Movies: Star Wars: Episode VIII THE LAST JEDI (NO SPOILERS - Use the other thread for spoilers)

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trailer is pretty bad. Not digging Hamil's acting.

But yo what the f*** at that ending

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

trailer is pretty bad. Not digging Hamil's acting.

But yo what the **** at that ending

Wouldn’t say the trailer is bad, just makes you question Hamil’s acting a little. But I didn’t expect it to be very good anyway because I never thought he was that great. For what the trailer was meant to accomplish, I thought it was close to as good as you’re going to get.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Interesting decision to highlight that scene. I don't mind it's inclusion, but I wonder if some would have preferred otherwise. It better be flawless in its execution now.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Wouldn’t say the trailer is bad, just makes you question Hamil’s acting a little. But I didn’t expect it to be very good anyway because I never thought he was that great. For what the trailer was meant to accomplish, I thought it was close to as good as you’re going to get.

Had the same thought at Hamil's part.... cringed a bit. Looks like Chewy replaced Han with a gerbil and Kylo maybe turning good. hmmmm

 

[Do Make Say Think]

So Rey shows signs of being as powerful as Kylo and it scares Luke.

Kylo and Rey teaming up was something I was certain was going to happen eventually.

We will get to find out what made Kylo turn to the dark side and I am willing to bet it involves Luke doing something pretty underhanded.

 

[HanSolo]

Had the same thought at Hamil's part.... cringed a bit. Looks like Chewy replaced Han with a gerbil and Kylo maybe turning good. hmmmm

Gonna be tough to redeem him if he actually kills Leia too

 

[chicagoskycam]

The action scenes look great, I'm concerned overall about the rest. The stuff with Luke looked really bad.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

The action scenes look great, I'm concerned overall about the rest. The stuff with Luke looked really bad.

No reason to think the rest will be bad just because an average actor got old and become less than average.

 

[chicagoskycam]

No reason to think the rest will be bad just because an average actor got old and become less than average.

I know but he's got a larger role this time. I was also not sold on Kylo in the 1st one. Heck, knowing this franchise half of the stuff here won't be in the movie...lol

 

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The ending is obviously a marketing conceit. Rey could just as easily chop his arm off a second later or that conversation isn't even playing out as implied. I really dislike the fakeouts.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

I know but he's got a larger role this time. I was also not sold on Kylo in the 1st one...

Yeah, but I still think it’ll be fairly limited overall. I like Kylo.

The thing about Star Wars is that is always has that corniness to it. Even the original trilogy.

 

[chicagoskycam]

Yeah, we will see. This site is going wonky on me. Opening three pages when I go to Edit.

 

[Do Make Say Think]

The ending is obviously a marketing conceit. Rey could just as easily chop his arm off a second later or that conversation isn't even playing out as implied. I really dislike the fakeouts.

I don't think Rey is going to go dark side but I do think she's going to team up with Kylo.

Maybe to fight against Snoke? Maybe against Luke who has gone off the deep end?

 

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Snoke is talking to Rey in the beginning.
Kylo can't gun down his mom and starts heading back to the light.
Luke turns his back on training Rey.
Rey/Ben join forces to fight Snoke.
Rey gets captured by Snoke, starts to give in to the dark side.
Ben has to go to Luke and convince him to help save Rey.

 

[HanSolo]

The ending is obviously a marketing conceit. Rey could just as easily chop his arm off a second later or that conversation isn't even playing out as implied. I really dislike the fakeouts.

I'm wondering that too. Either she's genuinely considering giving into the dark side (the novelization hints at this) or she's playing Kylo to maybe get close to Snoke...or try to turn Kylo.

I think it's possible to not be a fakeout. Maybe Rey is genuinely considering going to the dark side if Luke turns her away. Maybe Leia dying will give her the kick she needs to fight against the dark side...idk.

 

[irunthepeg]

Holy hell does that look bad.

Maybe it’ll be the reverse where they trailer is brutal but the movie is good

I find your lack of faith disturbing.

 

[HanSolo]

I did watch this one theory that seemed pretty intriguing and could give Kylo a platform to turn on Snoke. The guy believes it is a confirmed detail about Snoke so I'll keep it in spoiler tags for everyone just in case it's right.

Spoiler

So I guess Snoke subsists himself on the force energy of others, so his plan may be to consume both Rey and Kylo. This is alluded to in Han's death scene when he tells Kylo that Snoke will get what he wants from Kylo and then crush him. There was a moment where the theory spoils his actual identity but I was multitasking while I watched the video so I don't remember what it was. Will revisit later.

 

[HanSolo]

Also if Kylo and Rey are similar in strength, as the trailer implies, it's tough not to draw the conclusion that they are somehow related...but I didn't get any impression that Rey is Luke's kid from that trailer.

 

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Also if Kylo and Rey are similar in strength, as the trailer implies, it's tough not to draw the conclusion that they are somehow related...but I didn't get any impression that Rey is Luke's kid from that trailer.

She better be a Kenobi or a Palpatine. Anything else would be boring as hell. The "I wasn't nearly scared enough of that power then" could be a reference to the Emperor when Luke foolishly tried to fight him in RotJ, making her a Palpatine. That would be fun. Another kid in the Skywalker lineage would be awful.

 

[Power Man]

"I've seen this raw strength before"

What if Luke isn't talking about Kylo, but about Palpatine?

 

[HanSolo]

"I've seen this raw strength before"

What if Luke isn't talking about Kylo, but about Palpatine?

I don't know. They show the shot of him dropping to his knees in defeat watching his jedi academy burn...pretty heavily implied he was talking about Kylo.

 

[Unholy]

My body is ready. All the yes.

 

[sabresfan129103]

It would be pretty cool if they pulled the old switcheroo and had Rey turn to the dark side. Daisy Ridley/Rey is too big of a marketing character though, so they would never do that.

 

[Power Man]

I don't know. They show the shot of him dropping to his knees in defeat watching his jedi academy burn...pretty heavily implied he was talking about Kylo.

Good point

 

[HanSolo]

She better be a Kenobi or a Palpatine. Anything else would be boring as hell. The "I wasn't nearly scared enough of that power then" could be a reference to the Emperor when Luke foolishly tried to fight him in RotJ, making her a Palpatine. That would be fun. Another kid in the Skywalker lineage would be awful.

I watched a theory that I scoffed at...I'll put it in tags again but it does draw from a prequel element

Spoiler

There was a theory that Rey was born Anakin Skywalker style. No father. The force created her, she is a manifestation of the same force energy that created Darth Vader...I thought it was pretty stupid. But it doesn't sound as stupid anymore