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02-17-2017 11:10 AM
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Quote:Star Wars audiobook narrator Marc Thompson came to the Random House Audio studio to record "Star Wars: The Hand of Thrawn: Vision of the Future." Learn how he keeps all those character voices straight

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02-17-2017 03:13 PM
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should've called it the FIST of thrawn.

or Thrawn of the Dead

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02-18-2017 04:25 AM
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Kathleen Kennedy and Rian Johnson slated for the 15th of April at Celebration
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02-18-2017 01:52 PM
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(02-17-2017 03:13 PM)louie Wrote:  FIST of thrawn.

Thrawn of the Dead

Game of Thrawns?


(02-16-2017 03:58 PM)louie Wrote:  The Last Jedi - Poe, Rey and Finn.

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Quote:First Look At Star Wars: The Last Jedi – On A Toy

There's just over 300 days until The Last Jedi finally blasts into cinemas, and Star Wars fans have been desperate to see just a little bit of Episode VIII. Today, in what is possibly the first official look at the new film, that opportunity came, albeit in the form of Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac on the side of a bit of promotional merch, announcing the next 'Force Friday' sales event.


While this is undoubtedly a generic piece of promotional merchandise key art, we can parse a few slim bits of information from the image:

Rey (Ridley) is wielding Luke's blue lightsaber, last seen handing to Luke himself on the water planet.
Finn (Boyega) seems have woken from his coma and is still wearing Poe's jacket.
Poe (Isaac) is wearing a Resistance helmet.
Rey has slightly different hair.
They're all looking in different directions.
...
Er...
That's it.



Look, we're the first to admit that this is a bit flimsy. (Quite literally – it'll be printed on cardboard.) But when it comes to Star Wars, all news can be considered news. Elsewhere in the galaxy far, far away, director Rian Johnson confirmed what many had expected: that he would attend a panel at this year's Star Wars Celebration in Orlando. Could the first trailer arrive then? We can but hope.

Star Wars: The Last Jedi arrives in cinemas worldwide on December 15 – until then, there's ten months of fevered speculation over tiny, insignificant details in the desperate attempt to find a morsel of newsworthy content. Bear with us!


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Jar-Jar out on the streets jugglin.

Quote:Star Wars Aftermath: Empire's End Novel Reveals What Happened To Jar Jar Binks


Everyone’s favorite character returns to make his presence felt in the latest Star Wars novel.

The legendary Gungan warrior, beloved Senator of Naboo, and all-around good guy Jar Jar Binks is featured in Chuck Wendig’s latest novel, Star Wars Aftermath: Empire’s End.

Ahead of the book’s release next week, Mashable gave up some spoiler-y details regarding one of the Prequel series’ most beloved characters.

But things haven’t gone to well for Jar Jar ever since we last saw him initiating the decay of democracy when he pushed forth the vote to give Chancellor Palpatine emergency powers over the Republic.

The series of Aftermath books take place between the end of Return of the Jedi and the beginning of the Force Awakens, explaining many of the changes in the timeline that occur when the latest film begins.

In the book, a refugee character named Mapo is on the streets of Naboo when he witnesses the Gungan performing as a street clown, entertaining the onlooking children while the adults pass by.

He introduces himself to Mapo and tells him that people don’t like him because he helped the Empire take control. Poor Jar Jar has since fallen on hard times and has had to become a literal clown to make ends meet.

Does this mean we’ll see the character pop up in a future installment? Unlikely, but despite these hardships it’s nice to see one of the series’ most misunderstood characters make it out of the Galactic Civil War alive. Maybe the First Order could use an in-house entertainer to alleviate all that tension during meetings with Supreme Leader Snoke?

Star Wars Aftermath: Empire’s End releases in bookstores on February 21.
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03-08-2017 06:14 PM
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Just realized thread made it to 100 pages.

Quote: Star Wars: The Last Jedi – the five most outlandish fan theories

We know very little about The Last Jedi, but that hasn’t stopped anyone from guessing. It seems fake news is just as prevalent in a galaxy far, far away
Will Kylo Ren and Rey swap sides? These and other implausibles are postulated for Star Wars: The Last Jedi





Maybe it’s Disney’s fault. Eight months prior to the debut of Star Wars: The Force Awakens we had at least witnessed a startling teaser trailer for JJ Abrams’ movie. But there has been little to no verifiable information about forthcoming sequel The Last Jedi, bar that tantalising title. Into this void have crept dark things (and YouTube vloggers) peddling rumours, conspiracy theories and downright lies. Moreover, where many of these tall tales would have once languished on the text-heavy pages of Reddit, they are now being reported verbatim on the websites of traditional newspapers. It turns out fake news is just as prevalent in a galaxy far, far away as it is in the real world.

Could The Last Jedi's title bode well for Star Wars' spirit of invention?


Like Darth Vader preparing to unleash a Force choke on a garrulous Imperial officer, we view such frivolities with icy scorn. Nevertheless, we couldn’t resist picking out a few of the more far-fetched recent fan theories and rating them for sheer nuttiness. So buckle up your X-wing seatbelt, check the mirrors for any stray Mynocks chewing on the power cables, and prepare for the jump to silly space.

Rey is Luke Skywalker’s clone daughter



This one comes courtesy of renowned Star Wars conspiracy theorist Mike Zeroh, who this week has mostly been watching bloodthirsty new X-Men outing Logan and wondering what might happen if Lucasfilm borrowed its plot. The idea here is that Daisy Ridley’s Rey simply must be connected in some way to Luke Skywalker, but cannot be his natural daughter because Leia would have recognised the proto-Jedi when they met on Takodana in The Force Awakens. The confused look on Luke’s face at the end of Abrams’ movie also makes more sense if Rey is a clone, somebody he perhaps recognises as a literal kindred spirit via his Force powers, yet does not fully recognise.

Plausibility: 3/10. Cloning is already firmly established in the Star Wars canon: the stormtroopers began in the prequels as members of the Galactic Republic’s clone army. But Rey looks a lot more like Carrie Fisher’s Leia (or her mother, Padmé Amidala) than Luke. Surely a female clone of Luke would have blond hair? If this one pans out, The Force Awakens’ casting director deserves to be fed to the Rancor.

Rey and Kylo Ren are on course to swap sides of the Force

This Reddit theory plays on The Force Awakens’ penchant for echoing themes from the original trilogy and prequels, in this instance Anakin Skywalker’s slow drift to the dark side and final redemption. Wouldn’t it be cool if Adam Driver’s Darth Vader wannabe followed the same path from evil to saviour of the galaxy as his evil death cyborg granddaddy, while Ridley’s pugnacious scavenger went the other way? Such thinking plays on Rey’s strange, sudden development of Jedi-like powers – a huge canonical shift from previous instalments, which have always shown Force sensitivity manifesting from birth (Anakin) or developing slowly over time (Luke). As for Ren, it’s being suggested he’ll be turned back to the light by the Force Ghost of Hayden Christensen, presumably warning his successor about the dangers to one’s eternal soul of making really, really poor career choices.

Plausibility: 5/10. It’s not so dumb as the “Rey is Luke’s reincarnated space mother” theory from last year, but the idea that the current holders of the Star Wars flame will look to recycle every narrative arc from the original films seems far-fetched. Most observers expect Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi to begin entering braver territory after the comforting nostalgia of The Force Awakens.


Supreme Leader Snoke is the last Jedi

Snoke has been the centre of some of the best nutty theories, presumably because we know so little about the First Order’s manipulator-in-chief. Last year’s Mace Windu is Snoke theory really took the biscuit, but a newer concept pitches the idea that Rogue One’s expansion of the religious architecture surrounding the Jedi is preparing us for a deeper look into the origins of the po-faced space cult. If that’s true, then the titular character might not be Luke at all, but somebody older. Who is more ancient in the current Star Wars timeline than Snoke, who certainly looks pretty wrinkly and presumably gave Kylo Ren the crossguard lightsaber that Disneyland’s Season of the Force exhibition has revealed is based on an ancient design?

Plausibility: 2/10. There are more iffy logic leaps here than Jabba the Hutt has had still-breathing snacks. And how can Snoke be the last Jedi if Luke Skywalker – described pretty clearly in The Force Awakens’ opening crawl as … well, “the last Jedi” – remains alive?

The Knights of Ren are Luke’s lost Padawans

What if some of Skywalker’s trainee Jedi survived the assault on his training camp, seen briefly in flashback during Rey’s vision at Maz Kanata’s castle in The Force Awakens? Might a Snoke-inspired Ren have led them in revolt against Luke before taking his position as their leader? If so, the elder Jedi’s failure looks even more complete than previously thought, perhaps explaining his exile and haunted features in the movie’s final scene.

Plausibility: 4/10. This theory certainly sounds more sensible than the pre-Rogue One myth that the knights were Jyn Erso’s companions, which has since been roundly debunked by the events of the Star Wars spin-off. But the Knights of Ren clearly appear in the Force Back, so how can they be both killers and slain? It’s just possible the knights might have been older members of Luke’s school murdering their younger fellow students. But why would Abrams have set out to deliberately obfuscate the truth about Rey’s youthful tragedy?


Rey hatched from an egg



If you think some of these theories are far-fetched, try reading some of Marvel’s more far-out Star Wars comics. The publisher’s Poe Dameron title features a reclusive culture known as the Creche, who worship a giant blue glowing egg that they believe will one day crack to reveal the (presumably fully-formed) saviour of the galaxy. Who might that be? Well there’s only one Star Wars character currently being set up as Luke Skywalker’s heroic heir, and that’s Daisy Ridley’s Rey. What if that egg had already burst open, discovering the Jakku lowlife as its powerful, Force-sensitive occupant?

Plausibility: 1/10. This one seems to have been spun off yet another unconfirmed theory, the deeply silly one about Rey being a reincarnation of Anakin Skywalker. As we all know, Luke’s not-so-dear old dad was spawned by the Force himself, Jesus style, rather than having a traditional human pops. But we think Shmi Skywalker would have mentioned it in The Phantom Menace had her son emerged – Monkey Magic style – from a giant egg.
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03-09-2017 10:22 AM
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TLJ reveal -

Quote:First ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Footage Reveals Episode 8 Opening

Posted on Wednesday, March 8th, 2017 by Peter Sciretta

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The general public likely won’t see the first footage from Star Wars: The Last Jedi until Star Wars Celebration next month in Orlando, but Disney Shareholders were given a sneak peek on Wednesday during the Disney shareholder meeting in Denver, Colorado. The footage appears to reveal the Episode 8 opening. Find out what was shown, after the jump.

According to Los Angeles Times reporter Daniel Miller, the footage started out as a joke, showing Rey physically handing Luke the lightsaber before cutting away just as he is about to take it, as if that was the only thing the shareholders were going to be shown. But then Disney CEO Bob Iger continued to show them a bit more: Luke Skywalker spoke to Rey, which may very well be the first line of Rian Johnson’s Star Wars movie. Here are the details:

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" clip is being screened. But it's a joke, sort of! We just got a few seconds of Rey handing Luke a lightsaber.

— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017

We just saw more "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" footage. In it, Luke asks Rey, "Who are you?" Then we see her deftly handle a lightsaber.

— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017

Also making appearances in "The Last Jedi" footage: Chewbacca, General Leia Organa and Finn.

— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017

One last thing on the "Last Jedi" footage: We saw all sorts of settings — mountains, oceans, forests, deserts. Look suitably epic, exotic.

— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017

More on "The Last Jedi" clip, since ppl are asking: General Leia Organa was onscreen for just a second in military garb and didn't speak.

— Daniel Miller (@DanielNMiller) March 8, 2017

In other news @DanielNMiller just told me that Finn's eyes were open in The Last Jedi clip, so EVERYONE FREAK OUT.

— Meredith Woerner (@MdellW) March 8, 2017

So it appears that the first like of Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Luke asking Rey, “Who are you?”

The fact that Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) doesn’t appear to know who Rey (Daisy Ridley) is should shut down many fan theories that she is Luke’s child. Also, it makes me wonder how a Jedi master wouldn’t feel her presence with the Force. I mean, Supreme Leader Snoke and Kylo Ren seemed to know something about the girl’s existence before encountering her in The Force Awakens.

Another theory has suggested that Rey was part of Luke Skywalker’s last Jedi Academy, the same one that Ben Solo betrayed. But if she was, wouldn’t Luke have some recognition of his former padawan?

Either way, the fact that Luke Skywalker is asking the question we’ve all been asking for the last 18 months might be very telling of what to expect from Johnson’s eighth installment of the Skywalker saga. Posing the question at the beginning of this movie appears to be a very decisive move.

A /Film reader points out that the screenplay for Star Wars: The Force Awakens suggests that Luke Skywalker knows who Rey is and knows why she has come to find him:

@slashfilm Hmmmm pic.twitter.com/8KrrNhxKKx

— John DeMayo (@JohnnyDeMayo) March 8, 2017

Is it possible that Luke is pretending not to know Rey? Or is it simply that the screenplay for Force Awakens was written before Rian Johnson finished the screenplay for his follow-up chapter, and Pablo Hidalgo has said that screenplay description is “canon” unless a future movie contradicts it. For instance, in the Return of the Jedi screenplay, Uncle Owen was Obi-Wan’s brother.

I wish we could learn more about the montage of footage previewed during the Disney shareholder event, but I don’t see any other reports about it online anywhere. We’ll keep you posted.
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03-09-2017 01:38 PM
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(03-08-2017 06:14 PM)Dope Man Wrote:  Just realized thread made it to 100 pages.

Its a seminal moment. Worthy of recognition in the archives of the Jedi Order.
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03-16-2017 07:41 PM
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Mauls going down on Tattooine, Kenobi cutting off his head to make sure this time i reckons.
His story is going to end with a final duel with Ben, unless he falls into a sarlacc pitt and can be revived for the future again.
Maybe we will see Luke appearance too.

Kenobi appearing like Guiness now rather then McGregor.
Makes you realize how much time has jumped since the Clone Wars era.

Preview footage feels cinematic esque...''KENOBIARGHHH"





Quote:In this special preview of the Star Wars Rebels episode "Twin Suns," Maul has returned to Tatooine, ready for his final revenge against Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Watch "Twin Suns" on Saturday, March 18, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT on Disney XD.
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03-17-2017 11:36 PM
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RO out there.

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03-18-2017 01:11 PM
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Rebels: Maul Vs Kenobi result -

Spoiler:
Maul making an indirect threat to Luke, made Kenobi lethal.
The light-sabre stand off was tense, swift and the kill move cutting clean through Maul's double-bladed light-sabre.

We saw Luke but ''We wont be seeing Maul again''
Kenobi finally got him.

This show is ruthless...that's Ashoka, imperial laurel and Hardy, Inquisitors, Maul all biting the dust and expect many more by the end.






Quote:In this installment of Rebels Recon, we take a look at the Star Wars Rebels episode "Twin Suns," in which Maul and Obi-Wan Kenobi meet again on Tatooine. Host Andi Gutierrez sits down to discuss the episode with the show's creators and stars, including Dave Filoni, Carrie Beck, Pablo Hidalgo, Stephen Stanton, Sam Witwer, and Henry Gilroy.
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