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

Clareman · 17-08-2015 3:24pm

.ak wrote: »

One thing that annoys me... Why do another desert planet at all? Why not something more unique? I always thought Tattooine was over used in the movies... They're in a galaxy full of planets and they keep using this dustball... and now they're moving away from it, to another dustball!

As opposed to an ice planet, or a swamp planet, or a city plant, or an Italian planet, or a water planet, or a forest planet (moon)........... :pac:

I seem to remember reading somewhere that they went for a dessert look cause they thought that it would look very "alien" like Mars and they didn't want everything to look too much like Earth. At this stage I'd say they just don't want everything to look cgi so it's easier to get nice tax breaks and head to the dessert for shooting.

PhiloCypher · 17-08-2015 3:25pm

.ak wrote: »

One thing that annoys me... Why do another desert planet at all? Why not something more unique? I always thought Tattooine was over used in the movies... They're in a galaxy full of planets and they keep using this dustball... and now they're moving away from it, to another dustball!

Can you give us an example of a unique planetary environment that hasn't been covered in the films. Desert = Tattoine , Snow= Hoth , Forest = Endor , City = Coruscant , Water = Gungun , Primordial = Mustafar . They have pretty much covered every possible environment in the course of the 6 films.

.ak · 17-08-2015 3:33pm

Clareman wrote: »

As opposed to an ice planet, or a swamp planet, or a city plant, or an Italian planet, or a water planet, or a forest planet (moon)........... :pac:

I seem to remember reading somewhere that they went for a dessert look cause they thought that it would look very "alien" like Mars and they didn't want everything to look too much like Earth. At this stage I'd say they just don't want everything to look cgi so it's easier to get nice tax breaks and head to the dessert for shooting.

PhiloCypher wrote: »

Can you give us an example of a unique planetary environment that hasn't been covered in the films. Desert = Tattoine , Snow= Hoth , Forest = Endor , City = Coruscant , Water = Gungun , Primordial = Mustafar . They have pretty much covered every possible environment in the course of the 6 films.

Ah where's your imagination lads? Eh how about marshmallow world? Or pixel-planet?!

But in all seriousness... It's a sci-fi flick, I think they could've thought of absolutely anything. How about another city world like Nar Shaddaa? That could be made look completely different to Coruscant? Or what about somewhere like Sullust? i.e; something with a different extreme geographical look to it.

Doing another desert thing but on a different planet just seems confusing and cheap to me...

But, it's a tiny point, I'm still going to love it.

Mickalus · 17-08-2015 4:20pm

.ak wrote: »

Ah where's your imagination lads? Eh how about marshmallow world? Or pixel-planet?!

But in all seriousness... It's a sci-fi flick, I think they could've thought of absolutely anything. How about another city world like Nar Shaddaa? That could be made look completely different to Coruscant? Or what about somewhere like Sullust? i.e; something with a different extreme geographical look to it.

Doing another desert thing but on a different planet just seems confusing and cheap to me...

But, it's a tiny point, I'm still going to love it.

There's supposed to be more info to come out about the planet Jakku before December.

All the ruins you can see should make it interesting, the scene of the Millennium Falcon flying thru the ruins looks really cool.

Political aspect too to be considered, is it a Hutt run 'Scum and Villainy' type of planet like Tatooine is, or something totally different.

It's also not the only planet in the film, you can see a snow/forest-y planet and a more lush/green mist covered forest-y planet too (could be one and the same...)

xper · 17-08-2015 11:46pm

What would be really 'novel' would be a moon/planet that isn't defined as having one unvarying physical environment!

Bowlardo · 18-08-2015 12:00am

so I had a dream about the old star wars reboot and in it Han is dying...
Han:(to leah) I love
Leah : I know
Han: Aggghhh

.ak · 18-08-2015 10:13am

Mickalus wrote: »

There's supposed to be more info to come out about the planet Jakku before December.

All the ruins you can see should make it interesting, the scene of the Millennium Falcon flying thru the ruins looks really cool.

Political aspect too to be considered, is it a Hutt run 'Scum and Villainy' type of planet like Tatooine is, or something totally different.

It's also not the only planet in the film, you can see a snow/forest-y planet and a more lush/green mist covered forest-y planet too (could be one and the same...)

All good points. I'm just griping for the sake of it.

robdonn · 18-08-2015 10:19am

.ak wrote: »

All good points. I'm just griping for the sake of it.

I think we're all just getting a little antsy waiting to see a full trailer.

But we also have to keep in mind that this isn't the only Star Wars movie, Rogue One seems to be going down a completely different path. The concept art they showed at it's announcement looks very different to anything else we've seen, a lot darker. Hopefully they'll still retain it's Star Wars-iness and not go down the bleak Man of Steel path.

bilston · 18-08-2015 10:44am

robdonn wrote: »

I think we're all just getting a little antsy waiting to see a full trailer.

But we also have to keep in mind that this isn't the only Star Wars movie, Rogue One seems to be going down a completely different path. The concept art they showed at it's announcement looks very different to anything else we've seen, a lot darker. Hopefully they'll still retain it's Star Wars-iness and not go down the bleak Man of Steel path.

To be honest I hope it is a bit darker. There isn't a lot out there about it but it seems like it could be a bit more adult.

Of course Disney want to make money so they will no doubt ensure it is a PG.

Mickalus · 18-08-2015 10:57am

bilston wrote: »

To be honest I hope it is a bit darker. There isn't a lot out there about it but it seems like it could be a bit more adult.

Of course Disney want to make money so they will no doubt ensure it is a PG.

I'm hoping for a PG-13.
Episode III was PG-13, with all the others being just PG.

Rating won't matter as long as it's not a **** movie!

.ak · 18-08-2015 3:59pm

If the 'darker' Rogue One proves popular then 1313 may get a reboot!

Radiosonde · 21-08-2015 11:14am

Maybe Tatooine changed its name to Jakku to attract more tourists.

splashthecash · 21-08-2015 5:55pm

Just a quick rant - I hate when I get a notification to my email that the Star Wars Ep 7 thread has been updated on boards, and then I come flying online only to see a comment such as the above...grr, I'm always hoping it'll be some cool behind the scenes info, or more context to plot or pretty much anything other than the renaming of Tatooine

py2006 · 21-08-2015 6:06pm

Falthyron · 26-08-2015 10:04am

[Possible Spoilers]Following on from the Empire covers, J.J. Abrams discusses Kylo Ren:

http://ie.ign.com/articles/2015/08/25/star-wars-the-force-awakens-kylo-ren-is-not-a-sith-and-the-first-order-are-basically-nazis

blue note · 26-08-2015 10:27am

I was really excited about this. I loved the original trilogy growing up. But I rewatched them recently and thought they were actually a bit rubbish

I forgot how much they go on about the force.

I hope they do make it this one a bit darker and more grown up - aim it more for grown up fans of the originals. I thought JJ Abrams did a great job on Star Trek, so hopefully he can do similarly well for these.

Synode · 26-08-2015 1:34pm

blue note wrote: »

I was really excited about this. I loved the original trilogy growing up. But I rewatched them recently and thought they were actually a bit rubbish I forgot how much they go on about the force.

You should be flogged for this

blue note · 26-08-2015 1:50pm

Synode wrote: »

You should be flogged for this

I'm really sorry! I was so excited every time I saw a new teaser trailer. I loved the originals as a kid and watched them repeatedly. I went to see the star wars one man play when it was in Dundrum and loved it - every line brought back a childhood memory. But then I rewatched the original and was disappointed throughout. I used to even like the ewoks. I struggled not to fast forward all the scenes with them in them.

But fingers crossed the new one will be brilliant!

jones · 27-08-2015 4:25pm

I just watched the link with the american dude watching the trailer for the first time...absolutely classic!!!

Really getting excited about this think its time to dust off the blurays and rewatch them