Belton Ag said:

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Soooo... Lando's back, huh?

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Pretty much where I am on all of those, with one exception.

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- The movie opens with Leia's funeral.

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I think there's be a significant time jump, even beyond Leia's death.

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TCTTS said:

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Speaking of, what are some of your legit Episode IX predictions?

I'd go with...

- The above. Lando recovered Luke's lightsaber on Cloud City, gave it to Maz. (Abrams finally gets to tie up that loose end he so sloppily introduced in TFA.)

- Lando gets the Falcon back in the end. (I love that, good call.)

- Lando provides some kind financial or military support to the Resistance. (Another good one.)

- The movie opens with Leia's funeral.

- The Knights of Ren are finally involved, but not nearly as much as we'd like them to be. They're in it less than Maul was in TPM.

- Kylo dies, but does something noble just before his death, ala Vader in ROTJ.

- Rey and Poe become romantically involved.

- Rey ends up running some kind of new-wave Jedi Academy.

- Keri Russell either plays a villain or a hero at odds with Rey. Russell's scenes are rumored to be action heavy, and whichever way they play it, I think Rey will have some kind of female challenger, be it from the Dark Side or someone who challenges her in terms of being a hero.

- Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon have at least a line of dialogue each as Force Ghosts, are heard if not seen.

- Luke is also heard as a Force Ghost, but not in any prominent fashion (i.e. he doesn't "mentor" Rey from the dead). Hamill only has one visible appearance as a Force Ghost, toward the end.

- I have absolutely no idea what Finn does, and honestly don't care at this point.

- Rose dies a comical death in the opening scene

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TCTTS said:

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I'll take the bait, since I'm one of those "posters" you're referring to. I read that entire article linked to in the tweet, waiting for some silver bullet in reference to Johnson's no-valid-criticism comment, and I honestly cannot figure out how the two are even related. What connection are you trying (and failing) to make here?

But more importantly... Why do you keep drudging this sh*t up??? We had a good/funny thing going with Lando/Falcon talk, I purposely tried to keep the thread swinging in that direction with some Episode IX predictions, but then you swept back in with this tired, divisive sh*t no one wants to rehash anymore. I realize that I've been just as guilty in the past in stoking those flames, but read the room, man. People are so ******* sick of talking about Rian Johnson and TLJ, and yet you keep going back to that well and continue to be an all around insufferable, impossibly persistent dolt when it comes to that sh*t.

The Ahmed Best suicide talk/revelations last week almost made me want to quit discussing Star Wars for good. That was incredibly depressing, eye-opening, and the icing on the cake with all the Rose/Johnson/TLJ talk the past few months. At this point, I'm so damn tired of pointing fingers and being associated in any way with all the toxicity out there. So can we PLEASE do our best to at least try and make this a relatively positive corner of the internet when it comes to Star Wars discussion from here on out? There will no doubt be certain things that we'll continue to gripe about and things that will still piss some us off. That's fine. But I just can't take any more negative Rian Johnson/TLJ talk. It's over. It's done. Everyone here has said everything that can possibly be said on the subject. We all know where each and every one of us stands.

And I realize that Johnson is in charge of a whole other trilogy that sounds like it's coming sooner rather than later, so it's impossible to avoid talking about him altogether. But until then, we have Episode IX, the Benioff & Weiss series, the Favreau TV series, and myriad expanded universe books, comics, etc to discuss, along with the same old OT/PT convos I would gladly welcome with open arms over any more posts about Rian ******* Johnson in relationship to TLJ or fandom in general.

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TCTTS said:

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Speaking of, what are some of your legit Episode IX predictions?

I'd go with...

- The above. Lando recovered Luke's lightsaber on Cloud City, gave it to Maz. (Abrams finally gets to tie up that loose end he so sloppily introduced in TFA.)

- Lando gets the Falcon back in the end. (I love that, good call.)

- Lando provides some kind financial or military support to the Resistance. (Another good one.)

- The movie opens with Leia's funeral.

- The Knights of Ren are finally involved, but not nearly as much as we'd like them to be. They're in it less than Maul was in TPM.

- Kylo dies, but does something noble just before his death, ala Vader in ROTJ.

- Rey and Poe become romantically involved.

- Rey ends up running some kind of new-wave Jedi Academy.

- Keri Russell either plays a villain or a hero at odds with Rey. Russell's scenes are rumored to be action heavy, and whichever way they play it, I think Rey will have some kind of female challenger, be it from the Dark Side or someone who challenges her in terms of being a hero.

- Yoda, Obi-Wan, and Qui-Gon have at least a line of dialogue each as Force Ghosts, are heard if not seen.

- Luke is also heard as a Force Ghost, but not in any prominent fashion (i.e. he doesn't "mentor" Rey from the dead). Hamill only has one visible appearance as a Force Ghost, toward the end.

- I have absolutely no idea what Finn does, and honestly don't care at this point.

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what is Carrie Fisher's estate's stance on using the actress' visage through CGI or what-have-you for just such a sequence?

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April 11-15, 2019 - Star Wars Celebration Chicago
Likely release of the first Teaser Trailer

August 23-26, 2019 - D23 Anaheim
Likely release of the traditional Behind-the-Scenes Featurette

October 2019
Likely release of the Final Trailer

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