Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens (2015)

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So what did you think (DcT edition)?

Best of all the films
8
9%
Better than A New Hope, Empire, the prequels, But not Jedi
2
2%
Better than A New Hope, Jedi, the prequels, but not Empire
6
7%
Better than Empire, Jedi, the Prequels, but not A New Hope
2
2%
Better than A New Hope and the prequels, but not Empire or Jedi
2
2%
Better than Empire and the prequels, but not A New Hope or Jedi
1
1%
Better than Jedi and the prequels, but not a New Hope or Empire
23
26%
As good as Empire, Jedi, and A New Hope, and better than the prequels
15
17%
Better than the prequels, but not the originals
15
17%
As good as some of the prequels
7
8%
As good as all of the prequels
2
2%
Worse than the prequels
5
6%
 
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I'm glad we're all on this exciting journey together :) more Star Wars!
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JJ Abrams Discusses the "Force-Back" Scene in New 3D Blu-ray Commentary Clip
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2016/ ... n.html?m=1
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dimejinky99 wrote:JJ Abrams Discusses the "Force-Back" Scene in New 3D Blu-ray Commentary Clip
http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2016/ ... n.html?m=1
Is this commentary clip actually revolutionary to anyone? It's what we get just watching the scene. Abrams provides no insight that isn't on the screen*. Why are people freaking out about this?

*The caveat is that he does specifically say that all of the visions are from the past at one point. But I don't know if that's meaningful. We'll have to wait and see.
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Kylo Ren has never met Rey (prior to TFA) .... but he has heard of her.

Now THAT is fucking interesting.
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beginning to think Rey wasn't abandoned or hidden by her family but rather was stolen away/kidnapped from Luke or the academy as a child as a way to hurt Luke/make him go off the rails. Perhaps by Snoke or knights of Ren. It would make it easier for them to gain control and sort of take Luke out of the picture by him being distraught or whatever and make it easier for them to do whatever it is they're looking to do.
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Also valid that she's possibly a clone of vader or the emperor or Luke's DNA.

The empire staged its very last stand at Jakku and threw everything at it. And lost. The secret research facility the emperor had was there somewhere and to be protected at all costs.

There's endless rabbit holes you can go down with theories leading out from force awakens.
I think that's a wonderful testament to the film and story they've established.


Also treverrow said serving along the lines of we won't get the full implications and weight of Reys lineage til 9.
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durdencommatyler wrote:Kylo Ren has never met Rey (prior to TFA) .... but he has heard of her.

Now THAT is fucking interesting.
Where is this stated?
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dimejinky99 wrote:beginning to think Rey wasn't abandoned or hidden by her family but rather was stolen away/kidnapped from Luke or the academy as a child as a way to hurt Luke/make him go off the rails. Perhaps by Snoke or knights of Ren. It would make it easier for them to gain control and sort of take Luke out of the picture by him being distraught or whatever and make it easier for them to do whatever it is they're looking to do.
So, your theory is that when Luke's child was taken from him he simply goes into hiding? I don't see that his very likely. I would think he would do everything he could to find his child.
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wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Kylo Ren has never met Rey (prior to TFA) .... but he has heard of her.

Now THAT is fucking interesting.
Where is this stated?
JJ says it in the commentary track on the new TFA 3D Blu Ray release.
“One of the new relationships that we were focusing on was between Kylo Ren and Rey. They’ve never met but he’s heard of this girl.”
Kinda puts a kink in more than a few fan theories out there. And I LOVE it.
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dimejinky99 wrote:Also valid that she's possibly a clone of vader or the emperor or Luke's DNA.

The empire staged its very last stand at Jakku and threw everything at it. And lost. The secret research facility the emperor had was there somewhere and to be protected at all costs.

There's endless rabbit holes you can go down with theories leading out from force awakens.
I think that's a wonderful testament to the film and story they've established.


Also treverrow said serving along the lines of we won't get the full implications and weight of Reys lineage til 9.
Oooh. Why do I kind of like the idea that she's a clone? I don't think they'll go that route. But as I read it, I liked the face of that idea.

I wonder if people will be upset if she really is just a girl who was abandoned. She's obviously super force sensitive. Maybe she wigged out, threw a tantrum and destroyed some shit accidentally. And her parents abandoned her with no intention of coming back because they didn't a dangerous freak daughter. Maybe it's more X-Men than Star Wars. Maybe Luke hasn't ever met her either. But of course he knows about her, can sense her, because of how powerful the force is in her.
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wease wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:beginning to think Rey wasn't abandoned or hidden by her family but rather was stolen away/kidnapped from Luke or the academy as a child as a way to hurt Luke/make him go off the rails. Perhaps by Snoke or knights of Ren. It would make it easier for them to gain control and sort of take Luke out of the picture by him being distraught or whatever and make it easier for them to do whatever it is they're looking to do.
So, your theory is that when Luke's child was taken from him he simply goes into hiding? I don't see that his very likely. I would think he would do everything he could to find his child.

He didn't go into hiding though. He went looking for the first Jedi temple. And he's found it.


Also thinking that Jedi mountain statue we see is actually Luke. As part of the prophesy.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Also valid that she's possibly a clone of vader or the emperor or Luke's DNA.

The empire staged its very last stand at Jakku and threw everything at it. And lost. The secret research facility the emperor had was there somewhere and to be protected at all costs.

There's endless rabbit holes you can go down with theories leading out from force awakens.
I think that's a wonderful testament to the film and story they've established.


Also treverrow said serving along the lines of we won't get the full implications and weight of Reys lineage til 9.
Oooh. Why do I kind of like the idea that she's a clone? I don't think they'll go that route. But as I read it, I liked the face of that idea.

I wonder if people will be upset if she really is just a girl who was abandoned. She's obviously super force sensitive. Maybe she wigged out, threw a tantrum and destroyed some shit accidentally. And her parents abandoned her with no intention of coming back because they didn't a dangerous freak daughter. Maybe it's more X-Men than Star Wars. Maybe Luke hasn't ever met her either. But of course he knows about her, can sense her, because of how powerful the force is in her.

Now that's interesting.

Can't see Disney going near the clone thing as it relates too much to the prequels.

But let's see.
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Unless the emperor was building an army of superclones with force powers and she is somehow the only one that survived?
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Is episode 8 out yet!
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durdencommatyler wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Also valid that she's possibly a clone of vader or the emperor or Luke's DNA.

The empire staged its very last stand at Jakku and threw everything at it. And lost. The secret research facility the emperor had was there somewhere and to be protected at all costs.

There's endless rabbit holes you can go down with theories leading out from force awakens.
I think that's a wonderful testament to the film and story they've established.


Also treverrow said serving along the lines of we won't get the full implications and weight of Reys lineage til 9.
Oooh. Why do I kind of like the idea that she's a clone? I don't think they'll go that route. But as I read it, I liked the face of that idea.

I wonder if people will be upset if she really is just a girl who was abandoned. She's obviously super force sensitive. Maybe she wigged out, threw a tantrum and destroyed some shit accidentally. And her parents abandoned her with no intention of coming back because they didn't a dangerous freak daughter. Maybe it's more X-Men than Star Wars. Maybe Luke hasn't ever met her either. But of course he knows about her, can sense her, because of how powerful the force is in her.

What if Luke kidnapped her and abandoned her because he feared her power and potential?
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stip wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Also valid that she's possibly a clone of vader or the emperor or Luke's DNA.

The empire staged its very last stand at Jakku and threw everything at it. And lost. The secret research facility the emperor had was there somewhere and to be protected at all costs.

There's endless rabbit holes you can go down with theories leading out from force awakens.
I think that's a wonderful testament to the film and story they've established.


Also treverrow said serving along the lines of we won't get the full implications and weight of Reys lineage til 9.
Oooh. Why do I kind of like the idea that she's a clone? I don't think they'll go that route. But as I read it, I liked the face of that idea.

I wonder if people will be upset if she really is just a girl who was abandoned. She's obviously super force sensitive. Maybe she wigged out, threw a tantrum and destroyed some shit accidentally. And her parents abandoned her with no intention of coming back because they didn't a dangerous freak daughter. Maybe it's more X-Men than Star Wars. Maybe Luke hasn't ever met her either. But of course he knows about her, can sense her, because of how powerful the force is in her.

What if Luke kidnapped her and abandoned her because he feared her power and potential?

Well you're not far away. The Jedi knew when and where Force strong children were born in the galaxy and would go and take them away from their family to be trained. Similar to professor X knowing where all mutants with potential are.
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stip wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Also valid that she's possibly a clone of vader or the emperor or Luke's DNA.

The empire staged its very last stand at Jakku and threw everything at it. And lost. The secret research facility the emperor had was there somewhere and to be protected at all costs.

There's endless rabbit holes you can go down with theories leading out from force awakens.
I think that's a wonderful testament to the film and story they've established.


Also treverrow said serving along the lines of we won't get the full implications and weight of Reys lineage til 9.
Oooh. Why do I kind of like the idea that she's a clone? I don't think they'll go that route. But as I read it, I liked the face of that idea.

I wonder if people will be upset if she really is just a girl who was abandoned. She's obviously super force sensitive. Maybe she wigged out, threw a tantrum and destroyed some shit accidentally. And her parents abandoned her with no intention of coming back because they didn't a dangerous freak daughter. Maybe it's more X-Men than Star Wars. Maybe Luke hasn't ever met her either. But of course he knows about her, can sense her, because of how powerful the force is in her.

What if Luke kidnapped her and abandoned her because he feared her power and potential?
That would be fantastic. But there's no way they go there. The people have already shown they can't take something like that.
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