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The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.
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The others are guys you'd recognize, they're just not marquee names.

And Max Von Sydow is fricking legend.

Dude will not die.

They live forever.

>Dude will not die.

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He was great in Attack the Block, and it certainly wouldn't hurt for Hollywood to have another young black star.

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God I hope Boyega doesn't end up being Lando's son or a magical negro.


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And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard

ive been waiting years to see Luke, Leia and Han again

Which, needless to say, is awesome.

I'm going to need that info as we get closer.

Imagine that shit.

>Imagine that shit.

http://starwars.com/star-wars-episode-vii-adds-academy-award-winner-lupita-nyongo-and-game-of-thrones-gwendoline-christie.html

STAR WARS: EPISODE VII ADDS ACADEMY AWARD WINNER LUPITA NYONG'O AND GAME OF THRONES' GWENDOLINE CHRISTIE
June 02, 2014

Lupita Nyong'o joins the recently announced cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. This year, her breakthrough performance in 12 Years a Slave earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Gwendoline Christie, currently starring in the hit television series Game of Thrones as Brienne of Tarth, has also been cast in the production. She can next be seen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2.

"I could not be more excited about Lupita and Gwendoline joining the cast of Episode VII," says Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy. "It's thrilling to see this extraordinarily talented ensemble taking shape."

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the Saga Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.

I refuse to look at any of them

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If only this guy was working heel like me!

I may have had tears in my eyes...

Nov 28-30 at the following Regal theater locations:

CA Irvine Edwards Irvine Spectrum
CA San Diego Edwards Mira Mesa
GA Atlanta Regal Atlantic Station
IL Chicago Regal City North
NY New York Regal Union Square
PA Warrington Regal Warrington
TN Knoxville Regal Pinnacle
TX Houston Edwards Marq E
WA Seattle REgal Thornton Place

My gf and I were already planning to see Hunger Games at the local Edwards and it's on the list. Wonder how much more of a crowd it'll bring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEfV0gTo03c

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEfV0gTo03c

Particularly for fans of the real trilogy.

However, when they had that Game of Thrones 'Winter is coming' scene with the broadsword lightsaber?

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TAKE MY MONEY

Abrams, hoes.

Oh, and Kasdan, too.

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I'm admittedly not the biggest Star Wars fan, but that trailer looks cool (wouldn't expect less from Abrams) and I understand why fans would go bananas. Mostly I'm just excited for Boyega, who totally rules.

Mostly I'm just excited
>for Boyega, who totally rules.

is Serkis.

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...and I'm still hyped at that trailer!!

The Falcon in a dog fight with TIE fighters shot was fucking incredible...

...sounds like a probe droid's coming for boyega.

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Phantom Menace had really good trailers as well lol

This does look awesome tho

We know how easy it is to get your fuckin hands swooped off in this time long ago.

The first 3 movies had lightsabers with 1 blade.

The second 2 movies had sabers with 2 blades.

These films will have sabers with 3 blades.

No other reason.

To try to find a finger.

Next people'll be asking about airbags in the millennium falcon and shit

I am just guessing but I think the cross hilt saber allows you to fight with one hand and use your other hand for force attacks. If you block with one hand can unleash a force choke with the other sounds like a good idea to me.

Of course you could do the same with a regular saber but we've seen people lose their hands a lot.

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>but we've
>seen people lose their hands a lot.

This was the sole basis of my joke. I'm on the lightest shade of SW fandom, but limbs being so easily swooped off was a hilarious reoccurrence in the short time I watched all of the movies.

Why the new one is stupid:

http://www.theverge.com/tldr/2014/11/28/7303233/please-hire-me-jj

Why the new one is not stupid:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2014/11/28/lightsaber-critics-say-the-one-in-the-star-wars-teaser-could-never-work-theyre-wrong/

Pretty entertaining reads both of em, lol

As in FRU-EETS of the DEE-VILLE (c) Mike Myers

...when the Millennium Falcon flies by and it goes full IMAX is incredible. Even the title cards were full IMAX.

Star Wars: Episode VII Trailer - George Lucas' Special Edition

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v93Jh6JNBng

Well played

>Star Wars: Episode VII Trailer - George Lucas' Special
>Edition
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v93Jh6JNBng

REBEL PILOT SHOT FIRST THOUGH

First up, Machete Order: really compelling argument for rewatching the movies in this order, skipping Episode I entirely: IV, V, II, III, VI:

http://www.nomachetejuggling.com/2011/11/11/the-star-wars-saga-suggested-viewing-order/

And apparently Topher Grace edited the prequel movies into one, highly focused 85 min tour de force:

http://www.slashfilm.com/topher-grace-edited-star-wars-prequels-85minute-movie/

...the Machete Order sucks because it cuts out the best prequel. Don't get me wrong. I get the complaints. But that is the last film that actually feels like a Star Wars film. And as I've rewatched all of these films, three just doesn't hold up and is hopelessly corny at times, and two is an ugly piece of shit. At least MENACE still has practical sets.

I'm curious why you think the first movie "actually feels like a Star Wars" film? I don't have any dog in this fight, but my vague recollection of the prequel trilogy seems to mirror most opinions out there:

I < II < III.

I didn't love any of these, but if someone were to rewatch the original movies before VII, Episode I really doesn't link well with the rest of the movies.

i actually enjoyed Episode I despite the bad child acting and Jar Jar

But I do still remember that pod race... regardless of Machete Order, that was still a great scene

it's looked goofier each time i've seen it

i can't think of anything in phantom menace i did like. yeah, that lightsaber fight might be one of the best action sequences of the whole series, but i had zero reason to give a shit about qui gon gin, so when he gets killed, he might as well just be some clone. think back to obi-wan dying in what was a nothing fight in comparison, but that shit hits HARD.

at this point, i can think of much of anything i liked in those movies. i'd like to pretend they dont exist but i do have fun shitting on them.

The moment where Anakin Fires up the pod racer, and the score kicks in I honestly got a little emotional, be it the classic score for the OT, knowing that Luke becomes the pilot that destroys the Death Star etc...I just felt it in that scene. Still do. Most likely it was just the score that sealed the deal but I just dug it.

Not the retouched ones, but the OG versions, are still some of the best movies of all time, hands down. All 3 of them, not just the first 2. I think Jedi is the one I watched most of any of them, and the Jabba scene may be my favorite scene/sequence of the entire trilogy (although my favorite parts change with each viewing). Recently, Lando's double cross in Cloud City when Vader levitates Han's weapon from across the room is a highlight, and I know I'm not the only one there.

Through the years people have tried throwing darts at the originals, with plot hole discussions, but in all honesty, most of the our favorite movies have gigantic plot holes, so it's better to look past them.

I've come around on these a little bit, as I'm sure many have, through the years. I and II still aren't good movies by any stretch, but they have some geek out moments that really are up there with some of the better geek out moments ever on screen: Darth Maul lighting up the 2 blades on his lightsaber (and that lightsaber fight is pretty awesome too) in I, and Yoda finally lighting up his lightsaber in II. The pod race is pretty solid as well.

III holds up better than the other 2, but is still only an OK, maybe good, ride at best. It does have some awesome moments though: the final duel, Mace's last stand, "Vader... RISE", Vader before the scream.

Other than that, the trilogy, b/c of Jar Jar, trade negotiation talk, both actors that play Anakin (especially Hayden Christenson, who might still be the worst actor... ever), an overall poor acting turn from Portman, and the over-the-top use of CGI, are unfortunately what stick out the most.

The only good thing I remember him in was "Life as a house", but that was mainly Kevin Kline's but thought Christensen was decent in it back then, haven't watched it in over ten years tho.

But I really moved past the flaws (even Jar-Jar) because I was fascinated by the history and the expansion of the universe. I thought the prequels were cool and my son loves them ('cept 3... it was a lil rough for him).

I mean as much as I analyze movies... I keep my goggles off for Star Wars. It's just different for me, ya know.

I dig everything Star Wars tho.

http://twitchfilm.com/2015/01/the-raid-trio-to-appear-in-star-wars-episode-7---the-force-awakens.html#ixzz3NytOrVsa

THE RAID Trio To Appear In STAR WARS: EPISODE 7 - THE FORCE AWAKENS
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It would appear that the force is set to awaken in Indonesia.

Though there has been no comment whatsoever from any of the performers or their representation, Twitch has learned that a key trio of performers from Gareth Evans' The Raid and The Raid 2 - leading man Iko Uwais, Mad Dog / Prakoso actor Yayan Ruhian and The Raid 2 finale fighter Cecep Arif Rahman, credited simply as The Assassin - will all appear in JJ Abrams' upcoming Star Wars: Episode 7 - The Force Awakens.

We have no word yet on what their characters may be, which side of the good guy / bad guy line they fall upon or whether any will survive through until the subsequent pictures but think on this: After the underwhelming prequel trilogy with its massive over-reliance on CGI trickery not only has Abrams shown a strong preference for practical effects but has now also cast a trio of highly skilled martial artists who have already demonstrated their skills with blades, batons, etc in a world where super powered warriors fight with blades, batons, etc.

Yes, please?


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I mean, they have...
The original cast, and they haven't even announced Billy Dee Williams yet
Andy Serkis from LOTR, The Hobbit, Planet of the Apes, King Kong
Max von Sydow from ... a lot.
John Boyega from Attack the Block (he's about to blow)
Adam Driver from Girls
Daisy Ridley
Oscar Isaac who will also be playing Apocalypse in X-Men.
Brienne of Tarth from Game of Thrones
Lupita N'yongo
Cameo rumored for Daniel Craig
Directed by JJ Abrams, whose had a hand in Star Trek and Lost
Domhnall Gleeson from Harry Potter and Dredd 3D
Warwick Davis
and now the 3 stars of The Raid and The Raid 2, including Iko Uwais?

That cast list alone is better than the prequels.

Watched the prequels not too long ago and while the duels were pretty and acrobatic they were boring. The fights between Luke and Darth in the first set of movies had more color to it. I'm going to need some one on one or one on two duels. Outdoor settings. Most of the lightsaber fights are inside. Lets have a fight in a forest. People force jumping from tree to tree. People chopping thru whole trees when they miss swings.

Sorry Zoo I couldn't find this in the search.

So I saw a work-in-progress version last night. I don't know what I should say since I could probably get sued for anything. But, Disney and J.J. did right. I don't think I'm gonna be as enthusiatic as everyone else, but I'm happy Star Wars is excellent again. With all that said, John Boyega better be in the next two b. For me, it's the 3rd best Star Wars film. Might be the 2nd best once I see the finished thing.


Disney threw a dope party afterwards on a rooftop terrace. Some of their employees are gonna be blackmailed/fired. Shit was like Caligula and Wolf of Wall Street.

Good to hear.

I feel like Abrams is loading the bases and Rian Johnson will knock it out of the park.

Not really spoilers since this has been shown on the official Drew Sturzen poster.

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The potential for this movie far outweighs everything else by far.

New official trailer will come on at halftime of tomorrows Monday Night Football.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uxk8OW8cQTw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-bOeCdVvM

https://amp.twimg.com/v/ecde5e36-7e1c-41fb-ad03-8b3600ea5b20

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5:30pm west cost.


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE

and the realism of some of the effects

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGbxmsDFVnE

Got my tickets. Arclight Hollywood Dec 18 11am.

with Finn? Thats gonna be cool to see if they did anything to his face or if he's just plain old Adam Driver lol


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It's really adding to the anticipation.

People are furious no Luke is in the poster.

No idea why people want the poster and trailer to spoil things. I'm fine waiting to be shocked when I get to the theater.

I have nothing more than a hunch, but I could see him being a Yoda type

>I have nothing more than a hunch, but I could see him being a
>Yoda type

But he's def. gonna be that dude to get the next generation up to par.

Maybe they are hedging their bets and saving him for the next one?

Of course, Star Wars is a license to print money so no reason to do that....

Essentially the entire movie is a search for him, and is a set up for him to play a larger role in the next film, but he's not a major character in this movie at all.

Dude said he saw an unfinished version and was answering other questions...*shrugs* had to try.

...specific action without the Secretary's approval." - William Brandt

Are there novels that this comes from or are these there own?

I'm too lazy to Google it though lol

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yeah, the teasers didn't get me that interested. i mean, i would have watched anyway, but this trailer has me excited. very interested to see how the jedi died out and how the empire seemingly only increased in power after the events of ROJ.

The teasers got me hyped more, but this was still top notch. Didn't reveal anything, while still showing the goods (a snippet of a lightsaber duel and first glimpse at Leia). I am on board for them not showing Luke yet too.

So, how much money do we see this thing making...
Opening weekend?
Domestic total?
Worldwide total?

you do the math

Saw this morning on the news that they're projected to do 800 Mill alone in the opening weekend, which would beat the biggest opening weekend ever by almost 150 Mil (Jurassic World)

That is so much money, it's just stupid to think about.

Just think what Episodes VIII and IX will make, especially if this is even half as good as it looks/sounds.

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Preordered tickets too, life is complete!!
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Here's a Shot-by-Shot Breakdown of All the Goodies in the Final Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer



**SPOILERS**




http://io9.com/heres-a-shot-by-shot-breakdown-of-all-the-goodies-in-th-1737486310

i like that there's still no luke. in fact, it would be EPIC if he doesn't appear in anything before the movie comes. keep us salivating. wishful thinking tho.

is he a recluse no one's heard from in years, in the mold of an obi-wan in episode IV?

young jedi finn looked fearful for a hot second there when kylo ren was about to attack. anyone think luke shows up/has a role in the outcome of the duel?

maybe it was a rumor but thought he may not appear to end. not sure if spoiler cuz who knows if that's true or not. I wouldn't be mad at it, but wonder if lots of people would...

whereas i stayed on theforce dot net all day/every day in the run ups to episodes II and III, i've largely stayed away from the spoilers and speculation for this.

like what you said, i wouldn't be mad at a small dose either. i mean hell, we got like three seconds of darth sidious in episode II. maybe we get the payoff in episode VIII, despite hamill being that much older.

This is a helluva lot better than standing in line 2 hours waiting for Attack of the Clones. What a waste that was! lol

I had people on my facebook saying people are dumb ordering tickets 2 months ahead. F it, why not? Get to pick the seats that are available so will know not sitting in corner of front row, or way back in corner of back row. Much better than the old days.

>This is a helluva lot better than standing in line 2 hours
>waiting for Attack of the Clones. What a waste that was! lol

lol.. i waited for 3 hours for phantom menace the day before release at the old coronet theatre in san francisco. pissed me off 'cause it was for the noon show, and when we got there the day of, you could still get walk-up tickets like an hour before showtime.

>I had people on my facebook saying people are dumb ordering
>tickets 2 months ahead. F it, why not? Get to pick the seats
>that are available so will know not sitting in corner of front
>row, or way back in corner of back row. Much better than the
>old days.

i'm breaking tradition of seeing episodes VI and I-III on the first day and instead going to wait a few days.. probably take the day off and go the following tuesday or wednesday to the morning show.

https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/star-wars-force-awakens-breaks-ticket-presale-records-210042813--finance.html

This shit is going to destroy records

Bwahaha

At least keep it in your messages, and not subject lines

Niggas be fucking EVERYTHING up

Bwahahah

I like you in general OE, but cats are enjoying themselves in this post. Just it let be.

That shit is 10th grade

Stop spoiling movies or put "SPOILERS" in your subject
line

We could put subject lines saying doesn't Han die in the first 10 minutes? Kylo Ren is Luke's son, etc.. not sure if its spoilers exactly if its all rumors. I mean it could be true that Luke ain't in it til the end if that's the major one you are referring to but the only person in the thread who has seen it isn't confirming it...

on some Bert and Ernie shit after years of speculation

no one suspects anything though because he's so cute

possible spoilers that are just rumors then you can't click on the thread for a film before seeing it.

Discuss without announcing spoilers

People are dweebs

I mean, look at the dude above you. Zero chance that dude
has any friends

what an idiot.

Star Wars: THE FORCE AWAKENS - Supercut of ALL trailers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIRoASL90EI

http://i.imgur.com/0mKXcg1.gif

This is just amazing...

https://vimeo.com/143673494

I seriously can't figure out how I'm going to wait to see this until December.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdAUiyeJMFQ

Makes me appreciate James Earl Jones even more

Really dig the music in this trailer tho

Makes perfect sense. Dude was as conflicted as his pops, really.

...not sure how that's supposed to work

>Makes perfect sense. Dude was as conflicted as his pops,
>really.

It's been awhile since I've seen ROTJ but I can't recall anything in it that would lead Luke to the dark side after that flick &/or the previous 2 episodes

I think maybe he dies early, that's who we see Rey distraught over, & then he returns again on some Obi Wan steez

Guess we'll find out soon enough tho

him to the dark side and was still able to stay strong. He faced the death of all his friends in the rebellion, the possibility of Vader going after his sister, his father trying to get him to join with him, and the emperor directly trying to get him to turn. And he still threw his saber down and rejected the dark side.

Luke turning to the dark side after all that and redeeming his father would cheapen the OT way too much.

On a side note - the emperor really messed that situation up. When he turned Anakin in the PT it was a LONG process from when Anakin was a young boy in which he manipulated him and put him in situations to question the Jedi and everything he had been taught. The Clone Wars series really did a good job of showing a lot of that manipulation, and the complex relationship he had with Padme. All of that made the quick turn that Anakin made in ROTS way more believable.

Also his final turn came after Palpatine had him kill Dooku and later attack Windu. Both of these actions were clearly wrong and left him with no option but to turn to the dark side. But in ROTJ when he tried to turn Luke he wanted him to kill his own father? That would have been much more difficult of a turn, and it would have been after just meeting Luke vs. having manipulated him over most of his life like he had Anakin. I guess it was really just a hail mary - Palpatine didn't know who would win between Vader or Luke, but he knew that in the end he would have one apprentice that would be stronger than before. If Vader won he would have proven his loyalty by killing his own son. and if Luke had won he'd have a new, younger apprentice who didn't have to deal with the injuries that Vader had.

Synthetic crystals can be unstable and if so it would make a distorted lightsaber like that.

an ancient version that is a bit unstable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9owoYz5ikvI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYkL3orBoA8

pretty awesome

https://youtu.be/cmKtRa-WcmY

https://youtu.be/E7bh-H9ZfLQ

cannon fodder. The way he drew that electrostaff and was holding his own defending himself against Finn reminds me of how awesome the clone troopers were in The Clone Wars instead of being disposable enemy troops like the battle droids in the PT and the stormtroopers in the OT.

We saw Finn in the outfit earlier so that made me kinda wonder who's really lurking underneath

>cannon fodder. The way he drew that electrostaff and was
>holding his own defending himself against Finn reminds me of
>how awesome the clone troopers were in The Clone Wars instead
>of being disposable enemy troops like the battle droids in the
>PT and the stormtroopers in the OT.

Some sharpened skills from that crew would be a nice twist

than just shooting at them which does nothing

Jedi would kill them with such ease. Now they can at least fight back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBYF7NuMuEo#action=share

and an actual clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSjkUzlHxK4#action=share

I can't wait. I'm so geeked. This clip made me want to get more of the Black Series toys for my computer desk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e813AnfX0Y

Gonna be that old guy damn near teary in the theater 12/17

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I don't really even know what it's about! I've gathered that Boyega crash lands in a desert and meets Ridley and somehow get hooked up with Han. Then what?

Shoutout to the mouse for keeping this so under wraps. The movie opens on Friday and I've avoided any crucial spoilers without even trying - there's not even any spoilers to find it seems.

Supposedly he had call sheets and stuff from the shooting, if he's telling the truth then it wasn't that well protected. The plot according to the call sheets and stuff is all over the place.

And with it having been the only source for so long, there was no way to know if it was credible. Usually there would have been reports from all over the place months in advance.

With this, the MSW leaks were out there and then as each trailer was released there was more and more confirmation that the leaked info was correct.

which has been quoted on other sites, but the fact that there is one blog website with leaks 4 days before the release of a movie this huge is CRAZY in terms of how tight they've kept everything.

MSW is makingstarwars.net by the way.

So they're saying Finn is just the white girl's weed carrier. The magical negro needed to spur her to her destiny. Not force sensitive at all? Anyone got the real scoop? Bummer if so, I'll still go watch and see.

If you couldnt tell he wasn't gonna be force sensitive from the little things they were showing us then you were ignoring that shit lol

You think they would reveal that early that he was gonna be a jedi?!?! C'mon dude. JJ is never that blunt that would be a HUGE reveal especially after knowing he's a stormtrooper who left the army. He didn't leave because he was force sensitive LOL.

I've been 50/50 on the FS part so that isn't the most disappointing part. If it turns out all he is there for is to be Rey's version of Peeta that will be the more disappointing part. He supposedly served no purpose other than to save Poe and get helped by the grrl power a few times. Even not being FS Han Solo was a bad ass in his own right.

Thats all you a saying right now.....get over it. He's not force sensitive, maybe in the next ep we'll get more of a background story and maybe he'll be force sensitive but probably not.

My guess is that Rey and Kylo Ren are siblings and their mom/dad are the obvious and that she will eventually be a jedi before the trilogy is done.

It wouldve been cool if Finn was force sensitive but im okay with him not being a jedi but it wouldve been way too obvious of a storyline to already reveal him with a lightsaber/being force sensitive that early in the teasers.

i can't wait for this shit.

out

Even found the Despecialized versions of the original trilogy. The revised order definitely makes more sense, and makes RoTJ stronger, despite the Care Bears. My wife watched them with me and enjoyed the setup. Doesn't make II and III any better, but you don't have to bother with I, which is a win in anybody's book

Seeing it tomorrow at 8. Going for the experience as much as anything else.

I always watch those over the new Blu-ray releases, every single time.

best looking star wars yet and better than any of the last 3

I'll wait until the weekend to see what others thought. I'll just say this: *sigh*

I felt like I just watched new hope over again with the addition of new characters...it wasn't horrible but it wasn't awesome either

nm

>I felt like I just watched new hope over again with the
>addition of new characters...it wasn't horrible but it wasn't
>awesome either

It's so hot, and the cheese is all melty and shit.

And sometimes, they fuckin put meat on it.

Then there's this weird bread on the bottom.

And the whole thing is a circle shape. So fucking stupid.

I THINK PIZZAMAKER BE TROLLING

How people go on and on, as if having the same pizza with the same name on the same menu where that's the expectation is comparable to plot rehashing in the same movie franchise.

called on it all the time, no amount of words on a message board can fix whatever is going on with him

No misery on this happy SW release day. You were the one complaining

Not looking for a "fix" from okayplayer.

>called on it all the time, no amount of words on a message
>board can fix whatever is going on with him

Pizza was good before just as it is now. Nice rescue, though.

>How people go on and on, as if having the same pizza with the
>same name on the same menu where that's the expectation is
>comparable to plot rehashing in the same movie franchise.

Don't want to start this shit again, but it's not Nolan's Batman vs 90s Batman, where the reboot took shit to a new, game changing level. It's more a guy that studied the playbook and is a competent movie maker making an enjoyable, fairly safe movie that moves the plot along the lines of the first (middle?) three while taking advantage but not pimping modern technology.

BB8 took me straight back to kid days & there's some great Rey/Finn potential for the sequels

Driver's better w/ the mask on

I don't think I've ever seen this much hype for a movie in my life. Not Avatar, Avengers, or Episode I were hyped this much.

n/m

2:00 in the morning and it was a full house.

IMAX screen truly renders the scale of some of the shots in a way that is so beautiful. It feels like an epic.

I opted for non 3D for first time. Didn't see anything that would stand out better in 3D that I can think of.

...particularly when you're in a quality digital movie house.

not a fan a 3D in general. i find it too distracting. cool for kids and folks who have short attention spans for a plot though.

still kinda trippin on the film. i'll be back later. maybe in the spoiler thread.

is when they showed the Imperial Destroyer the tip of it pointed out into the audience. Besides that I barely noticed anything.

it really helped to convey the physical scope of where she was at during those moments

largely useless tho

That alone was worth the 3D tho

>is when they showed the Imperial Destroyer the tip of it
>pointed out into the audience. Besides that I barely noticed
>anything.

I'll still see it in IMAX 3D soon

My eyes just can't focus right in Real3D, but there were a few scenes that it added a little something to it (battles, snow scene). RPX, I imagine, is more of a must. Sound design in this thing is pretty spectacular on the right system.

Ultra AVX didn't work. only way i found out were the free passes they handed out on the way out of the theatre.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Atlantic Station in ATL they had a full on merch booth in the lobby...between that and the three or four Star Wars related commercials before the movie, Disney is going to squeeze it's money back for Lucasarts on the first fucking one. Evil mouse.

and discuss why this shit was wack.

it's been said a million times, but this really is a re-hash of "A New Hope" in a hilarious number of ways.

Finn and Rey are interesting enough to carry this movie with light nods to the past. There was no need to focus on Han as much as this one does. The scenes with Han and Leia are cringe-worthy. really awkward and poorly acted.

no real memorable action scenes (the initial escape from the First Order should've been WAY better), but competently made and a decent setup for the future. the few bits of CGI-heavy action were TERRIBLE. thank god they focused on practical effects, because those were awesome (BB8, giant pig creature, cantina scene)

i'm way more excited to see what Rian Johnson does with the next one. hoping JJ takes a back seat with his fanboy shit.