ST Shipping Episode 7 predictions

Ridley/Boyega

 

I have a sense that the victorious Rebel Alliance will not overtax the shipping lanes. Perhaps as an overreaction to the Imperial control of trade (see Han Solo's remarks about Imperial bulk cruisers), the new government will deregulate interstellar trade far beyond even what the pre-TPM status quo was. Maybe a new Trade Federation will emerge to monopolise control over the shipping lanes without a strong government to regulate it. Alternatively, the lack of Republic-guaranteed political stability will force the galactic shipping business to be split between atomised smaller entities. If the Republic hasn't been reformed, the individual star systems may have the means and motivation to impose protectionist trade policies, chartering their own trade companies and keeping a tight grip on shipping to and from their territories. With the Empire and the TF no longer in the dominant position, a vast plethora of smugglers may rise from out of the underworld to become the new shipping magnates...


Oh, you meant 'shipping, not shipping.

Word of advice: even Fanfiction.net, that 'shipyard of doom, does not permit real person fics. Most of these actors have significant others. Some of them may not feel the most comfortable knowing that SW fans are already using their names for their IU 'shipping fantasies. I already find it bizarre.

I'm beginning to favour use of acronyms for each of the unknown characters:

Daisy Ridley's character = DRC
John Boyega's character = JBC
Domnhall Gleeson's character = DGC
Adam Driver's character = ADC
Oscar Isaac's character = OIC
Max Von Sydow's character = MVSC
Andy Serkis' character = ASC
Lupita Nyong'o's character = LNC
Gwendoline Christie's character = GCC

Yes, there's a few converters, compilers and failed states in there, but it might be better than using the actors' names for this sort of speculation.

 

I want Oscar Isaac's character paired with someone. I don't know….there's something about him. I think he'd make a very appealing romantic lead/interest. Maybe stick him with Lupita's character? I don't know….could be hot.

 

Hetero-wise, I can see Isaac and Brienne making a good couple

 

In my mind the Star Wars Christmas Special will always be canon.

 

So is it just people arguing about which characters should get together?
IE:
'shipper A: Han and Leia should be a couple
'shipperB: NOO! Lando and Leia should be a couple
{fight commences}

I would google this for more info but I'm slightly terrified what might come up while I'm at work.

 

It's more like:

'shipper A: Han and Leia should be a couple.
'shipper B: Np, Lando and Leia should be a couple and anyone who thinks otherwise is just the worst!
'shipper A: Oh yeah? You are a terrible human being and I hope you get in a fiery car crash and die!
'shipper B: YOU ARE A WORSE HUMAN BEING THAN HITLER

etc, etc, etc.

There are perfectly reasonable, sane people out there who are shippers, please don't get me wrong. There are a bunch of us here who ship Han/Leia and everyone has been delightful and courteous. But some shippers are just hardcore to the extreme and when there is a triangle involved, things get messy fast and fans start attacking each other personally, not just the fictional characters.JK Rowling described it as "cyber gang warfare," though to be fair, her books had the worst ship wars imaginable.

For more info, check out this TV Tropes link and if you ever want to have some fun and feel very well-adjusted and stable, google "Harmonians."

 

don't forget

'shipper A: well, you're worst than the devil
'shipper B: well, you're racist for shipping the white couple and not Lando and Leia

 

Yeah, I've been spared ever being exposed to "shipper wars" although I have heard of them through other friends. If I'm not wrong, I think the Buffy/Angel vs. Buffy/Spike got pretty intense back in the day? Luckily for me, Han/Leia seems like a pretty stable fandom niche. But imagine if the Internet was around during ANH-ESB? I'm sure there would've been some Luke/Leia-Han/Leia battles back in the day if that were the case….

 

We alreadt have the Kanan/Hera shipping for Rebels. It would start to heat up after the movie comes out, and we find ouy who the characters are.

 

naw, i'm shipping Kanan and Zeb on the DL

 

I remember the shipping wars for Jack, Kate, Sawyer, on "Lost"; that got really ugly. Of course I don't blame JJ; he left the show, before the Love Triangle really got going.

 

We had Leia/Han, Leia/Luke ship wars in the leters pages of the old Marvel comics, sci fi mags,
and wherever fans gathered together, we just didn't have anything digital

 

ALTHOUGH…..now, that I think about it, we did have some pretty zealous Han/Bria fans who would try to stir things up once in awhile. But I think they were mostly just Internet trolls (I mean, really! Only a neo-Nazi would want Han with *Bria*--oh my god, I'm totally kidding.)

 

Funny I wondered about that today, and I was thinking about how ugly that might have gotten if the Internet had been around during that time, with people squabbling over who Leia would pick. There are of course a small minority of fans who STILL 'ship Luke and Leia as a couple, even with the characters knowing they are siblings. But we won't talk about that.

Yanksfan, how could I forget the Bria wars! What Han and Leia shipper could ever forget that. That got really ugly. But we can all take consolation in the fact that now the EU has gone bye bye, Bria NEVER EXISTED

 

can I ship Luke and "Mara"?

 

I'm sure if there had been the internet back in the 70s and 80s, the Han/Leia vs. Luke/Leia ship wars would have been intense!

HAH, I'd completely forgotten about that. But yes, I remember those pro-Bria fans too. I believe there was one in particular who went by Glitterbug on these boards. Good times a decade ago on the JC! (WOW I FEEL OLD)

And there are some things I will miss from the EU, but Bria is not one of them.

You can and a lot of people do!

 

Of course you can, I'm sure that pairing isn't going anywhere even if she's not in the movie. But I do feel bad for the Luke and Mara fans who so desperately want her recognised as Luke's wife in the sequels, and not knowing what's going to happen.

Adi_Gallia, yes, Glitterbug. Now she was something else entirely. In hindsight I really think she must have been a troll, just trying to stir things up. I can't believe all that was genuine.

 

that's why I put "Mara" in quotes.

 

Boyega/Ridley seems the most obvious

 

I'm not going to be happy if the romantic sub plots exceed those of the OT.

 

Possibilities I see:

Boyega/Daisy

Oscar/Daisy (OT throwback to Han and Leia)

Oscar/Lupita (maybe a "smuggler-meets-bounty hunter" sort of thing)

Gleeson/Lupita

Mark/"Mara Jade"

 

"I'm not going to be happy if the romantic sub plots exceed those of the OT. "

The ST has a much larger cast than the OT. It isn't realistic to expect only one romantic subplot throughout. That said, I certainly think they'll be lightly focused upon, like in V and VI.

 

You missed Avatar: The Last Airbender. Christ, the characters' ages ranged from 12-17 but that didn't stop people (and the creators got in on it too). And, just an aside, but part of me still dies every time I see Cumberbatch referred to as Khan. I don't have anything against the guy but Christ is it jarring to see this pasty British guy referred to as Khan Noonien Singh.

I still don't understand the obsessive need to have a romance subplot, though. With the prequel trilogy, yeah, it was kind of necessary to the plot. But most films? Nope. It's utterly nonsensical -- imagine if every film, for some reason, focused on an aunt's relationship to her nephew, or godparents.

My rule of thumb is this: if you can cut out a romantic subplot and nothing about the story would change then you have no reason to include it and it's a waste of time. They also tend to be horrifically written.

 

Boyega/Lupita

Driver/female baddie