Star Wars Weekly Buzz: A Closer Look at The Force Awakens Walkers; Rian Johnson Addresses Some of VF’s Revelations and More

There is no doubt that this week belongs to Vanity Fair and their awesome coverage on The Last Jedi, as well as the celebration of Star Wars’ 40th anniversary. Still, there were a few interesting bits that made their way in our weekly social buzz article. We will take a closer look at the walkers from The Force Awakens; a few of The Last Jedi cast members attend a John Williams scoring for The Last Jedi; Rian Johnson addresses some fans issues; Oscar Isaac pays Stephen Colbert a visit on The Late Show; Meet Jeremy – The Force for Change winner, New authors added to the “40 stories – 40 authors” book “From a Certain Point of View“; The latest from Pablo Hidalgo and more.

 

 

The German Amazon has a look inside in an upcoming Star Wars book titled “Star Wars – On The Front Lines“, which gives us a closer look at the walkers from The Force Awakens that we briefly saw in the background during Hux’ speech on Starkiller Base:

 

Some people thought this could be a walker from The Last Jedi, but Pablo Hidalgo clarified:

 

 

 

 

Mark Hamill, Laura Dern and Rian Johnson attended a scoring session for The Last Jedi, watching the maestro John Williams doing his magic!

 

 

 

Also Rian Johnson addressed the topic about the romance in The Last Jedi that was discussed in one of Vanity Fair’s articles from yesterday:

 

 

And here’s another important post by Johnson regarding the aliens in The Last Jedi.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
This comment was in regards to fan outrage about the fact that we don’t see any familiar aliens in The Last Jedi, based just on the Vanity Fair photo shoot. Pablo Hidalgo tried to explain why that was, but he quickly became target of some fans about the gripe and really doesn’t have anything to do with this. Here’s what Pablo said before that:

 

 

I really don’t see why people get upset by not seeing a familiar alien in a place that we’ve never seen before, and all that based on just one photo shoot. If what we heard is right and we will be going back to Tatooine, Endor and Mustafar in the Sequel Trilogy, I am sure we will see some familiar creatures.

 

 

And here’s what Johnson thinks of The Last Jedi. 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oscar Isaac appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He spoke briefly about his scenes with Carrie Fisher in The Last Jedi and how she slapped him 27 times. 🙂

Check out the full interview below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

StarWars.com announced the winner of the Force for Change initiative, who will go to Skywalker Ranch, join the cast at the premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and visit the set of the upcoming Han Solo movie.

 

 

 

 

 

Several new authors were added to the  book “From a Certain Point of View“, dedicated to celebrating the 40 Years of Star Wars (via JediBibliothek):

 

 

 

These authors will join the previously announced group (here)

 

 

 

 

After the news that Lucasfilm will decide on the third spinoff film in June, our own John Hoey made a quick poll on Twitter with the two most likely candidates. Here are the results:

 

 

 

 
A cool shot of Han Solo’s speeder at Fawley Power Station from the untitled movie:

 

 

 

 

 

We may still not have a Black Series figure of Luke Skywalker from The Force Awakens, but LEGO revealed a first look at their Luke Skywalker’s minifigure.

 

 

 

 

 

Star Wars fans across the globe are feeling the force this week as the entire space saga celebrates its 40th anniversary. Here are some cool stories on the subject:

 

 

 

 

 

 

And something really special from the official site. Make sure to go and check it out:

 

 

 

 

 
Latest from Pablo Hidalgo:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned for more next week.

 

 

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96 thoughts on “Star Wars Weekly Buzz: A Closer Look at The Force Awakens Walkers; Rian Johnson Addresses Some of VF’s Revelations and More

  • May 26, 2017 at 7:06 pm
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    Happy that’s not the walker we’re going forward with. It looks a bit too ‘Matrix’y.

    Also, all hail Pablo, give him some credit as he deals with us idiots

    • May 26, 2017 at 9:01 pm
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      I was going to make this exact comment of the new walker looking like something out of the Matrix movies. I think it’s ugly as hell and doesn’t really fit the Star Wars “aesthetic.” I hope it looks different in TLJ. (And honestly, I don’t think it really looks like the walkers we see in that shot from TFA, but if Pablo says that’s what it is…maybe an earlier concept version of it?)

      As for Pablo, yeah – sometimes his replies are spot on. “I’m in charge of anything you don’t like. Anything you like happened while I was away.” Obviously he’s learned how to deal with the hardcore fans.

      • May 27, 2017 at 2:23 am
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        Yes, that walker really looks different from the one we see it that shot, however there is one another scene in TFA where the walkers are visible in the background: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFck6h6VaA You can see a walker in the lower left side at around 6-7 seconds (actually if you watch the clip carefully you can see 5 walkers, but they are really far), and it looks more like the one from that book, especially its legs. I wonder if those are actually two different kinds of walkers in the two different shots.

        • May 27, 2017 at 2:39 am
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          Good find. The walker on the left does looks like the one in the upcoming book!

          I agree — it looks like there were two FO walker in TFA.

          • May 28, 2017 at 6:56 am
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            Agreed. The two walkers look very different.

  • May 26, 2017 at 7:31 pm
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    Seems like they just want to create new creatures just because it’s their Star Wars and they are going to make it theirs. Fuck the fans. Their math and logic does add up. According to the most recent Star Wars Galactic maps, just glancing at it there are about 50 or so known planets. They are acting like the entire universe has been discovered. Star Wars takes place in a Galaxy, not a Universe. So we should be seeing a lot of the same species. Throughout all the movies.

    And it’s funny how the, “it’s a big galaxy” logic does not apply to humans.

    • May 26, 2017 at 7:55 pm
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      Humans are the most abundant group in the galaxy, having migrated from the core and spread out throughout the galaxy.
      They want to create new creatures to add to the universe and make it larger.

      • May 26, 2017 at 9:30 pm
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        Is this your theory? Where did you hear that humans are the most abundant group?

        • May 26, 2017 at 10:07 pm
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          From Star Wars? It’s on Wookieepedia and has been mentioned in stories before as being a convenient explanation for why humans are so numerous.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:18 pm
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      To put it another way: Keep the creature shop busy.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:19 pm
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      To put it another way: Every director wants their “Cantina”.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:42 pm
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      Hey guess what? The same fans are the ones bitching about too much familiarity in these new movies. So, hell yes, make new aliens and worlds. Either way “the fans” are going through find something to complain about, and they’re damned if they do and damned if they don’t.

      • May 26, 2017 at 9:28 pm
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        Yes make new aliens, but don’t have nothing but brand new aliens in EVERYTHING they do. Do you read the comics and books? The Clone Wars? Rebels? I mean it’s ridiculous. I mean Twi’ Leks are one of the most important species to the rebellion. And not 1 yet in TFA, R1, and as far as I can tell TLJ? And anyone who doesn’t want Star Wars to be to familiar to Star Wars is a moron.

        • May 26, 2017 at 9:33 pm
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          There were 3 Twi’Leks in Rogue One but they were kind of hard to spot.

          • May 26, 2017 at 9:54 pm
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            lol thats good to know. Considering they had just as much to do with the fall of the Empire as humans…

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:03 pm
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            A twilek stole the death star wars plans from Scarif? A Twilek blew up the First Death Star? A Twilek blew up the shield generator on Endor? A Twilek blew up the second Death Star? A Twilek went aboard the second Death Star and confronted Vader and the Emperor? Oh wait those major events were all performed by humans. Not to sound like I am racist toward Twileks but they definitely did not factor into the major events of the Rebellion the same way humans did lol.

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:25 pm
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            I take it you don’t read the books comics or watch rebels or clone wars? Cause if you did then you would understand.

          • May 26, 2017 at 11:16 pm
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            No I understand they played a part but they did not actually perform any of the events like stealing the DS plans, blowing up a DS, or successfully confronting a Sith. They utter failed at the last thing I mentioned in Lords of the Sith. Humans did all the above so saying Twileks contributed the same is ridiculous.

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:28 pm
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            Damn man instead of where’s Waldo, Where’s the Twi’Lek

        • May 26, 2017 at 9:36 pm
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          But I agree with you.

        • May 26, 2017 at 10:01 pm
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          By far, the biggest complaint about The Force Awakens was that it was too familiar and there weren’t enough “new things.” I have no idea why you think that it wasn’t familiar enough just because a certain alien species wasn’t prominent. Both RI and TFA had Mon Calamari and Twi’ Leks were in R1. TFA had Nien Nunb.

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:44 pm
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            I think there is a big disconnect between casual fans and hardcore fans. I’ll be the first one to admit that I am an obsessed Star Wars fan. And I’ll admit, a lot of my anger comes from what they did to the EU. I absolutely loved this cohesive, connected universe, that was an ongoing story about the core characters and didn’t rush sprinkling in new characters that we learned to love just as much.

            I have read every comic and book in the new canon, and it is nothing but a bunch of separate ideas completely disconnected and I need to have wookipdia open the whole damn time so I get an idea of the 30 new species jammed into every book.

          • May 26, 2017 at 11:25 pm
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            The problem is In TFA, many things that should have been different were too similar (story and vehicles) and what should have been similar were too different (key alien species and settings). It did a good job featuring both new and existing characters, which is the only reason we saw Chewbacca’s, Ackbar’s, and Nien Nunb’s species, but there was little effort put into making the surroundings appear in-line with the galaxy as established in previous films and animated shows. R1 found a good balance, though.

        • May 27, 2017 at 12:22 am
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          You’ve seen one damn photo. Save your screeds for after the film comes out. Jesus.

    • May 26, 2017 at 9:38 pm
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      They need to sell more toys, right? :/

  • May 26, 2017 at 8:01 pm
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    Such silliness stressing about background aliens. I did not hear anyone raving with excitement that they had familiar aliens in Rogue but lord knows if they are not there they will belly ache all over socal media.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:10 pm
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      I’ll do both. I liked the use of familiar aliens in R1 (Twileks dancing, Mon Calimari piloting the capital ships), but there were also many new aliens, keeping the creature shop busy.
      Maybe this feeling comes about because of other canon (the books, Clone Wars) which to my recollection tend to introduce new aliens sparingly.

    • May 27, 2017 at 12:21 am
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      People were indeed whining about the lack of aliens in pre-release photos of Rogue One, only to see plenty of new and familiar species in the actual film. This is the same response- getting uptight because one photo doesn’t meet their expectations.

      • May 27, 2017 at 12:58 am
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        Same group will gripe about things feeling to familiar as well.

  • May 26, 2017 at 8:07 pm
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    Why do I get a funny feeling that Kylo is going to end VIII wearing the Vader helmet…?

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:20 pm
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      The actual Vader helmet? I doubt it. Maybe a new verison of his mask but they will not go that far with it.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:54 pm
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      Pablo’s comments made me think about that too… would that be too much? I don’t know, maybe he actually suffers an injury and needs a helmet this time? Obviously everything is conjecture at this point, but I don’t know if putting Vader’s helmet on Kylo would be a smart move

  • May 26, 2017 at 8:14 pm
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    More ground battles, I’m in!!!! That was the best thing in Rogue One

  • May 26, 2017 at 8:16 pm
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    The SWNN guys should do a weekly thread that recaps of all the best Pablo banter and “reveals”.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:18 pm
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      They do in these social media buzz articles every week.

      • May 27, 2017 at 5:23 am
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        One for just Pablo. Like they currently do one for the Collider Jedi Council guys.

        • May 27, 2017 at 6:34 am
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          Or you could just scroll a little bit in these weekly social media buzz articles.

    • May 26, 2017 at 8:52 pm
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      I’ll second that

  • May 26, 2017 at 9:04 pm
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    Omg did Rian Johnson seriously just say ” Big galaxy. When we saw Jabba’s palace for the first time there were no aliens from Mos Eisley” There were Jawas, Rodians, Gotals and H’nemthe in both Mos Eisley and Jabbas Palace. Rian Johnson should seriously do more research when he says things like this. Also using Return of the Jedi as an example is kind of poor considering that the starwars universe wasn’t as big as it is now.

    • May 26, 2017 at 9:09 pm
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      Yeah, I was thinking something similar. I also remember the Jawas and Rodians being in both (I honestly didn’t know what the other 2 you listed looked like until I googled them). But I still personally don’t think this whole alien debate is a big deal. Like I said in another post, it’s like this has become Star Wars Affirmative Action – all alien species must be represented at all times! Is it really a big deal?

      • May 26, 2017 at 9:10 pm
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        what do you mean with “all alien species must be represented at all times! Is it really a big deal?” I don’t really understand what you’re trying to say. Can you explain?

        • May 26, 2017 at 9:13 pm
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          Is it really a big deal that a new planet has new aliens?

          • May 26, 2017 at 9:18 pm
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            Thats a very narrow way of putting. The fact of the matter is that in books and comics we see aliens that already exist but in the movies we don’t see 1 pre existing alien. Rogue One had some pre existing aliens like Twi’Leks, Aqualish and Mon Calamari but TFA had none except for Chewie. It just makes it feel like the film is its own thing and not connected with the other films and to a big galaxy. I don’t think Rian and JJ get that starwars has a big expanded universe. Also from the looks of the planet that all the aliens are at it looks like a melting pot planets. And what I mean by that is that there are various species it isn’t just a planet with 1 or 2 species it looks like a Tatooine or Coruscant type planet but there are no other species like Rodians or Twi’Leks that other than Humans are extremely abundant?

          • May 26, 2017 at 9:25 pm
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            I think saying a movie feels disconnected just because if new aliens is narrow.

          • May 26, 2017 at 9:28 pm
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            lol I find it funny that you are putting words in my mouth. I never said It felt disconnected because of the film having new aliens. What I am trying to say is that they should at least have a couple of pre existing aliens merged with the new ones. I love seeing new aliens but I would also like to see pre existing ones. Like in episode 7 there was Maz Kanatas castle and it is supposedly like super popular bar where all the pirates and smuggles go too and we do not see one pre existing alien? Im sorry but that kind of seems unbelievable.

          • May 26, 2017 at 9:35 pm
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            What words did I put into your mouth exactly? You just reiterated the same point again. I said you feel the movies are disconnected because you literally said ” It just makes it feel like the film is its own thing and not connected with the other films and to a big galaxy.”

          • May 26, 2017 at 9:50 pm
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            “I think saying a movie feels disconnected just because of new aliens is narrow.” I never said anything about it being disconnected because of new aliens. I literately explained right after I made the comment of you putting words in my mouth because you did for the reason I just stated.

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:00 pm
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            I thought new worlds filled only with new aliens was your problem?

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:08 pm
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            If its just new aliens in every planet it starts to feel unrealistic. If its one planet thats fine but they are traveling around the galaxy like a planet from the outer rim to a planet in the expansion region and we dont see 1 familiar alien. Also they don’t they are traveling to the outer rim but Pablo Hidalgo fits these planets on which region. That is the only thing that makes it feel connected. Like I said in the Maz Kanata castle, it was supposed to be a bar where all the smuggles and pirates hang out and we do not see a single old alien. Again I am NOT saying that the problem is new aliens I am saying that just having everything new with no old aliens makes it feel well….disconnected considering that in the comics, books and shows we see new aliens and old aliens. We see plenty of Rodians and Twi’Leks but why not in the movies?

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:13 pm
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            As the guy above posted their are around 1600 different species of aliens in the Star Wars universe. That is a lot. So when there is a variety of them in a bar it is hardly surprising that all of them may be new. I am a prequel baby and it would be awesome to see a Kel Dor or a Nautolan in a sequel movie but if they are not there that does not mean they do not exist. It means there just happens to not be one in that bar or casino. It does not diminish the movie at all.

          • May 26, 2017 at 10:17 pm
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            I know what you mean. But it would still be cool to at least see 2 aliens from the previous films. Again, the shows, books, comics, and video games have the pre existing species all the time but they also make new ones which is cool.

          • May 26, 2017 at 11:12 pm
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            TFA has a Sullustan (Nien Nunb) and Mon Calamari (Ackbar).

          • May 29, 2017 at 9:23 pm
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            I have a similar impression, it is like if they want to make his “own” star wars, literaly, but using just the iconic stuff (ties, x-wings, etc) to connect the movie with the others. I think they don’t need to replace all the species with their own, a mix of known and new species can be a lot better to connect the universe: sometimes I feel some of the scenes in the new movies like some kind of imitation of SW an not actual SW.

      • May 26, 2017 at 9:13 pm
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        Also I remembered now that there are actually more aliens from ANH in Jabbas Palace. There was a Bith, an Aqualish and a Snivian. There were plenty

    • May 27, 2017 at 3:34 am
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      That was me he responded to lol. I didn’t really press him on the point though.

      • May 27, 2017 at 10:18 am
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        You should have. His comment made me cringe so bad.

  • May 26, 2017 at 9:32 pm
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    “I really don’t see why people get upset by not seeing a familiar alien in a place that we’ve never seen before,”
    To whomever editorializes without signature in an article: I and many other believe it is important to give us viewers and fans a sense of connection, of still being in the same universe, it is bad enough that these new generic aliens look more like a Star Trek crew than SW, and not even have one of the many legacy aliens appear, so there are no “rich and fancy” Twileks? What about Hutts, couldn’t they live in Canto Bight too? They’re rich. I think KK and her directors think they are George Lucas… Yes, because the Kanjiclub are sooo cool… pfff

    • May 26, 2017 at 11:27 pm
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      I totally agree. Plus, it just doesnt connect with what weve seen in other canon.
      Mostly in Clone Wars (though obviously due to budget restraints) whenever they went to a multicultural planet (eg corasant, or dinners) there would be a mixture of OT, Prequel and new clone wars species in the back grounds.
      For example, Ithroians, twileks and wequay where everywhere.
      Now it just seems that theses species have just been wiped off the face of the galaxy.
      It just doesnt blend well.
      Nobody is saying dont make new species (I love new species). Look at the prequels.They had a bunch of new species but still sprinkled in some classics (like Aaayla as a twilek). This made it feel connected within the star wars universe.

    • May 26, 2017 at 11:27 pm
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      You and other fans want a sense of connection? Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, C3PO, R2, Chewie, and the Falcon do not provide you with this??

      • May 26, 2017 at 11:33 pm
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        We want a sense of connection within the universe. That means showing some species which have been previously been shown to be widespread (eg twileks, ithorians weequays). This also includes prequel species.
        Canonically (books,comics and clone wars) these species have been shown to be abudnant. Togruta are in the new reupblic. Twileks are in every multcultural city (eg Corasant).
        To exlude them from the films doesnt fit well with canon. Speices which are abudant in everyother area of canon are now gone completely (as if the never existed).
        No body is saying there should be new species, nor that these new species should be the minority (the prequels had more new spices than classic)>/

        • May 26, 2017 at 11:40 pm
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          Well they do exist and you do not need that validated in a movie. That is like saying Gungans do not exist because I do not see them in Dex’s diner. As someone else said more eloquently then me this is turning into SW affirmative action where a director has to walk around with a checklist of species so he can appease the tens of people on the Internet who will get mad if a Torgura is not sitting in a bar.

          • May 26, 2017 at 11:48 pm
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            Canonically, Gungans have always been restricted to Naboo (with the exception of Jar Jar).
            Twileks however have been present on practically every “multi-species planet” (corasant, tattoine etc). This is seen in basically every form of canon media, from TV series- comics.
            The same with Ithoirans (corasant, lothal etc).

            Nobody is saying every planet should have classic species. Im sure the is a perfectly justifiable reason as to why we only see new speices on this new TLJ planet. Perhaps this species are look down on other spiecies and prevent them form entering the planet.

          • May 27, 2017 at 12:05 am
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            See that is a perfectly good reason and you got to use your imagination to do some cool world building.

          • May 27, 2017 at 3:32 am
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            Well a least its affirmative action for creatures within the milieu of Star Wars. They’re intrinsic to that galaxy. Without them the new films just feel disconnected and off putting. May aswell reintroduce the Yuuzhan Vong at this stage because all the aliens so far look like they’ve come from a different galaxy.

          • May 27, 2017 at 4:56 am
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            Awww you crack me up buddy.

      • May 26, 2017 at 11:55 pm
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        It’s in the little things, man, the little things. You stay with the obvious, I want details.

        • May 27, 2017 at 12:05 am
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          Well the details is there were OT aliens in Force Awakens. Where they legacy characters? For sure but they were carry over aliens nonetheless.

      • May 26, 2017 at 11:59 pm
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        You could leave out all of these and still make the universe feel connected. People, vehicles and governments come and go all the time. The planets and the species spread throughout the galaxy should continue on even as new ones are discovered.

        • May 27, 2017 at 12:07 am
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          Well they did carry on there were Mon Cal in Rogue One and Force Awakens. I think you even catch a glimpse of Wookie outside of Maz’s watering hole. 😉

          • May 27, 2017 at 12:11 am
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            I’d say Rogue One did a pretty good job. TFA on the other hand…

          • May 27, 2017 at 3:30 am
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            Those Maz cantina aliens were embarrassing. The intent was clearly just to make them look as weird and outlandish as possible in their design and nothing else. You didn’t get a sense of history and background from any of them unlike the prequel aliens and the OT aliens.

          • May 28, 2017 at 6:50 am
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            What does that even MEAN?

          • June 9, 2017 at 9:02 pm
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            It means the aliens in the OT were classic and memorable while the ones in TFA were a parody of them and anything but.

          • June 9, 2017 at 9:07 pm
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            That is complete bullshit and you know it.

    • May 27, 2017 at 3:27 am
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      Neimoidians are the rich alien race to end all rich alien races in Star Wars. Bit stupid and pointless not to include them. Since they’re a trade federation or at least they were it’d make sense for them to have representatives all across the galaxy. These new aliens look like they came from the 5th Element or hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Some of them just look disgusting, and not in a good way, more in a R rated sci-fi horror movie sort of way.

  • May 26, 2017 at 10:56 pm
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    I’m glad that ISN’T the walker for TLJ… i’m not a fan of the TFA walker <.<

  • May 26, 2017 at 11:16 pm
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    I’m cool with new aliens. I like seeing new stuff in Star Wars. Just as long as they don’t create an alien that looks exactly the same as a previous one and call it Jakku.

  • May 27, 2017 at 12:24 am
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    The more new aliens the better, its Star Wars after all and its a big galaxy. It would only be odd if they revisited previous worlds and we didn’t see familiar aliens that were seen there before.

    • May 27, 2017 at 1:26 pm
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      As long as it feels like Star Wars and not just any big sci-fi type film. And hopefully there’ll be plenty of familiar.

    • May 27, 2017 at 10:28 pm
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      I’d like to see a mix of old and new. i’m not so blinded by nostalgia to reject new aliens. Even Legends continuity had new species appearing. But really, even an appearance of a Troghutta or Kel-Dor would be awesome and reinforce this takes place in the same galaxy.

      But regardless, I argue these aesthetic aspects, important, pale in what matters: which will be the story and characters. And if TLJ can do that, I can easily forgive a lot of what I just brought up.

  • May 27, 2017 at 2:20 am
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    Regarding the walker — the two designs don’t seem to match. So I’m confused trying to match the one in the upcoming book with the screen cap from TFA.

    The best look I’ve come across of the FO walker is this LEGO one designed by a fan:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KNjG2kFBBg

    • May 27, 2017 at 8:58 pm
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      Wow, those are walkers in that clip? They just look like rocks off in the distance. Why did the effects guys even bother at all – they’re almost impossible to spot. I’m surprised anyone noticed them at all.

  • May 27, 2017 at 7:27 am
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    I’m not digging those walker designs at all. They look as goofy and cartoonish as most of the prequel technology looked like. -_-

  • May 27, 2017 at 1:21 pm
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    That was an excellent talk show appearance by Oscar Isaac!

    Not sure what I think of the newer model Walker, will have to see it in action.

  • May 27, 2017 at 2:53 pm
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    Really not digging those walkers. Down with new aliens though.

  • May 27, 2017 at 4:17 pm
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    Good god, put in familiar things and people complain about rehashing, put in new things and people complain about there not being recognisable things. Why can fans not just sit back and enjoy the things that the movie makers give us?

    • May 28, 2017 at 6:47 am
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      Agreed.

  • May 27, 2017 at 10:25 pm
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    I’m going to take devil’s advocate and say I like the concept of the walkers. Let’s be honest; The AT-AT are iconic machines. Their first appearance in ESB is legendary and there is no way anyone is going top them. So these new walkers I am going to be honest look amazing.

    I love how they seem more low to the ground and are bulkier and crab like. It makes sense because the AT-AT’s biggest vulnerability was the legs and being too off the ground. So, it would make sense that the FO would learn from its mistakes from the Empire. A shame they didn’t completely learn from the Empire with Starkiller base, but I digress.

    As for the new alien vs Old, I’m with the people who want to see new aliens, along with old ones. But if Rian is saying that he didn’t include them for story purposes, okay. For granted, I and everyone else here have no clue what the story is going to be a part. My hope is that the new species are given the same time and dignity as the two prior trilogies.Because, really TFA’s aliens I just didn’t find really memorable, outside Unkar Plutt and Maz.

    So yeah, I may have been critical towards TFA, but at the end of the day my stance is that if TLJ can just be a great standalone movie, while also giving us something unique and fill in the gaps of TFA and add to the mythos I am on board.

    And no, this movie will NOT be ESB. If it is, I’ll suck on a hundred lemons if that is the case.

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