Im still irritated about the timing.
The movie didnt NEED to occur 2 minutes before A New Hope. It could have been months or years. Seemed unnecessary.
True. This is the same cinematic universe where a narrative set up as a love triangle became incestuous one movie later, where being the best star pilot in the galaxy translates to pod racing and where seduction to the dark side ended up being nothing more than millennial rage.The only way I can explain this is that the rebel fleet was not assigned to this mission, and so was never supposed to be engaged, anyway--it was only re-routed/deployed when Mon Mothma got the intel that there was an operation going on. She sent the fleet as support because she knew what was happening and how important this was, even though the mission was not sponsored.
I think it's possible that Leia's ship was docked in the flagship, to be escorted (at the appropriate location/time?) to where Jimmy Smitz/Leia originally planned, but was simply caught in the mission, unexpectedly.
Now, I think it's a bit of a stretch to make that work, but I do think it works, and I'm fine with it because I don't care. Maybe we get some deleted scenes that work it out a bit more subtly?
True. This is the same cinematic universe where a narrative set up as a love triangle became incestuous one movie later, where being the best star pilot in the galaxy translates to pod racing and where seduction to the dark side ended up being nothing more than millennial rage.
I was hoping Rogue One would be more Dirty Dozen or Where Eagles Dare than OT membreberries. The first act was a great setup, the second act was largely distracting (all your important characters are conveniently hanging out on the landing platform in the rain) and the third act just didn't line up for me as an immediate prequel to ANH.
ESB Vader will always be the definitive Vader. Lucas screwed it all up when he made the Jedi into Cirque de Soleil kung fu fighters.the best part I thought, really, was Darth Vader showing up and tearing ass through everything, as we were always told was something he was good at. Until this movie, the only visuals we ever got of bad-ass Vader was of a petulant little bitch slicing up some weak children. The stupid joke aside, this was the best Vader yet, imo. But I also think they could have adjusted the timbre in the voice because JE Jones sounds way too old. It's weird that they didn't fiddle with the voice, considering the $$$$ spent on tapping our uncanny valley sensitivities with some creepy cartoon characters that totally did not work. (I was way too busy being creeped out by Tarkin's side-speaking and videogame zombie shuffle to pay attention to anything he was saying.)
TO address something earlier re: How can the rebel fleet hold off a couple of Star Destroyers and then get decimated as soon as a single Star Destroyer with Vader shows up? Well, that's because Vader and long-standing Star Wars mumbo jumbo that you (the audience) should be long-conditioned to accept by now. A Star Destroyer (or fleet, for that matter) commanded by an unnamed "chokable" Captain is nothing like a Star Destroyer commanded by a Sith Lord, or Jedi for that matter. Those dudes' powers stretch beyond the things immediately in their presence and they are able to turn the tide of battles simply through their machinations with the Force.
If Vader is the supreme badass he is supposed to be, then considering various other powers of other sith lords, Vader would have the power to crush any number of small fighters, and even life-support/fuel systems of large frigates or whatever, simply by willing it. To me, there is nothing odd about Vader's Star Destroyer showing up and single-handedly decimating a fleet. That's pretty much why the rebels are constantly in hiding at that point and very much unwilling to commit a large contingent to such a mission, much less their entire fleet. The chance that Vader would show up is just too high.
ESB Vader will always be the definitive Vader. Lucas screwed it all up when he made the Jedi into Cirque de Soleil kung fu fighters.
Leah looked brand new, must have a good doctor.
Very clearly lolI was worried that they were going to have a candy-ass 'everyone lives happily ever after' ending, but clearly that wasn't the case.
@zinfamous I agree about these "fill in" movies not being wanted/needed. This one I don't mind TOO much and it certainly delivered what I hoped.
If you're anything like me though, you're going to HATE the Han Solo movie. Ugh.... why? WHY are they doing that?!?!
I have no interest in a Han Solo movie. I wish it never existed. I wish Harrison Ford had some control over that character, because he would have certainly killed that project long ago. I can't imagine how useless and shitty the inevitable Bobba Fett movie is going to be. Blagh!
Exactly. The whole thing that makes Han "Han" is that he's mysterious and we KNOW there's some backstory, but we don't know what it is. I'd think every woman would say that a man of mystery is way more "sexy" than one you know everything about.
PS: They aren't doing a Boba Fett movie. Think that was scrapped.
Boba Fett movie has a lot more potential, but it would have to be *A LOT* darker and more violent to do it justice. There's just a lot more stuff they can do with the whole bounty hunter and origin side of thing than they can with a Han Movie. I don't think Disney wants to go down that path. They can't win. It's either going to be too light for the hard core or too heavy for the masses.
Fuck the masses! Could swallow a heavy Boba Fett movie more easily than a Han Solo movie.