Evildrider
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Maybe Luke has been plagued in the pants and finally found some viagra.
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Lucas
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Further proof that Italians have suspect taste in games.
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Updated the topic title with the barebone, leaked plot summary.
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" He's so impatient, it's like watching a teenager fuck a glorious older woman." - Ironwood on J.J. Abrams
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Sir T
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Looks pretty accurate to me. Next is "Force picks pocket to get your wallet"
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Hic sunt dracones.
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Riggswolfe
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Look, nothing here is new to anyone. The prequels sucked and 99% of that was on Lucas, because he wanted to attract new kid viewers and knew the old viewers would show up no matter how shitty it was. I still saw everyone one of them in the theater, twice in the case of episode one. But I stopped and thought about how many times I've seen each, and it's something like this in order: 3, 2, 2, 20+, 7, 2 (by Jedi he decided he wanted to go after new kids, thus Ewoks)
In fairness, it's coming out that Lucas tried to get help before he started the prequels but was unable to do so. He approached Lawrence Kasdan, for example, and the guy told him no. He approached several other writers and directors and got told no by them. I suspect it is because he's a control freak and they didn't want to deal with it but he did seem to have an idea that he needed help at least. And the sad thing is, if you watch the Clone Wars, Anakin's fall to the darkside is tragic but you get none of that from the movies. In the movies he is just a whiny brat. In the Clone Wars he is a heroic figure who is doing his damnedest to survive an awful war while seeing the Jedi Order he is serving gradually compromise itself and fail to react in a humane way to several nasty events. |
"We live in a country, where John Lennon takes six bullets in the chest, Yoko Ono was standing right next to him and not one fucking bullet! Explain that to me! Explain that to me, God! Explain it to me, God!" - Denis Leary summing up my feelings about the nature of the universe.
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Sir T
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Its probably the result of a long career of hiring writers and then screaming like hell at them about everything.
It's probably "coming out" now becasue Lucas is no longer surounded by "yes men" who tell him he is a genius no matter what, so he is starting to realise everyone actually thinks he is a talentless hack who got the credit for everyone elses ideas, and he is trying to rehabilitate himself. You should see some of the behind the scenes movies they did for Ep 1. etc. The staff at Lucasarts were fucking terrified of him. He was literally at the center of a cult. He walked in saying he had just completed the script for the next movie and everyone in the room erupted into rounds of applause. He was examining the work of character sculpters and you literally saw the same look as North Koreans give Kim-Jung-il.
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Maven
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Trailer Announcement Trailer just came out.
I'm not going to link it because, well, if it's that important to you, you'll go look for it.
Trailer *for* a Trailer. Wasn't this parodied somewhere? Is this where we are at now in nerd culture? Get Hype!
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rattran
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RickRolling hasn't been clever in quite a while.
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murdoc
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Sir T
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Because its cool!  |
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Malakili
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Lightsaber with little saber guards? K.
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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The only way I see this movie is if Mos Eisley is featured prominently at some point. Else forget it...
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Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Lakov_Sanite
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The only way I see this movie is if Mos Eisley is featured prominently at some point. Else forget it...
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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The only way I see this movie is if Mos Eisley is featured prominently at some point. Else forget it...
wut? After the Star Trek bullshit... I don't trust JJ at all. If he can fuck up the Star Trek universe, I can only imagine what he'll do to Star Wars. I'll just wait for the next 6 trailers to come out between now and next December. |
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Lakov_Sanite
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The only way I see this movie is if Mos Eisley is featured prominently at some point. Else forget it...
wut? After the Star Trek bullshit... I don't trust JJ at all. If he can fuck up the Star Trek universe, I can only imagine what he'll do to Star Wars. I'll just wait for the next 6 trailers to come out between now and next December. He's not the right director for star trek for the exact reason he likely is for star wars. |
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Sir T
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That statement demands elaboration.
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murdoc
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Have you tried the internet? It's made out of millions of people missing the point of everything and then getting angry about it
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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Surprised FIFA is allowing this. |
Does any one know where the love of God goes...When the waves turn the minutes to hours? -G. Lightfoot
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Lakov_Sanite
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That statement demands elaboration.
He's a director who models himself after Spielberg. He's good at action, big scenes and fantastical elements but is not often cerebral and doesn't have a lot of quiet moments. Basically he wanted to do star wars from the beginning and trek was more or less his job application for that. |
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Mattemeo
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Those 88 seconds are pretty much JJ Abram's career highlight to date.
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Surprised FIFA is allowing this. Give them enough money and they'll allow anything. |
A point can be MOOT. MUTE is more along the lines of what you should be. - WayAbvPar
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Tannhauser
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Lightsaber with little saber guards? K.
If you lost a hand to a lightsaber, you'd put little guards on your next saber too.  Nice teaser trailer, got chills from it. |
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schild
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I always thought Star Wars was pretty daft and written for shit, so JJ Abrams will probably make the best one. Effortlessly.
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Surlyboi
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Full-on robot chubby.
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Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Evildrider
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Millennium Falcon never looked better. |
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eldaec
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Trailer is neat.
I'm just glad JJ is only making the one film. His first Trek was fine.
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schild
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You wouldn't ever have to worry about more than one thing from him. Dude absolutely NEVER finishes what he starts.
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penfold
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Lightsaber with little saber guards? K.
If you lost a hand to a lightsaber, you'd put little guards on your next saber too. Nice teaser trailer, got chills from it. Except that the light bits are actually an inch out from the bit where you'd need a guard. Anyway, looking forward to it. |
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Samwise
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Lightsaber with little saber guards? K.
Well I mean when Darth Maul had a double light saber it was twice as good, so... I threw up in my mouth a little. |
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Evildrider
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Still waiting for the Lightwhip.  |
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Sir T
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Lightbows and lightarrows are canon ya know.
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« Last Edit: November 28, 2014, 11:39:33 AM by Sir T »
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Mattemeo
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Light-weapons are allowed to be somewhat ridiculous because you need the preternatural reflexes and spatial awareness of the Force to utilise them in combat as they're essentially weightless, hilt excepted.
So yeah, I'm perfectly fine with a light sabre crossguard. Looks cool, its functionality is dependant on the user.
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HaemishM
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The X-Wing bit was cool. R2FIFA2 not so much. Lightsaber guards are rule of cool.
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Lantyssa
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Soccer-droid makes sense. Gyros could keep it balanced on top of a ball and it would have an easier time moving over sand or rough terrain compared to a traditional droid.
I have mixed feelings on the saber. I'm beginning to think part of Sith culture is to make crazy sabers as a point of differentiation. I know I'd do a light-naginata or spear were I given the option. Also betting their fighting style makes it similar to using a longsword.
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Hahahaha! I'm really good at this!
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