Never thought I'd see the day

WHAT THE FUCK

NO WAY

THIS HAPPENED???

The inquistors using their lightsabers as little helicopters was stupid as fuck.

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Kanan Turning into Matt Murdock was pretty cool though.

The spins of the Inquisi-copters weren't very sick.

I wish the episode had actually added something to the lore, or at least explained what was shown. Maul was cool though, and the Ashoka vs. Vader fight was great, ambiguous conclusion aside.

I can't stand the stupid "Sith eyes" though. They work for the Emperor, because he's really creepy, old, and weird, but for everyone else (aside from Maul, because he's an alien) they look fucking retarded. "Congratulations on turning to the Dark Side of the Force, here are your complementary evil contacts!"

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Who else LOVED seeing SS and FB get MAULED?

Yeah that was pretty cool. I kinda wish the Eighth Brother (the new Inquisitor) had lived, even though his death was funny. I liked his design and he didn't seem like as much of a pushover as the SS and FB.

Poor Kanan...

more like spinquisitors

Kylo Ren, the heir to Darth Vader's villainous reign in the Star Wars universe, may be even more disturbed than previously thought.

Director J.J. Abrams told Entertainment Weekly that in the scene where Kylo Ren removes his helmet and places it on a dust covered stand while interrogating Rey, the "dust" is actually a collection of ash left over from the various people he's killed in that chamber.

Originally, the scene was supposed to take place when Kylo Ren talked to the disfigured helmet of Darth Vader, but because of time constraints, Abrams couldn't use it. The director told the magazine that even though they couldn't incorporate it into the film, he loved the idea of using the ash somehow.

"Then we reshot it with his mask on, but we had that shot which I loved and thought was so cool of the mask being slammed down into that ash," Abrams said. "So that shot was stolen from the scene that we had changed and put into the scene with Rey."

This revelation opens the door to a bunch of other questions, including whether or not Kylo Ren incinerated the bodies in that room or had them burned somewhere else with the ashes brought to his torture chamber. Abrams did not expand on any of this.

Seems like most of the merchandise is gradually phasing everything out that isn't about the newest movies, so the unlikelihood of getting a 1/6th scale sideshow Magnaguard seems even more so now hah. Decided to get some Battledroids before they're gone too.

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Just as excited for this as episode VIII. Can't wait to return to the OT era. Cool Stormtrooper too.

Isn't Rogue One set before ANH? Why does it look like a First Order Stormtrooper design?

So it looks like this book is going to cover the Siege of Mandalore up until Ahsoka allied herself with Bail Organa. Comes out October 11, 2016.

Lol, some guy on another forum is convinced that the hooded figure in the room with the Emperor's Guard from the RO trailer is Garindan. For those who don't remember, that's this guy from ANH:



Stupidest thing I've heard in a while.

It's kind of weird that they seem to be repeating the cast of a white female outsider partnered with a black ex-Stormtrooper (just speculation) and a scruffy male Rebel. Maybe they're just trying to establish a new archetype, which isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It's already sort of an archetype, though, and that's why the protagonist concerns me.

"Angsty/Defiant girl in her late teens/early twenties" is an archetype that has sprung up recently following the success of the Hunger Games films. The RO protagonist reminded me of the angsty protagonist of a YA novel, which bothered me. I'd rather Star Wars avoid following trends and instead try and set them.

In regards to the fact that she's female, I have absolutely no problem with female protagonists as long as they're good characters who don't feel forced. I understand there is a shortage of female protagonists in film. However, it isn't and shouldn't be Star Wars' sole responsibility to change this. I'd rather they alternate between male and female protagonists to avoid it feeling forced (heheh).

Furthermore on the subject of female characters/protagonists, I feel the current emphasis on "empowerment" is going to negatively affect female characters. The current trend is to behave as though prior to 2015 there have been no good female characters and it was the fucking dark ages or something. Ripley, Sarah Connor, Princess Leia. These are good female characters who are actually interesting because they have flaws, they have strengths and weaknesses. When Ripley, Leia, or Sarah Connor does something badass it doesn't feel forced/as though it's commentating on the subject of girls in movies, and thus doesn't take me out of the movie.

I think Leia is a more interesting character than Rey, because she is good at some things and has some flaws but also good qualities. Leia is very headstrong and confident, but as a result is a bit too sure of her own proficiency and intelligence and is a little too hesitant to trust in her friends. However, she's an excellent leader, thinks outside of the box, isn't afraid to get her hands dirty, and is a crack shot. But, she's not a pilot, which is one of the reasons she's ticked off throughout TESB: Leia is a person who likes to be in control, but throughout the movie she is in a situation in which she's not in control and there's nothing she can do, because she's not a pilot.

Rey has less flaws than Luke did in ANH, and this feels boring to me compared to Leia. However, it's the trend to completely ignore Leia and act as though Rey is the best character of all time.

Basically, what I'm saying is I'd rather they write good, well-developed female characters than "empowered" (boring) ones.

Just watched it again last night, and I'm really not seeing Rey as an unbelievable Mary Sue. She fails several times throughout the movie. When she first fires up the Millenium Falcon, she's really not very good at flying it, and only survives because she's presumably worked on it for a good part of her life (meaning she knows the layout and has probably fantasized about or actually flown through it), and has Finn telling her how to avoid the TIEs. She uses the crashed Star Destroyer as cover, which she's scoured for parts her entire life, and even then doesn't manage to lose the two TIE, getting hit numerous times in the process. Later on in the forest (can't remember the name of the planet), she's easily incapacitated by Ren and exposes that she's seen the map; later in the interrogation scene, she's able to resist Ren largely because of how unstable and emotional he is. And finally, when they're fighting outside Starkiller Base and Rey is suddenly able to beat Ren back for a couple seconds, it's in the context of Ren being severely injured in several places and holding back because he wants her as an apprentice. She doesn't win the fight; the ground magically separates the two because the plot demanded it.

Each time she's demonstrates unbelievable abilities, it's because of her dynamic with the other character in the scene; first it's with Finn, and later it's with Ren. She obviously has plenty of flaws. She's standoffish, insecure, undisciplined, angry, and unwilling to come to grips with the reality of being an orphan. Nothing I say can change an opinion that's she uninteresting, but I can't see how anyone could say she's less compelling than Leia.


On a different note, Poe's plothole really stood out. He just managed to escape somehow? It'd be really interesting if he ended up becoming indoctrinated by the First Order and is some sort of sleeper agent now.

Lol, some guy on another forum is convinced that the hooded figure in the room with the Emperor's Guard from the RO trailer is Garindan. For those who don't remember, that's this guy from ANH:



Stupidest thing I've heard in a while.

That would be hilarious. But realistically speaking, who would it be? The stuff hanging from the ceiling suggests this room to be a medical room of some sort. And who would be wearing a black hood and kneeling in front of Imperial Guards?