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#DeadpoolAndWolverine
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#DeadpoolAndWolverine
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#TopGun3
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#Joker
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For anyone seeing Return of the Jedi tonight, please remember not everyone has a chance to see it the first night so please do not post spoilers. I want to go in fresh. Thanks all!
#StarWars
The movie about the new Jedi Order with Rey will take place 15 years after The Rise of Skywalker. Grogu will be 91 years old.
Yoda started training Jedi when he was around 100.
#StarWars
#StarWarsCelebration
Harrison Ford praised Alden Ehrenreich’s performance as Han Solo, i’ll take his opinion on the subject over anyone else, including a studio exec who deflects blame onto others.
If Lord
#BaylanSkoll
survives this season of
#Ahsoka
and they plan to continue with the character, though it will be extremely tough to replace Ray Stevenson, I think Gerard Butler would be a GREAT choice.
#StarWars
George Lucas laying it out decades ago, and has been saying it since 1973. Studio executives don’t care about art, and it’s time for artists and audiences to punch back.
I am just not sure there is another George Lucas out there.
Hayden Christensen has been expressing gratitude and happiness for finally being praised by Star Wars, and Kathleen Kennedy is like, "Good time to blame my screw ups with Solo on our lead actor, that's the way to go."
I need clarity on those statements, cause BIG FAT "L" for KK.
After 2 LONG days of interviews, he had retired for the evening. He saw on Twitter that fans had been camped in front of the hotel just 2 catch a glimpse so he came down & took pics w/ them. I hear how he talks about them when the cameras aren’t rolling; he truly loves his fans!
Ian McDiarmid is 75 years old, we will likely never see him as Palpatine again. JJ could have said he grew back on the bud of a tree leaf and I would have been down with it. He is the best villain in
#StarWars
history and started this whole mess to begin with. He belonged in IX.
Being unfollowed by people because I like
#TheRiseofSkywalker
. Kind of a strange feeling to be unfollowed for liking a
#StarWars
movie, but nothing I can do. One of them is someone I don’t even know personally but went out of my way to help too. It hurts but moving on.
I agree with Harrison Ford that Alden Ehrenreich knocked it out of the park. Let’s get this kid a Disney Plus series of Han and Chewie causing trouble from one side of the galaxy to the other while working for Jabba.
#MakeSolo2Happen
What I learned today:
1. Going to the movies alone is pretty awesome.
2.
#TheRiseofSkywalker
still brings me to tears in several moments even five times in. I don’t know what it is but when Rey sees Luke and Leia and says “Rey Skywalker” this guy gets emotional.
If
#StarWars
creates a new film saga of sorts, with Rey or not as our hero, I hope they establish a NEW convincing villain now that Palpatine is finally done. And I am not talking Kylo Ren, Vader, or someone redeemable, I am talking pure, unabashed EVIL.
Keywords: NEW and EVIL.
FACTS: J.J. Abrams was the executive producer for The Last Jedi, and when it came to the script, after reading it, said: "It’s so good, I wish I were making it."
I lightly suggest everyone save your sanity by muting and blocking the people trying to cause problems over nothing.
SOLO is aging so well. For me, it is the best Star Wars movie since 1983, and the closest thing to a pure George Lucas movie since he sold Lucasfilm.
I love everything about this movie and it is a shame it was not set up to succeed.
#MakeSolo2Happen
FOREVER. Bring back Alden!
Palpatine took a Skywalker’s name away from them once they chose the dark, and a Palpatine brought the Skywalker name back after they chose the light.
I personally like “Rey Skywalker” and I understand plenty do not, but this is a pretty nice parallel, to me anyway.
#StarWars
I respect Mark Hamill greatly, but to think this was the way to go seems shortsighted and borderline selfish to me. The current movies will stand on their own and age much better than some sort of 'greatest hits' reunion tour. It's unfortunate he is stoking these flames.
I defend Disney often, but I’m sorry, Han and Leia honeymooning on the Galactic Starcruiser aka the absurdly expensive Disney Parks attraction/hotel feels really slimy to me and I can’t see it as anything but a commercial for something most Star Wars fans cannot afford.
My wife knew nothing about the Ghost Crew or
#Ahsoka
and she really enjoyed these first two episodes and said she understands what is going on.
A very good sign if that holds true with general audiences.
#StarWars
Not talking about any more of this shit today, but:
1. Using the term "Chewbacca bikini" applies some false sense and perception of humor and innocence to a rioter and
2. Leave my guy Chewbacca the eff out of this, he would rip that dude's arms off.
We spend $750 billion annually on "defense" and the center of American government fell in two hours to the duck dynasty and the guy in the chewbacca bikini
I love fan theories, but can we stop diminishing Rey in the process? She's not a clone, or a Skywalker, she's not Anakin reincarnated. Luke doesn't need to come back to save the day, and she doesn't need Kylo Ren either. I embrace Rey as our protagonist and hero.
#StarWars
I don't understand the "but she's not a Skywalker" crowd when it comes to Rey Skywalker, when you consider the fact that the four main human characters in the original Star Wars besides Luke Skywalker have made up or adopted names:
BEN Kenobi
Han SOLO
Leia ORGANA
DARTH VADER
#IndianaJones
and the
#DialofDestiny
is a beautifully shot pulpy adventure like RAIDERS w/ the heart, humor, and challenge of belief of LAST CRUSADE. A fitting entry and ending to the franchise. Fans of Indy will enjoy the ride. I look forward to seeing it again. This baby moves!
Just had my fourth viewing of
#TheRiseofSkywalker
and it is now without question one of my favorite
#StarWars
movies. It carries so much heart and says farewell to the Skywalkers in a beautiful way.
#ThankYouJJ
#TROSspoilers
When we first meet Rey, a scavenger dreaming for bigger things, she puts on an old X-wing helmet and even has an X-wing fighter doll.
She ends up flying Luke Skywalker's X-wing and wearing his helmet to go save the galaxy from Palpatine.
Love it. Dream big kids.
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
Please don’t do full CG Yoda
All I know is, if Kathleen Kennedy stood on that
#StarWarsCelebration
stage to introduce a new live-action
@DisneyPlus
series, and Alden Ehrenreich and
@JoonasSuotamo
walked out on stage to a logo of "The Adventures of Han and Chewie", that place would ERUPT.
#MakeSolo2Happen
In terms of
#StarWars
and
#InternationalWomensDay
we need to acknowledge Marcia Lucas, who won an Oscar for editing ‘Star Wars’ and without her work on the original film the franchise may not even exist.
I don't live or die by Rotten Tomatoes, but it is nice to see
#IndianaJones
and the
#DialOfDestiny
recover from the Cannes critics scores, and it appears an overwhelming majority of audiences are enjoying the movie. I can't wait to see it a second time.
Are people actually suggesting Bryce Dallas Howard should direct Solo 2: A Star Wars Story?! - thus having a father/daughter director team responsible for the film and sequel...??
If so: YESSSSSS!!!!
If not: You should be.
#MakeSolo2Happen
#StarWars
#SoloAStarWarsStory
will finish with a final domestic total of just north of $200m ($370m worldwide). It's a worthy entry in the saga - one I can't wait to rewatch time and again when I get the Blu-ray. It deserved better.
#StarWars
I respect those thanking Rian Johnson without using it insincerely as a weapon to attack JJ Abrams. Please don’t subscribe to this poisonous “fan” made rivalry, it’s only made to further hurt Star Wars fans spirits.
Don’t give in to hate, be the light.
We're in the era of nitpicking
#StarWars
! Star Wars, a VERY nitpickable franchise since 1977, when Vader let the Falcon leave, rendering Obi-Wan's tractor beam effort pointless. No hysterics then.
To balance nitpick culture, what's a dumb/nonsensical thing in Star Wars you love?
Happy
#MakeSolo2Happen
Day!
Use the hashtag, spread the word! Let's get a follow up movie or series made to continue the incredibly fun adventures of Han and Chewie and the other great characters we saw in
#SoloAStarWarsStory
!
#StarWars
#StarWars
#TheRiseofSkywalker
will end its run at around $1.075 billion, 14th all-time domestic, 31st all-time globally. The only ST film not marketed with the return of original actors, marketed on the backs of the new generation. Love or hate it, it is a very successful film.
#StarWars
Rogue Squadron was originally supposed to be released this month, three weeks from today. Pretty wild to think about.
Always in motion is the future.
Gina Carano is not the victim. She dangerously spread lies about the pandemic and election from a large and influential platform, liked pro-insurrection posts, and her Holocaust comparisons were disgraceful. If any of us did what she did, we would be fired from our jobs too.
I wouldn't worry about critic ratings these days. Remember some of these
#RiseofSkywalker
reviews include phrases like "Star Wars should have ended years ago" and critics made the Ghostbusters reboot fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. See it and like/dislike it on YOUR terms.
#StarWars
JJ Abrams gave
#StarWars
a female main protagonist, Latin American and African American co-leads, first gay kiss, first female African American main cast member, and first female director in a Star Wars film.
Irresponsible insinuation and an awful take. Think harder Jason.
Rian Johnson: What if I cast the first Asian-American woman in a lead role for a Star Wars film?
JJ Abrams: LOL what if I just cast more of my famous white friends?
There is a new
#IndianaJones
movie starring Harrison Ford in theaters right now. This is the last time you’ll be able to experience that feeling. Plus, it’s a good Indiana Jones movie!
#GoSeeIndy
In an alternate timeline, Colin Trevorrow’s IX happened, fans hate that too, and vilify Kathleen Kennedy for not bringing JJ Abrams back.
Concept art and script drafts does not a movie make.
#StarWars
Sorry to the "Bendemption" crowd, and I don't care if he gets redeemed or not, but evil and violent Kylo Ren is the best version of this character and I hope he does some terrible things in this movie.
#StarWars
#TheRiseofSkywalker
It was Lucas’s idea to make a young
#Solo
movie. It was written by the greatest Star Wars screenwriter and directed by Ron Howard who is a much better director than Lucas. The “Disney is ruining Star Wars” argument holds no weight, if you use it here I can’t take you seriously.
The best romantic chemistry in Star Wars since Carrie and Harrison, and they both have expressed interest in returning. Give us more 🔥🔥🔥🔥
#MakeSolo2Happen
Worry not fellow nerds, even Obi-Wan does this. Imagine being at a grocery store and you see Ewan McGregor do a Force hand motion to open automatic doors? So good.
#StarWars
#TheMandalorian
has had 22 episodes. This was the first one I didn’t like. These rando celebrity cameos feel like favors and this episode felt like a bad SNL skit at times. I am as big of a Favreau fan as they come and I have to admit, I am scratching my head after this one.
Going to watch
#IndianaJones
and the Last Crusade for the 327th time to close out my flight home.
I love the look on Indy’s face when he is overcome with admiration for his Dad in this clip.
So they have updated digital assets and a rebuilt set for Jabba’s palace interior huh? Han and Chewie just happened to be heading to that exact place at the end of
#Solo
. One less thing to do in order to
#MakeSolo2Happen
on Disney Plus.
Not sure what is worse, that this verified person compared a Star Wars movie to an active global pandemic that will kill over a million people or that over 4,000 people liked the tweet.
George Lucas always called John Williams’ music the “lifeblood” of
#StarWars
and it is true.
@KinerMusic
did a TREMENDOUS job in
#Ahsoka
and I think classical scores serve the franchise best, makes it feel much more cinematic. I hope this continues to be the “rule”.
A young Han Solo movie was George Lucas's idea, written by the greatest
#StarWars
screenwriter and his son, included a theme song by John Williams, and directed by Lucasfilm original
@RealRonHoward
. It's as old school
#StarWars
as it gets, but also very fresh!
#MakeSolo2Happen
The Rise of Skywalker has my favorite
#StarWars
trailer. It made me tear up when I first saw it, and it is fully embedded as one piece, of many pieces, that collectively captured my love for this movie.
#TROSspoilers
“Dad?”
“I know.”
JJ Abrams and Chris Terrio gave me a Field of Dreams moment in
#StarWars
that hit me harder than anything that came before it, and i’ll never be able to thank them enough for it. Possibly my favorite moment in this trilogy.
#TheRiseofSkywalker
The Force Awakens is the Christmas Eve of Star Wars movies for me. It is such a comfort-movie and i’ll always have such positive and good feelings when I watch it. 2014-2016 was a magical time experiencing the return of
#StarWars
If Mark Hamill can say Luke Skywalker doesn’t belong to him, we fans shouldn’t be claiming ownership over characters or their stories either. Mark and Rian disagreed often but they were adults about it. Respect. Perspective.
#StarWars
It doesn't have to be Indiana Jones or Star Wars, but what if George Lucas wrote a new original story, had Lawrence Kasdan create a good script, and Steven Spielberg direct, for one last powerhouse collaboration. I don't even care what it is. Just give it to the world.
George Lucas was not a fan of planning out his movies. The prequels were a matter of circumstance because they had to be. Vader was not Luke's father in 'Star Wars', 'Empire' was written from the lens of a love triangle, and Leia was not Luke's sister until first draft of 'Jedi'.
In 1981, Roger Moore was James Bond and Harrison Ford debuted as Indiana Jones.
42 years and four James Bond actors later, and Harrison Ford is still Indiana Jones.
So I don’t know how to admit this, but, I love
#TheForceAwakens
, which may surprise people to discover I love
#TheLastJedi
, leading to the Shyamalan plot twist in that I love
#TheRiseofSkywalker
.
I will ride or die for this latest trilogy.
The Clone Wars, Kenobi will film, Celebration in August, Mando season 2, maybe that Cassian series starts filming, and whatever else they tell us! Lotta
#StarWars
to enjoy in 2020, gonna be another fun ride!
#StarWars
Episodic Saga Total Time: 20 hours, 34 minutes
The Phantom Menace: 2:16
Attack of the Clones: 2:22
Revenge of the Sith: 2:20
A New Hope: 2:05
The Empire Strikes Back: 2:07
Return of the Jedi: 2:16
The Force Awakens: 2:15
The Last Jedi: 2:32
The Rise of Skywalker: 2:21
Welcome to the world my baby girl Daisy James Hoey!
Kathleen and the baby are both doing great, we can’t wait for her to meet her big brother Johnny and our dog Ralphie. Our little family is complete.
Carrie Fisher passed away three years ago today, and thanks to JJ Abrams and Lucasfilm we were able to see her one more time as Leia, to which she had an incredible arc that I still can't believe they pulled off. I'll forever be grateful they were able to give that to us.
PLEA: Don't leave
#StarWars
fandom over some stranger on social media who acts irrationally, childish, or consistently negative about it. Just eliminate them from your view. Block, mute, erase. If you're identifying them as a problem, then you're NOT the problem. Please stay.
Can we just skip the 10-15 years of angry discourse and get that op-ed we all know is coming from whatever general pop culture publication it may be, saying "Why The Rise of Skywalker is Actually a Great Star Wars Movie" now? Because we know its going to happen.
#BookIt
#prequels
“I meet the people who we made those films for, who were the kids of the time. Our Star Wars films are their Star Wars films... It's just so nice to finally get that wave of positivity about them.”