#its serving starwar luke and leia

[ganonfan1995]

Like how many times had the kingdom come to ruin because the only person on earth who could utilize the power of gold, was some illegitimate orphan girl from the village?

[geekcarl]

The #StarWars #TheRiseofSkywalker Resistance Base on the Planet AJAN KLOSS - - Prior to the outbreak of the Galactic Civil War, Alderaanian scouts charted, but deliberately hid from the Imperial Senate, the world of Ajan Kloss, located in a patchily explored stretch of space off the Celanon Spur. It was short-listed, along with nearby Yavin 4 and Dantooine, as a potential home for a rebel base, though the shifting battlefront against the Empire meant it was ultimately not used during the conflict. At Leia Organa's suggestion, Ajan Kloss did serve as a secluded outpost in the year after the Battle of Endor, becoming a training ground for Luke Skywalker and his first Jedi apprentice...Leia! - Three decades later, it serves a similar function, as Rey continues her journey along the Jedi path. - - NEW RESISTANCE BASE Whenever possible, the old Rebellion avoided settling on planets with indigenous populations so that the wroth of the Empire would not be brought down on innocent bystanders. Ajon Kloss fits that category: although it teems with life, no civilisations dot its fertile surface. There is evidence of former inhabitants though, as some of the forest hollows appear to hove been cleared by unknown hands centuries ago. The current Resistance settlers refer to these ancients as the Kloss, and scholar Beaumont Kin speculates that the Resistance's cove hideout was once, fittingly, some sort of refuge or storage cache. - - #StarWarsArt #TROS #SWEP9 #StarWars #Lucasfilm #TheFirstOrder #FirstOrder #Stormtrooper #TIEFighter #DarkSide #Lightsaber #Sith #SithTrooper #KnightsOfRen #Palpatine #daisyridley #DarthSidious #Rey #Reylo #RiseOfSkywalker #Episode9 #SithFleet #SithJetTrooper #StarWars #geekcarl #conceptart #ArtofStarWars #starwarsepisodeix — view on Instagram https://ift.tt/37y4xkq

[itcamefromblog]

The arrival of THE LAST JEDI on the big screen conjures up deep emotional feelings of nostalgia in me that are hard to suppress. After I first saw the end credits of RETURN OF THE JEDI roll by in the summer of 1983, I knew in my heart that STAR WARS was done; that this wonderful chapter of cinematic joy in my life was over. After all, a beleaguered George Lucas had said at the time that he was taking a long, indefinite break from his brainchild, despite offering up the promise of potentially making nine STAR WARS movies. We all know what happened in the interim with the prequels and various animated series and incessant merchandising, but I never truly believed over the course of the last three decades that my human heroes from The Original Trilogy — Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, and Princess Leia — would ever return to continue their adventures.

So when Disney bought Lucasfilm in 2012 and a new trilogy of STAR WARS films was announced along with a steady stream of spinoff films, I had to pinch myself that it was all happening again with the Original Trilogy trio for THE FORCE AWAKENS. Given the overwhelming success of that entry, its follow-up, THE LAST JEDI, promises a lot more screen time with Mark Hamill as an elder Luke Skywalker — and has an obvious fan-perceived correlation to 1981’s THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: Darker, deeper, and potentially superior; a film that builds on top of the previous premise-establishing tale to do more world-building and to put our beloved heroes in even greater jeopardy. The tone and approach of EMPIRE has always been the benchmark comparison for the first sequels of many a Sci-Fi franchise, and though it’s essentially an apples-to-oranges comparison, THE LAST JEDI still has a lot to live up to.

In short, I’m super excited to see how this new STAR WARS movie stacks up to the rest. And in the process, I’m taking many walks down memory lane in a galaxy far, far away.

Looking back, it’s hard to believe that a full three years went by before we got a theatrical follow-up to the first STAR WARS (which mutated into STAR WARS: EPISODE IV – A NEW HOPE, complete with an unnecessary makeover two decades later), but to this day I’m grateful that we had so much time to mine our own imaginations for the further adventures of Luke Skywalker and friends before the saga got seriously deep and then, conversely, a little too cartoonish. The wild storylines in the Marvel Comics adaptation of STAR WARS and such novels such as SPLINTER OF THE MIND’S EYE and HAN SOLO AT STAR’S END (not to mention countless hours listening to the records and playing with the Kenner toys) helped guide us, but it was still up to a generation of fertile minds to fill in the gaps until we’d see our friends again on the frigid wastelands of the ice planet Hoth.

On May 21 in 1980 I waited in line with my pals to catch a matinee of EMPIRE. Like so many, I was absolutely blown away by everything that I saw onscreen. Blown. Away. And then we stayed for a second viewing to watch from the front row, solidifying the life-changing experience. That unexpected cliffhanger ending was killer, of course, and we were faced with another three-year wait to see what would happen next, kind of like our own frozen hibernation hell in carbonite. I’m glad the stretch between main STAR WARS movies is at least down to two years now, with the spinoffs proposed to be released every other year to fill in the gaps. Too much? It remains to be seen…

As I revisit my 12-year-old mindset in anticipation of THE LAST JEDI, I’ve assembled a healthy handful of almost 30 original EMPIRE STRIKES BACK lobby cards, a few in German and French thrown in for good measure, to help you stoke the fires of your own nostalgia. Enjoy!

A little background info on lobby cards I like to regularly share for context: Back in the days before the Internet, movie lobby cards were a powerful tool used by Hollywood studios to lure audiences into the darkened theater. They were the last line of enticement — and sometimes the first — alongside carpet-bombing consumers with coming attractions, movie posters, marquees, publicity stunts, movie program books, and newspaper advertisements for their newest big-screen sensation. With no entertainment websites or blogs available to tease audiences with stills from their films, lobby cards served that purpose for the studio publicity machine. These days, movie theater lobbies have eschewed the traditional lobby card for posters, standees, trailers on repeat, experiential activations and more.

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More Lobby Cards to ogle:

Original 1977 STAR WARS Lobby Cards

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS Lobby Cards from 1977

Ridley Scott’s ALIEN Lobby Cards from 1979

BLADE RUNNER Lobby Cards from 1982

YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE James Bond Lobby Cards from 1967.

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  A healthy helping of #StarWars to stoke the fires of nostalgia for the arrival of #TheLastJedi The arrival of THE LAST JEDI on the big screen conjures up deep emotional feelings of nostalgia in me that are hard to suppress.

[romeodeltabravo]

As much as I enjoyed The Force Awakens, I could have happily had three Star Wars saga come to a canonical end (EU is a mess) with Return Of The Jedi, a solid close to the original Star Wars trilogy. There's a large sense of finality about it, tying up the vast majority of threads started in the two preceding films, and bringing character arcs to a nice close. Luke Skywalker is a Jedi, Darth Vader finds redemption, Leia and Han resolve their romantic plot, the rebellion finds their ultimate victory in the destruction of the second Death Star and the death of the Emperor, and the last of the old guard of Jedi in Anakin Skywalker, Obi Wan Kenobi and Yoda are able to move on and let the galaxy begin again. It's not without its flaws, ewoks and some really unnecessary CGI additions/alterations in later editions come immediately to mind, but all in all it was a well balanced affair produced and written by George Lucas and directed by Richard Marquand. There's a great optimism in it, carried by another magnificent score from John Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra that could serve as a narrative of its own. Williams is a master of capturing a scene in a score, and this ranks among his best works. Complete score is no longer available on iTunes or Spotify, because Disney think a butchered version cutting over half of the content is a great idea (but then they do love butchering and remaking things to a lower standard as long as no one calls them out on it). Can't believe I'm favouring Fox over the house of mouse, but here we are. Get the full version if you can, worth the hunt. Today started off alright, but quickly went downhill. At least I got a solid cardio session in there. #gym #health #fitness #fit #beard #ink #tattoos #friday #sixforsix #cardio #comewithmeifyouwanttolift #irontherapy #starwars #returnofthejedi #1983 #johnwilliams #georgelucas #richardmarquand #film #soundtrack #londonsymphonyorchestra #symphony #orcherstra #score #scifi #fantasy #spaceopera #nerd #itunes #spotify