Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 1 minute ago, Quintus said: Great title, simple and perfect. And I can't believe nobody has moaned about the red font yet. Well done, you're all growing. That's because it's already canon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I'd never have noticed if you hadn't pointed it out. I'm sure it's been silver more than it's been red, over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon McBride 113 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I'm colorblind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 The political situation in TFA is pretty much identical to that of Star Wars. It's a remake after all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 4,672 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Star Wars is a fairy tale, period! Not all Fairy Tales end "happily ever after." In fact, most of the original ones do not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 The New Republic has the same function as the Old Republic in SW. The First Order = The Empire. The Resistance = The Rebel Alliance. Simple as that. Your questions aren't even relevant. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damien F 1,742 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I'd be very surprised if Luke doesn't sacrifice himself in The Last Jedi, similar to Obi-Wan in ANH; and he then continues into EP9 as a force ghost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 The Star Wars Ring Theory suggests no other possible outcome! mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 35 minutes ago, Stefancos said: The New Republic has the same function as the Old Republic in SW. The First Order = The Empire. The Resistance = The Rebel Alliance. Simple as that. Your questions aren't even relevant. The film does not explain what the Resistance is and what it its relation to the republic. You have to read books for that. They should have done Republic vs 1st order and that's it. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Did Star Wars explain the relationship between the then still active Old Republic and the Rebel Alliance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Star Wars doesn't explain what the Old Republic is in its relation to the Rebel Alliance either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 It's not neccessary. They Rebel against the ruling goverment who deposed the old republic. Now the resistance is resisting the small(?) crumbles of the Empire while the main goverment, from which the resistance has sprouted, does nothing for no explained reason. (in the film) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Thats your interpretation of it, which I do not share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 2 minutes ago, Luke Skywalker said: Now the resistance is resisting the small(?) crumbles of the Empire while the main goverment, from which the resistance has sprouted, does nothing for no explained reason. (in the film) I always assumed that, like the Old Republic pre-Clones, the New Republic was not allowed to officially have an army so instead they secretly funded the Resistance. I also didn't think it especially mattered while watching the film. Here are the fascists, here are the heroes....yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Yes, perfectly straight forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Just about jumped through the roof when I saw there was a title. The actual title disappointed me a little. I love The Force Awakens, and perhaps I'll eventually like this one just as much, who knows. The red isn't very pleasing to the eye, but I just realized that it might have some sort of symbolic darkness importance(?), and most of all I'm glad they're changing up the color scheme. As a side note I noticed some criticism here of TFA not explaining background properly. I think that the Republic wasn't well explained, making the Starkiller scene less powerful than it could have been, but I thought in general the explanation was probably sufficient, and I'm glad that the Ren attack stuff was left in flashbacks. Very mysterious and made great discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datameister 2,044 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I don't think I've ever been immediately blown away by a Star Wars episode title, and the trend continues today, but I'm cool with it. Definitely excited for the film itself! As for the New Republic issue, the only problem was making a whole scene about its destruction. That thrust its dissolution into the foreground, whereas the Old Republic was just mentioned in a throwaway line in ANH. With no understanding of or connection to the New Republic, its explicit destruction felt...weird. You could argue that the same thing happened with Alderaan, except there we were at least seeing it through Leia's eyes. She was losing her home, which is something you can immediately empathize with. Pieter Boelen and Will 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 That whole destruction scene doesn't do much. Beyond showing the scope of the Starkillers power. We either needed less of the New Republic, or more. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Nice score cue though. Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Yes, in the moment it's actually rather powerful, with the terrified screams and Williams' powerful but restrained score. But when you look back on it it wasn't that great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry Sítrónu 494 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 5 hours ago, mstrox said: Jedi is also plural. yeah, that's so great. and tricky for the German title. it could be male, female and plural and there's a different German translation for each one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 2,835 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Maybe we're reading too much into the title Edit: I've just realised that someone has pointed this out so please just ignore me 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 crumbs and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jay 37,373 Posted January 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2017 Will, crumbs and Pieter Boelen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will 2,215 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Kinda surreal to think we now have our abbreviation that we'll be using non-stop for the next year! TLW ... I mean TLJ Better get used to it. Oh, and bring on a teaser! If we're lucky, maybe, just maybe, we'll get something during the Super Bowl. More likely, though, is SW Celebration. Or even just some random day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Just think if expanded Indiana Jones scores come out too, and there's lots of TLC talk! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romão 2,274 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 I really like the title, feels totally Star Wars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Can't watch this right now, but here's Hamill talking about the title: Chewy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 917 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 He's growing a new beard after shaving the old one off? Maybe he's not dying in this film like the title might insinuate. Will and crumbs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Hipster twat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Maybe he's growing it back for reshoots. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Cerebral Cortex said: Maybe he's growing it back for reshoots. Yeah they've gotta shoot everyone's reaction shots for when Leia now dies offscreen just before the cut to credits. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted January 23, 2017 Share Posted January 23, 2017 Harsh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I'm the only one bothered with EP VIII beginning shot, that is completely sun bathed light while the force awakens ending is cloudy light? Couldnt just re-use the same scene? 3 hours ago, Disco Stu said: I always assumed that, like the Old Republic pre-Clones, the New Republic was not allowed to officially have an army so instead they secretly funded the Resistance. Pharaphrasing Padme...you are assuming too much. You really did not heard when it is stated in the film that the starkiller obliterated the whole New republic's FLEET when it destroyed the planet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Sounds Star Warsy enough, albeit generic and somewhat unimaginative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 hour ago, nightscape94 said: Sounds Star Warsy enough, albeit generic and somewhat unimaginative. Just like Disney! Trying to make it as digestable and inoffensive to as broad a market as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steb74 53 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 While I don't disagree and to be honest at the moment I do find the title to be a little lacking ....well, I suppose that I was expecting the middle film to have four words. I don't recall any of the other films having titles that were difficult to digest though and none of them ever came close to being risque or offensive. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I like this title. Simple and with a bit of mystique about it. That being said, I think "The Jedi Steps" would have been a cool and possibly befitting title. That's just me, though. 4 hours ago, Will said: If we're lucky, maybe, just maybe, we'll get something during the Super Bowl. More likely, though, is SW Celebration. Or even just some random day. Well, with TFA we got the trailer about 2 weeks after the title was revealed. We got Episode VIII's title today and the Super Bowl is in about 2 weeks so ya never know... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,293 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I like the title and the red font. All I really care about is that this is more John Williams music that' I'm going to get to have spinning around in my head for the rest of my life and now I know what I'm going to be calling it. Also for some reason one of the first things I thought was that the acronym is the same as Tommy Lee Jones....just fyi... Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Cerebral Cortex said: I like this title. Simple and with a bit of mystique about it. That being said, I think "The Jedi Steps" would have been a cool and possibly befitting title. That's just me, though. Well, with TFA we got the trailer about 2 weeks after the title was revealed. We got Episode VIII's title today and the Super Bowl is in about 2 weeks so ya never know... Yeah, a Polygon article I saw pointed that out too. Fingers crossed! 58 minutes ago, mrbellamy said: All I really care about is that this is more John Williams music that' I'm going to get to have spinning around in my head for the rest of my life and now I know what I'm going to be calling it. Yep. Exactly my thoughts! Man, it is so surreal to go to Wikipedia and see this title. Can't get over it. Almost feels like a prank, like some sort of fan film! I assume it will take a while to get used to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miz 139 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 I'm disappointed it doesn't have five syllables. It feels like something is missing, and the words hardly roll off the tongue. Poor poetry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 917 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Episode 2 must have disappointed you for having one more syllable then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,319 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 27 minutes ago, Miz said: I'm disappointed it doesn't have five syllables. It feels like something is missing, and the words hardly roll off the tongue. Poor poetry. It reuses the word Jedi, too. Previously in 7 titles they haven't reused a key Star Wars noun in a subsequent film title. Phantom, Clones, Sith, Empire, Jedi, Force. But I'm okay with that if the central focus of the film is Luke and Rey's story. No point having 'Dark Side', 'Resistance' or 'First Order' in the title if they aren't really the thematic focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Skywalker 1,796 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 OMG I'm getting rusty, my brother had to point me this out: THE NOVELIZATION FROM THE FILM HAS LEAKED: And also the junior novelization series: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Last_of_the_Jedi How original they are... They allegedlly were going to call TFA as "Shadow of the Empire" but didnt...because it was to close to "shadows of the empire"... u suppose that the people in charge of this was sleeping through the film's baptism... Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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