ST Justin Theroux (the Master Codebreaker)

Perhaps, there isn't enough to sustain an entire thread, but I was glad to see Justin Theroux in a Star Wars film (and after HBO's The Leftovers, good to see him wearing a white suit again). As a concept, they initially envisioned him as an insect warlord. At some point in the development, he was actually going to interact with Rose and Finn. I do like that he's right in front of them with, but they miss him.

As Maz says: "he's a master codebreaker, an ace pilot, a poet with a blaster." And good at everything

 

Thought this was the most throwaway, “too much” moment of the film.

 

I find him too Earth-like. Look at him, he has little mustaches, an elegant dress and something like a parfum, if I recall well. He's too similar to a character of a normal movie with a normal casino.

 

I still stand by my theory that this white tuxedo’d bond clone is DJ’s spotter/double. People come to him with jobs and he passes the info to the real code breaker (DJ)

 

That would be a fun EU concept if they were like a couple of grifters and he was the image behind the operation and DJ was the real brains and they sort of went around the Star Wars universe as an odd ball duo ripping people off and looking for opportunities with Justin Thereaux’s character getting all the ladies and them arguing about cuts.

 

Too late for me to edit and stack this in but I just love how much they talk the guy up and how fun it is to say the words “Master Codebreaker.” As a fan of war cryptography I’ll take any opportunity to work some of those concepts into Star Wars more and more but in this case it’s all very PG and light hearted and every time they refer to Master Codebreaker I smile in this movie.

 

Oooo...I like this theory.

 

I didn't like the character. Didn't feel like it belonged in a Star Wars movie. But, not a huge deal.

 

I want, like, eight movies about this guy. James Bond/Ocean's 11 in the Star Wars universe. He just instantly struck me as cool and interesting, the exact kind of character all the apocryphal books/comics/video games exist to tell stories about.

 

His last name is so Star Wars

 

Kinda cool that General Merrick was his father.



I kid.

 

Terrible pointless character and over-the-top portrayal. He was like a human Pepe Le Pew.

 

This is a disproportionately strong response to a character with 6 seconds of screen time and a single line of dialog.

 

Ridiculous character...and completely pointless.

 

I think that’s the point. It would be like if the good guys heard Boba Fett hung out at Jabba’s Palace and wanted to hire him but couldn’t and had to settle.

 

Pepe Le Pew is no Boba Fett ha ha.

Maybe the seed of the idea is good, that there's this amazing guy they don't recruit and only see him for a second. But the execution of that idea is poor.

 

Haha I love it how I can have some weird Star Wars thought and there’s someone here who agrees For whatever bizarre reason I just love hearing Maz say, “Find the Master Codebreaker!” It’s a cool moment.

 

The Brothers Plum Bloom

 

A nice James Bond/generic 1950s hero parody.

 

There’s something to it that makes it really fun to say and hear. It almost reminds me of the names in the Matrix/Through the Looking Glass. “Go and see the Oracle” or “The Mad Hatter.” You must locate “The Keymaker” or “The Merovingian” or “The architect” but beware of the “Jabberwockey.” In this case it’s like they never got to meet one of those and had to accept the help of someone with more flaws, out of desperation, but still nearly pulled it off.

 

He reminded me of Clark Gable somehow.

 

The subversion in that case was more clear than ever: you're not getting the James Bond of the situation and must be satisfied with a dude who mumbles and has holes in his socks.

 

If only codebreaking came as naturally to Finn or Rose as flying did Luke one of them could have turned DJ down and said, “You know I’m not such a bad code breaker myself! We don’t have to—“

But then again... avoiding those nasty FO entanglements with some blip bloppety bloop knowhow is the real trick, isn’t it?” ;-)

 

Could be better more epic that Lando would this guy.