#and Shirtless Harrison Ford is on screen

[marriedtobigfoot]

Robin is positive that Steve isn't straight. At first, she thought she was projecting. Maybe she just wanted to share another aspect of herself with her best friend, but no. She's very confident now. The way Steve acts sometimes makes it so obvious. He's listened to her talk about how scary it is, being a lesbian in a town like Hawkins, and he talks to her about it like he undertands, even if he doesn't realize it. She roped him into watching a movie with a gay couple in it, and Steve's eyes lit up seeing two men kiss on screen. He once cracked a joke about going on a date with a guy that sounded far too sincere to be a joke. She knows, deep in the depths of her very soul, that Steve is a little bit queer.

And she could prove it if she could just figure out what his type is

She's been doing research, real genuine research into what male celebrities are considered hot. Finding movies with said supposedly hot men and making Steve watch them with her. But there's nothing! No reaction, not even the slightest blush when Harrison Ford was sweaty and shirtless right before his eyes. It isn't until she gets him to watch Rocky Horror that she finally catches something. Tim Curry in all his fishnet-clad glory brings a flush to Steve's cheeks. One that gets even worse when the character dons a leather jacket halfway through. It isn't much, but it's enough.

She mentally tallys everything about Tim Curry in that movie. Dark eyes, curls, makeup, tights, and especially the leather. She tries not to get her hopes up too high, knows that Tim Curry was wearing feminine clothes and makeup in the movie, so maybe Steve was just thrown off and confused, but it's a start at least. She makes a new list of movies, and pays close attention to his reactions.

The real breakthroughs come with The Lost Boys and The Breakfast Club. Lost Boys had been planned, one of her choices designed to illicit a response from Steve. Lots of pretty boys, some with dark curly hair, some with big dark eyes, and quite a few wearing leather jackets. Steve had been interested, that was for sure, a lot more than he had in the other movies she'd shown him. The Breakfast Club was a surprise. It had been one of Steve's picks, and Robin hadn't even been paying close attention. But it was impossible to miss the way Steve's eyes shot to the screen every time John Bender was speaking.

So, Robin has an answer. Steve Harrington liked bad boys. Men with dark hair and dark eyes, clad in leather with attitude for miles. Not what she had been expecting, but she's delighted, to say the least.

The delight only grows when Eddie Munson comes into their lives, and she gets a front row seat to Steve Harrington's Big Gay Meltdown. Eddie ticks off all Steve's boxes. Dark curly hair, big brown doe eyes, leather and denim from head to toe, and he has the attitude. But he checks off other boxes too, ones Robin hadn't even realized existed. He checks off the 'great big nerd' box. Because when she thinks about it, yes. Steve surrounds himself with exclusively nerds. He checks off the 'good with kids' box effortlessly, to the point that Robin almost screams when she hears Steve telling Nancy about his six kids and a winnebago dream, because Eddie basically already has part-time custody of Steve's weird gaggle of gremlin children. He tickes off the 'queer as fuck' box too, if Robin's judgement is any good, and she was pretty sure it was. The bandana in his pocket seems like a pretty good sign, if the zines she had smuggled on a family trip to Indy were to be trusted.

Eddie Munson is perfect for Steve, in every way possible, Robin is sure of it. So needless to say, shes thrilled when Steve finally, FINALLY pulls her into the crappy little bathroom at Family Video and asks her how she realized she was gay. This is going to be the start of a beautiful little journey for them both, Robin is going to welcome it with open arms.

Part 2

#steddie #steve harrington #stranger things #eddie munson #stranger things 4 #Robin Buckley #Platonic Stobin #Robin is already wingmanning steve before he even realizes he likes men #And she certainly doesnt miss the way Eddie blushes when they watch Indiana Jones as a group #and Shirtless Harrison Ford is on screen #ficlet #steddie ficlet

[msclaritea]

As Harrison Ford and Stallone Age, Where Are Their Replacements? – Variety

May 21, 2023 7:00am PT

‘We Used to Treat Movie Stars Like Gods’: Hollywood Grapples With Loss of Young Star Power

By Brent Lang, Tatiana Siegel

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 18: Harrison Ford attends the "Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny" red carpet during the 76th annual Cannes film festival at Palais des Festivals on May 18, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)

The hottest package at this year’s Cannes Film Festival stars a 76-year old action star and is a reboot of a movie that first dazzled moviegoers in 1993. That’s a time, in case you forgot, before TikTok or smartphones, Facebook or Amazon, or any number of technological changes that have reshaped our world and the movie business along with them.

And yet, “Cliffhanger,” with Sylvester Stallone bravely summiting the mountain again, is seen as one of the most commercial scripts out there for buyers hoping to make an adventure film that can traverse borders and bring crowds. With a nod to the younger audiences who will be needed to turn up if the movie is going to replicate the original’s blockbuster status, the producers teased that casting is currently underway for a (presumably younger?) actor to share the screen with Sly. But who will that be?

“Over the last 10 years, we’ve done a really shitty job of creating a new generation of movie stars,” groused one sales agent.

And a look at some of the projects on offer or premiering at Cannes seems to bolster that argument. There’s “Breakout,” an action-thriller featuring 75-year old Arnold Schwarzenegger that will be directed by “Expendables 4” filmmaker Scott Waugh; “Lords of War” with 59-year old Nicolas Cage returning to a role as an amoral arms dealer that he first played nearly two decades ago; “That’s Amore,” a rom-com with a 69-year old John Travolta; and “The Rivals of Amziah King,” a crime story featuring a 53-year old Matthew McConaughey. In most cases, these actors have been famous, globally so, since the 1970s or ’80s (McConaughey, a relatively newbie, had to wait until 1996’s “A Time to Kill” to make his mark).

On Thursday night, the increasingly geriatric nature of the star system was on full display at the Cannes Film Festival as an 80-year old Harrison Ford walked the red carpet for the premiere of “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny,” for which he donned the fedora he first wore in 1981’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and is still well-preserved enough to unabashedly doff his top (“I’ve been blessed with this body,” he said sheepishly when asked about his shirtless scene at a press conference). Ford does get an assist from some of those technological breakthroughs, appearing 35 years younger in key scenes thanks to the magic of de-aging CGI...."

Wow! First off, they forgot about Tom Cruise, Mr. Deepfake, who's over 60. I don't think this is so much they've neglected to make new stars, it's that that lane is being choked by some of the very actors mentioned, who want to stay in the limelight but don't really make big box offices. They're just known. THEN there are powerful, male led groups pushing ONLY actors that appeal to them, not really audiences and especially not female audiences. THEN, there's the talented actors we all know now are being blocked from big budget pictures by the former group mentioned. Honestly, I think the groups running Hollywood actually DON'T want movie stars anymore because then they can mistreat and abuse everybody, equally.

Shout-out to whomever wrote this crap Variety article, with a whole two digs at Marvel, as though it were the real problem. I'm glad Johnny Depp cussed your asses out at Cannes.

#Go WGA

[yessadirichards]

'I love being older', says Harrison Ford as he retires Indiana Jones

CANNES

Artificial intelligence may have been used to make Harrison Ford decades younger in parts of his final film as Indiana Jones, but the 80-year-old actor said Friday he loves being older and has no plans to slow down.

Ford, whose "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" premiered in Cannes the previous night, has vowed this will be his last outing as the swashbuckling archaeologist after more than four decades in the role.

And Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm which also owns the Star Wars franchise, gave a resounding "no" at a press conference when asked if AI would be used to keep Ford coming back to the role.

An emotional Ford welled up several times while reflecting on his long career and co-stars, and said he was "real happy with age".

"I don't look back and say, 'I wish I was that guy again,' because I don't. I love being older, it was great to be young but, I could be dead, I'm just older," he said.

And he has no plans to slow down, confirming he would do another season of both western drama "1923" and comedy "Shrinking".

Ford was complimented by a reporter on his physique in a shirtless scene near the start of the movie.

"I have been blessed with this body -- thanks for noticing," he said to laughter from the press crowd.

But asked why it was time to let Indy go, Ford gestured towards himself and said with his ever-present dry wit: "Urr, is it not evident?"

He first swung onto screens as the quick-witted and intrepid archaeologist with his trademark fedora and whip in 1981's "Raiders of the Lost Ark", followed by three blockbuster sequels.

Ford also got emotional while receiving a surprise honorary Palme d'Or ahead of the premiere of the fifth installment.

He is joined in the new adventure by Phoebe Waller-Bridge as his witty and more sprightly sidekick, with Mads Mikkelsen as a villainous Nazi scientist.

The movie sees him fighting Nazis from Manhattan to Sicily, but critics have given the film mixed reviews.

Some were nostalgically transported by the logic-defying scenes and rousing theme song, with The Guardian newspaper calling it wildly silly and entertaining".

Empire also enjoyed the ride, saying it remained true to its "fantasy" leanings, but that the "barmy finale... might divide audiences".

The Hollywood Reporter was less impressed with the "rinse-and-repeat formula of chases and gunfights" and "how glaringly fake so much of it looks".

Elsewhere at the world's leading film industry shindig, three of the 21 movies in the running for the top prize Palme D'Or were premiering on a rain-drenched Friday on the French Riviera.

British director Jonathan Glazer was set to present his much-awaited "The Zone of Interest" about the banal private life of a Nazi officer alongside the horrors of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Also showing are "About Dry Grasses" by former Turkey's Palme-winner Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and "Four Daughters" from Oscar-nominated Tunisian Kaouther Ben Hania.

A brief moment of drama saw police cordon off a wide area around the festival's red carpet to probe a suspicious package, which turned out to be a bag lost by a tourist.

#yessadirichards

[desdealgunlugardelsur]

Harrison Ford: 2020 summary

A year like no other, as you must have heard countless times. The pandemic changed almost everybody´s life on this planet and Harrison wasn´t an exception. Our lil´ bean is strong and healthy but also has to be safe at home, so this year didn´t deliver many news about Harrison. Still, we had a new Harrison movie, The Call of the Wild, released in February, and a few other events before the lockdown. 2020 was also marked by the death of 3 former Harrison´s costars: Chadwick Boseman, Sean Connery and David Prowse. May all of them rest on peace on Heaven.

A new year begins, and we all wish Harrison (and everyone by the way) a productive, happy and healthy 2021. Stay safe!

JANUARY

Early January:  Harrison Ford enjoying his holidays in the caribbean island of Bonaire

25th: Harrison Ford with singer Carole Bayer Sager in a dinner in support of US Democratic candidate Michael Bloomberg

28th: The Call of the Wild “Adventure Companions” Featurette.  Harrison Ford talks about dogs and companionship in The Call of the Wild’s “Adventure Companions” featurette.

28th: not sure where these pics were taken. Probably in Wyoming?  (pics from Rich Elali)

FEBRUARY

3rd: Verizon Super Bowl Ad Features Harrison Ford And New Pearl Jam Song

Kathleen Kennedy Says Harrison Ford Is Still On For ‘Indiana Jones 5’

Early-mid February: the national and international promotion  of The Call of the Wild  begins

5th: In Mexico City:

Harrison Ford: America Has Lost Its Moral Leadership And Credibility:  The “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones” star calls out U.S. policy on immigration and climate.

11th: On the Jimmy Kimmel Show:

More here 

13th: Harrison Ford, actor and watch designer.  Newly adapted from Jack London’s literary classic, “The Call of the Wild” transports us to the snowy expanses of Alaska in the 1890s, with Harrison Ford as prospector John Thornton. The actor talks about climate activism, technology and why mechanical watches beat smartwatches every time.

14th: Indiana Jones 5 Starts Shooting In Two Months Says Harrison Ford :  The long delayed fifth Indiana Jones film is finally about to get underway, as Harrison Ford reveals that he will begin shooting in two months. (that was what they were planning before COVID-19 hit the world...)

14th: Harrison Ford: Indiana Jones 5 Will “See Part of His History Resolved”

17th: “A Force ghost? I don’t know what a Force ghost is…I have no idea what a Force ghost is. And I don’t care!“. Legend.

21st: The Call of the Wild is released in cinemas

At the movie premiere in Los Angeles:

BRING ON THE PUPPIES:

More videos:

Call of the Wild Survival Tips!

SNACK??? (Kudos to that girl)

Find epic stories at your library! 

More news:

Of Course Harrison Ford Did His Own Call Of The Wild Stunts And 'Wore Out' The Stunt Team

Harrison Ford's shirtless chest is that buff (at 77) for his 'Call of the Wild' swim scene

26th: Steven Spielberg Won’t Direct ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ James Mangold in Talks to Replace  

27th: Harrison Ford Breaks Down His Career, from 'Star Wars' to 'Indiana Jones'  (Vanity Fair)

Late February: Harrison Ford visits Google´s offices in San Francisco to test the company´s self-driving car. [x] [x] [x] [x]

MARCH

14th:  Harrison spotted in South Hadley, Massachusetts [x].  Apparently Harrison and Calista went to Massachusetts to pick up their son Liam after college shut down due to the coronavirus pandemic.

MARCH

MARCH

MARCH

MARCH

...

APRIL

3rd: Disney delay multiple release dates including Jungle Cruise, The French Dispatch, and Indiana Jones 5  

(…) Another big reveal is that Indiana Jones 5 – which will reportedly be directed by James Mangold – is being pushed back a year, from July 9, 2021 to July 29, 2022.

29th: Harrison Ford under FAA investigation after making a mistake while operating an airplane on the runway

According to the audio obtained by TMZ, Ford, 77, did not follow the direction of a tower operator to “keep short” on the runway because of “traffic”. It seems that the actor did not hear the direction. He nevertheless started to cross the runway, which prompted the operator to reprimand him for not following his instructions.

“Cross this trail now!” I told you to keep it short! You have to listen, “said the operator.

“Excuse me, sir, I thought exactly the opposite. I’m really sorry, ”said Ford immediately.

TMZ said there was no risk of an accident. The other aircraft was allegedly 3600 feet from Ford’s aircraft.

MAY

6th: Lucasfilm Reportedly Wants Harrison Ford To Return For Han And Chewie Star Wars Spinoff (Note: this hasn´t been officially confirmed by Lucasfilm)

15th: No news but I think this is cute: 

From twitter.com/siikasele

21st: The Empire Strikes Back 40th anniversary. 40 years ago, TESB was released on theaters the 21st of May of 1980.

27th: James Mangold Confirmed To Direct Indiana Jones 5.  Producer Frank Marshall confirms James Mangold is directing Indiana Jones 5 and says he's only just begun to work on his own script for the movie.

28th: James Mangold plans to take Indiana Jones franchise 'someplace new'. 

Indiana Jones Writer on How Pandemic Will Affect Film's Script

JUNE

Nothing happens but look at this

You are welcome.

JULY

13th: Happy birthday king!

AUGUST

23rd:  Harrison Ford dropping off his son Liam at College with wife Calista Flockhart via private plane (from tinyrebelstuff)

28th: Chadwick Boseman dies of cancer at the age of 43

Harrison Ford Calls Chadwick Boseman "As Much a Hero as Any He Played" 

“Chadwick Boseman was as compelling, powerful and truthful as the characters he chose to play,” Ford said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “His intelligence, personal dignity and deep commitment inspired his colleagues and elevated the stories he told. He is as much a hero as any he played. He is loved and will be deeply missed.”

SEPTEMBER

24th: Harrison Ford Cleared by FAA in Runway Investigation. "The FAA has closed the case involving the pilot who crossed a Hawthorne Municipal Airport runway without authorization on April 24, 2020. The FAA required the pilot to take a remedial runway incursion training course. When the pilot successfully completed the course, the FAA closed the case with no additional action," the FAA said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter.

OCTOBER

19th: Harrison Ford & Ed Helms To Star In STX Seafaring Comedy ‘Adventures Of Burt Squire’ 

22nd: Actor and Pilot Harrison Ford Becomes Airlink Spokesperson. Video here

31st: Sean Connery dies at 90.

Sean Connery: Harrison Ford pays tribute to his Indiana Jones father and 'dear friend'

"He was my father... not in life... but in Indy 3," he said.

"You don't know pleasure until someone pays you to take Sean Connery for a ride in the sidecar of a Russian motorcycle bouncing along a bumpy, twisty mountain trail and getting to watch him squirm.

"God, we had fun - if he's in heaven, I hope they have golf courses.

"Rest in peace, dear friend."

NOVEMBER

2nd: Harrison Ford And Lincoln Project Back Anthony Fauci, Advocate Firing Donald Trump  

In the waning hours of the 2020 presidential election, the Lincoln Project has enlisted Harrison Ford to narrate a new ad that plays up President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he will fire Dr. Anthony Fauci.

The spot features a scene from a Trump rally on Sunday in which supporters began chanting “Fire Fauci! Fire Fauci!” and the president responded, “Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait til a little bit after the election.”

Ford then says, “Tomorrow, you can fire only one of them. The choice is yours.”

3rd: Harrison Ford and Bloomberg on Biden 2020

7th: Destiel becomes canon. Harrison doesn´t give a single fuck.

Also Joe Biden wins the US elections. Trump is defeated. Harrison, we know you hate Donald Trump. Congratulations.

21st: Harrison Ford back in Boston, Massachusetts, to pick up his son Liam for Thanksgiving Day.

28th: David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original trilogy, dies at the age of 85. Sorry, I didn´t find any words from Harrison on his memory... it seems they weren´t so close. Also, Jeremy Bulloch, the original Boba Fett, dies at 75 the 17th of december.

DECEMBER

10th: Indiana Jones: James Mangold, Harrison Ford Team to Close Out the Character  

Harrison Ford and James Mangold's Indiana Jones 5 will serve as the final chapter for the iconic character.

Disney changed the Indiana Jones logotype. I have a bad feeling about this.

15th: Rare, behind-the-scenes look at 'The Empire Strikes Back'

Including this jewel:

Gif from the @theorganasolo​

31st: And just at the very last day of this weird and strange year...

Disney Reportedly Wants Harrison Ford For Indiana Jones Streaming Show 

Thankfully, then, it seems that the fifth (Indiana Jones) outing may not be the last we see of the actor in the role, as insider Daniel Richtman claims that Disney wants Ford to appear in a series that’s being developed for their streaming service. Further details are unclear and the tipster doesn’t say if it’s an all-new show or a reboot of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, but as one of the Mouse House’s most valuable assets, it wouldn’t be a surprise if they wanted to continue mining the property once Indiana Jones 5 wraps up the big screen stories for good. 

Thanks everyone! Hopefully in 2021 the pandemic will fade and the world will return to normalcy. Luckily the production of Indiana Jones V will start this spring, as well as other Harrison projects such the tv show The Staircase and the movie starring with Ed Elms. Fingers crossed for a year full of (good) news about Harrison. Have a happy and safe 2021.

#harrison ford #2020 #indiana jones #star wars #lucasfilm #the call of the wild #chris sanders #dan stevens #omar sy #karen gillian #carole bayer sanger #michael bloomberg #pearl jam #kathleen kennedy #jimmy kimmel #mark hamill #carrie fisher #jack london #donald trump #joe biden #2020 US presidential elections #TESB #chadwick boseman #sean connery #david prowse #jeremy bulloch #ed elms #steven spielberg #james mangold #waymo

[redrascal1]

I have to say this...but I really think John Boyega AND Daisy Ridley got carried away with their own importance in TROS.

Apparently Abrams told them prior to TFA that they were going to be the ‘stars’ of the ST. Which is fine. They both played likeable characters, and gave good performances.

But unfortunately...they were outshone by Adam Driver.

This is not their fault. But where the rest of the cast were good, Adam was outstanding. The same thing happened in the OT with Harrison Ford, whose later career eclipsed that of Mark and Carrie (although Carrie had a lot of problems with drugs and mental health).

But despite this....the OT never shoved Harrison into the background the way they did with Adam in TROS.

Harrison - quite rightly - pointed out that Han Solo’s character arc had come to an end by TROS. But did they proceed to cut his screen time, or kill him off, despite Harrison wanting this?

Nope. Han Solo had plenty of screen time and a happy ending.

Then we have Lando.

Billy was introduced in episode 2. But he played a major part in ROTJ. Unlike Kelly Tran, who had just one line.

Abrams pushed Rey to such an extent in TROS every other actor was cheated. Finn and Poe were there simply to support her. Rose practically disappeared. And Kylo - BEN SOLO - the last of the heroes’ bloodline....was sacrificed to push this usurper.

And did it do Rey any favours as a character? No. It just made her tedious and irritating. Did it do Daisy any favours? No. The character came across as so one note and perfect it never challenged her as an actor.

Post TROS, John Boyega had a good rant on twitter, ending with his odious ‘lay the pipe’ comment...but frankly, Finn was NEVER going to ‘lay his pipe’ in Rey’s garden....she ‘didn’t need a boyfriend’. Ridley’s own words.

Ridley also made those comments regarding ‘no romance’ and ‘no more shirtless scenes’  in TROS. 

She seems to me, to have gone from a likeable and engaging young actress into someone who fell in love with the idea of SuperRey, who needs no one, and nothing. In short, some kind of weird Force goddess.

And what is supremely ironic...is neither Boyega or Ridley have got much work post TROS. Unlike Adam, whose career is truly taking off and earned him two Oscar nominations. Unlike Domhnall, who is popping up more and more on screen. And even unlike Oscar, who has signed on to play Moon Knight and now has a major part in Dune under his belt.

At the end of the day it doesn’t matter how much a director pushes an actor...what counts is charisma, wit....and most of all talent. Which is why despite being cruelly shoved aside for Ridley, Driver is the breakout star of the ST. 

The last Palpatine was outshone by the last Skywalker. As it should be.

[clemsfilmdiary]

The Worst of June 2020

Worst Film: The Fluffer

           Runners Up: Moonwalker, Turner & Hooch

Most Problematic Film: Léon: The Professional (pedophilia, sexualization of 12-year-old Natalie Portman)

          Runners Up: Dredd (police brutality, black villain), Gone with the Wind (confederate nostalgia, whitewashing of slavery), Witness (police brutality, racial profiling)

Worst Performance: Andrew Stevens in 10 to Midnight

           Runners Up: Clint Eastwood in In the Line of Fire, Harrison Ford in Witness, Tom Hanks in Turner & Hooch, Heather Langenkamp in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow and Janine Turner in Cliffhanger, Lisa Wilcox in A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child

Most Overrated Film: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

           Runners Up: Funny Face, A Single Man, Da 5 Bloods, Edward II, The Godfather: Part II, My Beautiful Laundrette, Two for the Road

Most Overrated Performance: Harrison Ford in Witness

           Runners Up: Audrey Hepburn in Two for the Road, Al Pacino in The Godfather: Part II

Worst Screen Couple: Fred Astaire and Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face

           Runner Up: Tom Hanks and Mare Winningham in Turner & Hooch

Most Unsightly Screen Presence: Andrew Tiernan in Edward II

Most Loathsome Screen Presence: Jasper Newell in We Need to Talk About Kevin

           Runners Up: Charles Bronson in 10 to Midnight, Patricia Clarkson in Dogville, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen in Borgman, Karina Fernandez in Another Year, Albert Finney and Audrey Hepburn in Two for the Road, Ezra Miller in We Need to Talk About Kevin, Robert Mitchum in One Shoe Makes It Murder, Natalie Portman and Jean Reno in Léon: The Professional, Mélanie Thierry in Da 5 Bloods, Andrew Tiernan in Edward II

Most Obnoxious Score: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Bryce Dessner)

           Runners Up: Da 5 Bloods (Terence Blanchard), A Single Man (Abel Korzeniowski)

Assorted Displeasures:

- Grotesque claymation, demonic robot transformation sequence in Moonwalker

- Air of vapid 60s nostalgia and fashion snobbery in A Single Man

- Anti-porn lesbians, garish post-stonewall expressions of pride in After Stonewall

- Tom Hanks' gratuitous shirtless and underwear scenes in Turner & Hooch

#list #worst of the month

[ultralifehackerguru-blog]

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The 21 biggest questions we have after seeing 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi'

Warning: There are spoilers ahead. Do not read on if you have not seen “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.”

“Star Wars: The Last Jedi” is finally in theaters and fans are having a lot of different feelings about it.

Maybe you loved it. Maybe you’re mad at the number of unresolved answers provided from 2015’s “The Force Awakens.” (We want to know who Snoke is, too!) Maybe you’re just wondering what some of those weird scenes were about. The more you think about “The Last Jedi,” the less some of it starts to make sense.

Whatever you’re feeling about “TLJ,” we hear you. Let’s wade through this together.

Keep reading to see the biggest questions we have after the movie.

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1. Who is Rey?

No, really. Who are you?

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Let’s start off with an easy one.

Yes, we know Kylo Ren gave us some sort of answer. He said Rey is no one, a nobody from Jakku with nobody parents who sold her for money. Could Ben Solo have been lying? Rey seems way too advanced without proper training in the Force to not have some Jedi lineage.

If that really was the big reveal, boy was it a letdown.

You can read more on Rey’s reveal and what we know (or don’t know) about her here.

2. So, who was Snoke?

Does it even matter who this guy is at this point?

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Another letdown. “The Force Awakens” built up this mysterious villain, spawning two years worth of theories on his identity, only to kill him off without giving us any backstory whatsoever on him.

Sorry, gang. Your theories didn’t matter. And that’s a plot point which is most likely going to fracture the fandom — annoying those who invested so much time in something that had absolutely zero payoff.

If you decided to pick up any of Disney’s tie-in novelizations you got a little more of a peek into Snoke (but not really). You can read more on the character here.

3. Is Luke dead?

Luke just peaced on this entire franchise. Deuces.

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In short, yes. Luke finally made peace with his demons and found some sort of resolve with his nephew. Now, he’s one with the Force. Maybe we’ll see him return as a Force Ghost like Yoda.

And if you’re not convinced, director Rian Johnson confirmed as much during a post-screening Q&A.

“I had huge hesitance,” said Johnson. “I was terrified. It was a growing sense of dread when I realized this was going to make sense in that chapter.”

4. But is Luke going to appear in another “Star Wars” movie?

Who knows at this point?

Disney/Lucasfilm

Maybe with Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher out of the picture, Hamill decided it was his time to move on, too.

At the film’s post-screening Q&A, Hamill seemed hopeful he could return.

“I’m just still holding on to the line, ‘See you around, kid.’ I can be in Episode Nine!” Hamill said. “I might consider catering the film just so I can hang out.”

You can read more about Skywalker’s departure from “The Last Jedi” here.

5. Will R2-D2 stay awake or will he go back into his droid hibernation?

R2 has seen some stuff.

Disney/Lucasfilm

We know R2 was deep in droid sleep because he was sad his master Luke went into exile.

Though he woke up at the end of “The Force Awakens” when Luke’s location was found and was overjoyed to reunite with him in “The Last Jedi,” what will he do now that Luke is gone? Will R2 go back into a deep slumber or will he go back to hanging out with his best bud, C-3P0?

6. Is Carrie Fisher going to be in the next “Star Wars” movie?

It seems weird that Princess Leia is still alive at the movie’s end.

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One of the most surprising reveals of “The Last Jedi” is that Princess Leia made it through the movie alive. Does that mean we’ll see her in “Episode IX”?

Disney CEO Bob Iger has said the company would not use CG to bring Fisher’s character to life.

7. What was that entire scene with Leia floating in space?

I’m sorry, but it felt like Disney was toying with our emotions a bit on this one.

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Perhaps the most mind-boggling scene in “The Last Jedi” — and there are several — is one that occurs early in the movie. It looks like Princess Leia is going to be killed off, but then the rug gets pulled up from under us.

The camera comes back to Leia floating in space and she slowly wakes up and gets herself to safety.

What gives? Can people all of a sudden breathe in space? What sort of Force powers does Leia have where she can wake up (in space) and fly through the air like Peter Pan to safety?

We’re just going to sit tight and wait for answers right now.

7. Why is there a Force-sensitive kid on Canto Bight?

You can be a Jedi and you can be a Jedi. Everyone can be a Jedi!

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Perhaps the strangest (and most unnecessary) reveal was that one of the kids in the casino city Finn visited is Force-sensitive. That revelation leads to a lot of questions.

Is that child related to a famous Force user? Are there more Force-sensitive kids on Canto Bight? Is the casino city a dumping ground for potential Force-sensitive kids or can anyone be Force-sensitive now?

In the larger scope of “Star Wars” lore, is this how we’re explaining Rey’s mysterious Force powers?

10. How does Rey know how to swim?

Shouldn’t she have drowned?

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Rey falls into a body of water on Ahch-To and masterfully makes her way to shore without a problem.

This girl has only ever lived on a desert planet her entire life. When did she learn to swim?

10. How does Ben and Rey’s Force talk work?

It’s like they were Skyping.

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We know Snoke was responsible for connecting them together, but they were still able to speak to each other after the Supreme Leader was killed.

And how were they able to see each other while connecting? It’s never seemed to be that way in the past (that we know of). Luke and Leia and Luke and his father would communicate, but it only ever appeared that they heard each other.

Is Disney just making its own Force rules now?

11. If Snoke was linking Ben’s and Rey’s minds why did he connect them together when Ben was shirtless?

We appreciate shirtless Adam Driver, but that was weird.

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Did Snoke think seeing Ben shirtless was going to get Rey to come running to their ship? That’s a bit invasive.

12. What was up with that trippy mirror scene?

Was Rey looking into the Mirror of Erised? This felt like something out of “Harry Potter.”

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Rey didn’t get any answers about her parents from this magical Force cave in “The Last Jedi.” For whatever reason, she didn’t bother asking Luke about the mirror cave when he may have been the one person who knew what it was.

12. Why was Yoda the only Force ghost in this movie?

Is everyone else on vacation because we were hoping to be reunited with Obi-Wan.

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Where’s his Force ghost dad or his old pal Obi-Wan Kenobi? We know Ewan McGregor wants in on some more “Star Wars” movies.

13. Why don’t all Stormtroopers have chrome suits?

It seems like it would be cost effective in the long run.

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There’s a scene where Rose tries to shoot Captain Phasma late in the film and blaster fire bounces off of Phasma’s chrome armor.

If blaster beams bounce off of chrome armor, shouldn’t all Stormtroopers get with the times and wear chrome armor? Is it too expensive? Just leave Phasma with that awesome cape to stand out.

15. Why didn’t any allies respond to Leia’s cry for help near the end of the movie?

Leia told the Resistance to use her code specifically when they reached out to allies on Crait.

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Is everyone else dead who aligns with Leia or is there no hope left in the galaxy?

16. Is Rey going to have a double-bladed lightsaber in the next film?

Imagine this as a lightsaber.

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Rey and Kylo Ren snapped Luke’s original lightsaber in half near the film’s end. Rey sat with the broken lightsaber next to Leia at the film’s end.

We’re hoping the kyber crystal from the weapon can be used to build her a new weapon and one that would resemble the staff she’s used to wielding.

17. Do the Jedi matter anymore?

This is a real question.

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We seem to get some differing opinions on this matter from Luke Skywalker and Yoda. It’s a bit confusing and a bit frustrating.

Most of the movie, Luke preaches that the Jedi need to end.

I get it. Luke makes some good points about the Jedi giving rise to Darth Vader and Darth Sidious. They’re not perfect. The perfect balance of the Force would be something in between a Jedi and Sith, a true balance of light and dark which Luke never suggests.

Here are a few things he says about the terrible Jedi:

“I’ll teach you the ways of the Jedi, and why they need to end.”

“To say if the Jedi die that the Force dies is vanity.”

“The legacy of the Jedi is failure.”

When Rey leaves him to find Kylo Ren, Luke goes to burn down a sacred Jedi tree. He pauses, but then Force ghost Yoda shows up to finish the job. The two sit around laughing and smiling as they watch the tree go up in flames and decide that the Jedi are over.

A few scenes later, Luke meets up Kylo Ren (in hologram form, but whatever) and tells him that the Jedi will not end with him. There’s another. The scene cuts over to Rey.

What? You just said the Jedi were done Luke. Which is it?

18. Will “Episode IX” take place in the future?

“Episode VIII” doesn’t exactly leave you excited to see the next chapter right away.

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Actually, what will “Episode IX” even be about? “The Last Jedi” sits nicely on its own as a standalone movie.

I guess the Resistance still has to take down Kylo Ren and whatever is left of the First Order, but what’s the real end game here? Are they trying to bring down Kylo Ren or turn him to the light side? Leia seemed to give up all hope on her son by the end of “The Last Jedi.”

The fact that Leia Organa is still alive at the end of the movie also makes it difficult to believe the film won’t have some sort of time jump. Disney has said it won’t CG her into future movies. Otherwise, the character would need to be awkwardly written out.

19. How did Rey get on the Millennium Falcon near the movie’s end?

Great to see you Rey, but when did you get on that ship?

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After Rey leaves Kylo Ren, General Hux says that she took Snoke’s escape ship. When we next see Rey, she’s aboard the Millennium Falcon on Crait. Rey had to have stopped somewhere in between to ditch Snoke’s ship and get on the Falcon. For all we know, Snoke’s ship is just floating out in space.

20. Does Rey have the sacred Jedi order texts?

You may have missed this moment.

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We thought we spied them tucked aboard the Millennium Falcon in a drawer, but we’re not 100% sure. (Others have told us they spotted them, too.)

Luke never made it into the Jedi tree to get them out. Yoda simply told him Rey had all the tools she needed to carry on.

21. Is Reylo going to be a thing?

Please don’t let them be related.

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We were totally getting those vibes and we support it.

(C)

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A Grease Stain In Time: Vol 1

“Yes, of course, one second…” Teresa Mangione made her way timidly up her stairs, her own stairs. Her steps were light, and fragile, like the placement of her hair, standing tall in a bulbous round bump on the middle of her head. A black mass pressed down hard on her like a force from satan himself. Each step up sounded less like the wood creaking and more like the cries of pained, dead men. A ghoulish “Nooooooo!” and a weak, yet demanding “Gooooo Awaaaaay”. Teresa’s face seemed to grow pale, despite the pastel pinks and blues lining her eyes and lips. Her voice called out, up and over the wall of darkness.

“Tony! Phone!” It was no quiet call mind you, but all that returned in reply sounded back muffled and off topic.

“Regrets… I’ve had a few…” She had to stop her ascension up the stairs to think, as if doing both might warrant a sit down and a cigarette, like after a night dancing with her girl-friends.

“My way? That’s definitely not Frank Sinatra’s voice though.” She continued up, and at the top, she stopped again at the door. Her hand hovered pensively over the golden handle, its rounded chasis clinking and shuttering and popping like a real live teeny bopper seeing Madonna on stage or Harrison Ford on screen. She moved her hand back and hovered it by the middle of the door, before striking it twice.

KNOCK KNOCK.

The music grew louder as if shouting at her, telling her to “FUCK OFF”.

KNOCK KNOCK

Again the music barked back, like a mad dog, like that festering mutt Cujo “FUCK OFF, LEAVE, I SAID FUCK OFF”.

She kneeded her hands like dough and lifted the right to knock again. The door swung open, and a bushel of smoke rushed out hitting Teresa in the face, causing a cough, and the void screamed! “MY WAAAAAAAAY!” Her son stood, off-set, leaning on one leg, shirtless, his small pink nipples perked and his black hair greased back with the blood of innocent virgins, a smoke hanging from his lips, and a crimson red electric Fender named Lacey, hung on his shoulder. His head remained cocked back, and his fangs, chomping on the cigarette filter, muffled his voice.

“Fuck you want?” Teresa caught her breath and met eyes with her son. Her eyes darted to and fro, catching THEIR breath, and her mind conjured up a reaction. ATTACK! She slapped a hand across the side of the demons face, knocking the cigarette to the ground, putting it out miraculously. She turned, to hide the tears forming in her eyes, from fear of retaliation.

“Your Pop pops on the phone, and I told you not to smoke.” Tony’s face un-clinched from its twisted, post slap position and smirked.

“Love ya too mom!” He grabbed the smoke off the floor, to save for later, and lightly, slowly, even tenderly, removed the Fender from his shoulder and placed it on his bed. In moments Tony was downstairs, donning a shirt now that read “The Damned” in bright yellow words and housed four young men’s faces covered in cake remnants. Teresa was holding the phone tightly and placed it into Tony’s boney fingers with two hands, and a whisper.

“You be nice, he turns eighty today.” Tony took the phone in his grasp and eyed his mom with that same smirk but she didn’t let go. The two locked eyes again for a moment, Teresa looking intent at her ingrate with fierce brown bulbs. He laughed a “What???” as her grip loosened and he pulled the cord in his other hand. He placed the receiver to his ear and watched his mom, watching him. An old course voice quailed from the phone.

“Anthony?” The young devil stretched his lips again in self indulgence as he looked into his mother’s eyes and said “The fuck do you want” Teresa began slamming limp hands down on Tony as he laughed and talked again. “Yeah, yeah what’s up old man?”

“It’s my birthday…” He took long breaths between couples of words. “Wanted to hear your voice”.

“Yeah, well happy birthday, you heard my voice.” Tony attempted to put the phone down but the old man said that thing, he always said.

“You keep your nose clean Anthony... I’ll be seeing you.” He held the phone to his face and the fire in his bones heated and heated, but he didn’t let it burn. No, he gave the phone to his mom and grabbed his leathers.

“Tony, where you going now!” Teresa called watching her son slam the coat closet shut as he put on that god awful leather jack she hated, the damned thing with its rainbow colored “69”s and melting zombie face patches. Tony swung the front door open, the sun beating through the hole now created, making his greased head shine.

“Didn’t ya hear ma? I’m keeping my nose clean!”

To Be Continued.

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