Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens

[Greedouw]

I cried

Loved this movie so much

[6souls]

[Hirronimus]

It's amazing how little self control people have if they are so hell bent on "avoiding" spoilers. Yeah, I know, I'm judging, but come on, you can stay from internet for few days. Right? ;_;

[Dantrag]

Just stop reading comments and shit like that. It's really NOT that hard to avoid spoilers.

[Eurell]

Just stop reading comments and shit like that. It's really NOT that hard to avoid spoilers.

You have to completely stay off the internet to do it lol. There were people on GW talking about FFXIV pics and would link to spoiler images.

[Melena]

You know what the best part is? Knowing I watched the movie already and can't be spoilered. What the rest of y'all are doing on this forum or in this thread even, I have no idea.

I'd say the fact Brill will sodomize you with a chainsaw before perma banning you makes BG a safe space from spoilers.

[Hirronimus]

I'll spoiler this, but I don't think it's really any extra info about the movie.

This is the list of currently "official" canon material under Disney as of December.

Spoiler: show

[Alistaire]

So even Old republic stuff isn't canon anymore? I don't see the point of that.

[Hirronimus]

I agree. It makes no sense to retcon things like Old Republic or the Sith Empire Wars. Books about Darth Bane which lead into books about Plagueis, which gave rise to Palpatine should have stayed.

[Churchill]

They can always go back and add those to the fold, but getting rid of the entire EU is a good move.

They can also go back, talk to the writers, and take 90% of a story and create something new.

[Outlaw]

I just got back from seeing it.

Spoiler: show

I want to comment on the movie but I'm too distraught over Han's death right now. I seriously feel like I could cry.

[Hirronimus]

I dunno, Shadows of the Empire was a good segue between 5 and 6.

[Vagrant]

So even Old republic stuff isn't canon anymore? I don't see the point of that.

They have picked a few things from that era and brought in but it's more point of interest stuff. Taris for example was carried over from KOTOR but only mentioned that it suffered some sort of calamity long in the past without any details.

Bane(the character not the books) still exists in canon though courtesy of the Clone Wars cartoon.

[Rulke]

Posted in spoilers thread. Loved this movie. Good stuff. Sad panda I have to wait 2 more years to see

Spoiler: show

my boy Luke

in action.

[Serra]

Just stop reading comments and shit like that. It's really NOT that hard to avoid spoilers.

If the other thread is to be believed, someone posted a new thread with a major spoiler, so essentially, anyone who is here in Bentertainment and hasn't seen it has no ground to criticize people who have been spoiled.

[TheDirtyHobo]

I agree. It makes no sense to retcon things like Old Republic or the Sith Empire Wars.

It makes a whole lot of sense. Star Wars EU fans can be some of the most notoriously finicky, pedantic people. Wiping the whole slate clean allows them to write stories without having to hire on teams to fact check every minor detail so that they don't offend someone into making some youtube tirade.

Plus it's all fucking fiction to begin with. Who cares about canonization or not, it's about the experience. They can't take that away.

[Draylo]

Basically have to stay away from the internet. I had a major plot point spoilered on Guildwork but in retrospect, I should have seen it coming with all the trolls there.

Same, people are fucking unreal sometimes. I enjoyed the movie despite that though.

[Hirronimus]

It makes a whole lot of sense. Star Wars EU fans can be some of the most notoriously finicky, pedantic people. Wiping the whole slate clean allows them to write stories without having to hire on teams to fact check every minor detail so that they don't offend someone into making some youtube tirade.

Plus it's all fucking fiction to begin with. Who cares about canonization or not, it's about the experience. They can't take that away.

Having to hire someone to go over with a fine toothcomb and make sure you get the story right is only part of it. I think the bigger benefit Disney will reap from this is the ability to push out new material on their terms and charge for it again. Fiction or not, those stories had crucial characters to overall universe. I don't care if is now considered alternate reality, it's a shame, but personally I can live with it.

[Sepukku]

There were many movies seen this year, but this is easily the best film of 2015. It had meteoric expectations and somehow managed to fully meet all of them and perhaps even surpass them.

[Tyrath]

If someone's GF still needs a summary of the original 3