Star Wars Topic

[Toa_Heatwave]

That scene is such a 50/50 flip it seems.

I watched it for the first time and loved it. I didn't laugh, but I did do a silent 'ha!' just from the thought of how gross it was. It was a great PG way to show this guy is a little washed up and not all what he used to be.

It is a little gratuitous, but I think it's fine. The one scene in TLJ that never fails to crack me up is the "reach out" scene where Luke smacks Rey with the palm branch.

"Gasp! I feel something!"

"You do?"

"Yes, I feel it!"

"That's the Force!"

"Really?"

"Wow, it must be really strong with you!"

"I've never felt anyt--"

SMACK!

"OW!"

TLJ's comedy might be iffy overall, but that was funny!

[Toa_Vladin]

this is hardly a trope that started with Luk

Can you name a more iconic/as iconic character that did it before Luke?

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic; he lets out a giant scream of pain when it happens and spends the rest of the movie cradling the amputated limb.

Oh, sorry. Then I must confuse him for Anakin.
Tho I remember both of them being like "Ouch... Oh noo! My haaaand!/s/s/s/s".

[jayzor17]

Can you name a more iconic/as iconic character that did it before Luke?

Frodo Baggins, Lord of the Rings. Predates Star Wars by a good twenty years. Not to mention that this is a trope whose modern interpretation traces back to The Hero With a Thousand Faces, a book published in 1949 that draws its concepts from stories that predate that. Star Wars admittedly helped popularize the idea, but it hardly started it.

Oh, sorry. Then I must confuse him for Anakin.
Tho I remember both of them being like "Ouch... Oh noo! My haaaand!/s/s/s/s".

I seem to remember Anakin lying on the ground for the rest of that scene, needing Yoda to save him and Obi-Wan. I'm not sure what you expected, non-stop screaming?

[Toa_Vladin]

Frodo Baggins

Remembers how much loves Frodo
Yeah, I'm sorry. I was wrong.

non-stop screaming?

I was non-stop screaming when I broke the bones in my arm. Imagine what one with a detached arm would do.

[Jemoph]

Can you name a more iconic/as iconic character that did it before Luke?

King Arthur? Hercules? Mythological or legendary heroes are the main kind at the top of my head since the hero’s journey is an archetypal story(granted I’m just thinking off the top of my head, some characters have variations on the journey)

Luke’s version in the OT is rather good all things considered

[jayzor17]

Eh, I get that, but not everyone reacts to pain the same way. Speaking personally, silently hating your life is pretty much when I do when I get hurt, so having Anakin and Luke react similarly doesn't seem too off.

[Toa_Vladin]

Hercules

I read Hercules' legends multiple times, and he never had a lowpoint, or other points characteristic to his type of arc.

[Toa_Heatwave]

I was non-stop screaming when I broke the bones in my arm. Imagine what one with a detached arm would do.

I don't know anything about medicine or anatomy, but you might be able to chalk their quick "recovery" up to the nature of lightsabers, which essentially create and cauterize a wound simultaneously. Maybe the heat fries the nerve endings, meaning it's not as painful as a straight amputation...

[Jemoph]

True

I should probably not compare a demigod boi to a farm boi with mystical powers and a laser sword

[ToaNoah_Wafflemeister]

Oh yeah, that scene when he drank green lizard milk cracked a laugh from anybody in every audience.

I loved it.

Then you don't have examples.
Not enough to convince somebody else.

Which is not the point of an opinion.

While I find Luke either annoying or uninteresting to watch, I still do like the character. I love the Prequels to death, but I’d be an idiot to argue Anakin over Luke. And, as I’ve also said, I kind of just have unreasonable issues with main protagonists in general, and it’s usually the main ones, too, the iconic characters. Luke, Harry Potter, Frodo, Mike Wheeler, I really just have a taste for the side characters.

[Holi]

, and he never had a lowpoint

i take it murdering your family due to induced madness and forced to serve your cousin isn't a low point?

[Toa_Vladin]

Even tho I don't really remember this happening before starting his tasks, the murder of this family doesn't seem to affect him for more than a page.

[ProfSrlojohn]

At least we won't have to have a CGI Palptine like we did with Tarkin.

[ToaNoah_Wafflemeister]

To be honest, I didn’t even realize Tarkin was CGI until someone told me he was, and now I can’t tell if I hate it or am impressed by it.

Nonetheless, Rogue One remains to be my favorite Star Wars movie.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Rogue One remains to be my favorite Star Wars movie.

Agreed. i don't get why people hate it.

People say "but they died!" but we knew that was going to happen! It said they died in ANH.

[DarkHenrik]

I think it might be under the same logic that some people have when watching the Clone Wars show. They find it hard to be invested in what might happen to Anakin or Obi-Wan when one knows where their journey will actually end, thus the story can start to feel more pointless to them.

[ProfSrlojohn]

Am I the only one who was disappointed when they found out Lor San Tekka Wasn't Ferus Olin?

[meepinater]

Who?
I know who Lor is. Who's the other dude?
And why didn't they go into more detail with him, i feel like there's a huge gap missing there.

[ToaNoah_Wafflemeister]

There're huge gaps everywhere in TFA

[ProfSrlojohn]

Who's the other dude?

He's a character from Jude Watson's series of books, that got thrown out with the rest.