Lupita Nyong’o Discusses Possible Star Wars Episode IX Return & Protecting Franchise Secrets

Maz Kanata didn’t really have a place in Star Wars: The Last Jedi‘s narrative outside of setting up Finn and Rose’s sidestory, but there’s more than enough space in Star Wars Episode IX for her to have an impact – something that her actress Lupita Nyong’o discussed in a recent article for The Hollywood Reporter. While she gives a standard GLOMAR-type answer with regard to the question of her possible return, Nyong’o did go into the levels of secrecy that are necessary to make a Star Wars movie.

 

 

Nyong’o recently got a chance to chat with THR, who pried for some information about Star Wars. Nyong’o was unsurprisingly reserved about what she could say, knowing how secretive Lucasfilm are about their new projects, but she did open up about how secretive they were about her role in The Force Awakens, which she filmed back in 2014:

“An assistant was flown to my hotel, with a script in a locked contraption. It looked like something out of Star Wars. And he made me sign something and gave me instructions. I had a certain number of hours to read the script, and the assistant was just waiting, waiting in Morocco for me to finish reading so that he could put it in that locked thing and take it back.”

 

THR, in their naïvete, tried to pry out some information about her possible role in Episode IX, to which she replied:

“I don’t know yet; I’ll know soon.”

 

Translation: she’ll probably be back, but she’s not at liberty to say so right now.

 

Casting information for The Last Jedi arrived at one of the premieres for The Force Awakens, in which it was confirmed that everyone in the top billing would make a return. (Granted, there were the then-unspoken omissions of Harrison Ford and Max Von Sydow, as both of their characters died.) The day that filming began, it was revealed that Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, and Benicio Del Toro would be introduced to the Galaxy Far, Far Away. So far, we’ve had no such luck – there’s only been the confirmation that Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, and (according to his own words) Mark Hamill are going to show up in Episode IX, with no official casting announcement in place. Odds are we won’t get one until after Solo releases, but you never know with Lucasfilm.

 

 

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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.

121 thoughts on “Lupita Nyong’o Discusses Possible Star Wars Episode IX Return & Protecting Franchise Secrets

  • January 28, 2018 at 9:03 pm
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    She’ll most likely be back. Hopefully not for a shoehorned role like in TLJ.

    • January 28, 2018 at 9:56 pm
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      Honestly, given the way that TLJ’s narrative was shaped, there wasn’t a real place for her to fit into the story. I’m just glad she got a scene at all.

      – Pomojema

    • January 28, 2018 at 9:56 pm
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      Honestly, given the way that TLJ’s narrative was shaped, there wasn’t a real place for her to fit into the story. I’m just glad she got a scene at all.

      – Pomojema

      • January 29, 2018 at 12:43 am
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        Hmmm, what would we have preferred for TLJ ? A well-written role deserving of the story ? Or a brief cameo that ticks the boxes ? A braver soul might have confidently left her out of VIII in order to deliberately write her in for IX……

        • January 29, 2018 at 12:25 pm
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          exactly

        • January 30, 2018 at 12:47 pm
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          A wiser move for sure

    • January 28, 2018 at 11:32 pm
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      Wasn’t shoe horned. They wanted to keep her present but couldn’t give her a bigger role. So instead of just having her vanish, they had a fun little bit with her.

      I know people hated it, but I didn’t mind it at all. To each their own, I suppose.

    • January 29, 2018 at 1:29 pm
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      I wish they could have shoehorned in an intelligent story.
      But it made a billion dollars, so who’s needs it

  • January 28, 2018 at 9:18 pm
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    Maz Kanata is the key to all of this.

  • January 28, 2018 at 10:03 pm
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    A bit off topic: do you think now that (sadly) Leia can not have a role in Ep.9, Luke will have a bigger role? I was even thinking… maybe coming back from his ”ghost state”? Or at least, being something else than a master figure for Rey…

    • January 28, 2018 at 10:22 pm
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      You mean being powerful enough in the Force to return to corporeal form? Anything could happen these days I suppose 🙂

      • January 29, 2018 at 12:15 am
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        But, can he learn this power? Seriously, I hope he does, and I’ll even applaud JJ’s series of 10 tweets showing us the book he got it from.

      • January 29, 2018 at 1:08 am
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        That would be like fk u Ruin, ill bring Luke back in my movie 😀

      • January 29, 2018 at 1:42 am
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        Yes, that’s my point XD I don’t know, it would crush some necks at least…

    • January 28, 2018 at 10:27 pm
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      Luke had a role even in Colin Trevorrow’s draft, as he said that he’d be playing off of Leia quite a bit. Sadly, that specific story idea is no longer plausible due to Carrie Fisher’s passing, but I can’t see any scenario where Luke doesn’t have a substantial role in E9.

      – Pomojema

      • January 29, 2018 at 1:46 am
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        Yes, you right, probably he has a big role. Just wondering, but maybe know it will be more than a “secondary· role, being again in the level of TLJ, the point is how it will be… actually know we have three actor that can be ghosts: Luke (Mark Hamill), Anakin (Haydn Christensen), Obi Wan (Ewan McGregor) and also Yoda, it’s going to be crowd there XD)

      • January 30, 2018 at 12:35 am
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        I doubt he was dead in Colin’s draft.

        • January 30, 2018 at 4:44 am
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          If you’re buying into that “they killed Luke in post-production” nonsense that has already been disproven both by Mark Hamill and circumstantial evidence with the movie itself… You’re full of it.

          – Pomojema

          • January 30, 2018 at 12:46 pm
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            Calm down and try to keep it civil, No need to travel into crazyville .I don’t believe they killed him off screen, but I do believe that at the time Colin Treverrow was hammering out the story, both Hamill and Fisher were available as actors for him to use. Unfortunately this was not to be with Fisher, and Lukes fate had been changed.

          • January 31, 2018 at 8:40 am
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            Leia’s dialogue at the very end confirmed that Luke’s death was always on the cards with TLJ. (They would have had an easier time editing it out, if anything.) And Rian Johnson has repeatedly stated that he didn’t change the movie at all following Carrie Fisher’s death.

            Try again.

            – Pomojema

          • January 31, 2018 at 12:01 pm
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            Again, at the time that Colin was working on his story treatment, Hamill was prob going to be around for Ep 9 as well as Fisher. They were going to have a lot of screentime together.

            Since then Fisher has died and Hamill is out, now JJ will do a screen treatment, his treatment cant be anything like the one Treverrow layed out, because two major players are gone

            Thats it, thats my try.

          • February 1, 2018 at 12:26 am
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            Did you forget that Luke can turn into a ghost? Biiiiiig problem with your theory there.

            – Pomojema

    • January 29, 2018 at 1:04 am
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      Unfortunately I think it may be smaller due to Leia not being around. There’s only so many ways you can have a force ghost present. IX will be the end of the saga so I would imagine most of the movie will be a lot of action scenes. Having a force ghost in action scenes would be ridiculous so the only time Luke would appear would be training Rey and I don’t think there will be too much of that in the movie.

      • January 30, 2018 at 12:32 am
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        Why did Ben send Luke to Dagobah if he could have trained him, himself as a force ghost?
        We will not see Luke again, and it pissed off a lot of us
        At least Harrison Ford got to play Han Solo once again

        • January 30, 2018 at 9:19 am
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          Although I didn’t like or disagreed with a lot of TLJ, there’s no way they won’t include Luke in IX. You’re right about Ben training Luke and I believe it’s probably because Luke hadn’t been trained enough to properly see force ghosts. He could only just see Ben at the beginning of TESB. I completely disagree with this but, seeing as Force sensitives dont have to have any kind of training to use any force abilities now, it won’t be a problem.

  • January 28, 2018 at 10:06 pm
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    Please no. Just no.
    My most hated scenes in both films are hers.
    Why didn’t Ryan kill her off too

    • January 29, 2018 at 4:44 am
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      Because his name is Rian.

  • January 28, 2018 at 10:10 pm
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    I just feel bad that they wiped out her castle in Ep. 7.

    • January 28, 2018 at 11:31 pm
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      It’s one of my favorite maps in Battlefront II.

  • January 28, 2018 at 10:44 pm
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    I like Maz Kanata, such a misterious character. EP IX might be even better than TLJ, that is already perfect

  • January 28, 2018 at 11:39 pm
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    I think TLJ’s change of course benefits IX, and so does JJ’s return, at some degree. TLJ basically shook entirely the situation, but ignored several aspects introduced in VII. I think JJ will bring back these, so Maz might have more importance than in TLJ, and of course the Knights of Ren.

    • January 29, 2018 at 6:09 am
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      Apparently Ben wasn’t Snoke’s only apprentice. It would be cool to see if Ben passed on the responsibility of being Master of the KOR to the other apprentice. It would make for a compelling villain for him and Rey to fight when he inevitably turns back to the light, and it’s a window of possibility to introduce them all in IX.

      • January 29, 2018 at 1:56 pm
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        wait did I miss something? when did Snoke say he had another apprentice, not looking for an arguement here, just never heard that before.

        I though Snoke told Rey, he didnt care about her and only her death by Kylo Ren was his final test.

        I always thought the rule of two was just self-destructive, Two Sith against several hundred, maybe thousands of Jedi?

        • January 29, 2018 at 3:46 pm
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          I think it was briefly mentioned in the visual dictionary if I’m not mistaken. It’s just a little snippet of extra info that probably means nothing or everything. Idk guess we’re just gonna have to wait and see.

          • January 29, 2018 at 3:54 pm
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            Thank you, I for one hope that wasn’t the end of Snoke. Way, way too hyped up a character to go out like that.

          • January 29, 2018 at 7:24 pm
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            Idk. I think he’s done for, but if he comes back I wouldn’t be opposed to it either if it serves the story right.

          • January 29, 2018 at 7:28 pm
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            IMHO, nothing is worse than a dead villain returning – that’s what I did not like the EU for and why I cheered, when Disney removed it to the legends.

    • January 29, 2018 at 7:23 pm
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      All I am comprehending with LF and the ST is that it is one of the single worst games of “And then” I have seen in terms of consistency. Because, like TLJ or not; it is very hard to deny this point.

      Especially, when RJ revealed there was no plan for the ST and he wrote TLJ without seeing TFA. Who does that?! I get it is hard working on a sequel when the first one is in production, but then wait for the final movie. Or at the very least, read the screenplay/ talk with Abrams.

      RJ and Abrams did talk with one another. What actually transpired? What ideas were shared? I’m genuinely curious.

      • January 30, 2018 at 8:22 am
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        where did he say that? RJ writing TLJ without seeing TFA.

  • January 28, 2018 at 11:42 pm
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    Bringing Maz Kanata back is like bringing back Jar Jar Binks.
    Something nobody wants to see.

    • January 29, 2018 at 4:44 am
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      No one wants to see your terrible comments.

      • January 29, 2018 at 5:50 am
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        You forgot to add IMO.

        • January 29, 2018 at 5:53 am
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          It’s an objective truth.

    • January 29, 2018 at 4:30 pm
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      I wan’t to see her soooooo……….yea.

  • January 29, 2018 at 12:14 am
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    I hope she comes back to tell us that “story for another time”. Oh, no, wait, that story is part of my “expectations”.

    • January 29, 2018 at 12:58 am
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      My expectation is that you’ll eventually find somewhere else to be a butt hurt loser.

      I keep getting disappointed though.

    • January 29, 2018 at 1:51 pm
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      that thread will never be explored, why should it? seems nobody considers that important

      • January 29, 2018 at 6:41 pm
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        I’d say it will be in a comic or a book somewhere down the line.

        • January 29, 2018 at 7:09 pm
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          I think, it already was.

  • January 29, 2018 at 12:50 am
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    Hope Episode IX won’t be a carbon copy of VII. They need to come up with a story that honours the franchise in tone, narrative and scope. After the disappointment that was TLJ, the franchise needs a miracle. Not sure Abram can do that. Would have preferred Colin Trevor since I have heard he had Hamill’s same views on Luke.

    • January 29, 2018 at 12:59 am
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      If Star Wars survived the Prequels, it will survive a few butthurt fans whining incessantly about how terrible VIII was.

      Lotta noise. Movie still made over a billion dollars.

      A miracle isn’t needed.

      • January 29, 2018 at 1:05 am
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        Lets how will E9 do financially, coz E8 was hyped and everyone was curious about the cliffhanger with Luke. Now there is no real important cliffhanger and there is a portion of fans which declared that they will not going to see E9.

        Solo could be a protest so opening week could be bad, but if the movie is really good it will improve.

      • January 29, 2018 at 1:05 am
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        Lets how will E9 do financially, coz E8 was hyped and everyone was curious about the cliffhanger with Luke. Now there is no real important cliffhanger and there is a portion of fans which declared that they will not going to see E9.

        Solo could be a protest so opening week could be bad, but if the movie is really good it will improve.

        • January 29, 2018 at 4:57 am
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          The best way to vote against Star Wars is with their wallet.

          • January 29, 2018 at 11:27 am
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            Already doing it. Has passed for the Roze/Finn lego set in 50% discount for example. Did not bought any post E6 novel book. Even in the X-wing miniature game where i have no time to play it, but am committed to buy all ships – im changing that goal to omit E7/8 ships

          • January 29, 2018 at 5:06 pm
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            Just remember to Redbox last jedi,when you get that urge to do bodily harm to yourself

          • January 30, 2018 at 2:45 am
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            LOL You have to stop buying entirely dude.

      • January 29, 2018 at 3:33 am
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        The Prequels always had the hook of ‘How Darth Vader came to be’ so nobody was going to bolt the franchise. Episode 7 had the return of Han and Leia, Episode 8 had the return of Luke. What hook does Episode 9 have for any fan on the fence?

        Now I’m not talking about you and me, I’m talking about the casual fan who still needs something big to motivate them to the theater.

        What is that hook for Episode 9 for anyone on the fence?

        • January 29, 2018 at 4:43 am
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          Really? More than a few did bolt.

        • January 29, 2018 at 4:54 am
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          The Prequels ruined “How Darth Vader came to be”

          Yet Star Wars lived on, despite ruining its most iconic villain.

          • January 29, 2018 at 6:07 pm
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            The Prequels were excellent for Palpatine’s character.

          • January 30, 2018 at 2:43 am
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            Except for the crappy fight scene in III.

          • January 30, 2018 at 2:43 am
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            Except for the crappy fight scene in III.

          • January 30, 2018 at 4:01 am
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            Yeah…that was bad.

          • January 29, 2018 at 7:29 pm
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            I wouldn’t say Vader was ruined, he’s still a great villain in the OT. Its his backstory thats a bit rubbish.

          • January 30, 2018 at 2:43 am
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            Can you seriously look at him in the OT without hearing him say “I hate sand.”

          • January 30, 2018 at 8:56 am
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            Thankfully yes. Those cringe worthy moments can remain in the PT, no need to have them taint the OT……..some of the changes Lucas made can do that instead (I say some as IMO some of them enhance the OT).

          • February 1, 2018 at 1:31 am
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            Bless you for being a bigger person than me.

          • February 1, 2018 at 6:38 pm
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            Not that at all, everyone is different. Star Wars is simply my favourite franchise, so despite a few personal issues with the PT and ST, I don’t see the need to allow them to impact the OT. Doesn’t make me better, unless you’re calling me fat and I’ve completely missed it….

        • January 29, 2018 at 5:18 am
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          “What hook does Episode 9 have for any fan on the fence?”

          Once the marketing for Episode 9 gears into motion. Those on the fence will be hooked, and will venture to see the movie on the big screen.

          I say that as someone who was totally on the fence during the PT.

        • January 29, 2018 at 6:02 am
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          What’s going to happen with Kylo ruling the first order and Rey left with the responsibility of rebuilding the Jedi/or…not Jedi? That’s a pretty big hook I would think. It’s not about the old characters anymore, the new characters earned their right to have “something to be excited for.”

          • January 29, 2018 at 11:02 pm
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            Yet no one is excited LOL

          • January 30, 2018 at 2:31 am
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            I am excited. There are plenty of people who liked TLJ who are excited. Sooo just cause you’re not excited doesn’t mean everyone is not.

        • January 29, 2018 at 6:12 pm
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          “What is that hook for Episode 9 for anyone on the fence?”

          I would say TLJ tried to show the future would be about the rebirth of the Jedi through Rey and the rising of new force users across the galaxy. That was the big tie-in with why Luke acted the way he did, to inspire the myth and stories to excite the next generation.

          The issue is the immediate continuation of the story. Outside of a time jump of several years, the only questions are related to how the Resistance rebuilds and the aftermath of Kylo’s coup of the First Order.

          • January 29, 2018 at 11:02 pm
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            I have no interest in seeing the arc for Broom-Boy. No hook

        • January 29, 2018 at 8:29 pm
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          I dont think there is a hook, no original trilogy characters, now the PT had no original characters either, but the ST has heavily hyped up the fact that the OT three were coming back, with that gone can the bring in an audience like this again?

      • January 29, 2018 at 7:52 am
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        The Prequels for all their flaws were authentic Star Wars movies made by George Lucas.

        Which had the look and more importantly, the feel of genuine Star Wars.

        Contrast this with what Disney’s put out, which feels like it’s taking place in an entirely different galaxy.

        • January 29, 2018 at 1:50 pm
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          These films just dont have the world building and lore expansion the prequels had. You knew the state of the galaxy, you knew how everybody fit into that galaxy.

          There seems to be no real effort here to explain whats going on. The opening credits claim the First Order expanding their influence, when? In the hour or two since the Starkiller Base was destroyed? Or the day before when the Republic system and fleet were all destroyed.?

          Who was Snoke? where did he get this huge army from? Did he do it with the Republics knowledge, or secretly? If hes not the moneyman, and its someone from Canto Bight, are they mad about the loss of their investment? And why would you invest in the overthrow of a political system that you are doing pretty well under?

          In a New Hope, you knew exactly how the political system worked and who was in charge with a few simple lines of dialogue, and how this political shakeup depended on the Death Star.

          Where are all the other systems in the Galaxy? are they just going to be enslaved again, like when they were under Imperial occupation? Do the not care about an organization that just killed billions?

          Is there a power vacuum now in place? Is that the real reason for the Maz scene? Is the Trade Federation making a comeback now with the Banking Clan?

          Nah, if Rian Johnson cant remember Luke has a metal hand, he sure as shit didn’t think this far into it!

          • January 29, 2018 at 3:46 pm
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            I attribute a lot of the lack of context is because LF just doesn’t care about world building in the movies which is a shame. The OT did such a great job at world building, just lightly hinting at events and in turn Luke’s story was a small, but noteworthy aspect, in a much greater war. The Gallactic Civil War.

            It also helped that the context was simple: Rebels vs Empire. And it seems like LF just wanted to go back to that and the way they did it is just dumb in my view.

            Why leave this stuff to ancillary stuff in the NC?These movies should be consistent on their own. I’d care less if the ST was a straight up reboot, but it isn’t.

            But it is more than evident that LF is aiming these movies at children and believing that people just want rebels vs empires once more. Okay, fine; they can do whatever they want with the property.

            And if people like that, cool. I’m genuinely happy for you all. But for me, I’m not at all interested.

            Instead of expanding the mythos and actually doing something unique, like perhaps having the First Order be the rag-tag group, we just got TFA and TLJ.

            And that is why I see the ST as a what if situation, an alternative timeline. You don’t agree? That’s fine. Anyone can believe what they want to believe.

            Just don’t be a smary, dick.

          • January 29, 2018 at 3:59 pm
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            Im afraid your more right than anyone knows. Replace deep thoughtful characters and events, with flashy spectacles and locations, without any reason for their to be.
            Maybe LF knows that is what sells now, quick hits and jump cuts, no meanings to anything anymore. just box office $$, what effect will this have down the road?
            There is a reason Star Wars is as popular as it is 40 years later.

          • January 29, 2018 at 7:14 pm
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            The sad part is that this entire screenplay would have been reworked to have been a lot more coherent. For example, Holdo talking down to Poe makes no sense in the context that TLJ takes place immediately after TFA, around a week. Poe, by all accounts, is a war hero for taking down Starkiller base. And so you are going to chew him out after delivering such a crucial victory against the FO?

            But I digress.

            Why not have a scene where Holdo and the rest of the Resistance leadership discuss about their being a traitor? That would have given Holdo more of a leg to stand on. There’s a traitor. We want to compartmentalize information for we have a plan. And I don’t know have it to where Holdo is the traitor.

            Or heck, why not just have Ackbar in those scenes? He’s much more than a meme in Legends. And yeah, the VA died recently, but still; Ackbar sacrificing himself would have had a lot more emotional weight.

            I could go on, but really, there are serious flaws with this movie from a plotting perspective. I’m normally leinent on issues like this, if the characters and everything else were consistent.

            And despite loving the themes of the movie, I just cannot overlook how sloppy this is. TFA isn’t a masterpiece, but narratively is like Citizen kane, compared to this movie. Even if I prefer TLJ.

          • January 29, 2018 at 7:14 pm
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            The sad part is that this entire screenplay would have been reworked to have been a lot more coherent. For example, Holdo talking down to Poe makes no sense in the context that TLJ takes place immediately after TFA, around a week. Poe, by all accounts, is a war hero for taking down Starkiller base. And so you are going to chew him out after delivering such a crucial victory against the FO?

            But I digress.

            Why not have a scene where Holdo and the rest of the Resistance leadership discuss about their being a traitor? That would have given Holdo more of a leg to stand on. There’s a traitor. We want to compartmentalize information for we have a plan. And I don’t know have it to where Holdo is the traitor.

            Or heck, why not just have Ackbar in those scenes? He’s much more than a meme in Legends. And yeah, the VA died recently, but still; Ackbar sacrificing himself would have had a lot more emotional weight.

            I could go on, but really, there are serious flaws with this movie from a plotting perspective. I’m normally leinent on issues like this, if the characters and everything else were consistent.

            And despite loving the themes of the movie, I just cannot overlook how sloppy this is. TFA isn’t a masterpiece, but narratively is like Citizen kane, compared to this movie. Even if I prefer TLJ.

          • January 29, 2018 at 8:15 pm
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            well I did hear that The Last Jedi was filmed from the FIRST draft, it wasn’t tweaked, reworked, thought out, nothing. Rian said here’s what I have and they went with it, maybe if a second set of eyes could have looked at it, it might have been tightened up

          • January 30, 2018 at 4:34 pm
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            So this is The Phantom Menace all over again? if that is the case, then I am very disappointed. Contrary to some, I still enjoy Rian Johnson’s movies, like Looper and Brick. But I do question LF for giving him Carte Blanche on this project? If this were an anthology film, yeah; I can see them doing that.

            But this is a saga film. So why not at least double check this screenplay. This isn’t a hard concept; just have another writer go through it and make some notes.

            For to be upfront; I am not a screenwriter. But as a writer what I can tell you is that your best work rarely comes from a first draft. It is through revisions and peer reviews. For like a statue, you envision a concept, plot and execute it. But also you refine that statue.

            And TLJ, compared to RJ’s other work, just seems less refined. But that’s just my view.

          • January 30, 2018 at 4:13 am
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            This is probably smarmy dick of me, but there’s no such thing as “hence why.”

          • January 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm
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            Not at all, man. You were pointing out my use of grammar and weren’t being a jerk. So for that, I sincerely thank you. I will be sure to change that. 🙂

          • January 30, 2018 at 4:30 pm
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            Not at all, man. You were pointing out my use of grammar and weren’t being a jerk. So for that, I sincerely thank you. I will be sure to change that. 🙂

        • January 29, 2018 at 3:25 pm
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          No, it doesn’t. The PT felt more different than these do.

        • January 30, 2018 at 2:47 am
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          They were crap. And people like yourself complained rabidly during the prequel era how the first two movies didn’t feel Star Wars at all. Too different. LOL same whines!

          And you still haven’t responded to my post with all the videos linking Lucas explaining the the PT and OT, which you said you never remembered doing.

          Probably because you’re a troll hypocrite incapable engaging in debate because you’ll lose. Hardcore.

      • January 29, 2018 at 3:43 pm
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        The prequels are largely underrated movies and far better than TLJ. The tone, action and visuals of the prequels should be the standard of any future Star Wars movies. Rebels is largely based on these concepts. TLJ had nothing of that. Not even a good story. In the end all I care about is consistency and we all know that if Lucas had had the technology in the 70s, he would have made the OT movies in the same style of the prequels. I love the OT but come on, Star Wars is a sci-fi saga. Do we really want Yoda puppet? It’s absurd. George had the vision to expand and let other writers, under his supervision, expand the galaxy by giving it scope. Something that none of the people behind the Star Wars ST have.

        • January 29, 2018 at 8:11 pm
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          “The tone, action and visuals of the prequels should be the standard of any future Star Wars movies”

          God, no. The tone: boring mixed with juvenile humor.

          Rebels is largely based on McQuarrie and the OT. The tone is a bit more PT, but that’s bc it is a kids show so that makes sense since the PT was Lucas catering to kids for the first time (he dabbled in ROTJ).

          It’s precisely bc of the limits in the 70s that the OT turned out so good: once Lucas had no limitations he went nuts and overindulged.

          I love the OT but come on, Star Wars is a sci-fi saga. Do we really want Yoda puppet? It’s absurd.”

          This is one of the worst takes ever. Star Wars is space-fantasy, not sci fi. Yoda was better as a puppet than CGI, easily.

          George let other people write Star Wars books that didn’t count so he could make money.

          Now, they count. Good for us.

        • January 29, 2018 at 9:51 pm
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          “Do we really want Yoda puppet?”
          Umm…”yes please”? If it’s the quality of the TLJ Yoda as opposed to the atrocious sculpt in TPM? You simply cannot tell me that any of the Yoda scenes in the prequels match the puppetry in Empire or even TLJ in making that character feel alive. It’s all about choosing the right tool for the right effect – if that’s CGI, super, if waving a sheet around under water on a stick gets you the best look, that’s great too.

        • January 30, 2018 at 2:44 am
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          AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

          *DEEP BREATH*

          HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHHA

          Stopped reading at “The prequels are largely underrated movies”

          HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    • January 29, 2018 at 4:43 am
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      That would be odd if it were a carbon copy of the first movie in a trilogy.

      • January 30, 2018 at 4:16 am
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        So it is true? It really is a trilogy? Three movies – one story?

    • January 29, 2018 at 1:34 pm
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      There is no way they will bring back Mark Hamill, its so obvious that KK and Johnson were sweating every single publicity appearance they made together, Once this thing is out of theaters, I cant wait to hear what both Hamill and John Boyega have to say.
      Luke is done now, his story is over. Ep 8 is here forever, no do overs.
      No amount of ret-conning will change it, dont care what JJ says.
      They had their chance to do something epic with Luke, and that chance was wasted, why get your hopes up that it may happen in 9?

      • January 29, 2018 at 3:56 pm
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        True!!! They missed a great opportunity with that!!!

      • January 29, 2018 at 10:59 pm
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        You are right, no reason to get hopes up at this point. TLJ could have given the world the LUKE that everyone wanted —- and had him and Rey side by side for Ep 8 and 9. But no, we get Grumpy-then-Dead-Luke. So wise of Rian 🙁

  • January 29, 2018 at 12:54 am
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    I enjoyed Maz in TFA. I didn’t like her cameo in TLJ at all though. It felt too much like a video game scene. However, I wouldn’t mind seeing her in IX as long as it fits the story and she isn’t there just for the sake of having her in it.

  • January 29, 2018 at 3:07 am
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    Maz’s scene in TLJ was some straight-up Prequel-esque garbage. Worse, it was like something out of a Lego Star Wars game cutscene. One of the stupidest scenes in the entire SW series.

    • January 29, 2018 at 1:31 pm
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      who was she fighting, the Trade Federation? something about labor and taxation disputes? Will we see more battle droids?
      got to give Rian credit for his prequel love

      • January 29, 2018 at 5:58 pm
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        I thought, on the second viewing, that she said something about a union dispute. That scene was terrible though, and ultimately Maz’s information is useless because they never even make contact with her codebreaker. I have no need to see more butthole-eyes lady in IX.

        • January 29, 2018 at 8:11 pm
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          “aggressive negotiations”

        • January 29, 2018 at 8:11 pm
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          “aggressive negotiations”

      • January 29, 2018 at 6:02 pm
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        Union dispute

    • January 29, 2018 at 5:58 pm
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      I agree it was a miss. I liked that they tried to put her in, but it was not executed well.

  • January 29, 2018 at 3:38 pm
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    I sort of think that Maz can replace Leia somehow in mentoring Rey.
    With JJ coming back, maybe he will try to rechannel the story begun in TFA. And it could mean a major role for Maz.

    • January 29, 2018 at 3:39 pm
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      That I could see, especially given how she is confirmed to be a Force Sensitive. I wished we saw that in the actual movie beyond just her insert cool, epic wisdom lines. But hey; at this point, use whatever resource one has for Episode Nine.

      Because for better or worse; we are in uncharted territory.

  • January 29, 2018 at 3:38 pm
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    I hope that Lupita Nyong’o gets more a role in Episode Nine or whatever SWs related projects. Not just because of Maz for I didn’t mind her, but she’s just a really good actress. Which is why I’m super excited to see her in Black Panther.

    • January 29, 2018 at 8:26 pm
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      This is def Marvels year to dominate

      • January 30, 2018 at 11:36 pm
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        Agreed. And really, Marvel Studios deserves it. The MCU I argue is this generations’ SWs in that it is a powerhouse merchandising wise and movie wise. It isn’t perfect for I could easily go into it(villains mostly sucking, lack of consequences etc.), but what it is worth the MCU is still managing to attract mainstream audiences. And are still delivering good/great films.

        No matter what the naysayers, snobs and peanut gallery want to gripe about. But hey; quality is in the eye of the beholder. So if people dig this NC of SWs or Marvel or neither, cool. I’m happy for them.

        But for me, the galaxy has gone too far away for me to care as what I once did. Hence, I’m happy being a super casual fan at this point.

  • January 29, 2018 at 7:06 pm
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    Ugh, no thanks.

  • January 30, 2018 at 3:51 am
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    would love to see her back in 9 and properly, her character was badly let down by Rian in 8. She could be a motherly figure to Rey after the death of Leia.

  • January 30, 2018 at 3:51 am
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    would love to see her back in 9 and properly, her character was badly let down by Rian in 8. She could be a motherly figure to Rey after the death of Leia.

  • January 31, 2018 at 1:39 am
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    Along with Phasma, I’d rather JJ Abrams drop Maz and never refer to her in IX. There are just too many characters already, who haven’t gotten enough character development after two movies. I see this as a practical problem with the ST: too many characters. The OT didn’t have this many. Three movies is not enough, and there’s only one more to go.

    • January 31, 2018 at 1:43 am
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      Consider all the characters that IX will likely have to juggle:

      Rey
      Kylo
      Finn
      Poe
      Rose
      Hux
      Luke (maybe)
      BB-8
      Chewbacca
      R2
      C3PO

      And what about others like Connix and Snap? (Two character who are needed for whatever the Resistance becomes.)

      And I predict JJ will introduce a new character, likely a new villain to the proceedings (just as the Emperor was fully introduced in ROTJ).

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