January 4, 201610 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Dec 28, 2015 -> 01:26 PM) Obi-Wan's story is unknown. Anakin was conceived by Darth Plagueis' manipulation of midichlorians to create a powerful Sith leader. God I hate the prequels for introducing that sort of garbage. Basically agree with Steve. Solid B.
January 5, 201610 yr There was a lot of interesting stuff on the Chris Ryan/Andy Greenwald podcast today on star wars. One, I learned that there really wasn't a script handed to JJ Abrams from Michael Arndt, he had general themes but that's it. So the entire script was written in the 3 months before they needed to shoot. That explains a lot, and certainly explains why they went with safer landscapes like desert/forest/snow vs. the swamp scenes discussed earlier.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (iamshack @ Dec 27, 2015 -> 12:44 PM) So there are probably a ton of different books out there...which ones are considered to be the canon or whatever? If you or anyone is still looking for a canon book, definitely go with with Lost Stars. I read it in a week. Very good. It's considered Young Adult but by everyone's account is way better than the adult book that's out, Aftermath. I'm not really sure what makes a book young adult vs adult. It had very grown up themes and was just as long.
January 8, 201610 yr Just saw it. (Finally!) My fan theory: Finn got taken from his family at a young age; his family (father) has got to be Lando Calrissian. Lando blew up the second Death Star and was friends with Han and Leia (Kylo Ren/Ben's family). The First Order kidnapped his only child as a payment of retribution.
January 8, 201610 yr Author QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 7, 2016 -> 06:14 PM) If you or anyone is still looking for a canon book, definitely go with with Lost Stars. I read it in a week. Very good. It's considered Young Adult but by everyone's account is way better than the adult book that's out, Aftermath. I'm not really sure what makes a book young adult vs adult. It had very grown up themes and was just as long. Nice. Aftermath kinda stunk, so maybe this'll be good.
January 8, 201610 yr Author QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 07:46 AM) Just saw it. (Finally!) My fan theory: Finn got taken from his family at a young age; his family (father) has got to be Lando Calrissian. Lando blew up the second Death Star and was friends with Han and Leia (Kylo Ren/Ben's family). The First Order kidnapped his only child as a payment of retribution. Oh I see. He's black so he must be related to Lando.
January 8, 201610 yr They are saying Snoke is Darth Vader based on similarities in their faces : http://moviepilot.com/posts/3721240 That would make Vader a complete idiot though right? Building another giant death star that was destroyed and all...
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (The Gooch @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 01:04 PM) They are saying Snoke is Darth Vader based on similarities in their faces : http://moviepilot.com/posts/3721240 That would make Vader a complete idiot though right? Building another giant death star that was destroyed and all... Except Luke personally set him on fire and watched him burn on the pyre.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (The Gooch @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 12:04 PM) They are saying Snoke is Darth Vader based on similarities in their faces : http://moviepilot.com/posts/3721240 That would make Vader a complete idiot though right? Building another giant death star that was destroyed and all... Some of those have fan theories have made sense, this one does not.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (The Gooch @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 06:04 PM) They are saying Snoke is Darth Vader based on similarities in their faces : http://moviepilot.com/posts/3721240 That would make Vader a complete idiot though right? Building another giant death star that was destroyed and all... Snoke doesn't even look like a human.
January 8, 201610 yr he looks like they took art direction from LoTR or something, and doesn't really fit well with the look of the SW universe
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 12:29 PM) he looks like they took art direction from LoTR or something, and doesn't really fit well with the look of the SW universe I totally though of Smegal the first time I saw Snoke.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) he looks like they took art direction from LoTR or something, and doesn't really fit well with the look of the SW universe The scenery and sets reminded me of Star Trek.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 07:46 AM) My fan theory: Finn got taken from his family at a young age; his family (father) has got to be Lando Calrissian. Lando blew up the second Death Star and was friends with Han and Leia (Kylo Ren/Ben's family). The First Order kidnapped his only child as a payment of retribution. There might be something to that just based on the scene with Maz Kanata saying "You see the same eyes" or something like that. Han Solo said "Very good" as if he noticed it, too, but I also thought that might have been that they both noticed he was a stormtrooper. There might be something to Finn's background though. Nothing to hint at Lando though.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 01:13 PM) There might be something to that just based on the scene with Maz Kanata saying "You see the same eyes" or something like that. Han Solo said "Very good" as if he noticed it, too, but I also thought that might have been that they both noticed he was a stormtrooper. There might be something to Finn's background though. Nothing to hint at Lando though. Plus everything hints to a force connection which Lando did not have, unless it is through his mother.
January 8, 201610 yr Ugh, why is the force hereditary, that's stupid. I have to say, i think it's unlikely that any of this is known. Remember that this is now passing writers from abrams to the other dude. There may have been stuff abrams introduced which the next guy may not run with.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) Ugh, why is the force hereditary, that's stupid. I have to say, i think it's unlikely that any of this is known. Remember that this is now passing writers from abrams to the other dude. There may have been stuff abrams introduced which the next guy may not run with. It's not always through the stories of the books, however the movies seem to like that plot.
January 8, 201610 yr QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 01:29 PM) Ugh, why is the force hereditary, that's stupid. I don't think it is necessarily. Sort of like good genes help, but it doesn't have to be passed down through family lineage. I feel like there have been a lot of references in the cartoons where there is a child that is strong with the force, but the parents weren't.
January 9, 201610 yr Not buying Snoke as Vader. Snoke as Plagueis is the best theory about him so far.
January 9, 201610 yr QUOTE (The Gooch @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 12:04 PM) They are saying Snoke is Darth Vader based on similarities in their faces : http://moviepilot.com/posts/3721240 That would make Vader a complete idiot though right? Building another giant death star that was destroyed and all... Except Vader turned good again at the end of Return of the Jedi...
January 9, 201610 yr QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 9, 2016 -> 02:02 AM) Not buying Snoke as Vader. Snoke as Plagueis is the best theory about him so far. By Plagueis, you must mean Jar Jar (half sarcasm)
January 10, 201610 yr QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 8, 2016 -> 08:20 AM) Nice. Aftermath kinda stunk, so maybe this'll be good. I'm in the middle of aftermath. Wow it's awful. So poorly written. How did they give such a major project to such a bad writer?
January 11, 201610 yr QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 9, 2016 -> 01:01 PM) Except Vader turned good again at the end of Return of the Jedi... So? He turned bad in Episode 3. I don't think he is Snoke, but the fact that he turned from bad to good again doesn't mean it couldn't be him.
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