New Interview Bits with Adam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson.

Driver & GleesonAdam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson each dropped some Star Wars comments into interviews this weekend. Both interviews were centered on other topics but contained a few Star Wars mentions.

 

 

First up, Driver gave a 90 minute talk on acting at the recent New Yorker Festival. During the talk the topic of Star Wars came up. As we’ve learned from previous interviews with Driver, he is an actor to the core. What drew him to the project was the character and JJ Abrams’ approach to the film being centered on character first and foremost.  He went into more detail on that in the talk.

 

From Bustle:

 

I think I’ve been spoiled though as far as big blockbuster movies are concerned, because while this is certainly one of them, even though it’s this huge, moving machine, I think because J.J. was directing it, it felt very much similar to While We’re Young.” (Driver is referring to a Noah Baumbach movie in which Driver played a quirky hipster-type.) “Obviously, they’re different, but the conversation about character was the first thing [J.J. and I] talked about. There was nothing to take a back seat to the spectacle of it or the special effects.

 

 

I think if the writing is good and the atmosphere around you is about telling the story, then it’s not so foreign, I think, even though it is in a long time ago in a galaxy far away

 

 

 

Meanwhile, in an interview promoting his upcoming film The Revenant, Gleeson gave one very brief comment on the nature of fan expectations and the inevitability that some will be disappointed.

 

TFA

 

From Independent.ie

 

In December we’ll see the 31-year-old play General Hux in the new Star Wars film, but he’s not sure “if fans will be entirely satisfied” with it.

 

“That’s the bitter truth. We put our heart and soul into it. I saw how hard everybody was working on it. I think it’s got a shot,” he said.

 

 

This sort of comment is nothing new to anyone who has been tracking Star Wars news since the Disney purchase of Lucasfilm. Whether it was JJ Abrams discussing the sheer terror of his responsibility at Celebration or Mark Hamill telling fans to just not think about Star Wars until December 18th in order to help avoid disappointment from heightened expectations, comments about the pitfalls of creating against a backdrop of fan expectations have been commonplace.

 

Unfortunately, with a fan base as large and diverse as Star Wars has, it is inevitable that some subset of fans will walk away disappointed with the new films. There is just no way to incorporate every aspect that people love from a franchise that has had so much variety in its tone and execution. It’s a nice idea to have people forget all that and come in with a completely open mind, but Gleeson appears to understand that may be impossible. The production’s approach seems to be that you put your heart and soul into it and you make a film that you believe in, and then you hope for the best in terms of fan reaction. If you are lucky, those that are disappointed are a very small minority. The results of that approach will be seen come December.

 

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117 thoughts on “New Interview Bits with Adam Driver and Domhnall Gleeson.

  • October 5, 2015 at 6:27 pm
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    Adam Driver is such a nice guy. And Kylo Ren definitely seems to be the most interesting character in the ST.

    Domhnall’s response is a bit worrisome though. Though I’m used to him being nervous in interviews about Star Wars at this point!

    • October 5, 2015 at 6:32 pm
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      Why would his response be worrisome? It should affect you in no way whatsoever? He is simply saying “expectations make people expect ridiculous shit.” And he’s right. But if you are going in with an open mind, then you’ll probably love it. If not, then you’ve pre-fucked yourself.

      • October 5, 2015 at 6:37 pm
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        Why so furious?
        Actually he didn’t say “some fans” as to referring to a couple of pre-fuckers as you would call it. He said “if fans”, and therefore referring to everyone. But as I’ve already said in my previous post, its probably nothing to worry about since we should be used to Domhnall getting nervous in interviews about Star Wars……….

      • October 5, 2015 at 8:35 pm
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        Nice potty mouth you have there.

        • October 6, 2015 at 6:23 am
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          Fuckin’ Americans.

  • October 5, 2015 at 6:33 pm
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    Domhnall Gleeson is starting to look like a red haired Obi Wan.

  • October 5, 2015 at 6:36 pm
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    Oh crikey, there’ll be a melt down here then cos of that comment, haha. Probably from the very people he’s talking about.

  • October 5, 2015 at 6:37 pm
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    It sounds like JJ, Kasdan and Kennedy are going out of their way to placate OT fans (like most of us) with this one. Ironically, there’s a younger generation of rabid Prequel fans that might feel left out.

    • October 5, 2015 at 6:57 pm
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      To be honest I think they can bridge that divide. Kids seeing the prequels had nothing else to go off. And then wtmatching the sequel Trilogy is a bit of a disappointment purely because its slower paced and frankly looks a bit dated. TFA can impress them with modern visuals combined with a cool new cast of characters, and old, and hopefully an engaging story. Which in itself should see it overtake the prequels in the eyes of anyone/everyone who may have liked them.

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:50 pm
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        Every frame of the OT has aged far better than the best one of PT. Watch it again to see what I mean.

        • October 5, 2015 at 10:39 pm
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          Hey, no I totally agree. But then we have old eyes 😉 If we saw the OT at a young age (closer to the time the films came out) then they looked great. Indeed I was born in 84, after RoTJ was released, but the Star Wars films still had the BEST effects of any action/sci fi film that I’d ever seen, when I first encountered them age 4 or 5. Nowadays kids have seen everything, with ridiculously good visuals, and they also have a taste for CGI, and perhaps less so for real puppetry etc. I just meant to that new generation the OT might look a little dusty in comparison to everything else they watch and are used to. I still think the OT, and Empire truly stands out here, look amazing these days, in 95% of the shots. Still better than most CGI tests today.

          • October 6, 2015 at 4:35 am
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            I turned six years old days before the release of Phantom Menace. My birthday party that year had more Star Wars merchandise than you could shake a stick at. I was hyped as hell for that movie. And to be honest, I was hyped as hell for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith (9 and 12, respectively). I grew up with the prequels and while I do have a stupid fondness for them (nostalgia plus Star Wars), I think they are crap. I remember noticing how these films weren’t as good as the original trilogy. The acting was far worse (when a 9-year-old is making fun of your lead actor’s acting ability, you have failed), the effects (while more dynamic) didn’t feel as real, and the stories weren’t as good.
            Old eyes have nothing to do with it.

          • October 6, 2015 at 4:49 am
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            I respectfully disagree.I was only 12 when I saw Episode II on DVD and it didn’t really grabbed my attention. It wasn’t until I saw the original film ( the first special edition that was in released in the early 90s). when they were showing the behind the scenes of how they did the optical effects. For a pre-adolescent kid of the early 00s, to be told that incredibly huge and detailed ship is about only 3 feet long was incredibly powerful and basically told me that anything is possible. plus it helps that the story was about a lonely young man trying to escape from his surroundings 🙂

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:57 pm
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        Watched A New Hope and Empire last month. For movies that are over 30 years old, both look incredibly fresh. The simple and industrial look that Lucas favoured has prolonged their lifespan. J.J. has adopted a similar look for TFA.

    • October 5, 2015 at 8:21 pm
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      Or some were around for both and just happened to love the PT and all the Jedi action that entails.

      • October 5, 2015 at 8:35 pm
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        My guess is Boomber and Gen X PT fans are a small (but vocal) minority. Still, you prove my point. There’s going to be people in the theaters expecting action sequences reminiscent of Tranformers, who are disappointed.

        • October 5, 2015 at 9:50 pm
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          Like Holocaust deniers, I keep hearing about them online but have never met one in person.

          • October 7, 2015 at 4:42 pm
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            Ha!

    • October 5, 2015 at 11:28 pm
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      On average I find PT fans more accepting of the OT than OT fans are of the PT.

      • October 6, 2015 at 12:30 am
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        I grew up on the prequels and became a Star Wars fans because of those movies. I too have found that PT fans are far less critical than the OT fans are.

      • October 6, 2015 at 3:57 pm
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        Count me among the OT fans who hate the PT, and ROTJ was in theaters a year before I was born. I don’t begrudge PT fans – people are free to like what they like. But it’s very interesting to see how this divisive fandom has panned out. My hunch is that the Phantom Menace re-release bombing at the box office motivated Disney to produce a new trilogy which is more in the spirit of the OT. The PT fans might be the ones that Gleeson thinks will feel disappointed.

  • October 5, 2015 at 6:39 pm
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    I think JJ and co. will knock it out of the park, and what Domhnall said is just the cold truth. It’s obvious that not everyone is going to like the sequel trilogy. Just reading comments on here you can see that people have already set it up for failure. Also, it’s virtually impossible to make a sequel better than one of the most beloved trilogies of all time. Like some people said already, just go in with an open mind and you’ll enjoy it ten times more than if you are expecting it to be the best Star Wars movie ever.

    • October 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm
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      exactly

    • October 5, 2015 at 8:19 pm
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      Hogwash. If they would of just kept the EU story alone would have been awesome. So it’s not even close to virtually impossible.

      It was very possible. They just actively chose to kill the EU and replace it with what has so far been a bunch of poop.

      • October 5, 2015 at 8:32 pm
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        Yeah a bunch of PC mumbo jumbo. I agree. Still hope it’s good though.

      • October 5, 2015 at 8:45 pm
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        You do know the EU was never canon right? It was basically glorified fan fiction, a majority of it really really bad. Why would you back yourself in a corner creatively and abide by stuff that was written decades ago? The Star Wars stories, (while have a bunch of rich backstory through the comics,novels, games) are meant to be self-contained stories. Nothing is required outside of seeing the previous movies to understand what is happening. So you are going to put a billion dollar franchise on the backs of novels that a majority of people haven’t read? Come on, brah.

        • October 5, 2015 at 9:56 pm
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          “Nothing is required outside of seeing the previous movies to understand
          what is happening. So you are going to put a billion dollar franchise on
          the backs of novels that a majority of people haven’t read”.

          Perfect point.

      • October 5, 2015 at 8:59 pm
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        The EU was mostly garbage. Give me a break. Luke married, Chewie died, Han and Leia’s kids were lame and the Yuzhon Vong crap was the worst villains in the history of sci fi. Yes, The Thrawn and Bane trilogies were good. But that aint much.

        • October 5, 2015 at 9:23 pm
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          I loved the old EU. And I could embrace it or disregard it as I saw fit ( based on varying degrees of quality ).
          Trouble with the new “Canon” is that I’m supposed to take it as gospel – even the rubbish stuff like much of the recent comics.
          I don’t know why the Lucasfilm story group ( Hildalgo, Chee, et al. ) are the custodian of my imagination- I want to embrace and enjoy what I please.

          • October 5, 2015 at 9:39 pm
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            Who’s to say that you can’t?

          • October 5, 2015 at 9:44 pm
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            True, true. I’m just concerned about how much this so-called story group has/will shackle film makers’ creativity in favour of lining up ‘canonical’ bits of minutae from one book, game, comic etc. – i.e. “You can’t do THIS in the next movie, because in issue such-and-such of the comic the character did THAT”, and so on.

          • October 5, 2015 at 10:35 pm
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            Isn’t that EXACTLY what they want to avoid doing and hence why they’ve done this? If you want EU then seemingly we’ll know everything that happened already so what can the new movies do to surprise? Now they have formulated a story plan for the entire universe including the films, all doing it at their starting point, with enough wiggle room that new stories can be made, but overall allowing them to go forth with one continuum overarching story. That’s GREAT.

          • October 5, 2015 at 10:44 pm
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            Hmm. I’m not certain that this new canon will not go out of control.
            Regarding all Post-Jedi material as non-canonical ( not that it ever WAS core canon ) frees up the film makers.
            But setting goalposts that filmmakers must adhere to seems problematic to me.
            For me personally, I would have preferred ONLY the movies and directly related novelizations and Encyclopedia to be “Canon”, and everything else as gravy – to be enjoyed certainly – but not be something that might theoretically dictate or impose upon any movie.

          • October 6, 2015 at 4:05 am
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            Good point, but I get the feeling they know where they are heading for Episodes 8 and 9, and that all of the comics/novels etc will be forced to link up with those, not the other way around. I think the biggest challenge will come if they decide to go on and make Episodes 10-12.

          • October 6, 2015 at 4:38 am
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            I don’t think that will be all that big of an issue. Actually, I think that it’s more likely to work the other way around. As critical as I am of Star Wars comics and novels, I’m glad they exist and I do enjoy reading them from time to time. But yeah, a happy medium where nobody’s creative ideas are shackled is ideal. Making that happen…probably not so easy!

          • October 5, 2015 at 11:05 pm
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            Yeah but the difference is that the EU wasn’t canon, and you could enjoy it as much as you want, but it was never the official “stories” of what happened after Return of the Jedi. That hasnt changed, it’s still there as legends, fan fiction. The new canon are official stories made by a group working together to create a Star Wars history. I rather have that to be honest. You could still enjoy those EU stories as legends.

          • October 5, 2015 at 11:08 pm
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            I can only comment on Aftermath as it is the only new story I have read…I felt the quality was as poor as the old EU, and I would prefer it wasn’t canon either.

            It is what it is. I expect the novels and comics will be much more of the same. I plan to watch the movies, and avoid most of the rest.

          • October 6, 2015 at 12:15 am
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            I agree about Aftermath. It’s a shame as Lords of the Sith and Lost Stars are excellent books.

          • October 6, 2015 at 2:46 am
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            Perhaps I will give those a look then…

          • October 6, 2015 at 7:47 pm
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            But you still can. You can read anything you wish. But they are forming a continuity that hasn’t existed. I have no issue with that. That said, I never read comics, just don’t understand the draw of them. But to each their own! Personally I like the addition of diversity, mostly because it will scare off the bigots and others I don’t want participating in the wonderful experience of joy of Star Wars.

          • October 7, 2015 at 4:41 pm
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            Pretty sure you’re still free to do that.

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:19 pm
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        You can’t be serious. No matter what Disney does it couldn’t possibly be worse than the old EU.

        Most of the EU was poorly-written garbage churned out by second-rate authors to make a quick dollar. Even the Zahn novels, which are hailed as the pinnacle of the EU are pedestrian at best. I will never understand the ongoing obsession with the EU.

        • October 5, 2015 at 9:38 pm
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          I love Zahn’s first three books. Other than that, I agree with you. There was no way Lucasfilm was going to spend their resources making movies out of straight-to-paperback books. Who really wants a Crystal Star novel? Pass. I’ll take a fresh story any day.

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:36 pm
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        Yeah. Because the EU was awesome? Sorry, but the EU can keep its Dark Empire, it’s Sun Crushers, and all the other total garbage. The new canon delivered so far in the novels isn’t that great but the EU was horrible.

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:47 pm
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        I think it was a smart move to wipe the slate clean. now all the comics, novels – all of it, will tie in neatly. we may not like all of it, we all have (or dont have) the past eu stories we enjoy, but i think it was absolutely the right move to start fresh instead of having hundreds of stories floating with young, new fans wondering what counts, what doesnt. i enjoy a lot of the past eu, but it was a mess, canonically speaking. in the next few years, what they did now will show itself to have made a lot of sense in the long run.

      • October 6, 2015 at 2:28 am
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        Its been announced that the EU was never official canon. Lucas never said that the continued stories were a part of it, specifically so that if they wanted to in the future, they could do what JJ and Kathleen are doing now

        • October 6, 2015 at 11:20 pm
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          That is the part that is overlooked. The EU was never canon because Lucas wanted to leave the door open to Episode 7 if he ever decided to do it. If Lucas had done 7 himself the EU would have been swiftly kicked to the curb. The EU was about making some money between films that is all it ever was

      • October 7, 2015 at 12:33 am
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        Why would you want a movie that has already been told by the comics, books, and video games?

        It would be retreading old ground already covered, and there would be no plot twists or anything new.

        Furthermore, JJ and all future movie directors and writers would be constricted by the old material. They’d have no freedom to tell their own story.

        I say leave the old EU for the fans to make their own movies and let the AAA industry tell their own Star Wars stories by either taking inspiration from the Legends EU or not.

        Yes, it would have been possible to make a Thrawn film trilogy but everyone already knows that story backwards and forwards. Unless, they wanted to go that whole alternate dimension time travel thing which I think gets very complicated and is unnecessary in most movies.

        Also, the new canon is completely subjective. I don’t think it’s poop at all. Only thing I don’t like so far is the Sana Solo part and they haven’t really finished with that story yet so I can’t judge it completely.

  • October 5, 2015 at 7:01 pm
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    For example, I find hardly believable that a 30 y.o. is a General, and not only random general, but The General. In the OT the officials were all 40 and above, it didn´t affect negatively the younger audience. Now it matters?

    • October 5, 2015 at 7:06 pm
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      When the Empire fell most of the old guys died, so the young got promoted

    • October 5, 2015 at 7:22 pm
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      So Han Solo being promoted to general while frozen in carbonite is way more believable? And what exactly did Lando do to earn that honor? Wasn’t Leia a 19 year old Senator?

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:19 pm
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        Someone must have told them about Lando’s maneuvre at the Battle of Tanaab.

        • October 5, 2015 at 10:42 pm
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          I signed up just to up-vote this comment. Brilliant.

      • October 6, 2015 at 1:45 am
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        like I said, there´s so much generals in the Star Wars universe as mushrooms in my cabin woods….

    • October 5, 2015 at 7:25 pm
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      Um, you remember someone named “General Skywalker”? He was 20 when the Clone Wars started.

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:48 pm
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        So was Ashoka but reasons like that are exactly why the Jedi got killed afterward.

        • October 5, 2015 at 11:06 pm
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          No, Ahsoka was not a General. And Anakin (a General) was one of the only Jedi who lived. (As did General Kenobi.)

          • October 5, 2015 at 11:31 pm
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            Yet she was frequently shown to be commanding troops, so even if she didn’t have the rank it seems like a valid argument.

          • October 6, 2015 at 2:26 am
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            Masters were generals and knights and apprentices were commanders, if I recall correctly

          • October 6, 2015 at 4:28 am
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            Both Knights and Masters were generals with Padawans being commanders.

          • October 6, 2015 at 5:10 am
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            There ya go

          • October 6, 2015 at 6:02 am
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            As said above she was commanding troops but excluding that, Episode II and III show what a bad idea it is to turn peacekeepers into soldiers especially those with limited combat experience.

      • October 6, 2015 at 1:43 am
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        all those “generals” are promoted so fast from zero because of the message from ANH LOL 🙂 Kenobi was general, ok, let´s make generals from all the Jedi, they all are natural leaders with exceptional strategy skills in large scale wars… 🙂

    • October 5, 2015 at 7:30 pm
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      in a world where we see people doing more and more things at younger ages, its not a stretch. some people just “have it” for leadership qualities, etc. and in the star wars universe, not a stretch at all. its a testament to how good or ruthless he is, that he climbed the ladder or got to that position at that young an age. its definitely not one of my concerns for ep 7

    • October 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm
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      Look at baseball players today vs the ones 40 years ago…

    • October 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm
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      Jesus was 33 when he died for the sins of mankind. Also, Hitler was only 34 during the Beer Hall Putsch, attempting to seize power in Munich.

      • October 5, 2015 at 9:47 pm
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        JC was never elected and Hitler started out as a puppet.

      • October 5, 2015 at 11:58 pm
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        Napoleon was 24 when was first General, and not in name only either, if you know anything about his campaigns.

    • October 5, 2015 at 10:50 pm
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      This is Star Wars. You are able to suspend disbelief long enough to accept English-speaking aliens, and planet-destroying space stations, but you can’t accept a 30 year old General?

      • October 6, 2015 at 1:40 am
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        This is not about suspention of disbelief, my friend. It´s about continuity. The young general is here not because the guy is that good, it´s for the younger audience.

        • October 6, 2015 at 2:44 am
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          I think a lot of us have been far too cynical when looking at the way they cast this movie. I think they were trying to avoid giving us another Tarkin….A young First Order General is something new. I think it is as simple as that.

          If they were trying to cater only to younger fans they wouldn’t be trying so hard to convince us that this movie will be closer to the OT than the PT. Many younger fans love the PT. Many younger fans couldn’t care less about a grizzled old Han Solo.

          As for continuity, I’m not sure I follow your logic. Do you feel that because we didn’t see a young Officer in the OT we can conclude that they didn’t exist?…I propose that if a young general is a rarity it isn’t at all surprising that we haven’t seen one yet. We only saw a small sample of the Galaxy in the OT.

          • October 6, 2015 at 4:04 am
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            this is one of the reasons why it is so dangerous to start assuming casting as well as creative decisions before we have even seen the film. Not that it’s entirely misplaced, this franchise has had it’s share of disappointing people for the last decade or so (nothing against people that love the prequels) for instance,

            POTENTIAL SPOILERS

            it’s a little terrifying to hear from Lucasfilm that we have yet another superweapon capable of destroying galaxies. that sounds like just the kind of creative decision to keep this franchise creatively dead for the next 10 years, but again I have yet to see the movie. If it turns out that the superweapon is powered by the force or is a sort of comment on the, then I’ll be interested. But if J.J. and his team are only interested in capturing the look of the original trilogy, and rehashing elements and scenes without any new context or understanding why that moment meant something, (such as Kirk and Spock scene in STID) then the franchise is creatively dead. But again we won’t know until December 18th

          • October 6, 2015 at 5:41 am
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            The kind of control “JJ and his team” have on this production is often overstated around here. I doubt much happens without Kennedy’s approval, especially major story decisions which affect later episodes. Then Kennedy answers to Disney. You all act as though JJ has free reign.

            …and a force weapon is a horrible idea worse than a third Death Star. Midichlorians should have taught us that changing the nature of the force and the way we interact with it is a bad idea.

          • October 6, 2015 at 5:50 am
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            That’s true. Here’s hoping that Kathy isn’t the nostalgic type ( and judging by the way she’s been handling things she’s certainly seems to be moving things in the right direction). All we can do is wait until Dec to find out. May the force be with you bro 😉

          • October 6, 2015 at 3:28 pm
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            December can’t get here soon enough. 🙂 mtfbwy

  • October 5, 2015 at 8:14 pm
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    Let’s just say we’ll all be very happy individuals in about a week and 5 days 😉

  • October 5, 2015 at 8:22 pm
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    Seriously guys, a 30 yr old general? Sounds like a cover. BEN SKYWALKER CONFIRMED!

    • October 5, 2015 at 8:56 pm
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      He’s a Benobiwalker.

    • October 6, 2015 at 2:24 am
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      I really really hope so. Ben was always a favorite character

    • October 6, 2015 at 7:03 am
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      I bet he is Lobot!

  • October 5, 2015 at 8:48 pm
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    The media has made his quote more sensationalist. He’s not casting doubt about the quality of the flim, he’s casting realistic uncertainty about fan reactions.

    The full quote:

    “There’s no way to know if fans will be satisfied with this movie; that’s the bitter truth. We put our heart and soul into it. I saw how hard everybody was working on it. I think it’s got a shot.”

  • October 5, 2015 at 8:52 pm
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    The fact Gleeson’s character has risen through the ranks so quickly is a testament to how ruthless, power hungry, and driven The General must be. Expecting a very evil and nasty delivery from Gleeson.

    • October 5, 2015 at 9:42 pm
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      yep, my sentiments exactly

    • October 5, 2015 at 9:46 pm
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      Either that or he’s the Kim Jong Un of the Star Wars universe who’s ruthless enough just not very competent or experienced.

    • October 7, 2015 at 4:37 pm
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      Or he might be the Vulcan High Chancellor from Star Trek V – more liberal and willing to cease on-going hostilities against the Aliiance/Republic/Resistance in order for peace.

      • October 7, 2015 at 7:33 pm
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        For sure.

  • October 5, 2015 at 9:41 pm
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    On the latest REBEL FORCE RADIO podcast for Friday 10/02/2015, one of the hosts, Jimmy Mac, says that the next episode will be posted 1 day later than usual on Saturday 10/10/2015 for reasons that will be quite evident once they post it. Since Jimmy Mac and Jason Swank are friendly with Lucasfilm and have done SW Celebration hosting gigs, perhaps they know something about a possible trailer release later this week OR maybe they plan on taping at New York Comic Con OR maybe none of the above. We shall see…

    • October 5, 2015 at 9:51 pm
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      Oh my. I think it’s a given that we’ll be hearing something about the new trailer in the next week or so.

    • October 7, 2015 at 4:36 pm
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      Hmmm….good note,

  • October 5, 2015 at 9:52 pm
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    It says Driver is a former Marine so I’m hoping he’s the real deal when it comes to the action. I’m still skeptical that we’ll be getting a “deeper” villain though, The way they set him up seems like he’s the typical mustache twirlerer unless they mean he gets more developed in the sequels.

    • October 5, 2015 at 10:24 pm
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      I think they meant his development. When we meet Darth Maul hes already established, heck when we meet Darth Vader hes so established that hes already past his prime, we saw an older, “weaker” Vader compared to his younger days.

      Sounds like when me meet Kylo Ren he probably has one foot in the door, I’m getting the feeling we see him talk tough, but see him get punked around once our heroes become threats. I think he see Kylo Ren reach his potential in Episodes 8 and 9.

      • October 6, 2015 at 6:05 am
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        Why I’m looking forward to the prequel anthology book which I hope is as well written as Lost Stars which is my favorite book of the new canon so far. It’s supposed to give some backstory on Rey, Finn, Poe, and Ren I believe. Plus I liked all the other Star Wars anthology books and it’s been awhile since they done any.

    • October 6, 2015 at 6:13 am
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      Bear in mind that anyone can BEGIN training as a marine. It’s FINISHING training that’s the trick. Did he TRY to be a marine? or is he ACTUALLY a marine, FOR REALZ?
      Because it makes a huge difference, so, just bear that in mind.
      But yeah, from everything I’ve seen of him, he seems a solid guy.

      • October 6, 2015 at 6:22 am
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        I am unable to copy pasta via mobile on this site for some reason. Not sure why? But wiki says he joined up after 9/11 and served for nearly three years before getting injured in a mountain biking accident preventing his deployment to Iraq. So looks like he made it though never saw combat but it sounds like he’s a pretty active guy and not the typical 2015 Hollywood poser with two left feet from central casting.

        • October 6, 2015 at 8:04 am
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          I was mostly talking in general, there are people that try out and fail, and then turn around and brag about training to be a marine as if training and PASSING training are the same thing [they aren’t].
          As far as Adam Driver individually, from all I’ve heard he seems legit. Pass training = you’re a marine.

          • October 6, 2015 at 10:37 am
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            Yeah, It’s a mental toughness thing for sure like with the commando units. The first ones to puss out are almost always the giant shit talkers or those who think spending all day long in the gym will somehow prepare them or it. I just hope he uses that same mental discipline when it comes to the acting as I have not seen him in much and this seems very unlike anything he has ever done before.

          • October 6, 2015 at 2:32 pm
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            I’ve yet to see any of his major roles, though I’ve got a mind to check it out sometime – as of yet the only thing I’ve seen him in was that one scene in “Lincoln”.

          • October 7, 2015 at 1:25 am
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            He has the distinction of being the first American born villain in the saga too. All the other Sith/Dark Siders have been European, So it might take some getting used to for me at first.

  • October 6, 2015 at 1:23 am
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    Despite that one image of an x wing pilot that looked like driver (that I now think was a deliberate red herring) there is nothing to suggest so far that we will see his face in this movie.
    I have a feeling something similar will happen with Phasma.

    • October 6, 2015 at 2:22 am
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      They’ve released several images of Driver on shooting on set without the mask. All of them have been scenes on the snowy planet that starkiller base is located on

      • October 6, 2015 at 6:11 am
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        ^^ DISCLAIMER: The above shot is an overlay [the Snowtroopers appeared in a separate photo from Adam].

        • October 6, 2015 at 10:52 am
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          Wonder if we’ll see the telephone pole in the background. Lol.

      • October 7, 2015 at 12:17 pm
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        Yes I had actually, but I still have a feeling something odd is going on.

  • October 6, 2015 at 3:19 am
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    the uncreative story and characters pretty much guarantee this movie this movie isnt getting a very kind reception come December especially from the director who made star trek movies worse than even the films that rebooted the franchise in the first place

    • October 6, 2015 at 3:55 am
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      Especially since we have already been able to see the film and know exactly what kind of story they are telling because relying on third hand rumors from so and so who claims to be working on so and so movie definitely tells you about the story :/

      • October 6, 2015 at 7:48 pm
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        Some people just get off on trolling. Just feel sorry for them. They don’t have anywhere to go they feel welcome. Just pray they don’t one day shoot up some place.

      • October 7, 2015 at 12:37 am
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        Steven Irizarry is a very well known troll and used to troll our Facebook page The Senate Hall.

        Word to the admins be prepared to remove him from the premises unless you want him trolling everybody constantly.
        I’m all for debates but trolling of this type does get tiresome and unnecessary.

    • October 6, 2015 at 2:45 pm
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      Yesh. My eyes! My eyes! Not only bad trolling, but, your grammar sucks too!

    • October 6, 2015 at 6:28 pm
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      Um…..what?

  • October 7, 2015 at 3:36 am
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    The word from the get go was recapture the OT’s magic. I trust Kathy Kennedy and JJ to deliver a great SW movie.

  • October 7, 2015 at 7:05 pm
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    For the movie to work for me it must have these things:

    -logical, intelligent plot, even if simple.
    -believable character motivations and performances.
    -sincere emotion and heart
    -a sense of fun and humour without reporting to slapstick.

    What I dont want:

    – wall to wall special effects. The best scenes in the OT are small moments between characters.
    – unnecessary contrived plot twists and surprise family connections…(just because it worked in empire doesn’t mean it should be done again)
    – characters that simply mirror the traits of those in the OT. Seems this might already be the case.
    – excessive exposition.

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