Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

Famm · Dec 21, 2015

Luthair_sl said:
I was wondering about this also when they fought, sabers don't need any force to cut through someone so unless the Jedi is attempting to knock the blade out of someones hand why use it like a lumberjack chopping trees. Seemed like fencing and poking holes in someone would be the way to go.

But you see the plasma beam being contained by the forcefield on a saber creates such gyroscopic forces that it actually does take significant strength, agility, training and force sensitivity to properly wield!

Faltigoth · Dec 21, 2015

khorum_sl said:
That's another thing... Anyone else get the feeling that Rey's saber style was VERY similar to Palpatine's with the two handed high stabbing stance?

I felt she was kind of using it like she would use her staff, jabbing and such. She certainly didn't have a polished look about her, kind of wild swings and thrusts.

And when I saw it, it was 1045 AM on Friday, and there only about a dozen people there, neckbeards who obviously skipped out of work early (myself among that number) and a few very elderly couples.

There was a reverent quiet about the whole theater, and nobody moved or even spoke until the credits were over.

Famm · Dec 21, 2015

Faltigoth_sl said:
I felt she was kind of using it like she would use her staff, jabbing and such. She certainly didn't have a polished look about her, kind of wild swings and thrusts.

She was thrusting constantly (oh yeah!) I thought it was almost designed to look like she was flailing and a bit unsure of how to go about attacking. Then when the force awokeneded up in her she had better form and skills from her Bene Jedisserit other memories guiding her through the warp.

kegkilla · Dec 21, 2015

Sylas_sl said:
we talked about it way earlier in this thread.

They are swords. Space swords, but just swords. The blaster (ie guns) have obsoleted them in almost all scenarios. Jedi's still use them, almost ceremoniously rather than for function, but they can get by with only using saber's because they have the force.

Weak jedi can funnel the force into their swordsmanship skills to deflect blaster bolts, and fall back on using a blaster as well when needed (like luke did with his bare minimal training,and like all the jedi did in the prequels because lucas is terrible). Stronger Jedi like Vader or Kylo can just deflect blaster shots (or fucking freeze them in space like Kylo) using the force alone. Masters of the force like Yoda or Emperor don't even need sabers at all, they are strong enough in the force to not need weapons.

if emperor was so strong how he get rekt by Mace Dindu?

Faltigoth · Dec 21, 2015

kegkilla_sl said:
if emperor was so strong how he get rekt by Mace Dindu?

I felt that he let himself get wrecked to force Anakin into some sketchy decisions. Though Mace Windu was also a certified badass and a master on a level with the best of them, and had a unique fighting style that utilized the dark side? Something something something dark side.

khorum · Dec 21, 2015

It was the grapedrank saber.

Khalan · Dec 21, 2015

Mace Windu was considered the best swordsmen in the Jedi Council, better than Master Yoda, although his mastery of the force wasn't as strong.

Jait · Dec 21, 2015

Khalan_sl said:
Mace Windu was considered the best swordsmen in the Jedi Council, better than Master Yoda, although his mastery of the force wasn't as strong.

By whom, you ask?

This guy.

And don't quote book/novel bullshit. Obi-Wan referenced Yoda as the greatest swordsman in Ep 2. The movie.

Khalan · Dec 21, 2015

I have no doubt that Palpatine "losing" was all part of his master plan. Im sure he knew anakin would come and save him at that moment.

iannis · Dec 21, 2015

Bene Jedisserit. haha.

kegkilla · Dec 21, 2015

Jait_sl said:
By whom, you ask?

This guy.

And don't quote book/novel bullshit. Obi-Wan referenced Yoda as the greatest swordsman in Ep 2. The movie.

purple drank light saber is given to the strongest Jedi

Jive Turkey · Dec 21, 2015

Azrayne_sl said:
What's odd about a quiet movie audience?

Because he thinks he's able to use it to justify his shitty taste.

I've never been to a movie where people clap at the end

Jive Turkey · Dec 21, 2015

Anyone else feel bad for that horse faced alien the stormtroopers were manhandling in the opening scene?

Merrith · Dec 21, 2015

My favorite complaint about the movie is people being mystified that an organization known for losing superweapons due to lack of security in important areas and/or due to terrible fucking weak point design lost another superweapon due to lack of security regarding the defensive shield and with an obvious weak point that would cause the whole thing to blow.

People acting like it's inexplicable that it could happen again. This would be like if fans were super surprised every time Tony Romo throws an interception all over again each time he continued to throw them.

Cybsled · Dec 21, 2015

Yet people still like the Cowboys. The Empire/First Order are the Cowboys of the Star Wars films: They start strong and fool you into thinking they can win, then they shit themselves in the final 2 minutes.

Merrith · Dec 21, 2015

Cybsled_sl said:
Yet people still like the Cowboys. The Empire/First Order are the Cowboys of the Star Wars films: They start strong and fool you into thinking they can win, then they shit themselves in the final 2 minutes.

We can go places with this.

Blakkheim · Dec 21, 2015

Cybsled_sl said:
Yet people still like the Cowboys. The Empire/First Order are the Cowboys of the Star Wars films: They start strong and fool you into thinking they can win, then they shit themselves in the final 2 minutes.

I bet you spent the last 3 days thinking this gem up just to drop it on us now.

Merrith · Dec 21, 2015

Blakkheim_sl said:
I bet you spent the last 3 days thinking this gem up just to drop it on us now.

Going to go out on a limb and guess he just thought of it now while responding to my post where I brought up Tony Romo.

Royal · Dec 21, 2015

Gorehack_sl said:
In that recording it really does sound like someone in a helmet. But when I was in the theater it sounded exactly like the fat alien trying to buy BB-8 from her with food rations, and I remember clearly seeing his fat chubby hand on the little girls shoulder.

Incidently that was Simon Pegg's character.

cabbitcabbit · Dec 22, 2015

Just got back from seeing it. Going to go see it again in like an hour with a buddy who just got out of work. Fucking astounding. I wept I tiny bit when they first showed the Falcon.

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