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Star Wars: The Force Awakens [** SPOILERS FROM POST 4472 ONWARD **]

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    #3002
    J Mysterio
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    Some cool SW gifs here:

    http://thechive.com/2015/10/15/star-wars-the-force-awakens-is-still-63-days-away-heres-some-random-gifs-to-tide-you-over-17-gifs/


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    #3003
    Soby
    Registered Users Posts: 5,977 ✭✭✭Soby


    *WHISPERS* Tickets go on sale 8am Monday :)


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    #3004
    Roar
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    Any word on a 7 movie marathon? Seems it's happening in the States, but not on a massive scale.


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    #3005
    Red King
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    I can't imagine there being much of a demand to sit through the prequel trilogy in one sitting.

    Absolute torture.


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    #3006
    Into The Blue
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    Only if the cinema left the remote with someone so ye could forward the racing/jarjar shîte..


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    #3007
    david75
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    New poster and Trailer Monday?


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    #3008
    david75
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    Sounds like it:

    But the poster is just the beginning as a new The Force Awakens trailer will reportedly arrive on October 19th sometime around 8pm Eastern time. There have been rumblings that it will appear on ESPN during Monday Night Football, which would be a huge audience for the new trailer, and it’s no coincidence that ESPN is a Disney-owned network. If it airs on television first, you can be sure it will be online almost simultaneously, so we’ll have that up as soon as it’s available.


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    #3009
    Goodshape
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    CRnIPhQUYAAoupy.jpg

    High-res: https://i.imgur.com/b5Tf96Y.jpg


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    #3010
    Roar
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    No Mark Hamill, and is that a death star in the upper right corner???


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    #3011
    Into The Blue
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    Roar wrote: »
    No Mark Hamill??

    Top left with the mask on..


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    #3012
    david75
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    Interesting to see two line ups of stormtroopers yet no sign of Luke at all.

    Gives credence to that spoiler about the last scene.


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    #3013
    J Mysterio
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    Into The Blue wrote: »
    Top left with the mask on..

    Hmmm...


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    #3014
    Cantstandsya
    Registered Users Posts: 737 ✭✭✭Cantstandsya


    david75 wrote: »
    Interesting to see two line ups of stormtroopers yet no sign of Luke at all.

    Gives credence to that spoiler about the last scene.


    Must. not. look. up. spoiler..... arghhh


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    #3015
    Into The Blue
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,358 ✭✭✭Into The Blue


    david75 wrote: »
    Gives credence to that spoiler about the last scene.

    Off to Google................


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    #3016
    david75
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    Some footage posted on insta


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    #3017
    david75
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    And More
    http://youtu.be/tQSVFhzlYFY


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    #3018
    Cantstandsya
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    Hype levels... rising


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    #3019
    Vertigo100
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    J Mysterio wrote: »
    Hmmm...

    Kylo Ren no?


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    #3020
    Calibos
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    Roar wrote: »
    No Mark Hamill, and is that a death star in the upper right corner???

    Not sure how I feel about another Death Star :eek:

    Really JJ?? A Death Star in 2 of the 3 OT wasn't enough?

    An argument can also be made that it took a Galactic Empire's resources to build a Battle-station the size of a small moon. But now a remnant of the Empire can do it?


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    #3021
    Falthyron
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    Calibos wrote: »
    Not sure how I feel about another Death Star :eek:

    Really JJ?? A Death Star in 2 of the 3 OT wasn't enough?

    An argument can also be made that it took a Galactic Empire's resources to build a Battle-station the size of a small moon. But now a remnant of the Empire can do it?

    To be fair, the circular vent on the Death-Star-esque object in the poster looks more like an exhaust than a laser weapon. Perhaps it is a massive ship? I would love if they harnessed the 'Knights of the Old Republic' storyline and had the Starforge in the movie - it might explain where this New Order got all of its equipment and technology from.


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    #3022
    BlitzKrieg
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    Oh Cool I didnt know Unicron was going to be in this film


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    #3023
    ktulu123
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    Anyone else trying to get tickets for the midnight showing of this in Imax in Cineworld. Thought they were supposed to be on sale at 8 but nothing yet.


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    #3024
    johnny_ultimate
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    You know, I don't think the original trilogy holds up very well when revisited, and overall feel the impact of Star Wars on the medium of cinema as a whole has been less than positive.

    However... tickets happily secured for the Lighthouse midnight screening.

    HYPE.


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    #3025
    Roar
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    ktulu123 wrote: »
    Anyone else trying to get tickets for the midnight showing of this in Imax in Cineworld. Thought they were supposed to be on sale at 8 but nothing yet.

    Midnight screenings aren't showing up on the Omniplex site either


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    #3026
    Myrddin
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    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    You know, I don't think the original trilogy holds up very well

    Booo! At least let us have that one thing JU :D


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    #3027
    Mr Freeze
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    johnny_ultimate wrote: »
    You know, I don't think the original trilogy holds up very well when revisited...

    Well I still get a huge kick out of watching the battle(s) at the end of RotJ. Except for some to the Ewok stuff, but I especially love the space battle, I think it looks fantastic even now.


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    #3028
    ktulu123
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    Cineworld a bit of a disaster this morning. Very vague on their facebook page about when the tickets would be for sale online. So **** tonnes of us hammering F5 all morning it seems. Got great seats myself for the IMAX midnight showing so im delighted. Should of been handled better by cineworld though


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    #3029
    Roar
    Registered Users Posts: 7,426 ✭✭✭Roar


    Omniplex now have midnight screenings on their site.


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    #3030
    Goodshape
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    ktulu123 wrote: »
    Got great seats myself for the IMAX midnight showing so im delighted.
    How? I'm getting a 404 on their Star Wars page.


    Edit: oh, nevermind. The page 404s but it works in the dropdown list of films. And is sold out now anyway.


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    #3031
    johnny_ultimate
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    Myrddin wrote: »
    Booo! At least let us have that one thing JU :D
    Mr Freeze wrote: »
    Well I still get a huge kick out of watching the battle(s) at the end of RotJ. Except for some to the Ewok stuff, but I especially love the space battle, I think it looks fantastic even now.

    They still stand up as a collection of unquestionably iconic, spine-tingling moments (no series boasts as many) and individually impressive elements (the score, the SFX, the art design), but as full films IMO they're often lacking. Indeed, for all the criticisms directed towards the prequel trilogies, the original films suffer several of the same fundamental faults - most notably the often insanely clunky scripts and wooden performances (Harrison Ford being perhaps the most notable exception there). Rewatching A New Hope a few years ago - which was always my favourite of the series as a kid - I was also struck by how turgidly paced it is at times, the moments in-between the best ones surprisingly flat. I haven't revisited Empire in a while, mind, although I reckon given Lucas' more hands-off approach there it would probably withstand a more critical reappraisal with a little bit more grace!

    Still, given we're dealing with a director with a strong track record for this sort of material, written by credits without the words 'George' and 'Lucas', and pre-release material that has consistently sent out the right messages, I remain reasonably confident Force Awakens will embrace the best of Star Wars while attempting to address the worst. I look forward to a late night on on the 16th/17th of December :) The crushing disappointment of the following morning will only be part of the fun ;)


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