Star Wars Griefing Thread (SPOILERS) - Safety off

[Flexo]

So if I'm right, there's going to be time travel nonsense in the Prequel era, probably involving Rey and the gang retconing them out of existence. If that happens we can look forward to years of the shills praising Daddy Disney for wiping those awful mean prequels out of existence

They are not prepared for the prequelmeme army that will burn the studios to the ground.

 

[Godzilla@1989]

They are not prepared for the prequelmeme army that will burn the studios to the ground.

Well JJ hates the prequels.

 

[Creep3r]

Wow...another superwepon, one which is a rip off of the Planet Killer from a 2004 comic too. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Planet_Killer

Also before I forget, I fear I may have some more evidence of time travel in TROS. I noticed this when the trailer aired, but now it makes sense.

It appears that around 1:31 and 1:32, you can see a ROTS-style star destroyer behind the ship that got shot down.

Spoiler

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So if I'm right, there's going to be time travel nonsense in the Prequel era, probably involving Rey and the gang retconing them out of existence. If that happens we can look forward to years of the shills praising Daddy Disney for wiping those awful mean prequels out of existence.

That, or in addition to ripping off Dark Empire, IX will also rip off the superior sequel, Crimson Empire

Spoiler: Reusing Clone War-Era Ships

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There's been a lot of coverage on this for the last few days. Along with the fact that its been confirmed that Palpatine will have his own personal Star Destroyer in the movie as well. Here it is...

Which is like a weird inverted version of Palpatine's flagship from the Dark Empire comics, with it being white instead of black and having a dumb t-shape instead of an icebreaker shape (or asteroid breaker in its case).

Eclipse (Eclipse-class)

The Eclipse was the first Eclipse-class dreadnought ever constructed and the lead ship and prototype of its class. It was built as a flagship for Emperor Palpatine, who used it after being reborn into one of his clone bodies. Both a powerful technological tool and a potent psychological weapon...

starwars.fandom.com

It supposedly can fire a Death Star-like beam from its hole in the front, so that means its also like the Darksaber superweapon or the Silencer from TORtanic... JJ is really pulling out all the stops and taking ideas from everywhere to try and salvage this piece of shit. Yeah sure... another Death Star weapon, but portable! Ingenious work JJ...

 

[HeyYou]

I 100% unironically miss Jacen Solo and fuck it, Legacy of the Force. They even did a sort of pseudo-time travel with flowwalking in that series, and it turned out that Jacen was actually manipulating Anakin Solo's girlfriend into being his apprentice by making her think she can change the past, and it turns out that you actually can't change the past at all. Which is exactly what you should do. The Force may be better off as a mystical thing that you can never quantify, and that's where midichlorians went wrong, but that doesn't mean you go balls to the wall and say it can do everything. It destroys the point of even soft sci-fi like Star Wars is, even things like the Force should have limits.

And Jacen was at least interesting because of Traitor and the fact he tried to be as reasonable a Sith as humanly possible instead of an emotional wreck like Vader.

If they do time travel I am never going to even entertain the thought that Disney's EU is better than the old one, because even the old EU didn't do shit that stupid. And this was the same EU that had an Old Republic Jedi become possessed by an ebul Sith and live for hundreds of years.

 

[Creep3r]

In case anyone's interested, MSW recently did a podcast that most likely confirmed the whole Kylo Ren/Spider Oracle leak I talked about a few weeks ago. But the worst part is that said leaks and rumors also confirmed that Kylo will indeed have a romantic attraction towards Rey.

And speaking of "Rey", her character at Galaxy's Edge was arrested and taken in by nu-Troopers. They proceeded to call Kylo Ren and he started talking about how cute she was, a reference to the upcoming romance in the film...

Jason Ward on Twitter

“Rey got arrested. https://t.co/H4jDjhZOMW”

twitter.com

Zorry Bliss has also been confirmed to be an anti-hero or the Lando of this movie, as she will have a connection to Rey as her ship is the same as the one that dropped Rey off on Jakku as a child... Zorry Bliss has also had scenes shot that feature her and Luke together and there are new rumors going around that she's actually Rey's mother and is none other than Mara Jade Skywalker who dropped Rey off on Jakku for her own protection... This is ridiculous and insulting enough to be true.

Kylo Ren will rebel against the FO after Palpatine's pawns start taking over.

And Lando's appearance in the movie is pure coincidence in typical JJ fashion.

I 100% unironically miss Jacen Solo and fuck it, Legacy of the Force. They even did a sort of pseudo-time travel with flowwalking in that series, and it turned out that Jacen was actually manipulating Anakin Solo's girlfriend into being his apprentice by making her think she can change the past, and it turns out that you actually can't change the past at all. Which is exactly what you should do. The Force may be better off as a mystical thing that you can never quantify, and that's where midichlorians went wrong, but that doesn't mean you go balls to the wall and say it can do everything. It destroys the point of even soft sci-fi like Star Wars is, even things like the Force should have limits.
https://makingstarwars.net/category/podcasts/
And Jacen was at least interesting because of Traitor and the fact he tried to be as reasonable a Sith as humanly possible instead of an emotional wreck like Vader.
https://makingstarwars.net/category/podcasts/
If they do time travel I am never going to even entertain the thought that Disney's EU is better than the old one, because even the old EU didn't do shit that stupid. And this was the same EU that had an Old Republic Jedi become possessed by an ebul Sith and live for hundreds of years.

I feel ya man, but as much I appreciated it I honestly hope Disney doesn't bring back the old EU or even a "fixed" version of it. Disney will probably just fuck it up horribly or wokify it even more than they did their own shitty Disney EU. Hell Disney's shit makes even the Jedi Prince novels look charming by comparison. Best thing for SW right now is for it to get sold to people who actually care about it or put it to rest before it gets humiliated any further.

 

[Godzilla@1989]

Best thing for SW right now is for it to get sold to people who actually care about it or put it to rest before it gets humiliated any further.

Join the club my dude.

Also, I love seeing Bob Iger act like the smug asshole he is by saying that he didn’t need to advertise Galaxy’s Edge because anticipation was very high from fans. That niggah must be high or something during the earnings call.

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[HeyYou]

They saw that people were like "eh, the Force bond stuff between Kylo and Rey wasn't the worst part of the movie" and are going all in. I'll be genuinely surprised if they reverse Rey being a nobody and instead have her be a Skywalker, and with Mara being the mother no less. Not only would it be crazy that Kathleen and the story group would be okay with rewriting the last fucking main movie, I can't believe that they would actually introduce an EU character in a main movie, much less one done by JJ. That's always been relegated to the side movies like Rogue One and Solo, and really the only canon EU components either of those touched that didn't involve just stealing shit from the old EU and incorporating it into the actual main story was Maul being alive and some minor Rebels references. JJ doesn't even want to acknowledge the prequels, the canon backstory of the franchise and a main trilogy.

 

[Krokodil Overdose]

They saw that people were like "eh, the Force bond stuff between Kylo and Rey wasn't the worst part of the movie" and are going all in. I'll be genuinely surprised if they reverse Rey being a nobody and instead have her be a Skywalker, and with Mara being the mother no less. Not only would it be crazy that Kathleen and the story group would be okay with rewriting the last fucking main movie, I can't believe that they would actually introduce an EU character in a main movie, much less one done by JJ. That's always been relegated to the side movies like Rogue One and Solo, and really the only canon EU components either of those touched that didn't involve just stealing shit from the old EU and incorporating it into the actual main story was Maul being alive and some minor Rebels references. JJ doesn't even want to acknowledge the prequels, the canon backstory of the franchise and a main trilogy.

It might be a power play of sorts. Kennedy can push around the the Gareth Edwardses and Josh Trenks of the world, but can she do that to Abrams? The "creative" (to use the word very, very loosely) force behind the most successful entry in Disney Wars, not to mention having a ton of general Hollywood clout to boot? If office politics is her sole competence (signs point to "yes") then she might back off because she realizes that picking a fight with Abrams would be a hill that she'd die on.

Just a theory, though. I have no proof obviously.

 

[Kiwi Lime Pie]

So Disney just announced that their streaming bundle will cost $13.

i honestly misread that as steaming bundle

and considering how over saturated the market is going to be, it might be true

It will be interesting to see:

• Who else besides die-hard fans are willing to pay $156/year for Disney+ content, and
• How many people cancel their subscriptions once they watch the specific subset of content they're most interested in.

As I stated previosuly, people don't take kindly to being nickeled and dimed to death and I can't see most people paying $13/month indefinitely for content that's average at best and utter dreck at its worst (the Home Alone reboot I saw discussed in a different thread comes to mind as one such example of the latter).

I'll be honest, letting go of Star Wars is not pleasant. To admit that the franchise has become toxic is unpleasant.
But holy shit, once you've dropped that baggage and jumped off the cliff of despair, you'll realize that you'll be carried on wings of contempt and soar to new heights of shitposting.

As unlikable as Disney's content is since acquiring the Star Wars franchise, I'm not going to let their incompetence ruin the Lucas-era Star Wars stuff I've enjoyed. And if the recently-mentioned poll that showed fans prefer the Han/Chewie friendship more than the ST options hasn't been ruined by too many bots, that suggests there's still plenty of fans that prefer "old" Star Wars far better and won't give it up any time soon no matter how much Disney wants them to.
[E: Spelling & clarity]

 

[Pokemonquistador2]

You guys act as if shitty Star Wars were a post-Prequel Trilogy thing. I'm old enough to have endured the Star Wars Holiday Special, two Ewok Adventures (and to those of you who view anything Ewok-related as Franchise Cancer,) the Endor scenes of Return of the Jedi. I've long learned to pick and choose which parts of the franchise I regard as canon and which I do not. I think the OT wrapped up the story/mythos pretty well and I really don't think there's any reason for anything beyond it to exist (except as a source for side stories and Lore - kind of like how the Silmarillion was related to the Lord of the Rings.) I don't need more movies. It'd be nice if we could get good ones, but I don't have my hopes up.

I sometimes wonder if younger people today are interested in new Star Wars movies because they want to be a part of the SW phenomenon - they want to get caught up with the excitement of being a fresh-faced youth watching a version of Star Wars made for THEIR generation which will be THEIR cultural touchstone, the way the OT was for kids of the '70s and '80s.

 

[Godzilla@1989]

So D&D have signed a deal with Netflix, which I honestly am starting to believe are going to become dead within a year or two, make their content. So I have to wonder with all the drama going on with Disney-Lucasfilm, if their trilogy got scrapped like RJ’s.

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[Creep3r]

Matt Martin: "Hey, what if we cancel Galaxy of Adventures (probably the only remotely decent thing we've produced in 5 years) and replace it with a show that has a goofy mute Minions format where everyone is BB-8 and they all have their own porg sidekicks?! This will surely create a new generation of fans and attract the Marvel kids!"
Kennedy: "BRILLIANT!"
I like how they include Porgs in there on the list of "everyone's favorite characters". Only thing cringier are all the commenters going crazy over "MUH LITTLE BEN SOLO! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! <3". I've talked about this before but the way these Twilight-tier Kylo fans always obsess over Kylo as their personal "dear sweet Ben-Ben Solo <3" always weirds me out. And why does Lucasfilm always insist on demeaning Chewbacca by pairing him up with those awful Porgs?

And in a desperate attempt to increase interest for Galaxy's Edge, Disney has announced that a TV special based on the park is coming out in September.

Jordan Maison on Twitter

“A TWO-hour TV special devoted to #StarWars #GalaxysEdge is coming to @FreeformTV on September 26th. Neil Patrick Harris, Kaley Cuoco, and Keegan-Michael Key will be hosting...”

twitter.com

Gee, its almost as if you should've made this shit in advance to let people know your park was nothing more than OC bullshit. It will feature a ton of celebrities that have nothing to do with Star Wars. And on that note, Matt Damon, much like Katy Perry and Brie Larson before him, was invited to GE to try and restore interest.

Also here's Zorry Bliss's ship and the ship that dropped off Rey for those who had any doubts about the MSW leak (with their site having been shut down after their most recent leak).

"Zorry Bliss"... Reminds me of the naming scheme for Maul's awful brother Savage Oppress. Mark my words that they'll probably explain that "Mara" calls herself that because she feels sorry for abandoning Rey.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

I like how they include Porgs in there on the list of "everyone's favorite characters". Only thing cringier are all the commenters going crazy over "MUH LITTLE BEN SOLO! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! <3". I've talked about this before but the way these Twilight-tier Kylo fans always obsess over Kylo as their personal "dear sweet Ben-Ben Solo <3" always weirds me out.

What child would possibly want a Maz Kanata toy? Besides in TLJ she only had about 45 seconds of screen time.

 

[Creep3r]

What child would possibly want a Maz Kanata toy? Besides in TLJ she only had about 45 seconds of screen time.

Most people don't even remember her name. Go around Facebook or any random place where casual audiences congregate and most people will just call her female Yoda, orange Yoda, yellow Yoda, Moz or the "old lady/granny who helps Rey".

 

[Commander X]

Star Wars is dead. Imagine if a fraction of the time and effort wasted on this moribund franchise, was spent on almost anything else including social media "influencers" ,instead of trying to "save" Star Wars spent that time signal boosting creators making new and interesting content.

 

[neverendingmidi]

Star Wars is dead. Imagine if a fraction of the time and effort wasted on this moribund franchise, was spent on almost anything else including social media "influencers" ,instead of trying to "save" Star Wars spent that time signal boosting creators making new and interesting content.

I just like watching the flames. Candle... corpse... The flames are still pretty to watch.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

What's next for LucasFilm? Why, a Woke Nigerian YA Fantasy novel adaptation, of course. If it succeeds, they make money. If it flops they gain Woke points for taking on the Internet Haterz. Pure genius.

From what I read on GoodReads the novel is apparently gayer than a San Fran bathhouse as well. Which makes the Nigerian connection a bit odd, given how homosexuals get treated over there.

I read it wrong. Shame on me. In fact it is so "heteronormative it hurts."

Is this an LGBTQ book? — Children of... Q&A

Question about Children of Blood and Bone: “Is this an LGBTQ book?”

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Is this an LGBTQ book?

Dan It's so heteronormative that it hurts. I rolled my eyes so often that by the end I was in physical pain........didn't you know, straight sex drive is the most powerful thing in the world.........

Kay Oyegun Children Of Blood And Bone Fox/Disney; Lucasfilm boarding …

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Kay Oyegun To Script ‘Children Of Blood And Bone’ For Fox/Disney; Looks To Be First Lucasfilm Pic Project That Isn’t ‘Star Wars’ Or ‘Indiana Jones’

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EXCLUSIVE: Disney is giving a full embrace to Children of Blood and Bone, the action fantasy film based on the bestselling novel by Nigerian-American author Tomi Adeyemi that originated as a Fox 2000 property.
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This Is Us writer Kay Oyegun is making a deal to write a new script adaptation of the epic fantasy with Rick Famuyiwa, who remains attached to direct. Sources said that the project caught the fancy of Lucasfilm and that its chief Kathy Kennedy is in the process of making this the first feature property to be produced by Lucasfilm since the Disney acquisition that isn’t Star Warsor Indiana Jones.


The project is building a new head of steam under the Fox/Disney label steered by Emma Watts, whom Deadline revealed recently was staying on to build the label into something. Sources said some of the pieces are still moving on this one, but the potential involvement of Lucasfilm assures this is an important project at the studio. Temple Hill’s Marty Bowen, Isaac Klausner, and John Fischer were the original producers along with Sunswept Entertainment’s Karen Rosenfelt and Famuyiwa and his VERSE banner. They will continue to be involved but it sounds like Lucasfilm will have a strong hand as it moves forward.

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The novel was published by Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, and a follow-up, Children of Virtue and Vengeance, comes out later this year.
Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. Everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope. Now Zélie has one chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent on eradicating magic for good. Danger lurks in Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters. Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her powers—and her growing feelings for an enemy. David Magee was first writer on the film.

Sorry that this isn't directly Star Wars, but I figured it would amuse the denizens of this thread.

 

[madethistocomment]

Matt Martin: "Hey, what if we cancel Galaxy of Adventures (probably the only remotely decent thing we've produced in 5 years) and replace it with a show that has a goofy mute Minions format where everyone is BB-8 and they all have their own porg sidekicks?! This will surely attract the next generation of fans and the Marvel kids!"
Kennedy: "BRILLIANT!"
I like how they include Porgs in there on the list of "everyone's favorite characters". Only thing cringier are all the commenters going crazy over "MUH LITTLE BEN SOLO! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! <3". I've talked about this before but the way these Twilight-tier Kylo fans always obsess over Kylo as their personal "dear sweet Ben-Ben Solo <3" always weirds me out. And why does Lucasfilm always insist on demeaning Chewbacca by pairing him up with those awful Porgs?

And in a desperate attempt to increase interest for Galaxy's Edge, Disney has announced that a TV special based on the park is coming out in September.

Jordan Maison on Twitter

“A TWO-hour TV special devoted to #StarWars #GalaxysEdge is coming to @FreeformTV on September 26th. Neil Patrick Harris, Kaley Cuoco, and Keegan-Michael Key will be hosting...”

twitter.com

Gee, its almost as if you should've made this shit in advance to let people know your park was nothing more than OC bullshit. It will feature a ton of celebrities that have nothing to do with Star Wars. And on that note, Matt Damon, much like Katy Perry and Brie Larson before him, was invited to GE to try and restore interest.

Also here's Zorry Bliss's ship and the ship that dropped off Rey for those who had any doubts about the MSW leak (with their site having been shut down after their most recent leak).
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"Zorry Bliss"... Reminds me of the naming scheme for Maul's awful brother Savage Oppress. Mark my words that they'll probably explain that "Mara" calls herself that because she feels sorry for abandoning Rey.

Not gonna lie, I'm kinda bummed about Galaxy of Adventures getting cancelled. It had a really gorgeous artsyle and animation and they did really good with the little action scenes they were given. I wouldn't have minded seeing an entire series done in that art style.

 

[Godzilla@1989]

What's next for LucasFilm? Why, a Woke Nigerian YA Fantasy novel adaptation, of course. If it succeeds, they make money. If it flops they gain Woke points for taking on the Internet Haterz. Pure genius.

From what I read on GoodReads the novel is apparently gayer than a San Fran bathhouse as well. Which makes the Nigerian connection a bit odd, given how homosexuals get treated over there.

http://archive.li/KIZQ1

Sorry that this isn't directly Star Wars, but I figured it would amuse the denizens of this thread.

It was initially set up at Fox and now it looks like Disney’s shining their favoritism.

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

Matt Martin: "Hey, what if we cancel Galaxy of Adventures (probably the only remotely decent thing we've produced in 5 years) and replace it with a show that has a goofy mute Minions format where everyone is BB-8 and they all have their own porg sidekicks?! This will surely attract the next generation of fans and the Marvel kids!"
Kennedy: "BRILLIANT!"
I like how they include Porgs in there on the list of "everyone's favorite characters". Only thing cringier are all the commenters going crazy over "MUH LITTLE BEN SOLO! I LOVE HIM SO MUCH! <3". I've talked about this before but the way these Twilight-tier Kylo fans always obsess over Kylo as their personal "dear sweet Ben-Ben Solo <3" always weirds me out. And why does Lucasfilm always insist on demeaning Chewbacca by pairing him up with those awful Porgs?

And in a desperate attempt to increase interest for Galaxy's Edge, Disney has announced that a TV special based on the park is coming out in September.

Jordan Maison on Twitter

“A TWO-hour TV special devoted to #StarWars #GalaxysEdge is coming to @FreeformTV on September 26th. Neil Patrick Harris, Kaley Cuoco, and Keegan-Michael Key will be hosting...”

twitter.com

Gee, its almost as if you should've made this shit in advance to let people know your park was nothing more than OC bullshit. It will feature a ton of celebrities that have nothing to do with Star Wars. And on that note, Matt Damon, much like Katy Perry and Brie Larson before him, was invited to GE to try and restore interest.

Also here's Zorry Bliss's ship and the ship that dropped off Rey for those who had any doubts about the MSW leak (with their site having been shut down after their most recent leak).
View attachment 881142
"Zorry Bliss"... Reminds me of the naming scheme for Maul's awful brother Savage Oppress. Mark my words that they'll probably explain that "Mara" calls herself that because she feels sorry for abandoning Rey.

Screw this I'm replaying Jedi Academy