Palpatine being Rey's grandfather is the only thing that's made sense goddamn sense this whole trilogy and I'm so glad I called that shit years ago. People were so busy grousing about her being related to an Kanobi or Skywalker that they forgot about the last time some kid in the desert was born with inexplicable abilities with the force.
Like her parents not mattering is a cool twist but I knew it wouldn't stick, and even Rian Johnson seems to have alluded to this in TLJ with the dark side cave and clones of herself and stuff.
Whether or not JJ pulled off the twist deftly is another conversation...
How does it make sense.
Like it doesn't because it's a mess, but the seeds were always there that she was born "of the dark side" from the first time the lightsaber called to her and the visions she sees, to her going straight to the dark side in TLJ with ease. Whether it would be Snoke, Palps or some other dumb Sith Lord, Rey's parentage was always going to be connected to dark side in some way. It seems some people just got caught up in "Girl has powers she didn't earn! Rabble rabble" without really thinking about the Star Wars of it all.
I think that makes a lot more sense to you than it does make sense in general.
Like when you guys say she is Palps granddaughter you mean that literally right? The guy who is known for helping to invent a way to manipulate life itself? Who previously is implied to have created Anakin? And the super power girl drawn to the dark side is just... his kids kid? Not a an intentional recreation of the event that created Anakin? Not an intentional attempt to create a new right hand for him to return to life and power?
Like when you guys say she is Palps granddaughter you mean that literally right? The guy who is known for helping to invent a way to manipulate life itself? Who previously is implied to have created Anakin? And the super power girl drawn to the dark side is just... his kids kid? Not a an intentional recreation of the event that created Anakin? Not an intentional attempt to create a new right hand for him to return to life and power?
Just
his kids kid.
Yeah, I guess? Like maybe he seeded a bunch of life across the galaxy and Anakin was the only one who showed promise and the rest he ignored and they went off and did their thing, and one day he decided to slaughter them all Baratheon style which is why her parents hid her? I'm doing a lot of heavy lifting here but that's what it seems like in my current head canon until Faloni or someone comes in and cleans up the mess.
how is palpatine even around and kickin' it in this movie
the rebels are discussing it at the beginning and someone goes "who fucking knows its just clones or some shit" and then later palps goes "the power of the dark side yada yada yada"
i went to a midnight screening and i am at work and i have had like 4 hours of sleep and i cannot be fucked with work so i am very happy to talk about how this film was pretty silly
As someone who loved TLJ, and found Solo fun enough I will probably really enjoy this one for how wild it gets.
I didn't buy into all the pre-release snarky hot takes for TLJ so it doesn't feel right to do the same for this one, even though I know exactly what a JJ product will deliver. Star Wars is stupid as hell, and while I know it can and should strive to be more than that, I've never hurt my enjoyment in the past. Even with the PT, it didn't have to strive to be some critical think piece, I just wish it had like, better characters and acting, which the new trilogy has in spades.
very excited for the intense nerd battles on youtube about whether the plot of this trillion dollar children's movie is Disney's subtle way of telling Rian Johnson that feminism is bad actually
The first two were totally watchable and moderately enjoyable films that I didn't actually like at all.
This one being a weird stupid mess that upsets everyone for different reasons could make it way more interesting to watch and fun to think and talk about after.
I haven't seen this yet but I've been really apprehensive about it and I caught enough of a glimpse of a spoiler that I'm just going whole hog on em like I did ahead of the GoT finale
At least this way I won't react in shock and dismay at dumb shit in the theater on the night of
I don't know man I know it's silly cause these are wacky space movies but they're wacky space movies I been watching since I was a kiddo and I just think there must have been a more satisfying way to wrap things up, there had to be
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Just.... just let me have this...
Just
his kids kid.
Because Star Wars is about family
In retrospect this is not surprusing from the man who did a Star Trek reboot and literally said " Its ok the other stuff happened!" IN THE MOVIE
Yeah, I guess? Like maybe he seeded a bunch of life across the galaxy and Anakin was the only one who showed promise and the rest he ignored and they went off and did their thing, and one day he decided to slaughter them all Baratheon style which is why her parents hid her? I'm doing a lot of heavy lifting here but that's what it seems like in my current head canon until Faloni or someone comes in and cleans up the mess.
Do the Sith Troopers do anything cool at least?
anyone want to tell me about the space horses in the trailer?
There are space horses
That's it really
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It was just kinda boring and everyone had to constantly be saying "this is really important" because you sure as hell didn't feel it
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how is palpatine even around and kickin' it in this movie
the rebels are discussing it at the beginning and someone goes "who fucking knows its just clones or some shit" and then later palps goes "the power of the dark side yada yada yada"
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If I’m reading this right.
There is an obvious already established reason why both Rey could be connected to Palpantine and also why he would be alive and they just
Ignore it?
For a vague Nonexplaination?
Did someone need to turn the script in on a deadline and only start the day before?
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edit:
He's Tenebrae, the Immortal Sith Emperor!
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but the various things I've heard is checkin' all my boxes.
Besides the color of their armor, I would not consider them noticeably different from normal stormtroopers.
There were two stormtroopers with jetpacks, which was cool.
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I didn't buy into all the pre-release snarky hot takes for TLJ so it doesn't feel right to do the same for this one, even though I know exactly what a JJ product will deliver. Star Wars is stupid as hell, and while I know it can and should strive to be more than that, I've never hurt my enjoyment in the past. Even with the PT, it didn't have to strive to be some critical think piece, I just wish it had like, better characters and acting, which the new trilogy has in spades.
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This one being a weird stupid mess that upsets everyone for different reasons could make it way more interesting to watch and fun to think and talk about after.
The Chappie of Star Wars films.
“Fucken, Palpatine shows up!”
No explanation just “yeah! You love this shit!”
At least this way I won't react in shock and dismay at dumb shit in the theater on the night of
kinda just feels like another installment in the star wars franchise
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