[Movies] Star Wars The Force Awakens SPOILER THREAD!

So I was reading some into this movie and it turns out there is a reason "TR8R" went all baton happy on Finn, he is FN-2199 aka "Nines", a trooper that trained with Finn in the prequel book "Before the Awakening". This info makes that whole sequence make a lot more sense to me, since I thought it was downright silly for some supposed random trooper to just throw down his gun to have a melee fight with Finn in the middle of a battleground. Also, remember in the beginning of the movie when that one random stormtrooper gets killed right next to Finn, and wipes the bloody hand print on Finn's helmet? Turns out that was a trooper named FN-2003 AKA "Slip" who was probably the closest thing Finn had to a friend among the First Order. Which once again, makes the sequence of him breaking down make a lot more sense.

Does remind me why I dislike movies that have rather large scenes that rely so much on supplementary material.
Which still leaves the LAST member of the squad to turn up later.
 
Hollywood doesn't do shit to or for "social justice warriors", y'all. They have less money, power, and influence than the people that tweet about White Genocide. Either there's money to be made, maybe the minority gave the best audition and is the best actor/actress. OR EVEN MAYBE they genuinely think it's important for all children to see heroes that look like them once in a while.
 
Rey had a personality, so the only way she'd fit into an Amidala mold is by [clever analogy that utilizes a well-known Star Wars mechanism or line of dialogue that also insults the prequel trilogy]
Rey had a personality, so the only way she'd fit into an Amidala mold is if Amidala had been cloned on Kamino and then had midichlorians surgically implanted.

How's that?
 
Rey had a personality, so the only way she'd fit into an Amidala mold is if Amidala had been cloned on Kamino and then had midichlorians surgically implanted.

How's that?
Oh, Amidala had the midichlorians injected into her on a regular basis...

i feel dirty
 
Rey had a personality, so the only way she'd fit into an Amidala mold is by [clever analogy that utilizes a well-known Star Wars mechanism or line of dialogue that also insults the prequel trilogy]
I'd argue that Amidala was the weakest of the female leads because of the way that Lucas wrote the last two movies. She went from strong, to weak, to absolutely nothing (my heart is breaking....) even remotely resembling the character we first met. A real pity that Lucas did that to her.
 
I'd argue that Amidala was the weakest of the female leads because of the way that Lucas wrote the last two movies. She went from strong, to weak, to absolutely nothing (my heart is breaking....) even remotely resembling the character we first met. A real pity that Lucas did that to her.
This. Amidala held her one in the first movie - she's one of the best politicians we're shown, only outsmarted by the Chancellor, but so is everyone else. She's determined, stubborn, single minded, willing to die for her people, all that jazz you want in a leader in times of trouble, and she's also somewhat competent with a blaster and unafraid to get her hands dirty. Admittedly, for a large part of the film she's just tagging along, but in TPM she's at least as strong a character as Leia in ANH. Leia spends most of that movie being the damsel in distress (who is stubborn and determined).
 
I'd argue that Amidala was the weakest of the female leads because of the way that Lucas wrote the last two movies. She went from strong, to weak, to absolutely nothing (my heart is breaking....) even remotely resembling the character we first met. A real pity that Lucas did that to her.
Another example of why that petition is so stupid.
 
Those are both idiotic reasons.
All of the other Star Wars movies have had strong female leads (comparatively); Rey pretty much fits in the Leia-Amidala mold as far as I'm concerned. Having her be the main protagonist is a nice change. Had all three suddenly been women, I'd have said it was a strange choice and I might've "gotten" some of the complaints (just as I'd have understood if they'd suddenly gone to three men). As is, I don't see any reason to complain. Skin color wise...Man, I just can't muster the energy to care one way or another what color a character is unless it's important to the story or somehow "abnormal" (as in, black kid from two white parents or vice versa). Heck, aren't we supposed to think Twi'lek are sexy? Brown is definitely not harder to ignore than blue or green :p
Rey is Luke.

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Hollywood doesn't do shit to or for "social justice warriors", y'all. They have less money, power, and influence than the people that tweet about White Genocide. Either there's money to be made, maybe the minority gave the best audition and is the best actor/actress. OR EVEN MAYBE they genuinely think it's important for all children to see heroes that look like them once in a while.
They're beginning to learn the lesson of Fast Furious Seven, which still has an international gross higher than Star Wars (Not for long, but currently) and ended up being one of the biggest films of last year.

All built on appealing to more than just white guys.
 
They're beginning to learn the lesson of Fast Furious Seven, which still has an international gross higher than Star Wars (Not for long, but currently) and ended up being one of the biggest films of last year.

All built on appealing to more than just white guys.
I'd like this to be true, but remember both Fast and Star Wars had very well-established cinema universes to support them. I'd like to see more one-shot movies do the same things. I don't know how many more times they have to prove "appealing to more than white guys" ISN'T a risk. For example, the only two movies still beating TFA are Avatar and Titanic, and it wasn't mainly guys' money putting Titanic there.
 
the Fast and Furious movies didn't launch into the stratosphere, box office wise, until they became more ensemble movies starting around the 5th and stopped focusing just on Walker/Disesel so heavily. They became the multi-ethnic Avengers before Avengers was... ya know, the white person Avengers.
 
If we only had a white knight to ride in here and save these princesses from the patriarchy. Then to comment that a man with a vagina is not an insult.
 
I knew that, I was trying to imply that I knew of nobody that had that shtick. My favorite Disney princess is Leia.

I thought the character of Ren/Ben was pretty good. Big fish, small pond(only force user). Idolizes something he knows nothing about, believes he is special and entitled to throw a fit and cause a ridiculous amount of damage. Believes he is in too deep to get out at this point in life. I wouldn't be surprised (dissapointed yes) if there was a redemption of some sort in his future.
 
At first i though that was Snoke, but closer look it's a Zabrak... then again, the way his face looked in the film he could be one i guess. Also, crossguard sabers aren't just a Kylo tihng now i guess:
 
Star Wars Rebels is completely underrated. If it wasn't stuck on Disney XD (and thus relegated to the back of cable providers, if you get it at all) then I think it would be getting a lot more hype.
 
Star Wars Rebels is completely underrated. If it wasn't stuck on Disney XD (and thus relegated to the back of cable providers, if you get it at all) then I think it would be getting a lot more hype.
Also have to keep in mind that it's now taking place 35 (or so) years in the past, before New Hope. So some don't want to watch because, "We already know what happened then." They're wrong, but they still talk dumb like that.

I love the show, and have really enjoyed the stories they have been telling. I wasn't so sure, at first, about Ashoka coming in as a regular character, but they're keeping the focus on The Ghost and the core group.
 
Also have to keep in mind that it's now taking place 35 (or so) years in the past, before New Hope. So some don't want to watch because, "We already know what happened then." They're wrong, but they still talk dumb like that.

I love the show, and have really enjoyed the stories they have been telling. I wasn't so sure, at first, about Ashoka coming in as a regular character, but they're keeping the focus on The Ghost and the core group.
Ashoka sort of HAD to come on, as they completely dropped her story with Ventress when Clone Wars ended. I'm just glad we'll get a finish to her story... though I think it'd be cool if she showed up as an old master in the new Star Wars too.
 
Also have to keep in mind that it's now taking place 35 (or so) years in the past, before New Hope. So some don't want to watch because, "We already know what happened then." They're wrong, but they still talk dumb like that.

I love the show, and have really enjoyed the stories they have been telling. I wasn't so sure, at first, about Ashoka coming in as a regular character, but they're keeping the focus on The Ghost and the core group.
No Rebels is just before the Battle of Yavin. Lando, Vader, Yoda and Leia have all been or will soon be on the show.

I want to know how they are going to write out 3 Jedi from the rebellion.
 
No Rebels is just before the Battle of Yavin. Lando, Vader, Yoda and Leia have all been or will soon be on the show.

I want to know how they are going to write out 3 Jedi from the rebellion.
What he said. I suspect that the events of the finale for Season 3 will coincide with the events of Rogue One, with Season 4 ending at the Battle of Yavin. After that, they'll probably end the show and do something else.
 
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