Author Topic: Star Wars:The Rise Of Skywalker (Read 63537 times)

SgtPoivre · « **Reply #20 on:** 04/13/2019 01:52 pm »

Old technical reflections on the destruction of the 2nd Death Star: https://www.theforce.net/swtc/ds/ruction.html#dds2

rakaydos · « **Reply #21 on:** 04/13/2019 01:56 pm »

Quote from: laszlo on 04/13/2019 01:09 pm

Quote from: MATTBLAK on 04/13/2019 12:50 pm
...And; it was a huge structure with artificial gravity...

Do you suppose it did? Or, since it was planetoid-sized, was it just the natural gravity of a large object? I've often wondered about whether it raised tides as it approached watery planets. Also if Doc Smith's free planets used as projectiles disrupted the stability of planetary systems even when they missed. Guess I need to get a life.

At the very least, it could compensate for it's own gravity field when jumping to hyperspace. At least, if mass shadows are still a thing...

laszlo · « **Reply #22 on:** 04/13/2019 01:57 pm »

Quote from: SgtPoivre on 04/13/2019 01:52 pm

Old technical reflections on the destruction of the 2nd Death Star: https://www.theforce.net/swtc/ds/ruction.html#dds2

Yeah, that's the kind of thing I was talking about. Thanks for the link.

MATTBLAK · « **Reply #23 on:** 04/13/2019 02:13 pm »

Quote from: laszlo on 04/13/2019 01:09 pm

Quote from: MATTBLAK on 04/13/2019 12:50 pm
...And; it was a huge structure with artificial gravity...

Do you suppose it did? Or, since it was planetoid-sized, was it just the natural gravity of a large object? I've often wondered about whether it raised tides as it approached watery planets. Also if Doc Smith's free planets used as projectiles disrupted the stability of planetary systems even when they missed. Guess I need to get a life.

Even something that large and artificial wouldn't have the same density as a nickel-iron or even a carbonaceous body of similar size.

Stan-1967 · « **Reply #24 on:** 04/13/2019 02:31 pm »

To watch the latest Stars Wars trilogies requires the same suspension of disbelief as LEGO Batman. Come to think of it, the LEGO Star Wars are much more enjoyable as all the sciency stuff that makes no sense is acceptable when contextualized as the fervid illustrated imagination of a 7 yr old. If you don’t like my movie review, my laser blaster says “pew pew pew pew” to you. :-)

spacebleachers · « **Reply #25 on:** 04/13/2019 02:41 pm »

So, from someone who has been following this series for a loooooong time. Yes I was alive to see the original Star Wars movie during its first run

. I just wanted to chime in on a couple of things:

"End of the Skywalker series". Yes, this is the final movie that is suppose to wrap-up the characters and story thread introduced during the original move, "A new hope". The actors are getting to old, and Disney indicated its time to move on, and aligns with the original Lucas plans.

"Taking some time off". Yes. In one of the Disney conferences, Disney executives indicated that planning a Star Wars movie every year was a big mistake. Thus you would see a slow down in the rate of Star Wars movies produced. Said having a new movie every lessened the value of the series.

Funny, my kid watched the trailer and indicated, "looks like they are Endor and that looks like a part of the Death Star". Then I come on here and see you all talking about it. Nice!

Elvis in Space · « **Reply #26 on:** 04/13/2019 02:59 pm »

Having been a wide-eyed 14 year old at the local opening of Star Wars in 1977 I'm looking forward to this. Unlike much of the discussion on this board this isn't rocket science. It's comic book fantasy and I've enjoyed the heck out of all of it. Enjoy it for what it is and pass the popcorn.

May The Force Be With You, Always.

jstrotha0975 · « **Reply #27 on:** 04/13/2019 03:49 pm »

Quote from: Elvis in Space on 04/13/2019 02:59 pm

Having been a wide-eyed 14 year old at the local opening of Star Wars in 1977 I'm looking forward to this. Unlike much of the discussion on this board this isn't rocket science. It's comic book fantasy and I've enjoyed the heck out of all of it. Enjoy it for what it is and pass the popcorn.

May The Force Be With You, Always.

They killed the main stars, there's nothing left to enjoy.

Nomadd · « **Reply #28 on:** 04/13/2019 04:04 pm »

Quote from: MATTBLAK on 04/13/2019 02:13 pm

Quote from: laszlo on 04/13/2019 01:09 pm
Quote from: MATTBLAK on 04/13/2019 12:50 pm
...And; it was a huge structure with artificial gravity...

Do you suppose it did? Or, since it was planetoid-sized, was it just the natural gravity of a large object? I've often wondered about whether it raised tides as it approached watery planets. Also if Doc Smith's free planets used as projectiles disrupted the stability of planetary systems even when they missed. Guess I need to get a life.

Even something that large and artificial wouldn't have the same density as a nickel-iron or even a carbonaceous body of similar size.

They were originally going to make it out of lightweight composite but changed it to stainless steel because it saved several million tons of blaster shielding. Budget overruns caused them to skip the twenty credit exhaust port grids

Scylla · « **Reply #29 on:** 04/13/2019 05:39 pm »

https://mobile.twitter.com/Clayton_Sandell/status/1116807828918894598

Scylla · « **Reply #30 on:** 04/13/2019 05:50 pm »

Same transport from Rey's vision, also in trailer? Discuss.

mme · « **Reply #31 on:** 04/13/2019 06:10 pm »

Quote from: jstrotha0975 on 04/13/2019 03:49 pm

Quote from: Elvis in Space on 04/13/2019 02:59 pm
Having been a wide-eyed 14 year old at the local opening of Star Wars in 1977 I'm looking forward to this. Unlike much of the discussion on this board this isn't rocket science. It's comic book fantasy and I've enjoyed the heck out of all of it. Enjoy it for what it is and pass the popcorn.

May The Force Be With You, Always.

They killed the main stars, there's nothing left to enjoy.

Seriously? People die. Spoiler alert - it's the one guarantee in life. It's a multi-generational saga set in a time of war.

JAFO · « **Reply #32 on:** 04/13/2019 11:04 pm »

United Airlines promotional paint scheme. I pity anyone riding on it in the summer.

https://twitter.com/united/status/1116803825065705472

JazzFan · « **Reply #33 on:** 04/14/2019 01:24 am »

Some of the gripes shared reminds me of advice my mother-in-law gave me when watching one of those silly Vern movies back in the 90s. She said, "son you are missing out, turn off your brain and just enjoy. You will laugh and get the point of the experience." Sometimes we forget the fiction part of science fiction and are holding it to some scientific or engineering test. I personally can't wait to see the movie.

sanman · « **Reply #34 on:** 04/14/2019 04:30 am »

Star Wars Celebration kickoff for Episode 9, with cast:

catdlr · « **Reply #35 on:** 04/14/2019 04:40 am »

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sanman · « **Reply #36 on:** 04/14/2019 04:52 am »

Was J J Abrams originally slated to be the director for Episode 9? Or was he pulled back in after the feelings of disappointment among various fans over Episode 8?

MATTBLAK · « **Reply #37 on:** 04/14/2019 05:14 am »

Lucasfilm/Disney saw the often hostile reaction to Rian Johnston's 'vision' for the franchise. People don't mind some differences to their beloved franchise - but not that different. Killing off Skywalker in the second film of the trilogy- at least in his physical form - and having him act all emo and sulky did not sit well with Mark Hamill or his fans. But he was professional about it and did his job. Also; I think about half of the audience simply viewed some of the new characters as an unwelcome distraction from the ongoing story.

catdlr · « **Reply #38 on:** 04/14/2019 05:43 am »

Star Wars Celebration Chicago mural reveals the entire saga

Published: April 13, 2019
Caption: Sean Keane
Photos: Sean Keane/CNET

There are seven pictures in the web article (use the right arrow to progress thru each)

Link to Article and Pictures

Pictures below from article (credit Sean Keane/CNET)

PANO Anyone?

I see they added the TV series ("Clone Wars" and "Rebels"), but they forgot the current "Resistance" series that started recently. Oh well, next time.

sanman · « **Reply #39 on:** 04/14/2019 07:14 pm »

Quote from: MATTBLAK on 04/14/2019 05:14 am

Lucasfilm/Disney saw the often hostile reaction to Rian Johnston's 'vision' for the franchise. People don't mind some differences to their beloved franchise - but not that different. Killing off Skywalker in the second film of the trilogy- at least in his physical form - and having him act all emo and sulky did not sit well with Mark Hamill or his fans. But he was professional about it and did his job. Also; I think about half of the audience simply viewed some of the new characters as an unwelcome distraction from the ongoing story.

And I've gotta say that Johnston's own hostile reaction back toward the fans over their feelings didn't do him great credit either. You can't just brush off the fanbase - especially when they're older than you are, and have always carried the torch for the franchise.

But I do like this return to the lore of the original trilogy - seeing the huge fragment of Deathstar-2 was very cool and tugged on the memories. Every cloud has a silver lining - hopefully the previous clash with the fans may have chastened and galvanized Disney & Co to review and re-vamp their approach, so that we can see something truer to the spirit of the saga.