Oh hey, TLJ is on Netflix. #StarWars
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I know complaining about noise in space in a Star Wars movie is ridiculous at this point, but seriously, are those Star Destroyers jumping out of hyperspace /into atmosphere/? How are they making booms audible from the surface? (There's no "sound inside the ship" excuse this time - people on the ground are reacting to the sound.)
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How old is Hux supposed to be? He looks about 20 years older than I remember him from TFA.
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Okay, "General Hugs" was funny.
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The starfighter choreographers have stopped pretending that X-wings are operating in atmosphere, I see. That bootlegger turn was nice.
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I dunno who Paige is but she got a death like we were supposed to know her.
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(Was she in Rogue One? I still haven't seen that.)
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"'Finn naked leaking bag'? Did you fry a chip?"
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You can tell something's wrong with Luke as soon as you see him because he's not bothering to cover his hand anymore.
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Ah, porgs, the little beasties they created because it was easier than photoshopping puffins out.
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See, okay, Snoke makes me miss Palpatine. Snoke makes the mistake that all the terrible evil lords make - self-aggrandizement. He beats up on Kylo Ren and fosters resentment. Palpatine was Anakin/Vader's friend right up until he thought he could do better with Luke.
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Luke is doing a good job of being a Weirdo Hermit. He DID learn from Yoda!
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"Where are you from?"
"Nowhere."
"No one's from nowhere."
"Jakku."
"Okay, that is pretty much nowhere."
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It is possible - I'm not sure - that this scene with Leia in her quarters is the first time we see hyperspace from the /side/.
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god damn it, I miss Carrie Fisher so much.
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I forgot I was commenting on this.
If Leia's going to get to use the Force once in the series, I'm glad she made it a good one. She knew it was coming, she prepared herself, and she navigated herself back to where she needed to be.
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I can't believe R2D2's been holding onto that message from Leia for 20 years.
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I see /exactly/ why the MRAs don't like Holdo.
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Also, I feel like "only 400 people across 3 vessels" is trying to invoke Battlestar Galactica, but regardless: this just feels unreasonably lopsided. Like, the First Order was supposed to be a splinter group of the Empire that never acknowledged its defeat, and they fired /one shot/ and took out the Senate, and suddenly the Empire's back in charge again and the Republic doesn't exist anymore? This seems really bizarre.
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@noelle Spouse and I were talking about that last night, actually. it's possible to come up with a scenario that makes the setup possible, but how it happened is never *mentioned*. it's like the worldbuilding is missing a couple of supporting pillars, and while you can imagine where they should be and how they'd fit... there's no sign that they actually canonically *exist*, and it's weird.
