[worry]

I've only seen Ep 3 once, and I wasn't into that fight the first time. I guess I'm an outlier, but III was the prequel I disliked most.

[QuickTidal]

Grabbing it on my way home from work tonight. Woot Woot!

[Traveller]

Got to wait longer in the uk. Payback for us getting the cinema release a day early!

[Nevyn]

Andorion, on 05 April 2016 - 03:51 AM, said:

Oponn Relationship, on 05 April 2016 - 03:48 AM, said:

Also the Yoda-Sidious fight looks like an early demo from a last-gen Super Smash Bros game. Like even the goal is to knock the other guy off a platform.

I got so irritated I did not even get to that one. Did the Anakin Obi wan fight hold up?

Nah. Pretty pedestrian fight made dramatic by the location. And kind of stupid ending to it.

[amphibian]

Weird thing is that Sidious killing the three Jedi scrubs fast is great sword choreography. What breaks this is that the sequence is badly presented on camera.

I did a write-up of all the live action star wars duels a while ago, when TFA came out. Rey vs Kyllo came in fourth or third because it's beautiful/coherent choreography and well presented.

[QuickTidal]

amphibian, on 05 April 2016 - 10:16 PM, said:

Weird thing is that Sidious killing the three Jedi scrubs fast is great sword choreography. What breaks this is that the sequence is badly presented on camera.

I did a write-up of all the live action star wars duels a while ago, when TFA came out. Rey vs Kyllo came in fourth or third because it's beautiful/coherent choreography and well presented.

Also the Rey Kylo fight pays attention to the fact that Rey has trained with a staff, not a sword. It was well done!

[Traveller]

amphibian, on 05 April 2016 - 10:16 PM, said:

Weird thing is that Sidious killing the three Jedi scrubs fast is great sword choreography. What breaks this is that the sequence is badly presented on camera.

I did a write-up of all the live action star wars duels a while ago, when TFA came out. Rey vs Kyllo came in fourth or third because it's beautiful/coherent choreography and well presented.

Ian McDiarmid was really uncomfortable with the lightsaber stuff. He is a brilliant actor, but he just couldn't make even holding a lightsaber look natural, so they used a lot of cg and doubles. Where it is him, the movement comes over as more than a bit wooden.

This post has been edited by Traveller: 06 April 2016 - 06:36 AM

[amphibian]

Traveller, on 06 April 2016 - 06:35 AM, said:

amphibian, on 05 April 2016 - 10:16 PM, said:

Weird thing is that Sidious killing the three Jedi scrubs fast is great sword choreography. What breaks this is that the sequence is badly presented on camera.

I did a write-up of all the live action star wars duels a while ago, when TFA came out. Rey vs Kyllo came in fourth or third because it's beautiful/coherent choreography and well presented.

Ian McDiarmid was really uncomfortable with the lightsaber stuff. He is a brilliant actor, but he just couldn't make even holding a lightsaber look natural, so they used a lot of cg and doubles. Where it is him, the movement comes over as more than a bit wooden.

This makes a ton of sense in explaining why the camera angles were so bad - they had to cover up for the "not meant for light stuntwork" McDiarmid.

Probably the best thing to do would have been to have McDiarmid have his hood up prior to engaging the Jedi. Then the double could go HAM and give us a better battle. The Yoda/Palpatine fight can't be rescued by this tactic though.

[Slow Ben]

First Rogue One trailer tomorrow!

[Traveller]

amphibian, on 06 April 2016 - 08:59 PM, said:

Traveller, on 06 April 2016 - 06:35 AM, said:

amphibian, on 05 April 2016 - 10:16 PM, said:

Weird thing is that Sidious killing the three Jedi scrubs fast is great sword choreography. What breaks this is that the sequence is badly presented on camera.

I did a write-up of all the live action star wars duels a while ago, when TFA came out. Rey vs Kyllo came in fourth or third because it's beautiful/coherent choreography and well presented.

Ian McDiarmid was really uncomfortable with the lightsaber stuff. He is a brilliant actor, but he just couldn't make even holding a lightsaber look natural, so they used a lot of cg and doubles. Where it is him, the movement comes over as more than a bit wooden.

This makes a ton of sense in explaining why the camera angles were so bad - they had to cover up for the "not meant for light stuntwork" McDiarmid.

Probably the best thing to do would have been to have McDiarmid have his hood up prior to engaging the Jedi. Then the double could go HAM and give us a better battle. The Yoda/Palpatine fight can't be rescued by this tactic though.

I found quite a few docs on youtube. There's a bit with that exact scene, with them trying to get Ian to do what they require, but it's just not working, so yes, they had to rethink it. I bet he prefers the force lightning from an acting point of view.

[Traveller]

I'm really interested to see if or how Alderaan will feature in the new prequels. Whether it's Rebels or Rogue, giving the scene in ANH a whole new layer of meaning and poignancy would be really clever.

The whole Ben/Vader fight already has me thinking of CWs when I see it.

[Serenity]

Slow Ben, on 07 April 2016 - 02:13 AM, said:

First Rogue One trailer tomorrow!

[QuickTidal]

OMG.

That. Looks. FUCKING. AMAZING.

The tinkling force theme is perfect.

Goddamn, I'm excited!

[Whisperzzzzzzz]

Ben Mendehlson better not be a Thrawn ripoff So much of Thrawn's awesomeness was his mysterious Chiss background.

Otherwise, insane trailer! But where are the Bothans? Can't steal data about the Death Star without a few good Bothans!

EDIT: Nevermind, I'm confusing the two Death Stars. There are just too damn many.

This post has been edited by Whisperzzzzzzz: 07 April 2016 - 01:39 PM

[Traveller]

QuickTidal, on 07 April 2016 - 01:33 PM, said:

OMG.

That. Looks. FUCKING. AMAZING.

The tinkling force theme is perfect.

Goddamn, I'm excited!

This. So very, very good.. can't wait!

This post has been edited by Traveller: 07 April 2016 - 02:16 PM

[Slow Ben]

Dear god i hope the movie is just as dark as the trailer.

If its stock full of cheesy one liners like TFA I might actually throw up in the theater.

[polishgenius]

Way more hyped for this than I was for episode VII.


Only worry is that we haven't seen Mads yet. I hope he's being kept secret because he's going to be an awesome surprise and not because he's barely in it.

[QuickTidal]

polishgenius, on 07 April 2016 - 04:13 PM, said:

Way more hyped for this than I was for episode VII.


Only worry is that we haven't seen Mads yet. I hope he's being kept secret because he's going to be an awesome surprise and not because he's barely in it.

He's the guy with the dark cloak we only see the back of for sure.

[Traveller]

Slow Ben, on 07 April 2016 - 02:27 PM, said:

Dear god i hope the movie is just as dark as the trailer.

If its stock full of cheesy one liners like TFA I might actually throw up in the theater.

This is a Gareth Edwards movie isn't it? I think, and I hope, it should be in safe hands in that respect.

[polishgenius]

QuickTidal, on 07 April 2016 - 04:28 PM, said:

He's the guy with the dark cloak we only see the back of for sure.

Certainly a possibility.



Also, I certainly didn't spot this myself, but hands up who noticed the presence of Darth Vader in the trailer?