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Post by Admin on Oct 10, 2017 18:53:25 GMT
They're rivals on opposite sides of the Force, but the new Star Wars: The Last Jedi trailer nevertheless seems to be drawing close parallels between Rey and Kylo Ren. The latest trailer revealed at halftime on Monday Night Football was a goosebump-inducing 2½ minutes that showcased more hints at character relationships than we've seen so far in the run-up to director Rian Johnson's blockbuster-to-be (in theaters Dec. 15), plus one potentially important temptation to the Dark Side. First, a quick recap: The last time we saw The Force Awakens heroine Rey (Daisy Ridley) and First Order villain Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), they were facing off in a lightsaber battle on Starkiller Base after Kylo murdered his father Han Solo (Harrison Ford). Suffice it to say, they didn't part as friends. The Last Jedi begins as The Force Awakens ended, with Rey seeking out old Jedi master Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), now a hermit on an uncharted island years after his efforts to teach Kylo ended in disaster. And their teacher/student (or Jedi/Padawan) relationship seems to mirror that of Kylo and Supreme Leader Snoke (played via motion capture by Andy Serkis). While Snoke is stoked about his young apprentice's potential, Luke is visibly worried about Rey's: "I've seen this raw strength only once before. It didn't scare me enough then. It does now." In his post-Kylo years, he's a little skittish about taking on a new recruit. (This also calls back to the most notable line from the previous trailer: "It's time for the Jedi to end.") Much of the footage focuses on the war between the First Order and the Resistance, including an air battle that sees Kylo strafing the good guys in his TIE Fighter, sensing his mother General Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) and hesitating on a kill shot. He's offed one parent, but is he ready to take out the other? Leia tells Han in Force Awakens that "there is still light" in Kylo — could this be a sign he hasn't gone totally dark?
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Post by Admin on Oct 11, 2017 18:45:28 GMT
It’s not George Lucas’s “Star Wars” anymore, as the latest trailer for “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” which was released on Monday night, seems intent on demonstrating. It begins with the mysterious baddie Snoke snarling, “When I found you, I saw raw, untamed power.” From there, the bad times roll: our heroes scowl and fume as the score blares its crushing notes; Kylo Ren (Adam Driver, with new scars) appears to target the spaceship holding his mother, General Leia (the late Carrie Fisher, looking regal); and Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill, bearded and woebegone) declares, “This is not going to go the way you think.” Woo-hoo, pass the popcorn! Of course, “Star Wars” hasn’t been for kids for a while now. The last installment of the main franchise, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” culminated in a sneak-attack patricide that left the movie’s only human with a sense of humor, Han Solo, speechless and then very dead, and his sidekick, Chewbacca, in mourning. The first spinoff of the Disney era, “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,” went one better, killing off all its heroes in a final sequence that looked like “Platoon” in space, topped off with a Darth Vader war crime. There’s a method to all this bleakness. The Disney “Star Wars” movies are intended both as a nostalgia trip and a rigorous corrective. The nostalgia is not for “Star Wars” whole cloth, nor for the silliest and flimsiest spit-and-glue parts of the franchise, but for the darker, sleeker stuff that has aged better. It is the moment when Darth Vader first appears in “The Empire Strikes Back,” his helmet shining like patent leather as he stares out into the cold cleanliness of space. The more a “Star Wars” movie looks like “Empire,” and echoes its middle-act tone of despair, the current thinking goes, the better it must be. That means darker and ostensibly more serious, more violent, more frightening, more grownup—more “worthwhile,” as Lucas put it. The results, while a clear improvement on Lucas’s juvenile prequels, are nonetheless some pretty bleak space operas.
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Post by Admin on Oct 17, 2017 18:56:38 GMT
Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” generated 537,000 new conversations last week with the release of the full trailer at halftime on Monday Night Football on Oct. 9, accompanied by ESPN cross-promotion and the release of new posters, toys, IMAX and VR material, and cast interviews throughout the week. Tickets also went on sale on Oct. 9. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” has pulled in more than 3.39 million new conversations two months before its Dec. 15 launch. Directed by Rian Johnson, the movie picks up where 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” left off. Disney-Marvel’s “Thor: Ragnarok” also generated a hefty 213,000 new conversations last week, lifting its total to 1.51 million three weeks before the Nov. 3 opening of the tentpole. The studio released extended clips and cast interviews throughout the week.
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Post by Admin on Oct 31, 2017 18:45:41 GMT
In a chat with GQ Magazine, Driver recalled his early conversations with Star Wars: The Force Awakens director J.J. Abrams about Kylo Ren's motivations and character: "I remember the initial conversations about having things 'skinned', ... peeling away layers to evolve into other people, and the person Kylo's pretending to be on the outside is not who he is. He's a vulnerable kid who doesn't know where to put his energy, but when he puts his mask on, suddenly, he's playing a role. JJ had that idea initially and I think Rian [Johnson, director of The Last Jedi] took it to the next level." But then Driver dropped what appears to be a doozy of a revelation about Daisy Ridley's protagonist Rey, whose parentage and origins have been cloaked in mystery. Again, SPOILER warning in case Driver is being literal here and not just employing a turn of phrase.
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Post by Admin on Nov 4, 2017 18:42:05 GMT
If Rey is indeed a princess then is she, like Kylo Ren (aka Ben Solo), the offspring of Princess (General) Leia Organa? That would seem unlikely since the filmmakers previously said Rey's parents were not in The Force Awakens. That would suggest then that Rey hails from a different royal house. Again, IF she really is a princess like Driver appears to claim. Whatever the case may be, Rey actress Daisy Ridley has said, "I think (Rey's parentage is) less important than even she may think." If Rey is indeed a princess in hiding that lends credence to the fan theory that Rey is basically Star Wars' version of Anastasia, the Grand Duchess of Russia who legend claims escaped the slaughter of her whole family and grew up elsewhere unaware of her true identity. If you don't know the real history of Anastasia then perhaps you're aware of the 1997 animated musical Anastasia. George Lucas' son Jett sure is and tweeted back in 2016 about how similar the story of Anastasia is to The Force Awakens.
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