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2015/11/06 20:11:49
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
I think as much too. However, it could also be a feint...
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2015/11/06 20:20:38
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
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Possibly.
But if she is Luke's kid, I'm saying that maybe Kylo Ren is too. Twins separated while very young, or he's just an older wayward brother.
Baseless speculation:
Kylo Ren is Luke's firstborn. He trains him in the ways of the force, but he falls to the Dark Side. Rey is born later. Insert some prophecy involving Rey rebuilding the Jedi, Luke hides Rey from Kylo to ensure he doesn't find her.
We don't find out Kylo and Rey are siblings till later on in the story. We have an "I am your brother!" moment.
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God I hope not. Thats a lame Into Darkness version of ESB.
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2015/11/06 20:42:51
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
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It could definitely be lame, depends on how its executed.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
From the 'you have that power too' monologue in the previous trailer, we know at least one cast member has familial ties to Luke. However, he/she is just as likely Leia and Han's kid as Luke's since that would still make them a part of the Skywalker bloodline. If I were a betting man, I'd say Rey being Leia and Han's daughter makes the most sense. It continues the 'family' established in the OT, while also tying into the Skywalker dynasty but allowing Luke to be the cut off, isolate hermit he seems to be.
Whether or not she knows, however, is a different matter entirely. If there is an 'I am your father' moment to come, I reckon it'll be Rey finding out from Han, and there will be less limb-severing involved than last time.
I'm pretty convinced that, while Kylo and the Knights of Ren (someone form that band, pronto!) consider themselves spiritual successors to Vader, they'll have no familial ties to the Skywalkers.
On the subject of Kylo Ren, I hope he sticks around past the first film. No more introduce-Sith-kill-Sith like in the prequels, please. And I also hope he's not actually a Sith, the idea of force users without the trappings of the extinct Jedi or Sith intrigues me.
2015/11/06 21:44:47
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
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2015/11/06 22:45:32
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
R2-D2's and C3PO's adopted daughter, I think you mean.
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2015/11/07 05:34:15
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
Rey is most definitely "punching it" in the Millennium Falcon in the shot towards the end, right before it smashes through the trees. I paused the video and took a screen grab:
Also, she looks pretty angry and/or upset.
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2015/11/09 12:40:11
Subject: [io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
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2015/11/09 15:31:00
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
.... so Dameron goes to find Rey, with his adorable droid sidekick.
Instead gets captured and tortured, maybe this is what causes Finn's crisis of faith and/or force awakening.
they escape from the ship in Tie-fighters, Fin crashes -- as he's not a good pilot.
he meets Rey -- who has since encountered dameron's droid sidekick.
Imperials attack, they escape thanks to Han and Co.
.. wackiness ensues.
or not
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2015/11/13 15:20:14
Subject: [io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
It's definitely something along those lines but how Leia, Han, Chewie, and Luke play into it is what no one knows. Also, what's really going on with Kylo Ren.
That's what has me so excited about this movie... despite all of these teasers and trailers, no one really knows exactly what is going on.
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2015/11/13 15:36:34
Subject: Re:[io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
they escape from the ship in Tie-fighters, Fin crashes -- as he's not a good pilot.
But if he's a storm trooper, how can he crash into a planet? Shouldn't he have missed the planet and just died from the oxygen depletion in his TIE Fighter?
2015/11/13 15:46:29
Subject: [io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
ScootyPuffJunior wrote: It's definitely something along those lines but how Leia, Han, Chewie, and Luke play into it is what no one knows. Also, what's really going on with Kylo Ren.
That's what has me so excited about this movie... despite all of these teasers and trailers, no one really knows exactly what is going on.
Yeah, they've done a good job teasing us but not really letting on exactly how things are going down. If we're going to speculate...
My bet right now is that we're probably looking at a minimum of six Force-sensitive characters. One is hidden, for whatever reason. Two we've seen wielding lightsabers. Two others are unaware of their gifts. Another we know little about, but is apparently lurking in the shadows. The name of the movie suggests to me a real blossoming rather than just a character or two.
It occurred to me the other day that there's been no footage of or chatter about Domhnall Gleeson's character. It wasn't so long ago that fans were wondering if he's Luke's child. That probably isn't the case, but I find the lack of...anything...about him to be at least a little interesting. Maybe he's a young Tarkin-type character that we'll see more of in future installments?
And with all the talk about Rey's identity, there's been a lot less talk about why we don't know Finn's last name yet.
ScootyPuffJunior wrote: It's definitely something along those lines but how Leia, Han, Chewie, and Luke play into it is what no one knows. Also, what's really going on with Kylo Ren.
That's what has me so excited about this movie... despite all of these teasers and trailers, no one really knows exactly what is going on.
Yeah, they've done a good job teasing us but not really letting on exactly how things are going down. If we're going to speculate...
My bet right now is that we're probably looking at a minimum of six Force-sensitive characters. One is hidden, for whatever reason. Two we've seen wielding lightsabers. Two others are unaware of their gifts. Another we know little about, but is apparently lurking in the shadows. The name of the movie suggests to me a real blossoming rather than just a character or two.
This is something I was thinking about the other day; the title implies that the Force is going to play a larger role, but this time around, there are no Jedi or Sith Orders to take in and train this new generation of force-sensitives. With no one to guide them, those attuned to the Dark Side model themselves on the one person who, to everyone except Luke who knows about his final redemption, embodies the Dark Side more than anyone since The Sith War, Darth Vader. Enter the Knights of Ren. Meanwhile, those who need to fight that are sent on a desperate quest to find the one person still alive who can train them in the proper use and knowledge of the Light Side, Luke Skywalker, who for whatever reason has distanced himself from the affairs of the galaxy...
Epicness ensues.
2015/11/13 18:04:06
Subject: [io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
gorgon wrote: My bet right now is that we're probably looking at a minimum of six Force-sensitive characters.
That's five too many.
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2015/11/13 18:58:33
Subject: [io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
d-usa wrote: "When the Internet sends its people, they're not sending their best. They're not sending you. They're not sending you. They're sending posters that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us. They're bringing strawmen. They're bringing spam. They're trolls. And some, I assume, are good people."
2015/11/19 04:23:56
Subject: [io9] Let's Dissect the Crap Out of This New Star Wars: The Force Awakens Shot
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Now that was cool. I'd like to see more detail on that Storm Trooper's melee weapon. Storm Troopers who don't suck seem interesting.
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Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
