Just finished seeing the movie a 3rd time. I mean I'm a star wars fan. I have to do what I have to do, that's all that needs to be said. I want to finish it off and see it in IMAX next and then it is done.
I got to say the pressure is ON now for Phil and Chris. The han Solo spinoff IS NOT the lego movie. These guys are playing with the potential to earn billions of dollars for Lucasfilm. This is big league stuff.
If they get me on board, I'll do whatever I got to do to provide for them, for the wonderful children who will watch the movie, for the fans who love the franchise. I swear it to GOD.
I just need to lose this weight, damn, harder to lose than I first thought.
Got to somehow talk to Billy Dee, get his thoughts on how I should approach playing his character. He's quoted as saying he always plays characters larger than life as an actor. What that means I'm not sure... Be good to get his thoughts on it before cameras roll.
I just get the feeling now that this game Lucasfilm is playing at is a MAJOR one. I knew Force Awakens would do well, but it's on track to destroy every record and top all the charts like no body's business. I'm wowed by that and bravo. Even though I've seen the movie like 3 times, I still had a blast with it and just found new stuff to look for and take in. Like this viewing I really liked the part at the end where Leia tells Rey "may the force be with you." That's a great scene because it shows Leia appreciating her Jedi heritage for the first time and acknowledging her connection to it. I like the transformation of Rey's character in the end. When she becomes a Jedi, Ridley totally pulls a Hamill and begins acting more like a Jedi, all serious and more spiritual. That's something I never noticed but JJ must have told her to embrace the Jedi way more in those scenes and she embodies a jedi a lot if you look closely. She's totally acting more like a jedi at the end of the movie. Well done there the way she changes and grows throughout the movie.
I kinda do and kinda don't want Finn to return. His Arc in the film is truly a masterpiece if in the end he does die from his injuries. Most likely in the next film he will be broken mentally, physically, just a different person from the trauma he experienced. Or dead. I'd like that. If he does die and basically shows the power of the common man's spirit to act in the face of overwhelming odds. His story although rough around the edges and needing some better writing, actually would be one of the better ones if he dies to save rey and pushes her to embrace her jedi heritage. Notice how it's because he took the saber with him that she even had one to use at the end battle. Ah ha, it's a bit of a underlining subtext there. Finn's responsible for rey accepting her destiny.
And now we have to wait for the next movie to make sense of the mysterious return of the Sith in this film. It's just like that's the biggest flaw although it's not really one. At the end of Empire, you simply have no idea what happens next and have to wait to get all the answers to your questions. And here we stand waiting for Return of the Jedi, like really, the second return of the Jedi.
One thing I was thinking about as I was on the way home was, why did Luke abandon the republic and his own sister. This is totally NOT him. Luke walked into the clutches of Vader and the Emperor in RotJ and has always been a fierce combatant and willing Jedi. He says he'll "never" turn to the dark side. Fine, we are all clear on Luke being a true, shining, unmovable, heroic figure. Suddenly he's said "f-this" and decided to go to some nice quiet little hide away instead of getting involved with the efforts to rebuild the jedi and destroy the remaining Empire.
One major problem I have with TFA is that it really nullifies the ending of RotJ. Mind you, yes, they got 30 years of peace because of that ending. But apparently it didn't REALLY make the serious giant mega dent in the Dark Side and wipe out the sith. I have to say, just up and like nothing, the Sith is Back after the death of the emperor, they got to make sense out of that stuff. They really do...
We've heard nothing and seen nO One out there as big and as bad as the Emperor. I think what Kasdan's doing is going by his own notes from when he was writing empire and RotJ. There was no rule of two in his mind back then. The Sith had various sectors all over the galaxy, not just the Emperor and Vader alone. We just never saw the other members of the dark side. Now we are seeing them. The Emperor was the head, but he had others under his control besides Vader. I'm guessing Snoke is nothing more than an apprentice of Palpatine that we never saw until now and the rule of two is going to be eliminated from here forward. Most likely. I mean the rule of two was a prequel rule. These new movies are said to be following from what the OT brought forth and not including the PT's details and new info at all. It's far fetched.
Lots of speculation swirling online now about Snoke. Is he a hologram, is he a force ghost? Look at it this way. Kylo Ren is not sane. He sits talking to a crusty old burnt helmet of darth vader. He's always on a short fuse and ready to explode with rage. He's totally unstable and mentally not all together. Maybe, snoke's in his imagination. I'd like that. If there is no Snoke. Ben Solo IS Snoke. Kinda like that movie a beautiful mind where the main character finally realizes all the people bothering him are in his mind.
Problem is, that snoke talks to Hux too. So of course he's real. But if the re-imergence of the Sith was brought about by Ben and Ben alone because of his warped mentality that'd have been much better than simply having some giant mutant guy hanging out keeping the sith going after palpatine is destroyed... Maybe, Snoke manifests himself THROUGH Ben's force powers. I think that might be the answer. Ben created snoke and snoke exists as a parasite on Ben, nothing more. He's not real but Ben fractured mind created him and he has his own free will but he's linked to Ben. Oh man so much potential if they go down that road....
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