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J.J. Abrams refused to kill off C-3PO in 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'
- Thread starter DiipuSurotu
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You can't do a death scene if you are going to reverse it like 5 minutes later.
Star Wars TROS was guilty of doing this in multiple instances baffllingly enough.
Star Wars TROS was guilty of doing this in multiple instances baffllingly enough.
C-3PO and R2 should never be killed off, they are the Skywalker family heirlooms and it's cool how they have endured the whole story.
That said, the fakeout JJ pulled with 3PO in this film was lame. What's even lamer is that he pulled the same stunt with Sheev, Chewie, Rey, Zorii and Kylo as well. He did it in Star Trek Into Darkness too by cheaply resurrecting Kirk at the end. The man is a hack who is too afraid to actually challenge the audience.
That said, the fakeout JJ pulled with 3PO in this film was lame. What's even lamer is that he pulled the same stunt with Sheev, Chewie, Rey, Zorii and Kylo as well. He did it in Star Trek Into Darkness too by cheaply resurrecting Kirk at the end. The man is a hack who is too afraid to actually challenge the audience.
The whole scene was kinda pointless, especially that comment about taking one last look at his friends. How any of them were his friends I'll never know. We never even saw them hang out. It's not like he was saying it to Luke and Leia. Now that shit would've been sad.
Regardless, of course we haven't seen the last of C3PO. He's gonna show up in the High Republic era and at some point he'll end up shutting down on a desert planet where some slave kid will find him centuries later and fix him up.
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Regardless, of course we haven't seen the last of C3PO. He's gonna show up in the High Republic era and at some point he'll end up shutting down on a desert planet where some slave kid will find him centuries later and fix him up.
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While I was watching the movie, I had this wonderful idea in my head that after C-3PO gets wiped, he sits down with R2 at the end and R2 starts telling him of all the adventures they had together. Could have been a sweet moment.
But they fucked it up.
But they fucked it up.
Rey: "I'm dead."
Kylo Ren: "I'm dead."
Kylo Ren: "No, wait. I'm alive. Oh, my God, Rey! You're dead!"
Rey: "No, wait. I'm alive. Oh, my God, Ben! You're dead!"
Dear God, imagine thinking Rian ruined Star Wars when this exists.
Kylo Ren: "I'm dead."
Kylo Ren: "No, wait. I'm alive. Oh, my God, Rey! You're dead!"
Rey: "No, wait. I'm alive. Oh, my God, Ben! You're dead!"
Dear God, imagine thinking Rian ruined Star Wars when this exists.
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Well, technically Luke and Leia were his masters not his "friends". 3PO is huge on protocol and politeness so it would be weird for him to call Luke his friend all of a sudden.
ph god tha';d have been great - makign me quite melancholic thinking about it.
Agreed. As much as I love to "hate" c3-po him and R2-D2 are the caretakers of the whole story. They balance each other's personalities out as well.
Plus I saw star wars in concert in New Orleans with my wife and Anthony Daniels was the mc so I begrudgingly root for c3-po. Plus he was actually funny in the last movie
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The whole running joke about him thinking all the wild shit was happening to him for the first time got really fucking old really fucking fast.
New Mandalorian can't come quick enough. The internet needs this movie to fade into the rear view in the worst way.
New Mandalorian can't come quick enough. The internet needs this movie to fade into the rear view in the worst way.
That "one last look at my friend's" scene where he sounds like he was going to cry was so goddamn lame. It needed R2 there to call him a fucking dork as an immediate follow-up.
It would have been more stupid to not have an backup of his data tbh.
Chewies fake death was worse.
I also totally expected the Falcon to get destroyed in some last second "save them all" maneuver.
Chewies fake death was worse.
I also totally expected the Falcon to get destroyed in some last second "save them all" maneuver.
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Yes, but they made the decision to erase them in the first place, so they have no reason to restore them.
The whole "there was a second ship" thing is bad fan fiction levels of retconning ffs...
Remember C3PO with a gun in the marketing materials and people thought he was gonna get his battle droid memories back and kill people? Better movie.
One positive thing I will say about C3PO in TROS is that it's probably the funniest he's been in any of the films.
His oldest friend!
Man, there were pieces of a good movie in there...
The worst thing about it was the editing, the scene order is:
- Chewie "dies"
- It is revealed Chewie is alive
- The rest of the gang grieve
They couldn't even give it five fucking minutes and some impact before reversing it
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I literally thought the grieving scene was meant to be humorous and ironic due to this editing
The editing around that was generally really wierd. Them leaving the ship it was really hard to judge the space around them. Like they are at the ship on top of a rock with tons of desert around them but when they leave the ship they are slinking around rocky corners the 2 imperial ships couldnt see them for some reason. None of it really made framing sense to me.
Only seen it the once but this scene in general was fucking terrible.
Watch it again. There are clearly two ships shown in the scene where they're putting Chewie on board. It's not a retcon if it was there the whole time.
It was also never really made clear why Rey felt the need to go stand in the desert and wait for Kylo in the first place
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It was filmed in a way that you pretty much need a second viewing to notice the two ships
Honestly saw it the first time. That was kinda worse though because when only one ship appeared above them I already knew there was a reason they didn't show both ships flying. Cue eyeroll.
Also Chewie is told to bring her back to the ship and instead of calling out to her with his extremely loud roar, he just tries to walk all the way up to her? Before being captured without a struggle by Kylo's backing dancers.
Yeah it was telegraphed and they knew it. That's why they undid it so fast. Also as soon as the idea of 3PO's memory being wiped is brought up they also mention the possibility that R2 has them backed up in his data banks. You just can't help but roll your eyes as this movie unfolds in such a predictable way. It's a movie that is afraid of the audience, probably due to TLJ, the strategy seemed to be that nobody can get upset if nothing unexpected happens.
I agree with both of these. The scene where Kylo and Rey are fighting over the ship was super cool. Rey not able to control her powers and foreshadowing that she is a Palpatine was great, but Chewie should have been dead for real in this case just to make it more impact- and meaningful. Also didn't help that the trailer already showed Chewie-scenes after that part of the movie ;)
I actually thought the scene would lead to C3PO getting his Prequel memories back. Imagine him going going from "one last look at my friends" to "Holy shit, I was build by Darth Vader". It also could have played a role in Kylo's redemption as he could tell him how his grandfather was used by Palpatine.
But nope, it's just pointless drama to waste time.
But nope, it's just pointless drama to waste time.
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It really wasn't. It's there plain as day. Finn goes outside to check on Chewie and sees him being put onto one of two ships.
Saw this shit coming when they showed dark side Rey in the trailer. I mean why even bother showing that in the trailer when it's pretty much impossible and not gonna happen like ever.
Fuck this movie. This movie is by far worse than the prequals IMO and I didn't even like he last jedi.
Fuck this movie. This movie is by far worse than the prequals IMO and I didn't even like he last jedi.
