Transwarp drive that starbursted through the temporal vortex in order to arrive safely in Alpha Centauri to rendezvous with the Guardians of Mordor.
Episode Eight Pre-Release Thread
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That would be awesome. As excepted from our chromium plated, too tall to be a stormtrooper, heroine.
But it is probably something more fitting the setting.
Phasma was one of my biggest disappointments in TFA, they really played her up before the release, but then when the movie actually came out she didn't really do that much. I think she got more dialogue in the non-movie levels of the LEGO game than she did in the actual movie.
If that's true, it's stupid.
Does It seem stupid to you to create a character with almost no effort, so that after its merchandising products generate countless sales, it generates a pop-culture phenomenon with an almost ridiculous fanbase like its predecessors? You don't seem to know JJ Abrams at all, my friend... 
No, the implication is that Boba Fett was some how supposed to be popular (he wasn't) or that Darth Maul was planned to be high popular (again, he wasn't) and that somehow Abrams decided that "I should do that!" with all the thought process of a copycat? Which, I have no doubt the argument will be made because "TFA is a total rip off of ANH, man."Does It seem stupid to you to create a character with almost no effort, so that after its merchandising products generate countless sales, it generates a pop-culture phenomenon with an almost ridiculous fanbase like its predecessors? You don't seem to know JJ Abrams at all, my friend...
But, I'm not marketing genius. I'm just a poster with an opinion.
I shall enjoy it regardless.
Given it looks like the destruction of the Jedi Temple/Academy is featured in Last Jedi and that Phasma appears there in the trailer, I wouldn't be surprised if that's the extent of what we see of her in the film; in flashback killing younglings.
Not the same scene. The shot of Phasma is in the hangar we see explode earlier.
You can see the glowy bits of the hanger Door (?) along the top, plus the reflective floor.
My mistake then, I didn't really notice those things.
No, the implication is that Boba Fett was some how supposed to be popular (he wasn't) or that Darth Maul was planned to be high popular (again, he wasn't) and that somehow Abrams decided that "I should do that!" with all the thought process of a copycat? Which, I have no doubt the argument will be made because "TFA is a total rip off of ANH, man."
JJ Abrams is not exactly known for making original movies. In fact, TFA is a reboot/remake of ANH, as much as Rogue One is a Fan Film prequel of ANH. And yes, I think he could have very easily predicted Phasma's popularity with the examples mentioned above because he followed the very same formula. Of course, I might be overestimating JJ. a little bit, so...
Still, I don't dislike the way he approached TFA. I believe he decided to return to the original formula to reconcile with the fans after the disastrous prequel trilogy. I just hope that in TLJ he chooses to walk away a bit from ESB. I''ll let him do that just once...
Even though I wasn't as impressed with The Force Awakens as I wanted to be as a Star Wars fan, calling it a "rip-off of A New Hope" actually misses the point of what Abrams and Kasdan were trying to do, which was to make a film that was representative of what they believe Star Wars, on a conceptual level and as a franchise, to be about. The film does share a lot of structural similarities to ANH, but only because it was made in an attempt to recapture the form, function, and feeling of what both Abrams and Kasdan saw/felt/experienced in 1977.
That is of course their prerogative, but it doesn't make for a very engaging standalone film, nor does it feel all that much like a "true" Star Wars film, since they were essentially making it "in a vacuum" and attempting to recreate a very specific thing without realizing/caring that the thing they were trying to recreate didn't actually exist outside of their own minds.
Even with the little we've seen of The Last Jedi, though, I get the sense that Rian Johnson didn't fall into that same trap, and may actually be able to salvage TFA and make it better in retrospect, which makes me happy since I wanted to like TFA much more than I ultimately did.
That is of course their prerogative, but it doesn't make for a very engaging standalone film, nor does it feel all that much like a "true" Star Wars film, since they were essentially making it "in a vacuum" and attempting to recreate a very specific thing without realizing/caring that the thing they were trying to recreate didn't actually exist outside of their own minds.
Even with the little we've seen of The Last Jedi, though, I get the sense that Rian Johnson didn't fall into that same trap, and may actually be able to salvage TFA and make it better in retrospect, which makes me happy since I wanted to like TFA much more than I ultimately did.
Fan Film, really?
Okay, a high-budget one. Think of all those unnecessary cameos, the out-of-place appearance of Darth Vader (the first scene adds nothing to the plot or the character of Krennic, the second one is a post-credits to please fans and nothing more), the forced connection with ANH at the end, the very little developed main characters (I only found Kasdan properly fleshed out; the things he had to do for the rebellion and how insignificant they seemed to him at the end). Is not bad at all, but if you analyze the movie on itself, it's basically the wet dream of ANH fanboy...
I just can't take you seriously when you make ridiculous statements like this that are totally and completely off-base.
The only one I think is unnecessary is R2 and C-3P0. But the felt more shoehorned in. had they been in the background shots on Yavin 4 or the Tantive IV, it would have been better.
But the scene felt like it was there for the hell of it. Vader and Leia's scenes didn't.
*Cassian
I think that the sequel trilogy is designed to function as a larger narrative, rather than standalone like ANH. It definitely had a "retro" feel, but it was one that I think is quite enjoyable as are the characters.
I know JJ Abrams has a producer credit, but I don't think he really had much to do with it from a creative and storytelling perspective. It was written and directed by Rian Johnson so pretty much all of the storytelling stuff comes from him.
I was discussing TFA, in which he was a part of the writing process and therefore established the starting points for the sequels. Lucas didn't write or direct ESB, and yet he was part of the creative process. Do you think JJ will not have an active participation in what is now his franchise?
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