ST Kanjiklub (Tell that to them!) and/or Bala-Ti in Episode IX

c'mon Man, you don't really believe that.

Oh wait, you said DISNEY Star Wars....ok, yeah, it could easily be up there then.

They haven't been very quotable so far have they? My friend and I have spent the last 30 years quoting Star Wars to each other, but we haven't done it much since TFA.

Apart from 'Such Spunk!' which just stunned me at the cinema and I use all the time now. Especially at the end of .....wait....rules.....better not !

 

I've found that TFA seems to be a lot more quotable than TLJ, apart from those quoted ironically. *cough* saving what we love *cough*

 

Some gangsters in IX could be fun.

 

I find Rogue One, Solo and TFA very quotable, in that order. TLJ a little less so, but there are some great lines in there as well. It's simply a denser, less quippy script.

We need some gangsters/ shady cats in IX. Though DJ was decent in TLJ, the galaxy felt less socially textured in that film.

 

We need more Bala Tik. I've been a fan of his since day one. I think him and that woman from Maz's bar who gets on her intercom when she sees BB8 are two people who could really provide representation for some of the murky areas throughout the galaxy that do not consist solely of the Resistance fighting the First Order. In the OT, by the second installment, we had Jabba, Bounty Hunters, Lando, all kinds of characters that didn't fit into the Empire vs Rebels mold. In the ST, we have none of that. I thought we were going to get it, based on the appearance of Bala Tik and the woman in Maz's bar, given that they had significant screen time, relatively speaking, for supposedly non-important characters. But then, TLJ did nothing to expand on that. DJ didn't do anything, that whole save the animals sequence fell flat anyway. I want muddy waters in my Star Wars.

 

I hope they pull DJ back in for some sort of resolution in 9; although, now that I'm typing this, it would be kind of fitting of the character for him to have been paid and fly off into the ether.

 

I quite enjoyed the new derogatory name: Moofmilker!

Right up there with Nerfherder IMO!

 

Also loved that they reused the phrase in Solo.

 

I missed that-I gotta see Solo again!

 

If one is a herder of nerfs, what are nerfs?

 

An animal that one herds.

The insult is the equivalent of “hillbilly.”

 

I simply cannot get excited about Bala-Tik. Whilst I don't doubt Brian Vernel's acting credentials for one moment the character is so miscast!

I appreciate Bala-Tik was a negotiator and had muscle with him but he looks so juvenile I can't for one moment think any space pirate would be remotely intimidated by him!

I thought the Bala-Tik, Kanjiklub and Rathtar scene was without doubt the weakest scene of the film (that I otherwise thoroughly enjoyed).

 

Hoping to learn that The Rock has been cast as a member of Jumanjiklub.