STAR WARS: Episode 7 (All-Time #1 opening box office.) (1 Viewer)

[Andy Dufresne]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

 

[B-Deep]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

so the accurate blast points on the sand walker were lucky shots from the worst soldiers in the galaxy?the troopers get no better in empire, perhaps the cold hut them! the way it did the speeders that they could not get working in the time it took them to capture a plethora of indigenous tauntauns who cannot go out at night on their own planet...then what about jedi? more of the raw recruits?yeah, the new star wars suck but the original 3 were air tight...

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

so the accurate blast points on the sand walker were lucky shots from the worst soldiers in the galaxy?the troopers get no better in empire, perhaps the cold hut them! the way it did the speeders that they could not get working in the time it took them to capture a plethora of indigenous tauntauns who cannot go out at night on their own planet...then what about jedi? more of the raw recruits?yeah, the new star wars suck but the original 3 were air tight...

Have you ever seen an action movie before or a movie with a car chase? Suspend belief for a few hours.

 

[B-Deep]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

so the accurate blast points on the sand walker were lucky shots from the worst soldiers in the galaxy?the troopers get no better in empire, perhaps the cold hut them! the way it did the speeders that they could not get working in the time it took them to capture a plethora of indigenous tauntauns who cannot go out at night on their own planet...then what about jedi? more of the raw recruits?yeah, the new star wars suck but the original 3 were air tight...

Have you ever seen an action movie before or a movie with a car chase? Suspend belief for a few hours.

i suspend it for the whole 6 movies, i love them

 

[NewlyRetired]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

so the accurate blast points on the sand walker were lucky shots from the worst soldiers in the galaxy?the troopers get no better in empire, perhaps the cold hut them! the way it did the speeders that they could not get working in the time it took them to capture a plethora of indigenous tauntauns who cannot go out at night on their own planet...then what about jedi? more of the raw recruits?yeah, the new star wars suck but the original 3 were air tight...

Have you ever seen an action movie before or a movie with a car chase? Suspend belief for a few hours.

You are missing the point. People freely suspend belied when a twig crushes armor in the original trilogy but then claim all sorts of violent rape on their childhood when something just as silly occurs in the prequels.People just need to be consistent.

 

[B-Deep]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

so the accurate blast points on the sand walker were lucky shots from the worst soldiers in the galaxy?the troopers get no better in empire, perhaps the cold hut them! the way it did the speeders that they could not get working in the time it took them to capture a plethora of indigenous tauntauns who cannot go out at night on their own planet...then what about jedi? more of the raw recruits?yeah, the new star wars suck but the original 3 were air tight...

Have you ever seen an action movie before or a movie with a car chase? Suspend belief for a few hours.

You are missing the point. People freely suspend belied when a twig crushes armor in the original trilogy but then claim all sorts of violent rape on their childhood when something just as silly occurs in the prequels.People just need to be consistent.

this guy gets itjar jar was ewok stupid, but darth maul ruled!Anakin destroying the droid control ship on accident was dumb as hell, so is a tribe of stone throwing eoks defeating the empire's bestjust go in to enjoy the movie and you will!

 

[Thunderlips]

Oh and apparently I am the only one here who enjoyed the Teddy Bear Apocalypse but still they were there to sell toys.

I didn't have a problem with it, but then again I was 9. Leia in the gold bikini had no (conscious) effect, but I was obsessed with finding Gamorrean Guard action figures. Kids are dumb.

I liked it when I was a kid, and still smile today as an adult when seeing them. I just don't like the hypocrisy some fans exhibit when complaining about the prequels and not realizing that the identical things they complain about exist in ROTJ. ROTJ always gets a pass I think because people still view it though their eyes as a kid.

I never had a big problem with the Ewoks. I had a harder time with the Death Star. On the one hand, why wouldn't they build another one after the rebels destroyed the first one? Seems like a no brainer (but improve the design so the thing doesn't blow up when someone shoots a torpedo down the exhaust port). On the other hand, did we really need another story about a group of rebels trying to blow up a death star? Aren't there, like, unlimited stories out there and Lucas decided to go with the same thing he just did two movies prior? zzz...

They did. they changed it from one big vent that a missile could go down to thousands of tiny vents. Lando, Wedge and Nien Nub blew up something else.

 

[shader]

hell in the very first Star Wars we see two idiot droids wander through a firefight, DIRECTLY through the line of fire, and don't get a scratch. If that happened in the first 10 minutes of a new movie, 2 of the GGs walk through a firefight without trying to dodge simply stroll slowly through, and don't get hit, you'd leave the theater

We have put the Original Trilogy on a level of perfection that cannot be reached. Even though they are in reality silly and have so many "unrealistic" scenes it isn't funny.Lucas didn't change all that much. He was the same guy in both sets of movies. I'm glad we have a very good director now in JJ Abrams. Can't lose situation, imo. It's hard to ruin Star Wars.And this is the guy that gave us Lost, a very character driven show. Possibly one of the top 5 TV shows of all-time. I'm pumped. I can't wait. Now it's on to the casting.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

The thing is is that Kenobi new stormtroopers from the Clone Wars days. Those guys were clones of Jango Fett, a guy that was apparently good with a blaster.But by the time Kenobi hooks up with Luke, the Empire isn't using clones as troopers anymore. They're just beings (apparently only bipedal, humanlike beings make the cut) recruited for the role. So he proceeds from the false assumption that they're the same and they're not. I'm guessing the guys on the Death Star are just raw recruits becuase why would they need hardened troops? What, is someone actually going to infiltrate the thing?

so the accurate blast points on the sand walker were lucky shots from the worst soldiers in the galaxy?the troopers get no better in empire, perhaps the cold hut them! the way it did the speeders that they could not get working in the time it took them to capture a plethora of indigenous tauntauns who cannot go out at night on their own planet...then what about jedi? more of the raw recruits?yeah, the new star wars suck but the original 3 were air tight...

Have you ever seen an action movie before or a movie with a car chase? Suspend belief for a few hours.

You are missing the point. People freely suspend belied when a twig crushes armor in the original trilogy but then claim all sorts of violent rape on their childhood when something just as silly occurs in the prequels.People just need to be consistent.

this guy gets itjar jar was ewok stupid, but darth maul ruled!Anakin destroying the droid control ship on accident was dumb as hell, so is a tribe of stone throwing eoks defeating the empire's bestjust go in to enjoy the movie and you will!

Jar jar was different though. They had him essentially making fart jokes. The Ewoks at least tried to represent something like common folks being able to overcome the big bad empire. The midiclorian angle just seemed to fly in the face of what Star Wars and the force was about and then to not get into detail about the "virgence" in the force and having anakins turning being semi weak, it deserves scrutiny. I like them and don't complain too much. I do, however think that much of episodes 1-2 could have been somehow combined and that episode 3 should have been more vader in the suit hunting down Jedi.

 

[Psychopav]

DISbelief. We suspend DISbelief when we ignore obvious plot holes where the story does not jibe with reality.Come ON, people!

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

DISbelief. We suspend DISbelief when we ignore obvious plot holes where the story does not jibe with reality.Come ON, people!

my bad

 

[Insein]

QuestionThe storm troopers land on tatoine, find the droid tracks, track the droids to the jawas, learn that the jawas sold them to luke and his unlce, kill all the jawas, then go to the Skywalker farm and don;t find the droids (or the kid)so they kill everyone there. Their next plan after all that tracking is not "watch the farm in case the kid or droids come back" it is "#### it, let's go to mos eisley and just hang out checking bathrooms."elite commandos my ###

Yea well, Lucas wasn't a master of details.

 

[Billy Bats]

Well Abrams can't be any worse than Lucas directing, so there's that.

 

[mad sweeney]

Well Abrams Uwe Boll can't be any worse than Lucas directing, so there's that.

 

[NewlyRetired]

Well Abrams can't be any worse than Lucas directing, so there's that.

I don't think Lucas's directing is horrible per say (i think he is average overall, better in the technical aspects, worse in managing the actors) but his writing is just god awful.

 

[FinHead]

I'm happy with Abrams, but it's kind of weird that he's directing both Star Trek and Star Wars, as I'd like them to have different styles.ROTS >> ROTJ

 

[Insein]

Well Abrams Uwe Boll can't be any worse than Lucas directing, so there's that.

Hey now. There's being disrespectful and then there's just being hateful. No need to take it to that level.

 

[mad sweeney]

Well Abrams Uwe Boll can't be any worse than Lucas directing, so there's that.

Hey now. There's being disrespectful and then there's just being hateful. No need to take it to that level.

I'm excepting Star Wars and anything before it, but since then there's little difference between the two

 

[saintsfan]

Sith IMO was as good as Empire .Yeah, I said it...

 

[Dexter]

Sith IMO was as good as Empire .Yeah, I said it...

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3fndvf5l61rocz98o1_500.jpg

 

[AcerFC]

QuestionThe storm troopers land on tatoine, find the droid tracks, track the droids to the jawas, learn that the jawas sold them to luke and his unlce, kill all the jawas, then go to the Skywalker farm and don;t find the droids (or the kid)so they kill everyone there. Their next plan after all that tracking is not "watch the farm in case the kid or droids come back" it is "#### it, let's go to mos eisley and just hang out checking bathrooms."elite commandos my ###

 

[AcerFC]

It is interesting what happens as we get older. I was/am a huge Star Wars guy. I has the figures growing up and bought the new ones when the 1-3 came out. I am 35 years old. I have the figures and other collectible on display in my basement. Like B Deep and NR, I just go into the movies and enjoy them. I don't over think them. When I watch those YouTube videos showing all of the inconsistencies, I get a chuckle but it doesn't take away from my enjoyment. I always thought when I had kids, I wouldn't be able to wait to share in my enjoyment of Star Wars. And to a degree, I do. My son is 3 and he has a yoda doll (which he sat next to in his monthly picture the first year of his life), a few light sabers and a few little figures. But right now, I can't wait to watch Lord of The Rings with him. I'm sure it will be fun watching Star Wars with him but LOTR to me was on a different level. Just felt like adding something. I will go see episode 7 and I'm sure ill like it. Maybe by that point, my son and I will have watched all 6. I really liked the heir to the empire series. Maybe they pull from that a bit. Should be cool either way

 

[gsmayes]

seriously, people can't see a difference between ewoks and jar jar? the ewoks are furry little frodos, impossibly brave common folk that faced off against soldiers with ray guns using freaking sticks and stones. and the movie is pretty clear that after the initial surprise attack, the ewoks are getting slaughtered. and then there's jar jar, a walking racial stereotype, fart joke, fool and coward.

 

[AcerFC]

seriously, people can't see a difference between ewoks and jar jar? the ewoks are furry little frodos, impossibly brave common folk that faced off against soldiers with ray guns using freaking sticks and stones. and the movie is pretty clear that after the initial surprise attack, the ewoks are getting slaughtered. and then there's jar jar, a walking racial stereotype, fart joke, fool and coward.

He wasn't a coward when he gave all the power of the republic to Palpantine was he? Stood up without hesitation on that one

 

[NewlyRetired]

I always thought when I had kids, I wouldn't be able to wait to share in my enjoyment of Star Wars. And to a degree, I do. My son is 3 and he has a yoda doll (which he sat next to in his monthly picture the first year of his life), a few light sabers and a few little figures. But right now, I can't wait to watch Lord of The Rings with him. I'm sure it will be fun watching Star Wars with him but LOTR to me was on a different level.

Enjoy it, because if he likes it, it is awesome to share with. My daughter does not like sports at all but is a huge sci-fi/fantasy chick so it has been great introducing her and watching from start to finish to Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Farscape, Firefly etc etc etc with her.

 

[Tony Jabroni]

I always thought when I had kids, I wouldn't be able to wait to share in my enjoyment of Star Wars. And to a degree, I do. My son is 3 and he has a yoda doll (which he sat next to in his monthly picture the first year of his life), a few light sabers and a few little figures. But right now, I can't wait to watch Lord of The Rings with him. I'm sure it will be fun watching Star Wars with him but LOTR to me was on a different level.

Enjoy it, because if he likes it, it is awesome to share with. My daughter does not like sports at all but is a huge sci-fi/fantasy chick so it has been great introducing her and watching from start to finish to Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Farscape, Firefly etc etc etc with her.

Stargate was awesome. Very underrated, IMO.

 

[Billy Bats]

QuestionThe storm troopers land on tatoine, find the droid tracks, track the droids to the jawas, learn that the jawas sold them to luke and his unlce, kill all the jawas, then go to the Skywalker farm and don;t find the droids (or the kid)so they kill everyone there. Their next plan after all that tracking is not "watch the farm in case the kid or droids come back" it is "#### it, let's go to mos eisley and just hang out checking bathrooms."elite commandos my ###

The problem is, the last time Obi-Wan seen storm troopers, they were fresh off the assembly line and grade A troops. After years and years of cloning they eventually got dumber and less accurate, which Obi-Wan wasn't used to seeing.

 

[Aerial Assault]

I always thought when I had kids, I wouldn't be able to wait to share in my enjoyment of Star Wars. And to a degree, I do. My son is 3 and he has a yoda doll (which he sat next to in his monthly picture the first year of his life), a few light sabers and a few little figures. But right now, I can't wait to watch Lord of The Rings with him. I'm sure it will be fun watching Star Wars with him but LOTR to me was on a different level.

Enjoy it, because if he likes it, it is awesome to share with. My daughter does not like sports at all but is a huge sci-fi/fantasy chick so it has been great introducing her and watching from start to finish to Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Farscape, Firefly etc etc etc with her.

Aw, that's so sweet! If I ever have a daughter I hope I get this. Congrats for all the fun you're having with her.

 

[NewlyRetired]

I always thought when I had kids, I wouldn't be able to wait to share in my enjoyment of Star Wars. And to a degree, I do. My son is 3 and he has a yoda doll (which he sat next to in his monthly picture the first year of his life), a few light sabers and a few little figures. But right now, I can't wait to watch Lord of The Rings with him. I'm sure it will be fun watching Star Wars with him but LOTR to me was on a different level.

Enjoy it, because if he likes it, it is awesome to share with. My daughter does not like sports at all but is a huge sci-fi/fantasy chick so it has been great introducing her and watching from start to finish to Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Farscape, Firefly etc etc etc with her.

Aw, that's so sweet! If I ever have a daughter I hope I get this. Congrats for all the fun you're having with her.

Thanks! The poor kid had no hope. Mom is a sci fi/fantasy geek and I am a scifi/fantasy uber geek so if she did not like this stuff it would have been a big bummer.Tonight we are starting the Farscape Peacekeeper mini series. She has been waiting all week to see what happens after the crazy ending to Season 4.When I check on her sleeping at night I whisper in her ear "Joss Whedon is your true god" We are starting up an enormous 12 season run of Buffy/Angel soon

 

[The Ref]

I always thought when I had kids, I wouldn't be able to wait to share in my enjoyment of Star Wars. And to a degree, I do. My son is 3 and he has a yoda doll (which he sat next to in his monthly picture the first year of his life), a few light sabers and a few little figures. But right now, I can't wait to watch Lord of The Rings with him. I'm sure it will be fun watching Star Wars with him but LOTR to me was on a different level.

Enjoy it, because if he likes it, it is awesome to share with. My daughter does not like sports at all but is a huge sci-fi/fantasy chick so it has been great introducing her and watching from start to finish to Star Wars, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Lord of the Rings, Stargate, Farscape, Firefly etc etc etc with her.

Stargate was awesome. Very underrated, IMO.

I agree. i watched it about 3 weeks ago for the first time in 10 years... it held up very well.

 

[The Ref]

So.... He wrote Toy Story 3.... now he gets the keys to SW7?Anyone else see some risk in this?

 

[Insein]

So.... He wrote Toy Story 3.... now he gets the keys to SW7?Anyone else see some risk in this?

Who are you referring to? Arndt?

 

[NewlyRetired]

So.... He wrote Toy Story 3.... now he gets the keys to SW7?Anyone else see some risk in this?

I don't understand the conclusion here?Check out Peter Jackson's background before taking on Lord of the Rings. You don't need to be steeped in a specific genre to be good at writing or directing.The Toy Story 3 story and script were excellent both from an action point of view and from a dialogue point of view, the the latter of which every Star Wars fan knows the series needs, assuming he can keep Lucas away from the type writer long enough.

 

[rikishiboy]

i too am very happy with Abraham as a director...the fact he directed Star Trek does not deter me at all, because he has directed lots of different sci-fi stuff I have enjoyed.

 

[gsmayes]

If SW7 is half as good as Toy Story 3, I'll be ecstatic.

 

[NajehHejan]

my kids are 4.5 and 3.5, they wear star wars clothes and know the theme song, but i have not shown them the movies, am obviously concerned with the violence, when is an appropriate age to introduce them to the flicks?

 

[Insein]

my kids are 4.5 and 3.5, they wear star wars clothes and know the theme song, but i have not shown them the movies, am obviously concerned with the violence, when is an appropriate age to introduce them to the flicks?

All kids are different. I showed my sister them when she was 3 but I was 16 at the time. For my own kids, I'll probably wait till 4. They're 2 now. All depends on when you are comfortable with it because they won't know any difference. Only you know if your kid can handle it.

 

[NewlyRetired]

my kids are 4.5 and 3.5, they wear star wars clothes and know the theme song, but i have not shown them the movies, am obviously concerned with the violence, when is an appropriate age to introduce them to the flicks?

You know your kids better than anyone else. I waited until my daughter was 7 not because I thought she couldn't handle it younger but I figured it was going to make more of an impression on her when she was older.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

His directorial total...

2011 Super 8 2010 Undercovers (TV series)– Pilot (2010) 2009 Star Trek 2009 Anatomy of Hope (TV movie) 2007 The Office (TV series)– Cocktails (2007) 2006 Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV series)– Episode #4.269 (2006) (guest director) 2006 Mission: Impossible III 2001-2005 Alias (TV series)– Authorized Personnel Only: Part 1 (2005) (minor segments - uncredited)– Authorized Personnel Only: Part 2 (2005) (minor segments - uncredited)– The Telling (2003)– Almost Thirty Years (2002)– Truth Be Told (2001) 2004 Lost (TV series)– Pilot: Part 2 (2004)– Pilot: Part 1 (2004) 1999 Felicity (TV series)

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009190/#Director

 

[Clayton Gray]

Count me in the liking all six Star Wars movies (without caring how many holes there are) and Toy Story 3 camp.

 

[Andrew74]

http://youtu.be/9eD6C2DnSKYI'll be happy if they can make it as good as this.

 

[Tony Jabroni]

2 spinoff films now confirmed. 1 is being written by Lawrence Kasdan.http://starwars.com/news/new-spinoff-films-set-to-expand-the-star-wars-galaxy.html

 

[NewlyRetired]

2 spinoff films now confirmed. 1 is being written by Lawrence Kasdan.http://starwars.com/news/new-spinoff-films-set-to-expand-the-star-wars-galaxy.html

One of these just screams for Boba Fett to be featured.

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

Vader between 3 and 4 as a badass Jedi killer is a must. Maybe bobafett or yoda on dagobah and learning more about the force (and why the cave is full of the dark side)

 

[Leeroy Jenkins]

What scares me though is the quote saying they are "outside the starwars saga" and standalone. I'm ok with that in general but if they "rewrite history" and make them not lineup with episodes 1-9, like whst theyve done with xmen and reboots of spiderman, then it will suck.

 

[T Bell]

What I can't get over is what Chewbacca must have smelled like after escaping the garbage compactor. All of them for that matter. And yet none of them change their clothes except Luke when they put him in big boy pilot clothes at the end. But then there's Princess Leia wearing the same white robes and smelling like Death Star armpit hanging out in the War Room and offering nothing. At that point I'd probably be praying Yavin got blasted just to be free of the fish smell.

 

[Eviloutsider]

Yes it will be overkill but I am cool with a new movie every other year, whether it's a spinoff or part of the saga.

 

[T Bell]

Did Obi Wan tip the bartender in the cantina after he killed the death sentence dude and cut off the other guy's arm? He made a bigger mess than Han Solo did after all.

 

[Insein]

What I can't get over is what Chewbacca must have smelled like after escaping the garbage compactor. All of them for that matter. And yet none of them change their clothes except Luke when they put him in big boy pilot clothes at the end. But then there's Princess Leia wearing the same white robes and smelling like Death Star armpit hanging out in the War Room and offering nothing. At that point I'd probably be praying Yavin got blasted just to be free of the fish smell.

She probably slipped into a new robe and got a quick shower by then. Doubt people would have put up with that.

 

[Insein]

Did Obi Wan tip the bartender in the cantina after he killed the death sentence dude and cut off the other guy's arm? He made a bigger mess than Han Solo did after all.

He didn't start it. Han shot first so proper etiquette dictates that he should tip the guy for the mess.