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Post by Vince T » Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:09 pm

Oh hell yeah!
Nice take on the Kessel run (which I assume it is)!

Good enough for me, I‘m geeked. xD
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Post by Tuskin » Mon Feb 05, 2018 7:32 pm

I'm wondering if those gas clouds are part of 'The Maw'. So far it hasn't been made canon again.

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Post by Vince T » Tue Feb 06, 2018 6:57 am

From the way it looks I‘d say thats the Maw alright. Think I read somewhere that the Kessel run would play a part in this movie.
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Post by The Saxman » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:26 pm

I still hate what they've done to the Falcon.

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Post by Vince T » Tue Feb 06, 2018 12:45 pm

Has there been anything Star wars recently, that you don‘t hate ?
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Post by CIDlord_1973 » Tue Feb 06, 2018 1:05 pm

Hmm !! i liked.
And it brings us a good replacement for yt-1300.
The one we got is too similar to the falcon.
I suspect this movie gonna be better than ep7 and 8...i hope !!

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Post by Rich C » Tue Feb 06, 2018 2:14 pm

General_Trageton wrote:Has there been anything Star wars recently, that you don‘t hate ?
Remember, everyone, you can only post here if your opinion fits with everyone else's.~ :P

Seen the trailer as part of another vid, where they managed to predict most of what was in it beforehand, lol. I doubt everything in it will be in the actual film. (Remember that TIE Fighter scene in Rogue One? Neither do I.)

Looks to me like it'll be yet another generic totally-not-Marvel movie that's obviously trying to be Star Wars, with fanservice and forced jokes coming out of its ears. I bet that'll confuse all the people they fool into seeing it in China, where they've removed all mentions of the franchise from the marketing, and just called it "Ranger Solo". Such brand confidence.~ :roll:
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Post by Tuskin » Tue Feb 06, 2018 5:29 pm

Star Wars has never had a big following in China, so it's not about general brand confidence, just the Chinese market.

This is just the Falcon before Han modified it. Lando or someone else probably owns it at this point and they probably like it looking nice and shiny.

Lando certainly seems like the type of guy who would keep it looking nice, plus remember his line in ESB about it.

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Post by Vince T » Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:12 pm

No effin‘ way! That droid is actually called L3-37! XD

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Post by CIDlord_1973 » Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:34 pm

I heared the new droid is female.
Let's hope it's not another politically correct comedy.
I wish George back.

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Post by Tuskin » Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:18 pm

CIDlord_1973 wrote: Let's hope it's not another politically correct comedy.
Another? I didn't know there were others.

Also George was on the set for a day with this one and even suggested a change to the scene they were shooting. Him and Ron Howard are old friends.

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Post by Vince T » Sat Feb 10, 2018 6:19 pm

As long as they don‘t bring in Jar-Jar ... O.o
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Post by Jaeven » Sun Feb 11, 2018 8:31 pm

CIDlord_1973 wrote:I heared the new droid is female.
Let's hope it's not another politically correct comedy.
I wish George back.
Not sure if serious.

His idea was to have Han brought up by Chewbacca on Kashyyyk.

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Post by Tuskin » Wed Feb 14, 2018 1:02 pm

Apparently Lawrence Kasdan had been signed on to write a Han film since before Disney bought LucasFilm

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Even before Lucasfilm was sold to Disney in 2012, launching a renaissance of galactic storytelling, Lawrence Kasdan had signed on to put together a Han Solo-centric movie. Then he was brought aboard Episode VII, and that became all-consuming.
Also, Michael K. Williams was only recast because he didn't have time to reprise his character for Ron Howard's reshoots.

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Post by Jaeven » Mon Apr 09, 2018 12:53 am

And here is the full trailer:
YouTube New Solo Trailer

Wonder when the last time was we saw a Star Wars trailer didn't involve the Falcon being chased by TIEs.

Looks interesting though. Probably won't enthrall me like Rogue One and the Sequels did, but it should be solid 2 hour entertainment.

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Post by Vince T » Mon Apr 09, 2018 7:50 am

Yeah I agree, that one should be fun to watch, though not in a mindset of it being a SW movie but simply a nice SciFi action movie, kinda like GotG. I‘m looking forward to it.

Interesting point about the Falcon. Maybe that is the deeper sense of SW in the first place: The Falcon being chased by TIEs XD
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Post by Bman » Wed Apr 11, 2018 1:46 am

Thanks for Trailer link. Looks fun. Hope they do several Kenobi films between Eps. III and IV timeline.
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Post by Vince T » Wed Apr 11, 2018 10:40 am

Several? I doubt that. I'm content with one :D
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Post by XDragon » Wed Apr 11, 2018 11:18 pm

I'm probably gonna skip on this one, i dunno, Solo never really interested me enough to learn his backstory... i mean in ANH, he was a bad ass shoot first ask questions later, kessel run champion smuggler with a heart of gold.

That being said...WTF did they do the the YT-1300?
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Post by Tuskin » Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:52 am

XDragon wrote:
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That being said...WTF did they do the the YT-1300?
Well knowing Lando, he probably prefers it looking nicer then Han does (Plus you know, his "What did you do to my ship?" line in ESB, so obviously something happened to it between Han winning it and then)

The front of it is an escape ship according to some of the toys.

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Post by keiranhalcyon7 » Sun Apr 15, 2018 7:02 am

Tuskin wrote:
Thu Apr 12, 2018 10:52 am
(Plus you know, his "What did you do to my ship?" line in ESB, so obviously something happened to it between Han winning it and then)
That was a reaction to Han's request for repairs, not to the Falcon's appearance.

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Post by XDragon » Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:21 pm

So, it's basically the ghost now?
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Post by Tuskin » Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:13 pm

XDragon wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:21 pm
So, it's basically the ghost now?
No.

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Post by XDragon » Mon Apr 16, 2018 12:36 am

Tuskin wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 11:13 pm
XDragon wrote:
Sun Apr 15, 2018 9:21 pm
So, it's basically the ghost now?
No.
Hah you say that, but now it has a shuttle attached to it!
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