Updated With Videos! Official: Two Newcomers Cast in Star Wars: Episode 7! The Movie Wraps in the Fall for a December 2015 Release.

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From StarWars.com:

 

At the end of last year Lucasfilm and Disney invited all young aspiring actors to attend an open casting call for roles in J.J Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII. The casting calls spanned 11 cities across the US and UK and over 37,000 hopefuls attended, with a further 30,000 submitting applications online…

 

Having hunted high and low for young and undiscovered talent, the filmmakers are delighted to announce that two actors from the open call call have been cast.

 

Crystal Clarke is an American actress studying in Glasgow, UK, who has both stage and screen acting experience and is soon to be seen in her first feature, The Moon and the Sun (to be released in 2015). British actor Pip Andersen is a skilled practitioner of parkour, a discipline that involves propelling oneself through any given environment with incredible grace and agility. Pip recently demonstrated this remarkable skill in a Spider-Man ad for Sony.

 

“The Star Wars universe has always been about discovering and nurturing young talent and in casting Episode VII we wanted to remain absolutely faithful to this tradition. We are delighted that so many travelled to see us at the open casting calls and that we have been able to make Crystal and Pip a part of the film,” said producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.

 

Pip Andersen
Pip Andersen on his Wedding

 

Meanwhile, principal photography continues at Pinewood Studios in London after wrapping on location in Abu Dhabi in May.

 

In August, the team will take a brief two-week hiatus while adjustments to the current production schedule are made as actor Harrison Ford recovers from a leg injury. Harrison is doing well and is looking forward to returning to the set soon. Shooting remains on track to wrap in the fall with the film scheduled for release on December 18, 2015.

 

And that’s the long awaited confirmation that the movie won’t be delayed because of Harrison Ford’s injury! Toldja.

 

UPDATE!
Some videos showing what Pip Andersen is capable of:

 



 

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173 thoughts on “Updated With Videos! Official: Two Newcomers Cast in Star Wars: Episode 7! The Movie Wraps in the Fall for a December 2015 Release.

  • July 6, 2014 at 10:37 pm
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    Well I think it’s safe to say that Pip is probably going to be doing his own stunts ..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K0z2DjYsKo

    Not sure how I feel about this news. There’s so many actors announced. I mean this is a ridiculous amount of characters lol. Triple the amount of OT characters. Some of them must only have around 3 minutes of screentime.

    • July 7, 2014 at 2:00 am
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      Well, nobody said that these two have been cast in lead roles. I’d say that Pip is probably in there largely because of his physical abilities. Both of them could be in minor yet prominent roles – of which there have always been plenty in the SW films.

      Kenneth Colley wasn’t in that many scenes in ESB and ROTJ, but we all remember good ol’ Admiral Piett, right? I suspect this might be the kind of roles we’re looking at here.

      • July 7, 2014 at 12:17 pm
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        I imagine their scenes are little more than extended cameos. You know, about as prominent as that of the “death stick” dealer in Attack of the Clones (I believe his name is supposed to be Sleazebaggano, happily never spoken in the film itself).

    • July 7, 2014 at 8:35 pm
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      What are you talking about – triple the amount of OT characters?
      There were more characters in the first OT, ANH
      than there are so far in SW7.

      • July 7, 2014 at 9:14 pm
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        “What are you talking about – triple the amount of OT characters?
        There were more characters in the first OT, ANH2
        than there are so far in SW7.”
        The lack of logic in these comments is astounding. the first OT had Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2, 3PO, Vader, old-ben and tarkin. That was it, unless I’m missing out anybody, which by all means do point out, but otherwise that was it. Then there were secondary characters, of course which epvii will obviously have secondary characters. But not only are Luke, Leia, Han, Chewie, R2, 3PO back, there’s a lot more than just the three additional others that a new hope had (tarkin, vader, old-ben). I mean there’s max von sydow, adam driver, andy serkis, john boyega, daisy ridley, lupita nyongo, gwendoline christie, dohmnall gleeson, crystal clark, pip anderson.. That is a lot. Whether that will be a problem remains to be seen, but don’t be so arrogant as to not see the vast differences between the casting numbers…

        • July 7, 2014 at 9:40 pm
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          Apart from the returning 9, we’ve no idea how big the new (9 + 2) actors’ roles are.
          Some may even be introductory roles for later episodes, etc.
          As well, SW7 is of an order of magnitude several times greater than A NEW Hope.

        • July 8, 2014 at 1:52 am
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          I understand your point of identifying MEANINGFUL characters, but your list does not include everyone. I seem to recall several imperials (at least one with a meaningful speaking role) seated at the table when Vader comes in and force-chokes a dude…

  • July 6, 2014 at 10:40 pm
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    That’s the girl from the Bad Robot pic reading the script.

    • July 6, 2014 at 10:50 pm
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      Well clearly not lol. The girl in the picture has long flowing hair, while Crystal has an afro thing going on

      • July 7, 2014 at 3:27 am
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        So Maisie could still be in the game after all? Intriguing. I think her character would probably be related to Crystal’s character in-story – it’d be more plausible than the idea that John Boyega’s character is Lando Junior.

        • July 7, 2014 at 8:41 pm
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          Didn’t her name temporarily appear among the SW7 cast members on IMDB? We all known how JJ feels about actors who break protocol and and promote themselves.

  • July 6, 2014 at 10:53 pm
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    Is this Pip Anderson a grandson of Darth Maul? or somthing like that.

    All those cast members. Now why do I get the fealing that the old cast is kill off in the begiing of the movie.

    • July 6, 2014 at 11:30 pm
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      Leia: Han!
      Han: Don’t worry she’ll hold togeth-
      *Millennium Falcon Explodes colliding with Lukes X-wing as their children look on in horror*
      New Kids: Well… I guess it’s up to us now.

      End Scene.

      =P

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:01 pm
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    So the count now is 5 women, 3 black people, 4 “never-seen-before” actors, plus other really talented actors and the original cast… I challenge the ones who said there wasn’t enough equity to say something now.

    • July 6, 2014 at 11:09 pm
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      Um you do realise the only people that seem to show any negativity on the black and/or female characters are people like you, who now want to ‘challenge’ people? Oh good grief..

    • July 6, 2014 at 11:22 pm
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      ^and just so everyone is clear, an OT freak started this argument. Again.

      • July 8, 2014 at 1:56 am
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        And how could you possibly know that? You know what happens when you make assumptions…

    • July 7, 2014 at 12:40 am
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      Anon 23.01

      Ehm…I said what I said just because I was incredibly annoyed by the amount of rage that came out from that people I was referring to…maybe I said it in a wrong way, maybe I shouldn’t have said “challenge” because apparently that’s just enough to be criticized, but I’m really bored and annoyed by all this rage.

      Anyway, fyi, I’m no OT freak, I grew up watchig the PT and I liked it, even admitting all its numerous flaws.

      And I couldn’t care less about how many females or blacks are in this movie, I was perfectly okay with the “lots of boys and a pair of girls” custom of the other movies and I would’ve been okay if they did the same with EPVII, even if I like that they’re adding more females and blacks.
      What I said was just directed towards the ones who were always bitching around about it.

      • July 7, 2014 at 12:51 am
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        You still intentionally started a fight, no matter how much you sugarcoat it.

        • July 7, 2014 at 1:49 am
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          Anon 23.01

          It’s funny how you seem to be eager to paint me as a bad person or something like that, or how you take for granted things I never said nor thought.

          I NEVER wanted to start a fight, I just wanted to share my opinion and I wrote it just the way it came to me, hoping that someone would agree with me. Nothing more, nothing less.

          And I’m not sugarcoating anything, I just tried to explain what I said in a better way (so that the useless “fight” could end, just saying).

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:13 pm
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    Was this instead of maisie…or is maisie still in?

    • July 7, 2014 at 8:32 pm
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      Maybe Maisie is out because somebody put her name in the SW7 cast on IMDB?

      • July 7, 2014 at 11:03 pm
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        Doubt it.

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:16 pm
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    Pip is obviously going to be a Jedi.

    • July 6, 2014 at 11:22 pm
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      or a mandalorian…

    • July 6, 2014 at 11:29 pm
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      Or maybe Luke’s son. Pip has a chin which look similar to Mark Hamill’s

      • July 7, 2014 at 8:24 pm
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        He’s a pip of the old block, then.

      • November 21, 2014 at 12:54 pm
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        hmm, don’t think so. Their accents are totally different! Don’t think Pip has the range or acting ability to do a yank accent convincingly?! Maybe i’m wrong!?.. “Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid.”

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:20 pm
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    So I guess Daisy and John are not playing ‘Thomas’ and ‘Rachel’ after all. So are these two in the main trio then? But then what about John and Daisy? Please Lucasfilm, just release a short synopsis/character run through before my brain explodes.

    • July 7, 2014 at 12:17 am
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      Good grief. You think these two late additions, one of whom isn’t really an actor, are possible candidates for being part of the new main trio? Get real. They weren’t even part of the table read following the first major casting announcement. And do you think TPTB would fly John and Daisy out to Abu Dhabi for filming if they weren’t leading characters?

      • July 7, 2014 at 4:03 am
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        Oh get real. Yeah so they auditioned 30,000 people to cast unknown actors just to fill minor roles ?? … Yeah right. Who says they’re late in the game anyway. Maybe they were cast a week ago and don’t start shooting for the 2 weeks that lucasfilm put out in the statement, while daisy and john are practically done.

        • July 8, 2014 at 6:16 am
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          An opening casting call doesn’t cost the studio much. It is like the open auditions to American Idol. That’s not how you cast people for substantial roles, not for the big Hollywood pics at least.

      • July 7, 2014 at 4:13 am
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        Relax, dude. Anon was just going off the assumption that “Rachel” and “Thomas” were the main leads.

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:21 pm
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    who? any reason i should care until they release info on what characters they will be playing?

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:34 pm
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    I am starting to not care about any of this.

  • July 6, 2014 at 11:59 pm
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    Pip’s gonna be a stunt performer. Yeah, just a stunt performer. I tell ya.

    • July 7, 2014 at 7:45 pm
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      Yes when they hire stunt performers they always audition 30,000 people

  • July 7, 2014 at 12:04 am
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    Do we have any confirmation or not as to whether Masie Richardson-Sellers is actually in the movie? Got to be gutting for her, if after all the hype she is not part of the film.

    • July 7, 2014 at 8:29 pm
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      If I remember correctly, somebody put her name as a cast member of SW7 on IMDB (and it was later removed).
      That may have blown any chance she had of being in SW7?

  • July 7, 2014 at 12:13 am
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    great news! more fresh faces and the addition of Pip is going to net some cool on screen results. do we have a new Son of Dathomir? i would pay good dollars to see Ray Park (Maul) combat triaining and putting Pip trough an intense dark side training session reminiscnet of the Yoda and Luke training on Degobah! Without the Yoda back pack of course. 🙂

  • July 7, 2014 at 12:34 am
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    Well at least it will look more realistic than the CGI acrobatics ( Ray Park aside ) in the PT.

    • July 7, 2014 at 12:54 am
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      Enough of the prequel hate, man.

      • July 7, 2014 at 7:27 am
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        Prequel hate will never die. Just accept it.

        The ST has a great chance to join the OT as being overwhelmingly loved by the bulk of the fans, but the PT will always be subject to mixed reactions.

        • July 7, 2014 at 2:39 pm
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          Go away Prequel hater

          • July 8, 2014 at 7:20 pm
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            People who don’t like the prequels are still Star Wars fans. They don’t need to go away, after all this a Star Wars website.

    • July 7, 2014 at 1:10 am
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      You people are seriously delusional if you think there will no little CGI is this. Episode 7 will be a CGI fest!!!! By the way, there were more practical effects in any one of the prequel movies than all three OT put together. So get your facts straight. You want to see a movie with practical effects, you will have to see Mad Max:Fury Road.

      • July 7, 2014 at 4:12 am
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        of course there were more practical effects in the prequels. Because there were more effects overall you nimrod. Don’t act like the prequels were better in the practical effects department simply because more money was spent on it or there was a bigger volume of it or whatever. Complete joke. How many cg sets were there in the OT? None. How many in the prequels?? Well..

        • July 7, 2014 at 9:32 pm
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          OK, nimrod, so you are judging a movie’s quality based on the amount of CGI that’s is in it? So, Lord of the Rings, for example, used no CGI? Wow, that’s why those were good movies? Oh wait, there WAS CGI IN THEM. A shitload, in fact. Do you have a functioning cortex? The fact is that you don’t like the prequels. It would not matter what effects style Lucas used. The point I made was that many people claim that the PT used only CGI, which is patently false. Nimrod.

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:18 pm
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            That’s the most hysterical and paranoid reply ever. Truly hysterical stuff.
            “OK, nimrod, so you are judging a movie’s quality based on the amount of CGI that’s is in it?”
            I never said that at all.. Seriously when did I say that?.. Go on. I await your response eagerly.
            “The point I made was that many people claim that the PT used only CGI, which is patently false.”
            Literally nobody says that at all.. The argument is that there is too much CG. Which is a perfectly good argument. The Lord of the rings, which you randomly used for a pointless example about nothing, is actually a good argument in this case. CG was used sparingly. As an enhancement on a scene mostly shot on location. Yes, yes yes, the prequels sometimes did this too. Wow. Big woop. The sheer volume of CG in the second and third is ridiculous. It’s like a video game. It takes you out of the movie. Hence a problem. But hey if you’re going to be a, hmm, nimrod, and ignore such basic faults then I can’t help you.

  • July 7, 2014 at 12:52 am
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    hahaha this is going to be the Game of thrones in space overpopulated by characters 🙂 well, if this is what they think the right thing to do…I wasn´t excited about the more and more characters in every next Game of Thrones books…maybe they could stop with new cast for now, hm?

    • July 7, 2014 at 11:22 am
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      Game of Thrawns?

  • July 7, 2014 at 1:06 am
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    This is rather lame news. These people will likely be some CGI background characters. Next they will announce who the gaffers are or perhaps who is the catering of the food.

  • July 7, 2014 at 1:36 am
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    I’m so glad the movie isn’t going to be a White sausagefest. Gender/Racial diversity all the way!

    • July 7, 2014 at 4:14 am
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      What a racist misandrous statement.

      • July 7, 2014 at 8:41 am
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        What is this, Tumblr? It was just a joke about how every action movie these days seems to be about White men saving the day for minorities and/or women. A racist and a misandrist I am not.

        Nonetheless, I am happy that Disney is hiring a wider variety of people with different cultural backgrounds for this movie.

        • July 7, 2014 at 6:11 pm
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          Yet another racist and misandrous statement. You’re on a roll.

          • July 7, 2014 at 7:43 pm
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            So having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men? .. Are you serious?..

          • July 7, 2014 at 7:58 pm
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            Where do you see anyone saying that having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?

            Which post specifically?

        • July 7, 2014 at 8:00 pm
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          Which of today’s action films are about White men saving the day for minorities and/or women?

          Can you cite specific films?

          • July 7, 2014 at 8:43 pm
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            Where?
            Um …
            “What a racist misandrous statement.”
            There was nothing racist or misandrous about a person liking a diverse cast. If you think it’s hating on men, then you are an idiot.

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:54 pm
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            Elysium comes to mind as a particularly egregious offender – it’s a movie where most of people in Los Angeles are all Hispanic, but they have to be saved by a White man.

            In general, I think that more kinds people need to be represented in film. The world’s increasingly interconnected now, after all.

          • November 21, 2014 at 1:01 pm
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            You sir/madam are a buffoon!! .. “Look, I ain’t in this for your revolution, and I’m not in it for you, princess. I expect to be well paid. I’m in it for the money”

          • July 8, 2014 at 1:42 am
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            @ Anonymous July 07, 2014 at 20:43 PM

            No, no. I didn’t ask where someone said, “What a racist misandrous statement.”

            Rather, what I did ask instead, was where do you see anyone saying that having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?

            Which post specifically?

            Pay particular note to the different words in each sentence.

          • July 8, 2014 at 1:53 am
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            @ Pomojema July 07, 2014 at 22:54 PM

            So are you suggesting that white men should be prohibited from saving the day for minorities and/or women in film?

          • July 8, 2014 at 2:41 pm
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            “Rather, what I did ask instead, was where do you see anyone saying that having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?
            Which post specifically?
            Pay particular note to the different words in each sentence.”

            Oh trust me. I know exactly what you said ..

          • July 8, 2014 at 3:50 pm
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            @ Anonymous July 08, 2014 at 14:41 PM

            Okay, so what’s the answer to the question that I asked then?

          • July 8, 2014 at 4:28 pm
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            Are you a fucking idiot?
            Original post- “I’m so glad the movie isn’t going to be a White sausagefest. Gender/Racial diversity all the way!”
            Reply – “What a racist misandrous statement.” This implies that the statement about being pleased with a diverse cast of 5 females, is in fact ‘misandrous and racist’. Therefore I asked the question- “So having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?”, to which you still have not answered the question, but have instead resorted to asking me questions..

          • July 8, 2014 at 5:29 pm
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            @ Anonymous July 08, 2014 at 16:28 PM

            Remember, expletives are the sign of an ignorant mind struggling to express itself.

            This is why it’s so very important to respond to words that were actually written, as opposed to words that you wish had been written, just so you can make some moronic point you wish to make.

            I encouraged you earlier, to pay particular note to the different words in each sentence. This is because when sentences contain different words, they contain different meanings as a result. Also, sentences do not hold phantom meanings of words that do not exist within those sentences.

            So the sentence “what a racist misandrous statement” has nothing whatsoever to do with saying that “having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 women is hating on men.” Again, note the different words that contain different meanings.

            Now, how do we know that your original sentence is racist and misandrous? By performing a simple exercise whereby we juxtapose specific nouns with their opposite coutnerparts. When we do this to your original statement, it read as thus; “I’m so glad the movie isn’t going to be a Black TunaTacoFest. Gender/Racial diversity all the way!” So we know that your statement is in fact racist and misandrous, because reverse racism is in fact still just racism, and reverse sexism is in fact still just sexism.

            The statement “what a racist and misandrous statement,” refers only to the nature of your racist and misandrous statement. The only thing this sentence implies, is the actual words that appear in the sentence.
            There are no words in that sentence that indicate anything about films hating on men because they include 5 women in the cast. My comment was in reference only to your statement, not in reference to the casting decisions of a film. That’s why I haven’t answered the question; it contains absolutely no reference whatsoever to anything I’ve written. So you’re responding to a point that I never made.

            So I’ll ask the question again. It’ll be interesting to see if you’re able to respond specifically to the words that are actually written this time.

            Where do you see anyone saying that having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?

            HINT: You’re the only person on this blog that typed out those words.

          • July 8, 2014 at 6:53 pm
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            @Pomojema July 07, 2014 at 22:54 PM

            Or you could say Elysium was a white guy taking down the white elite, but I really doubt that Elysium only had whites on board. It would be more accurate to say a white guy took down the rich elites and spoiled the plans of corrupted government officials.

          • July 8, 2014 at 7:11 pm
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            “Remember, expletives are the sign of an ignorant mind struggling to express itself.”
            No, picking out grammar or choice of words is a sign that you don’t have an argument on the actual topic.. Nice try.

            “This is why it’s so very important to respond to words that were actually written, as opposed to words that you wish had been written, just so you can make some moronic point you wish to make.”
            Don’t be so pretentious. His point still stands, he didn’t need to spell out all the facts to make the point. lmao you’re trying to contrive some argument that I’m making up facts because they weren’t specifically all layed out at the time? Grow up. What do you want exactly? “I, hereby explain with full subjective confidence on Monday at 01:36 AM that I think the cast of episode vii is diverse, which is good. Oh and by the way, the reason I am pleased that the cast is diverse, because it is diverse. I’m sorry for the confusion incase you couldn’t figure that out, because of course I have to explain everything in case you get confused. Thank you for your time.” .. Hows that for you? Or is that not clear enough? He made a point about how he was pleased it wasn’t a “White sausagefest. Gender/Racial diversity all the way!” obviously via the fact there are blacks and 5 females in this cast, otherwise he wouldn’t have a point. So, somebody said that his statement about enjoying diversity was in fact racist and misandry filled. So I then raised the question, “So having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?” which eludes to his point that diversity is good, while you think it’s bad, and my question was using an example to the episode vii casting which was in the original statement that you disagreed with. But hey, feel free to ignore questions in a debate. It’s clearly a wonderful way to prove your ignorance further.

            “I encouraged you earlier, to pay particular note to the different words in each sentence. This is because when sentences contain different words, they contain different meanings as a result. Also, sentences do not hold phantom meanings of words that do not exist within those sentences.”
            ‘phantom meanings’ eh? Sentences can have meanings without going through all the information. It’s pretty obvious what he meant. Your own difficulty in understanding a basic implication has nothing to do with the implication itself.

            “So the sentence “what a racist misandrous statement” has nothing whatsoever to do with saying that “having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 women is hating on men.” Again, note the different words that contain different meanings.”
            As I say, the overall point remains, even if he doesn’t spell it out for you.. He used the casting of episode vii as an example at praising diversity. You said it was in fact racist and misandrous, so I included the same example in a question, which, as I say, you ignorantly are still ignoring..

            “Now, how do we know that your original sentence is racist and misandrous? By performing a simple exercise whereby we juxtapose specific nouns with their opposite coutnerparts. When we do this to your original statement, it read as thus; “I’m so glad the movie isn’t going to be a Black TunaTacoFest. Gender/Racial diversity all the way!” So we know that your statement is in fact racist and misandrous, because reverse racism is in fact still just racism, and reverse sexism is in fact still just sexism.”
            LOL. Yes. gender/racial diversity is in fact racist and misandrous, because you think that twisting some sentence that praises diversity into another sentence that praises diversity means the original sentence must be racist..

            “There are no words in that sentence that indicate anything about films hating on men”
            HAHA. Maybe I should do what you do.. hey where did you see anybody say that??? HINT: You’re the only person on this blog that typed out those words.. Do you see your stupidity yet?

            “That’s why I haven’t answered the question; it contains absolutely no reference whatsoever to anything I’ve written. So you’re responding to a point that I never made.”
            .. I asked a bloody question. Even if what you claim is correct, it has no validation. You’re essentially responding to my question like this-
            Hello.
            Hello. What’s your name?-
            HOW DARE YOU ASK ME MY NAME!? I HAVE NEVER TALKED ABOUT MY NAME BEFORE SO YOU CAN’T ASK A QUESTION ABOUT IT!
            No I’m just asking for your name. it’s just a questi-
            WHY ARE YOU RESPONDING ME WITH A QUESTION THAT IS NOT ON POINT!?
            Because I-
            THE QUESTION HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT OF ME SAYING HELLO SO I CAN’T ANSWER IT!

            .. That’s how inane you sound. Plus, my question is totally 100% relating to the original statement. You’re being pretentious and self righteous. I mean you are still refusing to answer such a basic question..

          • July 8, 2014 at 8:33 pm
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            @ AnonymousJuly 08, 2014 at 19:11 PM

            You’re demonstrating more bluster than substance, which is why children ought to be seen, and not heard. But, you’re certainly entitled to go on swearing like a sailor. Perhaps at some point you’ll come to realize that it really only impresses other dullards.

            Pretentiousness has nothing to do with anything. One sentence represents something that I wrote. The other sentence lives only in your imagination. It’s really that simple. So the point is incapable of standing, since it doesn’t relate to anything I wrote. He’s not respionding to any point I made, ergo; he’s responding to purely imaginary points. Sentences mean what they say. Sentences do not mean words that aren’t contained within them. Otherwise, by your logic, a person could say that any sentence I write means anything that they would like it to mean. So for instance if I wrote “I like pizza.” Someone else could come along and respond by saying, “Oh, so you mean that tin roofs are always dirty?” Huh? Clearly the response had nothing to do with the original statement. Such is the case here. This is how language works. I am truly and deeply sorry that your teachers and professors aren’t teaching you these very basic language skills. That is not a sarcastic remark. I really am sorry for you because I know full weel the sorry state of today’s educational system, the results of which can be seen in your comments. Incidentally, elude and allude are two different words.

            The exercise in juxtaposition of words in the relevant question demonstrates how that sentence is in fact racist and misandrous. It is a bigoted sentence regardless of what racial or gender nouns are juxtaposed. You do not recognize this, because today’s youth are being taught by their idiot teachers and professors that bigotry is fashionably acceptable when levied against white males. The evidence for this is that no rational mind would dream of writing such a sentence; except aparrently, when it’s directed towards white males.

            I did not at all write that the casting of Episode VII was racist and misandrous. This is a fabrication entirely of your own making. Rather, what I did say instead, was that his comment regarding a “white sausage fest” was msiandrous and racist. My words were not at all directed at the nature of the Episode VII casting. This is a simple fact of reality. You may wish that I had wrote that, so that you can make the corresponding point, but unfortunately for you, it just didn’t happen. So I’m purposely ignoring your questrion because it has nothing to do whatsoever with anything I wrote. It’s not a debate, if you’re responding to things that were never written in the first place. It’s just an emotionally unhinged shouting match. The fact that you’re reading and responding to words that were never written, indicates that you may be in need of psychological help. This also, is not a sarcastic statement.

          • July 8, 2014 at 9:37 pm
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            … Please. I beg of you. Just actually read what I say. This is so ridiculous I don’t actually have the brain power to argue back because your stupidity and lack of being able to see such basic logic and what I’m saying is ludicrous. Everything I say just goes over your head because you’re so wrapped up in your limited mind about how what I say can’t refer to anything because it’s coming from a comment that doesn’t say exactly what I say and how only the words they use mean I can’t ask any questions that refer to anything and it’s just so bizarre I just want to laugh. You’re past the line of stupidity into the zone where you are too stupid to understand how stupid you’re being.. and you still haven’t answered the question I mean it’s clear you’re just ignoring all I have to say and going straight back to your point that is based on a lack of understanding anyway.

            “I did not at all write that the casting of Episode VII was racist and misandrous. This is a fabrication entirely of your own making.”
            Literally just read what I said. Actually use the tiny amount of brainpower you have to read it. Everything you claim I think is wrong. I literally asked a question that I was going to make a point out of but you’re so wrapped up in some stupid rant about how my comment is in a reply to something that you don’t think it should be so you haven’t bothered to even answer it.

          • July 8, 2014 at 9:53 pm
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            “The exercise in juxtaposition of words in the relevant question demonstrates how that sentence is in fact racist and misandrous. It is a bigoted sentence regardless of what racial or gender nouns are juxtaposed. You do not recognize this, because today’s youth are being taught by their idiot teachers and professors that bigotry is fashionably acceptable when levied against white males.”
            Oh wow ok you’re even more deluded than I thought and are trying to be too clever. It isn’t working. He simply praised the fact there was diversity because it was not a “White sausagefest”. He praised that there were not all white characters. Racism would be saying white’s were bad and shouldn’t be in the film and that blacks were better. The fact you literally don’t understand anything anybody says and thinks that it’s me who doesn’t understand you is actually rather worrying..

            “I did not at all write that the casting of Episode VII was racist and misandrous. This is a fabrication entirely of your own making.”
            I’ll say it again, to quote you, where did you see anybody say that? HINT: You’re the only person on this blog that typed out those words ..

            So for instance if I wrote “I like pizza.” Someone else could come along and respond by saying, “Oh, so you mean that tin roofs are always dirty?”
            No, because they are two completely unrelated statements that don’t go hand in hand. His statement was glad there was diversity, which is in relation to the statement that there are 5 female characters and there are multiple black characters. They go hand in hand. One is because of the other. Tin roofs being dirty and liking pizza clearly do not go hand in hand and one statement is not because of the other statement like the other pairing. I am truly and deeply sorry that your teachers and professors aren’t teaching you these very basic language skills ..

          • July 9, 2014 at 2:02 am
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            As a third Anon to this long conversation, I have to say that one of the two of you is almost incomprehensible in your writing. Sadly, you probably won’t even realize I am talking about you and not the other. (Even though the other provides a possible educational explanation for your poor writing)

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            Anonymous July 08, 2014 at 21:37 PM

            If you don’t have the brain power to argue back because my purported stupidity, why would you then directly proceed to write two more paragraphs that do exactly that? Isn’t that…stupid? I’ve read what you written. It’s nonsensical because you’re responding to points that no one other than yourself wrote. It’s as simple as that. Here’s essentially how our conversation went:

            Me: “Red.”

            You: “Oh, so blue!”

            Me: “No, Red.”

            You: “Oh, so blue, blue, blue!”

            Me: “No, Red.”

            You: “But green and yellow and orange and purple!”

            Me: “No, Red.”

            You: “But futia, and burgundy, and mauve.”

            Me: “Red.”

            You: “You’re a big stupid dumb-dumb head!”

            Me: “Uh huh.”

            See, the problem you’re having here is that anyone can look up and read the entire conversation.

            Expecting people I speak with to respond to what I actually write, as opposed to imaginary phantom words, is hardly bizarre. This is how civilized peoples engage in conversation. Rather, what is bizarre is to respond to points that don’t exist because they were never written in the first place. I suppose you might have entire conversations with dolls that never speak a word. After all, you can tell them what they’re really saying, can’t you?

            Of course it’s clear that I’m ignoring your question. That’s because I’ve told you repeatedly point blank that I’m purposely ignoring your question because it’s irrelevant to anything I’ve written. This isn’t any revelation. For my amusement however, I will answer your question now.

            “So having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?”

            No. Unequivocally. But this shouldn’t be a surprise either, since I never wrote anything resembling this statement anywhere, which I’ve been repeatedly attempting to help you understand.

          • July 9, 2014 at 2:21 am
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            @ Anonymous July 08, 2014 at 21:53 PM

            So what would your response be to someone who genuinely expressed praise for a film for not being a Black TunaTacoFest? Someone who praised that there isn’t all black characters?

          • July 9, 2014 at 3:56 am
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            That colour conversation is the most hysterical excuse for an ‘example’ I think I’ve ever read. It literally has no relation to anything. You’re suggesting that I’m creating additional points to expand a conversation for no reason, even though I simply asked a question to you, to which you didn’t bother to answer and instead went on a rant about ‘phantom meanings’ and blah blah blah, yet you seriously are expecting me to believe that it’s ME who keeps blabbering on about nonsense??

          • July 9, 2014 at 4:31 am
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            “I never wrote anything resembling this statement anywhere, which I’ve been repeatedly attempting to help you understand.”
            I KNOW. For the 10th time. I never said that! I’ll repeat MYSELF yet again, to quote you, where do you see anyone saying that? HINT: You’re the only person on this blog that typed out those words.

            Let’s go back shall we?
            “What is this, Tumblr? It was just a joke about how every action movie these days seems to be about White men saving the day for minorities and/or women. A racist and a misandrist I am not.
            Nonetheless, I am happy that Disney is hiring a wider variety of people with different cultural backgrounds for this movie.” A non-racist comment to which you reply-
            “Yet another racist and misandrous statement. You’re on a roll.”
            With no substance other than shouting out RACIST, I wanted you to elaborate so I asked you-
            “So having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men? .. Are you serious?..”
            You then decided to ignorantly ignore my question and ask a new question that has nothing to do with my question..-

            “Where do you see anyone saying that having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?
            Which post specifically?”
            As you can see above, I never said that that’s what you said. I literally just asked the question to clarify if that’s what you meant or not, yet you still ignored my question and as you can see, have yet to properly answer me like a human being.

            “Where?
            Um …
            “What a racist misandrous statement.”
            There was nothing racist or misandrous about a person liking a diverse cast. If you think it’s hating on men, then you are an idiot.”
            So here, I explain that that is the answer you gave when somebody praised a diverse cast. And without a proper answer from you, I decide to clarify that, as you can see, if you think a diverse cast is ‘hating on men, then you are an idiot’. You are still yet to answer me with the whole juxtaposed word argument, which is just wrong anyway as we will later see.

            “No, no. I didn’t ask where someone said, “What a racist misandrous statement.”
            Rather, what I did ask instead, was where do you see anyone saying that having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?
            Which post specifically?
            Pay particular note to the different words in each sentence.”

            To which then, I made it known that you were rambling on but STILL not actually answering my question-
            “Oh trust me. I know exactly what you said ..”
            Leaving you with yet another chance to finally answer the question..

            Then, yet again, you fail to answer-
            “Okay, so what’s the answer to the question that I asked then?”

            My reply- “Are you a fucking idiot?
            Original post- “I’m so glad the movie isn’t going to be a White sausagefest. Gender/Racial diversity all the way!”
            Reply – “What a racist misandrous statement.” This implies that the statement about being pleased with a diverse cast of 5 females, is in fact ‘misandrous and racist’. Therefore I asked the question- “So having a diverse cast in a film that includes 5 females is hating on men?”, to which you still have not answered the question, but have instead resorted to asking me questions..”

            Do you see yet? Do you finally see how stupid you are being here? I’m going to go back to what you just said— “I never wrote anything resembling this statement anywhere, which I’ve been repeatedly attempting to help you understand.”
            I KNOW. For the 10th time. I never said that! I’ll repeat MYSELF yet again, to quote you, where do you see anyone saying that? HINT: You’re the only person on this blog that typed out those words ..

          • July 9, 2014 at 5:32 am
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            So when you capitalize every letter in a word, does that mean that you really, really mean that word?

          • July 9, 2014 at 8:18 am
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            Anon at 4:31 AM, from another Anon to you:

            “What you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I’ve ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response was there anything that could even be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul!”

            It is quite comical that YOU are the one calling your adversary stupid. I tried to be more indirect above, but you really need to quit digging yourself any deeper…

          • July 9, 2014 at 5:22 pm
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            @ Anonymous July 09, 2014 at 08:18 AM

            You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make it drink.

            😉

          • July 9, 2014 at 5:42 pm
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            “So when you capitalize every letter in a word, does that mean that you really, really mean that word?”

            It’s me emphasising certain words because you have proven you don’t have the intelect to understand anything unless I either break it down for you or spell everything out. (But yes, capital locks do negate my argument don’t they?..) Either that or, as we can see here, you just ignore what I say because you have nothing to back yourself up with because you are wrong, so you just resort into childishly picking at how I make my point rather than the point itself because you know it’s right. Well, I think that settles things here.

          • July 9, 2014 at 6:01 pm
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            Did you ever fart in a bottle?

    • July 7, 2014 at 5:47 am
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      Nah. Too many women. We should start a petition to have some of them cut.

      • July 7, 2014 at 8:43 am
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        Because having a total of four different women in major roles in an ensemble movie is “too many”.

        • July 7, 2014 at 5:27 pm
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          It would be so hysterical if it were the other way around and there were only 5 men. Too many pigs who think girls have cooties or something, it’s all rather hilarious.

        • July 9, 2014 at 12:42 am
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          Sorry, *five* women.

        • July 9, 2014 at 2:44 am
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          Gee where is that sarcasm button on here?!?

  • July 7, 2014 at 1:45 am
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    I am a bit surprised there are so many black characters in this movie. No offense, I really think is great for a star wars movie, it adds more variety but I wonder if it has to do with Lucas marrying a black lady. What I mean is that Lucas might have more control on this movie that people think and he wants to hide it in case things go wrong and he is to be blamed. Most likely I am wrong but have thought that right from the beginning.

  • July 7, 2014 at 1:58 am
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    CONFIRMED: She’s Lando’s daughter. Lando’s now running the Spice Mines of Kessel. Kessel won’t be in VII (nor will Billy Dee). Kessel and Lando will be in REBELS as well as VIII.

    • July 7, 2014 at 2:25 am
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      Where have you seen this?

    • July 7, 2014 at 2:50 pm
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      Just like how Captain Panaka was revealed to be Lando’s Grandfather, simply because of his race.

      Except not.

  • July 7, 2014 at 2:23 am
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    Im not from America, but I got a question for you Americans. With all your political correctness, would it not be great to have a visibly handicappede, half black, half yellow, gay, female jedi as leading character of SW7? And of course she should be both mentally and physically stronger then any of the male characters. And while we are at it, there should be som clear anti-russian, anti-republican and anti-Christian elements and messages in SW7 (Regards, A European who thinks it is strange that many Americans focuses on more on the level of political correctness of a movie than on the quality of the story telling)

    • July 7, 2014 at 2:42 am
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      Yawn.

      • July 7, 2014 at 4:07 am
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        Oh don’t be so dramatic. People are obviously focusing on the story, but we’ve been there done that. People like new and fresh characters. We hardly see any gay relationships so I’d love to see that for once. We hardly ever have a female lead so i’d love to see that. Don’t act like it’s somehow going to drag down the story because a character doesn’t conform to being a white straight american male.

        • July 7, 2014 at 5:51 am
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          Why would a gay relationship be in a Star Wars movie?!? Please, don’t quit your day job.

          • July 7, 2014 at 5:55 am
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            Shaddup.

          • July 7, 2014 at 3:55 pm
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            “Why would a gay relationship be in a Star Wars movie?!?” Because gay people exist? Like women exist? And black people exist? You moronic bigots are so brain dead it’s unreal.

        • July 7, 2014 at 7:25 pm
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          Are you talking about Star Wars or TV/Movies in general? Seems like every time I turn around there’s another gay relationship on TV, and there are tons of movies/tv shows with female leads.

          • July 7, 2014 at 7:56 pm
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            No homosexuals in Star Wars please! Yes, they are a victimized minority but they are blatantly living a lifestyle that God himself call detestable. Like the rest of humanity, gays are sinners and until they turn from their wickedness and give up their sinful desires and follow Jesus, they are destined for the same place every unbeliever is headed. We have to stop condoning gays in our culture and start trying to help them in turning from their sinful habits or soon America will have the same fate as Sodom.

          • July 7, 2014 at 8:36 pm
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            @Anonymous July 07, 2014 at 19:56 PM

            The only thing that keeps people from heaven is not accepting Jesus as their savior. Their performance or sinfulness has nothing to do with it. Performance comes from God, AFTER you’ve been saved, so harping on nonbeliever about it is pointless and is one of the reasons why Christians have such a bad reputation.

          • July 7, 2014 at 8:46 pm
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            Yeah, all you have to do is repent for your sins and truly believe that Jesus died for you and accept Him as your Savior. Then you won’t even have the desire to sin, whatever that may be, because He now lives inside of you. Sure you will be tempted, but He will help you be strong and resist them. But yeah, a sinless life comes after receiving Jesus, not before.

          • July 7, 2014 at 9:51 pm
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            @Yoda’sWalkingStick

            A sinless life comes when you get to heaven. Sin(the entity) remains in us even after being saved, which means we’ll continue to commit sins as long as we’re here on earth. The amount of sinning you do may go down and you may overcome certain sins completely, but you’ll never be sinless until you die or Jesus returns, whichever comes first.

            The good news is, it’s all been forgiven, even before you commit the sins.

          • July 7, 2014 at 9:57 pm
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            Well, our views on this differ a bit, but to each his own! Thank you for sharing your perspective!

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:14 pm
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            @Yoda’sWalkingStick

            Do you think you’re sinless? Just curious.

          • July 8, 2014 at 1:04 am
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            Not at all. Without The Lord’s mercy and forgiveness I am just as good as a murderer, a thief, an adulter, and a liar. But now that I have given my life to Him and His goodness, there is no sin in my life. Why would I want to give in to a sinful temptation when I can live pure and free in the abundant joy and love of the Father? Yes, I am a sinner washed clean by the Blood of the Lamb.

          • July 8, 2014 at 1:51 am
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            WTF why do bigoted Christians like Star Wars? Aren’t you guys supposed to not acknowledge the existence of other faiths (aka jedi’s). + Yoda was gay… didn’t you guys see George Lucas’s thoughts on the matter.

            I hope there is a gay Jedi couple that are part of the primary cast… just so you hate the films that much more.

          • July 8, 2014 at 2:33 am
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            And so goes the most narrow-minded bigoted sequence on the boards today…

          • July 9, 2014 at 12:20 am
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            Best philosophy is always been Love the sinner, hate the sin. Christ dwelt among the tax collectors, adulterers, and the like. Paul was a murderer of Christians before being converted.

            I am a Christian and I love Star Wars. It is ridiculous to say Christians cannot love Star Wars. Star Wars is a work of science fiction fantasy/make believe. There’s nothing the Bible against make believe.

          • July 9, 2014 at 2:07 am
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            Of course not, since the Bible has been edited many times over to the point that it, too, is now make-believe.

          • July 9, 2014 at 11:21 am
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            God wants you to stop being a false prophet and bearing false witness upon Creation by calling out such absurdities!!!

        • July 9, 2014 at 7:48 pm
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          Isn’t a yawn the opposite of dramatic?

    • July 7, 2014 at 3:26 pm
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      Thank you European, for attempting to bring a dose of reality to these squabbling children who argue about the same things over and over again. Literally. It’s the same pitch over and over again and no matter how much they defend the positions like gladiators it changes no ones opinion.

      • July 7, 2014 at 8:40 pm
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        I’m christian but what on earth has sin got to do with star wars? Jedi is technically a religion anyway. Why is it always the gay thing that gets people going? Yeah that’s fine, yeah that’s cool, yeah th-WAIT WHAT!? GAY! NO NO NO NO! .. give me a break. Star wars characters literally have nothing to do with being a good christian. Are you a troll?

        • July 7, 2014 at 8:56 pm
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          No I’m not a troll. Just someone who feels that homosexuality is a sin. Just like stealing. And murdering. And I don’t believe that murderers, thieves, or gays should be glorified in any film.

          Nathan, you are right. I worded my post wrongly. I just hate to see people believing lies. Certainly did not mean to spread any.

          And I think Star Wars has EVERYTHING to do with sin. What do you think the Dark Side is?

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:06 pm
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            “Just like stealing. And murdering. And I don’t believe that murderers, thieves, or gays should be glorified in any film.”
            .. Are you serious? Murderers cause harm to others. I mean they murder. They should obviously not be glorified, they should be denounced. Thieves cause harm to others. They thieve. Obviously they should not be glorified, they should be denounced too. Gays on the other hand do not cause any harm to you for being in a gay relationship. If you actually have a problem with that, then that’s your own bigotry and your own problem. Nobody elses.

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:10 pm
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            “And I think Star Wars has EVERYTHING to do with sin. What do you think the Dark Side is?”

            ..DO you even know what sin is? Sin is something that God doesn’t like and something that abuses what he wants you to do. Being a Jedi has nothing to do with what God wants. It’s entirely fictional. Should Jedi not have sex before marriage too then because that’s a sin? No, because they are completely separate. It’s fiction.

          • July 7, 2014 at 11:34 pm
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            You should focus on the good new of the Gospel. God loves us, died for us and wants to be with us, both during and after this life. You’re not going to win over anyone by bashing them over their head with their sin.

            I’m preaching to myself as well here. I’m definitely not a model Christian:P

          • July 8, 2014 at 3:12 am
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            Anonymous 20:56 You need to keep your opinions about other peoples sexuality to yourself. I think its pretty weird that you’re concerning yourself with what other people do behind closed doors.

        • July 8, 2014 at 2:05 am
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          I Thought this was about star wars and not gays? sith 33

          • July 8, 2014 at 2:38 am
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            Amen, Aras, amen. See what I did there? 😉

    • July 7, 2014 at 8:56 pm
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      I’m not an American nor am I European either. As a matter of fact, I’m not even human; I’m an Orc. And I’m fed up.
      We’re always the villain, never the hero and nobody wants a selfie with me. Why can’t I get to be a hero and be part of a galaxy far, far away instead of being stuck in Middle-Earth – that’s no fun anymore.

      • July 7, 2014 at 10:34 pm
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        I am bad and that is good, I will never be good and that’s not bad, there’s no one I’d rather be than me

      • July 7, 2014 at 10:59 pm
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        They tried that with New Jedi Order. It… Didn’t quite work out.

    • July 8, 2014 at 2:14 am
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      @ The European… Man, this is Star Wars, if you don’t like America then go back to drinking your sparkling water & eating those nasty fish and chips/ avoiding any post colonial conflict since 1948. We’ll gladly take any minority, gay, or… woman, over your bigoted, issue filled ***. How did this dude get 15 likes?!?

      • July 9, 2014 at 11:41 am
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        I guess Anti-Americans thumbed that shit up.
        As for me, even though Star Wars is a Global experience, I think it tries to get folks to question, faith, existance, and how we as individuals treat others.
        But dude, please don’t tell me Yoda is gay. I’m just not up for that man, sincerely.
        And don’t worry bout that Nathan dude, he’s been here before talking crazy smack, gets burned, then shuts up for a while. And Yoda Stick guy is kinda weird too.
        YODA is not gay!!! Leave that for the Gungans!

  • July 7, 2014 at 2:43 am
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    Well its too deep into principal photography to add leads. These two must be very limited roles. But I think the possibility of a parkour master is great. Lets just assume he plays a force user, we could get some really cool visuals with a contemporary flare. Im all for it. Also its time for OT and PT fans to all get along, and rally around the ST. Star Wars is FUN, lets keep it that way!

    • July 8, 2014 at 2:46 am
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      Yeah, this Pip dude is the living, breathing incarnation of the Yoda lightsaber battle in the PT bouncing all over the place.

  • July 7, 2014 at 3:02 am
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    Where are those people who bitched & moaned about the lack of woman in the cast now !!!

    • July 7, 2014 at 6:10 am
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      We’re right here, listening to people like you continue to bitch every time a new non-white male cast member is announced. -_-

      • July 8, 2014 at 2:53 am
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        Wrong. If you inflame an issue before it really exists, then you have to take the “I told you so” that follows. All the bitching about not enough _______ in Star Wars after the initial casting announcement was akin to crying “Wolf!” or yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater. Irresponsible and short-sighted. As a result, you get to live with the consequences when rational people call you out for it.

        And don’t try to call me some derogatory term here, the issue I am talking about is simply and only about whether or not it was premature to complain about not enough _______ in Star Wars films.

        • July 8, 2014 at 3:02 pm
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          What the hell are you talking about.

          #1 Cast announcement was released that only had 2 females, Carrie Fisher and Daisy Ridley, hence an obvious problem.
          #2 People were pointing out the problem and were miffed off about it.

          .. So what’s wrong in that?

          They made no announcement that there were casing announcements to come until a week later in the video selfie with LK and JJ. So during that time people were well within their rights to voice their disappointment with the knowledge that the original cast announcement was the done deal and that we were to accept that it was just Daisy and Carrie in the female character department.

          “Wrong. If you inflame an issue before it really exists, then you have to take the “I told you so” that follows.”

          Oh. So at no point did they release a cast announcement with just Daisy and Carrie as the females? Did that not happen? No? Really? Did it not take a whole week for the news to settle in before JJ said there would be more cast announcments to come? Did that not happen? Oh how silly of me.. *cough*.. Do tell me. What if JJ didn’t say there would be future cast announcements, and that they didn’t announce gwendoline, lupita, and crystal. Would you still be saying BUT WAIT HOLD ON THERE’S OBVIOUSLY MORE CAST ANNOUNCEMENTS COMING. You had nothing to back that up with until JJ’s video selfie which was on the sunday after the tuesday’s cast announcement. People were pointing out the female character issue all that time, don’t act like you knew that we were getting cast announcements later.

          • July 9, 2014 at 2:28 am
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            You really need to read what an Anon poster above wrote about the use of language and not implying different meaning into what is not actually written.

            Where in the initial casting announcement did it say, “ENTIRE CAST ANNOUNCEMENT”?

            Apparently you, and others, made that assumption. As such, it was short-sighted and premature. Just because JJ and Disney came forward a week later (when they shouldn’t have needed to) in order to hush all of the alarmists by confirming that casting was not complete, doesn’t justify the poor assumption.

            The bottom line is, they made the initial casting announcement for various reasons, which may include a very heightened interest in the production and concern about information leaking out before they wanted it to. As a result, perhaps they told us who had been cast thus far, on their terms. Hard to announce more female cast members when they had not yet been cast. In any event, should JJ and company have anticipated that alarmists would lose their shit if not told casting was not yet complete? Perhaps, but that is not in-and-of itself evidence of some sexist, Hollywood agenda.

            This entire argument has been hashed out repeatedly on these boards and I have no intention of further re-creating it all here. But suffice it to say, plenty of people were irritated by the alarmist reactions on these boards, told others to be patient and wait it out, and were proven right by the subsequent casting announcements. Therefore, you are now seeing these “I told you so” posts. Deal with it.

            (And please try to do so without claiming that others are “bitching every time a new non-white male is cast” or calling others a sexist pig or worse. Nobody ever claimed Star Wars should only be white males and most have praised the diversity we are seeing.)

  • July 7, 2014 at 3:14 am
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    There were dozens of acting parts in the OT.
    So why the nonsense from some complaining that there are too many actors. SW7 has only 15 or so actors at the moment and that includes Han, Leia and Luke and the little 3 of Chewbacca, R2-D2 and C-3PO.

    • July 7, 2014 at 5:31 pm
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      Not at all. The only real main characters other than those were old-ben, tarkin, and vader. That’s just three. Then of course there were people like porkins, aunt beru, uncle owen. But they aren’t main characters that you need to include in a casting announcement. Epvii on the other hand not only has the old gang back, but a huge amount more secondary characters than all the OT films combined.

      • July 7, 2014 at 7:24 pm
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        Denis Lawson and Jack Purvis weren’t main characters, but lots of fans remember them.
        Apart from the Big and Little 3 in SW7, we don’t know what parts the announced actors are playing nor how big that part is going to be.
        There’s plenty of room for more actors yet, especially as SW7 is a massive movie compared to the first OT’s.

        • July 9, 2014 at 11:51 am
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          The only reason you know who Jack and Pervis were is because you watched SW on VHS way too many times and did not get up to rewind the tape and lazily watched the credits like the rest of us.

    • July 9, 2014 at 2:39 am
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      Are you saying that is a bad thing?

      • July 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm
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        Yes. It is a bad thing.

        If I want to see a cosplay burlesque show, I’ll just go to a cosplay burlesque show.

        • July 9, 2014 at 7:54 pm
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          Or post it here.

  • July 7, 2014 at 7:35 am
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    Prequel hate will never die. Just accept it.

    The ST has a great chance to join the OT as being overwhelmingly loved by the bulk of the fans, but the PT will always be subject to mixed reactions.

    • July 7, 2014 at 10:36 am
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      the PT are so so so bad. crap movies

      • July 7, 2014 at 2:44 pm
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        Go away Prequel hater

        • July 7, 2014 at 5:32 pm
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          Go away person who tells others to go away just because they don’t lick the ass of terrible movies because they are a delusional bias fanboy.

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:00 pm
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            Lol. Delusional and bias? your talking about the wrong people. Fans of the prequels don’t go online screaming that the originals suck and that George Lucas ruined there childhood. No its the bias and delusional fans of the originals that watch the movies with rose tinted glasses unwilling to see the faults. There are many problems with the originals but those bias fans will say that those problems are part of the charm of the originals and is not the same as the prequels. Delusional or what.

          • July 7, 2014 at 10:15 pm
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            You’re talking nonsense. The prequels had huge faults that overshadowed the good. There wasn’t enough good to even shine at all. The bad just devoured those films. The original’s problem were tiny, and the good shone so bright it didn’t matter. People hate the prequels because they were bad films because the bad was just too overwhelming. Whether you are bias and ignore the bad enough to enjoy it, or are brain dead enough to enjoy such shlock is up to you. Sure, people saying George Lucas raped their childhoods are venting their dumb frustration, but that has nothing to do with anything..

  • July 7, 2014 at 10:24 am
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    WHY DO THEY CAST SO MANY PEOPLE . I BET 1 TO 4 HAVE SMALL ROLES

  • July 7, 2014 at 1:14 pm
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    “toldja”

    Again: That’s not necessary good news.

  • July 7, 2014 at 2:25 pm
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    I hope there is a MEGASHITLOAD of characters!
    This is awesome news!!!
    I hope the lead is female as well.
    And Pip is bad ass!!!
    If I were directing this every actor playing a Jedi or Sith would have to have a background like this. I want an action movie not a melancholy afternoon drama.
    A Story with acrobatic flare no doubt.
    I want to see a diversely multicultural cast, if not go watch the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

  • July 7, 2014 at 2:33 pm
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    I love how no one knows plotwise how this movie is going about. Its just like the time from in between Star Wars and Empire…nobody knows jack shit!
    So cool!!

  • July 7, 2014 at 5:14 pm
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    I think both of them would make excellent additions to the cast. Can’t wait to see what will become of this movie!

  • July 7, 2014 at 5:59 pm
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    The fact of the matter is, this movie is a year and 5 months away. We’ll all be completely different people
    by the time this thing comes out. Some of us will move away, some of us will have offspring, some of us won’t be anywhere at all…

    • July 7, 2014 at 8:02 pm
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      Is that an attempt to be Yoda-like or Master Po-ish?

    • July 8, 2014 at 1:20 am
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      We will not be completely different people, most people don’t change much in a year and a half and for sure not becoming completely different people. You’re being outlandish.

  • July 7, 2014 at 8:35 pm
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    So the kessel run was a parkour after all.
    Wonder why they must write the most physically challenging script for aging actors, speak Ford (see Indy 4). I havent seen the need of psrkouring in star wars since tge battles of Darth Maul anf Count Dooku of which later was pkayed by 70 year old Christophet Lee. I dont dee the need. Just let the use slick moves and wisdom

    • July 7, 2014 at 10:33 pm
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      Buddha, the addition of a parkour expert has me shaking my head a bit too. I could see them using this fellow for some acrobatic stunts, but a full-on parkour chase scene… that’s gotten a bit stale in movies over the past 5-10 years.

      We’ll see what they have in mind, though. If JJ and company have a new take on how to use parkour than what we usually see, it could end up being cool.

  • July 7, 2014 at 8:53 pm
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    British and American actors,…how original.

  • July 8, 2014 at 12:59 am
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    Please let Pip be the main Jedi Force user. This dude is awesome. Finally a casting to be excited about!!!!

    • July 8, 2014 at 6:22 am
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      You’re only setting yourself up for disappointment.

  • July 8, 2014 at 7:29 pm
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    In reply to OT
    Oh my gosh. I just watched it. Probably the most hilarious and informative analysis I’ve ever watched. Used to like the prequels, but now… Oh my, how terrible they are. Every star wars fan should watch it. Thanks for the link mate.

  • July 9, 2014 at 7:40 pm
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    Anon at 17:42:

    I think the reason you are not satisfied with the response to your argument is that your argument is completely incomprehensible. I have read through your diatribes multiple times and you do not make any sense whatsoever. All that anyone can make out is that you believe the original “racist and misandrous statement” comment implied that someone thought you were “hating on men.” But, as has been pointed out repeatedly, the “racist and misandrous statement” comment said nothing of the sort.

    All you have demonstrated throughout this discussion is an inability to use rational thought beyond your own misguided emotional response. I, for one, who was not engaged in this “debate” suggest you drop it because you really are making yourself look worse with every post you make.

    • July 9, 2014 at 8:01 pm
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      Not quite sure why this ended up down here rather than at the end of the sub-thread above, but oh well!

      • July 9, 2014 at 8:39 pm
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        Oh well, its just your rambling diatribe translated from dorkspeak anyway.

        • July 9, 2014 at 9:18 pm
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          Ironic, coming from you (if the same anon as above)…

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