"The Force Awakens" (with SPOILERS)

[Bradley Guire]

Neat. That was in the novelization. I didn't know if it was cut before filming or filmed and then cut.

And yes, this might as well be the Star Wars thread since I'm sure we'll get the title of the next film any day now .... one can hope.

 

[outofplace]

Does the novel have enough material not in the movie to be worth reading? I thought about picking it up a few times, but hadn't bothered yet.

I kinda wish they had used that scene in the theatrical release, but I understand why they left it out. There was already so much going on and they didn't need yet another call-back to the original. It looks like they filmed it, but didn't really finish the effects on the scene.

 

[Spartan Squad]

And yes, this might as well be the Star Wars thread since I'm sure we'll get the title of the next film any day now .... one can hope.

Star Wars Ep. VIII: One Can Hope.

 

[Ace]

Star Wars Ep. VIII: One Can Hope.

It would be funny to cast Maury Povich as the character who tells who Rey's father is.

 

[Batman]

It would be funny to cast Maury Povich as the character who tells who Rey's father is.

Luke Skywalker is revealed as the ultimate deadbeat dad.

 

[Spartan Squad]

I'm starting to see more momentum for Obiwan being the grandfather

 

[Dick Whitman]

Neat. That was in the novelization. I didn't know if it was cut before filming or filmed and then cut.

And yes, this might as well be the Star Wars thread since I'm sure we'll get the title of the next film any day now .... one can hope.

I was thinking during the Super Bowl.

 

[Buck]

So was the Death Star project like the intergalactic Big Dig?
Bureaucrats were just blatantly lying all along about completion schedules, cost and effectiveness?

 

[Batman]

So was the Death Star project like the intergalactic Big Dig?
Bureaucrats were just blatantly lying all along about completion schedules, cost and effectiveness?

From reading some on Wookiepedia, it seems the answer is yes. At least in the old EU. It took about 19 years to build because of strikes, Rebel sabotage (akin to modern eco-terrorism), issues with procuring materials and budgets, etc. It didn't help that Vader probably force-choked to death 29 different project managers when they started running behind schedule, or that the Empire apparently likes to kill off its chief engineers in mass purges.

 

[Buck]

From reading some on Wookiepedia, it seems the answer is yes. At least in the old EU. It took about 19 years to build because of strikes, Rebel sabotage (akin to modern eco-terrorism), issues with procuring materials and budgets, etc. It didn't help that Vader probably force-choked to death 29 different project managers when they started running behind schedule, or that the Empire apparently likes to kill off its chief engineers in mass purges.

See that is probably a big compounding factor in the schedule and cost over-runs - consistently killing of PMs and chief engineers.
Filling those positions had to be consistent cause of schedule variance, which causes additional cost over-runs.

 

[Starman]

The Death Star to Nowhere.

 

[justgladtobehere]

The required weekly safety meetings with all the subcontractors really drags down productivity.