UPDATE! SOLO: A Star Wars Story EXCLUSIVE Teaser Scheduled to Premiere Monday on GMA After Tease During Super Bowl!

Many rumors are swirling about the teaser for Solo: A Star Wars Story debuting this weekend, during the Super Bowl, with Black Panther, everywhere! But now we have confirmation from the source itself, that Good Morning America is scheduled to premiere an exclusive trailer for Solo: A Star Wars Story this coming Monday morning!

 

 

The link to buy tickets to attend the Good Morning America live taping had the text “SOLO EXCLUSIVE TRAILER!!!”, and has now since been taken down by the site. There is no doubt Disney has ordered the take down.

 

I first stumbled upon this thanks to a tweet from the canon master Star Wars Explained, Alex Damon:

 

https://twitter.com/starwarsexplain/status/959145811924996096

 

 

As you can see, the link once had the text clear as day. It appears the intention was to tease the trailer with a 30 second commercial during the Super Bowl, followed by the full teaser premiere the following morning on Good Morning America. There is no doubt the teaser will still debut during the game, and as of now their plan is to debut the exclusive full clip on Good Morning America Monday morning! We are confident this plan will stay in place.

 

Stay tuned as we will update you with any new information on this! But either way, we should be seeing footage for Solo: A Star Wars Story starting during The Super Bowl this Sunday, followed by the full clip the next morning!

 

 

SOURCE: Good Morning America

Thanks to Star Wars Explained for the Tweet

 

 

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“For my ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is.”

 

 

 

UPDATE!

 

And it seems that Ron Howard himself is very anxious about the Super Bowl as well. One could wonder why…

 

 

Furthermore, he retweeted this:

 

 

 

Perhaps he is a fan of the Patriots? It’s funny that the poll our podcast did a few days ago has an even stronger meaning today.

 

 

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John Hoey is the Lead Editor and Senior Writer for Star Wars News Net and the host of The Resistance Broadcast podcast

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261 thoughts on “UPDATE! SOLO: A Star Wars Story EXCLUSIVE Teaser Scheduled to Premiere Monday on GMA After Tease During Super Bowl!

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:00 pm
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    Gonna poke a hole in part of this theory. There won’t be a GMA advertisement during the Super Bowl in the US. The Super Bowl broadcast is on NBC…..and GMA is on ABC. I just don’t see NBC letting a competing network advertise their morning news show during the Super Bowl

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:00 pm
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    Gonna poke a hole in part of this theory. There won’t be a GMA advertisement during the Super Bowl in the US. The Super Bowl broadcast is on NBC…..and GMA is on ABC. I just don’t see NBC letting a competing network advertise their morning news show during the Super Bowl

    • February 1, 2018 at 10:07 pm
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      I think what the theory says is a that a teaser in the super bowl (watch the full trailer tomorrow in GMA) and then the GMA full trailer on monday

      Somthing on this lines
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaYv3Y8tyoQ

      • February 1, 2018 at 10:26 pm
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        I don’t see NBC/Universal letting a teaser ad like this on during their broadcast of the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl is a chance for them to promote their own properties (i.e. The Today Show). If you were an NBC executive, would you let an ad on the air promoting your competitor’s morning show?

        • February 1, 2018 at 10:39 pm
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          There is nothing in the article about an ad for GMA during the Super Bowl.

        • February 1, 2018 at 11:45 pm
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          troll

        • February 1, 2018 at 11:58 pm
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          I don’t think you understand how advertising $ works.

    • February 1, 2018 at 10:24 pm
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      That’s not what this says.

      It says nothing about a GMA ad during the Super Bowl.

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:04 pm
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    Chewie, we’re home!

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:20 pm
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    I’m actually more happy about people shutting up about when the trailer is going to debut than I probably will be with the actual trailer. For some reason people think that a film can’t make up a good marketing campaign in 4 months. Which is totally not true.

    • February 1, 2018 at 10:37 pm
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      “They’re not overmarketing the movie therefore it will be bad! They have no faith!!!”

      It’s silly.

    • February 1, 2018 at 10:38 pm
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      Agreed

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:59 am
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      I wonder how many of these dolts already have their negative reviews written.

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:23 pm
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    Nailed it! Good find!

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:41 pm
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    Great news, just crazy that they wouldn’t want to get the full teaser out during the Superbowl, rather than airing it during Good Morning America (lame). Superbowl ad money isn’t an issue, Disney practically prints its own money, so the price of a longer ad spot during the Superbowl shouldn’t really matter, especially with the amount of eyes you’d be able to reach. Ah Well, I’ll take what i can get, just happy the ad push is starting! cant wait for May

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:26 am
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      Exxxxxxxxxxxxxx….pensive. Running a two minute trailer during the Superbowl would be crazy expensive, and if they can get the same effect with a teaser (getting the word out about the movie), it just makes more sense. Sure, Disney is loaded, but they didn’t get that way by spending money they don’t need to.

    • February 2, 2018 at 8:38 am
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      It’s close to $5 million for a 30 second ad during the superbowl, so let’s assume that the trailer would be around a minute 30 perhaps in between two minutes and you’re looking close to a $15 million dollar ad. That’s an insane amount of money simply to reach mostly American eyes. They’d be better off just paying the $5 million and have everybody tell their friends to go watch the full version online.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:35 pm
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      it’s easy to say money isn’t an issue when it’s not yours.

      It doesn’t matter how much money DISNEY has. Each movie has its own marketing budget.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:35 pm
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      it’s easy to say money isn’t an issue when it’s not yours.

      It doesn’t matter how much money DISNEY has. Each movie has its own marketing budget.

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:45 pm
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    After the debacle of The Last Jedi, how bad can this be? Cautiously optimistic currently.

    • February 1, 2018 at 11:27 pm
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      lol, I’m not sure why but I have faith in this one…just a hunch.

    • February 1, 2018 at 11:45 pm
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      So bad that I hope the whiners vanish from this forum forever. Forsaking Star Wars and being intelligent enough to understand that pissing and moaning on a Star Wars News Fan Site will get them no where.

      Vote with your wallet. Not with your mouth.

    • February 1, 2018 at 11:45 pm
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      So bad that I hope the whiners vanish from this forum forever. Forsaking Star Wars and being intelligent enough to understand that pissing and moaning on a Star Wars News Fan Site will get them no where.

      Vote with your wallet. Not with your mouth.

      • February 1, 2018 at 11:57 pm
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        Exactly. And it’s why I still haven’t purchased SW Battlefront 2.

        • February 2, 2018 at 12:58 am
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          Your loss, it’s a super fun game.

          • February 2, 2018 at 11:55 am
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            Only if u have no life and thus all the time to play the game and grind out all the perks to the max to have a change against pro players OR u are stupid enough to pay them to achieve the same.

            The even publicly admitted it by saying something like: “there are player with more time than money whil other have more money than time” -> thus they do anything they yet legally can to make those people with less time PAY and PAY a lot.

            Im on the side of more money than time. And im not willing to be abused and forced to pay just to be able to enjoy a SW experience in a SW game.

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:34 pm
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            “Only if u have no life and thus all the time to play the game and grind out all the perks to the max to have a change against pro players OR u are stupid enough to pay them to achieve the same.”

            See? This paragraph right here: someone disagrees and you say they have no life or are stupid.

            Great discussion.

          • February 3, 2018 at 1:47 am
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            I’ve played 100 hours and most of my classes are ‘epic’ level from earned crates, the free crate you get every day, and crafting.

            You’re actually wrong. You haven’t played the game so its impossible for you to have an accurate opinion on it.

            But thanks for playing!

            See what I did there?

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:33 pm
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            Have to disagree there. I don’t care for that style of shooter personally.

          • February 3, 2018 at 1:46 am
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            I can’t disagree with opinion.

          • February 3, 2018 at 1:46 am
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            I can’t disagree with opinion.

          • February 3, 2018 at 11:09 pm
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            THATS WHY I WIN HAHAHAHAHA 🙂

          • February 3, 2018 at 11:40 pm
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            :((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

          • February 2, 2018 at 5:06 pm
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            Please forgive me for not giving into to terrible consumer practices in exchange for Star Wars branding. Whatever EA decides to do next time around by not egregiously trying to rip people off, I’ll take my public thank you in letter form. It’s actually your loss and consumers loss by giving money to a company that completely tried to rip and millions of people off.

          • February 3, 2018 at 1:45 am
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            Actually the uproar around it was way off base on what would have happened if they had gone forward with their preferred model given the design of the items in game.

            You’d know this, if you had played the game. You chose not to. That’s cool. I’m having a lot of fun with it, sad that you aren’t.

        • February 2, 2018 at 11:53 am
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          They fooled me with EA BF1, not happening again with any other EA SW game as its clear now they dont want to put out a good SW game, they are only interested in milking money out of us and will take any methods they have to do so – like putting together players with purchased perks with noobs on purpose

          • February 3, 2018 at 5:06 am
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            Blah blah blah blah.

            And you people call me self-righteous here.

            OMG I’m LOLing hard right now.

      • February 2, 2018 at 12:03 am
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        I heard that everytime you post a negative comment on this site, Kathleen Kennedy moves a step closer to leaving Lucasfilm.

        • February 2, 2018 at 12:58 am
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          I wet myself after this one.

        • February 2, 2018 at 12:58 am
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          I wet myself after this one.

      • February 2, 2018 at 12:58 am
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        We could only be so lucky. I believe, however, that half these folks that do little more than piss and moan about Star Wars aren’t nearly as disappointed as they proclaim. After all, if you don’t like something that much, you wouldn’t spend so much time talking about it.

        I love quite a bit of Star Trek, but I really don’t care for Voyager. That said, I’m hardly hanging around the Voyager forum endlessly bemoaning its existence.

        • February 2, 2018 at 12:59 am
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          Post fact world.

        • February 2, 2018 at 11:55 am
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          I quite liked Voyager but started losing interest when they had the french resistance story arc with those big ass aliens dressed as Nazi’s… If I wanted to watch f’ing ‘Allo Allo’ I wouldn’t tune into star trek!

        • February 3, 2018 at 2:34 am
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          What on Earth are you talking about? The fun of critical film analysis is doing the post mortem on films good or bad.

          • February 3, 2018 at 3:12 am
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            If you think that the type of victimized, entitled, and repetitious whining that often occurs here falls anywhere near “critical film analysis” then it’s obvious why you feel the way you do.

            And it’s kind of funny.

          • February 4, 2018 at 1:44 am
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            It’s clear that you don’t have a fundamental understanding of the definitions of the words you’re typing out, so playing around with you here should prove to be fairly entertaining.

          • February 4, 2018 at 2:06 am
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            “…you don’t have a fundamental understanding of the definitions of the words you’re typing out…”

            Come on. That’s weak stuff, dude, weak stuff.

            “…so playing around with you here should prove to be fairly entertaining.”

            Heh heh heh. No worries. You have at it man.

          • February 4, 2018 at 6:40 am
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            Whoa, like dude, like that’s totally bogus man…

      • February 2, 2018 at 1:09 am
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        “Vote with your wallet. Not with your mouth.”

        They won’t. They’ll go see the movie. Probably like it. Go by $150 of Solo action figures from Wal-Mart. Then come back here and complain about how bad it was and how Star Wars is dead.

        • February 2, 2018 at 4:41 am
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          Yay.

        • February 3, 2018 at 2:33 am
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          The reported figures will likely tell a different story as I pointed out to you with regards to The Last Jedi, but that won’t stop you from continuing to parrot that well-rehearsed bit of stupidity, will it?

          I can only bring a horse to water…

          • February 3, 2018 at 3:15 am
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            Nobody needs you to bring then anywhere. I certainly don’t. And really, if you can’t converse without so quickly resorting to insults, then perhaps it’s time to cede the computer to mom and dad so they can finish your homework.

            See, I can do this too – probably better than you.

          • February 4, 2018 at 1:49 am
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            Apprarently you in fact need me to lead you there, because you still stupidly believe nonsense despite being presented with cited and verifiable facts. At least someone certainly needs to lead you. Unfortunately you’re far too block headed to accept that reality.

            You’re actually taking others to task for resorting to insults? Clearly you suffer from a painful lack of self awareness. Besides, I’m not resorting to insults. I’m simply laying out factual reality for you. No doubt you may find factual reality insulting, but that’s not really my problem.

          • February 4, 2018 at 2:01 am
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            Again, what facts were those?

          • February 4, 2018 at 6:39 am
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            I’ve already posted the links for you. You must do the rest.

          • February 4, 2018 at 6:58 pm
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            So…correct me if I’m wrong…

            1. You’re citing a website titled “Disney Star Wars is Dumb”.
            2. There are no real names attached to the articles.
            3. You wrote them. You’re citing yourself as evidence backing up your opinions.

            Man alive, as someone that knows a bit about journalism, this hits all the wrong buttons.

            Did I miss anything?

          • February 4, 2018 at 7:07 pm
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            1. I’m citing my blog, where I write posts with facts that are linked to cited sources.

            2. The posts on my blog are opinion pieces, a real name doesn’t need tobe attached. One can follow the linked citations to the sources from which the opinions and conclusions are derived.

            3. Yes I did write them. However, and for the third time, pay particular note to the linked citations which take you directly to the source matieral.

            I’d say you missed just about everything. Knowledge of journalism indeed. Ha!

          • February 4, 2018 at 7:29 pm
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            There’s probably not much to miss. A quick scan showed me a few articles verging on conspiracy theory in regards to Star Wars. The little I read is pretty laughable stuff, really.

            And honestly, if you want people to take your opinions halfway seriously, have the cajones to put your real name to what you write.

          • February 4, 2018 at 8:21 pm
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            Oh nonsense.

            You’re engaging in the same behavior that you’re misattributing to others; commenting on a thing without taking in that thing. I undertand that you may not be very practiced in reading anything more than a 25 character Tweet, but a quick scan doesn’t really cut it. Your attempt to discredit and dismiss an opinion you don’t like without doing the work to actually read that opinion isn’t doing your argument any favors. Nor does it magically erase the linked sources.

            Anonymous political speech has a long and proud history going back to the pamphleteers of the American Revolution. Knowledge of my identity isn’t necessary for someone to consider the ideas and facts I present, unless you’re interested in engaging in thoughtless identity politics, in which case I’d refer you to Carl Sagan’s essay entitled The Fine Art of Baloney Detection. And of course one must protect themselves and their family against progressive activists who like to show up on people’s lawns at 4 a.m. in the morning, because they’re unhinged savages who are incapable of controlling their own behavior when confronted with ideas they don’t like.

          • February 4, 2018 at 10:17 pm
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            Bull. You can dress up your opinions any way you like, but the couple of entires I read were little more than feeble attempts to complain about girls punctuated with quotes and links. I saw very little insightful or original thought. I’m sorry, but your perspectives are fragile, impotent, and ultimately dismissible.

            Back to the drawing board with you.

            “Anonymous political speech has a long and proud history going back to the pamphleteers of the American Revolution.”

            Heh. Don’t fool yourself. You’re no Paine or Otis. And 4am is way too early for me. If you’re going to attempt to say powerful things, don’t do it by shouting from behind a privacy fence.

            And get a refund on that film school tuition money.

          • February 4, 2018 at 11:01 pm
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            In fact, there are no attempts to complain about girls. That’s a mischaracterization that you’re stupidly making up all on your own.

            How could you see anything insightful or original, or not, if you only took a quick scan? How on Earth would you be able to determine that my perspectives are fragile, impotent, and ultimately dismissable without reading them? Do you put any thought into the words you’re typing out? Because while you’re making these silly claims, and obviously practiced in doing so, you do nothing to demonstrate that your claims are true.

            4 am is certainly too early for progressive dimwits to get up, yes. But many of them simply stay up all night or attend such event after getting rip roaring drunk at their favorite hipster dive.

            All you’re doing is throwing out empty insults, and anyone can read up this thread and see how just vapid and unsupported your claims are.

            I understand that you’d rather focus on petty identity poltics rather than genuine ideas, it’s what public education trained unthinking drones such as yourself to do. That’s where the real cowardice lies, because it’s ideas that matter, not identities. And we both know that you have no genuine ideas. You’re all bluster and no substance. But maybe you can explain to us what you might do if you had my identity.

            lol You’re not very bright, are you?

      • February 2, 2018 at 3:55 am
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        I’m voting with both 🙂

        • February 2, 2018 at 4:40 am
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          You don’t contribute anything meaningful either. Join the pile of whiny mouth breathers on the left.

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:31 pm
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            Zero decent discussion from him.

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:32 am
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      A 1.3 billion dollar earning debacle. Disney isn’t upset with its performance.

      • February 2, 2018 at 12:53 am
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        TFA made 2.1 Billion worldwide, so that’s 800 Billion less for TLJ. We won’t know if it’s a debacle until you see the Box office for Solo and Episode 9. If you continue to see a downward trend then Disney will be upset as after that they are venturing in brand new territory with RJ’s Trilogy. If enough fans who were alienated after TLJ and don’t give his new Trilogy a chance, then TLJ could be the pinnacle of their Box office.

        • February 2, 2018 at 1:20 am
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          TLJ was never going to do as well as TFA, we won’t be hyped in quite the same way again

        • February 2, 2018 at 1:20 am
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          TLJ was never going to do as well as TFA, we won’t be hyped in quite the same way again

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:55 am
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            If TLJ had actually been GOOD and give fans the Luke Skywalker we wanted, it actually could have BEATEN TFA.

          • February 2, 2018 at 5:23 am
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            The Last Jedi was good. Just because you didn’t like it, it doesn’t mean it isn’t good.

          • February 2, 2018 at 7:59 am
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            The Last Jedi BOMBED in China, made 40% less money than TFA, and has the lowest Fan Rating of any SW Film ever made. Not good.

          • February 2, 2018 at 9:50 am
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            So WHAT if it DIDNT do well. WHO cares if has the lowest rating, EMPIRE made the least MONEY and wasnt WELL received at first. Have I USED enough WORDS In CAPS?

          • February 3, 2018 at 6:16 pm
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            NO YOU HAVEN’T! STAR WARS IS DEEEEAADDD

          • February 2, 2018 at 11:47 am
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            Star wars isn’t popular in much of Asia outside of Japan, I’ve lived there and not many people really know what it is. Of course it will make less than TFA as the hype was huge for TFA, non-fans who didn’t enjoy it is unlikely to go back and watch the next movie. It’s equally unlikely that anyone who didn’t see TFA in the cinema will go watch the next movie, so returns were sure to be less, quality of movie aside.

            Although TLJ is certainly not the best loved star wars, it’s been well documented that fan ratings can be manipulated and that may have been the case. Aside from which people are more likely to leave a bad review for something they hated than a good review for something they liked.

            TLJ may not have met your expectations, but raging about it constantly in some kind of attempt to convince those who enjoyed it that it’s a bad movie, just kind of makes you come across as a bit of a jerk.

          • February 2, 2018 at 4:00 pm
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            What’s your point? China doesn’t always like what we like, as much as we never gave Wolf Warrior 2 a chance. China doesn’t have the nostalgic connection we do.

            And the fan rating issue has been discussed to death. An entitled fan who demanded something different but immediately familar, such as yourself, taken out of their comfort zone, spammed rotten tomatoes to lower the rating. Critic reviews were very strong.

          • February 2, 2018 at 5:52 am
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            But you guys seem to want Luke to do what Vader did in Rogue One. That’s so wrong for his character

          • February 3, 2018 at 6:16 pm
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            That’s your opinion. Supported by no facts. Meaning you essentially wasted minutes of your life forming the words to type this sentence and post it on the internet.

            Good job.

        • February 2, 2018 at 1:52 am
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          The MCU have released 17 movies. Only 4 have crossed the $1bn mark. SW has released 3 movies, which have made a combined $4.5bn at the box office. That’s an average of $1.5bn per movie. Contrast that with Marvel that is an average of $795 million per move (around half of SW).

          Even with the “backlash”, The Last Jedi still made $1.3bn at the box office.

          They’ll not be another $2bn SW movie for a very long time. Let’s face it, TFA over performed. There doesn’t need to be, as the MCU business model has proven.

          https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/67f5b1c21ec27da584b7af98fb26f51af9b2fb5f6d3e7a815c7123eee9991c9a.png

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:30 pm
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            And Marvel still hasn’t done as well since 2012’s The Avengers.

            so 6 straight years of a debacle according to these people.

          • February 2, 2018 at 4:09 pm
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            Exactly! It’s about peaks and troughs. The stronger films carry the weaker ones.

            But SW has to be exceptional. It has to be an upwards trajectory, otherwise Kennedy is finished, or something like that, that the “real SW fans” chant endlessly to themselves as they beat themselves off, under their shrine to George Lucas.

          • February 2, 2018 at 4:33 pm
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            yup. Never forgetting that AOTC did worse than TPM.

          • February 2, 2018 at 4:35 pm
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            Would that be an all-new shrine or the one reclaimed from whatever dump it was thrown in circa 1999?

          • February 3, 2018 at 6:17 pm
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            And that 4.5 billion dollars was the price tag for all of Lucas Film. Recouped in 6 years just from the box office and does not include the sales of other media and toys with Star Wars stamped on it.

        • February 2, 2018 at 3:55 am
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          Yes TLJ did well at the Box Office. However, significant DAMAGE was done to the brand and the franchise, that will haunt Disney later…….

          • February 2, 2018 at 7:59 pm
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            Or they will just focus on satisfying the fans that dropped $1.2B into the seats for TLJ. With Luke gone, they finally have a creative free hand.

      • February 2, 2018 at 2:48 am
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        So what? The Transformers films make a killing too, and they’re objectively garbage.

        • February 2, 2018 at 5:29 am
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          TFA did triple RotS. TFA was an anomaly. There was no way any other movies was going to do that kind of box office. If each movie does a billion, that’s good enough. Most of the MCU doesn’t break a billion and they are considered successes.

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:16 pm
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            Anyone with half a brain could have predicted that E8 was going to bring in smaller box office numbers than E7. We had this discussion months before TFA even hit theaters.

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:29 pm
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            And we even said how morons would use it to attack Disney.

            And as ever…we were right.

          • February 3, 2018 at 6:18 pm
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            Shocccckiiiing.

          • February 3, 2018 at 6:18 pm
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            Shocccckiiiing.

      • February 2, 2018 at 11:18 am
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        Well they should. Its a difference to make 1.3B on TLJ and 40% less on the related toys and probably even less on another movies comparing to 1.6B, good toy/complimentary stuff sales, 1B for every next SW movie guarantee

        The biggest problem of TLJ is what i has done to the brand and thats when they loose a big pile of money – unfortunately for us we wont be presented with the financial numbers to point this out but the suits at #Di$ney and their shareholders will feel it.

        • February 2, 2018 at 3:14 pm
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          “…40% less on the related toys…”

          That tells precious little about the success of The Last Jedi as a quality movie (which I believe it is). Action figures and related toys have fought an increasingly difficult battle over the last several years. Their decline in sales is due to a variety of factors. Here are just a few:

          1. Children today simply aren’t interested in action figure toys in the way that the OT generation was. Video games and other electronically interactive toys command much of their attention – and parents’ money. Responding that the toys would sell like gangbusters if only the movie was “good” is pure conjecture that ignores the reality of the contemporary toy market.

          2. Major toy retailers like Toys R Us have had some rough years and consequently ordered far fewer of these toys than in previous years.

          3. A good chunk of the Star Wars action figure toy market after the relaunch of the line in 1995 were adult collectors. After 23 years, one can expect many of them to no longer collect these items. In addition, there are a great many more options for adult collectors: higher end figures and statues, model kits, etc. I know several folks that were diehard Star Wars action figure collectors who have gravitated toward other avenues of expressing their fandom.

          • February 3, 2018 at 2:29 am
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            You may believe that The Last Jedi is a quality movie, but the actual reality is that it isn’t. It’s shoddy film craft, and fan fic writing at its worst. But hey, some folks like Dom Perignon. Others like Mad Dog 20 20. To each their own.

            Incidentally the actual figure is 47 percent, as reported by Hollywood Reporter.

            1. What are you basing this determination on? Avengers action figures seem to be selling just fine.

            2. Toys R Us is filing for bankruptcy and closing 182 stores. Some are attributing that bankruptcy partially to Star Wars merchandise that doesn’t sell. Multiple videos on YouTube show Star Wars merchandise on the shelves not moving, even merchandise from Rogue One and Episode VII which is still sitting there.

            3. What are you basing this determination on? Many adult collectors have expressed no desire to purchase the new toys because of their lack of quality. Furthermore, in many cases there’s no reason to. The characters don’t change costumes from scene to scene or even movie to movie. So if you bought the Finn figure from Episode VII, what’s the sense in purchasing the Finn figure from Episode VIII when it’s pretty much exactly the same?

            The following assessment is much more realistic:

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Zd6ljuRikY

          • February 3, 2018 at 3:19 am
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            “You may believe that The Last Jedi is a quality movie, but the actual reality is that it isn’t.”

            In reality, art is subjective and definitively claiming a film to be “in reality” good or bad suggests an incredibly juvenile perspective on such things. I could argue circles around you why not only is The Last Jedi a good movie, but perhaps the best Star Wars movie since ROTJ.

            But if you can’t bring a horse to water, I can’t explain color to the colorblind.

          • February 4, 2018 at 6:37 am
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            The notion that art is subjective is an uneducated position to take. The idea that art is whatever we want is an idea pushed by the dippie hippies from the flatulent 1960s, and represents how public education is facilitating societal degradation.

            Once upon a time, the ability to sketch figures and landscapes and buildings was part of a standard education. In many journals from esplorers the 20th Century and earlier, you’ll find competent sketch work. They were trained to do this, because it’s a skillset with trainable rules. Perspective and anatomy drawing have specific guidelines that one can be trained to engage in. The same goes for composition and color theory. The artist worth his salt is the one who understands the rules of tertiary colors, among other things such as heirarchy. So there’s a kind of visual grammar an educated artist adheres to.

            Likewise in photography, we have things such as the Rule of Thirds and the Golden Ratio to help map out compositions. In film work we have things such as the 180 degree rule, the distinction between jump cuts, the montage, the cross cut, eyeline match, POV shots and so on and so forth. We have the thre point lighting system and variations thereof. We have David Murch’s Rule of six and David Mamet’s 8 rules of Ruthless Editing to guide the hand in film editing. There are specific structures that a screenplay adheres to, the setup, the opportunity, the new situation, the change of plans, major set back, etc. It’s generally commonplace today to have a major attention grabbing action sequence in the first 10 oages of a screenplay. For attaining certain styles one can look to guidelines such as Dogme 95.

            So to say that art is entirely subjective, one must be oblivious to the objective standards that guide competent art.

            Sure one can hang a velvet Elvis in their living room and love it. But that doesn’t make it good art. Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of bad movies that I thoroughly enjoy. But I’m objective enough to admit to their horribleness.

            The primary problem you’re having here is that you’re debating not only a film graduate, but a professional in the field. Colorblind indeed. Ha!

          • February 4, 2018 at 7:04 pm
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            “The notion that art is subjective is an uneducated position to take. The idea that art is whatever we want is an idea pushed by the dippie hippies from the flatulent 1960s, and represents how public education is facilitating societal degradation.”

            That’s utter nonsense. Art is always subjective. Always. You can bend your perspective on art around a very conservative worldview, but its objectivity exist beyond your limited way of viewing things.

            “The primary problem you’re having here is that you’re debating not only a film graduate, but a professional in the field.”

            Yeah, I bet you are.

          • February 4, 2018 at 8:24 pm
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            It’s not utter nonsense. I just explained to you why. Art cannot be entirely subjective when there are objective standards that one can be trained in and judged by. Continuing to repeat your discredited point like a stubborn stompy footed child isn’t going to make your incorrect point right. The real problem here is that you’re ineducable.

            You’d win that bet, tiny.

          • February 4, 2018 at 10:07 pm
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            “I just explained to you why. Art cannot be entirely subjective when there are objective standards that one can be trained in and judged by.”

            Yeah, I know. And I think you’re wrong. You set whatever standards you want in terms of how you choose to judge art, but nobody is required to recognize those standards. You’re standards won’t mean squat to those coming from backgrounds and experiences different than your own. It’s time to get used to it. My grandparents thought rock-n-roll was the absolute worst thing in the world. In their worldview, Elvis and the Beatles defied every single objective standard that existed in terms of judging music. My parents thought the same thing about hip-hop. Turns out it doesn’t matter. Art will flourish despite whatever often arbitrary standards others attempt to codify.

            “Continuing to repeat your discredited point like a stubborn stompy footed child isn’t going to make your incorrect point right.:

            Take your own advice.

            -Tiny

          • February 4, 2018 at 11:04 pm
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            Of course you think that I’m wrong. That’s because you’re uneducated and ineducable. You’re one of these belligerent guys who stupidly thinks they know it all. You know, the ones who think that if they talk real loud and forcefully over the other person that they win the debate. Know-it-all-ism and idiocy always walk hand in hand, because the thinking person understands that no one knows it all. There is always something new to learn. It’s how Socratic Questioning was born; to cope with all-knowing preachy morons such as yourself.

            I’m pleased to see that you signed your post as Tiny. You do realize of course, that I was referring to your intellect, right?

          • February 4, 2018 at 11:38 pm
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            So, instead of actually responding to my post with counterpoints or your own ideas regarding art, you call me uneducated, ineducable, and belligerent? Good god man, you’d sink your own ship. Reread your response – empty prattle.

            “Of course you think that I’m wrong. That’s because you’re uneducated and ineducable. You’re one of these belligerent guys who stupidly thinks they know it all.”

            As opposed to you? You just called me uneducated because I don’t agree with you. What sort of hackneyed, shoddy education do claim to have? Tiresome windbags with nothing to say are a dime-a-dozen, but you might take the cake.

            Feel free to respond to what I said earlier.

          • February 3, 2018 at 3:22 am
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            “3. What are you basing this determination on? Many adult collectors have expressed no desire to purchase the new toys because of their lack of quality.”

            I’m basing this determination on my 25 years of collecting Star Wars memorabilia and the many friendships and connections I’ve made in this hobby. I’ve been at this for a while, dude.

        • February 2, 2018 at 3:54 pm
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          Oh Di$ney! Lol so clever. I see what you did there.I think it’s disgusting that a business wants to make money. They should be ashamed of themselves. They should make a Star Wars movie immediately familiar but completely different.

        • February 2, 2018 at 10:13 pm
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          I don’t know of any thinking person that thought TLJ would come anywhere close to the numbers TFA put up. In fact the box office drop is in line with the drop form ANH to ESB and the drop from TPM to AOTC. Hmmmm, It’s almost like going a decade or more without a Star Wars movie drives up the box office of the first film in the trilogy.

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:38 am
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      I really enjoyed The Last Jedi. pitty you lost your money on that one dude. feel sorry for you.

      • February 2, 2018 at 11:12 am
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        Well i got my lesson. Dont trust a STAR WARS label from now on. Always see the movie another way first, then decide if u pay for it.

        • February 2, 2018 at 3:02 pm
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          “Always see the movie another way first, then decide if u pay for it.”

          Heh heh. It’s just a friggin movie. You’re really going to test screen a movie before you make the big decision whether or not to plop down a few bucks and give up half an evening?

          Do you date? I can only imagine this conversation:

          “Hey Ondrej, would you like to take me out to the movies this evening? There is something I’d like to see.”

          “Um…perhaps…but let me prewatch it first. Seeing a movie is a big decision and I don’t want to spend my precious time and money on something before I know exactly what it is. This is a big deal.”

          Silly, dude. That said, some folks here probably don’t have this conversation very often because…well…they’d have to be dating (or have dated).

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:28 pm
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            It’s literally 6 bucks for me if I go before noon on Saturday. Don’t see it at freaking midnight, people. Get a matinee.

          • February 3, 2018 at 1:01 am
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            Yes really, im going to test screen it. How else can i vote with my walet ?
            I dont want to repeat the TLJ again – pay for a bad movie that does not deliver what i was expecting, not even let me enjoy it (TFA did at least that) and then folks here will use the number 1.3B $ to argue that it was a great movie -> hell NO.
            And i can only hope that all the people who dislike TLJ will do the same -> pay for the movie only if they like it.

            Its not about 6-7 Eur, its about a principle. If they do not deliver a product that i like, i dont want to support it financially.
            I want them to lose this certainty that they stamp a SW logo on a movie and every SW fan will go and see it like its mandatory which will secure them atleast production costs and something extra.

            NO i dont date anymore, im married and have kids already.

        • February 2, 2018 at 3:28 pm
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          So, piracy, eh?

          Yeah, that’s shitty.

          • February 3, 2018 at 12:35 am
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            I clearly stated that if i like the movie, i will be most pleased to go and watch it 10times in cinema and buy supplemental products.

          • February 3, 2018 at 11:10 pm
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            After you pirate it.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:27 pm
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      “debacle”

  • February 1, 2018 at 10:49 pm
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    I guess negotiations with the Bantha Bowl fell through.

  • February 1, 2018 at 11:11 pm
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    I’ve never looked forward to a Monday morning so much before.

    • February 2, 2018 at 1:18 am
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      It’s just a shame here in Australia we won’t get it til Tuesday. But yeah I’m kinda looking forward to Tuesday in a new way

      • February 2, 2018 at 8:03 am
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        You guys are only like 12-14 hours ahead of us on the east coast so you will see it before midnight Australia time.

  • February 1, 2018 at 11:51 pm
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    What? No 5-second preview today of the 30-second tease Sunday for the 120-second trailer on Monday?

    What a jip.

  • February 2, 2018 at 12:00 am
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    This whole success of this movie depends solely on the back of Alden. If the audience doesn’t buy it that he is Han Solo it really won’t work. It’s going to interesting to say the least on Monday.

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:37 am
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      i still could enjoy the film if solo is off. for me Starwars is story telling. If the movie is good then I will enjoy it.

    • February 2, 2018 at 1:08 am
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      I have high hopes for this movie. I liked TFA and RO. I loved TLJ. And quite honestly, a lot of the negativity surrounding this movie seems to amount to little more than Internet rumormongering. Has the movie had some snags? Sure. But nothing that suggest to me that this is going to be the trainwreck that some seem bent on believing.

      But yeah, Alden’s performance is key here. I’m interested in seeing how he does.

      • February 2, 2018 at 1:17 am
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        Disney is smart keeping back the trailers for so long, it gives the internet less ammunition. I think TLJ is the best of the Disney Star Wars so far but there was so much time for people to come up with their own theories and try to guess the script and people got attached to their own ideas before they ever saw the film. It would be interesting if they just didn’t advertise at all and we all had to go in cold

      • February 2, 2018 at 5:08 pm
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        You can’t simply say a movie firing it’s director when almost the entire film was shot as “internet rumormongering”. People have legit concerns about this movie, the actors in it and the tonal shift from massive, almost unheard of amount of reshoots.

        • February 2, 2018 at 5:30 pm
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          “You can’t simply say a movie firing it’s director when almost the entire film was shot as “internet rumormongering”.

          Sure I can. In fact, that’s precisely what I did. Lord and Miller were replaced because Lucasfilm wasn’t happy with what they were seeing. Ron Howard was brought in and a certain amount of the film was reshot. There you go. If anything, this shows that Lucasfilm is interested in delivering a quality product and will go to great lengths to do so. So yeah, this constant prattle about how bad this movie is destined to be is exactly what I said it was: Internet rumermongering.

          • February 2, 2018 at 5:40 pm
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            I honestly don’t think you know what a rumor is what facts are. Let’s run through it shall we? Rumor = “I heard Alden had to get an acting coach brought in”. Fact = Lord and Miller were fired from the movie with 2 weeks of shooting left. If you aren’t familiar with the movie making process, this is absolutely something that doesn’t happen. Something went very wrong. Yes, Lucasfilm came in and made the change because it’s not in the business for putting out bad movies, but being concerned about the tonal shifts and the direction of the film in light of the FACTS is legitimate. That being said, we haven’t seen even an official picture yet, but the facts of the behind the scene drama are doing this film zero favors.

          • February 2, 2018 at 5:55 pm
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            I understand it perfectly. I don’t need you to explain it to me. You are, however, sort of supporting what I’m saying. You recognize that Lucasfilm stepped in to force the adjustments that they felt the movie needed. The fact that these changes were made later than normal into the movie’s production are completely irrelevant. The changes were made and ultimately that’s what matters.

            Bemoaning the fact that this movie is “destined for failure” or that “Disney has no faith in the film” and other such nonsense is a gross distortion of what we can actually ascertain about this production.

          • February 2, 2018 at 6:46 pm
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            It’s not irrelevant due to the fact that the release schedule did not change for the film. They were not operating under normal circumstances. I never said that this movie was destined to fail or trying to suggest that Disney has no faith in the film, all I am saying is that there are legitimate concerns about the quality of the film because of the facts of the drastic changes that happened behind the scenes and during the production. That is all I am saying. Let’s wait and see the trailer to see if those concerns are valid or not. But right now, today those concerns are real and valid because of facts.

          • February 2, 2018 at 7:13 pm
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            “It’s not irrelevant due to the fact that the release schedule did not change for the film.”

            Nice try. It’s still irrelevant. If Lucasfilm didn’t have the resources to make these corrections on time, the movie would have been delayed. But in such a situation, it’s not too difficult to imagine that with the resources that Lucasfilm and Disney have access to, they could muster up what was needed to meet a challenging schedule.

            But for most folks, it’s probably more fun and dramatic to overreact and proclaim the movie’s demise.

          • February 2, 2018 at 7:51 pm
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            Having the resources to meet challenging schedule =/= the reason for the challenging schedule in the first place to not be a concern. Please find anywhere I said it’s going to be the downfall of the movie. There are valid concerns about the film, because of the facts of what has happened behind the scenes. Reading comprehension man, learn it.

          • February 2, 2018 at 7:57 pm
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            “Please find anywhere I said it’s going to be the downfall of the movie.”

            I’m sorry, were we even talking about you? I certainly wasn’t. It’s not all about you, young fella. If you’ve been oblivious to the doom-and-gloom on this website regarding Solo, then I’d not so subtly suggest that your’e the one with reading comprehension issues.

            And none of this is about valid concerns, I’m talking about unfounded predictions that the movie is going to be a disaster. Again, absorb some of your own advice.

            If need be, I can break it down Barney-style for ya once again.

          • February 2, 2018 at 8:49 pm
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            I wasn’t commenting on the doom and gloom to begin with. You’re literally all over the place here, so I am going to make the choice to end this interaction here. But, as someone who just turned 30, I do appreciate you calling me a young fella.

          • February 3, 2018 at 2:13 am
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            But by what measure is Disney determining what a “quality product” is?

            Thus far, their judgement in quality control hasn’t been very sound.

    • February 2, 2018 at 2:54 am
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      Chris Pine managed to pull off playing Kirk, playing the character as his own while honoring Shatner’s performance. I think this is the example Alden has to at least meet.

      • February 2, 2018 at 5:09 pm
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        This is true and is the only thing that is giving me even a slight glimmer of hope going into the movie. That being said, Chris Pine >>>>>>>> Alden so there is that.

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:55 am
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      I wonder if the complaining for Solo will be as banal and transparent as that for The Last Jedi.

      • February 2, 2018 at 3:53 am
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        As long as Solo is a GOOD film that legitimately “Feels Star Wars” – then complaints will be minimal. If it feel more like an Anime meets Harry Potter (ala Last Jedi), then YES we will all hate it. 🙂

        • February 2, 2018 at 2:58 pm
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          What “feels” Star Wars is largely subjective. I don’t watch anime and I’ve not seen Harry Potter so I can’t speak to any of that.

          But still, I doubt “we will all hate it.” Man, do you ever see anything in nuanced terms? Everything with you seems to be expressed in absolutes. Are you that big of a group thinker?

        • February 2, 2018 at 2:58 pm
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          What “feels” Star Wars is largely subjective. I don’t watch anime and I’ve not seen Harry Potter so I can’t speak to any of that.

          But still, I doubt “we will all hate it.” Man, do you ever see anything in nuanced terms? Everything with you seems to be expressed in absolutes. Are you that big of a group thinker?

          • February 2, 2018 at 4:43 pm
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            I have seen anime and Harry Potter and I really fail to see how TLJ can be compared to the two. Sure, the Force seems to have got a bit of a quasi-magical upgrade, but it’s nothing that didn’t already exist in the old EU or doesn’t build upon what we’ve already seen in the previous films.

            When it comes to nuance, I’m pretty sure Kent is letting out his inner Sith on this one.

        • February 2, 2018 at 4:47 pm
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          All?

  • February 2, 2018 at 12:34 am
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    finally

  • February 2, 2018 at 12:34 am
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    finally

  • February 2, 2018 at 12:57 am
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    I don’t trust GMA anymore after TLJ fake tease. Just trying to get ratings and sell tickets. Why not show the full trailer on the Super Bowl?! The most watched program in the country. Good strategy. This is the first time I haven’t felt truly excited for a Star Wars trailer. I hope it’s good and feels more familiar

    • February 2, 2018 at 2:03 am
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      i agree just show it on the superbowl ,they paying alot just to show a teaser .now lets hope its gonna be a good movie .

      • February 2, 2018 at 2:27 am
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        Yes. I hope we get some fett action

        • February 2, 2018 at 10:32 am
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          Iiiiiiiim not sure if i want to see Boba in this movie. I dont like the way they portrait him in the “new” canon comix where he murders everything in his way – even poor jawas – this feels soooo out of his character.
          Int the good old comix he had no problems to toss some credit here and there for a good information OR he gets it for free just out of respect before him.
          In the comix where he was tasked by Vader to find who destroyed the Death Star he was just a stupid murder with no honor.
          So im afraid they will continue to fk up this character.
          If u want to see Boba in action, go end read the comix “Blood Ties”

          • February 2, 2018 at 10:42 am
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            Here’s the way I look at it. We wont know until they try. Until then, hope for the best! Lots of movies get things wrong but sometimes they nail it too. Who knows? I mean when we really break it down he’s a guy with like 5 minutes on film. Sure some books took a few stabs but who is Fett really? Everyone is going to have a different take.

          • February 2, 2018 at 5:01 pm
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            Yea I don’t know why they made him so violent but maybe that was his early days and he learned later not to be so aggressive and use his other skills like sabotage and spying and being an assassin more than brute force. But if he is in the movie I hope he is a worthy villain. He would be very young tho

          • February 2, 2018 at 8:28 pm
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            I don’t read the comics, but has Fett every really been a non-violent character? He’s a bounty hunter who works for Jabba the Hutt and is bristling with weapons.

            What are you seeing that is so different from the Fett from the OT? Again, I have not read the comics so I’m not sure what they’ve done with him.

          • February 3, 2018 at 12:25 am
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            Yes, there are comix where he is really not killing when its not necessary. He investigates simply by asking. In Boba Fett: Agent of doom hes accepting a bounty for 100 credits just to prove hes the best. In Blod Ties he even accepts 4 credit bounty on a head of a insane sadistic crime lord just out of justice – the beast Boba comix. In another (cant look it right now) he leaves a bounty hunter live after hes attempting to kill him – just to prove he will be only number 2 🙂 Boba is killing with his hands half naked in this one as far i remember coz his armor is at repair.

          • February 5, 2018 at 4:53 am
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            In the comics they make him like the punisher. Like a brutal killing machine without hesitation. He is more calculated and calm than that. He broke aliens arms and killed rodians just to get the name is skywalker. I don’t think that’s how fett in the movies would do it

          • February 5, 2018 at 7:16 pm
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            Ah. Okay. I guess I never saw Fett as someone who wouldn’t resort to violence to get what he wanted. I mean, I wouldn’t expect him to walk into a cantina and open fire for kicks, but breaking an arm or two to get some information certainly seemed in character with who he was. He’s a bounty hunter, not some grey-area anti-hero. Ah well.

        • February 2, 2018 at 2:58 pm
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          YES!!!!!!!

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:36 am
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      I hate them for that. That was not cool. Lol

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:25 pm
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      They didn’t tease TLJ, fans just jumped to the wrong conclusion.

    • February 2, 2018 at 4:40 pm
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      If ABC had the Superbowl, you would see storm troopers at halftime.

  • February 2, 2018 at 2:56 am
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    Three things to watch for: 1. Will Alden be able to do in his role as Han what Chris Pine managed to do as Kirk, at the very least? 2. Could this movie be a surprise hit, a feel-good sci-fi actioner that’s similar to the first Guardians of the Galaxy? 3. And what if this movie manages to make more than TLJ?

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:52 am
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      Well the movie LACKS Ruin Johnson so that’s a PLUS already. The Fans have had a FIELD DAY on that guy……..

      • February 2, 2018 at 4:37 am
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        “The fans”

      • February 2, 2018 at 6:42 am
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        You really love that “Ruin Johnson” schtick. Real proud of that one, ain’t ya? The small, sad victories of inveterate trolls…

        • February 2, 2018 at 3:25 pm
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          I blocked him and life is good.

      • February 2, 2018 at 7:43 am
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        *Mentions “clever” Rian Johnson joke on pretty much unrelated article to stir up controversy*

      • February 2, 2018 at 12:51 pm
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        the ruin johnson ” joke ” is getting old. I like to see people getting frustrated over Starwars but please try to keep the trolling alive with some origenality otherwise i swear i’ll stop reading your silly comments.

        • February 2, 2018 at 2:26 pm
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          never forget what he did to Star Wars. never forget

          • February 2, 2018 at 3:24 pm
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            He made it more relevant than ever

          • February 2, 2018 at 8:25 pm
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            Some people hate change – any change.

          • February 2, 2018 at 8:27 pm
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            It’s most peoples greatest fear.

        • February 2, 2018 at 6:56 pm
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          “getting”. Tee-hee.

      • February 3, 2018 at 6:19 pm
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        Some fans. You’re speaking as if you all Star Wars fans hate Rian Johnson. I’m a Star Wars fan, and I don’t hate Rian Johnson. Neither do the rest of my friends who saw and enjoyed the movie.

        Have you ever got the impression Kent, that no one likes you here? Just wondering.

    • February 2, 2018 at 12:04 pm
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      I’m kind of vaguely hoping they’ll digitally jizz Harrison Ford’s face over his, like they did with Tarkin’s for Rogue One. I’m pretty sure they won’t have, but if bares little resemblance to Han Solo then I may struggle to get used to him as being Han. Then again, I could just not wear my glasses and illusion secured.

      • February 2, 2018 at 6:55 pm
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        “digitally jizz Harrison Ford’s face over his, like they did with Tarkin’s”
        Ok, first, ‘ewwwww’. Second while I might agree with the notion that digi-Tarkin jizzed all over Peter Cushing’s grave, what you’re suggesting is not practical, financially feasible, or desirable in any way.

      • February 2, 2018 at 7:52 pm
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        He just needs to make it his own like Chris Pine did. Anything more runs the risk of looking like parody.

        I can accept Chris Pine and the stsble of Bond actors, so why not this?

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:16 pm
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      You had me at Chris pine. You lost me at guardians of the galaxy.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:24 pm
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      In May? It won’t happen.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:24 pm
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      In May? It won’t happen.

      • February 2, 2018 at 6:53 pm
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        Yeah, Star Wars films have always struggled on Memorial Day weekend.

  • February 2, 2018 at 3:46 am
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    Soooo since Solo survived all its been through and is maintaining its May release….can we please have episode IX in May also? I just realized December 2019 is an incredibly long wait.

    • February 2, 2018 at 2:55 pm
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      It’s the last film in the trilogy. IMO it’s better that they take their time and deliver a quality film rather than rush it.

      • February 2, 2018 at 3:43 pm
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        And they need all they time they can get

      • February 2, 2018 at 6:39 pm
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        This wait is going to be dreadful.

  • February 2, 2018 at 4:41 am
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    Oh Dux, we going to end up on the wrong side of the argument again?

  • February 2, 2018 at 5:53 am
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    This could still be a Netflix or Disney-flix release unless someone who genuinely knows otherwise puts that speculation to bed.

    After all, this was a Superbowl spot last year…

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Egf5U8xLo8

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:15 pm
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      Solo is a worldwide theatrical release feature film.

    • February 2, 2018 at 4:17 pm
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      There’s a “SOLO, coming May” (something date) poster at my theater

  • February 2, 2018 at 6:42 am
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    Will we see how Han got his chin scar? I think Chewbacca did it

    • February 2, 2018 at 4:53 pm
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      This was already covered. When he was younger, he was fighting a tiger, and found a whip. When he cracked it, it popped him in the chin…oh wait…

      • February 2, 2018 at 5:53 pm
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        WOW!!! It really is the story about how characters get scars. Vader fell into lava, Palpatine lightning blasted his own face, Luke got beat up by that snowman guy, Rey tried to carve Kylos head like Thanksgiving turkey… on and on.
        Perhaps a better title would be Scar Wars.

        • February 2, 2018 at 6:17 pm
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          Indeed!

  • February 2, 2018 at 10:30 am
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    Here I am… still hyped about a hype trailer for a trailer.

  • February 2, 2018 at 10:30 am
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    Here I am… still hyped about a hype trailer for a trailer.

  • February 2, 2018 at 2:52 pm
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    Will they redeem the Han that shot first? Will Han take the first shot at a Rodian In Solo? Yes — No

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:42 pm
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      I am praying that they don’t force in a “Han shot first” reference in solo. But i can almost guarantee there will be

      • February 3, 2018 at 5:08 am
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        I would LOVE to have a Han Shot First reference — to negate Lucas’ Special Edition vandalism.

      • February 3, 2018 at 3:50 pm
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        Greedo: “One day Solo, I’ll be there when you least expect it. It will be me with the blaster in my hand.”

        Han: “You better shoot first.” *winks at the camera*

        • February 4, 2018 at 6:55 pm
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          You know, I considering the Lord & Miller stuff is mostly gone, I have more hope that it won’t be there.

    • February 2, 2018 at 5:45 pm
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      I would bet that Kasdan and Howard wouldn’t be that self-referential.

    • February 4, 2018 at 5:30 am
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      Han didn’t shoot first. He is the ONLY one who shot.

      Freaking Lucas

  • February 2, 2018 at 3:12 pm
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    Teaser? A little late for that no? We should have had a teaser months ago.

    The film premieres in may no?

    There should be a full on 2.5min trailer soon.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:23 pm
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      The teaser is for the commercial with a full trailer (longer version) during GMA.

    • February 2, 2018 at 3:26 pm
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      There’s still plenty of time.

  • February 2, 2018 at 3:32 pm
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    hahahaha, you think that’s what is happening? Pointing out facts to people distorting reality is not white knighting.

  • February 2, 2018 at 5:21 pm
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    No Greedo, no deal.

  • February 3, 2018 at 12:51 am
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    This is RIDICULOUS how long they are waiting here. This film will literally only have 3 months of Promo ! They are really cutting it too close, money is being lost.

    • February 4, 2018 at 1:39 am
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      Seriously, why do you care? Does it make a difference to you if it earns $1B or $750M? Do you honestly believe that you have thought this through and the marketing department at Disney has not? Do you believe how much profit Solo makes will determine if Lucasfilm makes another Star Wars movie? The Last Jedi is currently the 9th highest grossing movie of all time and you hate it so why are you concerned about Solo’s box office? What difference does it make to you?

    • February 4, 2018 at 5:29 am
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      It’s tricky timing to start marketing the next Star Wars film while there is one running.

  • February 3, 2018 at 5:43 am
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    So what exactly are we getting during the Stooper Bowl?… Just a tease of the full teaser or the full actual teaser and then the same on Monday?

    • February 3, 2018 at 9:35 am
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      During the superbowl we are getting a short Teaser. Yeah :/

  • February 3, 2018 at 3:45 pm
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    I wasn’t looking forward to RO, I didn’t really care about it at all in the lead up but I ended up absolutely loving it! I was looking even less forward to Solo than I was RO and yet now after that embarrassing movie TLJ that I had been beyond looking forward too ever since TFA, I can safely say that I am now looking forward to Solo and I am not at all looking forward to EP9… The main Saga is dead to me now, I hope the universe just blows up in EP9 killing everyone, especially that NOBODY Rey who no one now cares about.
    I’m all about the stand alone movies now! Bring them on!!!!

  • February 3, 2018 at 6:28 pm
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    Am I the only one that finds this marketing strategy annoying and really stupid? They’re gong to tease the teaser trailer during the super bowl, so fans will tune into Good Morning America?! Because, you know, if you’re going to reach Star Wars fans there’s no better place than GMA. I guess they can wedge in between their latest celebrity profile and the cooking segment. Better yet, they could have Darth Vader do the cooking segment. Now, that, I would watch.

    • February 3, 2018 at 8:06 pm
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      I also dont understand it. But someone here mentioned the pricing of super bowl and thats not cheap.
      Also i dont think they are aiming on SW fans. All that SW fans need is releasing the trailer in HD on youtube, thats all.

      • February 4, 2018 at 5:26 am
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        For GMA it’s more about being able to say that the trailer was exclusive to ABC for broadcasting. That and they average 4.3M viewers, which is not insignificant.

        Disney is pretty good at this marketing thing I think.

    • February 4, 2018 at 5:12 am
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      Who owns GMA? … ABC
      Who owns ABC? … Disney

      There you go. It’s all part of the giant marketing machine churning along like a drone in the night.

  • February 3, 2018 at 8:08 pm
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    from Shrek:
    Donkey: Are we there yet ?
    Shrek: no
    Donkey: Are we there yet ?
    Shrek: No
    Donkey: Are we there YET ?
    Shrek: NO

    Thats how i start to feel 🙂
    Is the super bowl already happening ?

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