From Voyageurs National Park on FB: Called “Catamaran” by locals, Bert Upton is among the strangest of historical characters on area waters. He lived in a hut built over a dug-out at Squirrel Narrows. Found frozen to death in the 1930s by Kettle Falls pioneer Oliver Knox; Upton was perched lifeless in the snow just a half-mile from his home. Shunning civilization, Upton defined the word hermit. First spotted rowing his crude log raft on Namakan, no one knows how he got there. Upton’s accent implied an English heritage but any personal inquiries brought a stony silence. Some suspected him a man fleeing the law; others saw a bizarre outcast; everyone knew he was peculiar. Just five feet tall and wildly unkempt, Catamaran wore hacked-off pants and walked barefoot with a stick. Winter demanded shoes but no socks, a cast-off Mackinaw, and a trailing cap made from the leg of old underwear. He was oddly religious, and suspicious of being poisoned. Surviving on snared rabbits and fish, he ofte...
"The whole child soldier thing was messed up and seems to have done a number on your dad".
ReplyDeleteHell yes! Just Ahsoka Tano that shit, and then mic drop
ReplyDeleteRey's gonna train, but probably not become a Jedi, and will eventually turn to the Dark Side. Remember: when she taps into the Force during her fight with Kylo Ren, she gets super angry and strikes down her opponent with hatred.
ReplyDeleteDon't worry, though! Ben Solo will "feel... the pull to the light" and restore balance in the end. Though he'll probably die doing it.
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ReplyDeletePaul Vermeren I really hate that you might be right. That patterning is pretty tight.
ReplyDeleteBryan Mullins It's all right there, out in the open.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I just don't want that to be the case. =)
ReplyDeleteBryan Mullins Search your feelings, my dude.
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I guess Ahsoka and Ben will just have to remain my favorite Jedi then.
I mean, it could just be misdirection, though I'm actually kind of interested to see what would happen if Rey was indeed revealed as a villain. A lot of upset people, I'd imagine, which I find intriguing. (I also think that Kylo Ren is the most interesting character Star Wars has produced since the original trilogy, so I'm excited to see his arc... if there is one.)
ReplyDeleteYou know, I've never watched any of the animated series. I don't really like the look of them, and I can't shake the feeling that they simply don't count, regardless of what any official pronouncement says.
But surely you accept the Droids and Ewoks Cartoon Hour as canon?
ReplyDeleteI accept anything involving Ewoks as canon.
ReplyDeleteEwoks always get my love.
ReplyDeletePaul Vermeren yeah 'The Clone Wars' serial is really important to me as far as taking some of the sting out of the prequel time period. The story team worked hard on several agendas, but a couple of those that I was really amenable to were: trying to contextualize Anakin's turn, and making the clones as individualized as possible given limited screen time.
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't be the WORST thing if Rey made a heel turn...I just don't have as much faith that that kind of story beat would be handled as deftly. (Did that make sense?)
What I really wanted from I, II, & III was: 'The Anakin & Ben buddy-Jedi ala-Lethal Weapon' films ... so... maybe that positions me in the fan scale.
ReplyDeleteThis is what I'm hoping.
ReplyDeleteI feel like everyone is mistakenly defaulting to assuming the word Jedi to be singular in that title...
ReplyDeleteEp. X: First of the Jedii
ReplyDeleteEp. XII: First of the Jedii.2
I'd rather: Ep. X: Fist of the Jedi
ReplyDeleteI don't just think that Rey is gonna trip the dark fantastic -- I noticed how good she was at killing too -- but I also think Kylo Ren is gonna flip polarity as well. There was way too much setup in TFA about how the light side was calling to him, how he was really tormented by it ... probably General Organa calling out to him. Will be interesting how she reacts now that she knows how he killed Solo.
ReplyDeleteMy long-range guess is that Episode IX is Ben Solo and Finn vs. Evil Rey.
John Aegard Yep. Read my first comment, upthread.
ReplyDeleteYessss Kylo. My guess also he will be the redeemed anakin - he's a more real parody of teen Annie already
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