I think that's the only reasonable assumption.
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Star Wars Episode 7 - Thread of Pre-Production
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I think that's the only reasonable assumption.
Count Dookkake
Member
Luke will have much more of a role than Han and Leia.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I have to say that at this point I am glad I never spent one second reading EU stuff.
I enjoyed some of it, but the Jedi's died way too easy...
Also, the dogfight at the start sucked for the amount of screen time it had.
RotJ still has some of my fave dogfights ever.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Well, there's the matter of him being a great fucking actor.
So maybe you're right.
Anticitizen One
Banned
The informant on wdwmagic is saying that blomkamp is now out of the running and it's been narrowed down to three contenders: Faverau, Vaughn, and Wyatt. Supposedly Fincher is in talks to direct a Star Wars movie but its not the Sequel trilogy.
Aaron Strife
Banned
Escape Goat
Member
Padme died cuz she lost the will to live. She gave up. The mother of fucking Princess "Somebody's got to save our skins" Leia laid down and died.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I can't wait until the prequels are a distant memory that nobody talks about anymore
Wyatt is an interesting pick. Still praying that Vaughn gets it. Faverau is probably pushing very very hard but I hope to god he doesn't get it.
Anticitizen One
Banned
Why? Faverau is a very competent director and his iron man films were excellent. He was a fan of the source material and his love showed in the final product. Jumanji was also awsome.
Iron Man 2 and Cowboys and Aliens were horrible films. Also not sure I want a hardcore fanboy for this which is what I envision Favreau as, much moreso than Vaughn.
You misunderstand the proper use of that word.
You're honestly doing yourself a disservice. I've avoided 99% of it for lack of time, myself, but Heir to the Empire is a trilogy absolutely worth reading, without equivocation.
Horrible too generous?
shira
Member
Well at this point the entire EU post ROTJ is basically fanfic trash.
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I understand some of it may be good, it's just now that even the franchise owners say they're going to ignore it, I don't see the point. I'm not a fan of fan-fiction.
I mean I'm glad I never devoted time to it because it'd probably bother me being emotionally invested into EU only to know it's irrelevant to the movies (which what I was a fan of). To be fair, I'm not a comic book reader either.
I'd be more interested If I knew they were going to use some of it in the movies.
Episode 7 is going to completely streamroll over the entire EU.
It's going to be amazing seeing the nerd rage and asperger's freakout of people:
1. Explaining why it's the worst Star Wars ever and why it's non-canon and the EU stays pristine.
2. Bending language, logic, and mental capacity to breaking point trying to reconcile all the contradictory EU with the new official canon.
It'll be like watching religious debates, except this time the word of god is quite provable.
It's going to be amazing seeing the nerd rage and asperger's freakout of people:
1. Explaining why it's the worst Star Wars ever and why it's non-canon and the EU stays pristine.
2. Bending language, logic, and mental capacity to breaking point trying to reconcile all the contradictory EU with the new official canon.
It'll be like watching religious debates, except this time the word of god is quite provable.
I don't think it was very good, especially not a good Alien movie, but i do think it had a great premise (and in the first 10 or 15 minutes i remember thinking "wow, this is really good").
Count Dookkake
Member
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Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
At most there may be a nod or two to the EU. But most of that shit is gone. I only read the first book and a half of the Thrawn books or whatever, and thought it was terrible. And this was when I was young and at the height of my Star Wars love.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
I'm hoping Episode 7 manages to negate the entire EU in the first sentence of the opening crawl. Just get that shit out of the way.
It's quite humorous that the EU defilers seem to be out in much more force and passion than the defenders. For me, the Thrawn series will always be there as an alternative timeline. I will likely even prefer that alternate timeline.
I suspect the majority will take this position, despite a small but vocal minority. But by all means, keep attacking that straw man.
And...banned.
I believe that the Force Unleashed introduced the concept of a split timeline in the Star Wars universe, which may hint that when Luke burns Vader's body at the end of Return of the Jedi, two timelines were created: one in which Luke successfuly cremates Vader and one in which the fire catches on the cloth of his pants and he dies from the burns (of course to parallel how Anakin was burned in Episode III. Poetry and whatnot).
The new official movie canon will take place in this new timeline, where a fat Luke (we'll call him Fluke) will guide a future Jedi as a Force Ghost to rebalance the balanced Force.
jaxword got banned for this?
Charles Foster Kane
Rosebud
I doubt it.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
It looks like he exceeded his one-Aspergers-joke-an-hour limit from his post history.
Once the sequel trilogy is out and the merchandising/cartoons starts focusing in on those films, I honestly believe the prequels will be pretty much forgotten. They really are utterly forgettable films.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Honestly though, does anyone think Disney won't straight out remake the first six films just to ensure they don't have to pay Fox any royalties to sell/distribute Lucas' originals?
Give it 10 years.
Give it 10 years.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Wow.. you might actually be right.
They'd finally find the way to get rid of the prequels. Ep. 4-6 would be the prequels.
Nah, if Disney is remaking the films, they're gonna combine the prequel films with the Clone Wars series. The PT films biggest weakness was that Anakin and Obi Wan's relationship was given the shaft and the CW series does a much better job in filling that void.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I once wrote an article for nerdpuddle.com about rebooting the prequels/originals, back when the Blu-rays were about to come out.
Basically, I don't think you need 3 movies to tell the prequel stories, you don't need to start w/ Anakin as a kid in the slightest, and there's something to be said for the characters in your Star Wars movies to either a) have fun or b) act human in the face of some crazy, ridiculous shit constantly happening on screen.
The biggest problem with the Prequels was that everybody was so buttoned-down and restrained that nothing ever felt like it was in danger of BREATHING.
Anticitizen One
Banned
I don't think anyone wants Nolan to touch anything
Bobby Roberts
Banned
What? He knows how to direct actors/frame shots/move cameras. Why WOULDN'T you want Nolan to touch Star Wars.
The biggest problem with playing Director Roulette on Star Wars is landing on a director who's potential is such that you'd feel they were unneccessarily constraining themselves signing on to make something within such a known framework.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
I thought Disney was going to fully own everything except Star Wars in seven years anyway.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Ape Gone Insane
Member
I'd rather he made refreshing original films than a Star Wars sequel.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Anticitizen One
Banned
Nolan has no idea how to direction action scenes, he's a poor editor, and there is no evidence he would be able to handle advanced cg special effects. Also, anyone who directs a batman movie but thinks everything about the comics is "too silly" doesn't deserve to be anywhere near Star Wars.
The Thrawn trilogy could legitimately exist as an animated series or movies outside of the Episode 7+ movies canon. It already has different adaptations.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Their rights to the original never run out, but basically yeah.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Which is why we're still raging about them a decade after the fact, have 90 minute videos dissecting their failures, and documentaries about how Lucas screwed the fans.
The clone wars animated series has been hugely successful. Prequel era won't be forgotten. And it will always be included in the massive boxsets. It's quality isn't up there with the rest but being part of the franchise means it will always be there. It's like saying the Roger Moore era of James Bond will be forgotten. The prequels are 3 films in a massively popular franchise and will be in every boxset from here on for the rest of our lives.
Saying they will be forgotten is incredibly unlikely. They will always be re-released and in the boxsets.
Not to mention kids love them, again the clone wars example.
Saying they will be forgotten is incredibly unlikely. They will always be re-released and in the boxsets.
Not to mention kids love them, again the clone wars example.