Weekly Buzz! Felicity Jones is Slowly Becoming a Star Wars Nerd, the Rebels Convor is Back and More

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This week on our Star Wars Weekly Buzz:

Felicity Jones becomes a Star Wars nerd; the Convor is back, this time on Sabine Wren’s armor from the upcoming episode of Star Wars: Rebels; the future of Star Wars: Rebels’ Agent Kallus; Mark Hamill joins Rag and Bones and more!

 

 

We kick off this week’s BUZZ with Felicity Jones appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The actress spoke about the relationship she has with the Star Wars fan community and also presented a hilarious gift to the show’s host.

 

You can check out the interview here:

 

 

 

 

 

Ray Stevenson is voicing the Mandalorian Gar Saxon in the upcoming episode of Star Wars: Rebels:

 

 

 

Also have you noticed the Convor on Sabine’s shoulder armor?

 

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In case you don’t know why this is interesting, here’s Wookieepedia’s informative description on it:

Convorees are named after Dave Filoni’s wife Anne Convery. When asked about the bird’s appearance in “The Mystery of Chopper Base” and “Twilight of the Apprentice”, he responded there was a deeper meaning behind its presence, finally acknowledging “In some ways, I could say that it’s a messenger, it’s an observer. It is definitely something. And I would suggest – I would rather have fans debate – but I would suggest to say that whatever that thing is an avatar of has actually appeared in the animated Star Wars universe before. So decrypt from there… Have a fun summer!”

 

 

 

A bigger role for Star Wars: Rebels‘ Agent Kallus?

 

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David Oyelowo, who provides the voice for Agent Kallus in Rebels spoke a little about Star Wars this week. JOEie.com caught up with the actor and asked him if he fancied an even bigger role in the Star Wars universe.

Check out what he had to say about the possibility below:

 

 

 

 

A closer look at Darth Vader from the final Rogue One trailer (notice, the RED lenses):

 

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BBC‘s Lizo Mzimba has found a listing showing the running time of the two new deleted scenes from The Force Awakens 3D Blu-ray:

 

 

 

 

Daisy Ridley responds to fans that are labeling her Star Wars character Rey as a Mary Sue.

 

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Recently, Daisy Ridley sat down to discuss her work as an executive producer on the new documentary The Eagle Huntress on the MTV News podcast Happy Sad Confused. During the chat, the actress spoke about those who have called Rey a Mary Sue. Ridley had this to say:

“The Mary Sue thing in itself is sexist because it’s the name of a woman. Everyone was saying that Luke had the exact same [capabilities]. I think Rey is incredibly vulnerable, and nothing she’s doing is for the greater good. She’s just doing what she thinks is the right thing. And she doesn’t want to do some of it, but she feels compelled to do it. So for me, I was just confused.”

 

Check out the entire Daisy interview here.

 

 

 

Collider Jedi Council’s full interview with Pablo Hidalgo:

 

 

 

 

 

Ben Schwartz’ Star Wars future revealed.

 

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Ben Schwartz’ s The Earliest Show, a new sketch series on Funny or Die recently premiered on Thursday, October 27th. In the very first episode, Schwartz’s talked about his involvement in the next Star Wars film. His response was hilarious:

“ I lucked out with J.J. [Abrams] bringing me in for that one.”

 

He also joked that he would have a different and probably more significant role in the next movie.

“I’m going to play Yoda in the next Star Wars. I’m going to live-action it, I’m going to green myself up. I think it’ll be pretty cool. I’m going to talk normal, and then I’m going make it feel like I just fixed my speech and all that stuff.” He said. “A goal of mine would be to be in one of those movies as me… not as Ben Schwartz, but as me playing a character there. You know what? I’d like to play myself.” He continued. “I mean, I feel like we can make an action figure out of me. My parents would be so excited.”

 

You can see the entire video below or over at Nerdist.com:

 

 

 

 

 

Mark Hamill reflects on Luke Skywalker being cooler.

 

Rag & Bone continues to push the boundaries of traditional fashion campaigns with the announcement of The Men’s Project.”
The Project, includes nine men with diverse artistic backgrounds that have been selected by actor, writer and director John Turturro.

 

 

 

You can check out Mark’s video below.

 

 

 

 

 

This week on The Star Wars After Show:
Andi Gutierrez chats with Lucasfilm employees Scott Bromley, Jennifer Heddle, and Daniel Kennedy about the Lando Calrissian casting news, the Battledroids on Star Wars: Rebels, Ahsoka, and more!

 

 

 

 

 

Check out the new Star Wars Smuggler’s Bounty: Rogue One Trailer!

The November theme for Smuggler’s Bounty is Rogue One! Check it out over at Smugglersbounty.com.

 

 

 

 

A first look at George Lucas’ museum designs for L.A. and S.F. Looks amazing!

 

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Star Wars Days at Sea Disney Cruise Special Events.

 

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Travel to a galaxy far, far away on your very own cruise ship! In early 2017, Star Wars Day at Sea is back with a day long galactic celebration for the most out of this world Disney Cruise special event. Cruise goers can experience the Force on both the eastern and western Caribbean seven night itineraries. Star Wars Day at Sea sails each week beginning January – April, 2017.

Run into your favorite characters aboard the ship, compete in Star Wars trivia games, check out exclusive Star Wars food and merchandise, have your little Padawan train to be a Jedi… the list is endless. You can even see a screening of the all-new film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, along with the seven films of the Star Wars saga. The epic Star Wars deck party and fireworks are even bigger and better than ever. With an out of this world party that leads into a fireworks display you can’t find anywhere else in the galaxy. Enjoy the iconic score, sound effects pyrotechnics that made the Star Wars films iconic. It is pretty easy to see, the Force is strong on this Disney Cruise special event sailing.

Get ready to experience the Force like never before.

 

 

 

Rogue One composer Michael Giacchino is ready for Helloween:

 

 

 

 

The Force is with Super Mario.

 

 

 

 

Jar Jar Binks invades the new Rogue One poster:

 


 

 

The Pablo Hidalgo Spot.

 

A new comparison on the ship that left Rey on Jakku.

 

 

 

James Bond back in the day.

 

 

 

Is that Porkins?

 

 

 

On Michael Giacchino:

 

 

 

On the blood in the Star Wars universe:

 

 

 

On the age of Hux, Poe and Phasma:

 

 

 

On the shooting process of the prequel trilogy and Rogue One:

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On the change of looks of Emperor Palpatine:

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Stay tuned for more next Friday.

 

 

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99 thoughts on “Weekly Buzz! Felicity Jones is Slowly Becoming a Star Wars Nerd, the Rebels Convor is Back and More

  • October 28, 2016 at 9:12 pm
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    Wow, Daisy Ridley herself commented on the Mary Sue argument. Its amazing how far parroting Max Landis’s bullshit has gone…

    • October 28, 2016 at 9:25 pm
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      I never really got why people were up in arms about this whole Mary Sue thing.

      Mary Sue:
      A Mary Sue is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character, a young or low-rank person who saves the day through unrealistic abilities.

      I mean, that does sound like Rey, right? That’s only the case because we still don’t know much about her, but in terms of the TFA that’s what happened.

      • October 28, 2016 at 9:47 pm
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        that’s fits rey to a T.

      • October 28, 2016 at 10:07 pm
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        The Force is not unrealistic in the world of Star Wars.

        Luke went from whining about a blast shield to owning that remote in no time.

        Whatever, not having this argument again. She is in the vein of Luke. Enough said.

        • October 28, 2016 at 10:15 pm
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          lol, nope, not even close to same thing. luke took a small first step by blocking shots. and then three years later and after tutoring with a jedi master he still got destroyed by vader. not in the same vein at all.

          enough said.

          • October 28, 2016 at 10:38 pm
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            Whatever makes you happy. Or bitter.

          • October 28, 2016 at 11:13 pm
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            I’m not bitter. I love Rey and I think there will be an explanation in the next film.

          • October 29, 2016 at 12:25 am
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            Exactly. She clearly has some backstory to fill.

          • October 28, 2016 at 10:48 pm
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            Also: Not enough said because you are leaving out the fact that Rey was fighting Kylo Ren, a still not fully trained warrior who was bleeding from a massive bowcaster shot…and oh. You know all this already. You just choose to ignore it.

          • October 28, 2016 at 11:15 pm
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            The most unbelievable thing Rey did was pull the lightsaber past Kylo Ren. It’s one thing to learn how to do a mind trick, but what she did she had zero training to do.

          • October 29, 2016 at 1:03 am
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            Or pilot the Falcon in a way that not even his most famous owner was shown doing, or teaching that same famous owner how to fix it, or getting a Mind Trick right at the 2nd attempt… list is endless

          • October 29, 2016 at 2:09 am
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            – she was familiar with the Falcon and the modifications made to it. That wasn’t that big deal.
            – The mind trick doesn’t bother me either because she had just made a connection with Kylo.

          • October 29, 2016 at 3:59 am
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            Someone is so butthurt they made a cool new character a girl.

          • October 29, 2016 at 6:45 am
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            “Or pilot the Falcon in a way that not even his most famous owner was shown doing, or teaching that same famous owner how to fix it”

            Did you conveniently fall asleep during the part of the movie where they mentioned that the Falcon had been stolen and modified by several different owners? And did you not use common sense to figure that maybe Rey (a SCAVENGER) would be just a bit familiar with ships like the MF? Use your brain.

          • October 29, 2016 at 1:51 pm
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            She also mentioned that Unkar Plutt installed a fuel pump, proving that she has some familiarity with the ship.

          • October 29, 2016 at 9:03 pm
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            Exactly. She even knows what changes have been made to the ship.

          • October 30, 2016 at 7:41 pm
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            Yep, actually I slept through the whole thing, twice

          • October 30, 2016 at 8:16 pm
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            Yeah, I could tell.

          • October 29, 2016 at 2:15 pm
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            Yeah yeah like crashing it into a marketplace full of people, while skidding around with like an amateur acknowledging that its not so easy without a copilot. Also I seem to recall mention of The falcon was passed on by many owners (was stolen from the irvin boys who stole it from ducain), mentions to Han that unkar plutt inatalled a fuel pump and that she thought it put to much stress on the hyperdrive, clearly she’s worked on it and has quite a bit of familiarity with it. Also I wouldnt imagine solo being able to understand how to fix a ship that he has been apart for God knows how long and had been modified by lord knows how many people.

          • October 29, 2016 at 12:45 am
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            excuses are all i hear. you can nerf kylo all you want, but it doesn’t change a damn thing about her character. that is the issue here.

          • October 29, 2016 at 11:43 pm
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            “excuses” are another word for ‘story reasons you choose to reject”

            Luke had instant success hahaha! “Blast shield down how can I see?” *blocks 3 shots instantly*

            Whatever. Done here.

          • October 30, 2016 at 12:05 am
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            i really don’t get you, bro. you tell everyone on this site how wrong they are everyday yet when someone challenges you you take your ball and go home. relax and embrace the debate like the rest of us. its supposed to be fun!

          • October 30, 2016 at 12:08 am
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            No, I don’t take my ball and go home “every time”. If you want to have a discussion, let’s have one.

            Oh wait…we’ve had this one many times over already and for close to a year now.

            So THIS discussion is fruitless. I’m not changing your mind by repeating the same things each time and you aren’t changing mine by telling me the same things each time.

            And me telling people they are wrong usually amounts to: “We don’t know yet, wait and see.”

            Yes, sometimes I will tell someone I think their theory is wrong, but it’s just my opinion.

            I am happy to have a debate. I am not wasting my time on this idiotic argument over Rey anymore. It’s tabled until Episode 8.

          • October 29, 2016 at 1:50 am
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            Who, (leaving aside his lineage for the moment as we still don’t know what they’re doing with Rey’s family) still had years more training than she did with a very peculiar weapon, which happens to be almost, but not entirely unlike the staff she seems to have preferred, that Rey had LITERALLY picked up only a few seconds before. It’s a lazy, rushed, and dumb solution to where they wanted the story to end up.

          • October 29, 2016 at 3:59 am
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            Sounds like most of your arguments.

          • October 29, 2016 at 2:16 pm
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            Is this how he’s usually like? Everytime I come down to these boards he seems to always live up to his name.

          • October 29, 2016 at 8:15 pm
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            He didn’t used to be this bad. Maybe once a week he’d be like this. Otherwise he’d contribute thoughtful conversation. As of late he appears to have a mynock gnawing on his personal power cable.

          • October 29, 2016 at 11:41 pm
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            But we know she knows how to fight and he was wounded by the bowcaster which BLEW PEOPLE INTO THE AIR, but blah blah blah blah blah same old same old.

          • October 29, 2016 at 3:58 am
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            Luke destroyed the first Death Star using the Force.

            Solo.

            They’re one in the same character.

          • October 29, 2016 at 4:09 am
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            uh-huh, but luke wouldn’t have made that shot(a lucky shot) if han didn’t come out of no where and save his ass. rey is a flawless, OP hero, ie: a mary sue.

          • October 29, 2016 at 6:55 am
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            It wasn’t a lucky shot.

            He used. The Force. To Guide the Torpedos. Into the Exhaust Port.

            Luke was flawless in Episode IV. Where did he make a mistake? When did he fail to succeed? Who didn’t like him? Did he not win the day by himself?

            He blew up the galaxy’s most powerful battle station..by himself, when the best pilots in the Rebellion couldn’t hit the 2 meter exhaust port.

            And then you make a reference to Luke..In Return of the Jedi..2 movies worth of development later.

            Can’t use that in your argument when Rey has had ONE film. And just like the FIRST Star Wars film, she mirrors the character of Luke Skywalker in all of his Mary Sueness.

            Argue all you want, it shows how much you warp reality to rationalize your hatred of something you actually already love.

          • October 29, 2016 at 7:04 am
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            the lucky shot remark was tongue in cheek. my point in referencing luke in jedi was that even after three films he still needed help, while after one with rey she can do no wrong. further, i hate nothing about rey or TFA overall other than lazy characterization. you can point out flaws and still be fan.

          • October 29, 2016 at 8:18 pm
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            When did Luke need help in IV? Please. You keep incorporating all three films in your argument. Rey hasn’t had three films. Compare Luke to Rey in IV and VII and show me how they are disimiliar and how Luke isn’t a Mary Sue.

            Prove it.

          • October 29, 2016 at 10:02 pm
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            obi-wan rescued him twice in a ten minute span, once from sand people and once in the cantina. then han saved him right as vader was going to blow him up at the end. did we even watch the same film? 😉

          • October 30, 2016 at 4:57 am
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            Rey selects the incorrect fuse on Solo’s freighter unleashing angry monsters which attempt to eat them all.

            Rey is captured and rendered unconcious by Kylo Ren.

            Rey is thrown into a tree and knocked unconcious by Kylo Ren. Finn fights Ren and buys Rey time to wake up to even be able to fight him.

            Gee. You have three woopsies for Luke, I have three for Rey. Each of us have only one worth mentioning as serious.

            Every time you call her Mary Sue, you’re doing the same for Luke. Own it.

          • October 30, 2016 at 5:20 am
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            I will own nothing! 😉 But good argument, I enjoy sparring with you.

          • October 29, 2016 at 1:59 pm
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            I would also love to point out that Luke magically knew where the control room was for the death star hangar even though it has been set up quite well that this is the first time that he himself (and Han for that matter) was aware of the existence of a battle station. But hey lets keep building up a space opera to be this spectacularly complex and sophisticated story written by a manwho supposedly had the intellectual talent of orson wells. 🙂

          • October 30, 2016 at 12:05 am
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            Well said, Ignorant. Btw I dont recall anyone complaining about Luke beeing a Mary Sue, Gary Sue or whatever back then. If Rey is a “Mary Sue” than so was Luke. As far as I consider neither of them were.
            They were the protagonists who brought change to the story. The lore (especially the force), their backstory and a tiny suspension of disbelief made their character work imho.

        • October 29, 2016 at 1:29 am
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          It’s more than just her nigh-instant grasp of the Force, though. Mainly “I find it hard to believe that someone that could never leave her planet would be an ace pilot” and “knowing more about the Falcon than Han Fucking Solo is a pretty big stretch, nevermind how long ago he last had it was”.

          (I mean, okay, knowing that Fat Wingless Watto put stuff in the ship when Han didn’t know makes perfect sense, but to know some technicals that he didn’t? Come on.)

          • October 29, 2016 at 11:42 pm
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            Luke never left his planet and we know he was a pilot b/c he said so…

            Same as Rey.

            And she worked and tinkered on the ship for years and only knew more about the things that had changed since he last had it…this isn’t hard to grasp. /shrug

      • October 29, 2016 at 6:42 am
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        You conveniently forgot the part where a Mary Sue is ALSO a self-insert of the author placed there for wish-fulfillment. I guess J.J. Abrams and Larry Kasdan inserted themselves into Star Wars as a 19 year-old British girl. Strange.

        • October 29, 2016 at 7:08 am
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          authors can fall in love with their own characters regardless of gender.

          • October 29, 2016 at 7:19 am
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            Do you know what self-insert means? I don’t think it means what you think it means.

          • October 29, 2016 at 7:34 am
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            i know what you mean. the literal definition is to put an awesome version yourself into the story. but you can also create a “mary sue” by falling in love with your creation and giving them no flaws.

    • October 29, 2016 at 12:06 am
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      Right or wrong, but is it now sexist?

      • October 30, 2016 at 12:18 am
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        No its not. She was wrong there. Calling things like that sexist is just as bad as seeing feminist propaganda everywhere. Both are nonsense.

  • October 28, 2016 at 9:46 pm
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    mary sue is sexist now? oh ok, thanks for the heads up. smh.

    • October 29, 2016 at 12:04 am
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      More feminist crap. What is she thinking….

      • October 29, 2016 at 12:26 am
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        It’s not feminist, it’s stupidist.

        • October 29, 2016 at 12:39 am
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          exactly. the more people toss around serious terms like sexist or racist on stupid stuff like this the more it loses its importance… it also undercuts any argument they were trying to make.

          • October 29, 2016 at 12:41 am
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            That said, I hope Ridley was on some heavy pain meds or something there, because the stoopid is powerful with that clip.

          • October 29, 2016 at 11:17 pm
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            She’s on them Disney meds.

        • October 29, 2016 at 6:41 am
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          I see no difference.

    • October 29, 2016 at 12:26 am
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      Also, Rey is totally NOT a Mary Sue…because she’s heroic and always does the right thing, even when it’s hard.

  • October 28, 2016 at 10:26 pm
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    Will Vader’s eyes also be visible, like in ANH (Tie chase) and ESB (Luke fight) and will they be yellow this time?

  • October 28, 2016 at 11:39 pm
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    Didn’t the daughter from the Mortis episodes take on the form of a Convor or something close to it at some point.

  • October 29, 2016 at 12:02 am
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    “The Mary Sue thing in itself is sexist because it’s the name of a woman” – enough with the feminist rubbish Daisy. The character you played is female – its a term used for female characters. Male characters have a slightly different name ffs.

    Please note I’m not wading into the debate on if her character was a Mary Sue!!

    • October 29, 2016 at 12:50 am
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      it just so happened that mary sue was the first recognized case for this character trope. could have just as easily been a male character that got stuck with that label.

      • October 29, 2016 at 1:23 am
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        And, funny enough, was originally intended as a parody to this character trope.

        …Referring directly to Star Trek fanfiction.

        • October 29, 2016 at 1:35 am
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          and to be fair it probably should have been updated to “wesley crusher”. 😉

  • October 29, 2016 at 12:58 am
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    I’ve been a fan of Ben Mendelsohn for years and I was a big fan of his work in Bloodline. Can’t wait to see him in the Star Wars universe.

  • October 29, 2016 at 12:58 am
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    I came here and all of the comments are about that mary sue thing.
    So I’ll say that I liked pablo’s interview. Lightsabers are not mood rings!

  • October 29, 2016 at 12:59 am
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    Daisy really need to inform herself as to what a Mary Sue is…

    • October 29, 2016 at 1:44 am
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      Yup yup yup!

    • October 29, 2016 at 4:01 am
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      She is a Mary Sue.

      So is Luke.

    • October 29, 2016 at 6:40 am
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      A Mary Sue is a self-inserted, idealized version of the author placed into a work as a form of wish-fulfillment. Since when was Rey a self-insert of J.J. Abrams or Larry Kasdan?

  • October 29, 2016 at 1:45 am
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    In regards to Daisy’s comments, all of these social agendas are a damn shame and I honestly think if you want to enjoy the Star Wars movies for what they are then don’t go wandering on the internet. it’s too easy to watch something, enjoy it, only then to see people criticising aspects of the movie and labelling it with feminist ideologies which probably would have gone unnoticed if one wasn’t so well versed in today’s hot topics on social media.

    • October 29, 2016 at 1:48 am
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      True, but on the other hand I just found her to be a poorly written shortcut from “list of positive character traits” to “where we want the story to end up”, without doing any of the hard screenwriting work to properly develop her, flesh her out, or give her any kind of arc.

      • October 29, 2016 at 2:07 am
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        Not going to disagree with you there, although I will wait until the next two movies are released before I go making any solid opinions.

      • October 29, 2016 at 4:01 am
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        She’s the mirror image of Luke in every way possible.

        Are you going to criticize Episode IV then, as well? It is from which she has stemmed.

        • October 29, 2016 at 6:38 am
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          i find that to be a problem with a lot of people who dislike Episode VII. They’ll criticize VII for being exactly like Episode IV, but then turn around and say that the story made no sense, or that it didn’t “feel like Star Wars”.

          • October 29, 2016 at 6:51 am
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            Aye. VII mirrors VI quite often. It’s fun to see them complain but then defend Luke Skywalker until their dying breath, insisting he is not a Mary Sue when he fits the definition perfectly.

          • October 29, 2016 at 6:54 am
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            I agree. Using the force to slice up a badly-bleeding, partially-trained man who’s just been hit with an explosive makes you a Mary Sue, but using the Force to destroy an entire space station via a plasma shot so precise that even a Veteran pilot couldn’t do it is wonderfully plausible.

            Just dandy.

          • October 29, 2016 at 7:14 am
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            rey can fix and fly the falcon better than han, has the force skills of a pro even though she just started using them and can out fight a man who had been training in the ways of the force since he was a kid… on her first day! but yeah luke made that one in a million a shot once.

          • October 29, 2016 at 7:21 am
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            “rey can fix and fly the falcon better than han”
            The Falcon was stolen and modified by a ton of people, and Rey is a scavenger who would be familiar with ships like the Falcon.

            “has the force skills of a pro even though she just started using them”
            Thank Kylo’s mind probe. It’s not about power anyway, it’s about how you use it. Just ask Obi-Wan. He beat Vader in a duel.

            “can out fight a man who had been training in the ways of the force since he was a kid”
            No, she can outfight a man who was badly bleeding from being shot in the gut with an explosive bowcaster that literally sent stormtroopers flying earlier in the film. but I guess we’re going to conveniently forget that.

            “but yeah luke made that one in a million a shot once.”
            You’re right, he did. Nice observation.

          • October 29, 2016 at 7:31 am
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            yeah he got shot and he was still on his feet kicking ass and taking names until rey “let the force in” or downloaded it from the matrix and became a master swordsman.

            what does ask obi-wan mean? he was a jedi master who had mastered the ancient art of the high ground and has nothing to rey somehow being immediately stronger in the force than a guy who can stop energy blasts and read minds.

            three, why have i spent most of the day arguing about a fictional fantasy world? sad!

          • October 31, 2016 at 4:25 pm
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            I mean, Lucas created a character named “Luke” but he is somehow not the Mary Sue here?

            Speaks volumes about these people.

        • October 29, 2016 at 10:49 am
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          I don’t think a comparison of her to Luke is a very good one. Luke spends the first two movies taking quite a bit of his lumps before showing up in Jedi seeming to have his stuff together. He fails at just about everything in Empire, starting from the Wampa attack on Hoth all the way to Vader whooping him on Cloud City (he did blow up a Walker, so there is that). He had better luck in A New Hope, but things still didn’t go as smoothly for him than they did for Rey. Yes, he made the one-in-a-million shot that destroyed the Death Star, but he would have been blasted to space dust by Vader if Han hadn’t come to his aid. He had to be rescued by Ben twice – once from the Sand People and once in the Cantina from the 2 thugs. Artoo had to rescue him and the rest of our heroes from the garbage masher. And they might never had made it off the Death Star if Ben hadn’t sacrificed himself and the Empire hadn’t conspired to use them to find the hidden Rebel base.

          I think a better comparison is to Anakin in Episode I. Like Rey, he seemed to be instantly great at almost everything and have uncanny luck. It was a bit annoying in that situation too. If Anakin had picked up a lightsaber and defeated Maul in battle it would have been almost the same as Rey. That sounds ridiculous, right – I mean this kid that is obviously strong in the Force but has absolutely no Jedi or lightsaber training defeating someone stronger and more trained than him? Why is that scenario ridiculous and what Rey did not? An argument that I hear a lot is “well, Kylo was hurt and not at full strength.” It didn’t make it hard for him to make short work of Finn and almost kill him. Even in New Hope if Luke had run over to duel Vader after Ben was killed and beaten him in battle I don’t think viewers would have accepted that. Daisy Ridley was very likable in the role and Rey has a lot of good aspects in my opinion – I just wasn’t happy with all the decisions the writers made for her character. Now I’m hoping that VIII and/or IX may address and explain some of these issues, but we’ll just have to wait and see…

          • October 29, 2016 at 11:44 am
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            This ignores the fact that Rey grew up fighting off thugs with a staff. If Anakin had used a melee weapon until the age of 20, even without Jedi training he’d be very formidable with it. Many of those skills transfer to a sword/lightsaber.

            As for Luke let’s not forget that with no training he could, on the second attempt block a laser shot with a lightsaber while blindfolded. He could also use telekinesis on Hoth before getting any further training from Yoda or Ben. Nothing however can compare to a 9 year old who can build complex droids, fly podracers faster than anyone & pilot ships. At least Rey was an adult. Again, imagine if Anakin had grown up until the age of 20 in Tatooine. How powerful would he be? More-so than Rey in TFA.

          • October 29, 2016 at 12:12 pm
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            Ok, fair enough. Rey was older and grew up on the “mean streets” defending herself. I think that’s an adequate explanation for the most part. As for Luke blocking the laser shot – at least he did it AFTER he received at least some Jedi training – as brief as it may have been. Rey successfully pulled off a Jedi Mind trick on just her third try with absolutely no training whatsoever – unless she received training before the age of 5 when she was dumped on Jakku but if she did she obviously doesn’t remember it and I imagine she would be pretty rusty after 15 years of no practice. On the Hoth thing with Luke pulling his lightsaber out of the snow, if I remember my Star Wars nerd history correctly Empire takes place 3 years after New Hope, so it seems reasonable that Luke during all that time could still have been practicing the skills that Ben taught him while he was alive – however limited they may have been. Who knows, maybe Ben was continuing to speak to him through the Force like during the Death Star attack and still giving him pointers during that timeframe. Maybe it just got to the point where Ben hit the limit of what he could teach Luke from beyond the grave and that’s why he sent him to Yoda. I’m obviously speculating here but it seems plausible. Again, Rey used telekinesis to pull Luke’s saber through the air to her and away from Kylo (who was also trying to pull it to himself) all without any apparent Jedi training. As for Anakin living on Tatooine until the age of 20 and possibly becoming more powerful than Rey in TFA – it’s possible I guess. But how come Luke didn’t become more powerful by the time he reached roughly that age on Tatooine? I know he probably wasn’t as powerful as his father but you’d think he would have shown some signs of his Force aptitude.

          • October 30, 2016 at 4:06 am
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            I think this is all splitting hairs. The Force allows people to do extraordinary things. That’s the point. Even with minimal or no training we’ve seen Luke & Anakin do that. Anakin had superhuman abilities at 9 yrs old with no training. Imagine what he would’ve been like at 20! Anakin existed as a vergence in the Force. I think the same is likely with Rey.

          • October 30, 2016 at 5:48 am
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            Splitting hairs is what us Star Wars nerds are best at. We’re hopeless.

          • October 29, 2016 at 8:16 pm
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            What lumps did he take in IV?

          • October 29, 2016 at 9:57 pm
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            depending on your definition of lumps: dream of going to the academy quashed, beat up by sand people, aunt and uncle burned to a crisp, assaulted in the cantina, mentor killed before his eyes, and best friend killed during the final trench run. yet despite all that he has giant smile on his face at the end which is kinda odd in hindsight.

          • October 30, 2016 at 5:47 am
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            Agreed. Couldn’t have said it better myself. Although I would imagine he would have been happy about destroying the Death Star, even after all he had been through.

          • October 30, 2016 at 6:32 am
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            Rey is abandoned on a backwater world to survive on her own as a scavenger. Rey’s dreams of being reunited with her family are quashed. The only home Rey knows is taken from her when she runs into Finn and is forced to depart the planet.

            Rey discovers she is being hunted by a Dark Side Force User. Rey watches the person she wishes could have been her father die at the hands of the Dark Side Force User. Rey is forced to leave her new best friend who risked everything to rescue her on a giant planet destroying weapon to pursue a path she does not understand and fears.

            One in the same bro. If she’s a Mary Sue (And by definition, yes, she is) So is Luke. Own it.

          • October 30, 2016 at 6:59 am
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            Not a bad argument. Obviously both characters dealt with some trauma. I guess the problem I have is based on feeling. Things just seemed to come easier for Rey than they did for Luke. Easier for Anakin too. It’s a little easier to understand for Anakin, since we knew what his destiny would be. But for Rey, so much of it just seems too convenient – whether it be for storytelling purposes or whatever. I’m not a big believer in the “Feminist Agenda” thing. If Rey had been a male character I still would have had these feelings about his/her abilities. I just got the feeling that the writers’ opinion was “well, after 6 movies everyone knows what the Force is, so we don’t have to show the process of how one develops this ability we can just jump right into the middle of awesome and everyone will be on board.” It just seemed somewhat unearned and a little too convenient for Rey, and like I said maybe that was for storytelling purposes. But as I’ve said before, there’s more to be revealed in VIII and IX, so maybe all this will be put to rest eventually.

          • October 30, 2016 at 3:09 pm
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            They were a “smidge” easier for her.

            If you want to complain that Rey is a bigger Mary Sue than Luke, you’d have basis to do so.

            My complaint here isn’t that Rey ISN’T A Mary Sue, it’s that many who accuse her of being one insist Luke Skywalker was not.

          • October 30, 2016 at 10:32 am
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            You also have to think rey isn’t just some farm boy or is soft in anyway from the get go.

            Number one, we don’t know anything about her backstory or what kind of life she’s had. Other than she was dropped on a horrible world with absolutely a joke of a “city” or any kind of luxury. She is obviously a scavenger, a survivalist, and quite capable. I mean it seemed pretty obvious uncar plutt didn’t give two shits about her. And he was the only kind of guardian she had. Which is probably safe to say she was totally on her own from the get go.

            So with all that, which honestly is a pretty easy thing to grasp…you know that she is much more capable than Luke was at the beginning of his story or anakin. To compare Luke and Rey in that regard is stupid. I really didn’t find anything she did to being a stretch. Even her fight with Kylo ren didn’t seem too stretched.

            It’s always said the force controls everything and is like a living breathing vast presence. Well obviously the force was on hiatus or something, and it awoke. In the fight it seems quite obvious she is getting her ass beat and has no idea what to do. So she gives into the force. Seems to me she beat kylo because she let it flow through her, he was over confident in his abilities and got dealt with.

          • October 30, 2016 at 11:21 am
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            I agreed with everything you said up until “I really didn’t find anything she did to be a stretch.” I’m sorry, but I did. I feel like this is turning into the new Star Wars nerd war – it used to be “OT vs. PT,” now it’s “Rey vs. Sexism.” I don’t think I’m a sexist (others may disagree), but there are obvious disagreements among fans. The only solution may be the new sequels forthcoming…

          • October 30, 2016 at 11:40 am
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            Just to be fair, I also found some of what Kylo did to be a stretch. The holding of the blaster bolt on Jakku seemed a little silly to me – as did Kylo’s awesome ability to probe people’s mind. Vader was supposed to be the baddest mofo in the galaxy and he couldn’t do either of those things (remember how he couldn’t get Leia to divulge the location of the secret Rebel base?) Anyway, I liked TFA for the most part, but it’s not without its flaws.

          • October 31, 2016 at 5:06 am
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            “Sister….You have a twin sister.”

            May want to rewatch the Trilogy again to determine what Vader can, and can’t do.

            As for the holding of the blaster bolt (Really, I mean really. We’re going to complain about something new, exciting, and cool? Okay.)

            Snoke is not a Sith. Hidalgo has gone hoarse telling people this in twitter. And even if it turns out he is a Sith and LFL is just trying to confuse us, he obviously knows tricks Palp did not. And Palp taught Vader the basis for what he grew into discovering himself.

            So if Snoke is represenative of a new class of Dark Side Force users (Which has been stated by LFL that he is) then what he knows of the Force is likely to differ than what was passed on in Sith teaching since the end of their first Empire.

            Do you really want another trilogy where all of the Force users do the exact same thing they’ve been doing for 40 years without anything new?

          • October 31, 2016 at 10:36 pm
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            Notice the snake eating its own tale? Complains that TFA didnt do anything new, complains that TFA does something new. If I could post that gif of the cartoon character going ballistic on his keyboard I would.

          • October 31, 2016 at 10:45 pm
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            That beat with her giving into the force is also set up earlier in the film when Maz tells rey that the force is calling to her, to close her eyes and feel it, that the light has always been there.

  • October 29, 2016 at 1:46 am
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    Hux is 34? Oh, that poor, poor toddler-faced fascist. No wonder he’s always so angry!

  • October 29, 2016 at 2:36 pm
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    So the Lucas Museum looks like the Covenant ships from “Halo”….TOTALLY BITCHEN!!!

  • October 29, 2016 at 11:13 pm
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    Daisy went full retard about the ‘Mary Sue’ thing. How dare she call people ‘sexist’ for having opinions on her character? It’s true, the writing was lazy. Go take that Feminazi BS and stick it where the sun don’t shine. Shut up and act.

  • October 31, 2016 at 4:43 pm
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    Wow, my comment got deleted. *Slow clap*

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