If you could only see my nips, then you'd know how excited I am... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0eEKDfLNPg promises to tell the story of the OP: Valkyrie-esque rebels which stole the Death Star plans from Grand Moff Tarkin and Lord Vader and arguably birthed and delivered the galaxy their new hope. The theft of the plans kindled in Obi Wan a purpose for coming out of seclusion (probably prematurely) inadvertently luring Luke down the path of destiny. Which brings us to VII...

If you want to talk theories and hype and characters - whatever you will - I'm here to reply. Anyway, I didn't see a topic for the Anthology or VII, so I made one.

I don't always drink beer, but may the Force be with you. Always.

I'm getting excited for the new Star Wars movie, heck I'm even collecting as much of The Force Awakens merchandise as I can. I even bought the new black Tie Fighter which is super awesome: https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlp1/v/t1.0-9/11999046_942992142427322_7677834213686974900_n.jpg?oh=842f3e13d857f02cbea5fc1907cca685&oe=569BADDD.

I thought about getting the Force Awakens Millennium Falcon when that comes out but nothing's going to beat this big girl: https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/10361264_828330463893491_3932823032860143963_n.jpg?oh=02791ce81edce008c01d4966410d047e&oe=56642D0B.

I am trying to keep an open mind about the new Star Wars film.. i highly doubt i will get as much enjoyment out of it as i did the original trilogy, and I am still kinda upset they threw the whole Extended Universe under the bus.. but i'll try to keep an open mind when i walk into the theaters


honestly, I am more excited for the new battlefront to be honest..

Question: Is the Black Tie Fighter the new model or a character's custom? I hope there are a few new ships, with personality like Slave 1 and the Falcon, with more moments like mechanical nightmare we saw in Empire Strikes Back.

I'm confident 7 will blow my mind. The number of interesting villains they've deployed this time boggles the mind.

Cpt Phasma's this sort or physician of death: delivering hot ordinance with a cold calculation.

General Hux reminds me of Admiral Piett, in that he's a consummate military man: original yet loyal.

Kylo Ren: whose Hamlet to Vader's Yoric could make him the deepest emotionally and spiritually developed in the saga (potentially). The Knights of Ren are your basic Star Wars nerds: collectors of relics and Vader worshipers, their order seem to be paramilitary, and a conceptual throwback to the science-fantasy roots of Star Wars.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0UvCfQ3CUYM/VD4GoYWbD7I/AAAAAAAAFHo/TDUAOZUF_ps/s1600/c7bb8cfbcd7072d4159596a88febbb72.jpg is a total enigma. He's complete evil, obviously. He appears Muun. I do hope he's revealed to be Darth Pelageus, resurrected from his mortal wounds, maybe ebbing in and out of the Force; or spiritually speaking, not yet whole with the Force. He may have been hiding in a trance, or projected his consciousness into the Force, to save himself from Darth Sidious' inevitable treachery.

@ funnybunny - I'm very happy they threw out the extended universe.

It was high time someone cleaned house. We'll see Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade, just not in their original forms. I'm confident of that much. Hux might be too young for a role like Thrawn, but Benicio Del Toro took a role as a villain in Star Wars 8. So we'll see. He'd make an excellent Thrawn, and, frankly, those were the salvageable characters out from the EU. I've heard whispers of an Old Republic mini-series, in the vein of Rogue One. That covers the EU, as far as I ever cared (and, yes, I read many of the novels).

The only plot arc left for them to follow is the mystery of Darth Pelageus. The Tragedy of Pelageus is the trajectory of Star Wars. It was he whose gift Sidious enticed Anakin to the dark side through. Anakin had been manipulated into believing his paranoiac nightmares were prophetic, then offered the secret of eternal life, which Palpatine divulges was his Master's obsession.