STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Official Thread v.6
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Completely agree, the saber fights had weight to them again. Can't believe people wanted a chick who just picked up a lightsaber and discovered the force to be flipping around all over the place.
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I liked the saber battles too. Ren's style was befitting of a cross-guard saber, heavy strikes.
When Rae got going she was thrusting at him like fencing, I liked how the styles fit the character.
When Rae got going she was thrusting at him like fencing, I liked how the styles fit the character.
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I was expecting Kylo Ren to do that at least once.
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Hahahaha
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I liked it, but Kylo Ren was a bit of a pussy.
I had a feeling Han would die and I'm surprisingly ok with it. I heard Ford wanted to be killed off at the end of ESB so I was dubious of him being roped into 3 more movies.
I had heard a rumor months ago that Ren was Han's son, but figured it was random bullshit.
I had a feeling Han would die and I'm surprisingly ok with it. I heard Ford wanted to be killed off at the end of ESB so I was dubious of him being roped into 3 more movies.
I had heard a rumor months ago that Ren was Han's son, but figured it was random bullshit.
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Ren was supposed to be a pussy. He was riddled with insecurities.
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I know, I just don't know if I liked it as much as some other options.
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Both use cool armor, both are bums. lol
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She probably will come back saltier than ever.
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After reading some pages from the “The Force Awakens: The Visual Dictionary” someone posted online, reading some of the new canon novels (only just starting the novelization of the movie proper) and going over the information in the official Star Wars website, I think I’m in a position to explain the geopolitical situation that they left out of the movie proper so people wouldn’t complain again about too much politics like in the prequels.
So, it went like this…
After the Battle of Endor, when the Second Death Star was destroyed and the Emperor killed, the Empire went into disarray, but it still was the strongest power in the galaxy. But the Rebellion had the initiative and went on the offensive.
They let everyone know about what happened at Endor and uprisings took place all over the galaxy, while the Empire fractured into multiple squabbling factions, and an ever increasing numbers of Moffs and admirals defecting to the rebellion in exchange for pardons and/or bribes, taking their Star Destroyers to swell the numbers of the Rebel fleet. The Rebellion proclaimed the New Republic on Chandrilla (Mon Mothma’s homeworld). The new Senate was composed by Senators elected directly by the people instead of the way they were appointed in the Old Republic. As a sign that the corruption of the Old Republic will not return, the capital is not returned to Coruscant after it is liberated, but instead rotates to different planets every few years through election. The Senate and the Republic Fleet are headquartered at whatever world is chosen. (At the time TFA takes place, the seat is at the planet Hosnian Prime)
The war went on for a year until what was left of the Empire got its act together and tried to launch an offensive, believing that if it won a major victory against the New Republic, it would change the momentum of the war. The biggest battle since Endor was fought on the space near Jakku and the Empire suffered a crushing defeat. That’s where all those wrecked Star Destroyers in the surface came from.
A little while after the Battle of Jakku the New Republic and the imperial remnants signed a peace treaty called the Galactic Concordance, which imposed heavy reparations on the imperials and forced them to certain borders.
After the war was over, Mon Mothma drastically reduced the size of the Republic’s fleet to show that is wasn’t like the Empire and didn’t intend to rule through force. The reduced Republic Fleet would serve as a peacekeeping force while the newly available resources would be used to train and equip the planetary security forces of the Republic’s member worlds.
A bunch of imperials retreated into the Unknown Regions to lick their wounds and build up their forces. They hooked up with Snoke and the Knights of Ren and became the First Order, which eventually took over the imperial remnants.
As of approx. 30 years after Endor, the New Republic is the preeminent superpower in the galaxy, and even though nowhere near the size of the Republic Navy of the Clone Wars or the Imperial Navy, the New Republic Defense Force is still the most powerful military force in the Galaxy, so the New Republic doesn’t see the First Order as a threat, so long as they abide by their treaty obligations as per the Galactic Concordance. The best analogy I’ve come across in other boards is that the First Order is Space North Korea on super-steroids crossed with Nazi Germany.
Leia of course thinks this is a load of bull and that an Imperial successor state led by a powerful adept of the Dark Side cannot be trusted, so she forms the Resistance as a private military to covertly fight the First Order and keep it in check, staffing it with old veterans of the Rebellion and young idealists who resigned their commissions from the New Republic Defense Force. Officially, the New Republic doesn’t support the Resistance, and the general opinion in the Senate is that Leia is a crazy old paranoid reactionary still fighting a war that is long over, but several Senators share her concerns and covertly funnel credits, armaments and ships to the Resistance.
So, it went like this…
After the Battle of Endor, when the Second Death Star was destroyed and the Emperor killed, the Empire went into disarray, but it still was the strongest power in the galaxy. But the Rebellion had the initiative and went on the offensive.
They let everyone know about what happened at Endor and uprisings took place all over the galaxy, while the Empire fractured into multiple squabbling factions, and an ever increasing numbers of Moffs and admirals defecting to the rebellion in exchange for pardons and/or bribes, taking their Star Destroyers to swell the numbers of the Rebel fleet. The Rebellion proclaimed the New Republic on Chandrilla (Mon Mothma’s homeworld). The new Senate was composed by Senators elected directly by the people instead of the way they were appointed in the Old Republic. As a sign that the corruption of the Old Republic will not return, the capital is not returned to Coruscant after it is liberated, but instead rotates to different planets every few years through election. The Senate and the Republic Fleet are headquartered at whatever world is chosen. (At the time TFA takes place, the seat is at the planet Hosnian Prime)
The war went on for a year until what was left of the Empire got its act together and tried to launch an offensive, believing that if it won a major victory against the New Republic, it would change the momentum of the war. The biggest battle since Endor was fought on the space near Jakku and the Empire suffered a crushing defeat. That’s where all those wrecked Star Destroyers in the surface came from.
A little while after the Battle of Jakku the New Republic and the imperial remnants signed a peace treaty called the Galactic Concordance, which imposed heavy reparations on the imperials and forced them to certain borders.
After the war was over, Mon Mothma drastically reduced the size of the Republic’s fleet to show that is wasn’t like the Empire and didn’t intend to rule through force. The reduced Republic Fleet would serve as a peacekeeping force while the newly available resources would be used to train and equip the planetary security forces of the Republic’s member worlds.
A bunch of imperials retreated into the Unknown Regions to lick their wounds and build up their forces. They hooked up with Snoke and the Knights of Ren and became the First Order, which eventually took over the imperial remnants.
As of approx. 30 years after Endor, the New Republic is the preeminent superpower in the galaxy, and even though nowhere near the size of the Republic Navy of the Clone Wars or the Imperial Navy, the New Republic Defense Force is still the most powerful military force in the Galaxy, so the New Republic doesn’t see the First Order as a threat, so long as they abide by their treaty obligations as per the Galactic Concordance. The best analogy I’ve come across in other boards is that the First Order is Space North Korea on super-steroids crossed with Nazi Germany.
Leia of course thinks this is a load of bull and that an Imperial successor state led by a powerful adept of the Dark Side cannot be trusted, so she forms the Resistance as a private military to covertly fight the First Order and keep it in check, staffing it with old veterans of the Rebellion and young idealists who resigned their commissions from the New Republic Defense Force. Officially, the New Republic doesn’t support the Resistance, and the general opinion in the Senate is that Leia is a crazy old paranoid reactionary still fighting a war that is long over, but several Senators share her concerns and covertly funnel credits, armaments and ships to the Resistance.
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