I don't know. As I said before, the First Order was a complete pushover in Episode 7 to the point where it was almost comical.
What hurt would it cause if Snoke happened to be Plagueis? Hardcore fans of the series would understand who he was, and more casual fans would just think he's a new character anyway.
I really don't need a lot of backstory here, but the First Order lacks the power and terror that Palpatine portrayed for the Empire.
The only other thing that would work for me would be that Snoke is a former hidden apprentice of Palpatine or Vader.
Finally saw this yesterday, was good but I feel like I missed some backstory.
It was unclear to me how the First Order came to be and why it's so powerful. Other than they exist because there's always bad guys in black in a menacing spacecraft. How did we end up in this identical rebels/empire situation from the original 3 movies after the events of RotJ?
Sorry if the opening credits explained this but I missed them
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Watched Eps I-VI over the holidays with my kid, it was the blu-ray version my sister gave me a few years ago that I'd never watched, I knew about the changes to Eps. IV-VI, but I didn't realize they'd made changes to I-III as well!!! I'm amazed that they managed to make them worse.
EDIT: And I now remember that I also thought whoever did the wardrobe for Padme deserved an award, and still think that way, I'm a sucker for all the clothing and hairstyles.
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Watched Eps I-VI over the holidays with my kid, it was the blu-ray version my sister gave me a few years ago that I'd never watched, I knew about the changes to Eps. IV-VI, but I didn't realize they'd made changes to I-III as well!!! I'm amazed that they managed to make them worse.
EDIT: And I now remember that I also thought whoever did the wardrobe for Padme deserved an award, and still think that way, I'm a sucker for all the clothing and hairstyles.
Lucas designed her look and a lot of her costumes.
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Internationally, Avatar did 2 billion dollars. I doubt that Star Wars will come any where near that.
What makes you say that?
From what I'm seeing here in Finland, Star Wars draws a lot more interest than Avatar did.
Plus Hollywood has become much better at marketing in Asia. If anything I would be surprised if Star Wars didn't crush Avatar internationally based simply on that.
Lucas designed her look and a lot of her costumes.
They look great but especially in Episode II they are totally out of character. The worst/best example is when Padme is still supposedly still resistant to the idea of a relationship with Anakin, but chooses to wear this to an intimate evening talk.
Would seem more appropriate if she was preparing for a hot night of BDSM Doesn't really seem to be in character at all. (The mixed messages. Not saying anything about BDSM).
They look great but especially in Episode II they are totally out of character. The worst/best example is when Padme is still supposedly still resistant to the idea of a relationship with Anakin, but chooses to wear this to an intimate evening talk.
Would seem more appropriate if she was preparing for a hot night of BDSM Doesn't really seem to be in character at all. (The mixed messages. Not saying anything about BDSM).
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Finally saw this yesterday, was good but I feel like I missed some backstory.
It was unclear to me how the First Order came to be and why it's so powerful. Other than they exist because there's always bad guys in black in a menacing spacecraft. How did we end up in this identical rebels/empire situation from the original 3 movies after the events of RotJ?
Sorry if the opening credits explained this but I missed them
From what I'm seeing here in Finland, Star Wars draws a lot more interest than Avatar did.
Plus Hollywood has become much better at marketing in Asia. If anything I would be surprised if Star Wars didn't crush Avatar internationally based simply on that.
Avatar made most of it's money in Asia. Star Wars doesn't have the appeal over there as it does in traditionally western countries where a lot of the population and culture grew up with the phenomenon.
IE: People in China didn't grow up with Star Wars as China in 1977 was was like today's North Korea.
I've seen TFA twice (with a third on the way), Avatar only on BluRay.
You missed out on something great. Avatar was more of an experience like a ride. I often describe Avatar to people like a rollercoaster. It's something you had to see in theatres on the big screen and in 3D to have understood the experience, otherwise it's actually just a mediocre film.
