Star Wars General

Vader: “Do you expect me to believe that a tactician of your skill has not yet thought of a way to kill me?”
 
Thrawn: “I have, in fact, thought of three ways.”
 
My god they’re like evil versions of Clark and Bruce.

@Darth Prime  
…it’s actually not that hard to kill Vader. Just throw sand at him

@Commune  
i really wouldn’t be surprised if he was trying to get people less riled up.

@Angrybrony  
Mark always struck me as a nice dude so I can definitely see that happening

As it stands, while I can get why some people didn’t like TLJ I just can’t understan the utter hatred some people have for not just the movie for the people involved in the movie.

@neutralgrey  
See it’s funny because of the obvious reference but also cause it could wreak havoc with he’s breathing system.

@Darth Prime  
Exactly! Also electricity or a really powerful EMP

@neutralgrey  

 
That’s why he didn’t go to Tatooine despite the DS plans obviously being there.

At long last, it has arrived.
 
Mr. Plinkett’s Last Jedi Review.

@zerowinger66  
The criticism about TLJ being framed and written like a comedy. I haven’t heard of that one before.
 
Its spot on though.

I have to give credit where credit is due.
 

 

 
At least they have ok trigger discipline

@TheSupremePatriarch  
Subversion is the essence of comedy.

@Darth Prime  
Comedy of errors. The plot moves forward only because someone is dumb.

@TheSupremePatriarch  
All those dumb decisions they made was just so frustrating

@neutralgrey  
no, like, it’s super in character you guys! it really deep u guys!

Plinkett also pointed out a good bit about Holdo and Leia by shoving in Star Trek. How a real leader takes in options form informed subordinates and tries to get something of a consensus. Instead of “follow me without question, don’t think about my shaky, apparently suicidal decisions, don’t rise above your post”.
 
But maybe that’s just how Rian views leadership….
 
…Goddamn, what an asshole.

The Tom Hardy Stormtropper deleted scene is an example of a neat idea that’s ruined by horrible executed.
 
So you have a random Stormy that recognizes Finn doesn’t know he’s defected see’s him in an officers uniform so he assumes he’s just been promoted and he’s happy for him happy that someone like him that he knew “made it”.  
And I like that it’s very humanizing it shows that underneath that white armor that symbol of oppression is a person and I love it when Stormtroopers are humanized it adds a layer of moral ambiguity to something that’s usually black and white.
 
That problem of course is how far it goes in “humanizing”.  
The Stormy startes off saying that he knows he’s braking protocol by initiating contact with an officer he’s trying to be respectful to he’s superior but then he starts getting goofy and gives Finn a congratulatory ass smack.  
Sorry what?  
It’s such a nice scene in concept but they just had to go and make it all jokey.
 
But whatever it’s not even in the finished movie so who cares.

@TheSupremePatriarch  
Janway.

@Darth Prime  
No, good Star Trek. The one with the bald English Frenchman.
 
Janeway though, she’d make a decent villain.

@TheSupremePatriarch  
Oh sure if we ignore the dumb parts of Star Trek and just focus only on the good parts of it when comparing this with Star Trek it’s super easy to say Star Trek is better.
 
Also Janway made admiral so clearly Starfleet would give a big thumbs up to Holdo’s command style by that logic.

@Darth Prime  
Whoa there. Just hold up. I was in no way insinuating that Star Trek > Star Wars.
 
Star Trek’s no stranger to stupid bullshit that people could fill entire book sets on. Besides the Picard thing was an just example of what a real leader does. That’s all.

@Darth Prime  
Shit that was Tom Hardy? That’s awesome! Would have been even more awesome if his serial number MM (you know Mad Max) or if he broke someone’s back

@TheSupremePatriarch  
I guess the lesson here from both ST and SW is don’t put women in charge apparently.

@neutralgrey  
@Darth Prime  
I really liked that scene. Even his thick redneck accent.
 
Of course, Stormies are cannon fodder. It’s just like Force Awakens with Finn getting traumatized by a trooper’s death and then gleefully gunning them down like 15 minutes later.

@TheSupremePatriarch  
I’ve always thought they were just brainwashed/indoctrinated through their “elite” training and are basically just drones.