Star Wars VIII : The Last Jedi [WARNING: SPOILERS]

Jokester · 30 Aug 2018 at 21:19

ianh said:
Red Letter Media with their long awaited review and once again it's genius!

Yup, sums up my feelings. No 9, might sit it out.

Mak3R · 31 Aug 2018 at 09:25

I've now spent hours watching these plinkett reviews. They are hilarious, my productivity thanks you.

MissChief · 31 Aug 2018 at 09:59

I've watched all of the new star wars films at the Glasgow IMAX. I think for the next one I will give that a miss and just go to the normal cinema. £10 cheaper!

IvanDobskey · 31 Aug 2018 at 11:09

I haven't even bothered watching the last two at the cinema. Not even seen Solo.

Disney have well and truly killed star wars. I hate to say it, but even the Prequels were better! Although I have to say rogue one wasn't bad.

The prequels may have been poor, but at least they were recognisably star wars.

My ranking:
Empire strikes back
A new hope
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the sith
Rogue one
Attack of the clones
Phantom menace
The force awakens
The last Jedi

Not seen Solo, so can't comment.

Julian Jones · 31 Aug 2018 at 12:37

IvanDobskey said:
I haven't even bothered watching the last two at the cinema. Not even seen Solo.

Disney have well and truly killed star wars. I hate to say it, but even the Prequels were better! Although I have to say rogue one wasn't bad.

The prequels may have been poor, but at least they were recognisably star wars.

My ranking:
Empire strikes back
A new hope
Return of the Jedi
Revenge of the sith
Rogue one
Attack of the clones
Phantom menace
The force awakens
The last Jedi

Not seen Solo, so can't comment.

If you enjoyed Rogue One, you should give Solo a chance. It is so much better than any of the new crop, well written, nicely put together and most importantly, it is exciting! I'm very sad that TLJ has stopped people from giving Solo the chance it deserves.

zola25 · 31 Aug 2018 at 13:24

^ As above, Solo is a far better film than TLJ and well worth watching.

IvanDobskey · 31 Aug 2018 at 17:33

Julian Jones said:
If you enjoyed Rogue One, you should give Solo a chance. It is so much better than any of the new crop, well written, nicely put together and most importantly, it is exciting! I'm very sad that TLJ has stopped people from giving Solo the chance it deserves.

Yes, I do keep hearing that solo is actually not a bad film. I'll definitely get round to watching it sometime.

Just didn't want to cough up £20 to see it at the cinema.

tracertong · 31 Aug 2018 at 22:50

They are bringing Emperor Palpetine back for Star Wars 9

https://www.express.co.uk/entertain...-Ren-Snoke-theories-release-date-fan-backlash

Grandmaster Fap! · 31 Aug 2018 at 22:53

tracertong said:
They are bringing Emperor Palpetine back for Star Wars 9

https://www.express.co.uk/entertain...-Ren-Snoke-theories-release-date-fan-backlash

Wait, so they think the way to make up for TLJ is to regurgitate all the old stuff back at us?.....picard.jpg

Skunkworks · 1 Sep 2018 at 12:27

Something something fully operational!

da_mic_1530 · 1 Sep 2018 at 12:54

tracertong said:
They are bringing Emperor Palpetine back for Star Wars 9

https://www.express.co.uk/entertain...-Ren-Snoke-theories-release-date-fan-backlash

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

Gerard · 1 Sep 2018 at 17:56

Apparently Rian Johnsons trilogy is still in the works.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1034768347991293952

Grandmaster Fap! · 1 Sep 2018 at 18:16

Gerard said:
Apparently Rian Johnsons trilogy is still in the works.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1034768347991293952

Honestly? after the TLJ they are still going to give him 3 more films? Picard.jpg(again)

Rimsy · 1 Sep 2018 at 18:44

As long as he's ticking those all important boxes with the film's he makes he'll keep getting work.
Quality and story don't really matter these days.

uroboros · 1 Sep 2018 at 19:45

Probably best to justs write off anything after 6 as a bad dream. As mentioned some time back even though the prequels were not as good as the original trilogy they at least felt like star wars, were at least coherant and stuck to the already defined internal logic of the star wars universe.

Disney hoped they could churn out whatever flash trash they wanted with the bare minimum of star wars stickers plastered on top to keep the merchandise selling and distract/confuse the fanboys enough to keep them paying up.

The problem for me is that cinematic star wars is the Skywalker story. Now any link to this is dead really what is the point? They need to basically skip 9 and move onto whatever abominations they can conjure up in the star wars universe for mr johnsons trilogy. Every part at least needs a jaunt to a far away casino to find a mcguffin hacker for me to consider watching them again.

IvanDobskey · 2 Sep 2018 at 10:43

uroboros said:
Probably best to justs write off anything after 6 as a bad dream. As mentioned some time back even though the prequels were not as good as the original trilogy they at least felt like star wars, were at least coherant and stuck to the already defined internal logic of the star wars universe.

Disney hoped they could churn out whatever flash trash they wanted with the bare minimum of star wars stickers plastered on top to keep the merchandise selling and distract/confuse the fanboys enough to keep them paying up.

The problem for me is that cinematic star wars is the Skywalker story. Now any link to this is dead really what is the point? They need to basically skip 9 and move onto whatever abominations they can conjure up in the star wars universe for mr johnsons trilogy. Every part at least needs a jaunt to a far away casino to find a mcguffin hacker for me to consider watching them again.

Most definitely this

What appalled me most about the last Jedi was what they turned the force into. They threw all the rules out of the window and turned it into a cheap magic trick.

And don't get me started on what they turned Luke into, a sci-fi Victor Meldrew with a penchant for milking space cows.

Oh dear

enkoda · 2 Sep 2018 at 15:26

IvanDobskey said:
What appalled me most about the last Jedi was what they turned the force into. They threw all the rules out of the window and turned it into a cheap magic trick.

What rules? Like Lucas himself changing the force from an energy that binds and surrounds us to a bacteria in your blood? And this from the guy who created Star Wars!

adam cool dude · 2 Sep 2018 at 15:56

Julian Jones said:
If you enjoyed Rogue One, you should give Solo a chance. It is so much better than any of the new crop, well written, nicely put together and most importantly, it is exciting! I'm very sad that TLJ has stopped people from giving Solo the chance it deserves.

Main reason i didn't watch this in protest so to speak. Will watch it two weeks time when it is out on home media.

Spit · 2 Sep 2018 at 16:24

Red letter media guy nailed it for me when he said the set pieces in the original trilogy were setup with genuine obstacles to overcome. On the latest films they are setup with a dumb comedy moment. I knew the comedy element was an issue to me but he defined why really well.

Although fantasy, there was always a seriousness to the original Star Wars and Star Trek that I loved. They had comedy moments but they weren’t like national lampoons!

mid_gen · 3 Sep 2018 at 14:13

Enjoyed the TLJ, no more full of holes and naff cheesy bits than the rest of the SW films.

I didn't avoid Solo because I was in a rage about TLJ, I didn't go and see Solo because I have no interest in paying for what looks like a lame-ass fanservice circle-jerk. I'll catch it when it's free on a streaming service.