Star Wars : Episode 9

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If there’s one thing we’ve learned in recent years, it’s that Star Wars fans like nothing more than recurring tropes.
JJ obviously started out with a list of everything that people liked and went:
A wings - check
B wings - check
Y wings - check
Force choking - check
Jedi mind trick - check
Rescue something from the detention block - check
I was half expecting the ghost of Pol Treidum to turn up.
 
johnnyat87 said:
Just got back. Enjoyed it.
It wasn't brilliant by any means, but I think he'd been dealt a shocking hand by Rhian..... its all his fault. As a result it was too fast paced because he had to fix too much. With that in mind I went in with reduced expectations so I enjoyed it. It wasn't perfect and there were some needless bits etc. but overall it was canny. If JJ had just done the whole thing it would've been much better and various plot lines could've been built up much better than they ultimately were.

I think that's a fair summary right there.
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The Knights of Ren were an absolute joke.
 
Bakerlooline said:
I though it was much better than the previous two, and I liked TFA. Although it’s long I thought that if anything, they tried to cram a little too much in, the tempo of the first 20 minutes is a bit too high, but it then settles into something that looks and feels a lot more like the original 3 fillums. Nice little appearances from certain individuals helped pull the story back together after all the holes of TLJ and I was entertained, which is all I ask of a fillum. After some pretty crap news yesterday afternoon, I left the pictures smiling. It’s been said before but this is Star Wars, an entertainment, it’s not meant to stand up to scrutiny, it’s meant to be fun and this is.
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Absolutely spot on mate.
chriswallace85 said:
The Knights of Ren were an absolute joke.
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In what way?
 
Dave Herbal said:
Horseplop. This is far better.
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It really isn't Dave.
Aituk7 said:
Is it not? I thought they actually mentioned a battle took place here in the last war or something.
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Naa, sure they just mentioned it being in the same system.
Dave Herbal said:
If there’s one thing we’ve learned in recent years, it’s that Star Wars fans like nothing more than recurring tropes.
JJ obviously started out with a list of everything that people liked and went:
A wings - check
B wings - check
Y wings - check
Force choking - check
Jedi mind trick - check
Rescue something from the detention block - check
I was half expecting the ghost of Pol Treidum to turn up.
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Wedge Antilles rockin' up was a nice touch.
 
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chriswallace85 said:
It really isn't Dave.

Naa, sure they just mentioned it being in the same system.

Wedge Antilles rockin' up was a nice touch.
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It is man. The prequels were sterile affairs that moved nobody. There were numerous scenes in this when I thought my heart would burst out of my chest, and I was literally unable to speak when Chewie got his medal.
Ha, I didn’t recognise Wedge Looking all grey. I thought they’d given Tony Daniels a costume off cameo.
Stormo said:
Rather gan and see Cats.
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It’s got Corden in it mind.
 
Dave Herbal said:
Absolutely spot on mate.

In what way?
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What was the point of them. A few panoramic shots of them standing about in circles posing with their swords and axes across their shoulders never actually doing owt, only for them to then somehow rock up deep within Palpatine's new den and turn on their master, despite him only having a fleeting allegiance to Palpatine - fuck's all that about? And it didn't like how it made a sideshow of the Skywalkers - ya kna, the ones the story should really be about, the ones to bring balance back to the Force and peace to the galaxy - whilst Gramps and Rey work things out in the throne room. They had Ben, the last living Skywalker, a trained Jedi/Sith, and a massively powerful one at that, beaten, until him and Rey managed to play Force passy the parcel. Ha'way...
 
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mackembhoy said:
Them sith triangle things were stupid. Why did he go stick one on the death star.
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That was his throne room in RoTJ and I guess where he would stash his stuff - guessing nobody would have the balls to attack a deathstar and then go into his quarters to get his, so I'm guessing he thought it was safe there and destroyed with the deathstar?
 
chriswallace85 said:
What was the point of them. A few panoramic shots of them standing about in circles posing with their swords and axes across their shoulders never actually doing owt, only for them to then somehow rock up deep within Palpatine's new den and turn on their master, despite him only having a fleeting allegiance to Palpatine - fuck's all that about? And it didn't like how it made a sideshow of the Skywalkers - ya kna, the ones the story should really be about, the ones to bring balance back to the Force and peace to the galaxy - whilst Gramps and Rey work things out in the throne room.
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Thinking about it I think JJ was trying to add a few 'new' bits into the trilogy to avoid it just being fixing TLJ and nostalgia. Maybe he tried a bit too hard.

I think we're all thinking about it too much again, need to gan back to feet up, brain disengaged and just enjoy the good bits.
 
Dave Herbal said:
It is man. The prequels were sterile affairs that moved nobody. There were numerous scenes in this when I thought my heart would burst out of my chest, and I was literally unable to speak when Chewie got his medal.
Ha, I didn’t recognise Wedge Looking all grey. I thought they’d given Tony Daniels a costume off cameo.

It’s got Corden in it mind.
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They already did that in Rogue One I think.
 
Dave Herbal said:
It is man. The prequels were sterile affairs that moved nobody. There were numerous scenes in this when I thought my heart would burst out of my chest, and I was literally unable to speak when Chewie got his medal.
Ha, I didn’t recognise Wedge Looking all grey. I thought they’d given Tony Daniels a costume off cameo.

It’s got Corden in it mind.
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Ah game changer, I’ll leave it
 
Aituk7 said:
OH GOD.

It wasn't even that emotional a death. She just wandered off to die...... for "reasons"
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She force spoke to Ben didn't she which gave Rey the chance to take him out, and ultimately convert him to the good side. He was kicking Reys arse till then and Rey was getting more and more tired and needed help. That took it out of her and she died.
 
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Giddup Sausage! said:
She force spoke to Ben didn't she which gave Ren the chance to take him out, and ultimately convert him to the good side. He was kicking Rens arse till then and Ren was getting more and more tired and needed help. That took it out of her and she died.
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*Rey. Ben and Ren are the same person mate :lol:
 
Giddup Sausage! said:
That was his throne room in RoTJ and I guess where he would stash his stuff - guessing nobody would have the balls to attack a deathstar and then go into his quarters to get his, so I'm guessing he thought it was safe there and destroyed with the deathstar?
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Fairplay to the original contractors mind - they might have been behind schedule getting the place operational but they still had that door working after all those years and a hefty fuck off explosion.
 
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