Star Wars Anthology shit talk (Rogue One, Young Solo, TBD)

Tarkin is the military commander of the Death Star, and doesn't get choked by some jumped-up goth monk.

well goes to show how significant a role he played in ANH

the entire subplot over who owns the death star IP could've been removed and the movie would've lost nothing

Cranic kinda reminded me of an evil Steve Coogan

Having read nothing about this before going in, I was fairly certain after a few minutes trying to place the voice that the robot was Dinklage pretty much doing his Imp turn.

yeah why did they have an american fake a british accent (unconvincingly) for a fukkin robot?

There are no British people in long time ago outer space. It's all just a strange coincidence.

The fake British accent is a telltale sign an imperial droid has been reprogrammed by the rebellion.

imo fake british accent is very empire/senate, that's uh totally what carrier fisher was going for when confronting vader

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Atlantic_accent

*sighs*

Dick Van Droid

don't get me wrong, it's a RP thing, but there's no indication that it's a senate matters thing. So either Lucas didn't coach it, or he did completely randomly

I think she took that on from shooting all those early scenes with David Prowse and Peter Cushing? Then spent the rest of the time with Americans, which changed that up.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-hc-rogue-one-donnie-yen-20161217-story.html

Carrie Fisher died this morning.

http://people.com/movies/carrie-fisher-dies/?xid=socialflow_twitter_peoplemag

Oh fuck

RIP Carrie.

<3 ;_; heartbroken now

I heard about this five minutes after seeing CGI Leia on screen

yeah what a creepy confluence tbh. rip.

you prefer another target? a military target?

D Trump would be fine thanks

RIP. Now really looking forward to rewatching 'A New Hope' (almost started it at after midnight after getting home from 'Rogue One').

Also:
final shitpost: i hate that x-wingsand TIE fighters are the only starfighters they really bring back from the first movies.

I don't think the other fighters had been deployed at that point "historically." Tie Bombers appeared in ESB and the rest in ROTJ.

and now I'm going to be that guy:
ion torpedos weren't in any of the space sim games!

There were some kind of ion projectiles, I think in 'X-Wing: Alliance'

Worth a watch if you've never seen it - less a roast than a gleeful slice & dice

http://www.vulture.com/2016/12/carrie-fisher-roasted-george-lucas.html

http://i.imgur.com/kRsJpql.jpg

As a kid I noticed how that gun was exclusive to Leia and that action figure; it was never seen again.

There were some kind of ion projectiles, I think in 'X-Wing: Alliance'

― Spencer Chow, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 5:55 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark

ion pulses

finally saw this; had no idea about the carrie fisher 'cameo' at the end so found that a bit touching actually; you only see the face for maybe 4 seconds. I liked the movie on the whole but agree that the last 10 minutes were the best, once vader started spinning the lightsaber and cutting the fuck out of people. it would be excellent, I think, to get a full vader spin off film; but JEJ is sounding too old to do a full film, and I don't know if he could be convincingly recast. I'm curious about the reshoots as well; I think the plot resolution here was quite good and enjoyed that they killed everyone. But the indications seem to be that the original had them all surviving or at least running on the beach with the plans. who knows.

I enjoyed this a lot.

I think I enjoyed TFA more. Movie felt a little disjointed to me (major LOLs though at Leia's "diplomatic mission" in light on the end). Imperial Droid was great.

http://www.blindltd.com/rogue-one

How many posts are there on the Internet about how they use arabic numerals even though the alphabet(s) are all invented

It's funny that Lucas never "fixed" the Death Star plans in the OG Star Wars along with all the other stuff he "fixed," necessitating Rogue One using those plans that show the dish/laser on the equator, even though he stuck this into Revenge of the Sith:

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/e/e0/The_Ultimate_Weapon.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091007163903

Compared to:

http://jeffbeaty.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/death-star-plans-on-screen.jpg

I like to think of one of the reasons for making Rogue One being to fix the giant plothole as to why the Death Star was able to be destroyed by two proton torpedos

like the original frankly. it fits more with the ridiculous limitations on their technology (storing plans on a floppy disk in a tower)

"I like to think of one of the reasons for making Rogue One being to fix the giant plothole as to why the Death Star was able to be destroyed by two proton torpedos"

this too

yeah i loved that. could have been stupid and unnecessary ala "midichlorians" but pretty clever and fitting imo

finally saw this; had no idea about the carrie fisher 'cameo' at the end so found that a bit touching actually; you only see the face for maybe 4 seconds.

this kind of thing will always be really freaky to me. I found it really unsettling in the new Tron movie too.

I didn't mind either cameo but I feel like these are just the first shot in the future of this franchise where there will be luke skywalker stories with Mark hamill avatars as the central character.

tbh we all knew they've been heading in this direction with the technology for decades. thankfully we'll get zombie hologram Marilyn Monroe before Skynet kills us all

so I understand that shooting for episode 8 is all done and wrapped up - unfortunately the likelihood of using a cgi Leia for episode 9 is pretty high, no?

Deathstar having a structural weakspot is not a plothole, it's the main plot driver for several of these movies.

pretty much everything Obi Wan says and does in his fight w Vader at the end of ANH on the other hand was rendered nonsensical by the following films.

i imagine they'll kill her off between 8 and 9; if they are sensible they will. i wonder how far into writing 9 they are? is there a writer and director announced yet?

Fisher mentioned in Wishful Drinking that Lucas owned her likeness, so I'm guessing that would extend into the current films

Some minor bit of solace:

http://www.avclub.com/article/billie-lourd-will-take-care-carrie-fishers-beloved-247774

I demand all Leia dialogue be performed by George Lucas wearing a Leia mask and a metal bikini

God, to sell your likeness...that seems very sad

TMZ and NY Daily News reporting that Debbie Reynolds was taken to the ER from her son's house, possibly for a stroke.

i wonder how far into writing 9 they are? is there a writer and director announced yet?

Rian Johnson was supposed to be writing the story, if not the script. Colin Trevorrow is directing.

not that we've seen how rian johnson does with the franchise, but i have high hopes and think they could do it smoothly

i just cracked up while watching tv because a new tv promo takes film footage where they say "rogue one" followed by the base flight control saying "there is no rogue one!" "there is now!"