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A trailer is out now:
This is basically what I feel too. Rogue One could add some spice to the franchise (due to it being a pretty good basic idea IMO), but when it comes to the other ideas (Han Solo film & Boba Fett film) I am less hopeful. But time will tell...DHF said:I think with Rouge One they have a great idea, a story that has never been told that tucks neatly into the Star Wars timeline. However doing an origin story on an extremely beloved and generations old character...has never proven to be anything but disastrous.
jedishrfu said:The new character seems to be a female version of Han Solo just like Rey as the female succesor to Luke
DHF said:I hear it is the first in a series of side stories, the next one slotted for 2018 is a Han Solo & Chewy Origin story, for this I weep.
TheQuietOne said:Why is every one so mean to Jar Jar? (he is my favourite character)
Ibix said:Is anyone else bothered by how fast they're moving the Death Star's main laser dish into place? I mean, I know this is the Empire and they have tractor beams and stuff, and they don't have health and safety regs, and they do have Vader and Tarkin explaining that deadlines are called deadlines for a reason. But the Death Star is 120km across, according to Wookiepedia, so we're looking at something on the order of 30km across moving at around a kilometre per second into mounting that fits it exactly. Could get messy.
Having qualified as coxswain on an LHA (size of a WWII Essex-class carrier) I had to wince at that a bit. But obviously the force was with them.Ibix said:Is anyone else bothered by how fast they're moving the Death Star's main laser dish into place? I mean, I know this is the Empire and they have tractor beams and stuff, and they don't have health and safety regs, and they do have Vader and Tarkin explaining that deadlines are called deadlines for a reason. But the Death Star is 120km across, according to Wookiepedia, so we're looking at something on the order of 30km across moving at around a kilometre per second into mounting that fits it exactly. Could get messy.
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cpscdave said:Have you seen on Youtube "What if Episode 1 was good" The guy has now carried his plot changes through the 3 movies and come up with a much more coherent plot line.
Irvin KershnerKhatti said:I did in fact watch the Youtube episode, and the guy does have a point. The thing with those movies is that they needed to be directed by Elia Kazan, not George Lucas. Lucas should have brought back the directer from Empire Strikes Back--and I cannot think of the guy's name right now, and if I go and check it I'll lose this. Damn!
I prefer the direction of Alan Smithee myself.Khatti said:Yeah, Irvin Kershner. I checked it after I posted.
Noisy Rhysling said:I prefer the direction of Alan Smithee myself.
But incredibly flexible. You never know what his next movie is going to look like.Khatti said:He--or is it she?--has a much more anonymous style.
Noisy Rhysling said:But incredibly flexible. You never know what his next movie is going to look like.
My lead Prof. at Purdue was heavily into cinema. He wrote John Wayne: American. That's where I first met Smithee.Khatti said:
What? No rush to judgment on the basis of incomplete data? Where's the fun in that?Rubidium_71 said:If we're going to pine for past or potential directors, I would've been happy if David Lynch had directed Return of the Jedi. Maybe we would have been spared the teddy bear planet.
As far as Rogue One goes, the previews look like it has potential. We'll just have to wait and see.
You could lose your connectivity that way. The Internet Lynch Mob will be obeyed.Rubidium_71 said:I'll venture this much - if Lucas is not writing any dialogue, that's an improvement right there. The preview has sort of a Dirty Dozen vibe to it, which I like.
But, no, I won't issue a final verdict until I've given it a fair viewing. :)
I had that one made so I could represent the Internet Lynch Mob. It's really popular.Rubidium_71 said:Yikes - that's quite the malevolent emoji. But I am undeterred, as you know I always stick to my guns. Besides, I'm barely connected as it is, just a tin can and some wax string.
I hope the force is with us on that.Rubidium_71 said:I'll bet it is, especially these days. Hopefully it does not also represent the audience after viewing Rogue One.