Star Wars Celebration Europe Poster Promotes Rogue One & Episode VIII; Celebration Orlando Tickets Go On Sale.

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This year’s Star Wars Celebration Europe is still a few months away, but tickets for next year’s Celebration Orlando have gone on sale. In addition, the Celebration Europe’s poster has been unveiled, showing artwork promoting both Rogue One and Episode VIII.

 

 

The poster (shown above) was an exclusive that came from Slashfilm. A high-resolution version of that image is shown below, with a few extra details (click on it for the full experience).

 

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A closer look reveals two new elements to the Rogue One story – the All-Terrain Armored Cargo Transport (AT-ACT), the Shoretrooper, and the Death Troopers.

 

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For those of you looking ahead, tickets for Star Wars Celebration Orlando have now gone on sale.

 

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From Laughing Place:

For tickets bought in advance, adult four-day tickets will go for $150 while kids (ages six to 12) four-day passes will sell for $70. Individual day tickets purchased in advance will be $65 for adults except on Saturday where the price will be $75. Children’s one-day tickets will be $35 regardless of the day. All tickets are non-refundable, non-transferable, non-upgradeable and non-resellable.

The site itself is experiencing surges in traffic, so the people running Celebration have come up with a ticket queue:

 

 

We’ll be sure to keep you covered as more information as more information on both Star Wars Celebrations come to light.

 

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Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

Grant Davis (Pomojema)

Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.

108 thoughts on “Star Wars Celebration Europe Poster Promotes Rogue One & Episode VIII; Celebration Orlando Tickets Go On Sale.

  • May 26, 2016 at 12:35 am
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    Should AT-ACT be said letter by letter or read as one word?

    • May 26, 2016 at 3:32 am
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      How ever the heck you want. I’ll go with “At Act” myself. We never once said “H.M.M.W.V.” in the military, we called them Humvees. Just go with what’s easiest for you, and screw anyone that gives you crap about it.

    • May 27, 2016 at 5:44 am
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      Letter. if you say “at act”, people will look at you like you’re crazy.

  • May 26, 2016 at 12:47 am
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    Judging by that Europe Celebration poster, we’re guaranteed to see something from Episode VIII.

    • May 26, 2016 at 6:53 am
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      I believe that is episode VII, but I hope we get stuff from VIII, if only the title.

      • May 26, 2016 at 9:25 am
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        Oh I agree, it’s images from TFA due to the production timeline, but we’ll at least see something from VIII.

  • May 26, 2016 at 12:52 am
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    Funny how this time is Rey who handles the lightsaber

    • May 26, 2016 at 1:13 am
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      why’s it funny? it’s her laser sword now.

      • May 26, 2016 at 1:17 am
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        Because, for once, Disney isn’t being deceptive with Star Wars’ marketing.

        I hated how the token black guy was used to hide the fact that the white girl was the real Jedi in the film. Also, the trailers presented him like a reasonably competent lead character overall, but Finn turned out to be Rey’s bumbling, incompetent comic relief sidekick who was only (or mostly) given the lightsaber to hand to her. He was Rey’s lightsaber caddy. At almost every turn, he made her look good at his own expense.

        • May 26, 2016 at 1:45 am
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          And this WASN’T misleading?

          • May 26, 2016 at 3:34 am
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            Marketing is never 100 percent accurate. Whatever 100 percent accurate is, I am not sure.

          • May 26, 2016 at 6:26 am
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            There’s a difference between technically not being 100% accurate with the marketing and purposely misrepresenting someone in the trailer vs. what’s really in the film. Time and time again, Finn was shown with the lightsaber and Rey with every weapon but.

          • May 26, 2016 at 7:04 am
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            Luke had the lightsaber ignited for like 30 seconds, and never fought with it….. Finn actually fought with it. Besides, Rey getting the Saber was a surprise. And, Finn DID use the lightsaber.

          • May 26, 2016 at 9:05 am
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            Luke was hyped with the lightsaber to saber fight the villain in the original Star Wars, yet he only has it lit for less than a min in the entire movie. I remember as a kid asking Dad, I thought Luke was going to swordfight with Vader. And it never happened until the next movie.

          • May 26, 2016 at 1:40 pm
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            There is no bait and switch in Star Wars. Force Awakens did it shamelessly, if you can’t see it you are either a hypocrite or delusional.

          • May 26, 2016 at 2:18 pm
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            Whatever. I know what I felt as a child.

          • May 27, 2016 at 8:45 pm
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            Are those my only two choices?

          • May 26, 2016 at 12:04 pm
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            That’s not what I’m talking about. Yes, Luke didn’t use the lightsaber much in ANH, but it was still his weapon. He was still the Jedi in the film. Luke was never used to create a big reveal moment that Leia or Han was the real Jedi instead.

            Rey getting the lightsaber was a surprised because Disney purposely marketed Finn with the lightsaber instead of Rey, including on TFA’s poster. What good is it for Finn to use the Jedi weapon when he got his ass kicked with it twice before Rey got to look awesome with it?

            Having the film force Finn to use it made him look bad. As a result, he couldn’t even finish his first film conscious.

          • May 26, 2016 at 5:05 am
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            Of course that poster is misleading. There weren’t nearly that many X-wings in A New Hope!

          • May 27, 2016 at 7:46 am
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            The Death Star was a lot bigger.

          • May 26, 2016 at 6:24 am
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            Uh huh. Sure…

        • May 26, 2016 at 5:38 am
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          I won’t go back to a topic that was already discussed N times on this forum, but your characterization of Finn is completely inaccurate and misleading.

          • May 26, 2016 at 6:31 am
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            Completely inaccurate and misleading? Sorry to inform you, but I didn’t work on the trailers.

            Did Finn not lose both lightsaber fights and need saving 3 times (rathtar, TR-8R and Kylo Ren lightsaber fight)? Was Finn not specifically given Luke’s lightsaber to hand to Rey? After all, it did call to her. Did Disney’s marketing not go out of their way to hide the fact that Rey was the real Jedi in the film? Did she not defeat Kylo Ren after Finn got his ass kicked both times he picked up the Jedi weapon?

            But, sure. I’m the one being misleading…

          • May 26, 2016 at 10:39 am
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            But… where’s the prbolem? They wanted to hide Rey’s force powers, just to not reveal the whole story. It was a smart campaign, I see nothing unfair or even racist in this.

            PS: we all loved Finn because of his humanity, not because of his kicked ass.

          • May 26, 2016 at 11:48 am
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            The problem was they used the token black character to further elevate the awesomeness of the white one. The trailers and marketing presented us with images that suggested that Finn was either going to be the new Jedi apprentice in TFA or at least one of them. Time and time again, we saw him with the lightsaber and Rey with every weapon but. It also gave the impression that Finn was going to be a reasonably competent character. And, why not? He’s a main character and Rey’s co-lead.

            However, when you watch the film, it turned out that Finn’s only (or main) reason for receiving Luke’s lightsaber was so that he could give it to Rey. After all, it had already called to her. Then, when we see him wield it, he lost both lightsaber fights before Rey had her big reveal moment with it before she defeated the main villain on her first try. Finn was never confirmed to be either Force sensitive or trained with the Jedi weapon. Having the film force him to use it for marketing purposes would be just as dumb as forcing Han Solo to fight Darth Vader with a lightsaber. Why? Because he’s get his ass kicked. They would never do this to Han Solo because they respected him too much to put him in such a weak position like that, but somehow it was okay with Finn.

            As for his competency as a main character, Finn needed saving throughout the film (3 times) while never once looking heroic saving anyone. He was panicky when he rescued Poe and got knocked off his back the one time he technically rescued Rey from the air strike. He looked foolish asking her if she was okay because he was clearly worse off. That’s why she looked at him like he was a moron. The dude practically spent half the film on his back, looking incompetent. While Rey had a bunch of skills from the start, Finn didn’t have any skills beyond blasters, something basic to main characters. Even Rey mastered that one within one movie. He was made the butt of several jokes while Rey was always taken seriously. In a film called The Force AWAKENS, the token black guy couldn’t even finish the film conscious.

            Regarding some things that rubbed me the wrong way as a black man:

            – Finn drank from a dirty animal trough like a beast.

            – Finn was tased and assaulted while being accused of theft.

            – Finn was choked by Chewie like he was Lando Calrissian.

            – Finn sounded a bit too much like Kevin Hart (“The name’s Finn, and I’m in charge now, Phasma! I’m in charge!” “Yeahhh! Did you see that?! Did you see that?!”)

            – “Droid, please!”

            – Finn was a runaway slave character. (Kidnapped from his family, forced to become a stormtrooper, ran away and was pursued, terrified of his owners.)

            – Finn’s big reveal was that he used to be a sanitation worker.

            Yes, Finn was brave and had heart, but that’s no excuse for him constantly getting his ass kicked throughout the film while making his white co-lead look good at his own expense. Finn’s supposed to be a MAIN character, not a sidekick.

            All the other main characters in Star Wars were allowed to be portrayed competently and have moments to shine. We shouldn’t have to wait until VIII or possibly even IX to see Finn treated with the same level of respect.

          • May 26, 2016 at 1:45 pm
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            I’m still not understanding how the fact that “Finn had to be saved for 3 times” is a problem. The list of “racist things” are not even valid: I’m afraid if you, as a black man, have read on Finn a racist stereotype, but I don’t think he is.

            The real deal is to make clear that a narrative work is not valuable only isolating the characters, or the scenes. There is a context, which is, in my opinion, pretty solid. Finn doesn’t be tased ’cause he’s black: he does ’cause he wears Poe’s jacket; Finn doesn’t drink “like a beast” ’cause he is “like a beast”, but just because no one get him water. So: the context. I don’t think JJ is indictable of racism: he simply wanted to show us a character who rose from a very low level, like a “slave”, yes, as every Stormtrooper is, to a level of a pretty obvious heroism. Because Finn is portrayed as a hero, not as a racist type of some ambiguous or selfish black character. Even if he fall 3, 4, 5, or 10000 times, where is the racism in this character?

            PS: actually, I think Finn is black only because Abrams loved Boyega’s work in Attack the Block. The first concepts of TFA show a totally white Finn.

          • May 26, 2016 at 3:10 pm
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            Finn needing to be saved 3 times in the same film is a problem because it highlights his incompetency as a character. In contrast, Rey barely needed it once. In fact, the film goes out of its way to show how Finn’s efforts to save her are largely unnecessary:

            1. Tried to save her from thugs – she took care of them herself. Finn looks impressed.

            2. Tried to save her from stormtroopers – she nags him for hand holding before outrunning him.

            3. Tried to save her from air strike – gets knocked out and needs her to wake him up and help him off his feet.

            4. Tried to save her from rathtar – he gets captured instead and now needs her to save him.

            5. Tried to rescue her from Starkiller Base – too late. She already rescued herself and was roaming about freely, weapon in hand, when he caught up to her.

            6. Tried to save her from Kylo Ren – gets put in a coma and now needs her to save him.

            Throughout the film, Finn bumbles, loses fights, doesn’t once get to look heroic saving anyone and doesn’t get to achieve anything on his own. Meanwhile, Rey, his co-lead, is highly skilled, moves with grace and speed, wins her fights against Kylo Ren, looks good saving Finn’s life, BB-8’s life and everyone on the Falcon when she fixed the hyperdrive problem. The one time Kylo Ren captured her, it opened the door to her awakening, outmatching him at the mind read, empowered her to free herself from the interrogation device and allowed her to defeat the main villain on her first try.

            Side-by-side, we get a clear picture of Finn consistently looking inferior to Rey. Meanwhile, the main characters from the OT and PT were always allowed to be portrayed competently and have their moments to shine. TFA’s co-leads are unbalanced and inconsistent.

            You may not see the racial things I’ve listed as valid, but them smack of “JDLR” to me – “Just Doesn’t Look Right”. It’s not even like it’s just one or two things. It’s a bunch of stuff that rubs me and a number of other people the wrong way.

            There’s a difference between the film’s story and the film itself. Of course Finn wasn’t tased in the story because he was black, etc. What I’m saying is that, as a black man, I’m seeing things in Finn’s portrayal in the film that just doesn’t look right in the context of OUR world. Finn is Star Wars’ first black lead ever, and here we see a character who bumbles, is incompetent, regularly looks inferior to his white co-lead, is made the butt of several jokes, etc. You don’t think his portrayal sends a message to the black community?

            Portrayal matters.

            Finn was supposed to be a reasonably competent and respected main character, but he was treated like an incompetent sidekick buffoon by the film. He was allowed to be helpful to the other main characters, but he was not allowed one moment to shine on his own. At what point does this not become a coincidence?

            Wasn’t Jar Jar Binks originally supposed to be an incompetent comic relief character who became less incompetent in II and III before Lucas drastically reduced his role? You don’t see any parallels between Finn and Jar Jar? I’m not talking about audiences’ reaction to them. I’m talking about their role in their first film.

            Finn wasn’t like a slave. He was a slave. He had no agency in deciding to become a stormtrooper. He was the First Order’s property to do with as they pleased. He wasn’t like Luke, who originally wanted to join the Imperial Academy as an adult in ANH.

            Unlike the other main characters from I-VII, Finn was a hero who wasn’t allowed to achieve anything on his own, not even during the climax. He kept Kylo Ren busy until a much better fighter could come along to defeat him. He’s knocked out for the rest of the film and received an emasculating kiss on the forehead before the heroine departed. Rey couldn’t even bother to stay by his side until he recovered. What was the rush? Finn did risk his life for her.

            Finn wasn’t a racist stereotype? What about the token black guy being the comic relief character who was the butt of several jokes? What about him bumbling, being incompetent, unskilled, and needing white saviors (Rey and Han)?

            How does it make any sense for a scavenger, whose only goal in life was to survive long enough to be reunited with her family, to have so many unrelated skills from the outset? Rey spends most of her time in solitude, and she was never shown having any personal relationships with anyone on Jakku. Why would she know so many languages fluently when she barely speaks to anyone who doesn’t speak English? How does it make sense for someone, who’s never even used a lightsaber before, to defeat an experienced lightsaber user on her first try except that she’s a Mary Sue?

            It really doesn’t matter to me that Finn was originally white or that white actors had auditioned for the role. Disney should’ve known better than to give us a film where the white co-lead regularly outperformed her black counterpart. At almost every turn, Finn made Rey look good at his own expense. How do people not see this? How do they make excuses for the way the token black guy was treated in this film?

          • May 26, 2016 at 3:16 pm
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            To be honest, I’m not going to read this exaggerated post. If you want to talk about the presumed racism of TFA, open a thread in the Cantina.

          • May 26, 2016 at 3:49 pm
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            Oh. Nice to see you have no real argument against my criticisms. This is a common thing I’ve been noticing with Finn.

          • May 26, 2016 at 6:40 pm
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            No, I’m just too busy.

          • May 26, 2016 at 7:34 pm
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            If you have arguments to my criticisms, I’d like to hear them. I’m a patient man. No rush.

          • May 27, 2016 at 5:42 am
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            As a black man, I can confidently say that race had nothing to do with it, and you’re getting offended for no reason.

          • May 27, 2016 at 8:47 am
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            Oh okay. You’re a black man. I guess that settles it for me.

          • May 27, 2016 at 6:31 pm
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            Yep. It’s good that we see eye to eye on something! 😉

          • May 27, 2016 at 7:27 pm
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            *sniffles* Can you go back to liking my comments? I’ll behave. q;’P

          • May 26, 2016 at 2:55 pm
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            I think he’s awesome. One of my favourite on-screen characters, a true SW ambassador.

          • May 27, 2016 at 5:41 am
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            I agree.

          • May 26, 2016 at 11:23 am
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            Finn:

            1. Defies the inter-galactic might of the FO, and then breaks out Poe from captivity.
            2. Shoots down Imperial tie-fighters to ensure Rey, BB-8, and himself survive the Jakku chase.
            3. Part of the Resistance assault team to infiltrate SK Base, and to rescue Rey.
            4. A non-force user untrained in the use of a lightsaber faces-off against a much powerful opponent strong in the dark-side.

            Yup, sounds like a chump to me.

          • May 26, 2016 at 1:59 pm
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            “Thank you” (cit.)

            Finn is the “human being” in TFA. He has no powers, a basical training and he’s fearful as hell. BUT… he escapes the First Order, saves Poe, collaborates with Rey in the Falcon, shots down I don’t know how many Stormtroopers in Takodana, then collaborates with the Resistance to destroy Starkiller base and save Rey. Finally, he protects Rey facing Kylo Ren.

            As a “normal” character, I think Finn made some freaking shit.

          • May 26, 2016 at 3:44 pm
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            “Normal” characters don’t occupy lead roles in Star Wars. They occupy sidekick/supporting ones. Your C-3P0s, your Jar Jar Binks. Notice how Finn shares some similarities with them, like bumbling, being incompetent at times and being the comic relief character. Hmm. I wonder why.

            Finn escaped the First Order because he was a coward. He didn’t want to kill the villagers, but he was more afraid of saving his own skin than theirs. I get that saving their lives would’ve been impossible, but that’s not the point. Once Finn was free, did he try to do the right thing and fight the First Order? No. He wanted to run away. When push came to shove, he only cared about his life. Finn was a coward. The only thing that turned him around was his rushed and passionate friendship with Rey. You know, the same one who had assaulted and accused him of theft without apologizing for her rudeness.

            Finn only saved Poe’s life because he needed a pilot. He wasn’t being heroic or doing it for the right reason. He was being selfish and demonstrating that he lacked any skills to escape on his own. By comparison, Rey had all the skills she needed to escape on her own if she wanted to.

            Finn was being a team player to Rey on the Falcon. It’s nice, but it’s not an example of him achieving anything on his own. Shooting stormtroopers with blasters isn’t anything special. All the main characters do this in Star Wars. Finn attempted to rescue Rey from Starkiller Base, which was nice of him, but the film refused to allow him to succeed at this. By the time Finn caught up with Rey, she had already rescued herself and was roaming about freely. Compare this to Poe being stuck until Finn rescued him or Leia being stuck in her cell until Luke freed her. This was no accident.

            Finn kept Kylo Ren busy, but he didn’t save Rey. She was the one who stopped the threat, not him. Think about it this way: If Rey had been knocked out for 24 hours, where would she wake up? With the Resistance or with the First Order?

          • May 26, 2016 at 6:37 pm
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            I answer to this, ’cause I have to study: “Finn kept Kylo Ren busy, but he didn’t save Rey.”

            Yes, but this because seeing Finn defeat Kylo Ren will have been a huge mistake in terms of coherence with the previous SW mithology. He hasn’t the Force; she has. Even if Finn would have been a giant speaking penis Kylo would have beaten him: Kylo is a Sith-or-whatever, Finn’s just a stormtrooper (and if you thought he deserted because of cowardy, you simply didn’t understand the movie).

            Listen… I have already written my arguments. The idea that Finn is a racist stereotype is an over-intepretation, just as the idea that Rey is a Mary Sue. I can tell you that a humurous role didn’t necessary make the character a “comic relief”, or a 3PO-Jar Jar-character-type. Actually, Finn is the comic relief of a couple of scenes, but he is also a pretty shaped character, and you can figure it out in some interesting scenes you probably missed, and one of them is exactly the fighting scene.

            So, my argument is: Finn is a funny character who, unlike Jar-Jar and 3PO, plays also a key role and shows, in some of the core scenes, a deep humanity, which keep him far from the classical racist stereotypes.

          • May 26, 2016 at 7:29 pm
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            “Yes, but this because seeing Finn defeat Kylo Ren will have been a huge mistake in terms of coherence with the previous SW mithology.”

            The same could be said for Rey. Despite being Force sensitive, she didn’t have any on screen or confirmed training before fighting Kylo Ren. She was a newbie, both to the Force and the lightsaber. Kylo Ren may not have completed his training, but he had more than enough training and experience to beat her.

            Rey should not have won that fight. Her victory was unearned.

            Back to Finn. My point with him keeping Kylo Ren busy was that he didn’t achieve any personal victory here. He lost the fight and needed a more competent and skilled character to defeat the main villain so that he could be saved. Finn loses fights and needs saving throughout the film.

            “(and if you thought he deserted because of cowardy, you simply didn’t understand the movie).”

            Actually, I do understand the movie. If Finn really cared about those villagers like people claim, then he would’ve at least done everything in his power to fight the First Order once he successfully escaped them. Instead, he wanted to get as far away from them as possible because he was a coward.

            “Listen… I have already written my arguments. The idea that Finn is a racist stereotype is an over-intepretation, just as the idea that Rey is a Mary Sue.”

            How else do you interpret how Rey started off with a bunch of skills, kept showing that she didn’t need saving, got to save Finn and several others a few times, never was placed in a situation where someone else got to look good while saving her, never lost a fight that didn’t work out in her favor or make a mistake she couldn’t fix herself?

            Main characters in the previous Star Wars films were allowed to lose, need saving and make mistakes they couldn’t always fix themselves. They didn’t have a bunch of skills that overshadowed other characters. The only exception to this was kid Anakin, but I thought he was poorly written, too.

            “I can tell you that a humurous role didn’t necessary make the character a “comic relief”, or a 3PO-Jar Jar-character-type.”

            Han and Chewie were characters that had comedic elements to them, but that wasn’t a major focus of who they were. A LOT of attention was given to Finn being a comic relief character. His reactions to Rey beating up those thugs. Being tased by BB-8. “I’m with the Resistance!” “Droid, please!” Giving BB-8 the thumbs up. Falling down with BB-8 in his lap before saying “I’m okay!” Being captured by the rathtar made Finn look silly. Being choked by Chewie like he was Lando Calrissian. “Sanitation.” “Sanitation?!” Han using his chin to point to Rey. “The name’s Finn, and I’m in charge now, Phasma! I’m in charge!”, etc.

            Like Jar Jar, Finn bumbled and showed incompetence. He needed saving 3 times while Rey barely needed it once. Like C-3P0, Finn was panicky and cowardly at times.

            Of course, Finn is more than comic relief. He’s brave. He has heart. But he’s also incompetent and bumbles. He doesn’t get to achieve any personal victories or look heroic saving anyone. He needed to be saved throughout the film. That’s not how Star Wars treats their main characters. That’s how an incompetent sidekick gets treated. The more positive portrayals of Finn don’t remove the more negative ones, including the ones that show racial stereotypes.

          • May 27, 2016 at 11:27 am
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            I continue to say you are over-reading this plot elements. But this discussion is beginning to be rather repetitive.

            One last thing: in a narrative work, you can find out how a character is a racist stereotype just looking at the character itself. No need to go around searching scenes which confirm that character as a racist stereotype. Much people say Jar Jar is racist because he actually act like a gipsy, or a doped hippie, speaking some sort of “galactic esperanto” and making messes everywhere he goes (a sub-human character, or a sub-law one). In Finn, I can’t find elements inherent in the character itself confirming he’s a racist stereotype. Those scenes were pretty well contextualized, and coherent with the behavior of the character. Actually, I think he’s only funny, but this doesn’t mean he’s racist.

            But, please, stop talking about this. Go to the Cantina and open a post, if you want to continue. I don’t want to obstruct the comment section.

          • May 26, 2016 at 3:27 pm
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            1. Finn ran away from the First Order because he was a coward. Yes, it look bravery to do what he did, but it was also an act of cowardice because he only ran away out of fear. He wasn’t motivated by the slaughter of the villagers to join the Resistance and fight back. He spent half the film acting on fear and cowardice.

            Finn didn’t break Poe out because it was the right thing to do. He only did it because he needed a pilot. This shows that Finn’s heart is not in the right place and that he’s unskilled.

            2. Finn was allowed to be helpful to others, but he wasn’t allowed to achieve anything on his own. He was working with Rey as her teammate while she was flying the Falcon. He wasn’t saving her because she was also contributing to her rescue.

            3. Finn tried to rescue Rey, which was a nice gesture. However, the film would not allow him to save her because it wanted to emphasize how strong and independent she was. This was an ongoing theme throughout TFA. Finn was helpful to the destruction of Starkiller Base (useful to others), but he made it clear to Han that he had only come to save Rey. Despite all the innocent people killed by the First Order, their deaths alone wasn’t enough to motivate Finn to do the right thing.

            4. Disney forced Finn to fight Kylo Ren so that they could mislead audiences via marketing into thinking that he was going to be the new Jedi apprentice. They needed shots of him wielding the lightsaber and fighting Kylo Ren and TR-8R. However, when you watch the film, you realize that he was only (or mostly) given the lightsaber to hand to Rey. It had called to her, not him. More importantly, Finn got his ass whupped twice with it. He was never confirmed to be either Force sensitive or trained with the Jedi weapon. Even if Finn becomes a Jedi in VIII, he still wasn’t ready to handle the lightsaber in TFA.

            Forcing Finn to fight Kylo Ren with a lightsaber would be just as stupid as forcing Han Solo to fight Darth Vader with one. Why? Because Han would get his ass kicked. But Lucasfilm respects Han too much to do that to him. Finn, however, was thrown under the bus to further elevate Rey’s awesomeness.

            Finn’s not a chump, but he was treated like one by this film. He deserved better.

          • May 26, 2016 at 4:02 pm
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            Finn deserted the FO because of his conscious. He could no longer remain in such a cruel organisation. We witnessed the development of his character from conscientious objector to hero. He played a significant part in disabling the SK base shield’s and planting the explosives. The Resistance would have been lost if Finn had not been there.

            A hero is someone forced out of their comfort zone, prepared to sacrifice their own well being in-order to save someone else.

            A coward would have ran away from Kylo Ren. He could easily have surrendered the lightsaber and just legged it. I’m sure Ren was only interested in Luke’s lightsaber, and Rey.

            As TFA was the first in the trilogy, we’ll see a lot more from Finn in the next instalments.

          • May 26, 2016 at 4:21 pm
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            Finn’s conscious did not compel him to join the Resistance and fight the First Order for the cause of justice. Instead, he was motivated by fear and cowardice to get as far away from them as possible.

            Finn developed bravery and he was helpful to the other characters, but he was never allowed to achieve any personal heroism, unlike the other main characters. Rey achieved personal victory during the climax of the film by defeating Kylo Ren. Poe did it by destroying Starkiller Base. Finn had a brave moment fighting the main villain with a weapon he wasn’t skilled with before a better skilled and more competent character could take over to defeat him.

            Finn was treated like a sidekick, not a lead.

            Like I’ve said before, Finn was allowed to be helpful to the other characters, but he wasn’t allowed to achieve anything on his own. This includes being helpful on Starkiller Base.

            A hero in Star Wars also achieves personal victories. Rey did. Poe did. Luke did. Han did. Anakin did. Padme did. Obi-Wan did. Why not Finn, too? Luke was a hero because he blew up the Death Star, not because he tried.

            Finn and Rey had already tried to run away. Kylo Ren caught up to them. He then took out the only character skilled enough to save Finn. Kylo Ren then called him a traitor, and rightfully so. There’s no way he would’ve let Finn off easy.

            The film forced Finn to fight Kylo Ren for marketing purposes. They wanted to create a big reveal moment for Rey being the real Jedi in TFA.

            We shouldn’t have to wait for VIII and IX to see a MAIN character treated competently and with respect. We didn’t have to wait for Luke, Han, Leia, Anakin, Padme, Obi-Wan, Rey or Poe. Why do we make an exception for Finn?

          • May 26, 2016 at 5:44 pm
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            You obviously wanted Finn to be the main Jedi in the ST, and are now bitterly disappointed. Just because he’s not, doesn’t make him any less of a hero.

          • May 26, 2016 at 5:51 pm
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            I’m perfectly fine with Finn not being the main Jedi in the ST – or a Jedi at all. What I didn’t like was how Disney used him as a bait-and-switch to setup Rey’s big reveal. He had no business wielding a lightsaber in TFA. Losing both fights made Rey look good by comparison because his co-lead defeated the main villain on her first try.

            Time and time again, Rey was shown to be highly skilled, competent and successful while Finn lacked any advanced skilled, was incompetent, lost fights and regularly needed saving. I don’t think it’s asking too much for a main character to be treated with proper respect rather than be portrayed as Rey’s bumbling, incompetent comic relief sidekick.

          • May 26, 2016 at 6:52 am
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            Not completely inaccurate.

        • May 27, 2016 at 5:39 am
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          “Rey’s bumbling, incompetent comic relief sidekick”

          What version of the film were you watching?

          • May 27, 2016 at 9:05 am
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            The same one you did. Finn lost both lightsaber fights and needed saving 3 times while never getting to look heroic saving anyone. He practically spent half the film on his back:

            – beast alien knocked him on his back at dirty animal trough
            – Rey knocked him on his back with her staff
            – air strike knocked him out on his back
            – BB-8’s weight knocked him on his back as he tried lowering him into the Falcon’s secret compartment
            – rathtar knocked him off his feet
            – Finn landed on the ground as he struggled to get the severed tentacles off him
            – TR-8R knocked him on his back
            – Kylo Ren slammed him on his back with a lightsaber swipe. Finn got back up to fight.
            – Kylo Ren then puts Finn in a coma with a slice to his back.

            This is not the sign of a reasonably competent lead character. Rey regularly outperformed Finn on the battlefield. She outran him and beat him up on Jakku. She had a bunch of skills while he was only good with blasters. Finn was allowed to be helpful to Rey and others, but he wasn’t allowed to look heroic saving her or achieving any personal victories. You know, things lead Star Wars characters get to do. Finn was only (or mostly) given the lightsaber to hand to Rey. He held on to it until she was ready. That’s some sidekick stuff.

            Finn was the comic relief character of the film. Other characters had comedic moments, but Finn was the main guy. Here are some moments off the top of my head:

            “You need a pilot. I need a pilot.” “Stay calm. Stay calm.” “I am calm.” “I’m talking to myself.” Being tased by BB-8. “I’m with the Resistance.” Thumbs up to BB-8. Being choked by Chewie like he was Lando. Revealing he used to be a sanitation worker before being slammed against the wall by Han. “The name’s Finn, and I’m in charge now, Phasma! I’m in charge!” Being confused about Han gesturing with his chin. etc.

            Basically, Finn was portrayed as a character who regularly needed saving, looked incompetent, had some funny lines, was the butt of several jokes, was helpful to Rey and others while not achieving any personal victories or heroic saves and held on to Luke’s lightsaber for Rey (sidekick stuff).

          • May 27, 2016 at 6:31 pm
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            TL;DR You’re delusional. Seek help.

      • May 26, 2016 at 10:33 am
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        Funny because the whole TFA capaign was focused on Finn and his blue lightsaber, when the real Jedi hero was actually Rey. Nothing negative in this. I meant it’s just funny.

        • May 26, 2016 at 11:56 am
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          It’s especially ridiculous looking at TFA’s poster. It suggests that Finn’s the Jedi of the film when, in reality, he got his ass kicked with the lightsaber both times before Rey got to look awesome with it.

        • May 26, 2016 at 2:02 pm
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          ahh okay 🙂

    • May 26, 2016 at 1:04 am
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      With you on that one man ! Awesome !

  • May 26, 2016 at 1:11 am
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    I don’t count less than two months to be “a few months away.”

  • May 26, 2016 at 1:15 am
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    Shoretroopers are totally bad ass looking. Might give the camo 41st Elite troops a run for their money now for my very favorite armored footsoldiers in all of Star Wars.

  • May 26, 2016 at 1:41 am
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    I picked up my Celebration Orlando tickets today, three 4-day passes for myself, wife and rugrat. So excited.

    • May 26, 2016 at 1:45 pm
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      See you there! First Celebration that I’ll get to experience with my wife and kids too! Can’t wait!

  • May 26, 2016 at 2:19 am
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    Who says that’s supposed to be EP VIII?

    • May 26, 2016 at 2:45 am
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      Yea, on the show they just say “Rogue One and The Force Awakens”.

    • May 26, 2016 at 2:51 am
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      Why would they promote an already released movie?

    • May 26, 2016 at 3:11 am
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      Might not be, but Rey never wielded a lightsaber in her Resistance clothing in TFA.

  • May 26, 2016 at 3:14 am
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    got a four-day pass for celebration 2017!! who else is going?

    • May 26, 2016 at 4:47 am
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      me! 😀 so excited!

    • May 26, 2016 at 1:44 pm
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      Got mine too!

      • May 26, 2016 at 5:13 pm
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        first time?

        • May 26, 2016 at 8:59 pm
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          I was at C4 in Los Angeles. I think was 2006 or 2007? This will be the first time for my wife and kids to experience celebration. You’re first time?

          • May 26, 2016 at 11:51 pm
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            yes sir. i really hope it blows my socks off… especially cuz it’ll be the 40th anniversary and i’m guessing that’s when they’ll air the first episode 8 teaser

  • May 26, 2016 at 5:32 am
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    The poster reinforces Rey and Kylo Ren as the protagonists of Episode VIII with Luke and Finn in the background as the secondary leads and Poe slightly behind them. That is reassuring to fans who feared Poe’s expanded role in Episode VIII could eclipse Finn”s.

  • May 26, 2016 at 5:36 am
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    So does the inclusion of the Saga cast mean we are going to be getting Episode VIII info at Celebration? Probably not, but I can hope!

    • May 26, 2016 at 9:41 am
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      We’ll get something. Not much, but there’s definitely going to be a ahort clip promoting Episode VIII, maybe another Force for Change video.

      • May 26, 2016 at 3:54 pm
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        Idk man I hope we at least get some real footage. Even if it is just flashes of everyone faces or something really small like that. I also think we are going to get a title, since we got Rogue One at last years Celebration

        • May 26, 2016 at 4:27 pm
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          I don’t think so. The first footage will be most likely shown in a teaser trailer, probably in November/December.

          • May 26, 2016 at 7:55 pm
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            Most likely. But with the way Rian has been sharing stuff on twitter and with that announcement video you can see that this time around the crew is much more open to letting the fans in on the experience. Idk I just have a feeling that we are going to get something special.

  • May 26, 2016 at 9:52 am
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    Probably better than anything we will get for the official Rogue One poster, I do like that the that’s not an AT-AT hence why it moves so differently than the stop motion ones in the OT.

    • May 26, 2016 at 1:18 pm
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      What about this?

      • May 26, 2016 at 5:52 pm
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        Lmao

      • May 27, 2016 at 5:37 am
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        Hahaha I get it. Rogue One has a brunette female lead who’s part of a Rebellion, therefore it’s EXACTLY the same as the Hunger Games.

        Funny.

        • May 27, 2016 at 10:57 am
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          It’s doesn’t have to be EXACTLY the same movie, but it means they are targeting the exact same people who like the Hunger Games series, young adult females. They’re doing this because Disney think they don’t have to win the Star Wars fanbase which is mostly males, they want to expand the audience and sell more tickets, but they won’t have my money.

          • May 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm
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            I’m sure they’ll miss your 5 bucks out of the billion they’re sure to make.

            Cry me a river, build a bridge, and then get over it.

          • May 27, 2016 at 7:42 pm
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            I’m only saying I’m not as stupid to say they ruined Star Wars and still give them my money. They lost the Star Wars fan to casual moviegoers that can enjoy just about anything. These people are not loyal and Disney will figure this out after a few movies. They think they can release a turd every year and still make a billion $.

          • May 27, 2016 at 8:35 pm
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            This tired rant again…

          • May 27, 2016 at 9:13 pm
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            Tell that to Marvel, and to TFA’s 92% on RT.

          • May 27, 2016 at 9:39 pm
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            Nah. He’ll have a ready response for that. You know, either the mindless masses will like anything or that people are fooled or some other such tripe. And yet, those same folks visit sites like this over and over again; spending an inordinate amount of time talking about movies they profess to hate and discussing a franchise they claim doesn’t anymore speak to them.

            And I’ve said it many times before: anyone who bothers to come to sites like this and talk about Star Wars is lying through their teeth if they say they won’t watch any of these movies. Through. Their. Teeth.

          • May 27, 2016 at 9:54 pm
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            So is the Avengers, what is your point?

          • May 31, 2016 at 11:12 pm
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            George Lucas released 3 turds in 99-2005 and TFA still sold 108 million tickets in the US alone. The power of the saga is just too strong.

          • May 31, 2016 at 11:42 pm
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            If JJ Abrams can do better than George Lucas, tell me why Disney paid 4 billion $ for a brand name? That’s the value of anything thing called “Star Wars”. So of course after 10 years, any turd wrapped in a Star Wars cellophane will sell like hot cakes, but actually considering the hype, it should have made more than that, it tanked in China, they don’t know Star Wars so the brand had no effect on them, they took TFA for what it was, a terrible movie.

          • June 1, 2016 at 10:53 am
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            What does that have to do with my comment? Anyways, the 4 billion price was incredibly underpayed for the brand. TFA alone is estimated for making around 6-10 billion dollars alltogether with merchandising, stream/tv rights, video game/mobile game sales and ofc it almost doubled Disney’s stock price.
            As for the hype, the most important market for a US movie have always been the US (because the studios get 50-55% from there), where it made 936 million, highest of all time non adjusted. China, while a huge market have never really been a big moneymaker, as studios only get 10-20% from the ticket revenue. The preqeuels were also released in China back then, so its not the first SW there.

          • June 1, 2016 at 11:00 am
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            It has to do because if JJ Abrams or other hacks were capable of making billion $ by themselves, Disney wouldn’t have paid Star Wars rights, they would have paid JJ Abrams directly. Without the Star Wars brand, this movie wouldn’t have made the $200 million budget back when George Lucas created a billions $ worth franchise from scratch.
            I know the 4 billion is well under the true value of the franchise, George Lucas didn’t sell for money, he didn’t want to make the movies so he let Disney do them so that people would stop asking him to do it. But he’s not stupid and has $2 billions in Lucasfilm shares.

          • June 1, 2016 at 3:35 pm
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            Your analogy is completly stupid sorry to say. Without the Star Wars brand JJ obviously wouldnt’ve made TFA…
            What makes me rather think is if GL would’ve made a new movie would it been succeful? I dont think he is capable of doing a good movie since 1977, especially not with full controll. At least its 100% that I wouldn’t we have watched in the cinema. 3 utterly dissapointing crap was enough for me.
            Selling the brand to Disney was necessary to TFA’s success imo.

          • May 27, 2016 at 8:42 pm
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            No. Rather, their target audience INCLUDES “young adult females” instead of simply the 40-50 somethings that are part of the original fan base. Move over and share Star Wars a bit. This property no longer belongs to the thin sliver of a demographic that you associate it with.

            But people are still going to complain about any Star Wars materials that seems to include females or is clearly aimed at children. How old you sound. How irrelevant you sound. Way to fit the bitter fanboy stereotype.

          • May 27, 2016 at 9:52 pm
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            You can’t expand the audience to conflicting demographics, at some point you have to make a choice and accept that people won’t be interested in this movie. The news movies are alienating the fanbase that made Star Wars what it is. Without the loyal audience Star Wars wouldn’t be worth the 4 billion $ they paid to acquire the rights. Disney is capitalizing on the young females and dumb Star Wars fans who’d catch anything Disney is throwing like lapdogs. But I reckon it’s more comfrotable to be a dog rather that protest at the crap they’re pulling.

          • May 27, 2016 at 10:35 pm
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            What a load of bunk.

            “You can’t expand the audience to conflicting demographics…”

            What “conflicting” demographics are you talking about? Do you have any kids? Do you know any girls? They’re adventure movies. How is something like Rogue One not a movie that would be able to appeal to more than one small facet of the viewing public? Where are you getting this stuff?

            “The news movies are alienating the fanbase that made Star Wars what it is.”

            That’s odd. I’m part of the original Star Wars fanbase and I hardly feel alienated. A lot of my friends are pretty hardcore fans and the vast majority of them are absolutely grooving on the new material. What “fanbase” are you talking about? And regardless, none of that really matters when vetted against the truth. Movie ticket sales are breaking records, Celebrations are selling out of tickets, critics are overwhelmingly feeling positive about this franchise. A few bitter 45-year-olds won’t change that. But you’ll likely continue to deny, deny, deny….

            “…dumb Star Wars fans who’d catch anything Disney is throwing like lapdogs.”

            That’s the laziest and most disingenuous approach to take. If you think that sort of perspective makes you sound like a discerning or discriminating entertainment consumer, you’re seeing yourself through a fairly distorted lens. Only a “dumb” person would look at that type of meaningless, throwaway judgment as having any truth or value.

            But that’s all fine. Believe what you want. Create your own narrative if that makes you feel better, the blatant reality that is staring you in the face notwithstanding. But at the end of the day, you’re still the one taking issue with a female being cast as a lead in the movie, and that’s just downright sad.

          • May 27, 2016 at 11:15 pm
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            The fact that you watched the movie in theaters in 1977 is irrelevant, I’m from the 80s and I take the movies for what they are. You obviously don’t understand Star Wars if you think it’s an adventure movie. JJ Abrams made an adventure movie, Daisy Ridley in Star Wars Land. Now they are applying the exact same winning formula with Rogue One, Felicity Jones in the Death Star resort.
            Star Wars is a space epic, it’s not a story centered on one individual’s journey something so much that every scene was about Daisy Ridley. Star Wars was a gigantic universe with endless possibilities, and they reduced it to the dumbest stories imaginable. But since we have a female lead, we have to shut up or get mauled by the white knight brigade.
            Transformers sells a lot of tickets and made billions $, that doesn’t make it a great series.

          • May 27, 2016 at 11:58 pm
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            What a bunch of meandering, disconnected drivel. Do you actually read any of this before you post it?

            “The fact that you watched the movie in theaters in 1977 is irrelevant…”

            It’s very relevant. Your whole tirade was based on this faulty notion that the new Star Wars content is alienating the old fan base. I grew up during the OT era. I’m part of that old fan base. I offered you a contrary perspective to what you assumed all older fans were feeling. You were wrong. So…how is that irrelevant?

            “You obviously don’t understand Star Wars if you think it’s an adventure movie.”

            There you go again. People that like the new content are “dumb”. I “obviously don’t understand Star Wars” because I consider them adventure movies. Actually, they most certainly are adventure movies. You called Star Wars a “space epic” – which might be true (actually, space opera is a much more appropriate term) but that’s hardly exclusive from being an adventure flick. Grab a glossary.

            “Now they are applying the exact same winning formula with Rogue One, Felicity Jones in the Death Star resort.”

            You haven’t seen the movie. And what the heck is a “Death Star resort”?

            “Transformers sells a lot of tickets and made billions $, that doesn’t make it a great series.”

            What about the other indication of this franchise’s current success? Don’t ignore those.

            This is too easy.

          • May 28, 2016 at 12:46 am
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            I’m not talking about “old people” I’m talking about fans of the original movies as opposed to the new fans who joined in the Jar Jar Abrams bandwagon. Bob Iger himself that at the first projections it was mostly male fans and weeks after weeks they kept seeing women in growing numbers, just because the lead is a girl, what a silly argument to watch a movie. Now the franchise belongs to this new audience that didn’t give two cents about Star Wars before they heard about Daisy Ridley. We are reduced to pointless adventure movies designed to appeal to a certain demographics. No vision, no story, no nothing.

          • May 28, 2016 at 1:12 am
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            “I’m talking about fans of the original movies as opposed to the new fans who joined in the Jar Jar Abrams bandwagon.”

            Yeah. So am I. Read my post. And you need to shed this notion that Star Wars was some exclusive, cult thing before the Prequels that only belonged to you and some select group of friends. It’s been mass-market entertainment since shortly after it hit theaters nearly 40 years ago. Quit jocking OG Star Wars. It sounds silly.

            “Bob Iger himself that at the first projections it was mostly male fans and weeks after weeks they kept seeing women in growing numbers, just because the lead is a girl, what a silly argument to watch a movie.”

            I’m not sure what you’re even trying to say here. Perhaps girls went to see it because it’s frickin Star Wars….one of the most popular movie franchises of all time. Give me a break. And if it’s a “silly argument” to see a movie only because there’s a female lead, then wouldn’t it be an equally “silly argument” to NOT see a movie because there is a female lead? You’re really arguing yourself into a corner here.

            “Now the franchise belongs to this new audience that didn’t give two cents about Star Wars before they heard about Daisy Ridley.”

            That’s false. Star Wars just “belongs” to a bigger audience than the narrow one that you’ve decided upon.

            And honestly, if you’re that upset and disenchanted with the whole thing, what in the world are you doing visiting and posting on a Star Wars news forum. Walk away. Go find another entertainment property that you can enjoy. Or start your own. Just quit whining about you having a problem with girl in a movie. It’s really, really childish.

  • May 26, 2016 at 12:02 pm
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    Shoretrooper? Seriously? They got surfboards?

    • May 26, 2016 at 1:16 pm
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      They’re going full retard at Lucasfilm

  • May 26, 2016 at 12:45 pm
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    Hmm, I wonder if in the celebration, they also have other surprises for Star Wars fans…Rebels season 3? An Anime OVA? New games? New anything?

  • May 26, 2016 at 1:45 pm
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    Was it confirmed to be a merger of Episode 8? I hope it is because I thought Kylo’s helmet was pure bad-ass and it would be nice to know if he has it back.

  • May 26, 2016 at 2:02 pm
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    Does this mean Chewie, Rey and the Falcon are destined for the Dark Side ? They’re flying in that direction……….

  • May 26, 2016 at 3:17 pm
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    That’s a great poster, way better than the one we got for The Force Awakens. Whoever did this should do the one for Ep VIII.

  • May 26, 2016 at 11:07 pm
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    Looks very cool.
    The absence of Han and Leia might suggest that it indeed it points towards VIII rather than TFA. Hope we get the title at Celebration, cuz why the heck no

  • May 27, 2016 at 11:56 pm
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    To me, the outline of the Death Star and the lightsaber, being held in the middle, along with the edges of Mendelsohn’s cape being positioned the specific way, it reminds me of the Jedi Outcast symbol/emblem. I doubt there’s a reason for coincidence or that there is in fact one here but it’s an interesting observation nonetheless!

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