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A pair of leaked pinball table images:

Yes, Kylo's doing the angsty kneeling knight pose.

 

[sphagnum]

A pair of leaked pinball table images:

Yes, Kylo's doing the angsty kneeling knight pose.

Nice look at the Ninja Turtles too.

 

[sphagnum]

Sorry for the double post but I just realized that in the bottom left corner you can see

Spoiler

the porgs

! I think that's our first clear look at them.

 

[Cross-Section]

Good catch!

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Sorry for the double post but I just realized that in the bottom left corner you can see

Spoiler

the porgs

! I think that's our first clear look at them.

Oh yeah, nice spot. I can already see Porg soft toys lining the shelves after Force Friday .

 

[Cross-Section]

Yep, totally:

Also of note is Snoke's face under the logo.

edit: And the submerged-looking X-Wing under Luke's face.

 

[Cross-Section]

We're getting some Wookiee love in the Han Solo spin-off:

 

[Enthus]

So what's the running total for new trooper types in TLJ? I collect trooper stuff, and I was hoping this movie wouldn't be as expensive for me as TFA and RO, but it's looking like there are just as many new ones as those films.

Is this all of them?:
Hammer Trooper
Storm Trooper (New Frown in helmet)
Praetorian (at least 3 variations)
Walker Driver
Shuttle Pilot

 

[Gleethor]

So what's the running total for new trooper types in TLJ? I collect trooper stuff, and I was hoping this movie wouldn't be as expensive for me as TFA and RO, but it's looking like there are just as many new ones as those films.

Is this all of them?:
Hammer Trooper
Storm Trooper (New Frown in helmet)
Praetorian (at least 3 variations)
Walker Driver
Shuttle Pilot

Rian Johnson is also introducing the new Looper Trooper

 

[WadiumArcadium]

So what's the running total for new trooper types in TLJ? I collect trooper stuff, and I was hoping this movie wouldn't be as expensive for me as TFA and RO, but it's looking like there are just as many new ones as those films.

Is this all of them?:
Hammer Trooper
Storm Trooper (New Frown in helmet)
Praetorian (at least 3 variations)
Walker Driver
Shuttle Pilot

Making Star Wars said there were at 6-8 variations of the Praetorian Guard though their helmets and weapons are the only difference.

 

[Cross-Section]

Rian on the opening crawl:

”I realized as I was refining it what he meant. We didn't finish the opening crawl and totally lock it until a few weeks ago actually. Because you're like, ‘Do we need this word, do we need that word, what if we shift.' It's like a poem, there's very little room for error in trying to get it just right. Which is awesome, it's really fun."

But was there a particular phrase or word he was most proud to sneak into the first moments of ”The Last Jedi"?

”It would be funny if it was ‘poop,'" he said with a grin. ”Which is a first for the ‘Star Wars' universe. That's the whole crawl, just the word ‘poop.'"

Then he answered seriously, turning to the side to avoid being caught on camera mouthing even one word from the highly secretive script:

”Decimated," he said, and he looked quite proud.

I would surprised if that word was not referring to the Republic in some way.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Rian on the opening crawl:



I would surprised if that word was not referring to the Republic in some way.

Yeah, that seems the most likely.

 

[SpaceWolf]

The First Order with a tiny sliver of the resources doing more damage to a fully fledged government with an organized military at its disposal than the Galactic Empire could to a small band of rebels with bad 70s haircuts will never not be weird to me.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

The First Order with a tiny sliver of the resources doing more damage to a fully fledged government with an organized military at its disposal than the Galactic Empire could to a small band of rebels with bad 70s haircuts will never not be weird to me.

The size of the Republic military had been cut down significantly since the Empire was defeated though. It was nowhere near the strength of the Empire in its prime. The Republic didn't want another war and had grown pretty complacent. It's quite similar to the Empire's view of the rebels really. They didn't view them as a threat and ended up paying the price.

The First Order must have had significant resources to build Starkiller Base and a small fleet though. In the years leading up to The Force Awakens many of the centrist senators seceded and joined the First Order. They must have had a large amount of resources to contribute. I expect we'll see more of how the First Order is supported at Canto Bight in The Last Jedi.

 

[Doublesith]

Like WadiumArcadium explained, the New Republic was a fraction of the size of the Empire, and nowhere near the size Old Republic either. A lot of systems were wary about the whole galactic governance thing after the Clone Wars and the Civil War.

Remember that the Old Republic didn't have a full size military either until AOTC, so the New Republic demilitarizing was a return to form.

Of course, none of this is actually explained at all during TFA, probably because it's all retconning to compensate for that film's complete lack of interest in establishing the galaxy's political situation.

 

[Cross-Section]

Here's MSW with a number of descriptions for concept versions of the TLJ theatrical poster:

The Last Jedi Poster Concept 1: Black Background

The first poster design I saw has a black background and is the most different of the batch. There’s a red explosion bursting around the stacked actors on the face of the page. The red burst appears to be the lava looking red stuff around the new planet Crait. At the very top is Luke Skywalker holding his “zapper” rod in his right hand with his left shoulder turned towards the camera. Rey is in the middle of the poster taking up the most space looking determined in her end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens costume. The right side of the poster has Kylo Ren with his back to us, cape draped over his shoulder, clutching his helmet in his right hand. Kylo’s helmet is turned towards him. The back of his helmet is in his palm and we see the helmet from the side. Under the helmet, touching it in fact, is the Falcon flying sideways. Above the Falcon and to the left of the helmet is a tiny General Hux. Centered under Rey is Finn in his resistance jacket facing towards the left of the frame with a tiny Poe (Resistance Jacket) and an even smaller BB-8 underneath him. Then you have five Elite Praetorian Guards from the waist up. You can’t see their legs because STAR WARS is stacked beneath them with “The Last Jedi” written in between Star and Wars. Moving up above BB-8 on the left of the frame is Chewbacca with General Leia Organa above him in her black dress. Leia looks to the left of the frame with her hand on her chest looking worried. Rey’s staff is in her hand and goes in front of Chewbacca’s legs so you can’t see them.

The poster is black at the bottom where the credits are with the red bursts around the heroes. The top of the poster is white and gritty.

More at the link.

 

[Cross-Section]

Big-ass sticker book cover image:

Also some confirmation that Poe is indeed piloting one of those skimmers on Crait:

 

[distantmantra]

That speeder looks like a busted ass B-wing missing half of its parts.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Poe going full Han Solo

 

[NYR94]

So it looks like this image is official. There's a submerged X-wing on Ach-To.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

So it looks like this image is official. There's a submerged X-wing on Ach-To.

Rey will force lift it out of the water to rejoin her friends.

 

[OmegaFax]

Rey will force lift it out of the water to rejoin her friends.

Luke pulls a dick move and steals the Falcon?

 

[iosefe]

why is a Resistance X-wing on Ach-To?

 

[sphagnum]

why is a Resistance X-wing on Ach-To?

It's not a Resistance X-Wing, it's just a modern model. Presumably it's how Luke got there.

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

It's not a Resistance X-Wing, it's just a modern model. Presumably it's how Luke got there.

But R2 wasn't in it

 

[sphagnum]

But R2 wasn't in it

You don't actually need an astromech to fly a fighter, it's just preferable because they make the calculations for you. The same issue came up in the most recent Poe Dameron comic.

 

[Woorloog]

In old canon, i think the X-wing hyperdrive required an astromech droid. (Presumably the droid name was shortened from "astrogation-mechanic" droid.)
Evidently that has been thrown away, and the droid is now just a mechanic and a co-pilot.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Making Star Wars have posted a new article detailing Snoke's appearance in The Last Jedi.

He's got bright blue eyes:

This update is a little weird if not ridiculous. I felt like doing it after talking to a friend that had a Snoke theory I politely shut down based on eye color. The thing about Snoke when I saw him last was that he has blue eyes. He has striking blue eyes. Ironically, his eyes are the same color as the ”Your Snoke Theory Sucks" stickers another friend pointed out to me.

Was maybe blonde at some point:

He has fine eyebrows you can barely see and their white and blondish in tone making me think he might have had blond hair and blue eyes when he was young.

Is a lot more pink in TLJ as his LEGO figure suggested:

The other thing I think might not really be realized as much as you'd think, is that his skin color is actually fairly pink and not as white and washed out as Palpatine. He has human colored flesh with age spots. I noticed that when people draw him he has skin like San Hill, for instance. He's way pinker compared to say The Inquisitor from Star Wars Rebels even.

They've also got a more detailed look at what Luke's walking stick looks like. It has a dragon-like face on the handle.

 

[Cross-Section]

I love that all this time MSW was basically just sketching the promo shots:

Also, hey, another Ron Howard BtS shot:

Trying to place where I've seen the alien before. Maybe Maz's?

 

[Rootbeer]

Ron Howard keeps giving us the goods. J.J. would give us a little tease now and then, but I much prefer Ron's style with what we've seen him post so far.

Though nothing tops the prequel days on starwars.com... where they posted a new behind the scenes pic every week. Anyone else remember that? Oh, and those behind the scenes videos. Peter Jackson did them for The Hobbit too, which I always really appreciated.

Ahh well. With roughly one SW film per year now, we really don't need as many breadcrumbs I guess.

I love that all this time MSW was basically just sketching the promo shots:

Theory: the top knob is crafted after the likeness of a Xenomorph's inner mouth. That's right guys. We are gonna see some shit.

Isn't his 'walking stick' more of a Shillelagh, which actually makes sense considering they filmed in Ireland for a lot of the Luke stuff. He probably uses it to help poke the porgs out of the way that seem to be infesting the island, lol.

 

[sphagnum]

Ron Howard keeps giving us the goods. J.J. would give us a little tease now and then, but I much prefer Ron's style with what we've seen him post so far.

Though nothing tops the prequel days on starwars.com... where they posted a new behind the scenes pic every day. Anyone else remember that?

I was very disappointed when that tradition didn't continue. So much fun speculating on TFN.

 

[Rootbeer]

I was very disappointed when that tradition didn't continue. So much fun speculating on TFN.

I was there man, I totally know what you mean haha.

Pics were weekly IIRC, corrected my post.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

I love that all this time MSW was basically just sketching the promo shots:



Also, hey, another Ron Howard BtS shot:



Trying to place where I've seen the alien before. Maybe Maz's?

That's Howard talking to Bradford Young isn't it? Guess he's still working on the film then.

Edit: I see his tweet confirmed it.

 

[Rootbeer]

leaked 3.75 basic figures:

https://www.instagram.com/swrogue507/

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Two of the poster designs Making Star Wars saw at SDCC recreated:

 

[sphagnum]

So newsfromjakku seems to be implying that Snoke is

Spoiler

a fallen angel from Iego?

 

[Rootbeer]

So newsfromjakku seems to be implying that Snoke is

Spoiler

a fallen angel from Iego?

Interesting for sure... this theory/rumor has been floating around since at least May, some are saying it is debunked already not sure.

I will say though it would be one hell of a callback if it's true. Gives a lot more weight to that Anakin introductory scene in TPM.

here is their instagram if anyone wants to read their latest posts

https://www.instagram.com/newsfromjakku/

 

[watershed]

No one is gonna call Snoke an angel in the movie and I can't imagine they're gonna say Lego either unless it isn't pronounced like Lego blocks.

 

[Rootbeer]

Well the race has an actual name: Diathim. Angel is a different word for them.

It's capital "i" not "L", though I made that mistake I first read it, lol.

relevant:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDh-ph8OaGo

 

[iosefe]

like iago

 

[watershed]

Oh, like Shakespeare. that makes more sense. I'm more inclined to believe Snoke is a Whill at this point but it really won't matter in the end whether he is a Whill or a Diathim or something else.

 

[WadiumArcadium]

It seems Canto Bight is only a city on the planet Cantonica.

A description from one of the Canto Bight speeder toys:

Anyone attempting to break the law on Cantonica had best move fast, as the police force of Canto Bight has at its disposal these swift, lightweight pursuit craft.

Making Star Wars have also got their hands on one of the Journey to the Last Jedi books a month early. The Ahch-To nuns and the sea monster appear in The Last Jedi pages.

On the The Last Jedi front you get a good look at the Ahch-To nuns, the Porgs, and the Sea Monster (which sort of looks like an aquatic sea monster version of an Eopie). One of the two page spreads from The Last Jedi depicts Ahch-To with Rey offering her saber to Luke but the island is covered in Porgs for this depiction (just as the other spreads are covered with Stormtroopers and TIE Fighters when in the film it was very evenly spread out). It says that Rey is on Ahch-To to convince Luke Skywalker to join the Resistance.

 

[Cross-Section]

Ron Howard low-key posting set pics and videos from the Han Solo set is pretty great.

And the return of the giant podracer-looking engine that they plopped in the background of TFA and RO.

 

[Cross-Section]

BB-H8

Spoiler

disclaimer: name may not actually be BB-H8

 

[Poodlestrike]

BB-H8

Spoiler

disclaimer: name may not actually be BB-H8

If it's not then somebody needs to take Star Wars away from Disney because clearly they have no idea what they're doing.

 

[Doublesith]

If it's not then somebody needs to take Star Wars away from Disney because clearly they have no idea what they're doing.

Its actual name is BB-9E.

 

[Poodlestrike]

Its actual name is BB-9E.

boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Cross-Section]

Though interestingly enough, the name on the topper listing is just "BB-9"

 

[WadiumArcadium]

Snoke makes his guards look tiny.

 

[kaiju]

Interesting playset. I wonder what that thing is on the bottom. From what I can tell it looks similar to Kylo Ren's torture chair, but who knows.