Iapetus
Posted on 04/25/2017 6:47:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin
No, the potential problem with Episode IX is its strange placement in the bigger Star Wars picture. It is, technically, a final chapter to the current trilogy, if not the entire "Skywalker Saga" that has run through seven of the eight Star Wars movies to date. Fandom had long considered the model of a trilogy of trilogies to be the length of the series, even before The Force Awakens was announced, so there's a double weight of expectations resting on it from the very start; it has to not only tie up the themes and plots of the past two movies, but also offer some level of payoff to eight earlier features, as well.
On the one hand, this isn't an impossible task. After all, both 1983's Return of the Jedi and 2005's Revenge of the Sith managed variations on this task for their own trilogies, with Sith attempting to tie together the two trilogies into an airtight — some would say, airless — whole. Both of those movies had an advantage than Episode IX lacks, however: they actually were intended as final chapters at the time they were made.
Episode IX, by comparison, will arrive before an audience who will likely know the release date, plot and cast of another couple of subsequent Star Wars movies; no matter how much it tries to offer a conclusion to events, audiences will know that it's not the end, or even the end for awhile. Instead, there'll be another chapter coming along, most likely in the next year. How can a movie successfully provide closure when everyone involved knows that the story isn't actually closing?
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He would make an excellent Jedi.
I had the honor and pleasure of meeting him by chance a year or two ago and shaking his hand. He was personable and gracious.
Iapetus
Wasn’t it in the late 19th Century that scientists said everything that will ever be invented has already been? Well, all the story lines have all been invented now. There is nothing new going on in movies. Really, there is nothing new that has been invented in quite some time. Everything is an improvement of something already invented, but nothing new in a very long time. Every new convenience brought to us for 70 years or so, we could do without.
Anyone would be just fine skipping the 1 2 3 reboots and watch Mr. Plinkett’s reviews at Red Letter Media. Just finished Rogue One on redbox. Was pretty fun. I will wait for the next one.
Not at all. Alec Guinness was Prince Faisal in Lawrence.
cheers
Jim
That's a neat pic. Check out this Saturn moon called Minas. Also looks like the Death star.
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