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TheSaint

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1 hour ago, Gaarst said:

The lonely guy with the beard is going to die.

Yeah, but probably not in VIII. Especially since Carrie Fisher just kicked it. That means they would have to write both of them out in the same movie, which would make it remarkably depressing. I'm going to guess that they will recycle some of the existing footage of Leia at the beginning of VIII, then have her blown out of the sky by whomever is the disposable bad guy of this episode. Luke will continue training Rey to full Jedi through VIII before she destroys said disposable bad guy at the end. Then Luke will die heroically near the beginning of IX, and Rey will go on to triumphantly defeat the New Order at the end.

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I'm not sure this fits in KSP Discussion, but in any case I'm reasonably sure that the name is in reference to Luke Skywalker, who is probably the last remaining Jedi in the galaxy (unless there are some who survived Order 66, went into hiding, and are still alive by this point, but even so the title is probably in reference to Luke).

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adsii1970

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21 minutes ago, Red Iron Crown said:

Moved to the Lounge as it's not about KSP.

@Red Iron Crown It's not even about a good science fiction movie franchise... Star Wars VII was bad enough as it is - total disappointment with some cool CGI special effects. Is all you can do is move this thread to the Lounge? Maybe we need a new forum location called "The Dumpster"...

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Just now, adsii1970 said:

@Red Iron Crown It's not even about a good science fiction movie franchise... Star Wars VII was bad enough as it is - total disappointment with some cool CGI special effects. Is all you can do is move this thread to the Lounge? Maybe we need a new forum location called "The Dumpster"...

You're barking up the wrong tree, at least with me. I enjoy Star Wars, and the #kspofficial people will tell you I am always standing by. :wink:

 

My prediction for the new movie: Luke is currently the last jedi. He trains up Rey into another. Then Luke gets killed somehow, leaving Rey as the last jedi.

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StrandedonEarth

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Always two there are, the master and the apprentice. Until the master gets himself (or herself) killed and the clueless apprentice assumes the title of master...

It makes me want to mash it with a line from another love-it-or-hate-it movie: "Yeah, I'll be your Jedi Master, until I die or you find someone better..."

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@Red Iron Crown

Episode IV was good and really was the best sci-fantasy movie I saw as a youth. 

Episode V, by far the best and cemented my love for the First Galactic Empire. 

Episode VI had serious issues with me. Bad physics, light sabers that acted like giant paper towel tubes (remember in the other two movies, they even cut through steel... but on Tatooine on Jabba's skiff, they couldn't cut through butter, but wait... on the DS II - they can cut steel again...

Episode I was meh. It had some real possibilities... but...

Episode II was also meh. It had some good moments, but Anakin's character was... poorly portrayed to say the least.

Episode III was the best of this trilogy by far. But even it had some issues.

Rogue One - Now this was a great movie - and fit nicely in between III and IV. Probably rates up there with V and III as far as I'm concerned.

Then there's Episode VII - so much wasted potential if anything. It was hollow, a repeat of IV and VI with the Death Star III Planet Killer. The First Order Odor  (unlike the First Galactic Empire) was hollow and empty. Simply a repackaged Empire with hardly any imagination to it. Totally ignored the setup of governmental structure of the Empire in the first movie as described in the original novel - a council of governors with Moffs overseeing regions of the galaxy, and above the Moffs, we had Tarkin, the Grand Moff and successor to the throne if the Emperor were to be deposed. Tarkin was replaced in the novels that Lucas deemed as "canon" between Episodes IV and V.... but that was ignored. The Empire would not have disintegrated - it would have reemerged with a new emperor - or with Palpatine's clone, as was in some of the novelization that happened after Episode VI.

The First Order is a cornball "evil" empire with no originality nor continuity...

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Long Live the First Galactic Empire

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TheSaint

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1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Carrie had already finished filming for VIII before her heart attack and death, so they'll have to write her out for IX if they haven't already, like Harrison. Or did Solo maybe earn his blue glowie for 8/9?

She did finish filming. She finished filming an VIII that had her playing a major part in IX. (At least that's the latest out of the rumor mill.) That's not really going to work any more. So now the are apparently going to have to totally revamp both films. I'll be curious to see how it works out.

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Well, they could always open IX with a disfiguring event, allowing them to put in a new actress without fussing too much over a different appearance (mind transference!). Just like how Luke met the wampa at the beginning of ESB, which explained away Luke's changed appearance after Mark Hamill's motorbike accident after ANH. Of course, that was easier to pull off since it was still the same actor instead of replacing an actor.

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1 hour ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Well, they could always open IX with a disfiguring event, allowing them to put in a new actress without fussing too much over a different appearance (mind transference!). Just like how Luke met the wampa at the beginning of ESB, which explained away Luke's changed appearance after Mark Hamill's motorbike accident after ANH. Of course, that was easier to pull off since it was still the same actor instead of replacing an actor.

All the major players already went on record saying that they were not going to recast or use CGI to replace her. (I have to wonder if Peter Cushing's family feels at all slighted by that. Maybe the staggering royalty payment cushioned the blow.) But, on the other hand, in Hollywood a producer's word and $3.00 will buy you a pumpkin spice latte when there is hundreds of millions of dollars on the line. So I guess we'll see.

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3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Episode IV was good and really was the best sci-fantasy movie I saw as a youth. 

Saw it 3-1/2 times in the theaters, which is still a record for me.

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Episode V, by far the best and cemented my love for the First Galactic Empire. 

One of the best movies ever made. Really.

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Episode VI had serious issues with me. Bad physics, light sabers that acted like giant paper towel tubes (remember in the other two movies, they even cut through steel... but on Tatooine on Jabba's skiff, they couldn't cut through butter, but wait... on the DS II - they can cut steel again...

I could have forgiven all of that. But, Ewoks....

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Episode I was meh. It had some real possibilities... but...

"Meh" is being remarkably charitable.

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Episode II was also meh. It had some good moments, but Anakin's character was... poorly portrayed to say the least.

"I hate sand. It's coarse. And rough. And irritating." Like your acting.

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Episode III was the best of this trilogy by far. But even it had some issues.

It was the best prequel. Which is like saying that the Titanic was the best shipwreck.

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Rogue One - Now this was a great movie - and fit nicely in between III and IV. Probably rates up there with V and III as far as I'm concerned.

Rogue One was outstanding. Best Star Wars movie since the original trilogy.

3 hours ago, adsii1970 said:

Then there's Episode VII - so much wasted potential if anything. It was hollow, a repeat of IV and VI with the Death Star III Planet Killer. The First Order Odor  (unlike the First Galactic Empire) was hollow and empty. Simply a repackaged Empire with hardly any imagination to it. Totally ignored the setup of governmental structure of the Empire in the first movie as described in the original novel - a council of governors with Moffs overseeing regions of the galaxy, and above the Moffs, we had Tarkin, the Grand Moff and successor to the throne if the Emperor were to be deposed. Tarkin was replaced in the novels that Lucas deemed as "canon" between Episodes IV and V.... but that was ignored. The Empire would not have disintegrated - it would have reemerged with a new emperor - or with Palpatine's clone, as was in some of the novelization that happened after Episode VI.

The First Order is a cornball "evil" empire with no originality nor continuity...

You know, I liked VII. Yes, the plot was a rehash of IV. But it was well acted, and well directed, and the action moved really well. It was a good action film. It moved the franchise along. And, honestly, just sitting in the theater and hearing the theme and watching the crawl with my kids made the price of admission worth it. I actually rank VII somewhere between Rogue One and VI.

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Palpatine. A Jedi in his soul, not just in his clothes and in the lightcutter.
He tried to reform the stagnating Jedi Order, to breathe new life into it, to find new senses in old truths.

How sadden should be a real jedi watching at Qui-Gon Jinn, stealing and cheating, redeeming a jedi child for a jedis' practical purpose, but leaving in slavery his mother, just for a few dollars more. 
How wrong should he feel the Jedi Order.

His best and lovely creature - Darth Vader - carried both aspects of the Force at once and was full of gratitude to his teacher, calling him "Master" - not as an owner, but as a true artist.
Even being betrayed by him, Palpatine allowed Darth Vader to kill him, because he knew, that there are things more important than his life.

It's he, who was The Last Jedi. 
About him would be this saga.

P.S.
If this were Rey, this would be "Jedie".

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37 minutes ago, kerbiloid said:

No choice. Otherwise how can Rey become The Last.

well... Rey could die and leave Luke as the last... :D

Or Kylo Ren could kill them both, realize the error of his ways, and turn to the light side...

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12 hours ago, Red Iron Crown said:

My prediction for the new movie: Luke is currently the last jedi. He trains up Rey into another. Then Luke gets killed somehow, leaving Rey as the last jedi.

Or he goes Socialist on the Force, then everyone has it and there is no order of Jedis anymore :wink: 

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