The Last Jedi Home Release: New Trailer, Clips, and Mark Hamill’s Emotional Reunion With Yoda

We are just hours away from the digital home release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi and three new clips promoting the event have been released.

 

 

First a new bonus feature trailer and clip were released today during the SXSW Film Festival, where the documentary “The Director and the Jedi” premiered with special guests Mark Hamill, Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman, and “The Director and the Jedi” director Anthony Wonke and producer Tylie Cox. Check them out:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next USA Today published a very cool clip showing Mark Hamill tearing up after seeing Yoda for the first time on the set of The Last Jedi:

 

 


 

USA Today also have a brief but a very interesting interview with Hamill which you can read here.

 

Here are a few excerpts:

Q: You look really choked up around Yoda and puppeteer Frank Oz in that video.

A: The whole movie was really difficult for me emotionally. It was acknowledging your mortality (and) the fact that something that was so meaningful in your life was necessarily coming to an end, to pass the torch to the next generation. I started the process of disconnecting emotionally when I read (The Force Awakens) and knew I’d never work with Harrison (Ford) again, and of course the biggest trauma was losing Carrie (Fisher) in real life and only just having that brief scene with her in the movie. It took on new meaning because Luke was saying goodbye to his sister and I was saying goodbye to ever working with her again, knowing Luke’s fate.

 

 

Q: Describe watching your death scene for the first time. 

A: The description of the robes falling to the rock was not (in the script). It just says, “Luke Skywalker dies.” So I said to Rian, “Isn’t this rather dramatically inert? I mean, if there’s no one around to witness it. Who knows, maybe I just transported to some other place?” He didn’t deny that. Now it’s sort of a joke: I like to have fun with people on social media so I said, “My theory is he left his robes behind and transported to a nudist planet.” Half-jokingly, of course.

It’s fairly well stated in the film: Forget the past, kill it if you have to. And they’re doing a good job with Han and me. I said to Carrie at the time, “Hey, if this is a pattern, you’re next.” She just laughed and said, “Yeah, but at least I won’t be glowing green.”

How do you know I’m going to be a Force ghost?! Maybe I transported back to Tatooine and found an old Jawa robe to cover myself.

 

 

Star Wars: The Last Jedi is coming home digitally in HD and 4K Ultra HD™ and via Movies Anywhere tomorrow, March 13 and 4K Ultra HD™ Blu-ray, and Blu-ray™ disc on March 27.

 

 

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124 thoughts on “The Last Jedi Home Release: New Trailer, Clips, and Mark Hamill’s Emotional Reunion With Yoda

  • March 13, 2018 at 12:59 am
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    The Luke and Yoda video is incredible. That scene is one of the best in the film, and getting a behind the scenes peek at it is just magical. Sad, but magical.

    • March 13, 2018 at 3:38 am
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      No, it was terrible actually. Because Yoda acted like he was crazy just like he did when first meeting Luke on Dagobah before revealing his true self. Rian Johnson apparently hasn’t seen the Empire Strikes back all the way through and doesn’t understand that crazy Yoda wasn’t the real Yoda.

      • March 13, 2018 at 3:54 am
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        Thanks for the reply. Trust me, I know what ya mean. The Last Jedi is probably my least favorite film of the saga (I will have a more definitive ranking after more viewings alongside the other films lol). But with its many flaws, it’s still a Star Wars film. I’ll love it regardless. And the scene with Yoda helped make the second half of the film a little less terrible. For me at least. It was Luke and Yoda again. And it was special to me.

        • March 13, 2018 at 6:08 am
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          With all due respect, but you and your ilk are what’s wrong with Star Wars. Because you don’t have any standards. As long as the film opens with a crawl to John Williams music, you’ll pay to see it. You’ll continue rewarding the studio for making trash, and in doing so, you’re enabling them to continue to making poorer and poorer films by not taking a stand and holding them accountable.

          • March 13, 2018 at 2:03 pm
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            I think you are what’s wrong with many things today.

            Accusing critics of corruption because they felt differently about a movie than you did? That’s pretty crappy of you and speaks to the lack of character and integrity you conduct yourself with.

            People like you have missed the point of the entire saga. How sad.

          • March 13, 2018 at 4:49 pm
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            “Because you don’t have any standards. As long as the film opens with a crawl to John Williams music, you’ll pay to see it. No matter how terrible it is.”

            Utterly foolish. You might not like the movie, but I can’t see where that equates to folks that do having no standards. I’d imagine you listen to a band or two that I don’t like. Would it make sense for me to say that you have no standards when it comes to music? Of course not. Your standards are just different than mine. Ditch the ego. You’re no gatekeeper of objective standards.

            “This is how we got to where we are today and why this franchise is circling the drain.”

            What world do you live in? I’m pretty sure the franchise is doing incredibly well.

      • March 13, 2018 at 5:43 am
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        Yoda knew that it didn’t matter even if Luke burned down the tree/temple because Rey already had the books.
        “Wisdom they held but that library contained nothing that the girl Rey does not already possess”

        • March 13, 2018 at 5:56 am
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          Did you even read what I just said? I can answer that: NO

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:46 am
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            I did. My point is that he was making fun of Luke for getting so worked up over the library even though it had already become meaningless, Yoda always had a weird sense of humour

          • March 14, 2018 at 8:02 am
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            Oh Yoda, you are such a troll!

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:20 am
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      It wasn’t that great too me. It was ok but it had issues. The visual made it look like a cgi puppet which was weird and distracting to me along with how the entire sequence was written. Another example of attempts at humor under cutting what could be a dramatic moment. Which The Last Jedi is filled with.

  • March 13, 2018 at 2:05 am
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    I can’t wait for this, look so awesome. More I see from this movie the more I love it

  • March 13, 2018 at 3:08 am
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    I have a question for anyone who liked or loved TLJ. Did it take multiple viewings or did it click the first time? This movie just didn’t sit well with me the first more then any previous SW movie and never went back. But I’m anxious to see it on Bluray again to see if it confirms my original opinion or will I see the movie in a new light?

    • March 13, 2018 at 3:25 am
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      ok, so i hated the first viewing… but i had a friend who talked me into going again… i walked out… to me it didnt get better, im sorry to those who like/love it.. it does not stand up on its own.. i rate Ep1 better.. no joke.

      • March 13, 2018 at 3:27 am
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        You’re insane, I’m sorry.

        • March 13, 2018 at 3:30 am
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          how so?

        • March 13, 2018 at 3:37 am
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          sure it had some shocking bits, but Maul was amazing and the duel at the end, it gave us some iconic music and gave us our first look at what Jedi can do (in a movie) EG force run.

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:40 am
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            I know it’s an unpopular opinion but Maul never appealed to me, all the prequel lightsaber duels were choreographed too much like dancing. The sort of movements they were doing seemed like just wasting energy with flourishes rather than actually going for the kill

      • March 13, 2018 at 3:34 am
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        Agreed. Phantom Menace for all it’s faults at least felt like a real Star Wars film. The Last Jedi didn’t.

      • March 13, 2018 at 4:48 am
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        Well yeah Episode I was awesome.

    • March 13, 2018 at 3:31 am
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      I realized it was a terrible movie as soon as I read the crawl. Which didn’t sound ANYTHING like George Lucas wrote. AKA episode 1 – 6 AKA genuine Star Wars.

    • March 13, 2018 at 4:53 am
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      Multiple viewings for sure.

    • March 13, 2018 at 5:38 am
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      First time around I really liked it, but I liked it more each time too

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:08 am
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      I liked it a lot the first time I saw it on opening night – and as someone who saw the original Star Wars on opening day in 1977, I found the scenes with Carrie and Mark very emotional. But I also found that I appreciated TLJ better each time I saw it after that. The Rey/Kylo/Snoke throne room scene is one of my favorite scenes in the entire saga, and I loved Mark and Adam’s battle on Crait, and Mark and Carrie’s scene together. I think Rian took some chances with the SW formula and overall, I think he made them work. I love George Lucas for creating this universe, but I think JJ brought a sense of humor, speed, and entertainment back to Star Wars that had been missing from the prequels, and I think Rian added darkness and depth to the characters just like Empire did years ago. I also think Rian got some of the career best performances from Carrie and Mark.

      • March 13, 2018 at 6:42 am
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        Were you paid by Disney to make this ridiculou post?

        • March 13, 2018 at 7:11 am
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          Are you a Russian troll or do you just like to whine about how much you hate TLJ all day? Sorry you don’t like my opinion about TLJ…. actually I could care less if you don’t like my opinion or TLJ. You seem to be very angry and sad. I suggest therapy.

        • March 13, 2018 at 11:37 am
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          This “paid by Disney” crap is becoming a ridiculous meme. Anyone who keeps spouting it has been intellectually neutered

        • March 13, 2018 at 5:54 pm
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          Disney don’t need to spend money making movies, they just need to pay people to like them. They send drones with money all over the world via Amazon. It has a 50 dollar bill and a letter: “Here fifty dollar, you now MUST love me”. Every month I receive one of these. Ha, and I’m being sarcastic

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:57 pm
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            I also subscribed, but I never got mine, can you share the steps for subscribing, again, please?

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:41 pm
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            First step you send them a letter “ Hello Disney I don’t like you you are breaking my heart, I have Minnie here with me, and I need fifty dollar monthly , so Maybe… i said maybe… my heart will change” , put your address and Document numbers. I can say now I have fifty dollar / month and lot of love for Disney

          • March 14, 2018 at 10:41 am
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            I did as you said, but Mickey came and hijacked my dog. He threatens to kill him, if I do not like Disney in public. And I love my dog… almost as much as Disney, the greatest company in the history of the filmmaking industry!

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:08 am
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      Second viewing really did it for me. I enjoyed it the first time but after the second I really loved it.

      • March 14, 2018 at 8:10 am
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        I had mixed feelings after the first viewing. I admit it grows on you later on but there still is something about TLJ that doesn’t feel right. That doesn’t happen with TFA.

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:13 am
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      When I walked out of the first viewing I turned to my friend and said, I’m not sure if that was a bad movie or just the worst star wars film i’ve ever seen. After another viewing I liked it a lot more. I still have issues with it but its entertaining.

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:29 am
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      When I first watched TLJ I felt sick and said to myself, “Oh no, it is The Phantom Menace all over again”. With the Phantom Menace I wanted to love it so much and I tried too but I remember walking out feeling so disappointed. I hoped after processing it for a day or so I would feel better about it, but instead I felt worse. The Last Jedi was just the opposite. I thought through it for a day and talked to a friend about it and decided that I really liked it. It was not at all what I was expecting, but ultimately I liked that it wasn’t at all what I was expecting and I realized it wasn’t mocking Star Wars like I had originally thought, but was sort of mocking our expectations of Star Wars. It was a bit of a cleanse. And at its core it was actually a very intelligent and grown up Star Wars movie.

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:30 am
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      I can now officially say as someone who didn’t like TLJ, but has finally seen it for a second time. It helps… I really didn’t dislike it as much as I had. A lot more of it makes sense than I thought it would. I don’t know if the speed of the information coming at you makes you react negatively or what. However it just wasn’t as bad as I remembered.

      I still have issues with Holdo, Canto Bight, Finn/Rose and Phasma. Surprisingly… everything else like Luke, Snoke, Yoda and such didn’t bother me the second time.

      I’m actually a little bit excited for 9. Something I was previously apathetic too. I see it now. There is more to tell. Weird.

      • March 13, 2018 at 1:59 pm
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        Once you see a movie once and you grasp the plot, you get a lot more the second time and on because you aren’t trying to follow the story.

        TLJ is a dense film.

        • March 13, 2018 at 2:42 pm
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          It’s weird. I really wanted Snoke to be something. Yet once it was established he was a chump. I cared less about him in the second viewing. I’m also less mad about it. It’s like… I guess he really doesn’t matter. Believe me, I’m as surprised as anyone else my opinion has shifted that much.

          • March 13, 2018 at 4:38 pm
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            I mean, all villains are chumps when they meet their end.

            I found him to more compelling and terrifying in TLJ than in TFA. He just doesn’t have a part to play going forward.

    • March 13, 2018 at 9:33 am
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      I liked it the first time and then it got better with subsequent viewings. The bits others complain about are really not my main issues with the movie.

      For me broom boy was the worst and most unnecessary part of the movie. Also I could guess the comedy would irritate some people.

      I did not expect the backlash about Luke and Snoke’s death. I think if you are open to these bits, then you are left with some relatively minor gripes.

    • March 13, 2018 at 11:34 am
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      I liked it a lot the first time. The feeling you’re describing of having to watch a Star Wars movie the second time because the first showing didn’t sit well with you? That happened to me in 1999 with The Phantom Menace. To this day that movie doesn’t sit well with me, neither did its two sequels. I’m looking forward to the home release of TLJ whereas I didn’t even buy the home releases of the prequels until ROTS.

    • March 13, 2018 at 11:40 am
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      The first time I was: WTF was all that about. The second: much, much better. I was prepared for Rian’s new perspective and I enjoyed, even admired, a lot of the scenes.

    • March 13, 2018 at 12:40 pm
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      Loved it after the first viewing was absolutely speechless, and then totally shocked to see the negative online reaction.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:24 pm
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      After my first viewing, I wasn’t quite sure how I felt about the movie. But I’m often like that after seeing a new Star Wars movie. It’s always a bit surreal to me to be seeing a new installment and I like to allow that feeling to wear off before deciding how I feel. After my second viewing I had decided that it was a good, maybe a great Star Wars movie. I was solidly in that camp after my third viewing.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:49 pm
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      I liked it quite a bit the first time, liked it the second, it diminished on the third time the more I thought about it. There were parts that I really loved and parts that I thought were terrible. I found the character development lacking

      • March 13, 2018 at 2:32 pm
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        That’s the same as my experience.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:59 pm
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      I liked it the first time.

  • March 13, 2018 at 5:22 am
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    TLJ is my favorite SW movie,(or second favorite, after ROJ) made me really interested in SW again

    • March 13, 2018 at 5:37 am
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      It’s my third favourite after ESB and ROTJ

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:10 am
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      Its my 7th favorite after OT, Episode III, VII and Rogue One.

    • March 13, 2018 at 4:44 pm
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      I don’t think I’ll ever see a Star Wars movie that will cause one of the OT films to loose their Top 3 spot for me. I’ve loved them for 40 years. But the fourth spot is between Rogue One and The Last Jedi. The Force Awakens follows.

  • March 13, 2018 at 5:32 am
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    For the love of all things holy, if anyone STILL really thinks Hamill liked TLJ just read that last quote.

    • March 13, 2018 at 6:00 am
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      Mark no doubt didn’t take well to being castrated by Disney. Can you blame him?

    • March 13, 2018 at 5:49 pm
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      I don’t care if he liked, he is an actor, not writer. I loved the movie

      • March 13, 2018 at 10:10 pm
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        You can love the movie as much as you want to.

        But it’s silly to say the opinion of the one person who has lived and breathed Star Wars more than anyone besides George Lucas for the past 40 years is not relevant because he’s not a writer.

    • March 14, 2018 at 8:05 am
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      Nothing about that last quote proves anything about your silly little narrative that’s been dismissed by the creators over and over again. Stop looking for clues where there are none.

      • March 14, 2018 at 8:41 am
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        I wasn’t really looking. I just read the article and saw Hamill described Luke’s death scene as “dramatically inert” (which it was), and he shared his concern with Rian Johnson and didn’t really get much of a response.

        Didn’t take much to tease out that “clue”.

        Unsurprisingly, the creators of TLJ dismiss the idea that it’s a bad movie, or that anyone involved isn’t wildly enthusiastic about what they’ve done with Star Wars.

        • March 14, 2018 at 8:47 am
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          People who don’t like The Last Jedi are determined to validate their opinion of it via Mark Hamill, who’s made it very clear that he loves Rian Johnson and the finished film. On top of all that, Hamill didn’t even like Empire. This entire crackpot conspiracy theory that he secretly hates The Last Jedi and that’s why it’s a bad movie is absurd nonsense.

          • March 14, 2018 at 4:21 pm
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            No, I am confident enough of my assessment of the movie that Hamill’s opinion doesn’t sway me one way or the other.

            This is all I’ve said in this thread…

            (1) Hamill continues to make statements that aren’t easily reconciled with claims he thinks TLJ is a great movie (which I admit to find amusing).

            (2) It would be absurd to dismiss his opinion simply because he’s not a writer.

            There’s no “conspiracy”, and it’s not a good movie independent of Hamill’s thoughts on the matter.

  • March 13, 2018 at 6:35 am
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    What I want to know is how in the sam hell did TLJ get a 94% tomatometer!? Just goes to show that corruption in the media doesn’t end with politics, it extends into other arenas as well.

    • March 13, 2018 at 7:01 am
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      I thought it deserved its RT score. But to each their own I guess.

    • March 13, 2018 at 7:22 am
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      I would agree with the score that it is one of the best Star Wars films and that they are some of the best films of all time. To me the fact that Luke saved his friends while remaining a pacifist is the best ending of a Star Wars film

    • March 13, 2018 at 8:45 am
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      If Rotten Tomatoes got a tomatometer rating, what would it be?

      • March 13, 2018 at 8:58 am
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        Are you trying to start like a new tongue-twister in the vein of “How much wood would a woodchuck chuck…etc.?”

        “How many rotten tomatoes would Rotten Tomatoes get if Rotten Tomatoes could get rotten tomatoes….”

    • March 13, 2018 at 9:24 am
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      I think the RT audience rating of 48% is more ludicrous. There are people scoring the movie as zero stars – putting it on a par with some of the worst movies ever made. In my book the movie does not deserve such hammering. It was on the whole really decent.

      Transformers Last Knight for example got an audience score of 45% – and even as a long time fan it was pretty awful and on the edge of unwatchable.

      AOTC and TPM got audience scores of 57% and 59%. In my book at least TLJ is better in most respects.

      At the same time there is the awful and over rated wonder woman getting massive audience scores. I watched that purely because of the good reviews but was disappointed.

      Best to have your own opinion of a movie because reviews of others tend to be reactionary. For me movies evolve over time – some last, some improve, others not. I think TLJ will improve with the release of IX.

      • March 13, 2018 at 4:24 pm
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        And there are just as many reviewers giving it a maximum number of stars which TLJ doesn’t deserve either. On IMDb the 10/10 outweight the 1/10 3:1. So if anything the fanboys are skewing the numbers here.

      • March 13, 2018 at 7:40 pm
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        I loved Wonder Women. Goes to show that everyone has different tastes and how a film other people may really like can realistically get a low RT score.

        I’m a big fan of the original BladeRunner, thought the sequel was a let down but critics loved it.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:58 pm
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      Because critics liked the movie. You have no basis for corruption, so you are just making things up.

      • March 13, 2018 at 4:23 pm
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        Yet fanboys think that the bad audience rating is the work of trolls. That’s what I call double standards. Either both ratings are valid or none of them is.

    • March 13, 2018 at 4:22 pm
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      Dude seriously, why do you think that the tomato difference between reviewers and critics has anything to do with corruption. Audiences and critics are often disagreeing and it can be easily explained.

      a) critics love the artsy hipster stuff. TLJ had a lot of that. Audiences expected to see a more traditional starwars
      b) critics love deep drama and serious topics. TLJ tried some of the things usually associated with oscar bait movies like edgy social commentary (omg those poor rabbit horses…). Critics loved it, fans not so much.
      c) critics look at movies as standalone products. Much of TLJ’s problems stem from not fitting in with the rest of the saga and not coneccting properly to TFA. Critics didn’t care as mucha s fans because again. they like to look at the movie as a standalone product.
      d) critics are usually the first to voice their oppinion. They often try to predict wheter people will like a movie or not. If a critic trashes a movie like Star Wars early on and it ends up being well received he makes a fool of himself. And since SW movies are usually well received by audiences the played it save and hyped TLJ.

      See, no need to explain the divide by some sort of conspiracy. The same goes for the TLJ fanboys as well. Unless you have evidence that the RT score has been tampered with to a significant degree stop blaming the trolls on the mediocre rating. Just as much as “Teddy” needs proof the media is corrupt you need proof that the RT rating has been significantly skewed by trolls. Until then, TLJ stays what it is. A mediocre movie with a mediocre rating.

      • March 13, 2018 at 6:52 pm
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        Ok, so most critics are liberals, and they love films that espouse liberal talking points. Which TLJ was no doubt chock full of (and why these little moments were inserted into a Star Wars movie to begin with is a whole another discussion.)

        Lets consider also though that Disney is one of the big, BIG media companies, with influence that spreads far and wide.
        Many of these “objective” critics livelihoods literally depend on Mickey Mouse. So I wouldn’t discount this as being factor in their glowing reviews of the film.

        • March 13, 2018 at 6:59 pm
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          People often over estimate the influence of Disney when it comes to reviews. They try to turn them into some kind of Illuminati but their theories that Disney bought the crticis doesn’t hold up. There are many Disney movies with mediocre ratings which shouldn’t be a thing if Disney paid of the critics. Moreover, there would have to hundreds of people involved. Can you imagine what an amazing story this would be for a movie journalist. “Disney tried to bribe me to give thema good rating but I declined. Read the full story in my upcoming book.” If only ONE email or bank statement was leaked of Disney paying critics the PR damage would be immense. And whoever leaked the information would be considered a hero and live the rest of his life off the money he makes with booksales and intereviews on talkshows. He wouldn’t give a damn if he still gets to review Disney movies or not.

    • March 13, 2018 at 5:46 pm
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      Ha, yes, NO movie can be good if it has a jedi giving up, every not corrupt movie critic knows that. if hundreds of critics have a different opinion of yours, it´s that someone paid them to be against you, cause you’re never worng and all the movie critics know that a jedi never gives up, and were anxious to know who Snoke’s grandparents were.

  • March 13, 2018 at 10:10 am
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    Still churning out articles about TLJ. Boring!!! The movie is awful. Mark get away from SW. They don’t deserve you.

    • March 13, 2018 at 11:21 am
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      If we focus on the good stuff, I find TLJ has for me more memorable scenes compared to, say, TFA.
      1.The lead up to Snoke’s “… and *kills* his mortal enemy…” — comparable in my mind with the tension of Luke/Vader/Emperor scenes from ROTJ
      2. Kylo’s calm/crazy order to fire everything at Luke, and their ensuing saber “fight”
      3. At least 3 separate Rey-Kylo mind-bridging scenes
      4. Holdo’s light-speed acceleration and ensuing collision.
      5. The space battle leading up to Leia’s suck-out into space and the Kylo/Leia cuts

      Trying to do the same with TFA, I get:
      1. Rey meeting Luke
      2. Kylo’s interrogation of Rey and removing the mask
      3. Kylo killing Han
      4. other?

      • March 13, 2018 at 1:35 pm
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        TFA is a rip off of ANH and TLJ is plain dreadful. That’s my view!!!

        • March 13, 2018 at 1:58 pm
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          Nah, though.

        • March 13, 2018 at 3:08 pm
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          TLJ takes a lot from Empire and Return. Which means episode 9 should be pretty interesting as there is no other film to mimic at this point.

          • March 13, 2018 at 3:46 pm
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            Oh come on… They have plenty to work with. I’m hoping for a rehash of TPM. 😉

      • March 13, 2018 at 2:29 pm
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        Kylo removing the mask was a cringe moment in the cinema. It got awkward laughs because of Driver’s big nose and dumbo ears.
        I’m from Northern Ireland, and the TV show he was in didnt have the same audience as SW, so none of us knew who he was. But I’ll never forget laughing out of awkward embarassment at that guy’s face reveal. What did he even wear a mask for? There’s nothing wrong with him. Odd choice.

        • March 13, 2018 at 4:19 pm
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          Cringe moment in Northern Ireland, really? I wasn’t following his show either. I didn’t notice the ears (I think because of the long hair) and I almost never notice noses 🙂 It was the surprise of seeing a relatively “ordinary” person, as well as the surprise of actually removing a Star Wars villain’s mask (if I’m not mistaken, it has only happened ONCE, for Vader, in ROTJ), which added points to the character/scene for me. I think the canon explanation is that he was a Vader fan-boy, hence the mask, and Snoke insulted/destroyed that concept for him in that TLJ scene, and then the mask was crashed. (And my 6-year old nephew now also wants the unmasked Kylo figure, good Marketing I say :))

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:40 pm
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            There was audible laughter in the theatre.

            The Vader fan boy-ism doesn’t make him intimidating at all. He’s a very weak villian.

            All my nieces and nephews want the falcon, Vader, and Clone Wars stuff. Kylo is pretty much a reject where I’m from.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:26 pm
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      Your posts are boring. You don’t like the movie. We all get it. But here you are, reminding us how you feel in an article about the Blu-Ray extras. Scram.

      • March 13, 2018 at 1:37 pm
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        I don’t want to remind people that I don’t like the movie. Too many articles about this pointless movie when we could be talking about better things about SW.

        • March 13, 2018 at 1:58 pm
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          So go talk about them. Somewhere else.

        • March 13, 2018 at 2:02 pm
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          I didn’t find the movie pointless, so there’s that. And if you don’t care about all the articles pertaining to TLJ, don’t click on them. It’s quite simple, really. You don’t get to decide what “we could be talking about” simply because you didn’t like the movie.

          And again, if you’re finding yourself frustrated that people are still talking about TLJ, what in the world are you doing talking about it? Follow your own advice.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:57 pm
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      Boring? Then why are you here?

  • March 13, 2018 at 10:39 am
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    Just in reference to the inevitable criticism in the comments…
    I think most people forget that everything wrong about The Last Jedi was set up by The Force Awakens. This was most likely the only possible outcome to continue the mess that film was. It was in VII where we are introduced to this invincible protagonist who has strayed too far from the opportunity of a traditional “hero’s journey,” it was VII that introduced another generic emperor like villain instead of focusing all its attention on one of the most dynamic villains the franchise ever had, and it was VII that decided to take Luke out of the equation with no reason or explanation at all. How else was Rian supposed to explain exactly why Luke vanished from the Galaxy for 10+ years while also having said reason make sense. It’s hard to blame Rian for having to work with JJ’s shortcomings, the material he was left with had no cushion at all. Yes TLJ has it’s flaws, and it’s far from being the “best” Star Wars film ever made, but I believe it is a solid continuation for the material Rian and his crew were left to work with. I’m glad he turned things back around and threw it back at JJ to finish.

    • March 13, 2018 at 1:57 pm
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      “invincible” is probably a bit much.

      JJ and Rian worked off the material George left them, which included Luke being hidden on a planet far away.

      I love both movies, flaws and all.

      • March 13, 2018 at 3:24 pm
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        I understand the Luke was always considered to be hidden in a planet since the film’s early conception, but I find it hard to believe that in George’s draft it would have been for the amount of time it actually turned out to be and it probably would have been for a purpose that served the story. That’s my guess at least.

        Also, I find both movies enjoyable but I would say I like TLJ more than TFA, TFA just set up too many things horribly for the rest of the trilogy in my opinion.

        • March 13, 2018 at 4:36 pm
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          I think it asked a lot of great questions and it is super enjoyable.

          • March 13, 2018 at 4:45 pm
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            I actually just finished rewatching TFA recently. Take away the nostalgia and the hype (oh the hype it had) it’s just a cluster of questions and mystery in typical JJ fashion. Enjoyable? Yes, but it doesn’t hold it’s charm as much as other entries in the saga in my opinion.

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:00 pm
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            I disagree. I think the new characters are fantastic and just as compelling as any in the OT.
            In fact, the movie holds up even better before Han comes into it and the nostalgia train hits.

            Hype doesn’t matter when you are watching the movie and have watched it many times at this point.

            It’s the start of a trilogy and a great starting point with dynamic performances, good action and great humor. Hard to imagine a better start

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:32 pm
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            And I completely respect your opinion. More power to you UD.

          • March 13, 2018 at 7:22 pm
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            Same to you 🙂

          • March 14, 2018 at 8:24 am
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            I also like the new characters but I feel they have been robbed of their trilogy. In the OT we could focus on Luke, Han and Leia, but here all the nostalgia and legacy characters, as much as I love them, push Rey, Poe and Fin to almost a secondary role!

        • March 13, 2018 at 4:40 pm
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          I think you overestimate the time of Luke’s hiding: In Bloodlines, he is still with Ben and that’s approximately six years before TFA, so Luke has been on Ach To at most six years, probably even less

          • March 14, 2018 at 8:18 am
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            But how long can you survive on a diet of blue milk???

          • March 14, 2018 at 10:52 am
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            He also had fish … and the Caretakers

        • March 13, 2018 at 4:57 pm
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          From what I remember reading, Luke’s initial absence was due to being haunted by a Sith spirit. For whatever reason, he thought that in his current state he was a threat to the galaxy so took himself out of the equation for a bit. I dig the idea.

          When these movies were first announced and it became known that Hamill would reprise the role, some buddies and I jawed about what we thought might happen in the ST. We actually kicked around the idea that Luke was training a small group of Jedi in a secret location; unknown to the rest of the galaxy except for Han and Leia. The galaxy, weary after decades of war, were suspicious of a resurgent Jedi Order. Luke decided to train Jedi, but not resume their role in galactic events. They would eventually be drawn back into the world through some sort of conflict that we never quite got around to defining.

          Luke’s exile in TLJ isn’t too far off base from what Lucas had in mind. Luke is still haunted, just by his own spirit rather than that of an external entity.

    • March 13, 2018 at 3:04 pm
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      I gotta say on the second viewing… I noticed Rey’s character growth a lot better. I’m not saying it’s the best, but a lot of was unspoken. Simply shown. She had a natural talent for it that grew. It’s still rough when you see her fight the crimson guards. Like the scene with her by the rock practicing with the lightsaber and Luke looking on seemingly impressed. You could almost surmise she “felt” it.

      Plus Luke said she and Ben were crazy strong. I’m just saying that maybe super strong Force users don’t need a lot of training to use all those gifts.

      I thought TFA left plenty of directions for it to go. I could think of a dozen reasons why Luke did what he did. I had originally thought Rey was gifted beyond normal and that it’d be a plot element in TLJ. While it wasn’t as important as I had thought… it worked out. IMO.

      • March 13, 2018 at 3:39 pm
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        Yea I noticed what they were trying to do. The balance aspect of the force was good way to try and explain why she was so crazy strong. Powerful light, powerful darkness. Even Snoke said he wrongly anticipated Luke to get stronger as Ben did. Rey is his other half in the balance scale. But then that brings the argument of why wasn’t Luke just as strong as Vader if he was his “other half?” Also, in regards to her character development or just her as a character in general, I have a hard time emotionally connecting with Rey or any of the newbies for that matter. In ESB when Han got frozen in carbonite I actually felt for him, Leia, and chewie. Even C-3PO! But as harsh as it sounds if anything were to happen to any of the new protagonist at this point, I don’t think I would really care. Would you?

        • March 13, 2018 at 11:54 pm
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          i am 44. Every movie in my chikdhood has more impact. Also music and musicians, talkshowhosts, astronauts etc. I think the mind of a younger person is more sensitive for popculture. Ask a 7 year old kid if he likes the old cast better.

    • March 13, 2018 at 3:59 pm
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      That’s one of the lamest excuses I have heard for TLJ so far. I mean JJ set up a mystery box for pretty much every aspect of the story moving forward. Nothing was set in stone after TFA so how could you possibly take this as an excuse and say “well there was nothing Rian could have done differently because of TFA”. Even an amateur writer like me could easily think of 3 different ways the story could have gone on top of my head. I bet in an alternate universe your doppelganger is defending Rian’s alternate TLJ plot “because that’s really the only way he could have gone”. If you can’t imagine a different outcome to the story of Snoke, the Knights of Ren, Rey’s parents, the treatment of Hux, Anakin’s lightsaber,… then I would recommend you to read through the different theories people have come up with before the movie was even released.

      • March 13, 2018 at 4:32 pm
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        How would you explain why Luke chose a decade of absence instead of preventing the rise of Snoke or the First Order before they even became a threat AND have it make sense, or Rey’s immense strength without her being of Skywalker blood because clearly that’s what Lucasfilm wants. I can imagine a completely different story one that can probably resonate with the fan base more than the current ST ever could, but I would desperately need to change the beginning. Some of the fan theories were simply ridiculous such as Luke searching for clues for over a decade (please Luke wouldn’t be so dense to take that much time to find clues about Snoke or Rey). Fan theories while some are interesting shouldn’t be a staple for a “better story.” And it’s these fan theories and pre existing expectations that crippled TLJ. I’m not saying TLJ is perfect, or even my favorite Star Wars film, but with all the material left post TFA, it’s a good sequel.

        • March 13, 2018 at 4:57 pm
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          Explaination for Luke’s exile on Anch-To:
          a) Seeing Kylo turn to the dark side showed Luke that training students and giving them the power to wield the force can turn out to be very dangerous. He went into exile because he no longer wanted to teach anyone the ways of the force because he was afarid they might use it for evil.
          b) Anch-To has a special connection to the force. Luke needs to learn more about this incredibly powerful being that is Snoke. The special connection to the force and the knowledge of the ancient Jedi on Anch-To are they key to finding a weakness to defeat Snoke. Luke first wanted to train a Jedi army but when Snoke corrupted them through Kylo, Anch-To turned into plan B to defeat Snoke.
          c) Snoke “collects” knowledge about the force. After the defeat of the empire he came into the possesion of the sith artifacts Palpatine had stored in the observatories. Now Snoke’s century old knowledge about the force is almost complete. The last information he needs to completely understand the living force is Luke’s knowledge about the Jedi. Luke knows that if Snoke captures him and manages to probe his mind (like Kylo did with Rey), Snoke will have a complete understanding of the living force capable of creating and destroying lifelike the living force itself.
          d) Luke went to coruscant and found out that Palpatine had built the Death Star since he felt a presence lurking in the unknown regions. He wanted to use the death star to defend against an invasion coming from the unknown regions. Luke feels that the key to defending against Snoke and his army from the unknown regions are not weapons of mass destruction. He locates the first jedi temple to find out how the prime jedi defeat snoke and his armies when they tried to invade the galaxy thousands of years ago.
          e) Luke and Kylo are working together. Luke only plays the role of a grumpy old hermit. Meanwhile Kylo works as a double agent who killed Han to win Snoke’s complete trust. Luke is on Anch-to because he can use the planets strong connection to the force to communicate with Kylo without Snoke knowing.

          These 5 ideas are nowhere near finished nor worked out. It took me like 15 minutes to come up with thema nd write them down. Sure a more talented author could take some of these ideas and turn them into something better. So to say that there was only one way the story could have gone makes no sense.

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:41 pm
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            1. In your version he still went into exile and let a new empire like figure grow and threaten the state of the galaxy instead of doing something about it before the issue is much harder to bring down.
            2. Again I find it ridiculous that he would take that long to find information on one being while letting the galaxy suffer.
            3. ? That’s just plain campy in my opinion.
            4. That’s actually pretty badass I’ll give you that.
            5. No way in hell would he have purposely killed his father in that way if Ben was a double agent. He probably would’ve led everyone to believe he killed him using the force or something but he would definitely ensure his safety. A force push off the rail with something waiting for Han at the bottom would’ve tied to this theory.
            6. Not once did you mention Rey, Finn or Poe. Congratulations you just made this the Luke Skywalker show.

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:14 pm
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            1. This is Rian’s version. i just wanted to show that there are multiple options which is why I included it as a)
            2. Sometimes gathering vital intel takes quite a bit of time and is more important than other things going on. Watch Rogue one and you see what I mean. There is no reason why Luke couldn’t have a similar storyline, visiting Sith temples, discovering lost tribes of forceusers or hunt artifacts on some remote planet in the unkown regions. It is up to the screenwriter how difficult the journey to find this information is.
            3. In your opinion. Fair enough but you can only speak for yourself. I think Rian’s approach is campy.
            4. See, we could already work with this without relying on Rian’s screenplay. As I said, there are other options and that’s all I really wanted to prove with this post 🙂
            5. – I know what I have to do. But I need your help… I’m being torn apart. I want to be free of this pain. I know what I have to do, but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it. Will you help me?
            – Yes. Anything

            Kylo literally asks for Han’s approval which is why he kills him with tears in his eyes. This is a Snape kills Dumbledore situation. It works if you do it right. If you established Kylo as a double agent people would interpret this dialogue exactly like Kylo asking Han for forgiveness for what he has to do in order to save the galaxy from Snoke.

            6. We were talking about why Luke went into exile so I didn’t mention Rey, Finn or Poe or Jabba the Hutt (why would I?). They would have exactly the same roles in TFA and in TLJ they would have to be adapted according to which storyline yu go with.

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:19 pm
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            Too much Luke would have over shadowed the new group. And I believe all that would take a lot of screen time. But okay fair enough there could have been many ways TLJ could have went down. But would they have been what Lucasfilm wanted? That’s another factor you have to put into play.

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:25 pm
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            Well of course it is important to consider “how” the characters are handled in relation to each other. Think of it as Gandalf vs Frodo and Sam. Gandalf does some pretty important stuff in LotR and is quite active in the background but he never overshadowes the importance of Frodo’s and Sam’s story. Let Luke and Rey go on an adventure together. Let them search for information in the ruins of the imperial palace on coruscant. Let them find important artifacts in the catacombs of vaders lava castle. Why was having them sit on a rock in the middle of nowhere the only viable option to Rian. We already had this with Luke and Yoda on Dagoba…

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:26 pm
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            You have me in a pickle.

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:37 pm
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            I didn’t mean to make you feel comfortable or anything. I just wanted to share my point of view. I do make a bit of money on the side by writing and publishing short novels and one thing I noticed is that my early ideas are usually a lot different when the novel is finished. There are just too many things that suddenly fall into place or feedback from other people which makes me think “damn, that’s acutally a lot more clever than what I had in mind”. My point is that no piece of art should be untoucheable and “that’s just the way it is” usually doesn’t hold up. I am happy that you enjoyed TLJ but I really wanted “more” than just Dagoba 2.0

          • March 13, 2018 at 7:26 pm
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            No not at all, I’m always down for a Star Wars debate believe me. Lol. The idea of Luke and Rey going on an adventure as you mentioned was a really nice idea. It would’ve been awesome.

          • March 13, 2018 at 5:44 pm
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            I do NOT have time to read all of that but I’ll just stop at “A:” because THAT”S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED in TLJ. What movie are you watching?!?

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:02 pm
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            Uhm yeah, that’s why it’s option a) in the text? Why would I not include Rian’s version? The title is: explainations for Luke’s exile on Anch-To that don’t contradict TFA. Rian’s version is one of them. I wanted to show that tehre are multiple ways to explain Luke’s exile so why wouldn’t I include Rian’s version??? Also read the rest, you might learn something other than Rian worshipping.

          • March 13, 2018 at 6:56 pm
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            “These 5 ideas are nowhere near finished nor well worked out. It took me like 15 minutes to come up with them…”

            You provide no context to demonstrate that you understand what happened in the TLJ and given your history of bashing the movie anyone would think you’re proposing an alternate version. If you’re stating that Luke’s motivations in TLJ are completely logical what in the world was the point of that diatribe?

            To your point, I do worship Rian Johnson. I have big ‘ole RJ shrine in my apartment and make offerings to the master film maker twice daily.

          • March 13, 2018 at 7:08 pm
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            “These 5 ideas are nowhere near finished nor well worked out. It took me like 15 minutes to come up with them…”
            I simply counted the letters and wrote 5 theories. Sry my bad, one is from Rian so it’s 4 which is still one more than I thought I could make up on the spot 🙂

            “If you’re stating that Luke’s motivations in TLJ are completely logical what in the world was the point of that diatribe?”
            Logical doesn’t mean the best option. A characterarc can be logical but still boring and unimaginative.

            “You provide no context to demonstrate that you understand what happened in the TLJ and given your history of bashing the movie anyone would think you’re proposing an alternate version.”
            For some reason fanboys always think that people who don’t praise TLJ didn’t understand the movie. We did, but we didn’t like it. Simple as that. Oh and btw I am not bashing the movie, I stated multiple times that the movie isa 6/10 imo. But anything other than praise or utter hate for the movie seems to be interpreted as the opposite. You don’t love it so you must hate it. I say” only a Sith deals in absolutes”.

            “I have big ‘ole RJ shrine in my apartment and make offerings to the master film maker twice daily.”
            Good, make sure to offer Rian copies of episode 1-7 because apparently he hasn’t seen them. While youa re at it make sure to also sacrifice a bit of Filoni’s work so that Rian undertsands how you introduce new concepts and characters without while simultaneously honoring the legacy of the franchise.

          • March 14, 2018 at 4:31 am
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            Sorry, Filoni isn’t coming anywhere near my shrine and hopefully nowhere near a Star Wars movie if he’s bring talking wolves, singing robots, time travel or the Bendu with him. He can keep making cartoons.

          • March 14, 2018 at 8:40 pm
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            You’d rather have the porgs, fish nuns, and “yo mama” prank calls. Understandable.

          • March 14, 2018 at 9:19 pm
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            I don’t remember Poe saying “Yo mamma so fat I took a picture of her last Life Day and its still printing!” but yes I’ll take a joke that went a little too long over Inquisitors using their lightsabers to fly.

          • March 14, 2018 at 11:44 pm
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            One is a kids show, the other a 200 Mio $ production. Also, If Rian produced 25 hours of contend like Filoni did for Rebels you’d probably see way dumber sh*t than helicopter lightsabers. I guess there’s a reason why Rebels has a higher audience rating than TLJ on IMDb (and pretty much every other rating site)

          • March 15, 2018 at 12:15 am
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            I’m pretty sure there’s nothing dumber than helicopter lightsabers.

  • March 13, 2018 at 5:27 pm
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    I don’t undertand peple sayng that there’s little things left for EP IX.

    SPOILER>>>

    1 – the story ENDED in ROTJ, remember?
    2 – Rey making jedi academy with Canto Bight Children –
    3 – All the allies joining all over the universe in a big revolution
    4 – Force spirits, X evil force spirits
    5- Knights of Ren –
    6 – Kylo Ren : anything can happen to him ( marry, suicide, go to light, killed by Leia, saved by Leia, reddemmed after killing Rey that gone dark side after jedi academmy gone wrong, or after evil midchlorians infection )

  • March 13, 2018 at 6:34 pm
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    Steelbook reserved at Best Buy. 🙂

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