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Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#2376: May 24th 2017 at 6:18:34 AM

Because [Harrison Ford] was front and center on VII, and Mark is front and center on VIII," Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy recalls to Vanity Fair. "She thought IX would be her movie. And it would have been."

Ouch.

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#2377: May 24th 2017 at 6:53:07 AM

[up][up] Laura Dern's character is probably the most interesting to me.

Specifically that she's Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo, which is absolute confirmation that she holds a military rank. The Vanity Fair article describes her as an officer in the Resistance, but I kind of wonder if it's more a case of the remnants of the New Republic fleet being folded into the Resistance. Those Starhawks we saw in the trailer had to come from somewhere after all.

Punisher286 Since: Jan, 2016
#2378: May 24th 2017 at 8:55:01 AM

^ I think that that's a safe bet. Her look is, interesting.

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#2379: May 24th 2017 at 9:15:26 AM

[up] Her wardrobe is in line with what we are seeing from Canto Bight, so my assumption is that either the bulk of her story arc is there or that's at least where we meet her.

AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#2380: May 24th 2017 at 9:18:36 AM

I like that they've been casting Vietnamese actresses specifically for these movies. That group in particular suffers from a lot of invisibility relative to other East(ish) Asian ethnicities.

RAlexa21th Zettai Ryouiki Enjoyer from California (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: I <3 love!
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#2381: May 24th 2017 at 9:19:42 AM

We are rather visible in the 70s-90s

Continue writing our story of peace.
Punisher286 Since: Jan, 2016
#2382: May 24th 2017 at 1:02:52 PM

It's interesting that Dern's look doesn't immediately say "military officer" at all imo. She looks more like a politician or a socialite. I wonder if that's an intentional thing and will factor into the plot at all?

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#2383: May 24th 2017 at 2:06:36 PM

[up] Well it's obviously intentional, Lucasfilm doesn't exactly put together character wardrobes purely by accident.

The question is more a matter of "is Amilyn Holdo's look reflective of the setting the character inhabits, or the character herself?"

I could be a case where we either meet her on Canto Bight, or at least that's where she spends the bulk of her story arc, and she naturally looks like someone who hangs around on Canto Bight. Or alternatively, like Leia, she's heavily tied to the noble houses of the Galaxy and presents herself as such regardless of what she's doing at the time.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
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#2384: May 24th 2017 at 3:43:20 PM

Del Toro's DJ... Dark Jedi?

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#2385: May 24th 2017 at 3:59:37 PM

Obviously it's Darth Jlagueis.

LordVatek Not really a lord of anything Since: Sep, 2014
TompaDompa from Sweden Since: Jan, 2012
#2387: May 24th 2017 at 4:29:27 PM

D'Admiral J'Thrawn, clearly.

Ceterum censeo Morbillivirum esse eradicandum.
InAnOdderWay Since: Nov, 2013
#2388: May 24th 2017 at 5:08:39 PM

Darth Admiral Jhrawn (with the J stylized to look like a T with a tail on it) is the only natural conclusion to EU wankery.

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2389: May 24th 2017 at 5:12:19 PM

I'm getting a vaguely steampunky aesthetic from those pictures, which is something I wholeheartedly approve of. Although it's weird to go for such an odd look in a mainline episode now that we have side films.

I'd contribute to the DJ jokes, but the best I can come up with is Darn Jokesters. Must have used up all my creativity trying to act neurotypical at college today.

but HOW?
AlleyOop Since: Oct, 2010
#2390: May 24th 2017 at 5:15:23 PM

Really? I can see it if I squint but otherwise it looks like the standard Used Future aesthetic.

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2391: May 24th 2017 at 5:21:08 PM

The tubes, the clothes, the faded brown colors and smoky filters... there's also the fact that when the pictures are minimized, you get stuff like the grates in the bottom looking like fancy tiling and all that.

but HOW?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#2392: May 24th 2017 at 5:22:25 PM

The tailoring's a bit Victorian/Edwardian, sure. I could see that.

Dadmiral Knows Best, a few family comedy coming this fall on Disney Channel.

...with Vergere as the mother and Jacen Solo as their son, and the Vong are the wacky neighbours always busting in unexpectedly.

edited 24th May '17 6:51:32 PM by Unsung

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2393: May 24th 2017 at 6:49:10 PM

y u do dis

but HOW?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#2394: May 24th 2017 at 6:51:44 PM

Now you know my pain.

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
LEGENDARY GALE
#2395: May 24th 2017 at 6:58:48 PM

but y tho

but HOW?
scionofgrace from the depths of my brain Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
#2396: May 25th 2017 at 7:05:56 AM

I love-love-love the photo of Luke & Leia.

Regarding Leia's cloak: gives me a strong vibe of mourning clothes. She did just lose Han.

The article said something about how we haven't seen the fancy side of the galaxy, and I was like, "I know people don't like the Prequels, but come on. Naboo? Coruscant? Either of those ring a bell?"

@2361, @2362: Yeah, cracks me up that Poe & Finn are all serious and Rose is just glee.

MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#2397: May 25th 2017 at 1:58:06 PM

Leia's clothes make her look like she's wearing a sack and Rose looks like a fan cosplaying at a Star Wars convention.

That said Phasma looks awesome as do Finn and Poe.

Also Luke isn't that tall. They must've given him platform shoes since I'm pretty sure he's a similar height to Rey.

EndlessSea LEGENDARY GALE from oh no you don't Since: Jul, 2012 Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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#2398: May 25th 2017 at 4:38:59 PM

His shoes look normal to me.

but HOW?
Unsung it's a living from a tenement of clay Since: Jun, 2016
it's a living
#2399: May 25th 2017 at 6:36:41 PM

Google says Daisy Ridley is 5'7" and Mark Hamill is 5'9", so it does look like they're trying to make him look taller somehow. Her legs are sort of bent, so they're probably pulling some LOTR-style camera angle shenanigans.

Actually, it sort of looks like his feet aren't really planted on the ground, so maybe there's some kind of special chair/wirework contraption involved for this shot, to preserve whatever height differential they're using scully boxes for in the main film. Or something.

KJMackley Since: Jan, 2001
#2400: May 25th 2017 at 6:46:21 PM

Hamill looks slightly closer to the camera and his feet are side by side. Daisy has one leg leaning forward and bent a little. A combination of all those things, including their natural height difference, exaggerates things.


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