Star Wars: Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

[blueviper]

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Does Luke state that he knew Palpatine was still alive or just say that he knew Rey was a Palpatine?

[wease]

I'm just blown away by how much attention these movies get at all, and how much you guys care about them. I'm trying to figure it out. Don't you have shoes or pet snakes to worry about or something?

Aren't you a Dolphins fan?

Yeah. But here's the difference: I pay attention to the facts. I admit when they suck; when they are under poor leadership/coaching and have bad players. I probably won't even watch their last two games because I'd rather they lose for a good draft pick in April. I am actually a SW fan, also. These movies suck.

Dude you are so much better and wiser than us! Congrats.

I'm just confused. Some of you seem to be desperately lying to yourselves because you need SW to be good. Just call it what it is and move on to better things. MD basically said it was disappointing but is paying good money to go back to the theater and see it again... just baffling.

Go fuck yourself. You don't get to tell people what they like and why. You aren't baffled, you're just an asshole.

Do the right thing here, Joe.

[blueviper]

So where was the John Williams cameo?

yes

Uh...

[epilogue]

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Does Luke state that he knew Palpatine was still alive or just say that he knew Rey was a Palpatine?

The latter

[blueviper]

I wonder what the “mind melting” set was that Kevin Smith saw.

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Tatooine moisture farm?

If that is the case it wasn’t that mind melting.

[Anders]

I wonder what the “mind melting” set was that Kevin Smith saw.

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Tatooine moisture farm?

If that is the case it wasn’t that mind melting.

Could be all the ships arriving, Rey destroying the sith, or Kylo saving Rey, only to die himself... too many to choose from.

[blueviper]

That Jedi hunter. Oocihie or whatever. He’s looked kinda cool.

[blueviper]

I wonder what the “mind melting” set was that Kevin Smith saw.

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Tatooine moisture farm?

If that is the case it wasn’t that mind melting.

Could be all the ships arriving, Rey destroying the sith, or Kylo saving Rey, onky to die himself... too many to choose from.

From what he described , I thought it was a set on a soundstage. Maybe Palpatine thrown or clone tanks.

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Guys, that final shot on Tatooine with that score is the most perfect thing ever and needs to be mentioned more

When she says her name is Rey Skywalker, I actually cried. That was by far the best scene of the movie.

[Simple Torture]

Shout out to my wife, who is not a Star-Wars-phile, for leaning over to me halfway through the movie and saying, "Is Leia a Jedi? Where's her lightsaber?"

[wease]

You have to realize he’s not new. New to us yeah. But he’s a general. He’s probably ex imperial.

No probably. He says he served the Emperor in the old Empire.

[blueviper]

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if all the planet destroying star destroyers were still trying to leave Exogol, what where all the star destroyers falling from the sky on Bespin, Jakuu and Endor?

[Anders]

Possibly First Order ships, or some early ships that had gotten out, like the one that destroyed a planet. The ships leaving Exogol were the Final Order.

[Jorge]

It actually would have made more since if they had ended up being related this whole time.

In a weird way they are, right? Didn't Palpatine impregnate Anakin's mother through the force or some shit? So in a way he's like Anakin's dad, making him also Kylo Ren's great-grandfather? And Rey would be some sort of aunt to Kylo?

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It actually would have made more since if they had ended up being related this whole time.

In a weird way they are, right? Didn't Palpatine impregnate Anakin's mother through the force or some shit? So in a way he's like Anakin's dad, making him also Kylo Ren's great-grandfather? And Rey would be some sort of aunt to Kylo?

There's no Palpatine DNA in Anakin. Though technically unconfirmed it is strongly implied that Palpatine manipulated the midichlorians to create Anakin.

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Ok, my thoughts:

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My biggest beef is that it's yet another JJ Abrams retread of another movie. This time, of course, its ROTJ. And why wouldn't it be, right? I've decided the man may have original thoughts, but no original stories.

Things I liked:
- Palpatine. I thought he was used very well. Know how Lucas intended to end his 12-movie series with him, this made sense.
- the Sith temple. Cool stuff
- Harrison Ford. I was actually surprised!
- Ben Ren's redemption. I don't like he was redeemed, but HOW it was done was fantastic. I'm glad he died
- the Jedi voices. Fucking awesome
- the fact Rey is a Palpatine
- the last scene. Very emotional
- Rey using force lightning.


Things I did not like:
- Finn. Useless character. Nothing in any of these movies makes you care one whit for whether he lives or dies. As mentioned above, REEEEY!!
- Poe. Terrible character. We're supposed to believe he's the general that leads the Rebellion to victory? God, I wish he had died.
- Along with Finn and Rey, these three characters had absolutely ZERO of the chemistry Luke, Leila and Han had. Just terrible. They should've found away to tell her story without trying to copy the "big three" of the first trilogy. Lightning in a bottle, man...

All in all, I enjoyed it. I'll need to see it again to really decide how well I liked it, but the pluses outweigh the minuses for now. It did feel like a new beginning at the end and made me want to see more of this character that has come out the other side (with a bitchin' new lightsaber!) a new, and whole person. Too bad it's the end of the Skywalker Saga.













Until Disney needs a good bail out...

[epilogue]

I wonder what the “mind melting” set was that Kevin Smith saw.

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Tatooine moisture farm?

If that is the case it wasn’t that mind melting.

Kevin didn't see it. He was told not to look because it would melt his mind. JJ has since said Kevin should have seen it because "he could've handled it."

I do think it was the moisture farm but that's just me supposing.

[Anders]

[Strat]

I loved this movie despite all the reasonable flaws pointed out. I think the last Jedi is a better film and story but this movie just hit that emotional spirit of adventure.

[epilogue]

I loved this movie despite all the reasonable flaws pointed out. I think the last Jedi is a better film and story but this movie just hit that emotional spirit of adventure.

Totally agree. I love the old school adventure aspect of this movie. I think I could've handled even more of it.