I saw that list earlier this year and I got pretty excited when I saw what sorts of films were on it. Did you see the recent article at Uproxx where he dishes on how each of the films on the list influenced The Last Jedi? I enjoyed it. Check it out if you are interested!

Seriously. 15+ plus years should be enough time for people to get over the knee-jerk reaction to midichlorians and begin to understand what was actually said about them.

I agree. The confrontation between Luke and Kylo is very reminiscent of a samurai film both in the choreography and the way it is shot, too. I loved it!

No, you are absolutely right. Not only that, but the director was fired from the project not because he wasn’t turning in a script, but because his scripts were bad. There are good reasons this film is behind schedule and I am not trying to blame Abrams. Whatever the cause or whoever is to blame, the film appears to…

Also, LucasFilm timeline presented here confirms a major fear that I have about Ep. IX. Compared to The Last Jedi, Ep. IX is way behind schedule. Abrams just pitched his story to Disney this weekend, whereas according to this timeline, Rian Johnson had his story pitch accepted a year and a half before The Force…

The fact that the three flashbacks are indeed references to Rashomon points to one of the things I like about Johnson, which is that he has enough knowledge of film to draw on influences older than Star Wars itself. Maybe having an appreciation for films released before ‘77 is a low bar for praise, but given the…

This.

You literally just said “I’m passionate” about petition #7, a petition by fans upset about the supposedly excessive humor in a Star Wars movie. That makes you upset.

Looking at the other responses to my comment, it seems the showrunners are not the only people in denial...

I have not watched the show in a while, but I read these recaps occasionally, and I gotta say, it seems like Rick has a way of getting everyone else killed. Is this a central theme of the show or something, or are the showrunners just oblivious to the fact that Rick sucks?

I do not mind this at all. It is part of Poe’s character that his parents were in the Rebellion and he is being groomed by Leia to replace her. Furthermore, it makes sense that she would send him to find Luke if he has a family connection to him. It’s not a coincidence that he is a central character that has some…

This is a small thing, but good on Marvel for using the Avengers Theme in the trailer. It really works like gangbusters (hulkbusters?) and proves what a lot of us have been saying for a while now: Marvel has to keep their themes and use them consistently. Contrary to popular opinion, the reason fewer people can…

Those aren’t important plot points. And Disney has explicitly stated that this film is going to be a completely fresh take on the GFFA. Did you even read the article?

Did you read the article? They said it is going to focus on unknown characters and locations.

I am looking forwarded to your unfounded cynicism being proven wrong.

“How about prosaic? Workman-like? Too on-the-nose? Forgettable? Generic? Flaccid? Bantha poodoo?”

I don’t mind Star Destroyer’s being able to fly in atmo because to me it was always implied that starships had the ability to hover by that fact that a ship like the Falcon could never operate like it does without it. The Falcon flies in Earth-like atmospheres with ease, as do Tie Fighters and X-Wings. Why can’t a…

Ditto to all of this. It amazes me how much the loathing of midichlorians has endured. Looking back, it is a minor bit of worldbuilding that changes next to nothing about our understanding of The Force.

I dig it.

Since this is apparently a space western, I feel like it should have a title reflects that genre. They could really lean into the famously maligned “twelve parsecs” line in the original and call it A Run in 12 Parsecs, or more obviously, The Kessel Run. Those sound like westerns.