking, ah we’ll slow down in a bit for some trade conference or for Finn to head off on some pointless side mission but no it’s ‘Ace of Spades’ start to finish.
I get the impression they wanted to murder TLJ within the first few mins, and they did then it was a decent stab at pleasing old sods like me and younger viewers. The story is, not so much complex as long told very quickly.
They got the whole Gang back, Han, Leia, Luke, Mace, Vader, Obi One, Obi Two, Yoda, ****in’ Ewoks the lot!
Obi One, Obi Two
Stealing that one.
Just watched it. Expected it to be fairly rubbish but it was actually quite good.
First bit was a bit meh as others have said especially some of the forced banter and obvious statements of obviouness but as soon as Bobbie Gillespie was properly on screen and the story crystallized it became a lot better. Loved the wrecked death star set piece
An 8 out of 10 for me too and I thought he was being protective and avuncular not creepy
Question
The bit where Finn tells Rey he needs to tell her something as they're in the quicksand stuff.
He never actually got round to telling her anything did he?
Thought it was excellent, J.J done it proud
He never actually got round to telling her anything did he?
JJ abrams has suggested that he was going to tell her he's Force sensitive...As you do when you're being sucked underground by quicksand.
He never actually got round to telling her anything did he?
Luuurve?
i did think that horsey lady and he had some chemistry but not sure if that’s just placed there because they are both effectively clones / ex stormtroopers. I wondered whether there was a brother / sister thing on the way.
Disappointed that we never saw the long anticipated kiss between Finn and Po.
Disappointed that we never saw the long anticipated kiss between Finn and Po.
Here's some Po/Tinky Winky action to cheer you up.
Lady in desert: "What's your name?"
Rey: "Rey".....looks into distance for an interminably long time.
LiD: Thinks.....well this one's a bit weird.
Rey: Carries on looking into the sun for a bit....."Skywalker."
LiD: Thinks.....Well why didn't you say so love.
I am still confused how the pink power ranger got into Star Wars.
Loved it. I didn't think there was overuse of previous characters or whatever, I thought they were used effectively and wrapped the story up well.
The force use on this film was incredible. Loved the way Ben and Rey communicate and could take/pass things/fight.
My only criticism was where they had to use cgi and unused footage of Carrie. I felt it was just too obvious, all the one line answers and shots of her back or just facial expression, juts kind of made it weird. Not sure how it could have been done another way tho.
Quite looking forward to watching it all again sometime.
There was a lot to enjoy about this film, the action scenes were great.
What led them to those scenes not so much.
Travel between planets was too fast, where did Palpatine come from?
Did Poe & Finn learn nothing from the last movie?
Why was Hux a spy?
Poor Rose got Jar Jar'd.
Poor Rose got Jar Jar’d.
Aye, not clear what purpose the hobbit was serving other than delivering lines she could've.
Poor Rose got Jar Jar’d.
Aye, not clear what purpose the hobbit was serving other than delivering lines she could’ve.
I mean in the sense that her part got seriously dialled-back following a lot of fan-hate.
Aye, not clear what purpose the hobbit was serving other than delivering lines she could’ve.
Him and JJ abrams are mates from Lost
Why was Hux a spy?
He literally answered that himself in the film. He didn’t want Kylo Ren to win
Enjoyed it.
I think that the issue with films like this when comparing with what we had when I was a kid is that there it too much going on all the time.
Empire Strikes Back had a couple of big set piece scenes, but the rest of it was people acting and telling the story. This had so many WOW moments that things got lost.
Good to see Wedge again, shame that Snap Wexley ended up as a grease spot on the surface of a Star Destroyer.
Thank Christ there’s no more of those to keep the Christmas cinema tradition going! That was exhausting, just fighting to stay awake for 2 hours.
So is there any back story to Palpatine's son hiding his family? - they obviously were located and Mum & Dad captured but were able to withhold Rey's location from a Sith - seems very underdeveloped in terms of storyline.
PrinceJohn
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Why was Hux a spy?
He'd gone from being top boy in the First Order to being basically the gopher. You might think this is an overreaction, but bear in mind, he's a total space-arsehole, by definition all of the first order seniors are literal psychopaths. I also liked the quick twist on the "they shot me, look" thing, Richard E Grant is the best empire general since Mr Bronson.
seems very underdeveloped in terms of storyline.
One of the biggest problems with the franchise.
The original trilogy is scripture for the devotees.
Introduce anything that wasn't in the originals and it's met with suspicion: midichlorians, palpatines kid, other jedi powers apart from mind tricks etc
It's an impossible task really though I suspect not having the 3 movie story arc mapped out from the start hasn't helped
Thank Christ there’s no more of those to keep the Christmas cinema tradition going!
Dream on. Loads more coming. Spin offs from this trilogy. Knights of the Old Republic. Other inter trilogy stuff etc.
Disney need to recoup the investment and I'm sure the rights go back to Lucas after a while
