Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

Scrooged

Scrooged

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Chet Dakota said:
Star Wars is supposed to be fun, not necessarily about hard life lessons.
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Can’t it be both?

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Mike S

Mike S

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Chet Dakota said:
Agree to some extent, and maybe that was the first plan, but they did not really that path. If they had, they would have focused on the Big 3 in the first one and have them turn the baton over for the 2nd and third. Heck, Poe was even supposed to die early in TFA but J.J. changed the script because he liked the character and how OI brought him to life. Instead, they decided to initially focus on each of the big 3 for each sequel movie. Han, then Luke and then Leia for the third one. Dumb for them to think that the audience would fall in love with Rey and Finn with Han, Luke and Leia running around.

The next mistake was not changing the movie after CF’s passing. I understand the sensitivity to it. But, they had at least two opportunities in the story to give her death meaning, and they passed on it. Instead, the focus remained on Luke turning his back on everyone, which is not the Luke Skywalker that GL created. And now they have to piece stuff together with Leia and hope it fits and flows.
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Dumb for them to think people would fall in love with Rey and Finn with one being an unrelatable little miss perfect and the other a complete baffoon with no true sense of loyalty to anyone except towards the chick he wants to get with. And Poe is just a discount Han Solo.
Scrooged said:
I’m apparently one who is an outlier when it comes to TFA and TLJ. I think both are brilliant. For totally different reasons.

TFA rebooted a brand and made it fun and consequential. The TLJ took those expectations and injected a real hard life lesson into the ideal of the hero’s journey. Rarely in life do things turn out the way you plan them to- and that’s the entire point of TLJ. And while at first
I was baffled (but very entertained) as I sat in the theater watching a broken Luke, upon reflection I love his character and how his physical arc ended. Noble, mysterious and ultimately Jedi- like. Now- the film is far from perfect- but it does two things (that also spur the SJW arguments, which are silly and pointless) but it demonstrates that those who are influential are broken and flawed. Also- it reframed how the force can be used throughout the SW universe. Not to make it more accessible to ANYONE, but to make it more acceptable as a political force. It made the force a true living thing that is available to those who are able to recognize it and feel it’s power and mysticism. That doesn’t mean EVERYONE can physically use it- far from it. It just means that there is more of a blatant acceptance of it as a spiritual force within the SW galaxy. And it opens up a larger scope of how The Force can be used as a story telling device.

Just my two cents.

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I have an actual real life to teach me those lessons. I watch Star Wars for the escapism to an epic fantasy of good vs. evil in a galaxy far, far away. Leave your messages to the typical artsy Oscar bait schlock that comes out every year.

Edit: Oh, and the whole “it’s so good because of the fall of a hero!!!” talking point: Anakin to Darth Vader anyone? Episode 3 already did this sooooooooooo much better.

Edit 2: Another great movie of failing heroes: Infinity War. That is all.

And with that...
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Hawkeye_2018

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Chet Dakota said:
My apologies for posting off thread topic...but,

Star Wars is supposed to be fun, not necessarily about hard life lessons.

Even your GIF is not “Luke Skywalker”....What would have been better, Luke doing the shoulder brush off, or him looking at Kylo and giving him the famous Han Solo palms-out shoulder shrug? Luke throwing the lightsaber over his shoulder, or just looking at it sadly and handing it back to Rey and walking away?

Back the SW:GE...we have a reservation for the weekend of Sept 27-29. Looking forward to fighting the crowds to get in and stand in line for 3 hours for SR.
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You must not have seen Ep 1-3
 
flynnibus

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drod1985 said:
October 1 is the 8th day of Fall. While they've dropped the "late" from most recent media I still wouldn't be inclined to believe they've made up two months worth of work and can open at the start of Fall as opposed to "late" Fall.
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rle4lunch said:
I'd have to say October at the earliest for HS.
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monothingie said:
It's good to hear from the National Enquirer of Disney these days. What's his name, is also saying construction walls up very soon for the demolition of Inventions West. Soooo I think he may be a little too caffeinated these days.
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its always fun to skip the thread for a few days and then come in with hindsight :)
 
Chet Dakota

Chet Dakota

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Mike S said:
Dumb for them to think people would fall in love with Rey and Finn with one being an unrelatable little miss perfect and the other a complete baffoon with no true sense of loyalty to anyone except towards the chick he wants to get with. And Poe is just a discount Han Solo.

I have an actual real life to teach me those lessons. I watch Star Wars for the escapism to an epic fantasy of good vs. evil in a galaxy far, far away. Leave your messages to the typical artsy Oscar bait schlock that comes out every year.
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Totally agree.

Finn should have died on Crait by sacrificing himself to knock out the ram.

So many lost opportunities.
 
Scrooged

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Does anyone know the status of fast pass availability? I’m sure it’s way too early to tel- it I have t been able to parse all the details of the shareholder call. I’m sure there is rampant speculation about FP availability... but are there any hard facts yet?
 
The Pho

The Pho

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Scrooged said:
Does anyone know the status of fast pass availability? I’m sure it’s way too early to tel- it I have t been able to parse all the details of the shareholder call. I’m sure there is rampant speculation about FP availability... but are there any hard facts yet?
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There will be none on either coast for the initial opening. No details on when they may start using them.
 

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