Ingueferroque
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GAF really turned on Whitta, weird.
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Gary Whitta completed first draft of Star Wars spinoff, moves on
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lastplayed
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Is this the one about Boba Fett? I thought he died?
Bring on the EU rage
Shanks D Zoro
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Gotta respect the guy at least, he was actually employed by Lucasfilm to write an official SW script. It didn't work out for him, but he had an opportunity that very few will get.
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
DietRob
i've been begging for over 5 years.
Not really he was kinda abrasive and wrote some bad films.
What didn't work out? He was hired to write a draft of a screenplay, and did.
Gambit 1138
Banned
That's not the reason why at all
Shanks D Zoro
Banned
Oh ok, the way the first page of responses were made it sound like they were ditching his version.
I know these things have multiple re writes and writers, but I wonder how much of his work will remain in the final film
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Deleted member 13876
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Huh, that's petty.
Him trying to hide his posts spread like wildfire on the Star Wars fan site scene when it was noticed a year or so ago. Saw lots of posts linking to the GAF thread that called him out on it. It was eerie seeing GAF discussed at places like TheForce.Net and mentioned on stuff like Rebel Force Radio. Whitta had to realize someone at GAF would have noticed him doing it right?
gaf has seen his movies
DrForester
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Gary was pretty fun to chat with on GAF, and it seemed like people just turned on him for something anyone would do when given such a huge opportunity in their field.
Sun Bather
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I have only seen one and that was pretty alright. Now that After Earth thing I am avoiding, like anyone else with common sense. I'm not sure what more he has done. Never talked to him, but he seemed like a decent guy the few times I listened to him on tested.
Sadly I think the days of coming back here are long gone. Bridges burned and all that.
ChubbyHuggs
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I wish Gary would just make his own threads and refer to himself in third person.
Well you have to contribute a certain percentage to the final product. I think there is, weirdly enough, a hard calculation for this. It's obviously near impossible to say how much if anything from the original script is in. However due to the delay and all the press/coverage, it seems like 'extensive' work at the bare minimum went into the new version of the script.
Happens all the time, not shocking, exceptionally if he has other commitments and Disney wants this out by 2016.
Same, I got the amount of entertainment out of it I expected it have and was pleased.I liked Book of Eli.
Haters gonna hate I guess.
The scariest thing to me is that some people really seem to get off on being a dick about the whole thing. Like they act that way, when they otherwise might not, because he is a member here and not in spite of it. It sucks when anyone who posts here makes something the rest of us can see or experience and is met with that sort of thing. Saying you didn't like something or don't care for someone's work or style is perfectly fine. It would be nice if people were a little more constructive, but whatever. But some people just become complete jerks.
IISANDERII
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Will he still get writing credit?
What is with a bunch of you dicks being such negative dicks towards Whitta? He edited some posts in which he spoke negatively towards the prequels because he was getting the Star Wars job. It looks like a bunch of sad jealous cunts unless you folks would like to explain your motives.
adamsappel
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Gary's name will be in the credits. It will probably say "Screenplay by Gary Whitta and whomever" (when you see "and" in writing credits, it means it was written separately; if you see an ampersand it was collaborative writing). At worst he will get a Story By credit, and that's if they veer radically from what he's written.
Dude... the guy's not exactly active on the forums these days... he hasn't posted once since May.
Isn't it part of a director's job to get the best performances out of his cast?
Considering how awful he's been in various other films, I don't think it was Edwards' fault that Aaron Johnson is really bad at his job.
Yeah thats some lame shit right there. People need to get a life.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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People actually did this? Wow, smh.
ShadowKingpin
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Thanks, Obama!
Any "calculations" are just based on the panel's deliberations I think. There isn't really a science to it, because if it goes to arbitration it's just a matter of interpretation by the panel. Jeffrey Lieber's case for Lost is a great example of this. Because he put his case forth that there are similarities between the Cast Away show he was developing for ABC before being fired and what became Lost in the end, he got 60% of the creator credit when they agreed with him, and credit as co-writer for the pilot. By his own admission the show in no way resembles what he was originally working on. That's the WGA!
Escape Goat
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Are we dicks or cunts? Make up your mind!
Is GAF to blame? Yes there was a topic about it but GAF members had no way to control the fact that the news spread and made waves on the Star Wars news sites.
DrForester
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That thread opened my eyes. I had never realized there were so many Star Wars fans so passionate about defending the prequels.
I knew he stopped posting, but he deleted all his posts?
Haha the prequel defenders here are nothing (well other than having some questionable taste). There are certain places online you'd get eaten alive for saying something negative about the prequels. Can get pretty rabid.
No not the forum as a whole. You can judge each member by their comments.
DrForester
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I am curious if the passionate defense started 15 years ago, or after the Plinkett reviews.
Bobby Roberts
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It's been around for 15 years.
Shanks D Zoro
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No need to defend something that is a good and enjoyable kids movie.
When compared next to the holy trilogy they are nothing, but as a stand alone trilogy they are good fun.
When compared next to the holy trilogy they are nothing, but as a stand alone trilogy they are good fun.
Since the day Episode I released, no question.
Gambit 1138
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You guys are all aware he wasn't fired and filming is going to begin relatively soon right?
Gambit 1138
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You are correct. People are trying to turn this into an Edgar wright scandal when its nothing of the sort.
This came out during the Phantom Menace's opening weekend, and I remember (immediately after watching the movie) showing it to some friends and having a good laugh, but one of our group looked hurt and said we were being mean, and "I thought you were all Star Wars fans..."
Basically, the (justifiable) hatred of the Prequels started on day one, and so did the defense of them.
SCULLIBUNDO
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I heard Gary Whitta ate Lucas' ham sandwhich out of the Lucasfilm office fridge and Lucas found out.
Christopher
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I can't think of enough Mortal Kombat phrases to describe how happy I am...let me try:
Excellent
Superb
Outstanding
Cool
Well Done
Excellent
Superb
Outstanding
Cool
Well Done
HomerSimpson-Man
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Wait, so he simply finished what he was hired to do?
Reading though the majority of thread from the beginning is such a contrary reaction, like he somehow lost the job or something.
Reading though the majority of thread from the beginning is such a contrary reaction, like he somehow lost the job or something.
The initial thread title implied that Gary Whitta quit/was fired.
Then the OP quit/was fired and his hack thread title was thrown out, only to be replaced with a much-improved second draft.
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