Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****
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Another nitpick. At the start of ANH it says that the alliance had won their first battle over the empire.
In this film they caused some serious damage but they can hardly be said to have won. They even lost their largest ship and top generals. In fact, had they not got hold of the plans, this would have been a catastrophic loss.
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Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
Gotta get out more to appreciate a probe droid? Are you a dentist or a proctologist?
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
Gotta get out more to appreciate a probe droid? Are you a dentist or a proctologist?
You just feel the need to question every little thing. There no reason why I chose them, just did
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@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
Gotta get out more to appreciate a probe droid? Are you a dentist or a proctologist?
You just feel the need to question every little thing. There no reason why I chose them, just did
FFS Dr Drill, it was a joke. Lighten the hell up. It was just a bit of juvenile humour.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
Gotta get out more to appreciate a probe droid? Are you a dentist or a proctologist?
You just feel the need to question every little thing. There no reason why I chose them, just did
FFS Dr Drill, it was a joke. Lighten the hell up. It was just a bit of juvenile humour.
Oh OK. Consider myself lightened
Back on point I thought the film was far better than ep7 -
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
Gotta get out more to appreciate a probe droid? Are you a dentist or a proctologist?
You just feel the need to question every little thing. There no reason why I chose them, just did
FFS Dr Drill, it was a joke. Lighten the hell up. It was just a bit of juvenile humour.
Oh OK. Consider myself lightened
Back on point I thought the film was far better than ep7Yes I really enjoyed it. Didn't like Ep 7 and at all and felt Disney did a much better job here. Sad thing is, they could have potentially built a trilogy based on these guys (like the series). That droid in particular would be a massive hit. Think they missed a good opportunity there.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@canefan said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Just got back from taking 6 year old CFJ to the movie. Took a while to get going as they explained the back story but I thoroughly enjoyed the film. So did he after he stopped asking to go home over and over during the first 30 minutes.... The acting was a major step up compared to Lucas directed films, I don't know how bad the film was to need all the supposed re-shooting but it looked great. Also good to see Vader kick some ass, making short work of the rebel soldiers instead of leaving it to his stormtroopers like in Ep4. Four imperial probe droids out of five for me
Out of all the characters in the SW universe, why choose a probe droid????
Why not? You gotta get out more
Gotta get out more to appreciate a probe droid? Are you a dentist or a proctologist?
You just feel the need to question every little thing. There no reason why I chose them, just did
FFS Dr Drill, it was a joke. Lighten the hell up. It was just a bit of juvenile humour.
Oh OK. Consider myself lightened
Back on point I thought the film was far better than ep7Yes I really enjoyed it. Didn't like Ep 7 and at all and felt Disney did a much better job here. Sad thing is, they could have potentially built a trilogy based on these guys (like the series). That droid in particular would be a massive hit. Think they missed a good opportunity there.
If it does well it should mean Disney will be eager to roll out more films on the periphery of the main SW storyline
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Saw it this arvo. Loved it, a fucking great adventure film set in the Star Wars universe. It jumped around at the start but then barely took a breath until a very satisfying conclusion.
I loved the tie in to Star Wars as well.
Like others, enjoyed seeing DV as a bad as motherfucker scaring everyone. The entire series needed that.
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Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
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@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
I find the image of Akbar's green relative tied to a chair getting the brass nuckle treatment to be absolutely hilarious.
In terms of objectives, I guess it was a win but only if those plans get to their target. They were far from safe at the start of ANH.
My kids enjoyed the film, but all the main characters getting killed is pretty tough on them. I can't recall a film from my childhood when every single one of the heroes dies.
I think I mentioned it above, but how funny was the death of the pie-eating Red 5? Fark that had me in tears.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
I find the image of Akbar's green relative tied to a chair getting the brass nuckle treatment to be absolutely hilarious.
In terms of objectives, I guess it was a win but only if those plans get to their target. They were far from safe at the start of ANH.
My kids enjoyed the film, but all the main characters getting killed is pretty tough on them. I can't recall a film from my childhood when every single one of the heroes dies.
I think I mentioned it above, but how funny was the death of the pie-eating Red 5? Fark that had me in tears.
The death thing concerned me a bit but then if you think about it in the whole saga Han, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, Yoda, Qui Gonn etc all bagged it on screen so my boys are used to loads of their hero's not making it.
Too early to say where it sits in the Star Wars echelon.....but did anyone NOT think it was heaps better than TFA?
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@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
I find the image of Akbar's green relative tied to a chair getting the brass nuckle treatment to be absolutely hilarious.
In terms of objectives, I guess it was a win but only if those plans get to their target. They were far from safe at the start of ANH.
My kids enjoyed the film, but all the main characters getting killed is pretty tough on them. I can't recall a film from my childhood when every single one of the heroes dies.
I think I mentioned it above, but how funny was the death of the pie-eating Red 5? Fark that had me in tears.
The death thing concerned me a bit but then if you think about it in the whole saga Han, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, Yoda, Qui Gonn etc all bagged it on screen so my boys are used to loads of their hero's not making it.
Too early to say where it sits in the Star Wars echelon.....but did anyone NOT think it was heaps better than TFA?
Hey, Yoda died of old age.
I guess the difference here is that we just got introduced to the characters and then they bought it. Another film or 2 would have been nice. Every single one of them got wasted as well. Even Green Akbar apparently.
IMHO this film highlighted just how shit and unoriginal TFA was.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
I find the image of Akbar's green relative tied to a chair getting the brass nuckle treatment to be absolutely hilarious.
In terms of objectives, I guess it was a win but only if those plans get to their target. They were far from safe at the start of ANH.
My kids enjoyed the film, but all the main characters getting killed is pretty tough on them. I can't recall a film from my childhood when every single one of the heroes dies.
I think I mentioned it above, but how funny was the death of the pie-eating Red 5? Fark that had me in tears.
The death thing concerned me a bit but then if you think about it in the whole saga Han, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, Yoda, Qui Gonn etc all bagged it on screen so my boys are used to loads of their hero's not making it.
Too early to say where it sits in the Star Wars echelon.....but did anyone NOT think it was heaps better than TFA?
Hey, Yoda died of old age.
I guess the difference here is that we just got introduced to the characters and then they bought it. Another film or 2 would have been nice. Every single one of them got wasted as well. Even Green Akbar apparently.
IMHO this film highlighted just how shit and unoriginal TFA was.
Now now...Star Wars, like sex and pizza, is never 'shit'...some is better than others that's all.
It's probably a toss up between TFA and TPM for 'worst' Star Wars movies in my opinion but in saying that they're both still fucken decent which sums up the series as a whole. In no way do they slum it with the worst of Indiana Jones, Jaws, Alien etc.
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It's interesting that the criticisms of The Force Awakens just slide off of Rogue One, there were waaay more callbacks and re-use of stuff in R1.
And there were less callbacks in FA than Return of the Jedi.
You could argue that the main plot of FA was finding Luke Skywalker, and that Starkiller Base was just the macguffin.
You could also level the same boring Mary Sue arguments against both protagonists (and would be wrong).
I like both films, but if I was being hyper critical I would say that the FA had a much better start and middle but didn't stick the landing as well as R1. R1's beginning and middle had problems (lots of rushed exposition and characters being conveniently placed for no good reason).
But these films are supposed to be b-movie serials with great action and escapism. Watching Star Wars for the plot is not far removed from doing the same for porn.
If this is the standard of the films we are going to get every year, then bring it on.
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@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
I find the image of Akbar's green relative tied to a chair getting the brass nuckle treatment to be absolutely hilarious.
In terms of objectives, I guess it was a win but only if those plans get to their target. They were far from safe at the start of ANH.
My kids enjoyed the film, but all the main characters getting killed is pretty tough on them. I can't recall a film from my childhood when every single one of the heroes dies.
I think I mentioned it above, but how funny was the death of the pie-eating Red 5? Fark that had me in tears.
The death thing concerned me a bit but then if you think about it in the whole saga Han, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, Yoda, Qui Gonn etc all bagged it on screen so my boys are used to loads of their hero's not making it.
Too early to say where it sits in the Star Wars echelon.....but did anyone NOT think it was heaps better than TFA?
Hey, Yoda died of old age.
I guess the difference here is that we just got introduced to the characters and then they bought it. Another film or 2 would have been nice. Every single one of them got wasted as well. Even Green Akbar apparently.
IMHO this film highlighted just how shit and unoriginal TFA was.
Now now...Star Wars, like sex and pizza, is never 'shit'...some is better than others that's all.
It's probably a toss up between TFA and TPM for 'worst' Star Wars movies in my opinion but in saying that they're both still fucken decent which sums up the series as a whole. In no way do they slum it with the worst of Indiana Jones, Jaws, Alien etc.
TFA is shit loads better than TPM ... and AOTC and ROTS (I'd rate them Empire, Star Wars, TFA, ROTJ, AOTC, ROTS, TPM ... with at least another watch of Rogue One to figure out where it sits). I recently watched those two and can't believe how utterly shit they are (in my single fanboi watch back in the day I actually thought those two were decent but by god they're terrible and how do you manage to make Natalie Portman look like a cabbage actor).
I've watched TFA three times and enjoyed it every time. I think this one is probably better but that's likely due to being a self contained war movie without having to set up a new trilogy.
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@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
@MN5 said in Star Wars VII ****contains spoilers****:
Took my boys on Saturday and it takes a lot to keep a six and right year old glued to a screen for more than a coupl of hours. This flick accomplished that and then some. Future mrs MN5 said it was the best Star Wars she's seen and I've made her sit through them all. I think that in itself speaks volumes although naturally there are a few esteemed 'critics' who marked it low because there's obviously not enough Reasons and Rattues in the world....
Fucken awesome on second viewing as expected....
Did admiral akbars fish faced cousin die at the end when the shop was boarded? I assume he did.
Also @Rancid-Schnitzel it was definitely a victory....they got the plans even though so many of them died.
@mariner4life did your boys love it as much as mine?
I find the image of Akbar's green relative tied to a chair getting the brass nuckle treatment to be absolutely hilarious.
In terms of objectives, I guess it was a win but only if those plans get to their target. They were far from safe at the start of ANH.
My kids enjoyed the film, but all the main characters getting killed is pretty tough on them. I can't recall a film from my childhood when every single one of the heroes dies.
I think I mentioned it above, but how funny was the death of the pie-eating Red 5? Fark that had me in tears.
The death thing concerned me a bit but then if you think about it in the whole saga Han, Obi Wan, Mace Windu, Yoda, Qui Gonn etc all bagged it on screen so my boys are used to loads of their hero's not making it.
Too early to say where it sits in the Star Wars echelon.....but did anyone NOT think it was heaps better than TFA?
Hey, Yoda died of old age.
I guess the difference here is that we just got introduced to the characters and then they bought it. Another film or 2 would have been nice. Every single one of them got wasted as well. Even Green Akbar apparently.
IMHO this film highlighted just how shit and unoriginal TFA was.
Now now...Star Wars, like sex and pizza, is never 'shit'...some is better than others that's all.
It's probably a toss up between TFA and TPM for 'worst' Star Wars movies in my opinion but in saying that they're both still fucken decent which sums up the series as a whole. In no way do they slum it with the worst of Indiana Jones, Jaws, Alien etc.
My apologies. Shit is relative in the SW universe. As ordinary as the prequels were (not 3, that was cool), they were at least original. TFA was a soft reboot.
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I saw the 3D version yesterday. Some of it is a little clunky, but in general it's pretty subtle (no big "reach out and touch it" shots) and just adds depth to some of the great set piece shots.
@MN5 the boys loved it. Mainly sad when the droid bought it (which sucked by the way, great character). But with all the action, they were wildly entertained. My youngest has been playing with his Star Wars figures non-stop since we got home (they slept in his bed with him) and the battle re-started a little after 6 this morning.
