Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
#751
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
"Hey, we need some more Solo cups for the punch!"
"SPEAKING OF SOLO DID YOU KNOW THAT THE ONLY REASON SOLO FLOPPED WAS BECAUSE OF THE LAST JEDI?"
"uh..."
#752
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
The sucker I am I pre-ordered Luke prior to seeing the film. Wound up getting Leia too as I had the Han from The Force Awakens and figured I'd get her to have the trio in their older looks.
#754
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Originally Posted by stvn1974
I collect Star Wars Sideshow and Hot Toys figures and regret the three that I bought from the Sequel Trilogy. If I knew TLJ was going to be so bad I never would have bought them. Hopefully Abrams can salvage the trilogy with Episode IX.
As for salvaging the trilogy, I doubt it. Abrams was all for hiring Rian Johnson and (according to Greg Grunberg) loved his script for TLJ so much that he regretted not directing it himself. That seems so bizarre, considering the movie went out of it's way to crap on nearly every mystery box Abrams set up. Maybe J.J. was thankful for that because he was no longer obligated to deliver a satisfying payoff to things he had no real answers for to start with. Perhaps having more of a blank slate to work with is what got him to come back on board. IX will be more of a crowd-pleaser, I'm sure. I'd say that's the best we can hope for at this point.
Last edited by joe_b; 02-11-19 at 06:43 AM.
#755
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I'm glad I don't base my movie watching experiences on what most of you people say in these threads, I would've passed over TLJ as a bad investment. I'm glad I did buy it though, my wife and I thought it was a perfectly good movie. Han, Leia, and Luke can't live forever, in order for the SW universe to progress eventually the torch needs to be handed off to a new generation. Obi Wan died, Yoda died, Anakin died, now Han dies, Luke dies, and by default, Leia dies. Now there's Rey and Ren and the kid with the broom. I don't mind so much that Luke stumbled in his failure with Ben and with his ensuing regret. Our only pitchabitch about TLJ was the casting choice of Adam Driver as Ben. I thought Han and Leia would produce a slightly better looking spawn than that. At any rate, both of us thought TLJ was a good movie and I for one am looking forward to the next installment.
#756
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
TLJ has made the dark side strong....
#757
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
RUMOR:
https://www.fanthatracks.com/news/fi...iler-imminent/
A major UK cinema chain has received a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) from Disney this morning called TT1-SW9, (Teaser Trailer 1 Star Wars 9). It’s encrypted with a KDM (Key Delivery Message) so they can’t view the contents until they get the key.
No news on when they’ll get the key, but they had the Aladdin trailer DCP for two weeks before it came out on Monday…therefore, Friday might be the day, but that’s pure speculation.
No news on when they’ll get the key, but they had the Aladdin trailer DCP for two weeks before it came out on Monday…therefore, Friday might be the day, but that’s pure speculation.
#759
DVD Talk Legend
#760
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Filming just wrapped:
It feels impossible, but today wrapped photography on Episode IX. There is no adequate way to thank this truly magical crew and cast. I’m forever indebted to you all.
JJ Abrams (@jjabrams) February 15, 2019
JJ Abrams (@jjabrams) February 15, 2019
Last edited by joe_b; 02-15-19 at 04:06 PM.
#762
DVD Talk Limited Edition
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
I like the characters of Poe, Rey, Finn and Kylo Ren. I can't wait until the make a film with them 30 years from now and ruin them. Perhaps Rian Johnson can write and direct it.
#763
Banned by request
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
You don’t have to wait 30 years for them to get ruined. That was done from the beginning of Episode 7.
#764
DVD Talk Legend
#765
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
The creative decisions they decided for the Big 3 would be no different than if we finally get a Back to the Future 4 and Doc and Marty don't appear together once in the film, and than Marty is killed by Biff's grandson or something. Who wants to see that?
#766
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Don't give them any ideas!
#767
DVD Talk Hero
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
You're right - sons killing fathers and characters being separated are both things that have never been a part of Star Wars
#768
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Pretty sure he just meant as pertaining to his example. Basically no fan really wanted what was done with Luke, Leia, and Han is the point. I think that aspect of the Sequel Trilogy is always going to be bothersome to a lot of us. In so many ways I would have preferred to have not had them back at all rather than to have those characters ruined in a lot of respects. Like if this trilogy was just about Rey, Kylo, Finn, and Poe I’d be more accepting of whatever bullshit. The fact that they ruined the legacy characters will forever taint these films to me.
#769
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Now, I think JJ could've done better than "Emperor/Vader/Empire/Death Star redux," but there still needed to be both external and internal conflicts to resolve.
#770
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Fairy tale endings isn’t what I’m asking for. In fact Han and Leia bother me less. I didn’t hate that they didn’t end up together due
to Ben/Kylo. That actually sort of worked. I didn’t hate Han’s death either. I think Leia got shafted a bit and was treated as a not so great leader in a lot of ways. She was a stronger character in the Original Trilogy. Luke I will never, ever no matter how anyone tries to explain or justify agree with how he was handled. Complete and utter shit.
What I wanted was the characters I loved treated with more respect than they got. If what we got works for you that’s fine, but I think you can also realize why many of us weren’t happy with how they were handled. As I said had I known what we’d get I’d have preferred them not be in the new films at all.
to Ben/Kylo. That actually sort of worked. I didn’t hate Han’s death either. I think Leia got shafted a bit and was treated as a not so great leader in a lot of ways. She was a stronger character in the Original Trilogy. Luke I will never, ever no matter how anyone tries to explain or justify agree with how he was handled. Complete and utter shit.
What I wanted was the characters I loved treated with more respect than they got. If what we got works for you that’s fine, but I think you can also realize why many of us weren’t happy with how they were handled. As I said had I known what we’d get I’d have preferred them not be in the new films at all.
Last edited by Mike86; 02-19-19 at 01:07 PM.
#771
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Instead of giving us a new stories and keeping the OT character arcs the same, they gave us the opposite. They gave us the same old story from the OT (Resistance vs First Order, Rey trying to redeem Kylo Ren) and changed the OT characters.
#772
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
Trailer dropping April 11th... I guess take with a grain of salt but it makes sense. No word on a teaser though.
https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2019...s-endgame.html
https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2019...s-endgame.html
#773
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
At Celebration has been the assumption all along. Anything sooner would be actual news.
#774
DVD Talk Limited Edition
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
What Abrams and Johnson did to the OT characters is nothing compared to what Abrams did to Spock.
#775
DVD Talk Legend
re: Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (12/20/19, W/D: J.J. Abrams)
True but Luke comes very close. Luke is pretty much the polar opposite of everything he was in the Original Trilogy. That was a man who abandoned every ideal he ever had. No optimism, no drive to help those he cared about. Just someone completely cut off from everything. Hell in fact it’s almost like the two got flipped in some ways.