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ericadawn16I didn't want to put my thought on Star Wars: The Empire Strikes back relating to Star Wars: The Force Awakens with my nephew post since they haven't seen it yet so...
SPOILERS
Okay, not related to Episode 7 but I just realized that since Disney owns Star Wars, John Ratzenberger has appeared in all facets of Disney except anything with the Muppets. I did think about pointing out how that mustached Rebel Major also played Hamm, etc. but sometimes, they just don't care that much about voices.
Han pushes through the troops and mounts a Tauntaun.
DECK OFFICER
Your Tauntaun'll freeze before you
reach the first marker.
HAN
Then I'll see you in hell!
This time, this really struck me...Han was willing to die for Luke because he cared that much about Luke and he knew Leia cared that much about Luke. It's the same feeling replicated with Harry, Ron and Hermione but it's just...
ugh, it makes everyone not being together one last time that much more infuriating, more on this later.
Artoo beeps, long and low.
THREEPIO
Don't say thing like that! Of
course we'll see Master Luke again.
He'll be quite all right, you'll see.
Okay, I get that Luke needed to have R2 left behind because he had part of the map but...it still seems really cruel. Artoo got very attached to Luke and it could be because his memory was never wiped and he knew Luke was the son of his former master or it could be that Artoo preferred being around Jedi but whatever the reason...it just felt wrong.
Also, Artoo comes off the true hero of the previous six films and one of the only characters with any sense at times especially in the prequels so I loved BB-8 but...Artoo...
BEN
Luke... Luke.
LUKE
(weakly)
Ben?
Dammit, Luke's the only one to call him Ben! Even Yoda only calls him Obi-Wan.
Han ignites Luke's saber and cuts the beast from head to toe. He
quickly tosses it's steaming innards into the snow, then lifts Luke's
inert form and stuffs him inside the carcass.
I complained once to my mom how everything before the film had Finn with the lightsaber and "he's not even a real Jedi!"
She argued that Han wasn't either but he used the lightsaber to cut open the TaunTaun.
But I still want Rey with lightsaber merchandise...which now that the movie's out, we're supposed to get.
INT. WEDGE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE THREE - COCKPIT
WEDGE
(into comlink)
Copy, Rogue Leader
LUKE
(over comlink)
Wedge, I've lost my gunner. You'll
have to make this shot. I'll cover
for you. Set your harpoon. Follow
me on the next pass.
As much as I loved Admiral Ackbar and Nien Numb, WHERE IS WEDGE???
Come on, how cool would it be to have Wedge and his real-life nephew aka Ewan McGregor in the same Star Wars film?
LEIA
I happen to like nice men.
HAN
I'm a nice man.
LEIA
No, you're not. You're...
He kisses her now, with slow, hot lips. He takes his time, as though
he had forever, bending her body backward. She has never been kissed
like this before, and it almost makes her faint. When he stops, she
regains her breath and tries to work up some indignation, but finds it
hard to talk.
These were my favorite scenes and I still love them but...
now I know how it all ends and in a way, it's kind of...ruined. They die worlds apart and we didn't even get one last on-screen kiss.
(sigh)
YODA
Hmmm. Much anger in him, like his father.
There's a trivia question about which Force users have appeared in all six previous Star Wars films at my local theatre. One of the answers is Yoda and the Episode 7 showing is the only time other people have complained about the mistake. Yoda is that entrenched with Star Wars that everyone just assumes he's in all of them.
Thus, I was really happy that he had a brief appearance in Episode 7.
LUKE
(discouraged)
You want the impossible.
Quietly Yoda turns toward the X-wing fighter. With his eyes closed and
his head bowed, he raises his arm and points at the ship.
Soon, the fighter rises above the water and moves forward as Artoo
beeps in terror and scoots away.
The entire X-wing moves majestically, surely, toward the shore. Yoda
stands on a tree root and guides the fighter carefully down toward the
beach.
Luke stares in astonishment as the fighter settles down onto the shore.
He walks toward Yoda.
LUKE
I don't... I don't believe it.
YODA
That is why you fail.
Luke shakes his head, bewildered.
I know he continued his training, he matured but...really, you put this guy all by himself in charge of training new Jedi including small children?
Really?
I'm not even going to start on the wrongness of "the last jedi", that'll be in my proper movie post.
LEIA
Luke! Luke, don't - it's a
trap! It's a trap!
Middle Nephew: And he goes anyway!!!
Youngest Nephew: Why?
Me: Well...if anything were to happen to Han or Leia and he wasn't there...he'd hate himself.
Because Leia felt Han's death and by Yoda logic, she knew exactly what had happened and who killed him, too. Thus, there's no way that Luke didn't know, too. At this point, they better give us a good fucking reason for why he's not there considering previous films established that Han, Luke and Leia would literally die for each other.
Obviously, people change. People get older...but unless there's ultimatums or religion involved, they don't do 180s.
LANDO
(laughs)
How you doing, you old pirate?
So good to see you! I never thought
I'd catch up with you again. Where
you been?
I wonder what Lando's been up to and I hope his appearance in Episode 8 mentions Han.
LANDO
You know, that ship saved my life
quite a few times. She's the
fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.
Since all previous books were tossed out the window, I want new stories about this and maybe even a film or tv series.
YODA
(looks up)
No. There is another.
Dammit, even since I was four years old, I want Leia with a lightsaber and did it happen in Episode 8?
Nope.
I know how JJ Abrams said he and Carrie decided how she focused more on other things.
I know Carrie said she never asked for one.
I understand that her experience with her dad and Ben would bring mixed feelings about the weapon.
I realize that even Luke was like...Oh hell no, when Rey was offering her new lightsaber.
But dammit, I WANT IT!
I love Rey with a lightsaber. It was beautiful but...four year old me still wants Leia with a lightsaber...
Realizing what is about to happen, Chewie lets out a wild howl and
attacks the stormtroopers surrounding Han. Within seconds, other
Imperial reinforcements join the scuffle, clubbing the giant Wookiee
with their laser weapons.
Again, the actual film has Boba Fett aiming his gun at Chewbacca and Darth Vader stopping him.
Either...
Anakin did meet Chewbacca at some point and there's some recognition there...even though I told this to my brother and he HATED it because he HATED the prequels, said there was no point to them.
or...
Darth Vader subconsciously knows that Leia is his daughter and that's an automatic response which doesn't change the fact that...
Shit ALWAYS happens to Leia! AND Empire Strikes Back is the second film in a row where Darth Vader is witness to Leia's worst moments EVER.
Han gives the Wookiee a stern look.
HAN
Save your strength. There'll be
another time. The princess - you
have to take care of her. You
hear me?
Which begs the question...did Leia ask him personally to take Rey to find her brother? Is the Star Wars Holiday Special no longer canon and Chewie never had a family of his own?
SPOILERS
Okay, not related to Episode 7 but I just realized that since Disney owns Star Wars, John Ratzenberger has appeared in all facets of Disney except anything with the Muppets. I did think about pointing out how that mustached Rebel Major also played Hamm, etc. but sometimes, they just don't care that much about voices.
Han pushes through the troops and mounts a Tauntaun.
DECK OFFICER
Your Tauntaun'll freeze before you
reach the first marker.
HAN
Then I'll see you in hell!
This time, this really struck me...Han was willing to die for Luke because he cared that much about Luke and he knew Leia cared that much about Luke. It's the same feeling replicated with Harry, Ron and Hermione but it's just...
ugh, it makes everyone not being together one last time that much more infuriating, more on this later.
Artoo beeps, long and low.
THREEPIO
Don't say thing like that! Of
course we'll see Master Luke again.
He'll be quite all right, you'll see.
Okay, I get that Luke needed to have R2 left behind because he had part of the map but...it still seems really cruel. Artoo got very attached to Luke and it could be because his memory was never wiped and he knew Luke was the son of his former master or it could be that Artoo preferred being around Jedi but whatever the reason...it just felt wrong.
Also, Artoo comes off the true hero of the previous six films and one of the only characters with any sense at times especially in the prequels so I loved BB-8 but...Artoo...
BEN
Luke... Luke.
LUKE
(weakly)
Ben?
Dammit, Luke's the only one to call him Ben! Even Yoda only calls him Obi-Wan.
Han ignites Luke's saber and cuts the beast from head to toe. He
quickly tosses it's steaming innards into the snow, then lifts Luke's
inert form and stuffs him inside the carcass.
I complained once to my mom how everything before the film had Finn with the lightsaber and "he's not even a real Jedi!"
She argued that Han wasn't either but he used the lightsaber to cut open the TaunTaun.
But I still want Rey with lightsaber merchandise...which now that the movie's out, we're supposed to get.
INT. WEDGE'S SNOWSPEEDER, ROGUE THREE - COCKPIT
WEDGE
(into comlink)
Copy, Rogue Leader
LUKE
(over comlink)
Wedge, I've lost my gunner. You'll
have to make this shot. I'll cover
for you. Set your harpoon. Follow
me on the next pass.
As much as I loved Admiral Ackbar and Nien Numb, WHERE IS WEDGE???
Come on, how cool would it be to have Wedge and his real-life nephew aka Ewan McGregor in the same Star Wars film?
LEIA
I happen to like nice men.
HAN
I'm a nice man.
LEIA
No, you're not. You're...
He kisses her now, with slow, hot lips. He takes his time, as though
he had forever, bending her body backward. She has never been kissed
like this before, and it almost makes her faint. When he stops, she
regains her breath and tries to work up some indignation, but finds it
hard to talk.
These were my favorite scenes and I still love them but...
now I know how it all ends and in a way, it's kind of...ruined. They die worlds apart and we didn't even get one last on-screen kiss.
(sigh)
YODA
Hmmm. Much anger in him, like his father.
There's a trivia question about which Force users have appeared in all six previous Star Wars films at my local theatre. One of the answers is Yoda and the Episode 7 showing is the only time other people have complained about the mistake. Yoda is that entrenched with Star Wars that everyone just assumes he's in all of them.
Thus, I was really happy that he had a brief appearance in Episode 7.
LUKE
(discouraged)
You want the impossible.
Quietly Yoda turns toward the X-wing fighter. With his eyes closed and
his head bowed, he raises his arm and points at the ship.
Soon, the fighter rises above the water and moves forward as Artoo
beeps in terror and scoots away.
The entire X-wing moves majestically, surely, toward the shore. Yoda
stands on a tree root and guides the fighter carefully down toward the
beach.
Luke stares in astonishment as the fighter settles down onto the shore.
He walks toward Yoda.
LUKE
I don't... I don't believe it.
YODA
That is why you fail.
Luke shakes his head, bewildered.
I know he continued his training, he matured but...really, you put this guy all by himself in charge of training new Jedi including small children?
Really?
I'm not even going to start on the wrongness of "the last jedi", that'll be in my proper movie post.
LEIA
Luke! Luke, don't - it's a
trap! It's a trap!
Middle Nephew: And he goes anyway!!!
Youngest Nephew: Why?
Me: Well...if anything were to happen to Han or Leia and he wasn't there...he'd hate himself.
Because Leia felt Han's death and by Yoda logic, she knew exactly what had happened and who killed him, too. Thus, there's no way that Luke didn't know, too. At this point, they better give us a good fucking reason for why he's not there considering previous films established that Han, Luke and Leia would literally die for each other.
Obviously, people change. People get older...but unless there's ultimatums or religion involved, they don't do 180s.
LANDO
(laughs)
How you doing, you old pirate?
So good to see you! I never thought
I'd catch up with you again. Where
you been?
I wonder what Lando's been up to and I hope his appearance in Episode 8 mentions Han.
LANDO
You know, that ship saved my life
quite a few times. She's the
fastest hunk of junk in the galaxy.
Since all previous books were tossed out the window, I want new stories about this and maybe even a film or tv series.
YODA
(looks up)
No. There is another.
Dammit, even since I was four years old, I want Leia with a lightsaber and did it happen in Episode 8?
Nope.
I know how JJ Abrams said he and Carrie decided how she focused more on other things.
I know Carrie said she never asked for one.
I understand that her experience with her dad and Ben would bring mixed feelings about the weapon.
I realize that even Luke was like...Oh hell no, when Rey was offering her new lightsaber.
But dammit, I WANT IT!
I love Rey with a lightsaber. It was beautiful but...four year old me still wants Leia with a lightsaber...
Realizing what is about to happen, Chewie lets out a wild howl and
attacks the stormtroopers surrounding Han. Within seconds, other
Imperial reinforcements join the scuffle, clubbing the giant Wookiee
with their laser weapons.
Again, the actual film has Boba Fett aiming his gun at Chewbacca and Darth Vader stopping him.
Either...
Anakin did meet Chewbacca at some point and there's some recognition there...even though I told this to my brother and he HATED it because he HATED the prequels, said there was no point to them.
or...
Darth Vader subconsciously knows that Leia is his daughter and that's an automatic response which doesn't change the fact that...
Shit ALWAYS happens to Leia! AND Empire Strikes Back is the second film in a row where Darth Vader is witness to Leia's worst moments EVER.
Han gives the Wookiee a stern look.
HAN
Save your strength. There'll be
another time. The princess - you
have to take care of her. You
hear me?
Which begs the question...did Leia ask him personally to take Rey to find her brother? Is the Star Wars Holiday Special no longer canon and Chewie never had a family of his own?
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Date: 2016-01-08 03:50 pm (UTC)I thought he was just in all the Pixar movies?
Hugs, Jon
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Date: 2016-01-09 03:28 am (UTC)You're right about that.