Alpinemaps Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Porkins lives on. Must be his son. (Yes, I know it Greg Grunberg. He must have thought it was awesome to be a pilot) 1 Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 One more thing that rubbed me the wrong way : how on earth didn't Rey and others know that the Jedi are real and all that good stuff. I mean she is a scavanger and the wreckage is there for all to see ? Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 14 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: One more thing that rubbed me the wrong way : how on earth didn't Rey and others know that the Jedi are real and all that good stuff. I mean she is a scavanger and the wreckage is there for all to see ? The wreckage was from space battle, not Jedi battle. By Rey's time, the Jedi has been in hiding / extinct for 50 years and the final Jedi vs Sith battle on DS was not necessarily broadcasted to the entire galaxy Think of it this way, how many highschool age students today can name famous generals from WW2? 1 Quote
whatsinthebox Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Aside from Kylo Ren's shuttle, the lack of new ship designs was a real disappointment. You'd have thought the Republic could have come up with a new ship in the interim. Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 10 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: The wreckage was from space battle, not Jedi battle. By Rey's time, the Jedi has been in hiding / extinct for 50 years and the final Jedi vs Sith battle on DS was not necessarily broadcasted to the entire galaxy Think of it this way, how many highschool age students today can name famous generals from WW2? Wasn't that the SSD ? Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 6 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: Wasn't that the SSD ? I did not remember any confirmation either way. Even if it was SSD, it would not prove existence of Jedi Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 6 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: I did not remember any confirmation either way. Even if it was SSD, it would not prove existence of Jedi I beg to differ maybe I'm just being anal Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Since we saw Vader's burned helmet in Kylo's hand, is it safe to assume he destroyed most of Ewoks in moon of Endor to get it? 2 Quote
brickolodon Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 One more thing that rubbed me the wrong way : how on earth didn't Rey and others know that the Jedi are real and all that good stuff. I mean she is a scavanger and the wreckage is there for all to see ? The wreckage was from space battle, not Jedi battle. By Rey's time, the Jedi has been in hiding / extinct for 50 years and the final Jedi vs Sith battle on DS was not necessarily broadcasted to the entire galaxy Think of it this way, how many highschool age students today can name famous generals from WW2? Ppl always know dark side better, everybody hear about Hitler... Quote
Alpinemaps Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 47 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: Wasn't that the SSD ? It was an SSD. The Empire had more than one SSD. A great source for some background info is the Star Wars Visual Dictionary. I looked through it yesterday. They do confirm in there that the wreckage was another SSD. There's also background on people and places that was cut from the movie. There's a map, too (although that one I'm not too keen on). They do give a little bit more background on Hux, and what happened to the Imperials 56 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: The wreckage was from space battle, not Jedi battle. By Rey's time, the Jedi has been in hiding / extinct for 50 years and the final Jedi vs Sith battle on DS was not necessarily broadcasted to the entire galaxy Think of it this way, how many highschool age students today can name famous generals from WW2? I agree with you. Rey didn't know that Luke Skywalker and Jedi truly existed. She's on a backwater planet, so only had heard rumors, etc. And like you said, the Jedi have been gone for 50 years by now. Even in TPM, in the Outer Rim planets (like Tatooine), the Jedi are known, but don't have an every day appearance. 2 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 So...can we start talking detailed plot stuff now? Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 5 minutes ago, Alpinemaps said: So...can we start talking detailed plot stuff now? This is what this thread is for Quote
naf Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said: One more thing that rubbed me the wrong way : how on earth didn't Rey and others know that the Jedi are real and all that good stuff. I mean she is a scavanger and the wreckage is there for all to see ? Luke didn't seem to know anything about the Jedi or the force before Kenobi told him in ANH. Rey lives on the same type of backwater planet, with little contact with the rest of the universe. Obviously people are going to know about the war between the Rebellion and Empire, but with one Jedi and a couple of Sith in the mix, they would be legends outside of the group of people who knew them personally. 2 Quote
Battrax Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said: One more thing that rubbed me the wrong way : how on earth didn't Rey and others know that the Jedi are real and all that good stuff. I mean she is a scavanger and the wreckage is there for all to see ? That's not how it works; that's not how any of this works. 1 Quote
trekgate502 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said: One more thing that rubbed me the wrong way : how on earth didn't Rey and others know that the Jedi are real and all that good stuff. I mean she is a scavanger and the wreckage is there for all to see ? come on man ! the answer is the force moves in mysterious ways 1 Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 5 minutes ago, trekgate502 said: come on man ! the answer is the force midichlorians move in mysterious ways There, fixed that for ya Quote
trekgate502 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 3 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: There, fixed that for ya technicalist ! Quote
naf Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 What easter eggs did everyone pick out from the movie? I had a chuckle when Finn was going through a toolbox on the Falcon, and tossed out the training remote from ANH. 2 Quote
Alpinemaps Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 10 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: This is what this thread is for Some people wanted us to wait the weekend, or a week or something. I'm just trying to be nice. So, some detailed thoughts from me: 1. I *loved* that we just got the Lucasfilm logo fade out, and immediately went into the opening theme. I thought I'd miss the 20th Century Fox opening theme, but I didn't miss it at all. 2. Rey - okay, is she a Skywalker? Or a random force sensitive person? Did she have training before? Was she at Luke's Academy? Maybe she's Ezra's daughter? 3. Poe rocks. He shot down something like 10 TIEs all in one scene, on Maz' planet. 4. Loved the humor. It was just enough. My favorites were when they were going through the toolbox and Rey yells at Finn "The one I'm pointing at!" and then has to say no a couple more times; "that's not how the Force works!"; "you're cold?" I'll share more later. 1 Quote
exciter1 Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 On 12/21/2015 at 11:42 AM, Alpinemaps said: Porkins lives on. Must be his son. (Yes, I know it Greg Grunberg. He must have thought it was awesome to be a pilot) My exact thoughts when watching the first time. Quote
gregpj Posted December 21, 2015 Author Posted December 21, 2015 I loved it! I thought you were against remakes? 3 Quote
mikeyreliable Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 Not reading anything on this link yet haha. Off to see it tonight as couldn't avoid social media etc any longer!! Literally can't wait... pacing about! Don't ruin this for me JJ... Quote
Alpinemaps Posted December 21, 2015 Posted December 21, 2015 (edited) Some pages from the Star Wars Visual Dictionary can be found here. Of note: 1. Greg Grunberg's character is "Snap" Wexley, which is the character Temmin Wexley in the Aftermath book that was released a couple months ago. (Snap is his callsign). 2. Some interesting thoughts on Rey and the "Awakening" of the Force. 3. The immediate fate of Luke's lightsaber, after he lost in Cloud City, is mentioned. 4. The pilots entry says that a number of maneuvers were named after former Rebellion pilots, including the "Porkins Belly Run" Also of note - the book describes the make up of the New Republic. Those scenes were cut from the film, but the Hosnian Prime was the current seat of the Government, and it rotated every few years. This map also shows up in the SWVD: Edited December 21, 2015 by Alpinemaps 1 Quote
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