Star Wars: The Force Awakens Spoiler Thread

The original reading of the scene before Lucas altered it was:

Emperor: We have a new enemy, Luke Skywalker.

Darth Vader: He's just a boy.

In Legends at least it was strongly implied Palpatine was only paying lip service to the whole "having apprentices" thing - what he really wanted was to live forever, either through cloning or actually bodyjacking his FAH YOUNGAH AND MOAH POWAHFUL pupils.

Weird, considering Plagueis supposedly taught him everything he knew.

Seems like the bodysnatching would be a bit unnecessary.

Jokes on Vader, Palpatine had secretly trained Mara Jade in secret

And she'll always be canon and also not dead in my heart.

There's also the fact that Palpatine is really old already and didn't have an heir unless Darth Vader was his heir.

But if Darth Vader needed to kill him instead of waiting for him to die then presumably Palpatine couldn't die from natural causes.

Mara Jade? More like Mary Jane, am I right, guys?

edited 7th Jan '16 5:12:09 PM by MadSkillz

I thought Vader knew about the Emperor's Hands.

Also, the Vader comics have a thing where Sidious already has Vader's replacements lined up.

Palpatine didn't have an heir because he intended to rule the galaxy himself forever.

Which sounds to me like it would get pretty darn boring after a while...

Mary Jane, stop going to the dark side

Dealing with mephistos and palpatines geez

It looks like she'll be working with Tony Stark soon, if that helps.

And that's better?

Baby steps

...That's even worse.

Really?

I mean, he made her the offer after he and Doctor Doom trashed her new club in a fight with Madame Masque.

So. Generosity.

She hit Madame Masque with a microphone. Tony needs people like that.

edited 7th Jan '16 5:23:50 PM by KarkatTheDalek

...Bocaj, which is worse, Satan? Or a billionaire?

Hint, one of them is the source of all evil in our world.

And the other one is Satan.

Pretty sure satan is worse because we can't punch him in the face?

Eh, Tony's worst days seem to be behind him. I think.

Unless we're talking Mr. Satan in which case we CAN punch him in the face.

You can punch Satan in the face of you live in the Marvel universe.

Just call up Dr. Strange or Ghost Rider.

I have less access to sorcerors supreme than I have to billionaires

And I don't deal with nic cages.

edited 7th Jan '16 5:29:04 PM by Bocaj

I can't believe Mary Jane was murdered by Jacen Solo.

edited 7th Jan '16 5:35:04 PM by higherbrainpattern

Somebody earlier suggested that a flying car would have been a better preparation for piloting an X-Wing then a T-16.

You do realize that a T-16 is basically the civilian version of a fighter, right? What Luke does is more like going from a T-38 to a F-16 than going from a car to a F-16.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/T-16_skyhopper

Oddly enough, being a vacuum hardly ever makes a difference to how spacecraft fly in Star Wars Space. So say nothing of how well things that have no wings or aerodynamics work in atmosphere.

...Why is it that I never read that but hate it, while I loved seeing Kylo Ren kill Han Solo on the big screen?

I mean.

In a weird way, killing Han is a bigger deal than killing Chewbacca or Mara Jade would ever be.

They got back Harrison Ford to kill him off.

That's gutsy.

Star Wars space is dumb.

edited 7th Jan '16 5:40:45 PM by unnoun

Probably because Jacen killed Mara with what amounts to a cheap trick in the heat of battle. Kylo killing Han has a far different, more acceptable context.

I've heard a rumor that it was going, originally, to be Luke who was smushed by the moon, with Anakin Solo then taking over as protagonist, but it was nixed by Lucas fiat.