The Official STAR WARS Thread

I honestly don't think the teaser was anything more than pieces of the first 10-15 minutes of the film. It's their Dagobah sequence. Daisy alluded to it being a "never meet your heroes" type of deal between Luke and Rey. So Luke has seemingly decided the world is better off without the Jedi and Sith altogether. Grey Jedi are practical. It's like people who are middle of the road politically. It makes sense not to be too crazy in one direction or the other. Kanan and Ezra have been Grey Jedi inside this universe for the last 3 years. Luke training Rey to be something different, something better, is the only way to end the war.

Rian Johnson is 100% going to explore the psychological side of the Force. What is right and wrong, and this idea of perception telling two narratives. George intentionally painted the Jedi as white knights and we've seen through the eyes of Qui-Gon, and eventually Vader, how that wasn't exactly the case. Batman always struggles with the idea that he created the Joker. That he drove criminals to take the next step. Maybe Luke feels the Jedi are responsible for the Sith, as we've seen plenty of Jedi become power hungry and turn to the Dark Side. So if you have no Jedi, you have no way for them to turn to the Dark Side.

I think this movie is going to be great. I look for it to be extremely heavy in dark undertones. We're going to see Rey with the weight of the Galaxy on her shoulders and potentially Luke cheering on the fall of the Force. I'm happy we have a guy like Johnson who will look to advance the mythology. JJ didn't really do any of that, nor was it his job. TFA was a vehicle to reaffirm that Star Wars can still be great. Now it's time to give us something special that's not the same as what we've seen before.

Am I the only one who hated rogue one?

I didn't hate Rogue One but I wasn't crazy about it.. It had 2 of the worst leads I've ever seen in a Star Wars movie (yes I did take it there). And I truly believe that if it wasn't for the 3rd act (which is some of the coolest and most beautiful scenes in the entire franchise) the movie would have been viewed differently by many.. But because my heart is soft for Star Wars, I'm not going to hold any grudge against it.. But I'm not going to pretend it didn't have many issues.


Also I wanted to say that as far as this new trailer goes for The Last Jedi, I didn't enjoy it very much and I finally figured out exactly why that is.. I was kinda bummed I didn't have that THRILL and adrenaline I had after TFA trailer.

I want everyone to think back to the first trailer for The Force Awakens.. The Last Jedi didn't present itself as being its own entry in the franchise it literally just mirrored TFA trailer.. Beginning jump scare with main character, quotes from the original trilogy, still shots, cut to cool scenes/explosions, and then it ends with an original trilogy main character (Luke Skywalker) saying something that is relevant to the title of the film which is then revealed to everyone.

We have all seen this trailer once before back in 2014.

Am I the only one who hated rogue one?

Am I the only one who hated rogue one?

You know what that trailer has me doing?

This:

Now that I have had some time to process Rogue One, I genuinely think it may be my favorite Star Wars movie.

I thought that was the Ren helmet. 

First, for the above quote, really quite sure that was Kylo's helmet but sure.
  
But yeah, Rogue One was a good kinda movie because I felt like anyone could die at any time. It wasn't like it'll be when I watch The Last Jedi, I know Rey isn't just gonna get cut into pieces halfway through the movie.