'radical' might not be the best word to convince darragh, in fairness.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 1 August 2016 18:32 (seven years ago) link
Im a turtles fan from way back you tiresome bore.
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Monday, 1 August 2016 18:46 (seven years ago) link
The new-canon books are starting to imply something was on Jakku that the Emperor hid there, or knew about. Who knows if it has anything to do with Rey, though.
Maybe her parents were the keepers of the great sithbeast of jakku
― mh, Monday, 1 August 2016 18:52 (seven years ago) link
Of or relating to a tube, in its totality.
― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 August 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
could also explain why she was left on that planet -- Yoda had that creepy darkside cave masking his presence on Dagobah, maybe the sithbeast balances things out and masks Rey's presence
― mh, Monday, 1 August 2016 18:53 (seven years ago) link
Rey's big trial as a Jedi can then be about taking revenge on Kylo vs. bringing him back to the light side.
jedis don't do revenge!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 1 August 2016 18:54 (seven years ago) link
That will be Luke's line.
― jmm, Monday, 1 August 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link
Speaking of sithbeasthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvO9w8FQOUk&feature=youtu.be
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Monday, 1 August 2016 19:04 (seven years ago) link
Just think while you've been getting down and out about the nerfherders and wretched scum and villains of the galaxy you could have been getting down to This. Sith. Beast.
― how's life, Monday, 1 August 2016 19:22 (seven years ago) link
Keep reading that as 'shitbeast'.
― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 August 2016 19:24 (seven years ago) link
lol how's life
― we're gonna live in spatula city (Doctor Casino), Monday, 1 August 2016 19:34 (seven years ago) link
oh boy
― mh, Monday, 1 August 2016 19:36 (seven years ago) link
bushes of love wow
― Nhex, Monday, 1 August 2016 19:42 (seven years ago) link
loool
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 August 2016 19:56 (seven years ago) link
Jesus christ that thing is an hour long
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, 1 August 2016 19:57 (seven years ago) link
Kylo is supposed to be around 30. Rey is 19/20
― Number None, Monday, 1 August 2016 21:18 (seven years ago) link
Rey is Obi-Wan's grand-daughter. However, this would come pretty much out of nowhere, since Obi-Wan was never shown to have any love interests,
uh Anakin
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 August 2016 21:24 (seven years ago) link
this seems to cover most theories
http://www.dorkly.com/post/77088/the-7-best-fan-theories-on-reys-origins
i still like the granddaughter theory even though it is v flawed, hmph
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 1 August 2016 21:29 (seven years ago) link
Episode VIII: Obi-Wan is Back, Baby
― mh, Monday, 1 August 2016 21:43 (seven years ago) link
loooooooool @ rey being anakin with facial reconstruction
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 01:03 (seven years ago) link
The other Bad Lip Reading SW things on YT are awesome as well
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 01:46 (seven years ago) link
The other mysterious flashback stuff seemed kinda straightforward IIRC - parents leaving her behind, promising to return sometime, but in fact they're never coming back.
But this flashback quite pointedly doesn't show us who the parents were or what they looked like... If it was simply a case of her parents being some random folks who left her behind, why not show them onscreen? And of course there's also the fact that Rey's family name is never mentioned, unlike with every other character in the movie. (Except Finn, but for him there's an obvious explanation for that.)
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 07:37 (seven years ago) link
Rey.... Binks
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 07:41 (seven years ago) link
Oh jesus.
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 07:48 (seven years ago) link
Folks if finn turns out to be landos son we're gonna have to start a bombing campaign thats agreed right
I'm glad you thought this was the best one, I kinda do too. In one of these interviews with Lawrence Kasdan he talks about wanting to make it "delightful" and I think they really succeeded at that
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 07:51 (seven years ago) link
my bet is that Rey is Palpatine's granddaughter
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 11:50 (seven years ago) link
I mean with all the mirroring of the original trilogy, why wouldn't the hero turn out to be related to someone evil?
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 11:51 (seven years ago) link
My bet is that daisy ridley is the first female 007 tbh
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 12:03 (seven years ago) link
On a recent rewatch I found Kylo Ren to be kind of a lame villain, D. Gleeson's screeching speech before they let loose the StarKiller pretty laughable and a while bunch of other dead weight. That while scene with Kanji Club and the monsters and the angry Scots dude - oy.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 12:51 (seven years ago) link
*whole not "while"
Def. not the best SW film for me.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 12:53 (seven years ago) link
Seriously. It's like you guys have never seen Caravan of Courage.
― a charisma-free shitlord (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 13:06 (seven years ago) link
xp Tell that to Kanjiclub.
― a 47-year-old chainsaw artist from South Carolina (Phil D.), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
Darth vader is a great villain. Luke skywalker is a fuckin terrible hero. Swings and roundabouts.
We'll leave prequel out, obv nobody's batting for them.
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 13:28 (seven years ago) link
I like the monsters scene in the Falcon fine apart from the Scottish dude not being Jamie from The Thick Of It.
― nashwan, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 14:17 (seven years ago) link
Yeah it's a good sequence. On rewatching, the third act is definitely the weakest, despite Han's death being handled well.
― chap, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 15:38 (seven years ago) link
The Kanjiclub scene dangles these amazing martial arts actors in front of us and then doesn't deliver any martial arts. That's breaking some basic rule of showmanship.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 16:21 (seven years ago) link
Its like having alec guinness not act in the original trilogy tho
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 16:46 (seven years ago) link
rey is imo a much better heroic figure than luke was though i don't think this was the best SW. i actually suspect luke in this trilogy might be more interesting than he was in the original films.
― nomar, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 17:29 (seven years ago) link
dude's gone through some serious shit
― mh, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 17:46 (seven years ago) link
Putting two Chekhov's Guns in the same situation (monsters, badasses) and then having only one go off seems like a very modern thing to do
― El Tomboto, Tuesday, 2 August 2016 17:47 (seven years ago) link
tracer hand (and kasdan) otm re it being delightful
i think that is the best encapsulation
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 2 August 2016 18:12 (seven years ago) link
Darth vader is a great villain.
Was it in this thread or somewhere else that someone made the point that an evil father is also waaaay more scary than an evil son, which is more just sad
― 🐸a hairy howling toad torments a man whose wife is deathly ill (James Morrison), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 02:06 (seven years ago) link
Part of the charm of Kyle Ren is that he's kind of a whiney chump. He doesn't come off as all powerful and menacing like Vader.
― Al Moon Faced Poon (Moodles), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 02:10 (seven years ago) link
yeah
i love when he takes off his mask & rey is thrown, like "ooookay not hideously disfigured waht is happening"
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 02:26 (seven years ago) link
yup, felt the same
― Nhex, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 06:59 (seven years ago) link
Yeah plus Kylo works because we know and love his parents so much (compared to both Anakin/Padme and Anakin's boring Mom and her mysterious midichlorian lover). The challenge is how they provide him with something different to Vader's trajectory as a retread of that redemption is unlikely to be satisfying.
― nashwan, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 09:51 (seven years ago) link
He's already had a different trajectory, to an extent, in that he wants the darkness but the light keeps/kept calling to him.
I think I probably said this upthread, but frustrated young man incapable of living up to their expectations of strength is a very Age Of Reddit take.
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 3 August 2016 10:24 (seven years ago) link
What with the actual vader helmet on the wall of his room, id say thats a fair take
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Wednesday, 3 August 2016 10:26 (seven years ago) link
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--1SwI03eU--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/c9al0cakdacwilvoslpj.gif
― nomar, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:01 (seven years ago) link