And it's far, far away!
** Star Wars Episode VII - SPOILERS WITHIN **
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And it's far, far away!
Yeah but the fact is there's not a lot of back story in episode 4, it just basically starts off talking about the evil empire, the rebels and not much else. Its not as if they knew for sure these movies would be a trilogy so the back story was pretty thin until it was elaborated on after the fact Also the empire is the Galactic empire so obviously it affects pretty much everyone, so the death of its 2 head honcho's you'd think would spread like wildfire, and that was pretty much shown in the celebration at the end of Jedi.
You could also argue why doesn't Vader in Empire recognise c3po (considering he built him) and r2 as they spent a load of years together before he went bad. Just an example of adding things after the fact when other things contradict it or seem odd.
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I think it's a case of
a) The Empire probably controlled information and destroyed any evidence of history they didn't want people learning about. Like many empires on this planet have done. Of course, that might have gone to carp once RotJ was over, but still.
b) The galaxy is HUGE. Maybe by the time any news filtered to the outer rim it was almost just like rumors.
That's how you can justify it anyway, but of course you have to be willing to fill in the blanks with SW. I'm fine with that.
a) The Empire probably controlled information and destroyed any evidence of history they didn't want people learning about. Like many empires on this planet have done. Of course, that might have gone to carp once RotJ was over, but still.
b) The galaxy is HUGE. Maybe by the time any news filtered to the outer rim it was almost just like rumors.
That's how you can justify it anyway, but of course you have to be willing to fill in the blanks with SW. I'm fine with that.
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That is great news.
Throwing away any potential idea Lucas had to sell soft toys, and instead make a collction of good movies, knowing the toys will sell themselves anyway. Good work disney, they understand movies, fans and advertising. Great.
Personally I want to see the Empire start to kick there asses like in the Empire Strikes back
yup... I mean before the Emperor took his no nonsense approach the senate seemed to be some form of farcical organisation much like the EU
and then some Jedi fundamentalist who is quite bigoted about the Emperor's religious beliefs decides to join an insurgency and carry out terror attacks blowing up two key military bases
think of all the construction workers they killed blowing up those death stars... its like 9/11 several times over
yeah but they had a whole Jedi council in 1,2,3 then in film IV they've got military commanders in the empire questioning Darth Vader's beliefs (one of them being a bit shocked to be strangled to death from a distance) and people like Luke not knowing much about Jedis/the force etc.. etc..
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I just hope there is a good explanation to what Luke, the rebels etc have all been up to and that they don't make all of the previous films meaningless with a reboot type approach.
As said that's more down to the back-story being really basic and was added to after the fact, which obviously makes some aspects of the movies seem odd.
Marketing team have done a fantastic job on this film.. everyone is hyped and we barely know anything about the film!!
It's great to have had a trailer that hasn't given everything away like most films these days, can't wait to see it!!
It's great to have had a trailer that hasn't given everything away like most films these days, can't wait to see it!!
Why would you fear that that might happen, from seeing the trailer? Someone asks Han - somebody who knows what happened in the previous episodes - about the stories and he confirms that yes, it's all true. If that isn't the opposite of what you're fearing might happen then I don't know what is! I highly doubt they'll go full retcon.
Lossless 5.1 audio version of the trailer here for those that can utilise it:
http://thedigitaltheater.com/index.php/the-force-awakens/
http://thedigitaltheater.com/index.php/the-force-awakens/
So, booked 7pm tickets on 17th in Bristol.
Was told in a work meeting today I'm up in London all day that day and can go up the night before. Wouldn't be able to make the 7pm in Bristol D:
So just booked for 6:30am at the BFI IMAX instead \o/
Was told in a work meeting today I'm up in London all day that day and can go up the night before. Wouldn't be able to make the 7pm in Bristol D:
So just booked for 6:30am at the BFI IMAX instead
\o/Wouldn't be that surprising if people didn't know about Luke fighting Vader/Emperor in ROTJ. He did sneak off to the death star and go alone to face them. Then the death star blew up (which if you think about it would have killed them anyway). Plus I doubt Luke returned and started bragging about defeating the evil Vader etc.
Watched the trailer again and have to say I'm properly hyped for this, I just hope it lives up to it!
Do you really need to spam every scene from the trailer to up your post count?
Do you really need to spam every scene from the trailer to up your post count?
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The more and more I research into it, the more convinced I am that luke has turned.
It's 2015, secrets are almost impossible to keep now we have the internet and leaks all over the place. Deception is the key.
He was still a jedi at the end of the ROTJ, as the three ghosts were smiling at him and would have sensed the dark side in him.
Luke was an idiot, he was a mummy boy really. It wouldn't take much to turn him, and 30 years is a long time.
Loving it when people say, look at the released photos, look at the actors names, that's lukes hand on R2-D2 lol
It's 2015, secrets are almost impossible to keep now we have the internet and leaks all over the place. Deception is the key.
He was still a jedi at the end of the ROTJ, as the three ghosts were smiling at him and would have sensed the dark side in him.
Luke was an idiot, he was a mummy boy really. It wouldn't take much to turn him, and 30 years is a long time.
Loving it when people say, look at the released photos, look at the actors names, that's lukes hand on R2-D2 lol