Star Wars 8 shit talk

the main "projection" going on is fans wanting to believe he is an interesting villain who is part of an interesting story, for which unfortunately there are no clues, crumbs or easter eggs in ep 7.

man, remember how mysterious and evil the emperor was before George Lucas decided we needed to see him in episodes 1 - 3?

how cool would it have been if he only showed up at the tail end of episode 3, and used evil sith magic to enthrall the senate and set himself up as emperor, no real backstory

I think most of my fears about it all going wrong, plot-wise, really only apply to the 9th episode. This one's wide open.

mainly i wonder how much ep 9 is going to be affected by carrie fisher's death

I worry, but if they can kill Han Solo... they can work around her absence, hopefully

Hoping for Snoke a quick Looper-style montage showing how he became like he is over the last 30 years

well, they knew going into episode 8 that han was gonna bite it - who knows what their plans for leia were before carrie fisher died. she's supposed to have a pretty substantial role in ep 8 iirc

xp or the last.... 3000 years

my worry for episode 9 is that they're going to take the idea of a threat outside the known galaxy as a unifying thing that brings the remnants of the new republic and first order together. who knows, maybe Snoke already is that threat and it's not been realized

are we all still embodying the theory that he's a Wizard of Oz-esque projection

theory? but holographic projections are all over these movies! a holographic projection is the key plot point of the first film.

if the theory is that he is somebody else projecting what we see then that would be a first for the series. i don't see why he would look like something else and then project a sickly battered visage.

if they make any moves towards getting past the Skywalkers it will be all for the better imo. family drama killed Star Wars

it's a red herring, Snoke is actually George Lucas

Snoke is Franklin Richards

I reread a bunch of Fantastic Four before bed the last couple nights, and while unlikely, I will go with... maybe

nah fantastic four movie rights still belong to fox not disney

could well be molecule man tho

So this site http://www.starwarsunderworld.com/2017/08/first-look-at-last-jedi-funko-pop.html?m=1 got a leak of Funko collectibles coming out later this year for SW8 and pretty much confirms that Snoke linked above is accurate:

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxnSaPFLmtw/WYtqxjk1IRI/AAAAAAAANmk/NbeGoR4D1SMMeI7ZDSnEylalZmVEoWy8QCLcBGAs/s1600/20708445_687132608155321_7624941176112905743_n.jpg

nifty bathrobe

Snoke is Betty White?

Snoke is ET Evil Fairy Gothmother

If you imagine him thirty years younger and still recovering from the horrific mutilation of his face and neck, it's pretty clear who Snoke is:

https://lumiere-a.akamaihd.net/v1/images/databank_dengar_01_169_18886b62.jpeg

'snoke' is an almost-anagram for 'ewoks' guys

it's clear that snoke is in fact a freshly-shaved wicket from return of the jedi, driven insane by the carnage he witnessed on endor and bent on indiscriminate revenge

Rian Johnson is making the best star wars movie

Just off the top of your head, which movie would you guess has the most wipe transitions?

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) August 25, 2017

Poll answer:
Empire - 42 wipe transitions!
A New Hope - 31
TFA had just 14 https://t.co/l87EVGnKYf

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) August 25, 2017

The most wipe transitions in a SW movie was Ep 1, with 55.

To my eternal shame, The Last Jedi is bringing up the rear with a measly 12.

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) August 25, 2017

wipe of shame

it's official, the last jedi is gonna be bad

thanks to ILX I can no longer watch a wipe without thinking of TynanTynan!! and his amazing video resume

what the heck BG I thought you were on the team

i mean rian johnson just all-but-admitted as much on popular microblogging site twitter, what am i supposed to think

Looking ahead -- whoops!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/colin-trevorrow-as-director-star-wars-episode-ix-1035463

that can't be bad, imho

Yeah I'm not exactly broken up.

I'd be surprised if they didn't just give Rian Johnson another boatload of money.

Is Abrams directing anything right now? Johnson is probably too busy on VIII to be doing pre-production on IX.

It'll be interesting to see if there's a change in timeline -- as of now, IX is supposed to debut in less than two years.

I have high hopes for this Johnson film and think Abrams should just stop whatever the hell he is doing and go away for a while

Hey guys you know who would be great for this, let's get Denis Villeneuve. No wait! Christopher Nolan.

Bring back Lucas

Haas

ooh cool the opening scroll for star wars ix has been released: https://t.co/1vMRm8YiEU

— Michael (@polyphonique) September 5, 2017

Sucks for Colin Trevorrow that things didn't work out for EpisodeIX. Maybe we can get a @TaikaWaititi #StarWars movie out of this?

— Shaun McIlroy (@shaunmcilroy) September 5, 2017

Lolz. I like to complete my films. https://t.co/Uj6RgKbo9V

— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) September 6, 2017

brett ratner has been sitting anxiously by the phone since this news broke

I was about to suggest David Yates, but he's apparently directing the next four Fantastic Beasts movies until 2024, unless he kills himself beforehand.

I didn't even like the first one that much

mandatory Brad Bird nomination

that's a great idea tbh

Yep! I'm down with the Bird.

I was bummed when it was revelaed snoke is not actually that big, I like the idea of a giant aliean species

Please keep Abrams far away from this...

my friend in the industry was wondering if they announce a replacement soon-ish or if Ron Howard will get the nod as a reward for jumping into Han Solo reshoots..

As of June, The Last Jedi was apparently on track to be finished in August, so maybe Rian Johnson is the most likely pick.

I keep seeing "get a female director!" threads which is cool but seeing people like Suzanne Bier on those shortlists is depressing for several reasons

Maybe Patty Jenkins. I doubt that they'd consider Ava Duvernay before A Wrinkle in Time has become a hit.