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re: Rian Johnson says Empire Strikes Back would have been criticized if it came out today

Posted on 3/29/18 at 9:32 pm to
Posted by Ice Cold
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 9:32 pm to
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can you imagine what they would have said about Luke just getting his arse handed to him by Vader?
Um...that a Sith whipped up on a would-be Jedi who had a few months of training? A lot more believable than a scavenger driving the Falcon and beating Kylo Ren head to head the same week.

WTF is Johnson smoking here? That’s the stupidest fricking defense of his bad movie.
This post was edited on 3/29/18 at 9:46 pm
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 9:39 pm to
Studio higher ups must be getting nervous.

For the first couple of months, they brushed off any criticism by either pointing to the box office or claiming the hate was limited to a few misogynists. But lately it seems Rian is giving a weekly "explanation" and enlisting everybody from JJ Abrams to Mark Hamill to Santa Claus to help him sell it.
Posted by McChowder
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Posted on 3/29/18 at 10:10 pm to
The fact they are still in campaign mode says a lot. They are desperately trying to shape the narritive of discontentment to save the future of their SW properties.

Something really disturbing about what they have done to Mark Hamill though. Normally the PR move would be to just limit press exposure if an actor levels legitimate criticism of a project he is involved with. Him doing a complete fricking 180 screams studio pressure and draws even more negative attention. Every time I see Hamill take part in these interviews it's like staring into the soulless eyes of a carnival monkey.
Posted by AshLSU
Member since Nov 2015
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Posted on 3/30/18 at 4:48 pm to
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Um...that a Sith whipped up on a would-be Jedi who had a few months of training? A lot more believable than a scavenger driving the Falcon and beating Kylo Ren head to head the same week.


Luke did the same thing. Kylo Ren is weak. Dumbass couldn’t even sense he was fighting an illusion of Luke.
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