Any Star Wars fans?
 

Was into the first 3 since was 17 when 1st one came out.
Wasn't really into the later ones like my kids where and still are.
They already preordered tickets for December.

After watching the trailers, starting to wonder what happens to Luke since they only show him once from behind. And not even on the poster.
Think he gets killed at the beginning by the Sith Lord?...

Have tickets with my son for a show on Dec 17. I'm pretty excited about it :cool:

Speculation from what Ive heard is he went to the dark side. My daughter and I used to watch the movies all the time. We are planning on watching all 6 before it hits theaters.

My oldest boy is a Star Wars geek..........
 

And the whole family is looking forward to seeing this new episode. But NOT on opening night!

I saw the premier showing way back when (May 25th, 1977) sort of by accident. I hadn't heard of Star Wars, but saw the line of people waiting to watch and asked one what was going on. He told me that it was going to be the best science fiction show ever, so I got into line and waited with him. He wasn't wrong - it was great!!

Somewhere in my stuff, I still have the little blue "May The Force Be With You" button they gave to all of us waiting in line. Identical to the pic below.

On a side note, my wife also attended that exact, same showing at the same theatre - but I didn't meet her for another fourteen years. And (entirely coincidentally, of course) our wedding anniversary is May 25th.............

And, no, our kids are not named Luke and Leia...........really.............

My son's theory as to what happened to Luke is that he is THE bad guy in this episode - he's not on the poster and we're only teased when he puts his mechanical hand on R2D2 in the trailer...........

And Luke had PLENTY of ANGER in him - remember the path to the dark side!! On December 18th, everyone will know.

May The Force (continue to) Be With You! :) :) :) :) :) :)

i am a fan..but i didnt see it until 10 or so years after it was released...dont know why..but it just happened...

I joined the SW fan club when I was 8, which was before Empire came out. Been a SW nerd ever since.
I still have all of my SW figures in a box somewhere.

I hope Disney doesn't blow this.

IIRC - Star Wars and a film known as Smokey & The Bandit both debuted in 1977...

Im a huge fan. I have Star Wars tattoos even. But I am having a hard time geting as excited about these new films as I feel like I should be.

Obviously I love the movies. But over the last 10 or 12 years Ive been really deep into the Expanded Universe. Which makes up a lot, books, comics, video games. I read a lot anyway, but last time I counted I had read just short of 100 of the books. Some are outliers in weird spots on the timeline, but for the most part they follow a linear path and keep things intact in a story arc.

Well when Disney announced they were creating new films and brought JJ on board, they also announced they were 100 percent throwing all of the EU out of the canon. So basically I just got told that I wasted my time reading something like 40,000 pages. That is a really tough pill to swallow.....

Now obviously Ive read plenty of books that found their way to the bigscreen, everyone takes liberties in the film adaptaion. Equally obvious is that Disney and JJ Abrams want to tell an original story. I get that they dont want to make a movie with that has the same ending as a book hundreds of thousands have read. But I just really feel that there is a middle ground that could have been had. If they had kept the family structure the same, Luke is married to Mara Jade, his sons name is Ben, Han and Leia's kids are Jacen, Jaina, and Anikan.....if they had just given me that bit of continuity I could really take any other changes in stride.

Ill end the rant there because I could go on and on. This is one that just strikes a little close to the bone for me. I will go see the movies, I hope they are good. I just dont really know how I will feel until I see them.

The trailer to me feels like the director is trying to tell me a story about my 12th birthday party. I was there, and he wasnt, and he has all the facts wrong.......

Dark side...hmmm...Could explain the Sith talking to Vaders mask or scull, whichever it is.

Word is Jar Jar won't be back. Which is fine by me.

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Seriously though .... from a marketing point of view it is not surprising Disney dumped Expanded Universe and everything else not directly related to the movie timelines. Personally, I would like to see films based on stories such as unimaginably powerful invertebrate Sith Lords dead for 100s of millennia being inadvertently resurrected and invading Jedi bodies to do masterful acts of evil such as effecting entire planetary systems with their minds to destroy whole civilizations in a single swoop. But I think we can agree such things would be too complex for the general populace which has no intent or interest in expanding beyond the simplicity of the films in their present form.

Anyone else remember Godzilla movies? All I want to see is Godizilla beating up evil monsters and not the filler of people in the movies yelling Godizilla and pointing. Star Wars is the same all I want to see is Jedis against Sith and not all the filler of goofy characters boring me to death. Hype for Star Wars movies have been huge but largely disappointing and boring.
Look Godzilla

"Ooh No! There goes Tokyo!..." http://youtu.be/RTzb-sduiWc

Just picked up Star Wars: The Complete Saga collection to re-watch all 6 Episodes.
The video and audio quality is amazing when compared to the older copies.

We had a LightSabre Battle at Toronto City Hall last weekend. Hundreds turned out, many in full Sith and Jedi outfits to do battle.

Like this one?

Star Wars: The Complete Saga collection

Some of the reviewers didn't like the changes.

Not sure I've seen the last 2 but some reviews back then seemed not really good?

Back in 1977 (and later for the other sequels) the special effects were state of the art.

Now it probably seems hokey.

:)

Asked my son what he thought the other night.
You guys are correct.

He said; "did you not watch Return Of The Jedi?" with a :rolleyes:

Yoda said he would turn if the didn't complete his training before saving(or not saving) his friends.

While fighting he was losing(or had) to Vader until he gave up Lea's identity. That's what pushed Luke towards the dark side(anger and fear to save her and friends from Emperor and Vader).

Then he said mentioned some lines from the emperor;

Your hate has made you powerful.
Strike me down with all your hatred, and your path to the dark side will be complete.
He tried but Vader blocked his strike.

After going gonzo and defeating Vader, looking at his hand, had actually realized how powerful he had became. Not that he felt bad for Vadoer.
When Luke refused to join the Emperor he was hiding the fact he had turned.
He realized Luke was now powerful enough to destroy him given the chance.
That's why he was killing him.

Makes perfect sense...

May the Schwartz be with you!!



















What?? Wrong movie???

:drum:

gawd-zirra....

I thought it was no coincidence that Luke has been absent from the promo's. They're just waiting to drop that bomb

Mike.......... (In my best Darth Vadar voice) I AM YOUR MOTHERrrrrrr......:p:D

Really thought it was 1976 for both. Even the Schmidts Bicentennial beer cans in S&TB made me think so.. :doh: maybe that was SLAP SHOT.

Cpt. Jame T. Kirk.....not a SW fan.

Sorry, I discovered Playboy, beer and Pontiacs about the same time Star Wars came out. They had my attention back then.

I am a bit of a fan-

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-so I built these-

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-to do this-

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-and this-

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-then I built this-

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-and now I do this-

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-but I mostly like this-

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Kurt

The 501st. Vader's Fist.

Well, Now that you mention it, :old: let's check & verify the release dates ;):

Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076729/releaseinfo

Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/releaseinfo

Kurt, You Sir ARE THE STAR WARS Man! :thumbup: :first:

Edit & PS: Just shared this w my Mrs and her quotes were 1st "ohh" (w the kid pix) and "that's incredible!"

Another theory about Luke - courtesy of my son the geek
 

Evidently, there is either a Facebook post or a Tweet from Mark Hamill where he was holding up a sign that says "I am NOT Kylo Ren."

I really bothered him, so he started thinking............and came up with the following:

Since we all pretty much assume that the Sith (Kylo Ren) is the bad guy in this one let's follow that logic trail a little further.

Darth Vader was the bad guy in the early Episodes - but he wasn't THE bad guy. That was the Evil Emperor Palpatine.

So, what if the Sith Kylo Ren is the bad guy in this episode - but he isn't THE bad guy? Could if possibly be that THE #1 bad guy is Luke and that HE is controlling Kylo Ren?

Remember, Luke never finished his training. Yoda warned Luke that not finishing the training would be dangerous and would make Luke vulnerable to the Dark Side.

Luke killed his father AND the Emperor, so if there was some sort of 'absorption' of the Dark Side force by Luke due to the two killings, and if Yoda was right about Luke's vulnerability to the Dark Side, then Luke might just be REALLY EVIL.

Luke's Dark tendencies plus Vader's plus Palpatines..............that's ALOT of DARK Side!!

BIG time Star Wars fan here - HUGE! Never got much into Episodes 1, 2 or 3, but really dig Episodes 4, 5 and 6.

A good buddy of mine and myself even took the day off of work and saw Episode 4 (the original Star Wars release) twice on the very day it was released in 1977. Saw the first showing, went and ate some lunch and attended the third showing at the same theater.

REALLY looking forward to Episode 7 in December!

In case you missed this last night => Jimmy Kimmel (& crew) Star Wars http://youtu.be/JGWSpPsKYIo

Rodger rodger

Kurt - that's some impressive work! Must be fun to get out with those droids.

I was taken in by the 501st at Skywalker Ranch a few months ago. Their suits and costumes were something else!
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Continued the SW theme on our pumpkin this year.
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...1&d=1446396815

Also a big fan. Just received the complete Blue Ray box set of the first six via Amazon Prime yesterday. Plan to re-watch the whole saga between now and the release of VII, The Force Awakens.

BJ

Just saw the Japanese trailer. Post a link but tech tard.
Is that Chewy's body Rey's crying over? Say it aint so!

Japanese trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdAUiyeJMFQ

Kudos to Disney, Mark Hamill, and J.J. Abrams. :clap2:

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My late brother was a big fan, so that means... I was not...LOL

My uncle used to live in Riverside, Iowa. Most know the significance of that town...

Big fan for my whole life. Didnt like episode 1 2 and3 but really looking forward to the new movie.

Saw it last night :thumbup:

I'll go tommorow. Can' t wait

What's the gold one's name again? .....3GTO? He does kind of have a Pontiac nose - 1973 Grand Am perhaps?

;-)

My kids saw it last night. Said to go see it.
Although they didn't tell anything, i figured the the plot and who lives and dies since last post.
Its a shocker! All gon'a say.
Wife said she'd go. Wait'n awhile. Don't care for crowds.
Last time saw a movie was Grand Torino.

I keep telling myself we're going to wait until the crowds die down... I'm not sure I can hold out past this weekend, much less my kids.

Im a huge fan. I have multiple star wars tattoos. I was a big fan of all the books. Have read something close to 100 of them. Disney lost a lot of points with me when they said they were going to ignore that whole universe. I get that they want to tell an original story, but I felt that could have tossed a few names out to the people who have made those books NYT Best Sellers for two decades and everybody would have been happy. Throwing all of us under the bus I felt was a mistake. They could have just given a few character names as an homage, the EU fans would have been happy and they people who have only seen the movies wouldnt have known the difference.

So I went into the movie bitter and expecting not to like it. For the first 3/4 of the movie they had won me over. A lot of well written funny dialogue. And then in one scene they went from a 9 out of 10 to a 6. Theres lot of little things I can complain about as a Star Wars elitist. But really it came down to one thing that Ill leave alone because its way too early for spoilers.

Ive been on record plenty of times saying "Not as good as Empire Star Wars is still high up on my cinematic wish list" And that still applies here, but at the end of the day it fell into a tie with 2 for last on my list. People like to complain about Episode 1 a lot but the light saber battle with Obi Wan and Maul was so incredible I give it a nod to 3rd from the bottom.

I just got home from seeing it and I was blown away really made me feel like when I saw the first one

I threw a Star Wars party for all of my nephews and nieces a handful of years ago. It was awesome.

We started with ep.1 and went all the way to ep.6. It literally took 18 hours.

The rule was, you can eat and drink whatever you want the entire time, but there is 15 minutes of running or playing in between movies.

That worked for all but one of the nephs who had to tap out after III.. Or IV, I can't remember.

The movies were all the extended cut, new footage, whatever.

It was an epic day. Now the kids have grown up. They still talk about it like a national holiday.