Abrams is a complete retard, so everything is possible. The guy thinks that the Death Ray of the Starkiller can somehow miraciously hit three planets in a different system within a matter of seconds after firing (and which are also in visual range to one another... hello Star Trek bullshit repeated times three this time), while the beam visually travels at sublight speed (and technically, should travel at about lightspeed).Zontar said:While it would be predictable, and also a case of spectacularly bad writing, it also wouldn't be out of place for an Abrams directed/written/produced movie series.Ezekiel said:Probably not. Phasma is a sideshow, like Boba Fett. I don't think Rey is Luke or Solo's daughter, though. It would be too predictable.
Well, let's be fair... It's Star Wars. A world where largest and most important battlestations get one fighter squadron as escort. A world, where said station waits for a moon to rise instead of just warping out at attack course or blowing up a planet it is covered with. A world, where are zero surveillance cameras on said station, but systems of which can be easily manipulated by a junk droid with zero access codes. A world where a small spacecraft not larger then a fighter jet can easily travel through half a galaxy just because and has no issues with fueling or jump distance limitations. A world where instead of publicating infringing recordings, political leaders completely ignore them. A world where FTL-communications are a common thing, and neither distance, nor any other means can severely break possibilities of intertellar holophone, except for - ONCE IN ALL HISTORY - a blockade fleet would do that. ... I can continue endlessly.Madner Kami said:Abrams is a complete retard, so everything is possible. The guy thinks that the Death Ray of the Starkiller can somehow miraciously hit three planets in a different system within a matter of seconds after firing (and which are also in visual range to one another... hello Star Trek bullshit repeated times three this time), while the beam visually travels at sublight speed (and technically, should travel at about lightspeed).Zontar said:While it would be predictable, and also a case of spectacularly bad writing, it also wouldn't be out of place for an Abrams directed/written/produced movie series.Ezekiel said:Probably not. Phasma is a sideshow, like Boba Fett. I don't think Rey is Luke or Solo's daughter, though. It would be too predictable.
Unless one wants to argue that Starkiller Base was built in the very same system, where those other three planets were located as well and nobody noticed it and ridiculed Leia and Co about their obvious observations, one has to assume that the stupidiest and most retarded thing can and will happen on a frequent basis in this series.
No...Just...Just no.American Fox said:#reyismarajade
Except Fett was handled with a lot more dignity. He was the main reason Han was captured, actually got to fight a bit in Episode 6, and was taken out by being almost literally blindsided and devoured by an ancient horror.Ezekiel said:Probably not. Phasma is a sideshow, like Boba Fett.
Well it's a good thing that he has nothing to do with the franchise anymore, Rian Johnson is writing and directing the next one. Plus even J.J. would admit that its too easy to make her Luke's daughter, and plus what kind of sense does it make to just drop her off on a desert planet to be raised by morally dubious scavengers, and even if he did you'd think she would've said something about being Luke's daughter because I certainly knew my parents' names when I was 5-6 years old. Also if she were Han and Leia's daughter her reaction upon seeing the Millennium Falcon wouldn't have been "That ship's garbage" but "When this this fat bastard steal my dad's ship?" In conclusion she's not Luke or Han's daughter, nothing about her actions or any aspect of her character (besides the Force sensitivity) would suggest that she is related to either of them.Silentpony said:Snip
I wouldn't call being taken out by a blind smuggler by accident, and falling into a creature to be digested for a 1000 years any more dignified of a defeat than being blindsided by a Wookie.Metalix Knightmare said:Except Fett was handled with a lot more dignity. He was the main reason Han was captured, actually got to fight a bit in Episode 6, and was taken out by being almost literally blindsided and devoured by an ancient horror.
I would say that Kylo Ren had a pretty good run, he killed one main character, nearly two, and was only defeated through group effort (Han's death emotionally effecting him, Chewie's shot to the spleen, Finn's shoulder graze and finally Rey's Force sensitivity giving her the edge needed to finish him off), definitely better than Vader's defeat in A New Hope in which he got taken out by his own incompetent wingman.Metalix Knightmare said:Good lord, but the villains in that movie freaking SUCK!
Just met my new favorite person.Silentpony said:No, she's Lukes. JJ wouldn't know a creative idea if all the Ancient Muses came down from on high and spent a week slowly, delicately preforming thousands of never before experienced sexual positions while cooing gentle sweet nothings into his ear while Shakespeare and Isaac Asimov get high on acid while watching Starship Troopers and writing down awesome ideas.
I mean for fucks sake he did an interview where they asked him why Mark Hamill was in all the pre-production script reading pictures that were posted despite not having a single line, and Abrams openly said it was to trick the audience into thinking Luke was actually in the movie so they'd be more likely to see it.
He is such a fuck. No way in hell Rey is anyone but Luke's daughter. Because he thinks that's really clever and we'd never think of it, like when he cast Cumberbatch as Khan, but openly lied and said 'Nope, nope! This isn't a remake of Wrath of Khan. He's...John...Harris..on...and its a totally original script with totally new ideas and lines!! I'm not a hack!!"
But what do we expect from a writer/director who watched The Phantom Menace and said "I'll show you what disappointment looks like, world! I'll make an even worse Star Wars movie!"
She says whoever Rey is waiting for on Jakku is never coming back. That could still be Luke, Leia, or any of a number of people who are never coming back to Jakku for her. In fact, Luke seemed happy to stay lost up until he was found. By Rey.American Fox said:Even Maz says that her parents are never coming back for her, that she believes that they are dead.
I hope they have more of a plan than George Lucas did going in. Otherwise, it doesn't matter who you think Rey is, or who I think she is, because it probably hasn't been decided yet.American Fox said:They pushed Luke and Leia being a thing really hard in the first movie as well.
I'd say that is a ridiculous premise to conclude they are related, if it weren't for the fact that there have only been 3 black people to have ever been verified to exist in the Star Wars universe.AccursedTheory said:That... is really stretching it. Really. This is right up there with the theory that Finn is Lando's kid, because they're both black.
Five.Ezekiel said:I count four. There was that commander who escorted Padme on Naboo in The Phantom Menace.MeatMachine said:I'd say that is a ridiculous premise to conclude they are related, if it weren't for the fact that there have only been 3 black people to have ever been verified to exist in the Star Wars universe.AccursedTheory said:That... is really stretching it. Really. This is right up there with the theory that Finn is Lando's kid, because they're both black.
Rationalizing in fiction is fun.
He's said that he liked the script enough that he wished he was directing it. That would be a strange thing to say, I would think, if he had direct control.MC1980 said:In what capacity is Abrams involved with Episode 8? Is he far enough away from it that his stupid can't influence it?
BloatedGuppy said:The logical point of speculation on the subject of Rey's mother begins and ends with Jyn Erso.
AccursedTheory said:http://comicbook.com/2016/04/11/daisy-ridley-knows-whose-reys-parents-are-doesnt-think-its-impor/Daisy Ridley said:I'm not being funny you guys, but just because [Jyn Erso]'s white and got brown hair, it doesn't mean she's my mom.
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I think the amazing thing about VII is that Finn and Rey don't come from anywhere, and they find a place. So to me, it's funny that people think it's so important because I don't really think it is
Ridley (Damn, that's awesome to have as a last name) appears to have known about her character's parentage since the beginning of filming Episode 7, and she claims that it's not important to the plot, or that she's related to anyone in the current canon.
Of course, this could all be a smoke screen, but I think this is the biggest piece of evidence anyone's going to get until Episode 9 comes out in theaters.
Yeah I know what she said. I don't believe her. The resemblance between them is strong, Erso is the right age, has a similar accent, and probably more important than anything...why now? Why this story, at this time? Between episodes 7 and 8? It's kind of a random story, isn't it? Stealing the Death Star plans? Han Solo is a wildly popular character, so "Young Han Solo" makes some sense as a stand alone, but this?AccursedTheory said:http://comicbook.com/2016/04/11/daisy-ridley-knows-whose-reys-parents-are-doesnt-think-its-impor/Daisy Ridley said:I'm not being funny you guys, but just because [Jyn Erso]'s white and got brown hair, it doesn't mean she's my mom.
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I think the amazing thing about VII is that Finn and Rey don't come from anywhere, and they find a place. So to me, it's funny that people think it's so important because I don't really think it is
Ridley (Damn, that's awesome to have as a last name) appears to have known about her character's parentage since the beginning of filming Episode 7, and she claims that it's not important to the plot, or that she's related to anyone in the current canon.
Of course, this could all be a smoke screen, but I think this is the biggest piece of evidence anyone's going to get until Episode 9 comes out in theaters.