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I will say in fairness that I came to Star Wars in mid-to-late 2001, so by the time I became a fan, I knew that Darth Vader was Luke's father in A New Hope through general pop culture osmosis; the special editions were all that was available of the original trilogy; The Phantom Menace was...

I watched this again last night, and it's phenomenal from start to finish. I probably will get some heat for saying this, but I think The Last Jedi is the best thing that has ever happened to Star Wars. I really hope the events of it are upheld/respected/not changed in the finale. We'll know...

In one of these threads (I don't remember which one) we previously discussed the harassment of Kelly Marie Tran which led her off social media. She has now written a really good op-ed for The New York Times about the situation and where she is with her self-image now. It's a really good piece...

In case you didn't notice (or didn't read) it, Josh addressed this point in his post above.

100%. I also think Jake Lloyd honestly did the best job he could. While he is certainly a visionary director and talented at worldbuilding, it doesn't seem like George Lucas is particularly good at working with actors and giving them proper guidance. Jake was obviously not tremendously...

Because they can. And they're not being rational. They're just hating. Haters gonna hate. That's unfortunately all there is to it.

100% agreed. Had I known this kind of crap was being directed at her, I would have posted something positive for her. She was a highlight of the movie for me and I'm looking forward to seeing her again in Episode IX. Social media has made it easier than ever for fans to connect with stars...

I'm not really sure how anything you're suggesting would have fit into the narrative that Rain Johnson was constructing at all. Extended flashbacks aren't really done in the saga films, and these would have felt particularly out of place in a story that is designed to push the characters...

If this does happen, and you do sign an NDA and can't talk about it for a while, that's totally understandable. But if that is the case, please do come back and let us know about it once the publication is official and you're allowed to talk to promote the release of it. I don't read that many...

To be honest, I don't think you can win it either. Given the divisive response to The Last Jedi, a prequel movie that serves primarily to set it up isn't going to work for Lucasfilm, because the people who liked The Last Jedi won't think it's necessary, and the people who didn't like The Last...

Starting the movie with it would have prevented the viewer from witnessing Luke through Rey and would have made Luke the center of the audience's attention. Because Rey is the protagonist of the new trilogy, I think it was important for us to remain with her perspective, and not doing that...

If Johnson had done this in The Last Jedi to the extent that you're discussing, it would have caused the present-day story to grind to a halt. As Adam noted above, extended flashbacks aren't really a device that Star Wars has used before, so it would also have felt out of place within the...

Over on page 61 of the Solo thread, the current discussion seems to be swinging a little too far in the direction of The Last Jedi for that thread. This began as a discussion of whether or not, and to what degree, Solo's low box office can be attributed to audience anger over The Last Jedi and...

I agree this is a great feature, but to me, it doesn't really count if it's not on the disc itself because Disney could choose to remove it at any time. Therefore, you don't really have it in a permanent way. There were a couple Blu-rays where Disney had exclusive content within their old...

That was my first thought as well. Rewarding Mark, which he deserves, and supporting that movie where he plays "not his Luke Skywalker" at the same time. ;)

Interesting. Thanks for posting that, Howie. So do you think Hamill paid the $40k, or did Disney? Either of them could afford it.

Do the actors themselves pay? I always thought it was a studio or something. Viola Davis got one shortly after Fences was released, so I assumed Paramount paid for that as a promotional tool for the movie. Logically, one would assume Disney backed Hamill's star as a promotional tool for The...

Out of curiosity, where are you that has kept it so long? It hasn't been around at either of my close theaters since probably the beginning of February. I saw it twice in IMAX and that was all, so I'm very much looking forward to spending more time with it on Blu-ray.

In all seriousness, the fact that the book is being released now is actually an impediment to my getting it because of how many movies and other things are coming out at the same time. This week, I had The Breadwinner, Lady Bird, Thor Ragnarok, plus The Last Jedi book and Andrew Lloyd Webber's...

Well, you could always do a digital purchase next Tuesday. :laugh:

Let us know how it is, please! I read the novelizations for Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith over the summer after they came out, and it helped me stay connected while I was waiting for the DVD to come out. Now that the Blu-ray is only three weeks away, it feels less essential to...

You might very well be correct, but he has no proof. And seeing as Kylo Ren can Force choke people into submission, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot he can do about it.

It feels like the movie itself explained this pretty clearly, but... Because Ry and Kylo Ren were the only two people in the room when Snoke died who are still alive. Therefore, it's a he-said, she-said situation. Kylo Ren says she did it, and Hux is, however grudgingly, his subordinate. So...

I like the way you're thinking in general -- as I said before, I think Hux is a ticking time bomb and he is going to have to explode sooner or later -- but I'm not sure how Hux could find that out, since the only other living person who knows that is Rey. Unless Rey has some reason to disclose...

I think you might be onto something here. I feel like Hux is a ticking time bomb, and he's going to explode before this is all over.

If you believe the trades, Rian Johnson was asked, but declined, citing exhaustion. He'll have a break before gearing up for his own trilogy. I understand the hesitancy around Abrams from some fans, but I would think that the challenge might be exactly what appeals to him about it. I also...

The murder of the children is especially hard to reconcile with the fact that, not even ten minutes earlier, Anakin was telling Mace Windu that killing Palpatine is "not the Jedi way." I get that there might have been a time cut in there, but still. That whole section where he turns so...

Yeah, the Hollywood Reporter story is sourced from that. I read the novelizations for Episodes II and III over the summer when they came out to tide myself over until the DVDs came out in November. Now, since the novelization will be coming three weeks or so before the Blu-ray, I wonder if it...

I don't really have the energy to comb through 69 pages to find it, but at some point in either this thread or the non-spoiler one, somebody asked if anyone had read the novelization and if there is new material in it. I replied that since it comes out in March, nobody really knows yet. Now we...

A good article from Variety about John Williams and his work this year for The Last Jedi and The Post. He confirms he will score Episode IX. http://variety.com/2018/film/awards/john-williams-could-set-oscar-record-1202658996/