I heard it's just some random stunt guy with Warwick Davis on his shoulders.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 16:20 (four years ago) link
I wonder if they'd have done this one the same way if McDiarmid had kicked it
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 December 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
ask the Ghosts of Peter Cushing and Carrie Fisher
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
exhuming someone to act as your Ultimate Baddie feels....different, somehow. But yeah you're probably right.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 December 2019 16:52 (four years ago) link
someone post spoilers. I'm unlikely to see this for several years, but want to know what happens
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
you can search for "star wars spoilers reddit", that's how I found 'em. ppl might not like just having them on here already in case they click on the wrong thread and find out Kylo Ren gets force-crucified by the ghost of Mace Windu
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:43 (four years ago) link
*SPOILER* Rey is half-Gungan
― icy bike chain rain (zchyrs), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
xp. thanks, I'm lazy
LOBOT becomes the new emperor, wild choice
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:44 (four years ago) link
OK, re-resolving to leave this thread alone
The really sad is I read these idiotic invented spoilers, and I'm guessing they're also references to last season of GoT?
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
Kylo Ren gets force-crucified by the ghost of Mace Windu
― Simon H., Wednesday, December 18, 2019 10:43 AM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
put this vision on the big screen disney cowards
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:57 (four years ago) link
jedi instrumentality project when!!
― Simon H., Wednesday, 18 December 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
As I said on the Grim Resignation thread I enjoyed this big, bloated finale. Felt the most like an old non-prequel Star Wars film to me out of the new three: weird races, weird places, silly names and epic Tolkein-y nonsense.I'm cool with Chewie, 3PO and the remaining old characters given stuff to do as well.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:01 (four years ago) link
sounds like there's plenty of palpy, which is good imo
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:02 (four years ago) link
I doubt I'll be watching this. Anyone cool die?
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:37 (four years ago) link
Lots of Pallpy. Even more stuff that never gets explained which is hilarous.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:38 (four years ago) link
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, December 18, 2019 10:37 AM (four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
OBLIQUE BUT MAJOR SPOILER AHEAD
........
the spoilers i read indicate that a major character (originating in this sequel trilogy) does die
― #FBPIRA (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:43 (four years ago) link
snoke dies again
― american bradass (BradNelson), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 18:44 (four years ago) link
poopy palpy
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
So weird that they brought the Emperor back as a teenaged, incessantly-rapping version of himself called Palpy T. Even weirder how well it works!
― Children Devouring Their Cronuts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:21 (four years ago) link
WellllllMy name is Palpy T and I'm here to sayI'll drop a Solo in your pit like my name was Weequay
― Children Devouring Their Cronuts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:25 (four years ago) link
I'm gettin' Palpy-tations
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:26 (four years ago) link
the dead speak!
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:27 (four years ago) link
Guys, lest we ever forget the magical moment when the world learned that Emperor Palpatine's long-hidden first name is
SHEEV
― Children Devouring Their Cronuts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:30 (four years ago) link
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C5Wx5vT1npI/hqdefault.jpg
― Children Devouring Their Cronuts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:32 (four years ago) link
Sheev Mike
― ☮ (peace, man), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
glad they finally worked an appearance from Darth Icky into the series given this was the last chance
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
You know Vader and Plagueis and OppressSidious, Bane, Booger, Barf, Farts and HopelessBut do you recallA Darth even ickier than Maul?
― Children Devouring Their Cronuts (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:46 (four years ago) link
Dammit, fucked up the meter of my stupid nerd joke song, shoot me now.
*blasts Sith lightning*
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 18 December 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
There were bits I liked in this but even with lowered expectations, it was a resounding meh. Better than TFA is a staggeringly low bar.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:05 (four years ago) link
even the more positive takes I've seen generally allege that at least the first hour is a total mess (though a few say it recovers)
― Simon H., Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:08 (four years ago) link
Also I saw this at the same cinema I watched TLJ, on the second opening night like I did for TLJ. Almost identical crowd - healthy proportion of dudes carrying lightsabers and wearing Vader helmets. The difference: loud applause for TLJ, dead silence this time around. Theatre full of SW nerds seemed genuinely confused.
I always thought the hate for TLJ among “fans” was overblown, this confirmed it for me.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:11 (four years ago) link
Yeah, it's almost as if a certain kind of person cynically draped themselves in the finery of fandom as cover to express a certain kind of sentiment. No, I'm not a sewer-dwelling creep who helped drive Kelly Marie Tran off of twitter, I'm just an ardent faaaaaaan! It's just what we fans do.
― i was so hungry that i ate a hole cake entirely to myself (Old Lunch), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
this fuckin ruledpoe's "inspirational" half-time speech before the big assault the only serious misstep imo - stunk out the joint
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:20 (four years ago) link
for what it's worth I enjoyed this plenty, appreciated that TLJ hit a few unusually interesting notes but ultimately for Ep 9 of 9 I was happy enough to sit and have my star war feelings gently massaged for 2.5 hrs. watching it with kids definitely helps I think, they subject it to the level of critical scrutiny it deserves (ie not much). Daisy Ridley seemed to have remembered how to take this shit seriously (enough), wasn't really feeling her feeling it last time. new cast largely charming, old guys were fine. falcon return with "rag-tag fleet" pretty cool, "it's just... People" - very good! was pretty bored by the prospect of the emperor coming back but it worked fine I thought. Is this a baked-in problem with resurrected sf franchises, that they are unable to surpass the mythic potency of their original villains? Eg new doctor who still very reliant on daleks & other old monsters...
anyway I must write down my thoughts and ferlings now because I know I won't be able to remember a thing about it in one month's time.
― umsworth (emsworth), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
I actually felt the opposite! The first half was great fun, second half was deflating.
Fuck it imma spoil away, there just didn’t feel like there was any stakes involved - I never felt for one moment like the heroes were ever going to be in real trouble or that Rey was going to go to the dark side or Kylo was going to die a villain. it was just so pleasantly safe.
Also, like Gwen Christie and Captain Phasma... I cant believe they cast an actress like Keri Russell and kept her under a helmet the entire time.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:33 (four years ago) link
#justiceforgeneralhugs btw
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:36 (four years ago) link
yeah the first half of the final assault felt oddly underpowered and clunkyapart from that there were a zillion great moments"friendship" theme firmly back in playrefreshing lack of suicidesextremely cool new ways for the force to work. lightsabre duel occurring in two different places simultaneously was amazing
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:37 (four years ago) link
CHEWIE GETS HIS MEDAL!! Right?? isn't that what that was??girl on girl kissing after the victory! in your face fanbros!!
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:39 (four years ago) link
refreshing lack of suicides
One of the rebels (might even have been Poe, I can’t remember) making a snarky remark about Holdo’s heroic death in TLJ was unnecessarily petty though. I hated that too - the nagging feeling that this movie just wanted to shit on everything that was supposedly wrong with Ep 8.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:44 (four years ago) link
girl on girl kissing after the victory! in your face fanbros!!
I keep hearing this is like 1.5 seconds and in the background
― Simon H., Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:45 (four years ago) link
Loved the completely batshit quicksand > conveniently fall into cave they needed to be at >> giant hurt snake sequence. The movie is full of so much goofy "wait! what the ?" space opera shit I dig it even more as I think back.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:47 (four years ago) link
^^^hi dere, I live in a conservative Muslim country and the gay scene was cut entirely and nothing was missed. Having actually well developed queer characters would just be way too much for this franchise.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
xpost
Oscar Isaac has complained about their unwillingness to "go there" pretty openly.
― Simon H., Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
Knights Of Ren... pop up for no conceivable reason and...do less than a few stormtroopers lol
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:50 (four years ago) link
“Loved the completely batshit quicksand > conveniently fall into cave they needed to be at >> giant hurt snake sequence. The movie is full of so much goofy "wait! what the ?" space opera shit I dig it even more as I think back.”
This scene was good though I agree. Loved that whole planet pretty much. And the water planet too.
― Roz, Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:51 (four years ago) link
Heard some folks groan loudly at the kiss. And I'm in Amsterdam!!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
And I flashed back to seeing TLJ in Stamford, CT and some folks harrumphing at Finn and Rose's kiss then. People suck.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 19 December 2019 19:53 (four years ago) link
is that a reference to the 1989 brian yuzna film? haven't seen it. or "re-animator". from what i'm reading about it, i'm afraid what i'm doing _really_ isn't that creative.
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 17:15 (three years ago) link
I ended up watching Rise of Skywalker and re-watching the rest of the sequel trilogy because my kid got into it. TLJ was better than I remembered and ROS was really entertaining. All three of them are far from perfect, but I'm not going to spend my time searching for plot holes or anything.
― ☮️ (peace, man), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 17:28 (three years ago) link
searching!
my fuckin telly was swallowed by a fuckin plot hole when put this on
― steer calmer (darraghmac), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:08 (three years ago) link
you know i couldn't hit it sideways
― Kate (rushomancy), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 19:41 (three years ago) link
just like sister rey said
― He is married to Brogmus, Linda. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 15 April 2020 20:07 (three years ago) link
Can't believe that cavalry charge on the Star Destroyer worked. The ship could have just tipped over slightly and dumped them off!
― jmm, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 02:34 (three years ago) link
simplest debunking, good one
― mh, Wednesday, 6 May 2020 03:06 (three years ago) link
finn was using the force to keep it level
― Millennials are using this app to speak in just 3 weeks. (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 06:01 (three years ago) link
you need balance in the force
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Wednesday, 6 May 2020 07:15 (three years ago) link
It took me 5 nights to finish ep ix, but alas I am done with this garbage franchise for good. What a waste of fucking time.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 7 May 2020 18:07 (three years ago) link
Old news to everyone by now, but this was not good. Even my husband, by far the bigger SW fan of the two of us, confessed to being bored. Abrams directs the whole thing like its one of those garbage SCI-Fi channel movies, while Ford, Hamill, and Williams play their scenes like they're doing walk-ons on Carson's Tonight Show. I'm even kinda rethinking my (admittedly mild) affection for the previous two entries in this trilogy now.
― A White, White Gay (cryptosicko), Monday, 18 May 2020 18:51 (three years ago) link
I want that sweet red shirt/black cloak that Palpatine had, though
― mh, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:33 (three years ago) link
I watched this last night. It was bad. So many mythos gripes but my main one is the faceless hordes of Sith acolytes (theres only two siths at a time in the previous films) who are also the greatest star destroyer builders in the history of the galaxy
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Monday, 18 May 2020 20:44 (three years ago) link
Jedi powers are so extensive in this trilogy.
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Monday, 18 May 2020 20:46 (three years ago) link
there are two sith lords at at a time, there were often a shitload of acolytes in old star wars lore
pretty sure it's not a thing now, but there was originally a race of sith, like an entire planet of em
the thing that bugged me was that they decided instead of figuring out what the giant coliseum of sith would look like, they just put vague cloaks everywhere
― mh, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:47 (three years ago) link
Yeah I mean the ancient sith lore stuff is fine i guess but where did the emperor rustle up these multitudes? he didnt have any sith acolytes when he was emperor of the galaxy as far as we know
― COVID and the Gang (jim in vancouver), Monday, 18 May 2020 20:50 (three years ago) link
he had those three or four creepy silent dudes behind him in return of the jedi
― mh, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:51 (three years ago) link
Tag yourself I'm Janus Greejatus pic.twitter.com/unRVEefeoD— Jeffrey Rowland (@wigu) December 28, 2018
posse photo
― mh, Monday, 18 May 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
Always got strong Perry Farrell vibes from that guy on the right.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 May 2020 20:59 (three years ago) link
one of the funniest things about Star Wars lore is that costume and set designers would come up with all kinds of cool stuff, and at some point someone would want to make a trading card or short story about a background character
if George Lucas was around, they'd ask him. the answers would depend on how sleep-deprived he was
anything that's simple like "that's Bob, he drives a y-wing" would be when he was tired, but if he had a good night's rest, it'd be "yes that's Ookano Labooga, he carves flutes out of petrified Lotharian swampweasels"
― mh, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:02 (three years ago) link
I mean, I'd be petrified too!
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:25 (three years ago) link
https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/tmb-sq_character-fozzie-bear_launch_2dc6bf1d.jpeg
― Bleeqwot (sic), Monday, 18 May 2020 21:55 (three years ago) link
There are so many stupid plot holes and decisions in this entire trilogy, but I still think (with a few def plodding twists in each of the three) they are 10x more fun than anything in Eps I-III. That's really all I ask, a few moments where my inner 8 year-old absolutely geeks out on something like the shot of all those Sith Star Destroyers amassed. Does it become absolutely stupid if I stop to consider where these are all coming from, how they are staffed and built? Absolutely. But they look menacing and awesome.
Not going to really defend these movies, because I am well aware of the many flaws and don't begrudge others a bit for disliking them. Having been able to watch these with, and through the eyes of, my son probably makes me a lot kinder than I might otherwise have been.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 18 May 2020 22:05 (three years ago) link
I need to see this again. It was fun the first time, but seeing how hated it is makes me doubt my own senses.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Monday, 18 May 2020 22:38 (three years ago) link
it's big and dumb and doesn't do much with characters that should have had more going on
but, there are a lot of beautifully constructed scenes where people do odd things!
― mh, Monday, 18 May 2020 23:27 (three years ago) link
I don't recall anything beautiful in ix besides oscar isaac
― k*r*n koltrane (Simon H.), Monday, 18 May 2020 23:52 (three years ago) link
https://media1.giphy.com/media/LHrY3Xv2fKaKQ/giphy.gif
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 00:07 (three years ago) link
watched this for first time. the ghost of luke is semi transparent, you can see the background through him. he crosses in front of rey and you can *still* see the background through him...
― koogs, Sunday, 16 October 2022 11:08 (one year ago) link