Official: STAR WARS THREAD. These are the droids you're looking for. **WARNING MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS

[venividivicibj]

Was the next one filmed already? Leia was in it

 

[Jr Mouse]

She dies and the best you can come up with is a picture of the Holiday Special? Someone at Fox News be trolling.

 

[otc]



Was the next one filmed already? Leia was in it

Filming wrapped, so she'll be present in one last movie.

 

[venividivicibj]

That's good, at least they wont have to do a Paul Walker style CGI in half the scenes

 

[ManofKent]

Went to see the film this afternoon and came out to the news about Carrie Fisher.

Will save thoughts on the film for another moment.

Still shocked.

 

[El Argentino]

Wonder how her death may / may not affect the storytelling in VIII and IX.

 

[edinatlanta]

VIII is in post production so I'd say not at all.

I re-watched A New Hope (the de-specialized version for the first time) yesterday because of the chronology with Rogue One...wow that movie so absurdly good. It reminded me that Empire Strikes Back has worse acting but might be better written. Really nothing I can say about ANH that isn't already said. I'm giving Episode II a rewatch now so I can cylce through the films again (not watching Episode I under less than pain of death) and **** is it bad. Annakin is so rapey. The love story while important goes on too long. His search for Shmi is as one-note as anything else. The aesthetics are all wrong, everything looks dated as ****. And I only have another hour to go.

Knowing what we know now I wonder how people who first saw ANH in theaters (lefty, Man of Kent) would have felt learning about Darth/Luke how mysterious and tantalizing it must've been clearly knowing there's something big connecting them.

 

[otc]

Yup, all about skipping episode 1.

Read the webcomic that reimagines it as a role playing game if you really feel like you are missing the content.

 

[edinatlanta]

 

[lefty]

We were gobsmacked.

lefty

 

[Johdus Fanfoozal]

Jesus... her mother, Debbie Reynolds, just died.

 

[Johdus Fanfoozal]

SMH at "Be careful not to choke on your aspirations."

VADER DON'T MAKE PUNS.

 

[Lionheart Biker]

I could watch episode 1. I don´t mind the pod racing, it has qui gon, maul and the best lightsaber fight ever. Ep 2, on the other hand, is utter trash.

 

[Jr Mouse]

Episode 2 is the worst of the bunch. At least you can try and rationalize Episode 1 as being a kids movie.

 

[brokencycle]

I agree. Episode 1 is like a kid's action movie (though it ruins a bunch of canon). Episode 2 just doesn't make sense.