*** STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER ***

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G Martin 87 said:

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

What do those B-29s unloading hell on Japanese targets have to do with the sucktitude that is TLJ?



Dumb on so many levels.


I'm still confused that the Resistance "fleet" consisted of these stupid bombers, their flagship, a corvette ship and a medical frigate. What a sorry ass "fleet".
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All commanded by Rambling Rose
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I hope Rose dies early in the RoS and I will cheer loudly in the theater.
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Zero chance after she was "bullied" online.
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TCTTS said:

(And now I feel dirty and hypocritical for mocking TLJ in the TROS thread. It won't happen again.)
Are you sure about that?

Coming soon to a Star Wars movie near you...

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On the 10th day till Sithmas, my true love gave to me...

Three hench of Ren,
Two crystal foxes,
And a Baby Yoda in a force tree.
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Flashdiaz said:

Those are the dumbest ships in star wars. Slow moving... no shields... Didn't one tie fight crash into 2 and take them both down.
Then in an era of spaceships, lasers and planet destroying weapons it has to drop bombs in space.
Ok. Please go back to what many believe to be the best of all the Star Wars movies (and some, like me, believe to be the best movie ever made), The Empire Strikes Back, and let me know what you think of that brief shot in the asteroid field when TIE Bombers are dropping - oh my - bombs in an effort to draw out the Millennium Falcon ...

Did anyone else think that Luke's shot from his X-Wing to take down the first Death Star was just a bit ridiculous - anyone ever seen torpedoes do a 90degree drop into a hole?

Point is, there have always been things in these movies that, if given the criticism that the TLJ bomber sequence has received, should have sunk the very first movie. I say that as one who finds TLJ to be the worst of all the Star Wars movies, by far. The original trilogy was far better than the sequel trilogy has been, but the OT still had moments that, if people were fair, would receive similar criticism that these sequels have (or the prequels as well).
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G Martin 87 said:

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

What do those B-29s unloading hell on Japanese targets have to do with the sucktitude that is TLJ?



Dumb on so many levels.
Of all my complaints of TLJ, this sequence does not even rank. Well, I guess it features a bombadier who is the sister of the worst character in any Star Wars movie.
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The idea of a bomber being used against terrestrial targets like an asteroid isn't too much of a reach, even in Star Wars. However, using them in three dimensional space combat in a slow moving formation is dumb as ****. Hell its dumb as **** on earth in the 21st century.
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The music is so great when they call in the bombers in TLJ, and then 2 minutes later, I'm like.... WTF, why did they bring these things to the party?
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Bo Darville said:

The idea of a bomber being used against terrestrial targets like an asteroid isn't too much of a reach, even in Star Wars. However, using them in three dimensional space combat in a slow moving formation is dumb as ****. Hell its dumb as **** on earth in the 21st century.
I believe the TLJ bomber's target was far, far larger than those asteroids.
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Quote:

Did anyone else think that Luke's shot from his X-Wing to take down the first Death Star was just a bit ridiculous - anyone ever seen torpedoes do a 90degree drop into a hole?


Ah, but those were proton torpedoes, which of course are capable of doing a 90 degree turn.
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Do you guys realize Luke was using the Force? Obi-Wan wan told him to!
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We should start a The Rise of Skywalker thread since the movie is almost out....this TLJ thread is getting old.
IG: mando_arms
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BoydCrowder13 said:

G Martin 87 said:

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

What do those B-29s unloading hell on Japanese targets have to do with the sucktitude that is TLJ?



Dumb on so many levels.


I'm still confused that the Resistance "fleet" consisted of these stupid bombers, their flagship, a corvette ship and a medical frigate. What a sorry ass "fleet".
They should have just hyperspaced those bombers into the new order... was a suicide mission anyways right?
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fair point about the ESB Bombers. I still think no shields on big slow ships is dumb and it was basically a suicide mission for them.... and maybe it was. I'll start to think of it this way regardless of intent (i'm really a starwars sunshine pumper).
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The use of TIE Bombers in ESB is not a good counter argument. In ESB, the target (the MF) was not visible. Indirect fire was used to try to force the MF out of hiding. That mission and choice of weapon platform at least makes some sense. In TLJ, the HUGE target was right in front of them. Missiles are faster and harder to shoot down than bombers, I'm sure you'll agree.

Anyway, this has all been hashed out before. It was a dumb strategy then and remains dumb now. Get ready for more dumb military strategic errors on both sides in ROS. Charging the Empire on horseback? Oh, boy, can't wait for that.
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If it can work in the backwoods of afganistan, it can work on a star destroyer in a galaxy far far away...
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I feel like if you're dissecting the battle tactics of Star Wars then you've lost your way already. None of these movies are exactly case studies for how space war is going to look.
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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

Flashdiaz said:

Those are the dumbest ships in star wars. Slow moving... no shields... Didn't one tie fight crash into 2 and take them both down.
Then in an era of spaceships, lasers and planet destroying weapons it has to drop bombs in space.
Ok. Please go back to what many believe to be the best of all the Star Wars movies (and some, like me, believe to be the best movie ever made), The Empire Strikes Back, and let me know what you think of that brief shot in the asteroid field when TIE Bombers are dropping - oh my - bombs in an effort to draw out the Millennium Falcon ...

Did anyone else think that Luke's shot from his X-Wing to take down the first Death Star was just a bit ridiculous - anyone ever seen torpedoes do a 90degree drop into a hole?

Point is, there have always been things in these movies that, if given the criticism that the TLJ bomber sequence has received, should have sunk the very first movie. I say that as one who finds TLJ to be the worst of all the Star Wars movies, by far. The original trilogy was far better than the sequel trilogy has been, but the OT still had moments that, if people were fair, would receive similar criticism that these sequels have (or the prequels as well).
The bombers were the least of the issues with TLJ. But the first thing I said they appeared was "WTF were these bombers at Star Killer Base" in TFA? How much easier would they have made that whole sequence. If you think about it, Han would still be alive b/c there would be no need for them to set the explosives inside.

But the bombs can only be dropped by remote switch by an unseated bombardier...went down hill after that for sure?
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bobinator said:

I feel like if you're dissecting the battle tactics of Star Wars then you've lost your way already. None of these movies are exactly case studies for how space war is going to look.
Seriously. We're talking about the series where the empire was brought down by ****ing teddy bears.
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This thread has gone stale.
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I'd say we're about due for some final theories/predictions, but I'm skeptical that some people on here have been reading spoilers.
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Any idea when we can see the first reactions to this? They should be coming up I would think.
TCTTS
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One week from tonight. That's the LA/World premiere - Monday, December 16th - which critics also attend. We should start seeing reactions around 10 PM Pacific that night and I'll post them as always.
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John Matrix said:

Any idea when we can see the first reactions to this? They should be coming up I would think.


I believe the premiere is the 16th, and the review embargo lifts on the 18th.
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Those of us who have read some of them have been very open about having done so. And I've bitten my tongue/stayed quiet on plenty of discussions in this thread the past few weeks.
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Yes, but Twitter reactions are allowed the second the premiere is over.
Brian Earl Spilner
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Might as well. This thread is already off the rails.

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TCTTS said:

Yes, but Twitter reactions are allowed the second the premiere is over.


Good point, and I will once again appreciate you braving twitter to bring us the non-spoilery reactions from across the internet.
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You have been, but I don't trust strangers on the internet enough to read everyone's final predictions/theories without thinking that some of them will have read the spoilers and just want to sound like they made great predictions.
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Cast reactions....

Anthony Daniels says something in this video....not anything spoilery i suppose but just makes his feelings known about a certain point during the film

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Lando with the pimp cane.
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TCTTS said:

Yes, but Twitter reactions are allowed the second the premiere is over.
These are interesting for event movies such as this one. Surely everyone at the premiere buys the hype unless the movie's terrible, right? In other words, universal praise doesn't really mean anything, and anything less than that indicates it's likely a stinker. Does that seem accurate?

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