Star Wars: The Last Jedi’

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  1. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    I'd rather have a cool sounding name like Mr. White or Mr. Black
     
  2. McFuddy

    McFuddy Visitor

    You're Mister Pink!
     
  3. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Now back on topic....

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    Luke Skywalker Explained; Futurism Magazine online

    Almost everyone is upset over how Luke skywalker was characterized in the Last Jedi but people seem to forget that no one is perfect. Heroes have flaws.

    We can see instances of the dark side within him when he brutally beat down Darth Vader with his lightsaber in Return of the Jedi; is it so inconceivable that he fell prey to it once again when reading Kylo Ren’s thoughts? Indeed, wouldn’t you feel some level of contempt toward yourself if your nephew grew to become a mass murderer due to your actions? Wouldn’t you isolate yourself to prevent any more harm? Don’t get me wrong, I believe that it was wrong to fully abandon Leia who suffered the loss of Han and her son, but it is understandable why Luke escapes to Ahch-To.

    His death was perfect. It was fitting that he left the franchise the same way he entered it; by staring at the two setting suns in the sky. He went from being a young man, desperate to prove himself and join the rebellion, to a man who had experienced all the pain life could throw at him. He finally found peace in his last act of heroism. If that’s not character development, I don’t know what is.
     
  4. Vanilla Gorilla

    Vanilla Gorilla Go Ape

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    You said in an earlier post, at least the prequels had a story you could follow.

    Hard to take that seriously, sand people kill Bieber-Vaders mum, so somehow that translates into him doing a Sandyhook and killing a bunch of jedi kids.

    I think you are just hating on the sequels to be cool

    As if you walked out of TFA, or if you did its because you had an 8 hour fementing burrito emergency
     
  5. Running Horse

    Running Horse A Buddha in hiding from himself

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    Typical modern manchild. It's alright......it's alright.......shhh now..... Research can happen you only need believe.
    If I gave a shit about bein' cool I'd be livin' the traditional millennial dream life. Instead I'm on a farm in the middle of bum fuck nowhere talkin' with a bunch of losers like myself on a forum that just refuses to die.

    The prequels had a set endin' they needed to fulfill. Therefore constrictions. Were they as good as the originals? No. That's just filmmaking.

    Edit: I trust you're jokin' about the reason for Anakin to kill younglings. Cause if not well.........ugh
     
  6. fraggle_rock

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    You're the worst.
     
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  7. McFuddy

    McFuddy Visitor

    Hahaha
     
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  8. McFuddy

    McFuddy Visitor

    Horrible, worst things list:
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  9. Running Horse

    Running Horse A Buddha in hiding from himself

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    So I don't see Noxious Gas on the list surely he even in his absence should be numero uno
     
  10. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    Nope, it's all you :D
     
  11. Meliai

    Meliai Banned

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    nox was the best
     
  12. ^yeah, he was okay
     
  13. Asmodean

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    I expect he still is :)
     
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    YouTube happy valentines day by gilligan07734
     
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  16. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Princess Leia goes all Mary Poppins.

    I feel the criticism is just because there's no real explanation as to why everyone wasn't sucked out into the vacuum of space when the door was opened.


     
  17. Irminsul

    Irminsul Valkyrie

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    They nailed it on aliens, just saying. Hehe well I assume Ripley would have dislocated an elbow on the way out but, girl power. :)
     
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    The problem with this version of Luke is that a series of video games, comics and novels had turned Luke into an adolescent power fantasy and seeing him as a broken down failure just didn't gel with that. I don't think your typical nerdy virgin SW fan has enough real life experience to relate to real people... they need to see that power fantasy or they get pissed.
     
  19. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    Yeah, they were hoping Luke would mentor Rey just like Obi-Wan Kenobi guided him, but instead of a soft-spoken, wise, and noble Jedi-Master, Rey was faced with (as you described)
    a beaten, downtrodden, loser who had abandoned the force.

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  20. hotwater

    hotwater Senior Member Lifetime Supporter

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    There’s been a great deal of speculation as to who is Temiri Blagg, the little boy at the end of The Last Jedi who is force sensitive

     

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