Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens (Abrams 2015) -- SPOILERS THERE ARE.

[Dukefrukem]

For those that have seen it, how come [

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R2D2 suddenly started to come alive by the end when an hour earlier he seemed to be inoperational?

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Because script.

We also dont have any idea why Kylo is so angry and wants to kill everyone. This will be explained in movie 2 right?

"I will finish what you started" would be a great line.... if you weren't Han Solo's son. Vadar was dead long before you were even born dude. What's your beef?

[TGM]

Funniest moment: BB8 giving the thumbs up?

I dunno, Chewie pretty much stole this whole movie from a comedic standpoint.

[Dukefrukem]

I dunno, Chewie pretty much stole this whole movie from a comedic standpoint.

Chewie and Han were great. But they were always great. The humor in movie 2 is gonna be so different.

[Irish]

Funniest moment: BB8 giving the thumbs up?

For me, it was Poe to Kylo, right at the beginning: "So, uh, who talks first? Do you talk first or do I talk first or ...?"

Gwendoline Christie, completely underused. Why bother with that casting.

The amount of extraneous characters bugged me. Poe, Phasma, Leia, R2D2, C3PO, and Chewbacca weren't given enough to do. They could have easily turned up in the next film (or not at all).

Because script.

Big, weird rumor about why R2D2 came back to life:

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R2D2 lights up when Rey shows up at the Rebel base. Speculation is that happens because she's Luke's daughter. I hope that isn't true.

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Edit to add: Can't believe I actually liked this more than you guys.

Also can't believe Duke didn't rank the movies.

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New Hope > Empire > Force Awakens > Jedi > Prequels

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[Morris Schæffer]

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Also, how are they sucking up a sun, for god's sake? Talk about glossing over technical details. I feel like that's a MILDLY significant technical achievement, possibly even more so than the weapon it powers, and it's just sort of slipped under the door. Is the sun dead afterwards? Does all light go out in the system? Does the sun re-power later? Are there multiple suns nearby they can Kirby? The planet can't fly over into another system to find another sun-battery.

EDIT: Also, Simon Pegg was the big alien inside the pawnshop cage. Daniel Craig was the stormtrooper in the mind trick escape scene.

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I do have to say that seeing the thing in action, [

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destroying a bunch of planets in the process was one of the most beautifully shot moments of destruction in the movies in a long time. It showed the true, awful power of that new weapon. Which makes it such a shame that it was destroyed far more easily than its equivalents in ANH and RotJ.

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[Morris Schæffer]

As for ranking them:

1. Episode V
2. Episode IV
3. Episode VI
4. Episode III
5. Episode VII
6. Episode I
7. Episode II

Not entirely certain about eps III and VII, perhaps that could be switched later on.

[Gizmo]

Also the ending musical credits should have started right when Luke removed his cloak. There should have been no other scenes involving lightsabers or cameras panning around from a helicopter. Luke should have sensed her coming and known shy she was there.

/closed circle fade to credits

Yeah, I expected it to end at the turn and knowing look, then it kept going for some reason. Then nothing happened and THEN it ended. Seemed an odd choice.

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R2D2 lights up when Rey shows up at the Rebel base. Speculation is that happens because she's Luke's daughter. I hope that isn't true.

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After the first reveal, I expect this to be coming in the 2nd movie. In fact, there was a lot of important events that seemed to be written more as fan service than anything, and I don't expect that to stop, unfortunately. I almost wish there were none of the original characters, and this was a new story. They could have left the hints there (i.e. the Millenium Falcon, Vaders mask [

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but not the whole "grandfather" thing

], etc). I really liked it, because I'm a huge fanboy who liked the prequels too. This was better than them, but felt a whole lot like a retread than a new story.

[Dukefrukem]

1. Jedi
2. Empire
3. Hope
4. I guess Force Awakens
5. Phantom
6. Revenge
7. Clones

[Dukefrukem]

I'm really enjoying how the series as a whole has introduced new force abilities subtly at each passing movie. The ability to slow/stop a blaster and paralysis are two new dark force abilities never shown in cinema until now.

[number8]

Yeah, I expected it to end at the turn and knowing look, then it kept going for some reason. Then nothing happened and THEN it ended. Seemed an odd choice.

All the movies end like this. Close in on the final important beat. Then let the moment hang in a wide shot as the characters stand around as if they're listening to John Williams.

[Gizmo]

All the movies end like this. Close in on the final important beat. Then let the moment hang in a wide shot as the characters stand around as if they're listening to John Williams.

Well, the characters aren't wrong if they're stopping to listen to John Williams. He's pretty good.

[Dukefrukem]

Trailer scene:

[Dukefrukem]

The only question I need answered rather quickly, is why Maz Kanata had Luke's Lightsaber in the first place. I'd imagine there were a lot of scenes cut from the film.

[Dukefrukem]

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R2D2 lights up when Rey shows up at the Rebel base. Speculation is that happens because she's Luke's daughter. I hope that isn't true.

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This has to be true at this point. Especially the voice over during the first teaser.

"My father has it. I have it. My sister has it. You have that power too," as it shows a shot of Rey. It could also explain what Rey was waiting for on Jakku (Her parents).

I'd be more scared at finding out who her mother is (if ever revealed). Anakin was born with no father. (supposedly)

[Dukefrukem]

I just discovered that the Battle of Jakku, which takes place 1 year after Return of the Jedi, is featured in the Star Wars Battlefront game.

[Dukefrukem]

More somewhat relevant Info: Poe was conceived on Endor during the end of the Empire celebration and his mom is Shara Bey. This was told through the new Star Wars official canon comic series Shattered Empire.

[Russ]

There were about 7 or 8 trailers shown before the showing I saw (mostly sci-fi/fantasy) but the only one that got an overwhelming positive reaction was Disney's Zootopia, which featured an isolated 90 second or so clip from the film that was absolutely priceless. The entire audience was laughing hysterically for the full length of that one clip. There's no way the whole film will be that good, but oh, man, what a great scene.

Ah, here it is:

[Watashi]

I never got the sloth phenomena.

It's a fun scene though.

[Henry Gale]

I saw this movie and it was pretty good.

[Morris Schæffer]

The weapon is actually called the Starkiller base or something like that. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh.

[Morris Schæffer]

There were about 7 or 8 trailers shown before the showing I saw (mostly sci-fi/fantasy) but the only one that got an overwhelming positive reaction was Disney's Zootopia, which featured an isolated 90 second or so clip from the film that was absolutely priceless. The entire audience was laughing hysterically for the full length of that one clip. There's no way the whole film will be that good, but oh, man, what a great scene.

Ah, here it is:

Thanks for sharing. Animated features are rarely hilarious anymore, but that clip sure as shit is.

[Irish]

After the first reveal, I expect this to be coming in the 2nd movie.

I hope not, because that will make these movies [

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Star Wars: Battle of the Skywalker Cousins

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In fact, there was a lot of important events that seemed to be written more as fan service than anything, and I don't expect that to stop, unfortunately. I almost wish there were none of the original characters, and this was a new story. They could have left the hints there (i.e. the Millenium Falcon, Vaders mask [

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but not the whole "grandfather" thing

], etc). I really liked it, because I'm a huge fanboy who liked the prequels too. This was better than them, but felt a whole lot like a retread than a new story.

Couldn't agree more. They needed a much lighter touch with all the references.

[Weems]

I can't believe this is getting the reception it's getting. Bad acting, shameless aping of ANH plot points minute after minute, without any of that film's mastery of tone, character development, world-building, etc. This is worse than the worst SW fan fiction I used to read as an adolescent. Even John Williams phoned it in, which he didn't for the prequels. I don't know what's going on Hollywood these days, but Abrams devolving from the spirited exuberance of Star Trek 2009 to this abortion of a film breaks my heart.

[number8]

This is the best acted Star Wars movie by an extremely large margin. In fact I think Ford and Fisher were the worst actors in it.

[megladon8]

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