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The big advantage this movie has, as far as I'm concerned, is the burden of expectation is substantially lighter than on any of the Disney era pictures so far. If it turns out to be anything less than "meh" I'll be pleasantly surprised.
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Kilkrazy wrote: Canon is the enemy of fun and spontaneous creation.
That's why nobody likes to create their own space marine chapters. Canon. So unfun. If only there were never any developed settings, we could finally have fun in our sci fi.
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Azreal13 wrote: The big advantage this movie has, as far as I'm concerned, is the burden of expectation is substantially lighter than on any of the Disney era pictures so far. If it turns out to be anything less than "meh" I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Indeed. As long as Han Solo is the murdering "Shoot first" scum bag he was in the Mos Eisley Cantina its all gonna be good.
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trexmeyer wrote: Will not be surprised if this turns out better than the sequels.
Rewatching Rogue One made me realize that the sequels are missing some very key elements. The sets are overly pristine, Lucas wanted a used universe, there are minimal OT aliens (WTF are the Twi'leks?), and I'll admit that the First Order is a terribly cheap knock off of the Empire.
Something that bothered me about the Sequels was the lack of aliens in the main cast besides Chewbacca. And yeah, what happened to the Twi'leks? Did they all die off or something?
As for the trailer? It looks alright. I'll probably go see it. I enjoyed all of the recent Star Wars movies even if I think story-wise they have... glaring issues.
You mean the twi'leks who are basically absent from the whole original trilogy? The only one of any prominence is the dancer in Jabba's palace and she ends up as Rancor food.
Azreal13 wrote: The big advantage this movie has, as far as I'm concerned, is the burden of expectation is substantially lighter than on any of the Disney era pictures so far. If it turns out to be anything less than "meh" I'll be pleasantly surprised.
Indeed. As long as Han Solo is the murdering "Shoot first" scum bag he was in the Mos Eisley Cantina its all gonna be good.
Alternatively, this film may start him as being more idealistic and tell the story of that side of him being beaten up by the galaxy and repressed until Leia and Luke can bring it back out of him in the OT.
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Manchu wrote: TBH twi'leks have been very iconic since RotJ. There have been twi'lek EU characters from the start.
They certainly appear in a lot of Ahem "art".
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kronk wrote: Nearly every video game and RPG let you be human, twi'lek, Wookie, or Droid. That's pretty Iconic in my book.
*Not sure about West End Games Star Wars.
I think it falls in the niche too, of "not human, but close enough" + "exotic attractive". A role an elf would have for many in a fantasy setting. Also, since they are human-like, is easier for the creators to draw/animate them, I guess.
I do not contest the popularity, anyway.
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Saw the trailer in the theater last night. I'm like their perfect fan for this movie but that looked utterly forgettable. Wasn't jazzed at all.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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Kilkrazy wrote: Canon is the enemy of fun and spontaneous creation.
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-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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Beat me to it Reds8n, this new trailer actually makes me feel a little more hopeful about the film now. However apparently they are now teasing trailers the day before...
As for the actors I'm not enjoying Han or Lando in these trailers. Rather than just playing Han or Lando, they seem to be playing Harrison Ford playing Han and Billy Dee playing Lando.
Dont know it that makes sense to anyone else, but it just doesnt seem right.
