re: Star Wars: TFA -Official Discussion Thread - Spoilers

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And not much CGI. Thank goodness.

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their use of costumes on the various aliens was great

Boyega holding his own with a light saber was the most irritating part of the movie for me. Second most irritating: can we get a new plot that doesn't include giant space lasers and a trench and an x-wing?

I had to say that, because I'm a fricking cynic a-hole when it comes to tv & movies. But even I have to admit......that was a great fricking movie.

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Boyega holding his own with a light saber was the most irritating part of the movie for me.

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Holding his own as in getting stabbed twice, the saber knocked from his hand, and then him knocked unconscious?

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blueboy

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Oh my god we get it.

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can we get a new plot that doesn't include giant space lasers and a trench and an x-wing?

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Well, you have to have a trench fight. Otherwise, the geniuses at Disney might have to come up with an original thought.

Chewie was off. Peter Mayhew has struggled to walk the past decade.Because of this, he was only able to portray the character when he was sitting in the cockpit. It shows. The new actor just didn’t have Mayhew’s mannerisms and walk down.

As for the other beloved characters, I was extremely disappointed to see how they handled many of the originals. Leia does not show up until the third act and Luke until the final scene. I will say that I did get teary-eyed when Leia appeared and her theme swelled in the background.


I followed the spoilers from the moment the film was announced. When I initally discovered that Luke’s presence would be felt throughout the film but not Luke himself, I was very disheartened. When people thought about the continued adventures of Star Wars, they thought of Luke first and foremost. That said, I did love the reason that he disappeared. Like Obi-Wan and Yoda before him, Luke retreated after a failed apprenticeship that led to a pupil turning to the darkside. The fact that it was Luke’s nephew had to have stung that much more.

Speaking of that, I love that Kylo Ren is not only a Skywalker, but a Solo as well. Darth Vader would be proud to call Ben Solo his grandson. Adam Driver stole the show. I was skeptical when he was initially annouced as the villain because lets be honest, the guy looks like he is a circus freak with his enormous ears. However, he really impressed me with not just his acting but his raw fighting style. I loved the manic behaviors he exhibited and the temper tantrums he had like a petulant child. Certainly, Palpatine wouldn’t have tolerated such behavior from Vader.

Many argue that reading spoilers takes away from the film. I would argue that knowing key plots actually improved my experience. Had I not known that Luke would barely be in the movie, I would have been preoccupied throughout the film wondering when he would show up. The opening crawl asks the question, “Where is Luke Skywalker?” To not have the answer to that question until literally the last 30 seconds was poor story-telling in my opinion.

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Darth Plageous re-incarnated or never dead. Darth Sidious's master and trainer and the possible true basically father to Anakin.

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I brought that one up already. And it's my only guess.

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Darth Plageous re-incarnated or never dead

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This is another possibility. Though the rule for the sith is that there can only be 2.

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How is that?

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The "Excalibur" light saber that chose Rey while ignoring Kylo?

Rey suddenly able to exert mind control over Stormtroopers, despite not one millisecond of formal training?

The rationalization here by some is astounding. Rey's magical "power up" in the second half of the film is ridiculous, both narratively and conceptually.