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%
 
Total votes: 88

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VinylGuy wrote:That opening and Luke throwing the lightsaber were direct from Spaceballs. Its almost as if Rian was saying, guys...these movies are too much.
Those two moments and Leia floating really took me out of the movie early on.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
stip wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Strat wrote:I thought starkiller base was stupid. That was definitely lazy writing.
It is, but again, it's been reframed by The Last Jedi. That movie makes crystal clear that one of the biggest flaws in The First Order is that they believe size equals strength. They look at what the Empire built and truly believe that the only reason it didn't work is that it wasn't big and fast and powerful enough. Their entire model has been "Just like The Empire but WAY BIGGER." It's Trump-philosophy as Star Wars villain.

In the context of TLJ, Starkiller base becomes less lazy and far more logical, to me.

Then there's all the theories that Starkiller base was made out of the planet Illium. Which, if that's true, is super fucking badass.
what planet is illium?

and i agree that the starkiller is redundant by design for what it says about the first order

The Planet where Jedi go to get their kyber crystals.
Yep. It's featured in The Clone Wars series. It's an ice planet loaded with kyber crystals. Starkiller base doesn't have to be made from that planet but it makes a lot of sense and would be cool if they ever reveal that to be the case.
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Does Luke go directly from his destroyed Jedi school to Ahch-to? And if so how does R2 reunite with the rest of the good guys?
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TBAMTS wrote:Does Luke go directly from his destroyed Jedi school to Ahch-to? And if so how does R2 reunite with the rest of the good guys?
We don't know for sure.
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We do actually. The new visual dictionary tells us Luke started his journey on Kashykk. And he’s only been on the island the last few years. I havent got the book yet but that’s the jist so far. Screenshots of the book are out there if you’re curious.
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dimejinky99 wrote:We do actually. The new visual dictionary tells us Luke started his journey on Kashykk. And he’s only been on the island the last few years. I have t hit the book yet but that’s the jist so far. Screenshots of the book are out there if you’re curious.
I was talking about R2.
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The visual dictionary has so much cool shit in it. Stuff about Snoke's ring. And that weird guy who's in the trailer (in the Throne Room) but not in the actual movie (the navigator). Fun shit.
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dimejinky99 wrote:We do actually. The new visual dictionary tells us Luke started his journey on Kashykk. And he’s only been on the island the last few years. I havent got the book yet but that’s the jist so far. Screenshots of the book are out there if you’re curious.
There's not enough Ys in Kashyyyk. You nerd.
I'm posting for the picture of Snoke more than the discussion. WTF is up with that.
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Guys. I’m gonna watch TFA now and I’m immediately going into my illegally downloaded copy of the last Jedi.

I may even live post.

It’s so exciting!
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Hang on to your butts, RM...
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dimejinky99 wrote:Guys. I’m gonna watch TFA now and I’m immediately going into my illegally downloaded copy of the last Jedi.

I may even live post.

It’s so exciting!
I may do this one day as well.
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Anders wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Guys. I’m gonna watch TFA now and I’m immediately going into my illegally downloaded copy of the last Jedi.

I may even live post.

It’s so exciting!
I may do this one day as well.
I will do this the day The Last Jedi is released on Blu Ray and in my hot little hands!
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durdencommatyler wrote:
Anders wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:Guys. I’m gonna watch TFA now and I’m immediately going into my illegally downloaded copy of the last Jedi.

I may even live post.

It’s so exciting!
I may do this one day as well.
I will do this the day The Last Jedi is released on Blu Ray and in my hot little hands!
Yes, then too.
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My eyes are on fire.
First time watching TFA after TLJ.

Guys.

FORCE AWAKENS IS FUCKING TERRIBLE
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Im planning on maybe watching it soon.
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VinylGuy wrote:Im planning on maybe watching it soon.

It’s still wonderful.
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Dime, is your copy of TLJ good quality??
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BootsToAsses wrote:Dime, is your copy of TLJ good quality??

It’s grand yeah. Not 100% obviously but sound is fine and picture is perfectly watchable.
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why not? I would enjoy doing a live post watch of the two movies
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stip wrote:why not? I would enjoy doing a live post watch of the two movies
Please create another thread if you do a live posting. These movie threads are already a shit show
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