Star Wars: The Last Jedi (CONTAINS SPOILERS)

[Jonesy23]

ICallCustard said:

As good as it may look it probably worth remembering that hardly any of the footage from the Rogue one trailer was actually in the final film

That clever opening shot won't be in the film as there's no way it would fit anything except a blind open of a trailer.

[HorneyMX5]

Not as good as the FA trailer but I think that was partly down to the excitement and long wait.

[robemcdonald]

The problem is if you show too much like the recent Spider-Man trailer and people moan. Show nothing like this one and people moan.
Getting trailers right has become a bit of an art form. Academy award for best trailer? It will probably happen.

[FourWheelDrift]

HorneyMX5 said:

Not as good as the FA trailer

That was the teaser, not the full trailer that is still to come.

This is the FA teaser, very similar, breathing, darkness, light, BB8 rolling, then brief action - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erLk59H86ww

[wjb]

alock said:

Since episode 7 could easily be thought of as a remake of episode 4, it's fair to assume episode 8 will be similar to 5.

There will be a cinematic battle near the start. There will be Jedi training. There will a big family/relationship reveal. There will be a lost-cause type ending.

Yep, 7/8/9 are basically a sneaky reboot of the 4/5/6

[Rich_W]

Competition for Star Wars fans.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn05kOhUQyo

3m11. When all the males in the audience think "fk yeah!"

[alock]

wjb said:

Yep, 7/8/9 are basically a sneaky reboot of the 4/5/6

It suprised me how few people noticed when watching episode 7.

Young force sensitive lead character.
Droid friend(s).
Macho second lead character who is a good pilot.
Old, knowledgeable character passing on the light saber of an ancestor.
Dark force sensitive baddie who is second in charge. Kills one of lead goodies.
Mysterious head baddie.
Planet destroying weapon.
Challenge to get shield deactivated.
Final fight with light sabers.

They're the same film!

[Moonhawk]

alock said:

Since episode 7 could easily be thought of as a remake of episode 4, it's fair to assume episode 8 will be similar to 5.

There will be a cinematic battle near the start. There will be Jedi training. There will a big family/relationship reveal. There will be a lost-cause type ending.

Well - we do appear to have atmospheric fighter craft skimming the surface of a planet going up against a bunch of AT-ATs with mountains as a backdrop.

[Rich_W]

If you can ignore the annoying voiceover.

https://youtu.be/vs3sVrm_W4o?t=2m21s

It's true that 7 and 4 are the same

[Oakey]

Moonhawk said:

Well - we do appear to have atmospheric fighter craft skimming the surface of a planet going up against a bunch of AT-ATs with mountains as a backdrop.

The opening of the trailer with Rey kneeling on the floor, it made me wonder if that's going to be a scene reminiscent of Luke on Dagobah when he encounters Vader in that cave

[FourWheelDrift]

No she's just had Luke on piggy back and she's shagged out.

Not sure about the Red Arrows.

Big space fight.

[FourWheelDrift]

Moonhawk said:

If the ice planet attack is Hoth, maybe the desert planet attack is Coldth.

[robemcdonald]

I'm getting a bit worried. I've seen a lot of videos of Mark Hamil on YouTube and he seems to be saying mostly negative things at the moment. Hopefully it's a ruse, but it might not be...

[silverthorn2151]

silverthorn2151 said:

ralphrj said:

silverthorn2151 said:

Don't finish filming it for some while yet either.

Unless they are doing extensive re-shoots then filming will have finished some time ago.

According to Rian Johnson (the Director), principal photography was completed on 22nd July last year.

Our eldest daughter is one of the 3rd ADs and they are definitely still filming. What exactly I don't know as she is very good at the keepng it secret stuff. Still got 2 overseas shoots to go I believe.

oops! Seems it IS reshoots and she 3rdcAD on the next spin off film.

I really should listen to the kids more. Apologies for misleading you all.

Edited by silverthorn2151 on Wednesday 19th April 21:33

[Rick_1138]

Negative things about the film? That seems odd as he's usually pretty upbeat about it all and knows it's his meal ticket.

Any links?

[robemcdonald]

Exactly. That's what's got me worried. It's nothing specific, but a general tone.

https://youtu.be/It_olylT42I

https://youtu.be/3S2zsCaOOmE

https://youtu.be/IMaq23CA818

[funkyrobot]

FourWheelDrift said:

Moonhawk said:

If the ice planet attack is Hoth, maybe the desert planet attack is Coldth.

When I saw it, I instantly thought Empire too.

I'm intrigued to know whether or not the final three stories actually follow what George Lucas wrote. Or have Disney torn the idea up and are just going on what they want to make?

[Catatafish]

funkyrobot said:

When I saw it, I instantly thought Empire too.

I'm intrigued to know whether or not the final three stories actually follow what George Lucas wrote. Or have Disney torn the idea up and are just going on what they want to make?

The final three films seem to be rehashes of Lucas' original three... but I think Lucas had something different which Disney declined to pursue. The stories were probably too different to what Disney's brand risk balancing committee would allow them to make into a film.

[funkyrobot]

Catatafish said:

funkyrobot said:

When I saw it, I instantly thought Empire too.

I'm intrigued to know whether or not the final three stories actually follow what George Lucas wrote. Or have Disney torn the idea up and are just going on what they want to make?

The final three films seem to be rehashes of Lucas' original three... but I think Lucas had something different which Disney declined to pursue. The stories were probably too different to what Disney's brand risk balancing committee would allow them to make into a film.

Indeed. I wonder if they were too dark for Disney to be associated with.

It would be great one day if all of the original story plans were released. I know it may not happen as Disney have spent a lot of money buying them. However, one day down the line when the series has finished, it would be interesting to see how they were going to pan out.

In relation to the latest trailer, it didn't excite me much. Based on FA being so close to the story in ANH, and this one looking so much like ESB, I haven't felt at all inclined to watch it. Will see what the other trailers produce to see if I get excited about it.

[AnotherClarkey]

funkyrobot said:

Indeed. I wonder if they were too dark for Disney to be associated with.

It would be great one day if all of the original story plans were released. I know it may not happen as Disney have spent a lot of money buying them. However, one day down the line when the series has finished, it would be interesting to see how they were going to pan out.

In relation to the latest trailer, it didn't excite me much. Based on FA being so close to the story in ANH, and this one looking so much like ESB, I haven't felt at all inclined to watch it. Will see what the other trailers produce to see if I get excited about it.

Disney has gone much darker in the past than Lucas has ever dared to - 'The Black Hole' for example.