Rumor: New Details on Poe Dameron and Laura Dern’s Character in Star Wars: Episode VIII
Even though Star Wars: The Force Awakens is ending its theatrical run, fans will still be able to get their Star Wars fix with the coming release of the Blu-ray on April 5 and a new comic release the very next day. Comic shops near you will release “Star Wars: Poe Dameron” No. 1, following the adventures of one of the most popular characters from the film.
With the departure of Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Episode VIII just opened up a spot for a Han Solo swashbuckling character type. Who better than Oscar Isaac’s rakish Poe to fill the void? While it seems that character similarities exist between Poe and Han there may be some costume similarities for Episode VIII on the horizon as well.
Recently, the connection between Poe becoming the new Solo has been evident in the media as well as the what is coming in the new comic.
As Sulagna Misra wrote for The Cut,
“Many similarities unite Poe and Han, but even more exciting are all the ways that Poe improves on the Han Solo model from the original trilogy.”
Newsok.com reported that Bryan O’Quinn of Empire Strikes Books had this to say about Poe Dameron.
“He was one of the biggest highlights of the movie,” O’Quinn said. “The dynamic of the character is awesome, because he’s not just the new ‘Solo’ … he’s more universal and likable.” O’Quinn added.
With the similarities between Poe Dameron and Han Solo’s character seemingly more evident, it seems the clothing may be as well.
POTENTIAL SPOILERS!
Makingstarwars.net is reporting that they recently got a glimpse of Poe Dameron’s Star Wars: Episode VIII costume.
In all honesty, it’s very much the same costume he wore in The Force Awakens opening at Tuanul Village in the Kelvin Ravine. The easiest way to describe the costume is to take Poe’s costume from the opening of The Force Awakens and amend it slightly in color and give it a new jacket. The pants and boots appear to the same for the most part. In my brief look, I didn’t see anything standout about them from the last time.
His undershirt is the same style as The Force Awakens and the v cut at the neck might be a little deeper cut than last time (but it’s more or less the same). Poe’s shirt is a grayish light blue (my wife says the color is “stone”). His leather jacket is from the Han Solo collection. It might be described as a “cafe racer jacket” but it’s not tight fitting.
The site also elaborated a little bit more with new information regarding the Laura Dern’s character touched upon at Latino-Review and reported a few days ago here at SWNN
- It seems that Laura Dern is a leader of The Resistance.
- Leia’s ship is ambushed, she is blasted through space.
- Leia ends up in a coma. Laura Dern’s character then takes over Resistance command, but makes things far worse.
- With this in mind, Poe takes control of the situation and becomes the interim leader of The Resistance.
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The deets on Laura Dern’s character sound pretty cool. I love Leia and don’t want her to die (especially so soon after Han), but this would be a nice way to sideline her and ultimately give Poe some greater development than “hotshot pilot.”
The ‘deets’, to use the vernacular, actually give me some hope for the film – we haven’t seen that dynamic at play in any of the films so far.
Indeed! We’ve all just assumed Leia would continue to lead the Resistance, but this would not only give Poe some time to shine, but it could free her up to maybe go after Kylo herself once she wakes up (presumably in IX) seeing as the leadership will be handled by then.
Poe wasn’t as funny and charismatic as Solo, SORRY. They have a great actor and I hope they’ll give the character a new light, because Poe was kinda flat.
I thought Poe was dope af
And I thought he was gay which is the only remotely interesting thing about him. Confident gay character who flirts with much younger rescuer in the middle of daring escape and doesn’t go through identity crisis like most of movie and TV gay characters.
Everyone wants everyone to be gay these days. Or assume two guys can’t be friends without being gay with each other.
OI played Poe as gay. Lip biting, goo goo eyes, many people picked up on that. Like I said, only interesting thing about Poe because this type of character is always played as straight guy who gets the girl. Zzzzzzzzz.
Tbh, I picked up on it before the movie came out. The second I saw THIS,
https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/680518563308810240/EGQ386FA.jpg
I knew that a new ship would be born.
Holy smokes you are right! And than Finn gets his jacket. So Brokeback Mountain
https://media.giphy.com/media/IJveuRvWFTxaU/giphy.gif
Yeah cuss straight guy getting the girl is so boring right? Get over yourself.
Well, it does happen a lot. You can’t really fault the gay community for desiring a little representation.
No, you get over yourself. It’s super boring when the best of the best of the best oh my gets everything. Yes, it’s boring when Seth Rogen scores above his league for 50th time too, but the former example is boring 10000 times more.
Stereotypes huh? Cause only gay guys bite their lips. Or have big eyes. Great stereotyping. I doubt Oscar thought, “oh I should play this as gay.”
he bit his lips while ogling another guy. So it isn’t stereotyping, it’s how people act when they see someone they find sexually attractive. Poe was played like he was attracted to Finn. Nothing wrong with that plus it’s infinitely more interesting.
But it’s not necessarily the case. I doubt Oscar had premeditated that when acting it out. I guess you are the body language expert.
Sounds like he premeditated it because John said Storm Pilot was Oscar’s headcanon. The more I think about it, the more I see brilliance. He played a totally standard hero type of old movies as potentially gay. Potentially enough for anyone who can pick up on clues to pick up on them. That’s a masterstroke and how you update an old stereotype and turn it into not stereotype. I’m making a 180 degree turn now but, yeah, that’s a brilliant take.
He did say in an interview that he was “playing romance”. The only person even close to his age who he interacts with in the movie is Finn. So yeah….
Um show me this interview and the source. This would have be absolute confirmation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuAwgmz7jTc
Oscar jokes around a lot too.
He didn’t seem like he was joking. He didn’t laugh. And he repeated himself. That’s all I’m saying….
He was talking about the dialogue on the ship they escaped on and this was all before the gay stuff started up as that one was done right before the release date. Boyega said it was all in Oscar’s head.
http://www.out.com/popnography/2016/1/07/finn-poe-gay-romance-just-oscar-isaacs-pretty-head
And Benedict Cumberbatch isn’t Khan.
“Gay with each other?” That’s a weird way to phrase that….
You are welcome to phrase it better than I did.
Okay.
“In a gay relationship.”
There you go.
Okay, I will.
“In a gay relationship”
There you go.
“everyone wants everyone”=”some commenters wondering if ONE character in a full franchise is gay” < Including me.
If they want one fine, just make it a new character we’ve never seen before. Don’t shoehorn an established character for gay fanservice.
I’d hardly call Poe established. What do we even know about him?
Poe was great for the limited screen time he had. Sucks that we always have to compare things, we can’t just let each character be their own thing. In that light Han Solo and Poe Dameron can be equally awesome. That is the light I see the saga in.
He was in the movie for all of 10 minutes. Calm the fuck down and stop comparing apples to oranges.
https://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mefpz6M4y91rb56ato1_500.gif
What, giant freaking GIFs in every thread?
Yep. I think it lightens the mood a little bit.
Snark lightens the mood. Why isn’t here yet saying how unoriginal Poe is until Rian Johnson gives him the Movie Jesus touch of enlightenment and makes him UNIQUE as compared to anything JJ Abrams would have created?
I don’t know why their comparing the two to begin with, they are completely different characters. No one’s comparing Finn to anyone and that’s a good thing because Finn is a good character on his own. Same goes for Poe, a comparison only stands to hurt him, where if he were a more developed character he’d need no comparison.
Poe’s character was a little flat, but overall he did well for a character that was supposed to die in the 1st act before Oscar requested to “not die”.
Agree! But again… it’s not me who compared them, is the article.
Amen. This pretense that Isaac is next Ford is ridiculous. When he opens brand new franchise like Raiders of the Lost Ark than we can talk. Also, Poe isn’t even next Lando let alone Han. Hyperbole much.
I sense some anger here. Who hurt you so much that you can’t love?
Stupid comparison is stupid and has nothing to do with love. Did OI PR team write that article?
Haha you are like some old guy defending Clark Gable from Harrison Ford in the 70s.
They are not competing!
In my case I never compared the actors, I compared the characters (if we compare actors, I’ll go as far as to say that Isaac has a wider register than Ford).
BTW, comparing them is making them compite, and the article started that, not us the commenters. I would have never put them in competition because I don’t think they are comparable characters or actors.
And what I mean is that kids now want to be Rey, Poe, Finn… they see Han as a cool hippy parent… just that.
Nope, I just think that hype is more damaging than helping. Calling this guy who’s nothing like Han or Ford better than either or just like either isn’t doing him any favors. Let him be his own thing and as far as competition goes, the article we comment on is clearly making them competitors.
Sorry to ruin your myth, but the truth is that Indiana is cool, but without him the story of the Ark would have been the same…
And the truth is that nobody but you has compared the actors, and their careers, the article just compare the kind of character, and the clothes.
And about that comparision, I even think Poe has some personality more similar to Luke and Leia, I don´t see him as a smuggler but more comitted for a cause.
I agree with comparison to Luke and Leia. Which is why I don’t get the article that compares him to Han and, worse, calls him “improved Han”. he’s one of those self-less, always doing the right thing, nice to everyone, never ask you to do something that he wouldn’t, guys.
I think Finn has more of Han than Poe.
But each character is different.
People expect Poe to be a new Han because from the beigning the age differences were similar. And it was a similar triangle.
But when you watch TFA, they are never the 3 together, Rey, Poeand Finn… as everyone was expecting from the cast… I think it was not a coincidence, they made it like that so we could not say “hey that´s the same triangle”…
Well said. TFA didn’t do many things like ANH yet is constantly criticized to be a rehash of ANH. Even though it actually mirrors and inverts elements of that movie, ESB and ROTS with callbacks to virtually any of previous 6 sprinkled all over. In fact, TP is references a lot but somehow people don’t talk about it.
I think that misleading marketing in order to preserve Mystery Box created some (false) perceptions that people have hard time shaking off.
Well, of course they are a rehash if they want to be loyal to Star Wars Universe it is the only way to be, if they do something new, people would say “here comes Disney re-inventing Star Wars…” and also it would not be a smart marketing movement.
JJ and the team can be proud, because most people said TFA is a Star Wars movie.
And some people debate that point about the 2 first movies of the PT.
Very true!
I think Rian Johnson has the oportunity to film something fresher, and probably he will try.
I think so too. Everyone expecting ESB rehash will be surprised.
In some way it will be regard SW, I hope so.
When Rian Johnson did the Breaking Bad episodes, they had to be with the characters and the story… nobody would understand the opposite.
It’ll regard SW for sure but some fans forget that AOTC didn’t have ESB-like twist (something that everyone expects from Episode VIII) either, so twist isn’t mandatory for second entry in a trilogy. And they are too focused on callbacks to ANH. TFA had callbacks to TP especially ROTS in equal measure. So reducing it to ANH clone misleads those fans expectations about VIII. It won’t clone ESB but it’ll be a SW movie.
Ep. VIII will have plot twists 99.99%.
They have been preparing us in TFA.
Rey´s family, Luke´s daughter or not, why the force is strong on her.
Who is Snoke, and what was the story wiht Kylo, did Luke trust Snoke?
Why Luke is 20 years hidden.
…
The open ending (about Luke), they have left us many clues and make us believe many things, so a “I am your father” moment is totally possible and desirable!
Nah. How is it a twist if everyone expects “I am your father” moment from Luke? The twist would be no such moment and no more characters related to OT characters.
Well, you, me, people visiting frequently this site: I can tell you we will not have any surprise, no surprises or twists whatever is happen in the movie.
Nothing surprised me in TFA after all I had read here.
People write down here all the possibilities, even about the new characters, so it is difficult to show us something new.
The other day I read here that Poe and Rey could be mother sibblings… wow I had not though about that, but it is possible. It is a good example.
But, most people don´t follow these sites, they just go to tha movies, and they don´t want to read spoilers.
So for them Plot Twists can happen.
For example imagine a random thing, that Ben Solo was truly son of Luke, Leia and Han just took care of him as their son when he was very young and for them he would be their son. I am not sure if very useful, but that is a plot twist!
… and a “I am your father!” moment totally mirrored from ESB XD
Not sold.
Just an example, I hope it is not like that…
I understand.
Well, it is so obvious, the saber is calling her, in the castle and the snow… she should be related to Vader. Occam’s razor.
But it will feel weird if they have given it so easy and clear to us.
Actually no. Saber called to Ezra on SW:Rebels and Ezra wasn’t related to the owner. So familial relation isn’t necessary for saber to call another Force User. And SW:Rebels is canon. Also, when Rey calls the saber, that’s what Obi Wan did in TPM when he lost his and called Qui Gonn’s to defeat Maul.
Cool then, I am wrong.
Which saber called Ezra? I though that was in next Episodes… 🙁 may be I have missed one Episode 🙁
Harry Potter is much more fetishist until now, even we could say it is about fetishism, but actually the Vader mask, the ligthsaber… I think this can be a new point of view for SW.
His mater Canaan (sp?)
Oh ok, I though it was the green saber similar to the one of Kylo Ren.
Yes, he also solved the force puzzle.
How are we getting spoilers of this magnitude for Episode VIII yet still have nothing more of Rogue One than 3 helmets, whispers of a ‘Galen’, a pencilled in date for ‘Force Friday’, and a dude in a cape wading into a river..? It boggles the mind.
Couldn’t agree with you more…
Seriously. We’ve gotten a grand total of like 5 set leaks, too. either Rogue One is more green-screened than we thought, or Gareth Edwards made a deal with the devil, and it as all about on-set secrecy.
Most of what we’ve seen for VIII was filmed INSIDE a city. Where people live. Even Disney isn’t so powerful as to be able to seal off peoples windows with cinder blocks, or keep pedestrians from being able to photograph ANYTHING near a set that extensive.
I think you’ll see a lot less now. After all. They have anti-drone drones.
I guess they’re taking the Cloverfield Lane approach with R1
If R1 is anywhere near as amazingly good as 10 Cloverfield Lane than I am all for it.
Woo. Cloverfield lane was fun.
cause nobody cares to fish for Rogue 1 spoilers.
We’re getting close. I expect a teaser with Jungle Book and a full trailer with Civil War. Then Celebration and ComicCon will be upon us. The R1 marketing drive will be hitting us in full force (no pun intended) soon. Once they drop a hint of Vader associated with this movie the hype-train will leave the station.
It’s a really bad idea to start calling Poe an improved Han. You will start a Poe/Han war between geeks in the same vein as Picard/Kirk. Just let people appreciate the characters for who they are.
A war between geeks … Theres nothing that will ever stop that from happening … No matter how minor the issue may be … The always enraged nerds will always find something to fight about and let the drool filled mouths pour out thousands of gallons of saliva 🙂
Pfft…Kirk Picard. More like Joel/Mike.
Mike was always funnier but Joel was the original 😉
And just coincidentally? When the show actually started getting funny in season 2? Oh look who became head writer.
Bummed that Joel isn’t going to take part in the reunion show.
‘Mike broke the Hubble….’
‘Mike broke the Hubble….’
‘Mike broke the Hubble….’
‘Mike broke the Hubble….’
Improved? More like neutered Han. Han was perfect cause he was so imperfect.
Poe is not Han. Poe is Poe.
Exactly.
Anyone read the ‘Shattered Empire’ comics? So Poe’s ma helps Luke on a commando raid (right after the Battle of Endor) to rescue the last 2 x Force-Ents / Magical Wonder Trees, stolen from the Jedi Temple by Palpy & Co; they plant 1 near the Dameron homestead (on Yavin IV) – are they implying that Poe’s gotten like the Force equivalent of a contact-high? (Like…he’s not a Jedi, but just the Star Wars galaxy’s answer to Ice Man from “Top Gun”….?)
Rey is Luke and Shara’s secret love child!
Yes!
First time I hear that theory, but that is a good one!
Even twisting things Poe could be Luke´s son too.
Yeah! Kes Dameron turns to the darkside and wants to kill Luke.
I think the writer has stepped the Han-Luke trap.
We all behave like Luke, but we want to be Han.
I believe Poe could be defined as a mix of Luke and Leia, more if the spoiler of the article is confirmed.
But I am agree with you, each character should be different.
Rather mis-matched use of the spoiler warning. Poe’s fashion-choices are most assuredly NOT a spoiler, so I read with ease, then next thing I know I’m reading [SPOILER] leia’s in a coma and I’m like “woah, I thought these were non-spoiler-spoilers and now it’s a real-spoiler”
Interesting move to ensure Carrie Fischer doesn’t have much acting to do in Ep. 8.
That was my thought as well. As much as I loved TFA, I was a bit underwhelmed with Carrie Fishers performance.
My mom literally said that the only thing that she didn’t like about TFA was that Carrie Fisher sounded more masculine than Harrison Ford did. We made so much fun of her.
Definite damage control.
Why is Poe compared to Han? Han was interesting and not at all perfect, a tough guy who couldn’t take garbage smell, an equal measure action hero, romantic lead and a comedian. Poe is just perfect at everything, already a hero (unlike anti-hero Han), already respectable, will become leader of the Resistance (talk about serious pandering to his fans), so cool he’s even trying to pick up a hottie half his age (Finn) while escaping from Star Killer. Yeah, way too perfect to be Han figure.
I sense a fellow Stormpilot shipper.
Can’t deny it. That ship is irresistible.
He’s trying to pick up Finn?
http://i.imgur.com/6AwoWpB.gif
I guess we’re in for a new kind of saber duel :/
If he is, too bad cause Finn already has his eyes on Rey. He even asks if she’s got a boyfriend in TFA, even lowers the voice to do it,lol.
You are not Kylo Ren, right?
No why would I be? It’s Finn who should be afraid of Poe screen time expansion. They are good guys fighting for Most Popular Good Guy title.
You seem in love with Solo, you cannot be Kylo.
Solo in OT is love worthy. Poe’s barely a character, nothing to be in love with. yet. but his involvement in the dullest part of TFA (SK attack) doesn’t fill me with hope for the future. Shipping Storm Pilot, tho. 🙂
Well, that is your very personal opinion. The part of truth of that, for moments the movie focus only in Han, Rey, Finn, Chew.
The book shows how he survived and scape from Jakku with the help of a local, that would have given more weight to the character, but the freighter scene and that one, both a bit out of the main story line, I guess it was too much for the good of the movie, so they didn´t show how Poe scaped.
Finnally, he is the guy who save them in Maz Kanata Castle, and he is the guy who destroy Star Killer Base… if that is not enough…
It’s generic to me. Like I said in another post, the only not generic thing about him, and the one that I find interesting, is likehood that he’s gay cause OI played him like he could be. And I really think that’s a great approach because gay characters like that – a classic hero, classic in every sense of the word – are unheard of. There are several gay stereotypes that are recycled over and over – insecure introvert kid struggling with his identity, overly effeminate comic relief, heroine’s show stealing gay bff. This would be revolutionary for movies. This portrayal.
Hehe, well it is not clear in the movie that he is gay, and also I think it is not the most important thing.
People argue that he is perfect…
Well, he is not a conscious force user… to be “perfect” in SW that is a must.
He got caught because his own mistake trying the impossible, save San Tekka. Far from being perfect.
Tortured he gave information to Kylo, another imperfection…
And here there is a gap in the movie, because what is more important? map to Luke or Resistance Base location? well as we know Kylo didnt got from him the Resistance Base location… we can suppose that Kylo postponed to extract that information from him, but also consider it a little gap in the script.
I think what people see similar to Han is the sarcastic aptitude, for example when he is caught and interrogated, or when he meets Finn.
Finn is similar to Han because he is not comitted and he is in some way selfish and he regrets in the last moment. But he is also noob, that is Luke in ANH.
Being older with a more sarcastic point of view makes Poe more similar to Han in that.
But I think that all characters have a different personality, and that´s good.
That’s a great point about imperfection and the rest. I like discussions that make me revise my previous opinion.
Hehe, he started the movie being a loser.
You can say that considering crash and especially losing cool jacket. There must a scene where he’s crying and cursing cause his amazing leather jacket was lost…until it reappeared on his true love. ♥
Yes, he and Luke together will lead LGTB rights demostrations in the galaxy. It is all coming in Ep. VIII “The Jedi Gay Marriage Liberation”.
🙂 🙂 🙂 Good on Luke to get himself such hot boytoy. he couldn’t score that well when he was younger but I guess legend status does wonders for sexappeal. 🙂
You mean like he had with OW? :))
May be Snoke was his bf and betrayed him, and that is the reason he is hiding.
LOLOLOLOL
Poe is 32 in TFA whereas Finn is 23. so hardly half his age.
It’s all about what actors look and Poe definitely looks late 30. Character’s age isn’t stated in the movies so most people go by the looks.
By looks, most people would think they’re about the same age.
LOL, no.
Hmm. Poe is cool but he’s no Han Solo. Not everyone needs to be replaced with a newer version. Kylo Ren is perfect as a reborn Vader and Rey as Luke but that’s necessary for the skywalker family. Try to replace salacious crumb lol
New rebels clip on Maul….
https://youtu.be/qQbAve5UKvo
Cool Rogue One Teaser Trailer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPXqdDWfOPA
“Rookie One, is that you?!?!?”
Haha, the insert of dialogue between the Corellia Star pilot and R1 from Rebel Assault II gave me a good chuckle.
Is that what that is? creative lad.
It’s not my quoted line necessarily, but the beginning, garbled, dialogue is definitely taken from Rebel Assault II – The pilot of the YT freighter, Corellia Star, is signaling a distress call via an open coms channel right before being boarded.
On the specific quote, I always found it funny when Rookie One meets up with Ru Murleen on Imdaar Alpha and Ru exclaims the quote. Like honestly, “who else would it be meeting with you here at this secret location??? YEAH IT’S ME, ROOKIE ONE!” Gets me every time, lol.
Talk about hype. Not only did the deleted scenes on the TFA blu-ray get their own trailer, but now they even have an official poster. I am so done with life. Still hyped though.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdsM8gyUsAE2el1.jpg:large
HAHAHAHA this is ridiculous, but this shot is freaking awesome though I’m sold 😛
i’ll take 12
I was really hoping for Dern’s character to be an admirable one, not another woman-in-a-high-position-for audiences-to-hate-on like the one in Jurassic World and the Hunger Games.
I’m hoping that at the end of the movie she will be proven right, and Poe wrong. Usually these situations pan out the reverse, so it would make a nice change to a familiar theme. It would also leave us on a low note at the end, which would be the perfect set up for the conclusion in the next film.
duh heard of “type” actors are seen and cast by type. The role seems to call for this character and Nina Gold called Dern, Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin, that witch from Game of Thrones and some others…. who are bitch but believable. Type is what you are. How your cast. No one ever escapes that unless they can open a movie and turn into a hit.
i like the idea of Dern on board for E8, now if we could get Kyle and Patrick to join… Sting as a Cantina owner maybe, maybe David to direct.. see where i’m going?
i dunno , maybe in a future spinoff or trilogy =)
I know she’s worked a lot with Lynch, but I don’t recall her in that movie.
I love the idea of a power struggle within the Resistance. With the New Republic crippled, you would expect people looking for opportunities to gain a little more power. It has a Battlestar Galactica feel to it, which is something we haven’t seen before in Star Wars!
I like the idea of problems within the Resistance and Poe taking over the reins.. But, if they semi-fridge Leia and she spends the entire film in coma, I will be seriously pissed.
Right. Bet you said the same thing about Luke potentionally only being in a few scenes in TFA. You got over that right?
I am still unhappy about it, even if I liked the movie very much. So, no.
What I hated most about that was now we can never see Han with Luke again since Ford’s price tag is too expensive to use in a future episode forceback and you guys would have known had he filmed extra footage for the next two films. It would have been really cool to see old Han finally accept Luke as more than just a kid since he still pretty much was for most of Jedi.
what is this nonsense. Ford was done at Empire and was begged to do 6 and for more money and he still begged to be killed “utility” then …. so 30 years later they had to pay him amazing money and promise a 5th indy (after indy was originally a 3 picture deal and 4 was a sure fire hit that Georges hack writing fact into a creative shitshow.
George wasn’t even invited to be apart of 5 but the only reason that Indy 5 is happening at all is because to do TFA Ford would get indy 5.
I imagine he gave up money and points on his contract to make the always cheap Disney pull the trigger.
My bet is it his last movie and instead of watching him age. We get a Cary Grant kinda goodbye, as on pposed to say what Tom Cruise will make us watch… Top Gun 2 ???
There is no force back with a non force user. in 4 movies he moved nothing with his mind or did jedi stuff so let it go. These movies are nonsense for serious actors… Fame and Money ! YES ! Acting craft ? Zero. They always been smart to pick talented actors but look to history and hundreds of talented actors passed on the prequels after reading the script. Leo for example… knowing that they would be seen forever…
Look at the quotes Ewan has said of the screenplays or the fans and what Harrison has said and how he acted in the 30 years in between. He hated being apart of the 3 movie.
This fan emotional nostalgia masturbation crap is icky and hopefully will die when they make a great next movie made by the creator of Breaking Bad.
I promise that the “fans” will not be pleased but the story and film might finally match artistic merit dollar for dollar (empire excluded)
Cause their awesome moving comic books
thats it ladies
If you think VIII won’t be emotional or heavy on nostalgia and have artistic merit then I have some bad news for you.
I hope Leia dies in the first 5 minutes in a ship crash with C3PO and we can start looking forwards and turn the page to a new star wars era with new characters. Only Luke should be in all 3 and never again after these. New characters need to take over and old ones totally dissapear… Han and Leia were the worst of ep VII… Ok they needed to be there… But not anymore. R2D2 should dissapear the moment Luke does.
Amen brother!!
You lost me at calling Han the worst part of VII.
Han after 30 years and with a son who turned into the dark side is the same smuggler we were used to know? Nice character development… Ep VII was a shining master piece until Harrison Ford appeared on the screen… If I lost you please doesn’t reply to me.
He went back to smuggling because he thought he had failed. Just like how Leia went back to being a Senator, and Luke ran away. Sorry I hurt your feelings, but I can’t walk on eggshells around you. No one can.
“He went back to smuggling because he thought he had failed”, thank you, now it is clear you would buy star wars movies whatever the quality of its script is… I wouldn’t. Fan service, a 65 man years old behaves the same way he did 35 years ago even after having a son who turned into evil… Sorry, it’s been a long time since i know Santa is the parents. Sorry if you still didn’t but someone had to tell you.
What are you on about? Do you really think that his personality would change that much just because he’s older? Harrison Ford hasn’t changed much either. He’s still the same person, as is Han. Get over it and untwist those pants.
So you know Harrisom Ford personally?
So people can run, shot, brag and be athletes at 65 the same way they were used to at 30s? Well… clearly not, at least Harrison couldn’t run in the movie… Didn’t you watch it? And when this happens people… Retire? At least change their activity? Do something about it? There is one reason why they killed the character and it wasn’t because Harrison wanted them to do it…
I bet Ford would also be a totally diferent person if his son or daughter joined ISIS and were responsible of an attack against civilians…
From reading and watching interviews you wouldn’t realize if people changed much… But you say that based on your friendship with him so you are probably right.
You have a lot of emotional problems. Please get a grip and reply again.
Perhaps Poe and Laura Dern’s character have previous, recall reading that one of the origin story books has Poe in trouble with authority, maybe Dern’s character was involved and still holds a grudge against him.
Han Solo was likeable because he wasn’t likeable.
Exactly! He was basically a drug dealer. No way would his character ever make it out of a focus group meeting by Disney today. This is why they’ll probably fuck up his film by making the younger version of him even more squeaky clean!
Agreed…Poe will be Sanitized Solo…San Solo…Bland Solo. Pretty much Wedge Antilles with a temper.
Long as it’s not Ham Salad.
lolno
Are Misra and O’Quinn nine years old? Those quotes are ridiculous. I hope they were taken way out of context or something.
Poe wasn’t really a main character in The Force Awakens, he was more a utility character. His actions move the plot along, but his journey wasn’t particularly important to the plot — not like Ray or Finn. He’s a good actor and it sounds like he’ll have a bigger role in episode eight. Contrast that with Ford’s Han Solo. His character’s journey from criminal to hero was an interesting and integral part of the plot.
I agree Poe wasn’t a protagonist in TFA. The audience recation to his character was so positive though that he will probably have a bigger role in Episode VIII.
Maybe that’s what caused the rewrites and the release date change.
What is it with this new trilogy and comas?
You and I actually agree on something.. fascinating.
There’s a first time for everything.
I think Poe and Finn will take different directions as characters in Episode VIII. Finn will become more of a warrior than he was in Episode VII, maybe even becoming openly force sensitive. Poe on the other hand will evolve to the new leader of the Resistance as Leia is gradually phased out.
Seeing as how nothing has really been confirmed about the plot yet, You may be right. Finn was pretty damn goofy in TFA though so he has nowhere to go but up. Disney also wouldn’t want the NAACP up their ass by making him the new Jar Jar either. I just don’t want him continuing to use the lightsaber as a weapon if he isn’t force sensitive as it cheapens both the weapon and the Jedi. I’d rather have him be Poe’s boyfriend than that since he did have more chemistry with him than Rey at least.
“I’d rather have him be Poe’s boyfriend”
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Hahaha! It would shut the GLAAD critics up but alienate certain parts of the NAACP. So they really can’t win.
Exactly. Homophones would get all riled up, especially the black and Hispanic ones that would be like
“You took Finn and Poe away from us and turned them into gays!”
Some people….
People like errr… You??
Why would you think that I’m a homophobe? Stormpilot is my OTP.
Intolerant and full of prejudices when talking about “hispanic and black people”. Now I understand your other posts…
Hispanic and black *HOMOPHOBES*. Please learn to read and calm dafuq down.
Hispanic and black HOMOPHOBES ARE HOMOPHOBES it is not important whatever they are black, hispanic or hobbits!
You obviously misunderstood me. It’s probably your lack of reading comprehension skills. I said that black and Hispanic homophobes would be mad that Poe and Finn were gay, because they would feel that the characters were taken away from them. White homophobes wouldn’t have that problem, because there are other white main characters in the Star Wars movies. So calm down and shut up.
“I said that black and Hispanic homophobes would be mad that Poe and Finn were gay, because they would feel that the characters were taken away from them. White homophobes wouldn’t have that problem, because there are other white main characters in the Star Wars movies.”
Yes, because black or hispanic people don’t identify themselves with people other than the ones of “their own”?
Bon vent i barca nova!
Okay, obviously you’re way to easy to offend. Go think what you want, kid.
It wouldn’t be that big of a stretch either since it’s hard not to see the gay subtext between them. I just read someone thought the Stormtrooper who died was his lover which kinda makes sense and gives him more motivation to leave the order.
That would be amazing! I’d be down to explore their relationship in a book. As for Finn and Poe all I need is this
http://cdn1.theodysseyonline.com/files/2016/01/19/6358878594721610781145319312_tumblr_o09s73Bqn91u6k1bno1_400.gif
and I ship it.
It’s not like it can’t be disproven as of now. Plus it makes sense why they are so “handy” with a lightsaber handle and throttle. Lol.
I like the way you think 😉
Imagine the video games. : o
“Feel the Force, amirite?”
Ther line “traitor!” takes on an entirely new meaning now.
Ohmigosh yes.
Finn Dameron.
Stop, I can only get so erect!!
Finn(e) Dameron.
Their relationship was kinda covered in “Before the Awakening”. He was simply the closest thing Finn had to a friend in his squad.
I’m more okay with them being gay than someone like Luke since even though we never seen him with a woman outside the EU, He seemed to sure enjoy that kiss from his Sister as well as oogling her in ANH.
Finn is not force sensitive and not is going to become so. Just stop. I thought TFA finally put that to rest, but some people ignore reality in favor of their preference.
Poe in TFA is Leia. End of.
He’s not a lot like Leia in my opinion.
“he’s more universal and likable.”
Fp
Disneyfication
He’s the bright idealist in contrast to Finn’s uncertainty and Rey’s naiveté.
It works. We’ll see how that idealism survives Ep. 8.
Poe is nothing compared to Han. Hes not even close to being as cool as Han. The person who said this is dumb.
“The person who said this is dumb.”
You have no idea.
more than dumb
I found Poe to be pretty boring and forgettable.