Star Wars News Thread

[jellydonut25]

I really dug Force Awakens as a sort of re-introduction to the franchise.


Then Rogue One happened and I was shook.

Then The Last Jedi happened and right now I DGAF about Star Wars.

I'm with Star Wars where I was on the MCU halfway through it (around the time of Ultron and Civil War, which are my two least favorite films in the MCU). Granted, I feel pretty back on board with the MCU, or at least, more to a point where I'm okay just taking it one movie at a time and letting the mediocre ones kinda just wash past me without letting it bug me too much...and that definitely could happen with Star Wars again (it would just take two solid entries in a row), but I only see my problems with Star Wars as a whole right now ultimately worsening with Solo. No plans to see it in theaters, either. Willingly skipping a Star Wars movie. There's something I didn't think would ever happen. But here we are...

[mr.negativity]

[Dr Kain]

The only bad Star Wars movie is a boring one. Congratulations Phantom Menace, you are no longer the worst Star Wars movie ever!

[lhb412]

I'm sorta interesting in Solo. I mean, I'm sure it'll be enjoyable - but I just can't ben excited for a Boba Fett movie. I suppose it does have potential since Fett is such a non-character you can kinda do anything and build on top of it any way you like, but after decades of being overhyped I feel like the cult of Fett should be something that we're getting over, not embracing.

I'm far more excited for the proposed Rian Johnson led SW trilogy than another other thing. I felt The Last Jedi was the by far the best SW movie since Empire. He took many of the half baked ideas from Force Awakens and avoided all the pitfalls I was sure they'd fall into and built something meaty and dramatic on it. I think *crosses fingers* he might deliver a trilogy to challenge the originals as the most satisfying.

[DannyBeane]

I really enjoyed Solo, it wasn't as good to me as Rogue One, but it was much better than the garbage that was TFA as well as the mixed bag that is TLJ. I'd give it a 7/10

[Gwangi]

I will admit, this one had its fun moments. The train sequence was like watching a good ole fashion Western. Donald Glover, as Lando, was my favorite of all the characters. Ehrenreich was not bad as a younger Solo. But then came a certain cameo. In all that is good, why???

[Dr Kain]

The cameo was fine since I've seen Rebels and means this show has to be set after However, it was the fact that nothing happened in the entire thing that bored me to death. The forced comedy in the minining facility didn't help matters either. I like Lando as I thought Glover was fantastic. I also like how they established him pronouncing Han's name wrong right from the get go. And yeah, I enjoyed the train sequence.

Everything else though, was so generic and uninteresting. Emilia Clark really doesn't seem to be able to act outside of Game of Thrones because this is now the third movie I've seen her in where she has been awful. Her character was so predictable. The movie had no third act either and there was no actual villain. Also, I don't understand the big deal with the casserole run and how he did it in like 12 seconds (or whatever the hell parsects means). That whole sequence with the tentacle monster was so stupid and unneccessary. It should have just been them getting away from the empire.

[canofhumdingers]

^The solution to the Kessel Run was actually rather genius. There has been a long running conundrum in Star Wars fandom because the way Han says it in the original film makes it sound like a parsec is a unit of time. But in real life a parsec is a unit of distance.




As for my opinion of the movie... it’s mixed. I thought the opening was slow and it took a bit for the film to find its footing, Then it got significantly better. The train heist and Kessel Run were pretty fun. The third act was a bit messy but it was working fine for me until that cameo...BLECH! That ripped me right out of the movie and SERIOUSLY damped my enthusiasm. So much that the film barely recovered after that point. Like, I dunno if I’ll bother seeing this again in the theater. Maybe if it’s a cheapie matinee.

The absolute highlight was Chewbacca. He was just wonderful in everything he did. Perfect.

Han and Lando were both good. Not great, but quite good. I have no issue accepting these guys as the classic characters, which is really pretty huge when you think about it.

The Falcon was also quite good (yes the Falcon is a character in my eyes! As much as something like the Tardis or Enterprise!)

The humor was often flat or just dumb, which was hugely disappointing. A Han Solo movie should’ve been the funniest (in a “Raider of the Lost Ark” kinda way) new Star Wars film since Disney took over and it just wasn’t.

A lot of the film felt too predictable, like it was just walking through all the things necessary to make Han the character we met in ANH. I mean, I expected a lot of that, but it still just kinda felt “paint by numbers” at times.

I dunno, I’ve got more but that’s enough for now. Overall, after one viewing, I’d say it’s a 2 or maybe 2 1/2 out of 4.

But Chewbacca was fantastic. I might see it again just for him.

[mr.negativity]

[Dr Kain]

What, Solo did poorly because it also had Avengers and Deadpool 2 to compete with? Nah, really?!

Oh my god, are they really that stupid? I mean we all could have seen that coming. That is why I was trying to figure out why they didn't just release Solo in Dec when there would be nothing else.

[lhb412]

I think they should space out these SW releases by two years, and instead of putting the spinoff movies in between episodes they should do trilogies (not necessarily 'episodes') and then do a few standalone movies in between those trilogies to space them apart.

Of course, a bigger problem for SW is the fact that the franchise isn't popular in China...

Anyway, I should be seeing Solo soon, and regardless of quality I like that the film is underperforming (it will, of course, make money and the gargantuan amount SW makes from licensing, merch, and soon the parks are the real prize) simply because it's kind of scary to me that it's getting to the point where Disney owns blockbusters and can essentially print money, so, in a weird way, a little uncertainty is heartening. It's related to the part of me that likes to see more surprise blockbusters and the healthy performance of mid-budget films.

[Henry88]

Billy Dee Williams In Training To Return As Lando In Star Wars 9?
http://bestofcomicbooks.com/star-wars-9 ... ms-return/

[XvGojira]

[jellydonut25]

I've heard how Han Solo gets his name...which...who the hell ever thought it was an alias???

Anyway, that alone is enough to convince me to not bother with the movie.

Not really. All the mixed reactions and general consensus that "It's a movie" are what's keeping me away...but that is one of the dumbest things in the history of the franchise.

[lhb412]

^

[jellydonut25]

[Dr Kain]

[klen7]

[jellydonut25]

[O.Supreme]

[klen7]

[jellydonut25]

[klen7]

i thought Rogue One did a good job "introducing" Saw - I had no idea who he was before i saw the movie, but the film establishes him and his philosophy pretty well. It wasn't until after I saw the film did I find out he was an EU character

[jellydonut25]

[klen7]

Good point. I remember Mrs Klen7 leaning over to me at the beginning of TFA and saying "Who is this guy again"