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Star Wars Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker - news and gossip
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InfoBurner
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Hmm, the kinda dialogue I'm used to, watching endless PJ Masks or Blaze And The Monster Machines.
tommers
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Oh god. That looks awful.
ruffneck23
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we got to remember we are not 8 , and the film isnt for us
, saying that with gritted teeth as im a long time fan
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
If the stormtroopers have jetpacks (which can't be that staggering a technology in a world with FTL travel as standard) why do the bikes need to flip them up like that?
T & P
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Sometimes at night if I’m recalling Star Wars films while trying to fall asleep I think of various plots holes that, when you think about it, are pretty bad. An obvious one was the scene in Return of the Jedi when the rebels are trying to overpower the stormtrooper guards outside the bunker, and two jump on the speeder bikes ‘to get help’, so Luke and Leia have to go after them to stop them from raising the alarm.
What, amazing levitating technology but couldn’t fit a radio on the bike (or their personal kit for that matter) so troopers don’t have to physically travel for miles to speak with their garrison in person?
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
There is a line of dialogue about 'jamming their comms' or some such. Given that our heroes are also using Imperial bikes, it follows that these must be equipped with the facility to jam the radios of other Imperial personnel, for whatever reason that would be a thing.
That. Is. Epic.Not sure if this is official or fan art, but I'm loving this poster...
Orang Utan
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Saw a trailer at the cinema last week. There was a smattering of cheers when the words 'the saga will end' came up on the screen. 
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
tommers
Busta Rhymes is an unstoppable movement
Somebody told me the other day that they've already confirmed there will be another trilogy of trilogies. Sorry.Saw a trailer at the cinema last week. There was a smattering of cheers when the words 'the saga will end' came up on the screen.
Reno
The In Kraut
Rian Johnson has been commissioned to work on a new trilogy, which isn’t connected to the movies in this series in terms of characters or timeline. The failure of Solo rattled them and it was thought the market may be oversaturated with Star Wars films and TV series. Several Star Wars related projects including a planned trilogy by the GoT guys got cancelled. The Rian Johnson one hasn’t been cancelled so far but it also isn’t anywhere near of going into production.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
I think the Johnson one is cancelled, they just don't want to look bad by making an announcement about it.
The Game of Thrones guys were meant to be doing a trilogy as well, but they looked to have jumped ship to Netflix.
Reno
The In Kraut
That’s probably true. I don’t see why he still would want to make it, after the hate he got for The Last Jedi. He’s also just got a smaller, more personal film coming out called Knifes Out which already is a huge critical success, so it may be more rewarding to stick with that.
dervish
if you flibble when you wibble, don't wobble
I'm unexpectedly going to see this at 7:15 tonight. A friend at works wife's colleague won some tickets in a competition apparently. Supposedly it's for a special showing, the cinema it's showing in hasn't got it advertised and all we have is a print out with someone else's name on it. As it's well before the embargo I really don't know if we are in for a 9 hour triple bill before the main showing or we get special early access.
Reno
The In Kraut
It’s getting by far the worst reviews of the current trilogy, which is a shame. The Last Jedi was critically very well received, it just got toxic fandom up in arms.
8ball
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Well, I enjoyed the Last Jedi, so I'll likely go along to this.
I don’t know how or why Last Jedi was well received. It made no sense in terms of character motivation, lacked any kind of consistency, was a hot mess of pointless subplots that went nowhere and had a third act that totally wrecked what the first two acts had tried to set up. It’s by far and away the worst Star Wars film. The prequels were awful but at least they tried to build something coherent. Last Jedi was an incoherent vomiting out of whatever came to Johnson’s mind that day. Which also took its toll on the tonal shifts too, it should be noted.
You don’t have to be a “toxic fan” to recognise the obvious failures of Last Jedi
T & P
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I just don't know what to believe when it comes to critics's reviews, and far less so if it involves Star Wars films. I definitely didn't agree with some of the fan hatred towards TLJ, but whereas I rather enjoyed it during my initial viewing of it in glorious giant cinema screen definition, subsequent viewings at home have made it look worse and worse and evidenced some glaring, occasionally embarrasingly bad plot holes and fallacies I cannot gloss over or ignore. Quite how it still has such great aggregate rankings compared to other films in the franchise is a bit strange imo.
Anyways, even if the reviews were appalling I'd still go and see it at least once, of course.
I wish they'd given this film to Gareth Edwards instead of returning to JJ Abrams, the truth be told.
FridgeMagnet
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The concerted campaign of awful people commenting about Star Wars has really made it impossible to make judgements about any of the films now, for me. If it's not horrible fanboys it's people reacting to horrible fanboys. About the only thing I can tell so far is that it is not good for Reylo shippers.
ruffneck23
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I’ve heard of you liked the force awakens you’ll like this one , but if you liked the last Jedi you won’t like this one , but what does the internet know ? My boss won’t let me come in late so I can go in and see it at 7.30 am , however I’m really tired at the min so may go and have a kip then see if I can get into a midnight showing , then turn up at work tomorrow and fall asleep , that will learn him lol
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
TLJ being the most liked star wars film of non-fans and the least liked for many fans seems to be a bit of a thing. It is a shame that the handful of dickheads who hated it because it had an asian women in it rather than because she was a shit character make it hard to have any kind of decent discussion.
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