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RR529

@Dezzy, I've been reading the reactions of the folks over at Push Square, and their theory seems to be that Rey could be one of a series of force sensitive clones created by Palpatine that he would be able to move his spirit over to in case he died (apparently there was a plot similar to this in one of the old, now non-cannon, books), and that Evil Rey is Palpatine in one of the other clones.

Apparently this would explain a few things from past films, such as when Rey was trying to look into her past and saw infinate reflextions of herself in mirrors (representing other clones), and to a degree her unlikely natural abilities. I think Luke also said something along the line of "I've only felt this power once before, and I wasn't as afraid of it as I should have been." when she was displaying her connection to the Force.

EDIT: the anime fan in me is, 99% wrongly, speculating that her name could have been a clue this entire time, as it could be a nod to Evangelion, as the character "Rei" in that show is part of a series of clones (and we know that a suprising number of Hollywood producers/directors are anime fans).

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gcunit

@Dezzy @RR529 I doubt Rey will be a clone. Who is she going to be a clone of? The basic premise of a clone is that it's an identical copy (save for the slight behavioural adjustment to Jango Fett's clones, I guess). Shmi Skywalker would be the only plausible answer there, but Shmi has no established force sensitivity, only her immaculate conception of lil Ani. I guess they could go there, it would make Rey a Skywalker in some way I guess, which she surely has to be. But as a clone she wouldn't actually have any family bond to tie her emotionally to the other main characters in the saga, and it'd feel a bit wishy-washy an explanation I think.

And bearing in mind Rey is the hero of the trilogy so far, I think 'who' Rey is has to have a simpler answer. An answer that kids and families can relate to more.

It could be a vision, but I'm not sure how it could fit into the story at the stage it's at or what purpose it would serve this late on, unless it happens early in the movie. Rey's had a vision already, and it would be too similar to Luke's vision.

My own guess is that Rey has to embrace the dark side, or at least pretend to, at some point.

According to the Journal of the Whills (referenced in the original Star Wars novelization, and actually quoted at the start of The Force Awakens novelization):

First comes the day (the height of the Jedi)
Then comes the night. (the Dark Side/Empire/First Order)
After the darkness
Shines through the light. (Rey)
The difference, they say,
Is only made right
By the resolving of gray (embracing a combination of light and dark)
Through refined Jedi sight.

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Dezzy

RR529 wrote:

Palpatine that he would be able to move his spirit over to in case he died (apparently there was a plot similar to this in one of the old, now non-cannon, books),

Yes he resurrected himself in the Dark Empire book in the original extended universe.

Which as far as I'm concerned is still the real canon. This new trilogy is just a Disney fanfic Lol!

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the_shpydar

It's funny how many people are tripping over themselves to try and explain the "Dark Rey" thing.

Meanwhile, i'm old enough to remember the TV commercials for Return of the Jedi, where one of the final shots shown in some of the commercials was that shot of the Throne Room elevator door opening to show Luke, clad all in black, calmly standing next to Vader. We all know how that turned out, but it made for a great tease.

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gcunit

the_shpydar wrote:

It's funny how many people are tripping over themselves to try and explain the "Dark Rey" thing.

Laugh it up, fuzzball.

There's an explanation for it. People enjoy speculating about. What other shots from that trailer are as speculation worthy? I don't think the possibility that it's not what it seems is lost on as many people as you seem to imply.

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Octane

Star Wars is dead anyway. There's no point in speculating.

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the_shpydar

@gcunit
No that wasn't my point or implication at all. I just find all the speculation funny, especially since so many "theories" about not only Dark Rey but plenty of other stuff are ridiculously outlandish or just outright stupid (see, for example, pretty much every "THEORY!" article on sites like CBR and such).

(Of course this isn't limited to Star Wars, it's pretty much across the board for any heavy-fandom geek-franchise, like the MCU, et al. And don't even get me started on what it was like reading theories during the last season of LOST )

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gcunit

@the_shpydar My bad. Carry on.

YouTubers know they just have to come up with some semi plausible rambling to score a load of views. Star Wars speculation is one of the internet's oldest and favourite hobbies (maybe second only to sex), given that the Special Editions came out in 1997 and The Phantom Menace in 1999. From my perspective, it's what made the internet worth tolerating the dial-up modem experience for (I remember being in my school's IT room when I found out the trailer for TPM dropped, patiently waiting for it to d/l and then watching it in silence due to no speakers or not wanting to get found out). I've been a (fairly dormant) member of a Star Wars forum since 2000 I think, and when I found out such a thing existed it was amazing.

People desperately want this film to be good so are keen to invent interesting possibilities. But I think quite a lot of it goes overboard in the complexity for what are essentially family films (chopped off arms/hands/head, immolation, planetocide and the death of not one but two (and almost three) mothers notwithstanding).

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Heavyarms55

I don't think I ever mentioned it here but for anyone who liked Star Wars: Empire at War back in the day - the game is alive and well in 2019 with a bunch of really great mods. The "Remake Mod" gives the game a serious HD coat of paint and is mostly in line with the modern Disney owned Star Wars canon. Though I am much more of a fan of "Thrawn's Revenge" which is based on the old Expanded Universe (which I vastly prefer to the new material) and is set during the post-Return of the Jedi period right up until just before the Yuuzhan Vong War. It's an excellent mod that adds a ton of ships, heroes and various playable factions - the different fragments of the Empire after Palpatine died, the Chiss, the New Republic and the Corporate Sector Authority.

The game usually drops to like 5 dollars every Steam sale and the mods are free - and all you have to do is to download them in the Steam workshop. You do need the Steam version of the game though, the old physical releases don't have the officially patched in support for modding that the Steam version got a couple years ago.

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Dezzy

gcunit wrote:

People desperately want this film to be good so are keen to invent interesting possibilities. But I think quite a lot of it goes overboard in the complexity for what are essentially family films

I think this idea that Star Wars was meant for kids/families was very much a business decision they started pushing later on. I don't think it was originally intended that way at all.
If you think back to the original, in the first hour of the film you see Luke's family's burnt corpses, Han Solo murders someone and Obi-wan cuts someone's arm off leaving a bloody stump. All of that feels like it's aimed much more at an adult audience.
It's really not until the Ewoks that they start doing stuff that's specifically aimed at kids. Which they then continued heavily in the prequels, which are definitely trying to be more like family films.

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ScottNintendo

Octane wrote:

Star Wars is dead anyway. There's no point in speculating.

As much as I love Star Wars, unfortunately I'd have to agree. (blame Disney)

I still hope for a more adult Star Wars like the prequel trilogy, but that's never going to happen again.

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gcunit

@Dezzy I wrote that comment fairly quickly, using the phrase 'family films' in a fairly rushed manner. What I was meaning was that they are (or at least were) designed to be universal.

I don't think they've ever been specifically aimed at kids alone in the way I think you're inferring. The ewoks were a unique case (and only really replicated by Jar Jar Binks in the prequels), and the appeal of them certainly must have played a part - Lucas wanted them to be cute. But in his early concepts for Star Wars he's said the climax was abattle involving a primitive society of Wookies against the Empire. By the time of RotJ a Wookie had already been seen and wasn't especially primitive, so he had to conceive of an alternative.

But kids were always part of the target audience. Star Wars was created as a swashbuckling monomyth, inspired by Flash Gordon, Robin Hood, fairy tales etc., re-writing classical myths and motifs around good and evil, heroes and villains. Before Lucas started working on Star Wars he'd been making Apocalypse Now and American Graffiti - he's said the fan mail he got from kids after American Graffiti was one of the things that helped him decide to park Apocalypse Now and start making Star Wars instead. He would run ideas past Francis Ford Coppola's 8 and 11 yr old kids and said they went crazy about the idea of a space film. He's also described it as an 'adult's kids' film'; taking the perspective of a 12 yr old; and said it is "not a story for children, but for anyone who likes the action adventure genre".

The two scenes you refer to just help tell the story of a farm boy facing some realities and it's not like those two specific shots of the corpses and the cut-off arm really reflect the rest of the film and didn't impact the the rating of the film significantly.

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redd214

Bought our tickets this morning, will be a fun way to spend Christmas eve morning, looking forward to it!

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Cotillion

@Dezzy I know that's supposed to be funny, but it hits pretty close to home to how I actually feel about these movies

On the other hand, we are less than a month away from the debut of The Mandalorian which is the only Star Wars I am actually really looking forward to this year. I have high hopes for this show, it looks like it's a bit more mature and on the gritty side of the Star Wars universe.

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Zeldafan79

I've been a star wars fan practically since birth and there's not a single movie i didn't like in some way. Yeah there's great ones and not so great ones but i like em all. Oh and you know how everyone hates Jar Jar with a passion? Well i honestly thought little Anakin was far more annoying. Largely due to Jake LLoyd's acting.

Anyway yeah it's gonna be interesting seeing what comes after Rise of skywalker. Maybe then we'll have no expectations going in and probably all new characters so the whole Disney ruined my childhood thing can be put to rest.

Oh and to the haters, If the christmas special didn't kill star wars nothing will. Star wars will out live us all.

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Cotillion

Zeldafan79 wrote:

Maybe then we'll have no expectations going in and probably all new characters so the whole Disney ruined my childhood thing can be put to rest.

I absolutely hated Episode 8. By far the worst in the entire franchise, IMO, and a terrible move in general.
With that said, I don't get the thing where people say "it ruined my childhood" or "took away the magic of the originals". Even though I hated that movie, I still watch and love the originals. They are still classics and I can rewatch them without even thinking of this sequel trilogy. Just like I can watch the original Terminator, Alien, Ghostbusters and so on without thinking of what the new ones have done. They are still just as great to this day and can still be enjoyed just as much.

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@ Cotillion

True. Those movies you loved growing up still exist so nothing was ruined. Don't like the new ones? Don't watch em. Simple.

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Dezzy

Cotillion wrote:

With that said, I don't get the thing where people say "it ruined my childhood" or "took away the magic of the originals". Even though I hated that movie, I still watch and love the originals. They are still classics and I can rewatch them without even thinking of this sequel trilogy.

I can only do this if they don't share the same characters, story arcs, settings. Like a Final Fantasy or Zelda game being terrible would never affect my love for the rest of the entries.

If they share any of those things, I just can't help feeling that a bad sequel/prequel detracts from the original to some extent (not always that much, but sometimes a lot).

I think the prequels, for example, did less damage to the original trilogy because they only made one character worse (anakin), whereas they also made one character a lot better (palpatine).
Whereas these sequels have made 3 original characters worse (the main 3) and not made any better. And I doubt either Lando or Palpatine will be improved by their presence in episode 9.

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FullMetalWesker

@Dezzy - I can understand thinking they made Luke worse, but what did they do to Han and Leia to make them worse for you?

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