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The Official The Last Jedi "DJ" Discussion Thread

Discussion in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' started by LadyMusashi, Aug 15, 2015.

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What would you like Benicio to play in episode 8?

  1. A Knight of Ren/sith

  2. A jedi

  3. A mandalorian

  4. A first order Thrawn general type character

  5. An alien

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  1. Charlie07

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    Pablo :D:D
     
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  2. Bluemilk

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    If he was Boba Fett and he's not then he's a little late to the party because Han already bit the dust and Kylo would waste him in seconds.
     
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    Seems like what is going on here is a huge number of old fans are longing to continue the old saga and hoping for SW to not become just (SWINO) Star Wars In Name Only.

    The Story group is wanting to make something new while hijacking something old and successful. It is understandable and human for them to do that but ultimately it will kill SW.

    To continue SW saga there must be meaningful and real connections with the past in both in future characters (Rey Skywalker) and Story (Anakin, Darth Plaguies, OB1, Yoda etc...).

    If you just make Scifi Space Stories were the goal is to leave behind old characters and story, you may as well have not purchased Star Wars from Lucas. and made your own films.

    SW should have deep ties to the old lore, old Jedi and old Sith or it is no longer even Star Wars.

    New characters be dammed. Just keeping Chewbacca and R2 walking around does not a Star Wars film make.
     
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    i agree, otherwise they will become like the Bond films with another "villain of the week" kinda deal
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    what if Snoke is like the Mandarin in Iron Man 3 and Del Toro is just pulling strings of a puppet and fooling the whole First Order ? like a DJ playing and manipulating records. What if Snoke is just some hologram illusion that he made up and plays with while hiding his true self ?
     
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    As interesting as that is, we know he's not a hologram because he's apparently getting a practical version made.
     
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    I think we should be careful when we label "villains of the week."

    1st SW borrows from serial Sci-fi. So villains of the week are true to form. What sets SW aside is how it connects to deeper themes and gives a grand vision. SW takes villain archetypes and puts them in a different universe.

    Even one film wonders of the PT were aspects that later were part of the character Vader became.
     
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    While it seems to be popular speculation, I just don't think DJ stands for Dark Jedi.
     
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    I don't believe anyone is a dak jedi in TLJ. It's a silly concept
     
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    I'm almost certain they nickname BDT's character "DJ" because he runs some kind of club on Canto Bight and/or is really into his music there. It's also most likely that his character is just a crime boss or underworld character, that's a tick box they need to cross for the ST.
     
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    TFA was pretty much a nostalgic throwback to ANH. And while I get what you're saying, the novel Aftermath alluded to Boba Fett having survived the sarlacc pit and without his armor. And I think Aftermath was meant to be a link connecting the old trilogy to the new trilogy. If that's the case, and if Boba has no business with the new trilogy, then why even allude to him at all?

    I'm not saying that Del Toro is necessarily playing Boba, just that I haven't ruled out the possibility. Imo, he'd make a great Boba. But yeah, he's probably a new character.

    He'd be an interesting fill in character for Han. Boba finding out Han is dead.
     
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    Well I don't blame Yoda, for his species that's just normal. But yeah Rey has a last name dammit.

    And on BDT, I mean why would he be taking pictures for Vanity Fair if he was just a cameo? I'm not saying he's a main character but I assume he's tied in somewhere.
     
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    Because it creates interest. Fans have had wild speculation now the wider base will be wondering. Look how many posts and tweets we have seen just in our little community. That's marketing.

    Disney/LFL plays us like a fiddle. I've been saying since the nostalgic topps card drop 2014.
     
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    Lucasfilm was able to include Saw in Rogue One without compromising that film. Do I want more animated characters appearing in film? Absolutely, I can't help it. That's going to color my perspective, but I want del Toro to be playing an older Ezra, but I don't think he is. DJ is open ended enough, but I do hope we learn his actual name during the course of the film. He's more than likely a new character, and I'll be happy with that. Benicio is an amazing actor.
     
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    I don't think so either (even though the idea wouldn't inherently harm the film if handled correctly). I think more often than not, when writers are not bound by pre-existing canon they choose to "color outside the lines" as often as possible and not artificially constrain themselves by writing in pre-existing characters. I just like to see how stories can cross connect which is why I wouldn't mind if it was Ezra.
     
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    I absolutely agree, but I would be lying if the stories of Rian spending so much time with the Story Group and Filoni didn't excite me. We naturally create our own expectations, and I'm definitely guilty of that. I mean, as soon as I heard Rian and Filoni meeting, I only imagined Ahsoka or Ezra, and I pinned Benicio as Ezra, even if it doesn't correlate. I'll accept whatever decision they make, but I don't think I'll inherently rule anything out.
     
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    If they manage to weave one or more of those characters in a way that makes sense (and even more importantly feels necessary) I'd love it. I mean I know they worked Saw into R1, but it almost felt like more of a cameo. I tell you who I'd be excited to hear was directing a new episode of Star Wars (assuming there is a Sequel Sequel trilogy). Christopher Nolan. That is a dude who puts a premium on logical coherence, any character he introduced or wove into the story would absolutely make sense for the story. Would it ever happen? Who knows. Just know I'd be excited for it, if it did.
     
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    I don't have much favoritism in directors, save for Guillermo del Toro, and Dave Filoni deserves a film. Saw definitely felt like a cameo, his addition could have frankly been played by anyone, but his evolution and role did make sense for Saw, and they used him. I respect decisions like that. If a pre-existing character fits the mold, then why not use one. But with a character like Ahsoka, she would demand more of a role, and The Last Jedi is not her film. Ezra, though, now there's options.... lol
     
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    I hope they don't kill him off too quickly,, give him about 25 mins screen time.
     
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    A part of me is concerned he'll end up like Lor San Tekka; so many actors in The Force Awakens were wasted, from the Raid to the venerable Max Von Sydow. Benicio del Toro is such a charismatic actor that I hope Rian doesn't waste him like Abrams wasted some of his cast.
     
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    this had worried me too.... but i think we're ok here.

    I don't think he would be in the Vanity Fair pictures (and still nameless) if he was gonna have 1 minute in the film to move the story along like MVS did. They are taunting us with him... i think he has big ol role in this trilogy.

    fingers crossed.
     
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