Is the Rumored Last Jedi Chase Scene Too Weird for Star Wars? (Nerdist News w/ Jessica Chobot)

- May the horse be with you?
We're talking about Finn's new space pony
on today's Nerdist News.
P.S., it's gonna get super spoily in this.
I said spoily.
Spoilery?
Spoily?
It works, right?
Mkay.
(siren ringing)
Are there bronies in a galaxy far, far away?
Could be.
A recent Last Jedi set report claims
that the film will feature Finn
saddling up for a ride on a pretty little space pony,
but could this scene be too weird for Star Wars,
or is it just par for the horse?
(horse whinnying)
My cheeks hurt, I'm smiling so hard.
Now this story comes to us
straight from those Star Wars gossip thoroughbreds
at makingstarwars.net.
According to the site,
the scene in question takes place
on the casino planet,
which we now know is called Canto Bight,
not to be confused with planet Cenobite,
where the only thing they gamble on
is how many pins you can stick in your freaking head.
- We'll tell your soul apart.
- As the scene starts,
Finn and his new Resistance BFF Rose
are on the run from some First Order goons
when they duck into stables filled
with more monstrous horses
than Saratoga Raceways.
After fast talking one of the jockeys,
they end up stealing the aforementioned space stallion,
which is officially known as a falthier.
Am I pronouncing that correctly?
I don't know.
We'll find out in December.
The Making Star Wars set spy
describes the falthier
as what might happen if a tauntaun
had a baby with Falcor from The Neverending Story.
- I like children.
- We know you do, Falcor.
It's creepy.
I've never liked it when it talked.
(laughing)
Anywho, there is this shot
from the set of The Last Jedi
that doesn't give you a great look at the falthier,
but does at least suggest
that these suckers are big,
towering over all the extras on set.
Naturally a chase ensues
between Finn and Rose on the falthier
and a bunch of tuxedo clad bad guys on luxury speeders
through the streets of Canto Bight.
After our heroes manage to escape their pursuers,
they end their ride at a coffee shop
that's described as a sort of intergalactic,
neon Starbucks full of bright lights,
candy colored beans,
and sad, single droids
working on the third draft of their screenplays.
(murmuring) Fresh cup of depression in the morning,
it's just like home.
Alright, so it has to be said at this point,
giant space pony,
intergalactic Starbucks, bad guys in tuxedos,
this scene sounds way weird,
like something out of the (drum roll),
dare I say it?
Prequels. (murmuring)
I mean, do you remember the last time
a Star Wars character rode something with a saddle?
(dramatic instrumental music)
(animal howling)
Oh God, I can still hear that thing
when I close my eyes at night. (groaning)
So is this scene too weird for Star Wars?
Well, as dear old papa Vader would say--
- No.
- Of course it's not.
It's kind of hard to remember
since the franchise has become so commonplace
in our popular culture,
but Star Wars used to be weird.
If you were a kid in '83,
seeing Jabba the Hutt for the first time
before he became normalized
by decades of toys, cartoons,
and special edition deleted scenes,
you were freaked the eff out.
Jabba was scary and insane and awesome,
as were the rancor and the sarlacc
and the space worm,
and so many other monsters from the O.G. trilogy.
Weirdness has always been an important part
of the Star Wars DNA,
and as much as we hate to say this,
it is something that the recent films
have kind of forgotten.
Now The Force Awakens and Rogue One
were too content to recycle
what worked in the past.
If anything, they could have benefited
from inheriting,
and I am saying this for all you,
a little bit of the ambition of the prequels.
(murmuring)
For all their perceived flaws,
Episodes One, Two, and Three
actually expanded the Star Wars universe,
taking us to new worlds,
introducing us to new aliens,
giving us new adventures that didn't feel
like complete retreads of A New Hope.
Sure, they may not have been entirely successful,
but they had the spirit of weirdness
that made the O.G. trilogy so special
when it first came out,
and this new scene feels like
the first real sign that a little bit
of that weirdness will come out to play
when The Last Jedi hits theaters later this year.
But what do you guys think?
Are you excited to take a ride
on Finn's pony,
and are there any other things
from the prequels worth salvaging
for these new films?
Let's discuss.
(upbeat electronic music)

Is the Rumored Last Jedi Chase Scene Too Weird for Star Wars? (Nerdist News w/ Jessica Chobot)

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