re: Star Wars Episode 8: The Last Jedi Discussion Thread ***SPOILERS***

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Did you think this through? The Death Star is way more than 100 Star Destroyers in mass, so the resources involved are IMMENSE. And you don't have to build entire ships, just gather up asteroids and mount the correct size hyperdrive and a single droid to control it. A big rock at lightspeed would do the trick.

added- the concept of fuel is introduced in this movie... any guess what the Death Star's MPG was? Probably not that good, as in "clean out an entire planet's resources to make one trip" type of guzzling.

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The Death Star wasn't just a weapon. It was the headquarters for the Empire and where everything was going to be based out of once completed. So it was basically a moon sized base that could move around wherever it needed to be and it could destroy planets if need be. It gave the Empire an instant presence anywhere in the galaxy.

In the long run, it would be much cheaper than the alternative.

That was just anticlimactic though. For all intents and purposes, she didn't have that critical of a part in the finale. Other than swooping in for a few seconds to distract the Tie fighters, she disappears until the Resistance finds a back way out of the cave because they couldn't hear the icicle dogs, only to run into a pile of boulders so Rey can lift them from the other side.

Her finale was with Ren on Snoke's ship. It was garbage writing. It's like they just had to find something for her to do after she battled Ren, so they give her a few seconds during the battle to distract the fighters and then bring her in as a deus ex machina at the end.

Outside of everything else, one of the most aggravating things is the mishandling of the Carrie Fisher situation.

I get that you had a finished script, and everything was basically ready... but Princess fricking Leia died before the release of this film in real life.
Carrie's iconic role, and the last role she worked on prior to her death, I believe. You had time to rework things to handle the character gracefully onscreen with a little editing.
Heck, I kind of wondered if there would be a "in memory to" mention in the credits, but I didn't see it. I also didn't really look that long.

These films aren't shot in sequence, and there are multiple takes. A lot of times the movie changes from what people think it is.
They could have changed things, just a little, and gave her a heroic death. Hell, like I said before, it wouldn't have been hard to swap her and Purple Haze out, let Leia go out like a champ, edit Luke into an intimate conversation on the ship with her (stick with closeups and creative angles), and go from there. If Purple doesn't want to continue in the series, kill her off at the base. I'm pretty sure the other actors and actresses would be down with it to honor her memory.

Rey isn’t a nobody. She’s a princess. Y’all will see...

This film has made me have a new appreciation for Gareth Edwards who I was previously critical of. Compared to Rian's decisions, it makes my minor gripes about Rogue One seem insignificant.

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Other than distracting the Tie fighters, she disappears until the Resistance finds a back way out of the cave because they couldn't hear the icicle dogs, only to run into a pile of boulders so Rey can lift them from the other side.


I mean, I'd consider that a pretty essential part of the finale.

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LMAO. I know. Its like they watched a different movie.

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With that said, it was enjoyable and special effects are second to none. I guess, I still like the connections to the past movies and also wish Snoke would have been explored more and somehow would’ve been connected to a past Star Wars cannon character.

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Oh yeah, visually this movie sets the bar. Poe's super-duper piloting is still there, but it's toned down enough that it doesn't feel like watching someone play a video game on Easy Mode.

Soooo;
I did smile when Chewie was eating the cute bird hamsters.

I wonder if there's any possibility that Luke reappears in the next film. I know they said "he's gone" and felt "peaceful", but you can easily explain that away with "I'm Luke Skywalker. I was gone because I was in transit to here; now I'm here, and ready to roll".
I've read that he didn't expect to die even in the filming (the comment he made to Kylo makes that apparent), and with the mounting backlash, you gotta figure JJ will be trying to fix things.

If anything, Poe and Leia were the main characters