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from the the-drug-is-strong-with-this-one dept.
CNet:
When a Jedi becomes one with the Force -- as Luke Skywalker did in Star Wars: The Last Jedi -- the theory is that a Jedi isn't dying but is actually starting a bigger spiritual journey.
However, what if becoming part of the Force really means a Jedi has overdosed on its power like it's a drug?
On Monday, Star Wars actor Mark Hamill tweeted images from The Last Jedi comic book adaptation of the film, commenting on that theory.
"The Force killed Luke," Hamill tweeted Monday. "You have to acknowledge the irony in his fate. Almost like an addict that kicked his habit cold-turkey, remained clean for decades, only to re-use just once and then, tragically, overdoses. #SadSkywalker #ForceFatality #JediJunkie."
Mystical energy to Midichlorians to Drug.
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:23PM (7 children)
What, by making a film that people want to see? And then tell other people it was good, so they go and see it too? And then buy it on Blu-ray so they can watch it again, or in some cases for the first time, largely because of the (hopefully) positive reviews the film got?
Doesn't that make it a win-win, if it works?
Cuh, how dare they entertain people and expect to be paid for it.
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @07:46PM
queue?
(Score: 2) by Alfred on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:04PM
I also believe that better stories can be made and we could have great instead of good, maybe that would cost more. But whatever i pointed it out as fodder to the complainers.
As long as I'm seeming to contradict my self I also acknowledge that movie companies don't owe me anything and they are allowed to turn out crap or kill off character some people love.
I don't watch movies much anyway so I guess I am an entertainment libertarian?
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:39PM
If only "The Last Jedi" was such a film...
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:55PM (3 children)
What is this Ray of Blue of which you speak? More Jedi mysticism?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Phoenix666 on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:22AM (2 children)
Did Luke actually die in the movie? It was so awful I suppressed all memory of having seen it. All that remains is anger, deep sadness, and the sensation as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday October 25 2018, @05:11PM (1 child)
After watching the first movie with the Emo bad guy, I have effectively blocked all of the new Star Wars films from my mind. The only redeeming grace was: "Undercover Boss: Starkiller Base" In contrast, Rogue One was what I'd hoped the new Star Wars would be like. Not a film full of nostalgia, death by stupid, and Emo. I could have gotten behind the new series of films, if the main bad guy wasn't portrayed as an entitled teenage brat. We already had that in Episodes I - III and those were done better, even if you didn't like Jar Jar Binks.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 26 2018, @06:24PM
Ended up watching the latter two movies on dvd because people had told me they were better. Honestly the Star Wars Porn Parody was better than either the prequels or sequels ended up being. And it's not like that movie had a lot of plot or dialogue :)
The loss of the EU however is the worst for me. West End Game's RPG, the Adventure Journals, and the authors (recruited as a result of the journal, or from professional publishing sources) did far more to flesh out the Star Wars universe than George himself ever did (Go look how much of Ralph McQuarrie's concept drawings fleshed out the universe for instance.) The universe while Lucas himself neglected it grew by leaps and bounds, not all of it great, but far less of it the steaming pile that came after.
Having said that, much like Star Trek, its time and story have ended and for those people who were 'nerds' of it, it really is time to move on.