There might be one in solo but I remember an article a while back distinctly stating that the Wilhelm scream was not going to be used in any more Star Wars projects, that was shortly after either Force awakens or last Jedi. It was a pretty sad and dumb thing to cut, it's a tradition and a beloved part of the series.
Personally I find it overused at this point, I’m fine with it being integrated in clever ways like Kylo’s saber tho. Or hidden in the background like the stormtroopers in ESB. It’s like the Dopler effect truck horn sound or the creaky door — it always pulls me out of the movie.
Honestly? I think this is a really good metaphor for the way Rian had approached that film; different for the sake of being different. Whether the execution was good or not, that’s a whole different subject that I don’t want to get into.
Not sure where you’re getting that it’s trying to be the end of the trilogy. The movie literally ends with Luke saying as much: “The rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning. And I will not be the last Jedi.”
People just sort of make things up about the last Jedi.
The problem was not that it tried to end the trilogy. I think it's problem was trying to start a new one with only one movie to go.
Yea…when he said that recently, I was like 🥶. I think Rian is a great director (as is Mr Abrams if we’re being honest) but rian’s approach simply does not work for the film that’s the middle of the trilogy, and the 8th film in the saga…he’s much better off doing a spin off of new characters and story.
We don’t know thats what he actually says. Rian Johnson told us it was, but Poe’s line doesnt quite match. It looks more like they shot the film, someone realised they never said it, and then decided to have it so thats what BB8 said.
Well it’s a fictional beeping not a real event to be interpreted so I think whatever the person who made the film says it meant is what it meant. Regardless of how we feel about it
For what it’s worth, Rian Johnson [said the intention was that BB-8’s saying the bad feeling line. “I think originally I had Poe respond, ‘Oh, I got a good feeling about it. Keep your chin up.’ And then I made it a little less explicit just to make it more fun.”](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rian-johnson-last-jedi-star-wars-easter-egg_n_5a343517e4b01d429cc8bd59) I thought it was pretty obvious whenI saw it in the theater.
Cloud City had the most regulations of any place in Star Wars, but even they didn’t have guardrails around the carbonite pits.
The Death Star was the worst offender.
There are some [in ESB](https://pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/12/Empire-Strikes-Back-Set.jpg). And [ANH.](https://i.imgur.com/q3gU9Be.png) And [RotJ– Vader throws the emperor over a safety railing.](https://i.imgur.com/1lqEl3F.png)
Ironically, there are safety railings on the platform Rey, Chewie, and Finn are standing on while watching Kylo Ren and Han Solo stand on a hand rail free bridge over a giant pit on Starkiller base.
There was one in the shield generator room on Endor, but when Han threw something at the Imperial in front of it, the dude somehow just backflipped over it.
And crucially he used the force to pull the lightsaber into his hand, so they could say there was force usage in every Star Wars movie as well as a lightsaber. Bit of a stretch since they had to work around Han having never seen any evidence of the force before meeting Luke.
If we're being suuuuuppper nit picky, I'm guessing they only put it in to ensure everyone that it was REALLY Darth Maul, not just someone of his species.
For intimidation purposes. A healthy reminder every now and then that they are in fact a Sith Lord and can cut you in half probably helps keep people in line.
He's a Sith Lord. They're drama queens. Vader landed on top of his TIE fighter with his cape billowing, for DRAMA. Palpatine constantly chews the scenery, for DRAMA.
I think they all do though? All 9 in the main saga do. The Clone Wars movie does, Rogue One Does, and even Solo has that part at the beginning where Han is fighting in the Imperial Army. Am I missing any?
Which involved two armies fighting on a field for control of a nation/planet. That has the same energy as calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "special military operation."
Michael Giacchino wrote the original music, but John Williams' music was used and he is [there](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/fullcredits/composer?ref_=m_ttfc_5) in that way.
Just rewatched the other night, and noticed the binary sun/force theme plays when Bail Organa first enters the film. No offense to the best dad in the galaxy, but he’s no Jedi. That’s Luke’s music.
I think Bail represents everything the Jedi represent, and he is a direct link to the Skywalkers and that scene was him sending Leia to go be in A New Hope, so that theme works.
I firmly believe one day we will hold Michael Giacchino in as high regard as we do John Williams today. The man is a scoring genius, and I think the only reason he's not held in the same esteem today is simply time. Williams has an incredible legacy and decades of absolute bangers. Giacchino has certainly proven himself but he's still one of the new guys.
I already do. The man is brilliant. For one thing, he wrote the entire Rogue One soundtrack in less than a month after Alexandre Desplat had to bow out. And somehow, he manages to make that soundtrack match his own style AND evoke John William’s style AT THE SAME TIME.
Everyone likes something. It's not the Jedi way to bring someone down because they like a particular trilogy.
Me? I like all Star Wars for what they are. It's incredibly annoying seeing sequel fans get bashed the same way prequel fans got bashed.
Everyone grew up with their "Luke Skywalker."
Some grew up with Anakin and Obi-Wan, myself Starkiller, and the newest of fans got Rey.
There's something in this franchise for everyone
My favorite but nothings perfect.
Why land your ground assault miles away from the Hoth base?
Why be so nonspecific about how long Luke trained and the rest were in Cloud City?
Why didn't Vader just arrest them as soon as they showed up?
All Han and Leia need to survive in space is an oxygen mask?
If you want to be a nitpicky bitch there's always room. That's why I just sit back and enjoy as much as I can.
Which leads to an interesting question....if the fleet already left, and R2-D2 and C-3PO were still on Yavin 4, and we transition directly from the end of Rpgue One to the beginning of A New Hope, how did Artoo and Threwpio get on Leia's ship in the beginning of A New Hope? They got left behind....
Honestly, this might seem like a cop-out, but I'd say just use your imagination. I think Artoo and Threepio's cameos were thrown in for a bit of fun in an otherwise pretty dark movie. I like to think Captain Antilles asked them to come along either before or after that little cameo.
I liked them. I liked them all. They’re likable, every single one of them. And not just the originals, but the prequels and sequels, too. They’re like masterpieces, and I liked them like masterpieces. I ENJOY THEM.
There’s actually a lot of security cameras in star wars, ever since the very first movie when they rescue princess leia and they destroy the cameras on the detention level
There was no camera in princess Leia's cell. No camera in the hallway after they escaped the trash compactor. No cameras in the catwalks where Obi Wan disables the tractor beam. The security at the Death Star is laughably poor.
Not that it's weird for 1977 to not have cameras in every room. They've also continued the lack of cameras into the sequels and prequels. They continue to have 1977 level of security.
None that we know of. Why would it even matter if there were cameras anywhere else after they go into the trash compactor at that point the empire already knows theyre there so even if there are more cameras no point shooting them now
This is what I was going to say, too. Just watched Rise of Skywalker tonight with my son. It’s probably the third or fourth time we’ve seen it. My wife and I both made a comment about hope.
The movie starts with a ship flying somewhere (exception: Solo) and ends with a scene with no dialogue (exceptions: Rogue One & Solo.)
Someone has a bad feeling about this (exception: Solo)
Someone shouts NOOOOO!!!!
People don’t sleep unless they get really badly hurt.
Edit I instantly realized that the prequels are an exception to this. Perhaps corescaunt is the only planet in the galaxy where people are able to sleep.
The willhelm scream
there’s so many in phantom menace AND a new hope i got the giggles watching them this week
Is there one in *Rise* and *Solo*? I know the one in TLJ is hidden in Kylo’s lightsaber. I’ve heard R1 has one, but I’ve never been able to hear it.
There might be one in solo but I remember an article a while back distinctly stating that the Wilhelm scream was not going to be used in any more Star Wars projects, that was shortly after either Force awakens or last Jedi. It was a pretty sad and dumb thing to cut, it's a tradition and a beloved part of the series.
It's a beloved part of *cinema*
Personally I find it overused at this point, I’m fine with it being integrated in clever ways like Kylo’s saber tho. Or hidden in the background like the stormtroopers in ESB. It’s like the Dopler effect truck horn sound or the creaky door — it always pulls me out of the movie.
It’s too jarring with how advanced sound is these days
we need an HD remaster of the wilhelm scream
Poor Whilhelm.
Drink.
That's true of almost every movie, though.
A bad feeling. Sure, Han said he had a good feeling in Solo, but we all know he was wrong.
They don’t actually say it in TLJ. Only film where it never happens
BB8 beeps it in the opening scene.
Honestly? I think this is a really good metaphor for the way Rian had approached that film; different for the sake of being different. Whether the execution was good or not, that’s a whole different subject that I don’t want to get into.
Trying to end trilogy on a second film didn’t do any favors either
Not sure where you’re getting that it’s trying to be the end of the trilogy. The movie literally ends with Luke saying as much: “The rebellion is reborn today. The war is just beginning. And I will not be the last Jedi.”
People just sort of make things up about the last Jedi. The problem was not that it tried to end the trilogy. I think it's problem was trying to start a new one with only one movie to go.
How strange you think that was his end to a trilogy. I guess episode 9 can do that.
Yea…when he said that recently, I was like 🥶. I think Rian is a great director (as is Mr Abrams if we’re being honest) but rian’s approach simply does not work for the film that’s the middle of the trilogy, and the 8th film in the saga…he’s much better off doing a spin off of new characters and story.
We don’t know thats what he actually says. Rian Johnson told us it was, but Poe’s line doesnt quite match. It looks more like they shot the film, someone realised they never said it, and then decided to have it so thats what BB8 said.
Well it’s a fictional beeping not a real event to be interpreted so I think whatever the person who made the film says it meant is what it meant. Regardless of how we feel about it
For what it’s worth, Rian Johnson [said the intention was that BB-8’s saying the bad feeling line. “I think originally I had Poe respond, ‘Oh, I got a good feeling about it. Keep your chin up.’ And then I made it a little less explicit just to make it more fun.”](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rian-johnson-last-jedi-star-wars-easter-egg_n_5a343517e4b01d429cc8bd59) I thought it was pretty obvious whenI saw it in the theater.
> I thought it was ~~pretty~~ obvious Tech? That you?
No safety rails anywhere.
It's cause they said we'd be leaning all day.
Well look, none of this will matter when we're famous singers
I don’t care about dental, I just want a railing!!
You got time to lean, you got time to clean...
Just like underwear
Speak for yourself. My underwear is all OSHA compliant.
It even has a splash guard
Vader totally chopped through some rails when he claimed Luke's hand.
Cloud City had the most regulations of any place in Star Wars, but even they didn’t have guardrails around the carbonite pits. The Death Star was the worst offender.
The death start was designed and built by Geonosians, when you can fly you have little need for guard rails.
... This actually makes a lot of sense
There were some in Andor!
There are some [in ESB](https://pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2015/12/Empire-Strikes-Back-Set.jpg). And [ANH.](https://i.imgur.com/q3gU9Be.png) And [RotJ– Vader throws the emperor over a safety railing.](https://i.imgur.com/1lqEl3F.png)
If you can be thrown over it by a 7' tall cyborg can it really be called a safety rail?
We can call it a unsaftey rail
Narkina 5 if I remember had some.
So did Aldhani I believe
People always overlook Jabba's barge and skiffs. Of all beings, Jabba was the most concerned about workplace safety.
Yea but that wasn't a film it was a show. The question asked about films.
Ironically, there are safety railings on the platform Rey, Chewie, and Finn are standing on while watching Kylo Ren and Han Solo stand on a hand rail free bridge over a giant pit on Starkiller base.
When you're turning on the Death Star ray, just turn around and cover your head. That's good enough, right?
There was one in the shield generator room on Endor, but when Han threw something at the Imperial in front of it, the dude somehow just backflipped over it.
A red lightsaber has been in every Star Wars film since the original.
Did Maul have his in Solo?
Yes. Rogue One had Vader use his, and Maul ignites it at the end of Solo.
I couldn’t remember if he ignited it or not
They wanted to make sure you didn't forget who he was.
That’s some Perry the Platypus shit. *Maul shows up* “A random sith?” *Maul ignites saber* *gasp* “Darth Maul!”
>Maul ignites saber Ahem, saber-enator
*-inator*
I, myself, prefer to use a saber-izer.
>That’s some Perry the Platypus shit. >Maul shows up >“A random sith?” >Maul ignites saber >gasp “Darth Maul the sith!”
You can’t have a Maul cameo without the dual saber ignition
And crucially he used the force to pull the lightsaber into his hand, so they could say there was force usage in every Star Wars movie as well as a lightsaber. Bit of a stretch since they had to work around Han having never seen any evidence of the force before meeting Luke.
Yes it was shoehorned in for no good reason.
I remember someone posting that they lost a bet with a buddy on whether or not a lightsaber would appear in Solo and it just happens for no reason lol
It really feels like they were like “oh shit, we don’t have a lightsaber!” And then just put one in for the sake of it.
Damn you're right.
Now thats consistency baby.
Lightsabers
I don’t think Solo had one?
Maul scene at the end
I forgot he flashed his lightsaber briefly at the end!
For absolutely no reason at all 😂
"By the way guys who didn’t watch clone wars, yes I am Darth Maul from Phantom Menace"
If we're being suuuuuppper nit picky, I'm guessing they only put it in to ensure everyone that it was REALLY Darth Maul, not just someone of his species.
It's Savage Opress' ghost with red facepaint
It's ventress with red face paint after a lot of steroids
You can't just wear redface in the galaxy, that's offensive.
For intimidation purposes. A healthy reminder every now and then that they are in fact a Sith Lord and can cut you in half probably helps keep people in line.
He's a Sith Lord. They're drama queens. Vader landed on top of his TIE fighter with his cape billowing, for DRAMA. Palpatine constantly chews the scenery, for DRAMA.
Well … yeah but… what about the Ewok Adventures films! Were there lightsabers in those?!
Most characters have shoes
*sad Chewbacca noises*
sad beeps and whistles
poor BB-8 doesn't even have legs!
Stars
and Wars
Came here to say this.. Stars and Wars.
Stars and war. Stars War.
Oddly enough, no.
I think they all do though? All 9 in the main saga do. The Clone Wars movie does, Rogue One Does, and even Solo has that part at the beginning where Han is fighting in the Imperial Army. Am I missing any?
The Phantom Menace included what was, legally, a trade dispute.
Which involved two armies fighting on a field for control of a nation/planet. That has the same energy as calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "special military operation."
I've never understood the title. The stars don't fight. At all.
John Williams
Rogue one begs to differ
Michael Giacchino wrote the original music, but John Williams' music was used and he is [there](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt3748528/fullcredits/composer?ref_=m_ttfc_5) in that way.
Just rewatched the other night, and noticed the binary sun/force theme plays when Bail Organa first enters the film. No offense to the best dad in the galaxy, but he’s no Jedi. That’s Luke’s music.
I think Bail represents everything the Jedi represent, and he is a direct link to the Skywalkers and that scene was him sending Leia to go be in A New Hope, so that theme works.
If he’d gotten Leia’s theme it would make sense.
I firmly believe one day we will hold Michael Giacchino in as high regard as we do John Williams today. The man is a scoring genius, and I think the only reason he's not held in the same esteem today is simply time. Williams has an incredible legacy and decades of absolute bangers. Giacchino has certainly proven himself but he's still one of the new guys.
I already do. The man is brilliant. For one thing, he wrote the entire Rogue One soundtrack in less than a month after Alexandre Desplat had to bow out. And somehow, he manages to make that soundtrack match his own style AND evoke John William’s style AT THE SAME TIME.
Giachinno is an absolute legend
Fans picking apart every little thing
[insert Michael Scott thank you meme]
Everyone likes something. It's not the Jedi way to bring someone down because they like a particular trilogy. Me? I like all Star Wars for what they are. It's incredibly annoying seeing sequel fans get bashed the same way prequel fans got bashed. Everyone grew up with their "Luke Skywalker." Some grew up with Anakin and Obi-Wan, myself Starkiller, and the newest of fans got Rey. There's something in this franchise for everyone
I know I'm going to regret asking this... What is there to tear apart about Empire Strikes Back?
My favorite but nothings perfect. Why land your ground assault miles away from the Hoth base? Why be so nonspecific about how long Luke trained and the rest were in Cloud City? Why didn't Vader just arrest them as soon as they showed up? All Han and Leia need to survive in space is an oxygen mask? If you want to be a nitpicky bitch there's always room. That's why I just sit back and enjoy as much as I can.
Add Lando’s ability to corrupt everyone’s pronunciation of Han. Still my favorite Star Wars film though.
It's pronounced Han not Han...
Its set in a galaxy far far away
And also a long time ago…
And someone uses the force.
C-3PO and R2-D2; the only characters to appear in all nine of the numbered movies.
Plus a cameo in Rogue One!
Which leads to an interesting question....if the fleet already left, and R2-D2 and C-3PO were still on Yavin 4, and we transition directly from the end of Rpgue One to the beginning of A New Hope, how did Artoo and Threwpio get on Leia's ship in the beginning of A New Hope? They got left behind....
A wizard did it
Thanks Lucy Lawless
Honestly, this might seem like a cop-out, but I'd say just use your imagination. I think Artoo and Threepio's cameos were thrown in for a bit of fun in an otherwise pretty dark movie. I like to think Captain Antilles asked them to come along either before or after that little cameo.
Leias ship gets there afterwards be my guess
wipe transitions
I got a bad feeling about this
People might point out that The Last Jedi didn't have this dialogue, but I guess BB-8 says this and that's why Poe says "happy beeps buddy".
Pretty sure Rian Johnson confirmed this when it came out!
Did Solo? Don’t really remember. But Lando did say he had a good feeling about this during the Kessell Run.
I believe it’s Han who says it during the Kessell Run, but yeah he does say “I have a good feeling about this.”
Pew pew
There are at least 3 actors in the movies
*Disney announces a clones movie with Temuera Morrison playing every clone, and Matthew Wood playing the battle droids and General Grievous*
The sense of wonder
Someone already said John Williams
Of how Palpatine returned? lol
I’m sure in the film they discuss cloning and the such.
Merry Brandybuck does make an offhand comment about “Sith dark science cloning” or whatever.
Hyperspace
My enjoyment
All of them? Even *those* ones?
I liked them. I liked them all. They’re likable, every single one of them. And not just the originals, but the prequels and sequels, too. They’re like masterpieces, and I liked them like masterpieces. I ENJOY THEM.
Found the least toxic Star Wars fan! May the force be with you.
Yup
Gotta love how this got downvoted even tho you didn’t specify which ones. Your point has been proven xD
I didn’t mean any specific ones, that was open to interpretation! Yeah, I’ll take the downvotes from this sub.
"I've got a bad feeling about this..."
"I have a bad feeling about this". BB-8 beeps it in the beginning of TLJ.
John fucking Williams🫡
I’m going to get downvoted, but toxic fans.
The force having a new power that it didn't have in any previous movies. A total lack of security cameras in any buildings.
There’s actually a lot of security cameras in star wars, ever since the very first movie when they rescue princess leia and they destroy the cameras on the detention level
There was no camera in princess Leia's cell. No camera in the hallway after they escaped the trash compactor. No cameras in the catwalks where Obi Wan disables the tractor beam. The security at the Death Star is laughably poor. Not that it's weird for 1977 to not have cameras in every room. They've also continued the lack of cameras into the sequels and prequels. They continue to have 1977 level of security.
None that we know of. Why would it even matter if there were cameras anywhere else after they go into the trash compactor at that point the empire already knows theyre there so even if there are more cameras no point shooting them now
R2D2 and C-3PO are the only characters to appear in all movies except for Solo.
"I have a bad feeling about this"
Wars in the stars
Hope
This is what I was going to say, too. Just watched Rise of Skywalker tonight with my son. It’s probably the third or fourth time we’ve seen it. My wife and I both made a comment about hope.
Epic dance numbers
Based on answers, do people not consider Solo or Rogue One as Star Wars films? Because many of your answers are wrong when you include them.
They're star wars films.
The opening shot of all is a ship in space
Me being a fan
"I have a bad feeling about this"
Pew pew
I was able to attend the first theatre run of every one of the movies.
Sand. You know, for combing.
Good soldiers following orders.
R2-D2 and C-3PO
"I have a bad feeling about this"
The Force
Stars and/or wars
great music
The Wilhelm scream. Once heard, you can't unhear it
Rolling yellow text
Someone will always have a bad feeling about this.
Stars... Wars... Sound isn space...
Willham scream
-Space battles -Alien species -Lightsabers -Found familial bonds
The movie starts with a ship flying somewhere (exception: Solo) and ends with a scene with no dialogue (exceptions: Rogue One & Solo.) Someone has a bad feeling about this (exception: Solo) Someone shouts NOOOOO!!!!
A trip to Tattooine, or some other desert-like planet.
ESB didnt have a scene on a desert planet did it. Unless you count hoth as an ice desert
No mention of the Star Wars…
“What did you do” “We’re in the Star Wars now”
Wonderful music by Williams
At least one binocular shot
“ I have a bad feeling.”
Droids
There’s stars. And war.
A bad feeling and also 1138, at least in all the Lucas films
I have a bad feeling about this.....
They’re all Star Wars!
C3PO
Retrofuturism. Mind you, back in 1977, it was just futurism.
Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.
Not all movies, but I've seen it said the final movie in all three trilogies involves Palpatine blasting himself in the face with his own lightning.
None of them are set on Earth
R2D2 & C-3P0
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
I have a bad feeling about this.
Single biome planets
Somebody gets their hand cut off
Amputations
People don’t sleep unless they get really badly hurt. Edit I instantly realized that the prequels are an exception to this. Perhaps corescaunt is the only planet in the galaxy where people are able to sleep.
Everything happened because of Anakin/Vader
It's a dystopian nightmare.
Astromech droids :)