Star Wars 7 shit talk

They give a sensible rationale in ANH in the officers meeting, which actually is a neat scene that I don't think we get another one of quality(not counting the prequels' shitty attempts).

http://static.fosketts.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Grand-Moff-Tarkin-500x283.jpg

"Fear will keep the local systems in line. Fear of this battle station."

This scene is also where he mentions how the Imperial Senate has been dissolved by the Emperor, and now regional governors have direct control over their respective territories.

So, yeah, mobile doomsday weapon to backstop an authoritarian power-grab.

And *of course* Wookieepedia has a write-up for it:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Tarkin_Doctrine

tbf tarkin never used that phrase, it was coined by charles krauthammer

i like Carrie Fisher, GOTT (moreso when she learned to act a little), but that character as a future general is mighty funny.

also fuck PC bullshit as always

the new poster for her is cool

lol lens flare tho

One of the few times that John Simon makes me laugh intentionally is when he calls Leia an Organic Lay.

lol dlh

https://vine.co/v/iBjTMbD0Ej2

More pics leaking:

http://www.collector-actionfigures.com/static/media/uploads/blog/.thumbnails/worststarwarsbootlegsfeatured-630x0.jpg

http://www.blastr.com/sites/blastr/files/styles/blog_post_media/public/images/BootlegCoversLead.jpg

god that is such a better version of phantom menace

Can't help feeling like John Boyega's dialect coach taught him to talk in Eddie Murphy's "white man" voice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7bh-H9ZfLQ

super excited about those 70s-style space light panels in the still

Whoa, regular stormtrooper dude with anti-lightsaber thing.

yeah, looks dumb

I think this movie will be bad now

RIP ep 7

time to die

Anybody else see that shot of Carrie Fisher on the set of Blade Runner?

i thought that was edward james olmos

Her boots were bigger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EypzUduBqiQ

If I'd gone Navy I wonder if I'd still be in.

http://www.boredpanda.com/365-photography-project-daily-life-darth-vader-pawel-kadysz/

Watching Jedi with the girls. They find the Ewoks adorable and keep asking why Luke keeps kissing his sister, because it's gross.

Also, they have no idea they're called Ewoks, so they call them Super Bears.

close enough

Super Bears reminds me off the times Shoneys would have guest appearance by kids' tv knockoffs like the "Power Turtles"

http://nerdist.com/mark-hamill-confirms-rumor-about-star-wars-episode-viii/

Do I want to avoid that link?

nah, it's a non-spoiler

Just confirming the long-rumored ascension of Lobot to primary protagonist status.

***DRUDGE SIREN****SPOILIDAD***

Mark Hammill grew a beard

it's more that he's... growing a beard again

There is another.

the beard stays

you go

Abrams, Fisher, Ridley, Boyega, and Driver were on Kimmel last night. As expected, nothing was revealed; Driver even asked Abrams on set if he was allowed to say whether he appears in the film without a mask or not. Kimmel asked Abrams what the first word in the film is, and before responding Abrams paused and asked "Spoken?" which I guess is a tacit nod that they're sticking with the formalism of the opening crawl. Apparently the first spoken word in the movie is "This."

no crawl = Rite of Spring-style riot

Opening shot is of star destroyer passing 'Tattooine welcomes careful drivers' spaceboard.

There's a rear shot of Driver in one of the trailers with hood off, hair a-blowing. I can't see any way the studios controlling a 2015-ish franchise blockbuster would dare not succumb to the need to show the badguy's face during the climactic sword fight.

I should probably stop watching these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e813AnfX0Y

PG-13 bummer for my five yo, I think.

Yeah I feel like the trailer barrage is becoming a bit much. I'll be taking mental notes on what I haven't already seen by the time I get to redeem my ticket

despite that, there clearly is a ton of stuff we haven't seen. Including one pretty important main character

They will have Men in Black available at each theater to mind wipe you beforehand.

Jar Jar?

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/herocomplex/la-ca-hc-star-wars-lawrence-kasdan-20151206-story.html

Did you go back at any point and watch the original trilogy to get it fresh in your mind?

It's pretty much in my head — I guess it's part of my DNA at this point. But I don't think it's that relevant because we're doing a new thing. And it's so different.

I don't know if people recognize it or not, but the saga is this big tapestry that's cut into sections that are defined by the directors. George made one very George-y movie, and if you saw "American Graffiti," you're not surprised to see the ebullience that's in "A New Hope." Then for "Empire," he said, "I want this next chapter to have Irvin Kershner's quality to it." And it's dark and serious and scary and treats the characters differently. Richard Marquand was a lovely man, and "Jedi" has a kind of easygoing "this is going to be the happy ending" quality that he brought.

Just jump over the prequels for a second, where George was doing what George was doing and fulfilling his own desires. Now with J.J., you get a whole new generation with a kind of dynamic mastery of camera and effects put together by someone that has a strong personality himself. He's a really decent guy, and he makes movies the way I try to make movies, which is that it's a privilege to make a movie and no one should be miserable. You're spitting in the face of luck if you're not having a great time. And that's infused in the movie. So what you're going to get is very much the J.J. Abrams movie.

These movies will all be so different. Rian Johnson is a friend of mine — he's going to make some weird thing. If you've seen Rian's work, you know it's not going be like anything that's ever been in "Star Wars." You couldn't have three more different people than J.J., Rian and Colin. Those movies will have the "Star Wars" saga as their basis, but everything else will be different. Then Phil Lord and Chris Miller are going to make the Han Solo film and I can't guess what that will be like — and I'm writing it!

lol at his tactful dismissal of the prequels

we're doing a new thing. And it's so different.

lol

http://i.imgur.com/snmyg9H.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0DYAv5FOo

i'm starting to loathe the promotion for this now

I stopped (or "stopped", since it's in your face and p much unavoidable) paying attention after the first trailer. Aside from noting how much merchandise there's been for individual characters to whom the public has still not been properly introduced (e.g. the Adam Driver Christmas ornament I saw this weekend).

aside from a few web articles, and a couple fall trailers, i've seen nothing. No TV, haven't go shopping.