STAR WARS: The Force Awakens Thread (All discussion and spoilers in here)

[Skippy]

Same thing happened to Episode 7. Not a huge surprise really, probably didn't want Rogue One and this so close to each other. Probably means Episode 9 will be delayed too

[Alvin Flummux]

It's not a delay if you came into it expecting it to be the de facto Christmastime Tolkien replacement for the next half a decade.

[Victor Mildew]

It's not a delay if you came into it expecting it to be the de facto Christmastime Tolkien replacement for the next half a decade.

[Poser]

^^^^ This.

I'm glad it's not May. The whole May the Fourth thing is hackneyed and unfunny.

[Skippy]

New date puts it roughly a month after Avatar 2. Chances are that will be delayed anyway, but I do like the idea of Cameron not wanting to go up against a Rian Johnson Star Wars film

[Return_of_the_STAR]

I agree on the whole liking it being out at Christmas. With rogue one also out at Christmas it will hopefully become a Christmas tradition that I see Star Wars on Xmas eve.

[Herdanos]

I agree on the whole liking it being out at Christmas. With rogue one also out at Christmas it will hopefully become a Christmas tradition that I see Star Wars on Xmas eve.

That would be pretty cool.

[Parksey]

I agree on the whole liking it being out at Christmas. With rogue one also out at Christmas it will hopefully become a Christmas tradition that I see Star Wars on Xmas eve.

That would be pretty cool.

I'm in for this too. I plan on visiting the UK again this Christmas too. And it was great that on my first night back I had a new Star Wars film to watch. Even after hours of travel and being addled with jet lag, I was looking forward to it. Looking forward to doing the same this year with Rogue One.

[captain red dog]

Main issue for me at the moment is whether Rogue One will have the Star Wars opening title. To me, they might as well use it, seems a bit of a waste not to.

[Tomous]

Got no problem with it becoming a Christmas film.

[Alvin Flummux]

Main issue for me at the moment is whether Rogue One will have the Star Wars opening title. To me, they might as well use it, seems a bit of a waste not to.

There's no way they aren't going to use the opening crawl. It's iconic!

[Skippy]

I'd be absolutely okay if it didn't use the crawl. It'll piss some people off of course (what wouldn't?) but it'd differentiate it from the mainline movies.

[Herdanos]

I would predict they don't use the crawl, but then I've never seen any of the other spin-off movies. Did they use it?

[Gandalf]

I would predict they don't use the crawl, but then I've never seen any of the other spin-off movies. Did they use it?

No. I believe The Clone Wars uses a voice over (bit like a sixties sci-fi TV series.)