"The Force Awakens" (with SPOILERS)

I would watch a movie with the Darth Vader we saw at the end of R1 if there's a good story to tell.

 

He was using the Force? That's my go-to excuse. Didn't think about it until you mentioned it.

 

I figured after all that ass-kicking, Vader would have a smoke, let the opening crawl to Episode IV roll and give the rebels a head start...

 

That headline about sums it up. Just saw it tonight and thought, man, they're missing a Han Solo. And I suppose no one should be having fun in the movie considering the mission they were on. The robot gets a few funny lines, but everyone else is deadly serious. And pretty much everyone I was with loved it.

 

They jumped to hyperspace, so they have to find them first I guess.

 

She's in handcuffs the first time we see her, though it doesn't really say why.

 

I thought they did at some point and my kid was chewing my ear off during the explanation.

 

She was in handcuffs at one point after the attack on the temple to pretend to be a prisoner being escorted.

 

Now with the death of Carrie Fisher, with Ep. VIII completely shot and in the can, I wouldn't be surprised if there are some major plot/script revisions, maybe a title change, before release.

Certainly it closes down some of the plot options for Ep. IX.

 

Or they CGI it again.

 

Pretty much guarantees they can't kill off Hamill now, right? Certainly one of the original trio has to make it to the end.

I'd be curious if they do the CGI. I have a feeling the general population wouldn't like it so soon, but I see no difference between bringing Cushing back from the dead 25 years after the fact vs. bringing someone back who'd recently died (so long as her estate approves and gets paid, that is).

 

This blows on so many levels.

Maybe they can do what they did in Star Trek Beyond where Spock got a letter that his older self had passed away of course coinciding with the death of Leonard Nemoy. Or in Ep. IX they can pull an Alderan where they have Rey or Fin looking out from the deck of a ship that destroys a cruiser carrying Leia or blows up a planet with her on it.

But like I said, this blows.