J.J. Abrams shares emotional cast photo as ‘Star Wars: Episode IX’ wraps principal photography

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Star Wars: Episode IX has wrapped principal photography. Details on the film remain scarce, as we do not even know the full title yet. We do know, however, that it has been billed as the final chapter in the Skywalker Saga and is also the end of an era for stars of the current trilogy.

Director J.J. Abrams announced the picture wrap on Twitter and shared an emotional photo of Daisy Ridley (Rey), John Boyega (Finn), and Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron) embracing each other. “There is no adequate way to thank this truly magical crew and cast,” Abrams wrote. “I’m forever indebted to you all.”

This image is absolutely beautiful. We do not know what the future holds for these three actors and their characters, but it is very moving to see just how much this moment and the past several years have meant to them.

Episode IX news is still going to be few and far between for several weeks, but plenty is sure to be revealed at Star Wars Celebration Chicago in April.

50 comments

  1. Thanasis Avatar
    Thanasis

    This shitfest can’t end fast enough. My god put this franchise out of it’s misery.

    1. Mr. Warshaw Avatar
      Mr. Warshaw

      I love TFA, and got a lot of mileage out of it at home. Was very lukewarm on Rogue One. Hated TLJ after my first screening. Loved TLJ after subsequent screenings. By the time TLJ came home, I didn’t want to watch it anymore. My initial issues with the film had solidified and grown with reflection, and I don’t have much desire to revisit it ever again.

      I’ll still be at opening night for IX, but my enthusiasm is definitely dampened.

      1. Mr. Warshaw Avatar
        Mr. Warshaw

        Not an exhaustive list, but off the top of my head:

        – Holdo’s over-the-top authority lording and secrecy
        – I think Rose is an awfully-written character. Her Canto Bight dialogue and the infamous “save what we love” lines are the worst offenders for me.
        – The codebreaker/DJ stuff
        – The low fuel plot
        – While I don’t hate the cynical Luke the way so many people do, the consideration of striking Kylo down bothers me. Jaded look works, but Luke who goes through what he went through in the originals and then comes out with such a cynical view of the potential for good in his own nephew—that’s hard for me to enjoy.

        I know there are more things if I think about, but those are the biggies, I think.

        1. Mr. Warshaw Avatar
          Mr. Warshaw

          Thanks for taking the time to write out your thoughts. I don’t have that kind of time at the moment, so I won’t elaborate in detail, but some short responses:

          – I get all of the chain of command stuff, but the way Holdo is written strikes me as, as I said, over the top. Yes, the intent may be that we dislike her and like Poe, but she still annoys me as a character in ways that the usual “root-againsts” don’t.

          – Rose may or may not exist for her own sake, but I still hate the way she’s written. And the “save what we love line” is absolutely meant to preach in-universe (and possibly out-of-universe). The Canto Bight anti-war-industry, anti-animals-in-captivity stuff also *feels* pretty darn preachy. I think that’s why Rose is particularly distasteful to me—she seems like the voice of the film telling me how I’m supposed to feel about something. I don’t like that sort of thing in general, and I especially don’t like it in Star Wars, the best of which has always seemed more interested in letting the *observation of events*, rather than the dissemination of opinions, impact us.

          – Yes, there’s fuel in Star Wars. But perhaps the best way I can explain how I react to this is that it feels (to me at least) more like a Star Trek plot line than a Star Wars. Star Wars has always seemed less concerned with the close-up mechanics of how things work. It may feature amazing sci-fi technology, but it—and I’m speaking OT here—doesn’t dwell on technology. The fuel plot, and the “nerd moments” where Rose and Finn are talking tech on the tracker and how to foil it—these things take me out of the story.

          – Too much to talk about for Luke, but in a nutshell, I have trouble seeing him as particularly heroic or worth rooting for in the film. Yes, he said it was a moment of pure instinct (thanks for setting me straight), but he still found himself in Ben’s hut with weapon drawn and ignited. I have trouble being on his side, given that.

          1. Mr. Warshaw Avatar
            Mr. Warshaw

            – The save what we love line is incoherent in context. Finn was trying to save what he loved. Sometimes, that and fighting what you hate run on the same rails. And in this case, Finn was trying to fight a non-sentient object to save the people he cared about.

            TO BE FAIR: You could spin Rose’s line to be a commentary on Finn’s larger past—that his willingness to die is born not of his love for Rey/etc, but of his hatred for the First Order and his desire to prove that fear of the FO doesn’t control him anymore. But I don’t think the film establishes enough relational intimacy between the two characters to give her that insight into him. And further, it’s a confused context. Probably something another line or two of dialogue might have helped, if that was what they were actually going for.

            – You can find allusions in the original films, for sure, and that’s fine. My issue with TLJ’s Canto Bight dialogue is not allusion, but dang-near direct commentary. It’s rather a bit more obvious. It’s not lost on me that I didn’t live in the time of the OT, so I almost certainly spot our current context more easily; but, it still feels like TLJ—especially in this spot—is more given to moral pronouncements than the OT was.

            – There’s no extended scene of pseduo-science, but there is the scene where Poe looks on confused before asking F and R to speak in layman’s terms. And there’s still the point that fuel has never factored in like this before. The technical issues with the Falcon in Empire are of a different sort—I think mainly in how those issues affect the plot. There’s even jargon in Empire—hyperdrive motivator, for one–but there isn’t a slow limp through space. The technical problems drive them into an asteroid field, through a fleet, clawed to the back of a star Destroyer. In TLJ, it seems like the fuel problem drives them to Crait, which is interesting enough aesthetically; but there isn’t much interesting along the way that the fuel shortage brings them to.

            If it seems like I’m pivoting a bit on that last one, it’s because you asked me why I didn’t like the film, and some of that gets worked out better by talking through it.

            This will have to be it for me, though. Already too much time thumb-typing and not enough hanging with my family today. Cheers.

    2. Thanasis Avatar
      Thanasis

      Are you insane? I didn’t reply to you so how exactly does “Put your uninformed opinions out of mine” make sense in your fantasy world? You like this shit? Good for you. Fuck off.

      1. Seb Avatar
        Seb

        He denies MaREY Sue was actually a Mary Sue and calls people who disagree with him about that women haters or sexists… don’t expect too much from him when it comes to the sequel trilogy. He is completely blind.

    3. ItzSilentStorm Avatar
      ItzSilentStorm

      i love star wars. I WANT it to keep going. I just don’t know if I trust Disney and the new LucasFilm to do something actually interesting with this franchise again. Oddly enough, my frustration with the new movies has actually inspired me to start reading the old expanded universe.

      1. Thanasis Avatar
        Thanasis

        Exactly. I’ve gotten more into the EU than ever before because of how shit current star wars is.

        1. ItzSilentStorm Avatar
          ItzSilentStorm

          in terms of post RotJ stuff, i only plan on reading the original Thrawn series which most people seem to agree was really good. And maybe some comics that I think are supposed to be set way after the OT. I mostly just meant that I plan on reading some of the books in order to get my Star Wars fix, because personally, I am not getting them from the movies. I recently bought the Darth Bane trilogy. At this point, I think a lot of people are just making their own head canon for Star Wars.

          1. ItzSilentStorm Avatar
            ItzSilentStorm

            from everything I have heard, it sounds like you are talking about the star wars books that most people seemed to have issues with.

          2. ItzSilentStorm Avatar
            ItzSilentStorm

            well the books seem to be fairly popular so clearly some people don’t mind it

          3. Kerk Lastnameless Avatar
            Kerk Lastnameless

            The games provided that sensation for me. In a way, even more so than the movies.

          4. Kerk Lastnameless Avatar
            Kerk Lastnameless

            I’m one of those nerds who played Witcher 1 when no noone even heard of it and loved it for the atmosphere. I can forgive a lot if a game or a movie can create a good atmosphere. I dont expect a good SW rpg any time soon and the movies are just not going in the directions I’d like to see them go. So, there is not much left for me in this franchise.

  2. Seb Avatar
    Seb

    yea… no one cares

    1. Seb Avatar
      Seb

      Sure I do. TLJ made almost 700 million LESS than TFA. That’s a massive drop. Solo outright bombed. I don’t even hate TLJ, but it’s clear people are already getting tired of this franchise and its poor quality. TLJ was only saved, box office wise, because of its December release date. You know how December movies always have tiny drops and great legs, right? Like Aquaman obviously. Even December movies that suck have opening weekends that account for less than 30% of the total gross. Those are great numbers. TFA had an opening that accounted for 26% of the total gross. Rogue One 29% (and R1 was a really bad film as well). TLJ? Almost 36%! For a December movie, that’s actually really bad. That’s like the equivalent of a Summer film having 45% or something. It just ain’t good and proves TLJ didn’t have good legs, which proves fan reaction was mixed AT BEST.

      You may downplay it to “just some angry sexist trolls”, but there’s no evidence to support that delusional theory. It’s the exact same with BvS. You and I both know that BvS sucked and most people didn’t like it. Snyder fanboys reject that reality by saying a horrible movie that no one liked couldn’t possibly have grossed over 870 million. They ignore the fact that hype alone got that movie as far as it did, but its legs were undeniably atrocious. So the “it grossed a lot of money” is NOT an argument, so please don’t start being a hypocrite now.

      Is TLJ on the same level as BvS? I don’t think so. BvS was outright hated and panned. It seems at least a good portion of the regular movie going audience liked TLJ, but it’s still extremely divisive, and from what I’ve seen, most hardcore SW fans hate the film, so it’s definitely not good.
      Now back to the 1.3B gross… that’s about the same as Jurassic World 2. I think we can all agree JW2 was pretty bad and that franchise, while immensely popular, doesn’t have anywhere close the appeal that SW does… yet its second film almost beat TLJ. Now look at Aquaman. A similar release date. It’s sitting at 1.12B and counting. A film about freaking AM almost made as much as a STAR WARS film. Yeah, let’s not pretend there isn’t a problem here.
      If TLJ had legs that were between TFA and R1, with the opening TLJ had, it could have grossed around 1,73B. I didn’t and shouldn’t expect it to do TFA numbers… but 2B to 1.3B? That’s an insane drop.

      In conclusion… there is ZERO doubt that this franchise is NOT where it should be, both critically (from fans) and commercially. You denying that is exactly the same as BvS fanboys denying there was a problem. TLJ simply had too many objective flaws for it to be considered a good movie. 2 of the 3 main plots in the film were either terrible or completely irrelevant in the long run. Its characters behave stupidly throughout the film. And the only plot that’s actually interesting (Luke and Rey plot), still misses key story beats… like Idk.. LUKE ACTUALLY TRAINING REY?!?!?!?!?!?! All Luke did was tell her a couple of rules and some notions about the Force. He never actually trained her the way Yoda did. We’re now at the end of the trilogy and we’re still supposed to accept Rey’s Mary Sue powers? What a joke. The movie has some cool moments, but that’s about it, really.

      Rey and Poe have literally just met at the END of the second film. Rey and Finn haven’t even seen each other since the end of TFA. There is no comradry between these characters. No love. You don’t feel like these characters are a family you want to thrive and win, the same way we did in the OT. Lots of people simply do not care about these characters, and as a result, don’t care how this story ends. The franchise is heading towards an insanely bad downwards trajectory. I would even bet money that Ep 9 grosses less than TFA. So YES… I do fully believe that a worrying amount of people simply do not give a fuck about this movie.
      After the massive disappointment that was TFA, I told myself I would never pay to see another SW film again, and it seemed many people did the same, otherwise TLJ would have grossed much more.

      1. Thanasis Avatar
        Thanasis

        “If I want to get going on something, I can rip someone’s argument to shreds.”

        AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

        1. Thanasis Avatar
          Thanasis

          It’s funny that you’re literally the only person here that doesn’t believe you’re a deluded sack of shit. Scratch that, it’s pathetic. You’re pathetic.

          1. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            You’re so cute in your need to be right and your ignorance. I feel bad for anyone close to you.

          2. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            When you’re so thoroughly defeated, you rant like hobo in the streets, it’s time to stop.

          3. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            Defeated by? Pretty much everyone, every time you speak about this topic. I get it, your momma never taught you that it’s ok to be wrong. But shut the fuck up and keep your trashy opinion away from others.

          4. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            One thing? Sure. The movie being good is ONE thing you got wrong.

          5. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            You asked what one thing bad about the movie is. I answered. The overall film is bad. You want something else you’re wrong at? Marey Sue not being a Mary Sue. I could go on for ages. But that has been done already. Look at Warshaw’s or Seb’s replies. Everyone here disagrees with your stupid ass for a reason.

          6. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            He left because you’re a fucking idiot. He left because you keep spewing retarded shit unendingly. There’s not point. You’re a fool. Good luck

          7. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            Lol…
            “After I torched Seb this last time, which you may not have yet noticed, he tucked tail and dropped two ‘dank memes’ in his wake”
            That’s what he tells himself at night, I’m sure.
            The answer is far simpler: I left because he’s a fucking idiot (when it comes to SW). I left because he kept spewing retarded shit unendingly. There’s not point. Exactly like you said.

          8. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            I’m soooooo surprised by this. This is how shocked I am by your revelation about him

            https://media1.giphy.com/me…

          9. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            To be fair, I don’t think he’s stupid. But he’s nowhere near as smart as he thinks he is, and when it comes to SW, he’s completely blind and insufferable… which is why he resorts to name-calling whenever people say things he doesn’t like.

          10. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            I don’t think he’s stupid either. He gets to a point where he might as well be stupid. But under all that bullshit and ego probably hides a normal intelligence man.

          11. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            Sure. Then again, I reckon most of us here aren’t retards, lol.
            Even someone like NinjaGamer13 – who says the stupidest of things – is probably just your everyday normal guy, and he certainly does not “sound” stupid judging from his grammar, etc. The only guy on this site who genuinely comes across as stupid is Hamani Omorah. That guy is just plain delusional and dangerously retarded to his core. He does not do logic or reason.
            But back to Legend… what I can’t tolerate is his obscene arrogance. It does no one any good, least of all himself. It’s always been apparent. He once backed off (quite heavily) when he was ridiculed by pretty much the entire Batman-News community for waving around his meaningless (chemical, or whatever the fuck it was) engineering degree as some type of appeal to authority and monopoly on logic and reason. I fucking hate when people do that… wave around a stupid piece of paper as if that’s the ultimate “end all, be all” argument. I guess using his own logic, I have more authority than he ever will, cause I have a master’s in power engineering and a bachelor’s in energy and I’m working on a bachelor’s in IT. That’s the problem with him… he always goes into these things thinking he is the smartest guy in the room… thinking he has the ultimate knowledge… thinking he’s the one dealing out the correct answers. The thought that HE may be the one learning something clearly has never crossed his mind, just like the thought that there were probably several supposed “””engineers””” on this site also didn’t cross his mind either. He has a massive ego problem, like you said. I know tons of people like him… the thing is, their ego prevents them to admit they have an ego. They will NEVER learn and are usually the least self-aware people on this Earth.

            I mean, who the fuck writes shit like this: “After I torched Seb”
            Or this: “If I want to get going on something, I can rip someone’s argument to shreds”
            Jesus fucking Christ… the complete lack of self-awareness with this guy… fucking hell.

          12. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            I’d add Nahuel to that bunch. He’s a raging idiot.

          13. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            How could I forget? Lol

          14. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            Ok, I stand corrected. He’s an absolutely massive cunt. Thanks for sharing.

          15. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This shit just made my fucking day, LOL

          16. Lord Darque Avatar
            Lord Darque

            I have him blocked which really takes care of the problem. Except when others quote him and have huge running fights. Why bother?

          17. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            It’s kinda funny.

        2. Thanasis Avatar
          Thanasis

          You get completely demolished every time by everyone. And yet, you’re such a fool, your head is so firmly planted up your idiotic ass, you still think you’re right.

          1. Thanasis Avatar
            Thanasis

            I don’t have to do anything you ranting moron. You’re proving it yourself. You’re completely ridiculous in your way of thinking and I’m not the only one who believes that. You’re actually retarded.

      2. Seb Avatar
        Seb

        “The films, other than Solo, have received critical and commercial acclaim”
        But critics are not the ones making these films successful, the movie going audience is… so bringing up critical praise is utterly irrelevant. I was not talking about critical reception, I was talking about fan reaction, so you refuted nothing. Btw, Ghostbusters remake also had critical praise, what is your point? It still didn’t stop that film from being hated by fans and being a huge box office bomb.
        Similarly, BvS also enjoyed commercial success. What the hell is your point here? You refuted precisely nothing of anything I just said.

        “the glut of the complaints are from an overly entitled fanbase”
        Even if that’s true, and I don’t care if it’s true because I don’t belong to this fanbase (or at least, not anymore), this does NOT refute the overall or mixed (at best) fan reaction. I don’t care WHY they were complaining. My point is that they were. Get to the point.

        “But what is this “quality drop” from?”
        I don’t know where you get this “quality drop” from. Seems to me you’re just putting those words in my mouth so you’d have a leg to stand on. Almost as if you have prebaked arguments in stock ready to be used, only when you’re met with the “right” (what you would consider to be false) arguments. Fuck the comparison… TLJ has many objective flaws, as a film that stands on its own, ignoring past films. And besides, this doesn’t at all address any of my arguments.

        Also, say what you want about the prequel trilogy, but at least those films had a better overall narrative than the ST, which is ultimately just a repeat, recycled, copied and paste corporate garbage. If your best defense is, “it’s better than Attack of the Clones”, I fear your defense isn’t that convincing. Not saying the execution was better, but the ideas behind it definitely were. Also, the PT actually contributed and expanded the franchise, unlike the ST. But again, it’s completely irrelevant to my argument.

        “There’s no credible objective argument to be made against the filmmaking quality of these new episodic entries”
        Except for writing and directing.

        “If I want to get going on something, I can rip someone’s argument to shreds”
        Jesus… Stop being such an arrogant buffoon. Rather unbecoming of you. You argued in the past that Rey is as moronically overpowered as she is because there must be “balance in the Force”. Except that is simply YOUR interpretation talking, not the official canon or how Lucas viewed things. Ignoring the fact that said interpretation makes zero sense, Lucas explicitly said that “balance (in the force)” does not mean equal amounts of dark and light side users. It means the destruction of the Sith and/ or the dark side. That is why Lucas LITERALLY said: “Vader brought balance to the Force by killing Palpatine and himself”. That is just ONE argument that you probably think is an example of your expertise… except I’ve just refuted that argument completely. My point? Don’t start a discussion thinking you’ve already won or that you are the smartest guy in the room. Such a mentality only leads to arrogance and embarrassment.

        “I don’t make that claim lightly, I can back it up”
        No you can’t. In your eyes I’m sure, but I’ve already presented facts to you in the past you deliberately chose to ignore, so I really won’t and don’t take your word for it.

        “Each Star Wars 2nd entry, including Empire Strikes Back and Attack of the Clones, have taken a 30% drop from the previous installment”
        A really bad comparison. TLJ had the biggest drop with almost 35% btw.
        You say this as if this is somehow a “Star Wars trend” or something, ignoring the very obvious reasons WHY this happened before in the first place.
        Comparing Empire with SW is not that simple, as SW had more re-releases than probably any other movie ever. SW was also the first of its kind pretty much and a huge cinema phenomenon. There’s no way Empire would ever have made similar numbers. During the 80s and 90s, it was also extremely uncommon for sequels to make the same or more than their predecessors.
        AOTC didn’t have a 30% drop because people collectively decided not to watch the second SW movie in similar numbers. AOTC failed because Phantom Menace was a massive disappointment and turned A LOT of people away from the franchise. Ep 3 was able to bring some back in because, it was actually a decent film and it was going to complete the story of Vader and everyone wanted to see the creation of this immensly popular character. What the hell does Ep 9 got going for it? The defeat of Pussy Ren? Ep 9 has nothing going for it.
        So the idea that it was completely normal for TLJ to drop 35% is hilarious. As in hilariously stupid, because last time I checked it didn’t open 35% lower than TFA and that proves my point. It’s misguided at best to compare decades old films to a film from 2017.
        TLJ opened 10% lower than TFA, NOT 35%… add the fact that it also wasn’t going to have the same kind of legs (which is fair… TLJ was never gonna do TFA numbers, I already acknowledged that), that still means TLJ could have made between 1.65 and 1.75 billion if it had legs anywhere between TFA and R1, which is a fair thing to expect from a Christmas movie.
        Yeah… that’s 1.7B… NOT 1.3B. That’s not a 35% drop, but a 15% one. You can’t argue with this, I’m sorry. TLJ opened extremely high and very close to TFA but it dropped very fast (relatively speaking, compared to TFA and other December films). The question is why? Because people thought “Oh wait, it’s the second in the trilogy? Let’s not go watch it again”? Or perhaps because word of mouth and fan reaction was nowhere near acceptable for this movie? Only one answer actually seems reasonable and consistent with reality but I fear I already know which one you’ll pick.

        “The audience metrics indicated positive word of mouth, and the film grossed over 65% of its domestic take after opening weekend. That’s better than Captain America: The Winter Soldier AND Civil War, along with Avengers: Infinity War just to name a few films”
        Goes to prove you know jack shit about box office numbers. Yeah, better compared to all those films, why? Because they are SUMMER movies. Making 65% of your gross after opening weekend is actually pretty bad for a December film. Don’t believe me?
        Take a look at this list: https://www.boxofficemojo.c…
        TLJ is the FIFTH worst box office legs film in the top 100. The other 4 are:
        Krampus with 38%
        Star Trek Nemesis with 42%
        Exodus: Gods and Kings with 37%
        The Day the Earth stood Still with 38%

        Now what do these films have in common? Oh, that’s right, they all sucked. Yet all of them had pretty respectable box office legs, in fact they all beat Civil War in terms of legs. I guess that proves WOM was better for Star Trek Nemesis than Civil War? Or maybe… just maybe you just don’t compare a DECEMBER film to a SUMMER film in terms of box office legs without actually taking into account the context.

        “You can’t say that Solo was doomed by VIII’s reception. The metrics for VIII don’t support that argument”
        I would mostly say franchise fatigue and a deadly lack of interest. But the poor reaction to Ep 8 was definitely a contributor. How big? Idk, but it did matter.

        “Bringing up BvS, that film grossed over 50% of its total domestic gross during opening weekend”
        Yeah, which is pretty comparable to a December film grossing around 40% of its total gross during opening weekend. You are just proving my point with every argument you make. Again, was TLJ as badly received? No… but to deny it was poorly received by many? That’s pure lunacy on your part.

        “the same films in the series, but not direct follow-ups to BvS such as WW and SS, were in no way, shape, or form affected by its reception”
        Utter bullshit. If BvS had been critically praised, you can be damn well sure WW and SS would have grossed EVEN MORE. Only an idiot would say otherwise.

        “Blaming that on the most critically and commercially successful film of 2017 is silly”
        TLJ is now the most critically successful film of 2017? Good way to know where you stand. You are so deeply invested into your own bias, I don’t think you could ever see this clearly even if your life depended on it.

        1. Seb Avatar
          Seb

          https://media.makeameme.org…

        2. Seb Avatar
          Seb

          Another good one:
          https://media.makeameme.org…

          1. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            Good =/= right.

          2. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            He kinda was, wasn’t he? The Jedi were arrogant and because of their arrogance, they allowed a Sith Lord to overtake the Senate right under their nose. Surely such a massive Star Wars expert such as yourself would agree.

        3. Seb Avatar
          Seb

          The bottom line, correcting your arrogant bullshit would take far too much time I’d much rather spend elsewhere, as I just do not give a shit about this film, its sequel or your biased opinion… The vast majority of what you just said is patently absurd, dismissive, incoherent or contradicting at best. There is no point debating someone who doesn’t believe Rey is a massive Mary Sue and calls anyone who disagrees with him about that sexists, insecure or woman haters. I’m sorry, but what you believe really isn’t of great importance to me.
          Let’s wait and see if Ep 9 does actually outgross Ep 8… My bet is no. And if it does, it won’t be by much. I’ll wonder what sort of deluded excuses you’ll come up with if I’m right about that, to be honest.
          Have a good day.

          1. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            Yeah, I’d be perfectly capable of it because I’ve done it in the past already.
            I also wasn’t talking about this specific comment… you literally called me an insecure sexist womanhater in the past for daring to suggest that Rey was a Mary Sue. You may not remember that and that’s fine. But you DID do that… and that proved to me you’re not someone worth talking to when it comes to SW, specifically the sequel trilogy. You cherry-pick quotes, ignore historical differences, dismiss the fact that you’re being selective about supposed explanations given by other films. Like the “Rey got her skill partly from Ren” bs, which was stated NOWHERE in TFA, yet here you rely on TLJ to justify the blatant mistakes of TFA.
            So yeah, deny it all you fucking want… you did accuse me of hating women. Own up to it. Also funny how you think I care about your respect. I’m not the one waving around my multiple STEM degrees like a source of authority. I’m not the one accusing others of sexism because they don’t agree with me. I’m not the one embarrassing myself with delusions of grandeur.
            Why is it so hard to understand I won’t address your mindless rhetoric, not because I can’t, but because I don’t want to? Seems you have some real trouble entertaining the idea that you can come across as an insufferable douche sometimes.

          2. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            I’ve already debated you on the Mary Sue thing and you replied with calling me a sexist. Proves to me you didn’t have shit to stand on and I was right.
            I also just proved that I didn’t make that up just now… I already referred to that 2 fucking days ago.
            My box office analytics were actually sound as well. You don’t even know not to compare summer films to December releases. Please…

          3. Seb Avatar
            Seb

            Btw, if you think I’m pulling the “you call people who disagree with you about Rey insure sexists” out of my ass, I already ridiculed you for that 2 days ago in a reply to Thanasis. Seems like proof to me I didn’t just make this up on the spot after your latest thesis of a reply. If that isn’t proof enough for you, you’re more than welcome to go back into my comment history. So yea, in the past I got to you so much and so hard, that you were only able to respond with “seems to me you’re just insecure and don’t like women”. If that doesn’t prove you failed, Idk what the fuck does.
            We’re done here.

  3. Rick The Model Avatar
    Rick The Model

    It was only four years ago when the trailer for Episode 7 came out and it was a hair over three years ago they ir came out. There should be at least a 3 year gap between each movie. Disney, however, is in a rush to release as many Star Wars movies in as short of a time as possible. That’s the real problem, not that time is moving too rapidly.

  4. ItzSilentStorm Avatar
    ItzSilentStorm

    oh look…ANOTHER desert planet. Something the prequels did so well was they were at least full of imagination. So many interesting and unique worlds like Coruscant or Kamino or Utapau.

    1. ItzSilentStorm Avatar
      ItzSilentStorm

      all I remember of the sequel trilogy are just the same generic forest, desert, and snow planets. Crait wasn’t what I would call particularly interesting. At least, not interesting to “look” at. Was kind of just another barren desert type place even if it was technically “salt” instead of sand.

      I am not sure what you mean by devoid of craft but whatever. Star Wars is about aesthetic. Fact is, they were creative, which is what Star Wars should be. Personally, I have seen no such creativity with these new films. Which makes them feel boring to me. Its not just the planets. Its everything really. The character designs for one thing. The lack of aliens. And of course their insistence on maintaining the look and feel of the OT. Can we get something other than generic storm troopers and X wings?

  5. Daxtreme Avatar
    Daxtreme

    Emotional? LOL, there’s nothing emotional about this photo. Actors forced to hug?

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