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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (SPOILERS)
« on: February 1, 2017, 06:28 PM »
It was Han's idea for him and Chewie to split.  He essentially told Chewie to spend time with his family since he has spent so much time away from them.

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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (SPOILERS)
« on: February 1, 2017, 04:02 PM »
Rey was dropped off prior to Ben's betrayal.  Ben's betrayal has not had a date set yet.  Rey is 10 years younger.  Ben was born 5 ABY and Rey was born 15 ABY.  With TFA at around 33 ABY and the events of the novel Bloodlines six years prior to TFA, it doesn't seem like the theory (that Ben took Rey to Jakku) could hold up.  The Falcon is gone by Bloodlines, and Han is out and about running a racer team, but Han and Leia are very much in contact.  Han isn't at the point of going back to smuggling yet and Rey would have been on Jakku for around seven years by this time.

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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS)
« on: January 26, 2017, 03:08 PM »
Lucas' initial stance was that the dark side itself brought the Force out of balance.  I believe this was a stance between the OT and before PT, or at least before the PT was finished.  By taking out Palpatine, Lucas stated that Vader/Anakin brought balance because, at the time, he did essentially erase the dark side since there were no more dark side users in canon.

Once the Mortis episodes came out, Lucas had seemed to shift to a more literal balance.  It made the PT an even deeper trilogy because it would seem the Jedi misinterpreted the prophecy and that by turning to the dark side, Anakin literally balanced the Force by exterminating the Jedi (if in fact Vader is one hunting down Jedi during the Purge).  By ANH you have two Jedi and two Sith or a balance between dark and light.

Disney seems to be taking a separate stance, which they have to do to continue the story.  The ST wouldn't be the Skywalker story if the Force was removed.  We need a light side user in Luke and/or Rey and a dark side user in Ren and/or Snoke.  I think you a right that we may end up with something like the grey Jedi of the old EU...someone who uses both aspects of the Force.

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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS)
« on: January 26, 2017, 02:13 PM »
I've been thinking more and more about this title and how it might fit in with some previous lore, and it brings me back to the prophecy of the One who would bring balance to The Force.

In the prequels Yoda and Mace Windu spoke of the prophecy of the Chosen One who would bring balance to The Force. Having seen the complete story of Anakin Skywalker, I think that it's likely that he may not have been the Chosen One. He was a Jedi who turned to the Sith, but eventually turned on the Sith, destroying them. In the process he was killed, leaving Luke as the last Jedi. So was the prophecy achieved? It doesn't seem that way since Luke remained as a light side Force user.

I'm wondering if it's possible that Rey is actually the Chosen One. If Luke is truly the last of the Jedi as Yoda said, will Rey become something else?  It's very clear that The Force is with her.  She took on Kylo Ren, who had both Jedi training and was strong with the Dark Side, and Rey had ZERO Jedi training.  It seems that in light of how the Jedi failed in the prequels and Luke's new generation of Jedi fell, maybe Rey is destined to be something other than a Jedi, perhaps something greater?  Is it possible that Rey is destined to become a new type of Force user who can harness both the dark and the light, truly bringing balance?

The prophecy depends on which Lucas you believe.  At one point, Lucas maintained that the dark side is what brought the Force out of balance and that Vader/Anakin killing Palpatine and then dying brought the Force back into balance.  To me, it looks more like coming full circle in the respect that Anakin starts as a Jedi, turns to the dark side, and then is redeemed and brought back to the light.

Flash forward to the Mortis trilogy in the Clone Wars cartoon.  That was more of a literal balance with the Father, Son and Daughter.  From that aspect, there are two Sith and many Jedi.  Anakin becomes Vader and hunts down the Jedi (or so we have thought) and by the time of ANH (if we ignore Rebels for the time being) we have Yoda and Kenobi versus Sidious and Vader, thus creating a "balance".

This is all out the window under Disney since we have Snoke and Kylo Ren.  Ren is some sort of dark side Force user, but we have yet to see what Snoke is.

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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS)
« on: January 24, 2017, 09:36 AM »

The Force Awakens doesn't refer to anything specific

Really?  Did ANYONE watch the Force vision scene in TFA?  Because when Rey touched the Skywalker lightsaber was the precise moment when The Force awoke within Rey.  That's what the title refers to.

The previous two movie titles refer to a person or persons...TFA refers to something that happens to Rey.  That is quite a bit different.  The number of words comparison is for the second movie isn't the true comparison.  TESB and AOTC are both titles in which a group is performing an action.  TLJ is referring to either Luke and/or Rey.  If it were The Last Jedi Rises or something similar, then it would be in line, but they really didn't stay in line with Ep. VII. 

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The Sequel Trilogy / Re: Star Wars: The Last Jedi (SPOILERS)
« on: January 24, 2017, 07:08 AM »
They are breaking with wording tradition. It should have four words not three. Each middle movie had four words.
Attack of the Clones
The Empire Stikes Back
The Last Jedi

They already did that last time:

A New Hope = Luke (or the Death Star plans according to Rogue One)
The Phantom Menance = Sidious and/or the Sith
The Force Awakens doesn't refer to anything specific

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Star Wars Anthology / Re: Rogue One (SPOILERS)
« on: January 13, 2017, 03:37 PM »
I keep hearing the Vader complaint on him cutting down the Rebel Troopers.  First of all, isn't this what we haven't wanted for years?  We finally get to see Vader kicking butt on screen.  As for practicality, in Rogue One the Rebels have just stolen the Death Star plans, but have not had to analyze them.  If Vader manages to get them back, the Alliance gains nothing.  Time is of the essence, hence why Vader is doing it himself.  If the Rebels escape, they can get the plans to Alliance leadership.  In ANH, Vader has captured the Tantive IV and has disabled it.  It isn't going anywhere.  The Rebels are not going to escape.  He can take his time so he sends in the Stormtroopers to pick off the Rebels.

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Star Wars Anthology / Re: Rogue One (SPOILERS)
« on: November 28, 2016, 07:02 AM »
I'm glad the theater that I go to has their own site.  Got tickets for two shows in minutes.  It took me longer to type in my info twice than it did for the order to go through.

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Aren't these just critics reviews at this point?  The recent trend is to be that the general public and the critics have had opposing reviews on rotten tomatoes.

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1:6 Scale Figures and Collectibles / Re: 1/6 Sideshow Dengar
« on: August 2, 2016, 05:54 AM »
I honestly couldn't tell either, that was why I was wondering if they were actually new versions, or just put out to look that way if they had left over stock.

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1:6 Scale Figures and Collectibles / Re: 1/6 Sideshow Dengar
« on: July 18, 2016, 06:51 AM »
Is it just me, or did SS make it look like they rereleased or put out new versions of IG-88 and 4-LOM?  I know they came out a while ago, but up to the Dengar and Zuckuss news, they were sending out newsletters with order links for the other two.

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JD Sports Forum! / Re: The NHL Thread
« on: May 11, 2016, 03:01 PM »
The problem with the Caps is they can win night after night playing different teams, but they are horrible in a series.  If the Stanley Cup playoffs were best of three series, they would probably do a lot better.  I think teams figure them out quickly in a seven game series and they just don't adjust properly.  Getting hit with a double minor and allowing two goals off of it doesn't help.  Then to come back and get to overtime just to lose also sucks.  They would have probably tanked a game 7 anyways.

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LEGO / Re: LEGO Sales and Deals
« on: April 30, 2016, 06:31 AM »
The sale is up on the website and they still had the free FOST as of this morning.

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Not really, if the Empire is the legitimate government and being a Jedi is treasonous and are to be killed on sight, then Vader was justified in the execution of a war criminal.

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I'd heard Gotham = NYC and Metropolis is Chicago or midwest.

That's what I used to think as well.  But either that's been retconned, or we were mistaken.

What's more confusing is that Metropolis was clearly NYC in the Donner films.

If Metropolis was supposed to be in Delaware, they clearly screwed up, since Wilmington, DE would make a much better Gotham considering the immense crime rate and general look of the city.  Superman would have cleaned it up by now, but they could clearly use Batman.

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