This topic can be the source for our episode VIII movie discussions like we had for Ep VII

 

 

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In Ep 8 news today (and as rumored), the release date has been delayed from May 2017 to Dec  2017.  We know Ep 7 was delayed due to a major script rewrites. I believe it's for a similar reason.

 

http://www.starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-viii-to-open-december-15-2017?cmp=smc|339573415&linkId=20528616

Star Wars: Episode VIII to Open December 15, 2017

The release date for the next film in the saga is confirmed.

Today, Disney and Lucasfilm announced that Star Wars: Episode VIII, originally scheduled for release in summer 2017, will now debut on December 15, 2017.

Written and directed by Rian Johnson, Star Wars: Episode VIII is currently in preproduction and will begin principal photography in London next month. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman will produce and J.J. Abrams, Jason McGatlin, and Tom Karnowski will executive produce.

General Veers reported this development to Vader, who voiced his disapproval at the admiral's tactical blunder

General Veers. He was a hell of an archeologist too.

1 hour ago, jonnyhanukkah said:

This says SO much about you.  I'm peacing out of this thread. Enjoy, guys!

The irony here is that it's "SJWs," Marxists, and feminists that first made a thing of criticizing movies, books, and art based on their political messages.

for laughs :

 

I really enjoyed that.

for laughs :
 

That was awesome

Agreed

YES

Was surprised to see the Battle on Craig scene featured prominently in the Star Tours attraction at Disney Hollywood Studios today. Typically those rides have old content, this was brandspanking new with TFA and TLJ content in 3D.

Enjoyable and funny. Unlike TLJ.

On 1/5/2018 at 12:50 AM, Alpinemaps said:

 

Abrams isn’t canon though. On screen. Comics. Books. Other media.

 

 

 

the second installment even has a witch ... for my Poe using a wand prediction . 

Was surprised to see the Battle on Craig scene featured prominently in the Star Tours attraction at Disney Hollywood Studios today. Typically those rides have old content, this was brandspanking new with TFA and TLJ content in 3D.

Disney has been on top of Star Tours since they went to 2.0 and especially since they bought LucasFilm.

I’m pretty sure they had TFA and R1 content in there that same weekend.

 

False Advertising:  Luke does not wield a light saber in this movie.  The flashback and astral projection do not count. 

Edited February 23, 20187 yr by Mathew

On 23/02/2018 at 1:28 AM, Mathew said:

False Advertising:  Luke does not wield a light saber in this movie.  The flashback and astral projection do not count. 

Indeed. Astral projection Luke died wield a light saber but that version of Luke looked different from the old Luke as shown on the box.

On 23/02/2018 at 12:28 AM, Mathew said:

False Advertising:  Luke does not wield a light saber in this movie.  The flashback and astral projection do not count. 

Look at the porg on Chewie's shoulder. SMH

I totally missed the porg.  All they did was paste it on Chewie's shoulder as the original art work did not include this.  They should have gone ahead and erased Rose Tito since she was such a shitty character.  Disney and their apologists will deny that The Last Jedi was a disappointment on many levels.  

Edited February 24, 20187 yr by Mathew

On 23/02/2018 at 12:28 AM, Mathew said:

False Advertising:  Luke does not wield a light saber in this movie.  The flashback and astral projection do not count. 

Half the R1 trailer could be dubbed that based on how much was changed.

Edited February 25, 20187 yr by Will 4

It wouldn't make sense to show trimmed Luke with his saber on the dvd cover as it would reveal the surprise of that moment in the film.

Showing him how you see him in the commercials makes the most sense.  

2 hours ago, mudcatsfan said:

It wouldn't make sense to show trimmed Luke with his saber on the dvd cover as it would reveal the surprise of that moment in the film.

Showing him how you see him in the commercials makes the most sense.  

The Luke presented on the Bluray cover is the one fans were hoping for.  The doppleganger we get at the end of the movie isn't really Luke Skywalker.  Mark Hamill looks more like an old Billy Mays than Luke.  

The point is that the cover is misleading because THAT Luke never wielded a lightsaber.  He tosses it over his shoulder.  

Luke's character in the film would've been more interesting if they wrote him as an older version of Qui-Gon Jinn than the crusty, broken down old man we got.  

Edited February 25, 20187 yr by Mathew

Just be like me and pretend this movie doesn’t exist.  The Last Jedi reminded me of sand.  I hate sand.

 

I don't get the hatred for TLJ from the Internet. The SW remains a childhood vavourite set of films that I grew up with. But got to be honest they're great fun but have flaws. TLJ was good action / fun generally, just like any of the original trilogy. Also it's unfair as many people simply compare the latest film to the original trilogy as a whole. As standalone films they have their flaws.

its amazing what rose tinted glasses can do. Just to be clear - the original SW trilogy has a special place. I just think some people forget it's not Citizen Kane.

40 minutes ago, andyposterfan said:

I don't get the hatred for TLJ from the Internet. The SW remains a childhood vavourite set of films that I grew up with. But got to be honest they're great fun but have flaws. TLJ was good action / fun generally, just like any of the original trilogy. Also it's unfair as many people simply compare the latest film to the original trilogy as a whole. As standalone films they have their flaws.

its amazing what rose tinted glasses can do. Just to be clear - the original SW trilogy has a special place. I just think some people forget it's not Citizen Kane.

This. We just watched A New Hope for the umpteenth time yesterday. Even my kids start laughing at some of the flaws. For example:

- Luke lives with his uncle and aunt for 15+ years. When they die, it takes him all of 2 minutes to forget about it and move on to adventures with Obi-wan, who subsequently dies after Luke knows him for perhaps a few days, and Luke is down and out, upset about it for days.

- Obi-wan remarks that the shots fired at the Sandcrawler are "precision shots, too accurate to have come from Sand People, must have been Imperial Soldiers". Followed by a gazillion battles in which Imperial Soldiers cannot hit someone even when they're 5ft away.

I found TLJ enjoyable for what it was. Only scene that made me frown was the whole Leia pulling herself back into the space-ship fiasco. All the SW movies have clear flaws and plausibility concerns. I'm sure there are tons of 8-year old kids out there who get their first SW impression from the new movies and will become fans, just like some of us became fans when the original trilogy came out, or when the prequel trilogy was released.

I would have been less disappointed if “Rogue One” wouldn’t have been so good.

36 minutes ago, Phil B said:

This. We just watched A New Hope for the umpteenth time yesterday. Even my kids start laughing at some of the flaws. For example:

- Luke lives with his uncle and aunt for 15+ years. When they die, it takes him all of 2 minutes to forget about it and move on to adventures with Obi-wan, who subsequently dies after Luke knows him for perhaps a few days, and Luke is down and out, upset about it for days.

- Obi-wan remarks that the shots fired at the Sandcrawler are "precision shots, too accurate to have come from Sand People, must have been Imperial Soldiers". Followed by a gazillion battles in which Imperial Soldiers cannot hit someone even when they're 5ft away.

I found TLJ enjoyable for what it was. Only scene that made me frown was the whole Leia pulling herself back into the space-ship fiasco. All the SW movies have clear flaws and plausibility concerns. I'm sure there are tons of 8-year old kids out there who get their first SW impression from the new movies and will become fans, just like some of us became fans when the original trilogy came out, or when the prequel trilogy was released.

It’s not an issue of just having little chuckle flaws. They all do. But New Hope didn’t recycle a previous Star Wars movie or take its characters into uncharacteristic paths like the past 2 have. These new movies’ main flaw is apathy. They’re not even trying to be new, just recycling the same formula like their Marvel cousins for the most part. This can only last so long before audiences get bored.

1 hour ago, jeff_14 said:

It’s not an issue of just having little chuckle flaws. They all do. But New Hope didn’t recycle a previous Star Wars movie or take its characters into uncharacteristic paths like the past 2 have. These new movies’ main flaw is apathy. They’re not even trying to be new, just recycling the same formula like their Marvel cousins for the most part. This can only last so long before audiences get bored.

Right.  The OT borrowed a lot from other films and stories.  But Lucas turned it into something new.  And there was some stupid stuff even in Empire (the mynock cave). TLJ was just so bad.  I would've even forgave the lame characterization of Luke Skywalker if the rest of the movie was great.  Yes, the throne room scene was well done and I was even ok with killing off Snook (though it was handled poorly).  But the rest of the film was just bad.  The lame jokes, Luke tossing his lightsaber after the build-up in TFA, Canto Bight, twitch faced Benicio Del Toro (nobody even talks about him since his character was so irrelevant), Rose Tico, purple haired chick, Leia doing nothing after turning into Mary Poppins, Poe's regression as a character, Finn's complete waste as character (a step back from TFA), Rey being a nobody and acting like a nobody with force powers, recycled Hoth battle, slow motion space chase, running out of fuel (shouldn't be relied on as plot crutch in a Star Wars movie), BB8 driving an AT thing, Phasma showing up again and doing nothing again, Just for Men Phantom Luke handing off the gold dice to Leia (if he's basically a hologram that cannot be hit by a laser then how can he physically touch or hold something???  Is the Star Wars Universe one giant hologram then?  Interesting to think about)..... and on.

With all that said, I did like the cinematography.

Edited February 25, 20187 yr by Mathew