The rain poncho was super cool
The rain poncho was super cool
This is the TROS issue. Jedis need hoods and cloaks. TROS outfit has the hood, but she needs the cloak to eventually take off. Rian gets it.
This is the TROS issue. Jedis need hoods and cloaks. TROS outfit has the hood, but she needs the cloak to eventually take off. Rian gets it.
The buns always made sense for me to return to. I'm sure JJ loves the iconic nature of them. Those buns and BB-8's design are probably the best version of his "updated Star Wars" aesthetic.Rey's outfit in TROS feels kind of like her superhero costume; the same basic wrap design but this time in pure white, skin-tight spandex so she can do sweet flips and stuff. I like it.
I do wish she'd kept the hair-down look, since getting rid of her childhood triple-decker buns was obviously part of her burgeoning womanhood arc in TLJ, but whaddyagonnado? The triple-bunner is still a solid style.
I liked TROS, but it just seems so much less...thoughtful than TLJ. I know naysayers will point to the low speed chase and the Holdo maneuver as examples of "stupid" ideas, but the reasoning for both of those are provided in the script. There are just fewer writing shortcuts in TLJ than TROS.
Of course, to counter myself, it's not like it was ever explained why Luke wore black in ROTJ.
I mean this is the way the Jedi looked as Force ghosts looked at the end of Return of the Jedi, and Anakin had mostly black robes in Revenge.Not in the film I guess, but Lucas and Hamill explained why back then. From the book of the "Making of the Jedi":
"In a way, the first two films were an elaborate set up for Jedi," said Mark Hamill. "People really sensed that this was the final chapter in the story - so far - and not a cliffhanger. It's the big finish - all stops out, all systems go. My costume reflects that. During Star Wars, I was in a white floppy rag-doll-type outfit. In Empire, I was in a militaristic-looking khaki costume. Now I wear the black uniform of a trained Jedi Knight."
Luke and Vader were clearly wearing the same style of clothes; Vader was basically just wearing a Jedi uniform with some added cybernetics.
(And then the prequels were made and all that got retconned)
Force ghost Anakin was wearing loose robes here because he was not fighting anymore. He was retired, like Ben and Yoda were during their exile. The black Jedi Knight uniform was meant to be something like a police uniform.I mean this is the way the Jedi looked as Force ghosts looked at the end of Return of the Jedi, and Anakin had mostly black robes in Revenge.
Yet Vader wore the same thing (plus a mask and some buttons) and he was a former Jedi Knight. I think the intent was obvious.I think Mark's comment was meant to be interpreted as "I have a new, shiny uniform because I am a trained Jedi Knight" and not "This black uniform is literally the uniform of a Jedi Knight in the Old Republic," because as noted, Obi-Wan and Yoda were dressed totally differently.
Yet Vader wore the same thing (plus a mask and some buttons) and he was a former Jedi Knight.
Vader's outfit looks literally nothing like Luke's other than that "it's black."
My favorite history teacher in high school always wore black shirts and ties. Somebody asked him why he always wore black? He said, "Real Jedis wear black". That always stuck with me, and I really internalized it. See: my avatar.
Force ghost Anakin was wearing loose robes here because he was not fighting anymore. He was retired, like Ben and Yoda were during their exile. The black Jedi Knight uniform was meant to be something like a police uniform.
It wasn't until the prequels that the loose, impractical robes became the Jedi's "uniform".
Finally got around to this article. Minus a few things, I really like this. I mean, for all we know Trevorrow's writing could be really rough, but the plotting seems solid.In the street battle, R2-D2 is destroyed. C-3PO puts R2's memory drive into BB-8, who has to race through the streets to get it to Rose, who needs the data to calibrate the Capitol Ship's hyper drive to fly directly into a star, as Han Solo warned was possible. The explosion is seen around the galaxy, acting as the beacon calling the people to revolution.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck, why couldn't we get this very emotional scene instead of the shitty Chewbacca/Zorii/3PO/etc. fakeouts
You, a Tier 1 'fan': Jedi wore robes
Me, a Tier 3 intellectual: Jedi wore bomb-ass wide-collar leisure suits, motorcycle boots and Farrah hair
Kylo Ren! It is I, Rey. You probably didn't recognise me because of the red arm.
I would fire him too if he wouldn't do Bendemption. Entire sequel trilogy from TFA on has built toward Ben turning to the good and sacrificing himself.Finally got around to this article. Minus a few things, I really like this. I mean, for all we know Trevorrow's writing could be really rough, but the plotting seems solid.
It's crazy to me if KK really bounced him over Bendemption, though. There has to be more to that story because I don't see how much of this script couldn't be updated to adjust for Carrie Fisher.
BullshitI would fire him too if he wouldn't do Bendemption. Entire sequel trilogy from TFA on has built toward Ben turning to the good and sacrificing himself.
I would have took Emperor Ren realising how badly he messed up his life as he died.
I mean, I am far from the only one who thinks TFA and TLJ set up Ben to sacrifice himself in redemption.
TLJ gave him his chance at redemption and he rejected it and doubled down in the dark side.I mean, I am far from the only one who thinks TFA and TLJ set up Ben to sacrifice himself in redemption.
I feel by the end of TLJ he was even more conflicted than he ever was. The look he had as Rey shut the falcon was confliction imo.TLJ gave him his chance at redemption and he rejected it and doubled down in the dark side.
I feel by the end of TLJ he was even more conflicted than he ever was. The look he had as Rey shut the falcon was confliction imo.
TLJ gave him his chance at redemption and he rejected it and doubled down in the dark side.
For someone who's read the original Thrawn trilogy books:
Is the character POV split pretty consistent throughout? I'm struggling to care about the first book because of the Leia and Han/Lando stuff. It's sooooooo corny and boring. The Luke and Thrawn (Palleaon) stuff is compelling (mostly). Also are the latter two books better? The way this first one keeps name dropping stuff *constantly* from the OG trilogy is painful.
I mean, I am far from the only one who thinks TFA and TLJ set up Ben to sacrifice himself in redemption.
Of the movies many flaws it's Ben's character that they fumbled the most.I expected Bendemption but I personally feel like he should've lived. Would have setup more interesting stories for the future.
I expected Bendemption but I personally feel like he should've lived. Would have setup more interesting stories for the future.
Same thing as Season 1. Spin your wheels for 90% of the season, then build intrigue right before the season ends.Resistance has finally started getting mildly interesting right at the very end.
Very weird how this show was handled.
Why is the animated branch so afraid of doing serialized content anyways? Are there any benefits to the episodic approach I am not seeing?
AgreedI would fire him too if he wouldn't do Bendemption. Entire sequel trilogy from TFA on has built toward Ben turning to the good and sacrificing himself.
Well I would also fire him because his dialouge is prequel era George Lucas bad in all of his scripts of released films to date lol.