tinyE: Right. I remember now because "building your own sabre" was a theme in the first movies. Vader mentions it to Luke in "Return" almost as if to signify is he now a real Jedi. I would assume she will have her own come IX and I'm curious what color it will be.

Breja: I just hope it's a normal sabre, whatever color and not some new bizarro thing with a buzzsaw blade, or light-nunchucks or whatever. I'd like to think that the rotating sabre-staff used as a helicopter in Rebels is the pinacle of silly and won't be topped.
Breja: I just hope she makes a normal one, and not some bizarro thing with a buzzsaw blade or light-nunchucks or something.

Breja: There's more visual indications even more easily noticable - he's using the lightsabre we just saw get destroyed, and his beard and hair are different - he looks the way he did when Kylo last saw him.

Cambrey: Watched it last week. Not a big Star Wars fan but I really enjoyed it. I fell asleep right before the fight with the emperor and his imperial guards and when I woke up, everybody was dead already. That really sucked, but those recliner chairs at the movie theater are very comfy. I wish I was asleep when princess Leia was floating in space... that was strange.

Going to see the movie again tomorrow morning.

Enebias: I didn't follow the thread: too long and with too many arguments I dislike, especially in those last pages I glimpsed over.

Still, I'll leave this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOObd1s4hQc

Mark Hamill is the man.

MaGo72: They just should have gone for the Rogue Squadron or for Kyle Kartarn. Good foundation, lots of story...but I guess heroes in the "old" sense are not good enough anymore.

tinyE: Is your avatar from "Go With The Flow"?

Snowflakez: OK movie, overall. Nothing special.

I liked Bladerunner 2049 (I know, I know...) and even its original more than this as far as sci-fi movies go, and I've read, played and seen better Star Wars stories in the past. Even the Boba Fett young adult "novels" exceeded this in terms of overall quality and character development.

Rose saving Finn was absolutely retarded and made no sense, and the Kylo/Rei love story (?) was equally as dumb.

As far as the former goes, it drove me nuts that Rose -- who has essentially just fuckin' met this guy -- is trying to prevent Finn from potentially saving the remaining rebels. As Finn sped towards the cannon, I was cheering inside. A heroic sacrifice that serves a purpose - he's resigned himself to his fate, he's ready to die for the cause...

BUT WAIT. Ultra-Forced-Love-Interest is here to save the day.

Yes, Fin would have most likely died if Rose hadn't done what she did (Though I don't buy that he couldn't have just jumped out and survived, given the fact that another speeder crashed into him at high speed and he was just fine, if a bit bruised up), but the cannon would be destroyed, eliminating the biggest present threat.

As to the latter -- the Rei/Kylo romance (?) -- oh, hey, we're like connected and stuff, so let's love each other or something.

OK, sure. Whatever you say. Just ignore the fact that you (Rei) spent the entire previous movie (And much of this movie) worrying about Finn's well-being and vice versa, developing a clear romantic relationship that actually makes fuckin' sense.

Dunno. Both romances in this movie felt cringey and forced as hell.

Romance subplots aside, the rest of the movie was alright. Not great, as I said, but alright. Lots of inconsistencies and shit that just doesn't make any sense, but I guess we just have to accept that for this trilogy.