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SPECULATION What is the worse thing that could happen in Ep VIII in your opinion

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' started by Bandini, Aug 22, 2016.

  1. Jedihopper

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    Posted this in the "Is Luke the father of Rey?" thread but I'll summarize several posts here -

    The worst thing (IMO) to happen in Episode VIII would be:

    • Rey is a desert dwelling, Force-sensitive, mechanically inclined, ace pilot who inherits both the Millennium Falcon from Han Solo and the lightsaber from Luke Skywalker, but is revealed to be the random child of some imperial officers or something. Who Luke had to kill on Jakku or something.
    • This sets up the ReyLo fan fic where they can grow closer, she can redeem him to the light, and they fall in love. Creating this for the end of Episode IX:
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    If Snoke is ancient....

    I shudder (if a storm rising inside can even be called that) when thinking about it.
     
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    If in the penultimate conflict Ben/Kylo is not more than a match for Rey and Luke. Snoke alluded to completing his training as a Skywalker he should be very entune with his abilities dark or not. He should be all powerful (Darth Vader V.2)
     
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    You raise a good point here.

    I watched an interesting screenplay clip this week about "creating the ultimate antagonist". It highlights how "a protagonist and their story can only be as intellectually fascinating and emotionally compelling as the forces of antagonism make them" (Robert Mckee) and illustrates the importance of villains being "exceptionally good at attacking the hero's greatest weaknesses" (John Truby).

    This has been a real strength of the saga to date for both the antagonists and protagonists and makes an interesting stimulus for speculation for the movies to come. A failure in this regard now (however unlikely) could well be the worst thing for 8.
     
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    time travel
     
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    Time Travel to Naboo to fight along the Gungans
     
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    What if during that Time Travel, they change history and JJ dies during that battle?
     
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    I think personally the worst thing that could happen would be for Rey to be the reincarnation of Anakin Skywalker. I will be so disappointed with that. I am such a strong believer that she is Ben Solo's sister and if that turns out to be true it will make Rey and Ben's encounters in TFA so much more meaningful and intense for me personally. (I know I'm one of a very small group of people that think this, so I don't need reminding lol)

    Another disappointment would be that Rey is either the daughter of Obi-Wan Kenobi or the Grandaughter of Palpatine. To me those two scenarios just don't make any sense. Obi-Wan would be a complete hypocrite if he had a family, after giving Anakin the talk on Jedi being forbidden to form relationships. Palpatine.....a family man???? I just don't buy it.
     
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    I agree with that the idea of Rey being reincarnated being any absolutely awful idea.

    As far as some of the Snoke comments. In some of the info leading up to TFA it was insinuated that Snoke would be around 7 feet tall. To put that into perspective, that is about the size of K2SO in Rogue One. He is CGI and so far appears to look great. A thin, 7ft, humanoid character done in CGI will work just fine. They will still be using Serkis' movements and mannerisms.
     
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    So long as the CGI is not as rushed as it was for TFA. I don't think will be the case however for episodes 8 and 9.
     
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    You know, in real life, you are really brother and sister when you have some life experiment in common, like holidays, everyday's dinner, fights, gifts, joy and sadness shared.

    Are you really brother and sister if you never spend a day together ? Blood isn't enough to be brother and sister, you need something more.
     
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    CGI should be better in VIII. They have a longer time in post production to not have to rush.
     
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    Yes and no. Depends on what you believe :).
     
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    Believe ?

    I have 2 brothers and 4 so called sisters. I lived with 2 brothers and 1 sister and not a day with 3 sisters. They don't even know when I'm born, what I like, where I live. Are they my sisters ?

    I don't feel so, I have absolutely no love for them.
     
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    Yeah, episode 7 was critically acclaimed, but I don't think the critics (or I, for that matter) would be very forgiving if episode VIII piggybacked to a similar extent off of Episode V. They've proven they can do star wars, which was fine because that was what the prequels failed upon, but now its time to do a Star Wars movie that tackles new themes and settings. Especially because we didn't know if VII would even be good, so it was a relief to get the compelling character-driven story we did, but if episode VIII does the same thing it'll be predictable.
     
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    For me unforgivable sins would be as follows:

    1. Not answering the question of Rey's lineage. I don't even care if it ends up that she's just a "nobody." Please just answer the question by the end of VIII.

    2. Another full on rehash of OT plot points and beats. It's ok if it's kind of tonally similar to ESB as in it's dark, but similarities must end there. It cannot be another TFA situation where we are literally copying ANH down to the Death Star.

    3. Not introducing new planets and characters and keeping the universe small.
     
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    For me, it would being losing another original cast member. :(
     
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    I would like to see Luke dying. It will be cool if he appers as force ghost in IX.
     
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    The projector could break like it did in this theater for VII:


     
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    Time travel with younger actors playing Luke, Leia, and Han.

    I realize that for some this is perfectly ok, but for others like myself, this is Spanish Inquisition level heresy.

    Lets not beat around the bush, either. Lets call this what it is: a backdoor to cheap reboot crap, abundant in today's unoriginal Hollywood.

    And just where does it all end? Will we get a new Emperor? Another Lando? New Tarkin?

    The possibilities are endless, and they're all horrifying.
     
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