Star Wars General Thread - Sequel Trilogy, All EU is now Non-Canon, etc.

[RoydGolden]

thought you liked this movie

I did, but that doesn't mean I think it's immune to criticism. And if you were following my posts in general movies, you'd know that I admitted Ren's character and motives were poorly fleshed out.

[SeiKeo]

Ok, well, now you're wrong.

[RoydGolden]

oh well i consider him one too, though to a lesser extent because it takes him quite some time to actually get to her level of using the force. he's only using sensory enhancement techniques in episode 4, one of the most basic things that can be done with the force (even instinctual for people strong with it), but not really any telekinesis until episode 5 and he struggles a lot with it. he also shouldn't win any of the fights he wins in episode 6 imo, but whatever. rey is able to use jedi mind tricks right off the bat, and even overpower kylo ren with a force grip on a lightsaber, and he's supposed to have been training for years and was shown to be pretty strong before that point. not to mention her being able to understand chewbacca, when she probably has never come across a wookie, understand the Falcon better than Han Solo, etc. both characters are very boring in my opinion though, along with anakin (young annie is great though). and that brings up another thing that i found unnecessary, why not just make her born on tattooine? nobody missed the fact that the story was being recycled just because they called the planet jakku lol

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then again, my favorite star wars movie is the phantom menace so who am i to talk? that movie is garbage too lmao

It honestly seems like you don't really understand what Star Wars is about. It's a sci-fi version of the classic hero's journey story, so random farmboys turning out to be world-saving prodigies is a feature, not a bug.

[RoydGolden]

eh i understand that, doesn't necessarily mean i like it though. i'd at least like them to be interesting farmboys who save worlds. and telling me i don't understand star wars is possibly one of the most insulting things you could say to me.

Sorry. I just found it odd you were criticizing such universal tropes of the genre. (I mean, you might as well say it's unrealistic that the characters fight with Lightsabers instead of guns)

[Historia]

So, about the Solo movie...

Spoiler:

apparently at/near the end Darth Maul appears with a lightsaber he has in Rebels. I will say, they're really trying to connect everything together. Kudos to the story team, but, ah...

[Strange_One]

Rejoice. Or not.

Apparently the next TV series will be after RotJ.

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And pre Disney trilogy series will be anime style in case ye didn't know

[LegalLoliLover]

Must suck to be Palpatine's security adviser. He lets the father of a known rebel be his personal bodyguard and lets said rebel walk up really close to him with a sword.

[forumghost]

So, about the Solo movie...

Spoiler:

apparently at/near the end Darth Maul appears with a lightsaber he has in Rebels. I will say, they're really trying to connect everything together. Kudos to the story team, but, ah...

Spoiler:

Oh joy. Because if there's one thing that Star Wars needs, it's more shitty forced (geddit) inclusion of a boring, overused, footnote of a character like Maul. His miraculous resurrection in TCW was bad enough. We didn't need him in Rebels, and we sure as shit don't need him here.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Just another reason to not even bother with Solo I guess

[Laserman]

I just finished watching the Solo movie, it was pretty good.

[ItsaRandomUsername]

Solo was great, and it remembered that the key to a good Star Wars movir is a good cast. Now, in this case, "good" meant balls-to-the-wall fun, rebelliousl-tinged adventure, and doing what an expanded universe should do and expand the universe.

Also, Robo-Maul was a good addition, eat my ass. In showing that the contemporary films and the animated shows actually truly for reals you guys retain the same continuity, it worked.

Pretty great film, I'd rewatch it again during another one of my inevitable Star Wars marathons and it wouldn't feel like a chore.

[Rafflesiac]

>Maul revived through the dark powers of capitalism
>Good

[Mattias]

Saw Solo last night. It was good. Not great, but enjoyable. However me and my friend were the only ones in the whole theatre, on half price night, only about five days after opening, not even at the latest showing of the night. It was pretty sad.

I ended up laughing at a bunch of parts where I wasn't supposed to. The name drop of Teras Kasi, for one. Or the end of the last villainous monologue.

[Skull]

I too saw the Solo, mainly because a friend of a friend had to bail at the last minute and so first friend had a spare ticket.

I kept my expectations low, and although it wasn't a bad film it still didn't feel like it justified its existence as an unnecessary prequel.

Speaking of prequels, as someone who genuinely likes Episodes 1-3, seeing that tease got me all nostalgic. <3

[Trubo]

I'm more annoyed that the one-off stories are better than the actual new trilogy movies.

[Rafflesiac]

Rogue One was mediocre while The Force Awakens by virtue of being a ripoff of A New Hope was good.

[SeiKeo]

Did you mean bad?

[Rafflesiac]

I can't blame the movies for the metatextual justification of "lol somehow everything ended up exactly like in the start of A New Hope after luke and co fixed the galaxy" that came out of novelizations or some shit

[Historia]

I mainly follow the novelizations and spin-off comics now, so, eh,

Most of them are enjoyable reads

[SpoonyViking]

Last Jedi did have its flaws, but it was good.
Personally, though, I'm much more interested in the prequel trilogy. Those movies were so bad, but I can see in them the outlines of such great movies!

[Skull]

Y'know, after Episode IX comes out I'll probably do a marathon of all nine movies and update my rankings of the nine films.

Once that's done I'll say goodbye to this franchise. It's been a fun ride, but I feel like they've run out of ideas after Disney obtained the reins and it just hasn't been as enjoyable since.