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The last 2-3 minutes was worth it all.
Finally a scene befitting how badass Vader is supposed to be. Thanks for the mild heads up, Jed. I also dug the scene with Krennic getting choked out. That was pretty sweet.
Was I the only one that thought it kind of had a surreal feeling that the movie didn't exactly feel SW?.............at least until the very end? I think it had something to do with the lack of this...
I loved the used of the digital makeup for Tarkin and Leia. The other throwbacks seemed a little forced, especially the scene bomb of Dr. Evazan and Ponda Baba. Anybody else think it would have been highly unlikely those two just happened to be leaving the same day that are gets wiped out? (Or did I miss something*)
I loved how they introduced a spiritual aspect to the universe. At first I was opposed to this idea that a non-Force-sensitive having a connection to the Force. But after seeing the movie, I thought it was achieved brilliantly. I also liked how this movie was far more grounded by Ep4, in its expansion of weapons and vehicles. I thought they did a good job of not going nuts.
But I do have to ask.....Is there someone trying desperately to over compensate in the vehicle design department?
In the last 2 movies, the personal craft of the main baddie has had ridiculously sized wings.
The U-Wing wasn't much better.
All in all, I enjoyed it, and can't wait to see it again.
Anybody else think there was a nod to Starkiller (
Galen Marek) in Galen Erso's Imperial garb?
I absolutely hated how white-plastic the Star Destroyers looked.
Tell me the superstructure doesn't look like an unpainted model kit. Also, the physics behind that little hammer-head ramming maneuver bugged the shell out of me. An SD has to have a minimum of 20x the mass as that corvette. It's not going to be pushed into the other destroyer. I liked the concept, but the execution was severely flawed.
More WTF moments:
- Vader chilling on what looked like Mustafar.
- Hero-boy saving the day after taking a fall that should have killed him twice.
- Saying the DS had multiple reactors? Last check there was only one.
- Talk a big game about the DS going into hyperspace, and we don't get to see it?
* Perfectly possible I missed some subtle plot points. I was exhausted Friday night, and nearly dosed off 3 times while watching.
Judging by the ending...hours.
The encounter on Jedha was maybe a few days or weeks before we saw them again on Tatooine. A few sunrises of travel between worlds and a few on Tatooine after A New Hope starts.
I would have thought minutes.