It Begins ...
This will be a SLOW burn. I’ve only seen the movie twice so far and I want folks on the forum to get to see the movie first.
The Rise of Skywalker coming to Disney+ on May 4th.
Edited by Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun
Imperial Advisor’s Rise of Skywalker Spoilers, Triva, and Canon, Disney+ on May 4th
Opening Crawl
EPISODE IX THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
The dead speak! The galaxy has heard a mysterious broadcast, a threat of REVENGE in the sinister voice of the late EMPEROR PALPATINE .
GENERAL LEIA ORGANA dispatches secret agents to gather intelligence, while REY, the last hope of the Jedi, trains for battle against the diabolical FIRST ORDER.
Meanwhile, Supreme Leader KYLO REN rages in search of the phantom Emperor, determined to destroy any threat to his power ...
Jedi voices we hear
Luke Skywalker/Mark Hamill
Princess Leia Organa Solo/Carrie Fisher
Anakin Skywalker/Hayden Christiansen
Luminara Unduli/Olivia D'abo
Ahsoka Tano/Ashley Eckstein
Aayla Secura/Jennifer Hale
Mace Windu/Samuel L. Jackson
Obi-Wan Kenobi/Sir Alec Guinness and Ewan McGregor
Yoda/Frank Oz
Adi Gallia/Angelique Perrin
Kanan Jarrus/Freddie Prinze Jr.
Qui-Gon Jinn/Liam Neeson
Jabba the Hutt/George Lucas
ok I made the last one up
Rey’s parents are not named.
I’m sure that will soon be Disneyfied.
Here are most of the named officers, pilots, and characters who we may see (or updated) in Armada, Legion Imperial Assault 😢 and X-Wing.
Allegiant General Pryde
General Hux
General Wedge Antilles
Admiral Griss
General Quinn
General Engell
General Parnadee
Colonel * Aftab Ackbar
Commander D’acy
Commander Trach
Lt. Connix
Lt. Garan
Lt. Draper
Snap Wexley
Officer Kandia
Pilot Tyce
Pilot Vanik
Beaumont
Boolio
Oma Tres - portrayed by John Williams ! This is INSANe Scum players got John Williams !!!!
D-0 - voiced by JJ Abrams
*In other media Aftab is given the rank of General
No Nien Numb?
Does this mean Ahsoka is dead? Do we know that for sure? Off-screen and unacknowledged?
boo!
No Ezra though, so yay!
2 minutes ago, FTS Gecko said:No Nien Numb?
He is most definitely there but not sure if he gets a new card.
It’s Canon
1 minute ago, TasteTheRainbow said:Does this mean Ahsoka is dead? Do we know that for sure? Off-screen and unacknowledged?
She’s a voice, and I listened for her on my second viewing (and yes used my iPhone to record the voices).
Full disclosure. I left my iPhone next to a speaker to record dialogue about 3/4 of the movie on my second viewing.
What’s the plural for Snokes?
3 hours ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:
What’s the plural for Snokes?
Paperweights.
21 minutes ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:Oma Tres - portrayed by John Williams ! This is INSANe Scum players got John Williams !!!!
I just realized it, Oma Tres is an anagram for MAESTRO!
Which he most certainly is!
‘Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker’ Is on track for a $460M+ Global Box Office Opening
Confirmation that was Wicket and not a random Ewok 🤦🏻♂️
I kept looking for Hera in the background at the after party. The Ghost was like the third ship to land, prominently visible. Anyone spot her?
2 minutes ago, TasteTheRainbow said:I kept looking for Hera in the background at the after party. The Ghost was like the third ship to land, prominently visible. Anyone spot her?
Not in two viewings and no end credit. Some of the extras in last scene must have been crew.
Which is fine but the ‘acting’ made my teeth hurt a little.
7 minutes ago, Imperial Advisor Arem Heshvaun said:Did you guys catch the mention of 42 ?
Star Wars (A New Hope) was released on May 25, 1977.
That’s 42 years ago.
Hey, you as lore master: What is up with the sith fleet? Where was it from 20BBY to now? I'm sure you've read the Thrawn novels which are to a large degree about the conflict between the Defender and the Stardust projects. This and other such conflicts are mentioned in other places, too.
Doesn't the fleet of thousands of planet destroying star destroyers, apparently operated without much crew, make all those stories a bit... pointless?
I believe that they just finished assembling that fleet.
That would be ridiculously stupid though.
Again the Thrawn books: he deduces the DeathStar from the transport of resources. No I am certainly no Thrawn, but using your hidden planet to assemble a huge fleet of Star Destroyers, all underground , while also developping new tech for the cannon with out getting noticed by anyone? Really? All the transports that have to go through this weird thing (a wormhole?) to get there and nobody ever noticed? Or is there a normal way instead? That again nobody noticed.
Keep in mind that even Rey's books knew about the planet, just not the location. You'd expect that someone had been on that for centuries and failed. But a ton of transports could just... go?