This right here. I wouldn't be surprised if Episode X is literally called, "The Return of Ben Solo" or some shit lol.
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Prediction: Lucasfilm will retcon Rey's name before the end of the decade. [TROS Spoilers]
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She was going to Toshi Station to pick up some power converters.
Even factoring in the sequel trilogy, only TWO live-action films have ever been rated as "rotten" by critics.
The original movies are rightly considered one of the greatest and most influential trilogies ever put to film, so the legacy is near-impossible to leave behind, and the ST was marketed as bringing back as many of the original heroes as possible.
And, let's be honest, for a while it looked like they succeeded! The return of Star Wars hit a golden period it hadn't enjoyed since the early 80s.
But there were cracks in the return (mostly with TFA hindsight and TLJ backlash from a vocal subset of fans).
These numbers are even out-of-date and ROS is now the lowest-rated Star Wars movie ever created - even in a world with the prequels.
But stuff like The Mandalorian and even much of the Disney-era Star Wars films have been very well received. Even a box office flop like Solo is STILL a good film worth watching.
It's just that ROS was the end. It was their "Endgame". It was the film to "conclude the Skywalker Saga" which began in the 1970s. It had nearly 40 decades of legacy it was promising to capitalize on and wrap up.
And it was a bellyflop.
If Episode IX had nailed the ending, none of the rest would've mattered and most fans would be content.
Instead, the final lines of the franchise and the final moments of the film are memes for how badly it was received.
Nah, they'll make it that Luke had a girl on the side (Mara?) that he knocked up but never knew about.
Same here. They were mocking it. I've never experienced that before in a Norwegian theater. Ever.
Nah, that's here to stay.
They're doing everything they can in supplemental media to fill in the plot holes and explain all the bullshit from Rise of Skywalker, but it was clear Lucasfilm was proud of that "moment".
They're doing everything they can in supplemental media to fill in the plot holes and explain all the bullshit from Rise of Skywalker, but it was clear Lucasfilm was proud of that "moment".
Oh geez, I just realized...
What if they do a story where they find out Rey's MOTHER, the one who married Palpatine Jr., was related to the Skywalker family and just go "see? She really IS a Skywalker!"
It cheapens her choosing the name for herself but justifies it to the people laughing and mocking it... which I can totally see them doing eventually.
Dumb title. But on topic, they just gonna move on. Why the fuck revisit it?
Just burn all footage of The Rise of Skywalker and let Rian back at it.
Or "Days of Future Past" it. Have someone go back in time and stop the creation of the First Order so that the sequel trilogy never happened
Or "Days of Future Past" it. Have someone go back in time and stop the creation of the First Order so that the sequel trilogy never happened
It's sad, but entertaining at the same time. Jesus folks, it's just a movie.
At this point, I'm only going to show my kids the original trilogy and be satisfied that they have seen everything cinematically worth watching in the SW universe.
"Quit liking thing!"
Oh and being given answers you don't like or expected isn't disregarding what came before it.
I don't think anything in the Sequel trilogy needs to be referenced in future Star Wars movies, they had that little impact on the lore. The universe is basically in the same state it was after ROTJ, so we can basically pretend the ST never happened in a new trilogy taking place, say, 100 years or more after RoS.
Did nobody watch Guardians of the Galaxy 2? Fast and the Furious? Theres being related and then there is family.
I'm genuinely interested in when & how we'll ever see these ST characters again because it doesn't seem like Ridley & the rest are clamoring to reprise their roles...
They've done so much to arrive at Rey Skywalker, how is she going to be featured going forward?
They've done so much to arrive at Rey Skywalker, how is she going to be featured going forward?
It's not her real name, just one she took on.
I suppose since she just decided to make it her name, she could just decide to make it something else.
No need to retcon something like this.
I suppose since she just decided to make it her name, she could just decide to make it something else.
No need to retcon something like this.
What did Palps say? "Destroy me and I'll live forever" or some shit? Imagine that they actually go with this and Palp's bloodline is fueling all future Jedi AND the new Sith that eventually turn.
He won so fucking hard it's embarrassing that Disney/JJ/Terrio didn't see this.
Why not go with Solo then? She bonded with Han and not Luke and also Leia, Ben and Han have all gone by the surname of Solo whereas only Luke has gone by Skywalkrr.
Star Wars is just a silly soap opera at this point, and like a soap opera that goes on too long the stories become progressively sillier until the overall story arc falls apart basically. Everyone becomes "related" in some way whether romantically or through family bloodlines or whatever which is a common trope in soap operas. In other words, Star Wars is really not much different at this phase than stuff like this:
The OC even had George Lucas on it.
And like all soap operas Star Wars is just entering its "totally jumped the shark and is now batshit crazy" phase. The prequels were "man the writing has gone to shit but I'm sticking around because of the promise of a big pay off" phase.
The OC even had George Lucas on it.
And like all soap operas Star Wars is just entering its "totally jumped the shark and is now batshit crazy" phase. The prequels were "man the writing has gone to shit but I'm sticking around because of the promise of a big pay off" phase.
i think it was more "destroy me *in anger* and then i'll live forever" or some shit
which is stupid, like can you kill somebody in the spirit of love, or something.
that said it's an interesting concept, a palpatine bloodline constantly at odds with itself. despite the clumsy onset
Ep8 retconned ep7, ep9 retconned ep8, so it would make sense. Bet whatever happens doesn't really matter. The ST has pretty much destroyed my fandom in the franchise completely due to compete lack of story planning and vision. I couldn't care less about whatever random make believe story they come up with next. The only entertainment value left is in watching the train wreak.