The Last Jedi General Episode VIII News/Speculation/SPOILER Thread - Part 6

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[dark_knight08]

 

[Loki882]

Honestly nothing about how they're describing Luke or his dynamic with Rey is making me more excited to see this. In fact, it's making me less so.

 

[vinsanity]

 

[Brother Jack]

Honestly nothing about how they're describing Luke or his dynamic with Rey is making me more excited to see this. In fact, it's making me less so.

Why?

 

[Loki882]

Why?

Because it sounds so freaking predictable and cliché, and it's part of a trend in fiction these days that I despise.

Also it renders a movie called RETURN of the Jedi rather meaningless as well.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Where are the Porgs.

 

[Marvolo]

Because it sounds so freaking predictable and cliché, and it's part of a trend in fiction these days that I despise.

Also it renders a movie called RETURN of the Jedi rather meaningless as well.

How? The Jedi did return in the 30 years between ROTJ and TFA. Ben betrayed them and helped the First Order kill them.

 

[OtherwiseKnownAs]

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[I Am The Knight]

How? The Jedi did return in the 30 years between ROTJ and TFA.

Don't forget Vader becoming goody goody again at the end of ROTJ.

 

[StarLord]

Where are the Porgs.

On Snoke's dinner plate.

 

[vinsanity]

Where are the Porgs.

 

[Iceman]

Haha, bloody hell.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Omfg.

 

[Brother Jack]

Because it sounds so freaking predictable and cliché, and it's part of a trend in fiction these days that I despise.

Also it renders a movie called RETURN of the Jedi rather meaningless as well.

I'm not sure what trend you're referring to exactly. To me, this all sounds like how I figured it would go. Luke became cynical and despondent after he "failed" with Kylo and the new Jedi. Rey rekindles his hope. And as far as ROTJ goes, VII already established that Luke's task of reviving the order didn't work out. It's something that I was initially disappointed by, but I'm seeing now how it can make for a more interesting redemption story for Luke. You can interpret that title to be referring to Vader anyway.

 

[Iceman]

So those red guards in the above pics. Are they elite bad guys?

 

[darthcoolness3]

basically this generation's version of the Ewoks

 

[Consona]

 

[DarthSkywalker]

This is already my favorite movie.

 

[Marvolo]

Awwww!!!


Meet the Caretakers of Ahch-to:

Meet The Caretakers, a fish and bird hybrid alien creature that've been living on the archipelago for thousands of years, tending to the upkeep of its structures.

The Caretakers are animated with a person inside (Daisy Ridley has gone on record to say that her personal friend had played one of them). Furthermore, the anthropomorphic beings wear clothing and speak using their own alien language.

Johnson went on to say that, “They’re all female, and I wanted them to feel like a remote sort of little nunnery,” Johnson says. “Neal Scanlan’s crew designed them, and costume designer Michael Kaplan made these working clothes that also reflected sort of a nun-like, spartan sort of existence.” In the film, they communicate with their dishevled Jedi guest, Luke, by way of “a blubbery sort of Scottish fish talk.” However, they're not particularly thrilled about Skywalker's presense on their island. To put it plainly, they simply "tolerate" his being there. Johnson also elaborated on The Caretakers possible origin, saying that they're amphibious and could have risen up from the oceans to tend to the island structures long ago.
“You get the sense they did at some point or maybe they occasionally do [return to the sea,] but when we see them, they’re land creatures,” says Johnson. “They’re these big matronly creatures, but they have these little skinny little bird feet. They were really fun to work with on set.”


http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/see-the-porgs-caretakers-and-new-creatures-of-the-last-jedi-217

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The amount of knight and samurai imagery is so beautiful to see. Everything I ever wanted.

 

[Consona]

This is already my favorite movie.

Are you serious? Wtf is that over-sugary thing and what does it do in Episode VIII?

 

[Marvolo]

So those red guards in the above pics. Are they elite bad guys?

They are Snoke's Praetorian Guard. The equivilant of the Emperor's Elite Red Guards.

 

[Marvolo]

Are you serious? Wtf is that over-sugary thing and what does it do in Episode VIII?

I bet you kick puppies for fun.

Apparently the porgs take a liking to Chewie. And Luke's been around them for years. This one in particular must have grown attached to Chewie or Luke and he or Luke didnt want to leave it behind. Are star wars characters not allowed to have pets?