Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <And again, cannot get over how good Daisy Ridley was. Loved her positively to death. And John Boyega and Oscar Isaac were also excellent.> Boy howdy do I agree. Daisy is one of the best young actors I've seen in a long time. I really liked this 'Star Wars' - and I'm one of the 'I saw the original in 1977 when I was 15' framers.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s Finally saw it last night and I loved it. I am not a SW fanatic, but do enjoy the original 3 movies. My daughter was not happy about going, but whispered to me not quite midway through that she was liking it. She also whispered to me when Carrie Fisher first showed up, "THAT'S Princess Leia?" I went in trying to avoid all spoilers, but I did know that Han was going to die as a crappy FB friend put that on his status last week. I didn't know how, but as soon as I saw him head out on that landing (when will space OHSA make them add rails to all those cat walks???), I knew Kylo Ren would do him in. I want more Luke. Can't wait to see what happens to him next. I'm in love with BB-8 and now I want one of those remote ones. When we went to DL on 12/18, they gave us all a pin with him on it upon entering. I love that pin even more now. I actually don't want Rey to be related to anyone. It would be refreshing to have a new Jedi not tied to Darth Vader. Finn was fabulous. "Do you have a boyfriend?" Haha! I like that he grew from a coward to a hero in the movie too. I do want to see it again, and I haven't felt that way about a movie in a very long time. I spent most of last night on my iPad reading about this movie now that I am not trying to avoid spoilers.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance It seems obvious that they want us to believe that Rey is related to Luke, seems too obvious though. I think it'll be something we aren't expecting. Of if they are related, throw something in like Luke being evil now and she has to defeat him.
Originally Posted By basil fan Look at it this way: If Rey is intended to be Luke's daughter, and the powers that be read this board (plus a thousand others like it) where the members all say how obvious it is, there's nothing to stop them from changing her origin at this point. We would never know. PS My sister thinks she's Han & Leia's other child. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www,whatsitsgalore.com/etc/brisco.html">http://www,whatsitsgalore.com/...sco.html</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <PS My sister thinks she's Han & Leia's other child.> Really? Then I wonder why Han Solo didn't recognize her? Either as his own daughter or Luke's daughter? Another random thought: - Han Solo has never fired Chewbacca's weapon before? Never? Really?
Originally Posted By ecdc >>Then I wonder why Han Solo didn't recognize her?<< I'm convinced he knew who she was. When you see it again, wait for the scene in the bar. Maz asks Han, "So who's the girl?" and the scene cuts to Finn. It seems set up to suggest Han knows who she is and is telling Maz, who then tells the girl all about the force. I mean, I could be wrong and I'd be curious to how other people read that scene, but it really jumped out at me the second time I saw it.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA ^^^thats interesting ecdc. I'll check it out next time I see it.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "If Rey is intended to be Luke's daughter, and the powers that be read this board (plus a thousand others like it) where the members all say how obvious it is, there's nothing to stop them from changing her origin at this point." Haven't they just started shooting VIII? Could be too late. "- Han Solo has never fired Chewbacca's weapon before? Never? Really?" Maybe he recently upgraded it.[/fanwank]
Originally Posted By berol Rey was taken as a very little girl. They show it in a brief flashback/vision.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I finally got around to seeing it last night. I'm not the biggest Star Wars fan ever (I've seen each movie once or twice, but not since the new trilogy was in theaters), but I really enjoyed it. That said, I found it annoying how many parallels there were to Episode IV, even as the most casual of fans. Heck, I thought the film started on Tattooine, until everybody started saying it was Jakku later in the film I really enjoyed the new characters; I think they're all great! This film was obviously part of passing the torch to the new generation, so I'm excited that they did such a good job creating them I also loved getting to hear some of the classic themes from the John Williams score again. The Jedi theme (or is it Luke's theme?) is one of my favorites, if often overlooked, and it got tons of play. I was also pleased to see that there were many big moments with no music at all, which really helped bring variety and depth to the situations I also liked the cheesy wipes and fades as they transitioned from one sequence to the next. It was an obvious throwback to the 70's era cinematography, and I found myself chuckling every time it happened. Subtle, but fun! >>PS My sister thinks she's Han & Leia's other child.<< Until he took of his helmet, I was convinced she was Kylo Ren's daughter. It seems like there's not enough age difference there, so I doubt that's it. But it's obvious that we'll learn her backstory in the future, and it seems very likely it involves characters we already know
Originally Posted By basil fan I think the best-looking couple in the galaxy should've had a more attractive son. Kylo Ren must've gotten all the recessive genes. Star Wars Glitches <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/glitch/swglitch.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...tch.html</a>
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Yeah, I think the guy playing Kylo Ren looks very much like he could be the child of Han and Leia.
Originally Posted By Kidz-n-k9s I think Kylo Ren looks like the offspring from Gene Simmons. This is Nick Simmons: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://storage.torontosun.com/v1/dynamic_resize/sws_path/suns-prod-images/1302715353568_ORIGINAL.jpg?quality=80&size=650x">http://storage.torontosun.com/...ize=650x</a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I could see that. I think Nick is cute too. I'm just glad they didn't get some pretty boy to play Kylo Ren. I think he's got a good look for the character.
