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[Bobby Roberts]

It's not gonna be a case of Abrams just "doing bidding" or whatever. And I doubt he's going to bring on Orci/Kurtzman/Lindelof (if I remember right, I think Orci's said they're not going to be working on it)

If anyone's going to doctor the script, it's the two other writers (Kinberg & Kasdan) producing the movie, along with Abrams himself, who is a screenwriter as well.

 

[inm8num2]

Michael Arndt already wrote the script didn't he?

I think the script is still in progress.

 

[DodgerSan]

Eh, the changes are the least of the problems with the blu-rays. The basis was still awful 2004 Lowry transfer. Colors were still way off. The 2004 set had such highly crushed blacks it was a nightmare. The blu-ray basically took those transfers and brightened them up a bit, but all the same problems are there.

You saved $80.

It's still incomprehensible to me how fan edits can have "correct" looking lightsabers when ILM apparently can't. Such a let down.

(Not to mention the Death Star plans at the pilot briefing)...

 

[DMczaf]

JJ is going to be following the Lucas outline pretty closely.

Don't expect him to alter anything.

If Into Darkness has taught me anything, it's that Abrams will just remake IV-VI with dumb ass changes that show he doesn't know what made those movies loved in the first place.

 

[Dany]

Star wars needs a fresh take and I'm also sure that JJ isn't going to slap his 'star trek' aesthetic onto star wars.

 

[mattiewheels]

If Into Darkness has taught me anything, it's that Abrams will just remake IV-VI with dumb ass changes that show he doesn't know what made those movies loved in the first place.

Star Wars has a better writer behind it than the new Star Treks, though.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Any change Abrams will take some of the ST actors with him? Or are they all locked into contracts?

 

[Cheebo]

Any change Abrams will take some of the ST actors with him? Or are they all locked into contracts?

Simon Pegg says he doubts he will bring anyone over because that'd be a little weird to mix the casts, that they should stay separate.

 

[Jables Swan]

Any change Abrams will take some of the ST actors with him? Or are they all locked into contracts?

I just don't reckon he would. I would love to see Urban and Cumberbatch in Star Trek though.

 

[Prologue]

I hope he brings over John Noble. Let him lead the dark.

 

[DieH@rd]

IMO, he will maybe bring one or two kids from Super 8.

 

[methodman]

i think he should bring over cumberbatch.

<3 you forever Sherlock!

 

[Demoncarnotaur]

Simon Pegg says he doubts he will bring anyone over because that'd be a little weird to mix the casts, that they should stay separate.

Hopefully this remains true, because I agree that it would be a little too weird.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

i think he should bring over cumberbatch.

<3 you forever Sherlock!

Cumberbatch should be the new Vader voice.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Pegg is going to sneak his way into some sort of minor role if anyone from the Trek movies will.

 

[inm8num2]

Hopefully this remains true, because I agree that it would be a little too weird.

Pegg might be out of the question since he was in ST...how about Nick Frost??

 

[Joe Shlabotnik]

Cumberbatch should be the new Vader voice.

They refuse to admit it, but everyone knows he's playing Tarkin's grandson.

 

[Ridley327]

They refuse to admit it, but everyone knows he's playing Tarkin's grandson.

It won't ever happen because it's EU material, but he'd probably be an awesome Thrawn.

 

[Discotheque]

I just don't reckon he would. I would love to see Urban and Cumberbatch in Star Trek though.

those are the only two i'd be cool with seeing in the new star wars flicks.

 

[6.8]

cumberbatch would be a perfect thrawn if he blue himself

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

I just don't reckon he would. I would love to see Urban and Cumberbatch in Star Trek though.

It would be frickin' stupid not to have Cumberbatch in Wars 7.

He was basically born for it.

 

[HowardRoark]

It won't ever happen because it's EU material, but he'd probably be an awesome Thrawn.

That was literally what I was just thinking. I know they said no to the EU stuff, but that would be a great choice.

 

[Clevinger]

It would be frickin' stupid not to have Cumberbatch in Wars 7.

He was basically born for it.

They wouldn't even need to put alien makeup on him.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

They wouldn't even need to put alien makeup on him.

If that's a slight at the Batch, I denounce every time I agreed with you about Arrow.

 

[Westlo]

It won't ever happen because it's EU material, but he'd probably be an awesome Thrawn.

holy fuck, he would too.

 

[S1kkZ]

i just want to see christoph waltz cast as an old jedi master or sith lord. that would be amazing.

 

[Jables Swan]

Rumour from Lation Review: John Rhys Myers in talks to star.

 

[BocoDragon]

i just want to see christoph waltz cast as an old jedi master or sith lord. that would be amazing.

That's a good idea!

I'd go with more of an old Rebel or Imperial, though.

 

[Future PhaZe]

Rumour from Lation Review: John Rhys Myers in talks to star.

This scene must have sold them

 

[thecouncil]

Costume Designer Michael Kaplan Confirmed for Star Wars VII

Worked with Abrams on Ghost Protocol, Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness

 

[Blader]

Rumour from Lation Review: John Rhys Myers in talks to star.

oh fuck, I can't stand this guy.

 

[Sane_Man]

Rumour from Lation Review: John Rhys Myers in talks to star.

Oh fuck. I really can't stand that guy. He does have a look of Mark Hamill about him though. Maybe he's playing his son?

edit

oh fuck, I can't stand this guy.

Spooky..

 

[Extra Sauce]

JRM was in Wing Commander III with Mark Hamill.

Good times.

edit: Nope, I'm an idiot. Was thinking of Jonathan Rhys Davies.

 

[Randdalf]

Rumour from Lation Review: John Rhys Myers in talks to star.

I thought that said John Rhys-Davies and got momentarily excited.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

They're going back to the Velvet Goldmine!

edit: Also, it's entirely possible (if the rumor is true) he'd be playing the villain, in which case, your not liking this dude is a positive.

 

[Clevinger]

This scene must have sold them

Oh man. I don't remember The Tudors being that dumb.

 

[Toparaman]

If Into Darkness has taught me anything, it's that Abrams will just remake IV-VI with dumb ass changes that show he doesn't know what made those movies loved in the first place.

No, because Abrams actually likes Star Wars.

 

[Snake]

Jonathan Rhys Meyers getting a starring role in Episode 7 would be hilarious. At least it would be entertaining-bad instead of Hayden Christiansen's bad-bad.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Looking at what Abrams did w/ Star Trek isn't a bad idea, honestly.

Star Trek wasn't a remake, neither was Into Darkness. But he definitely took recognizable bits and pieces here and there, and remixed them into the stories he was telling. This is pretty obviously an M.O. he applied to Super 8, as well, which was a Spielberg pastiche.

So to think that he's going to look at the Original Trilogy, see what worked, and figure out ways to pull those moments out of context and rework them into whatever the stories Arndt/Kasdan/Kinberg are cooking up? That's not bad speculation, I don't think.

And yeah, if Rhys Meyers really is being cast, I don't know why you'd immediately think "Good guy."

And if he IS the bad guy, that says something about how important the villain is for this trilogy that the actor playing him is the first actor they want locked down after Ford/Hamill/Fisher.

 

[infinityBCRT]

And yeah, if Rhys Meyers really is being cast, I don't know why you'd immediately think "Good guy."

And if he IS the bad guy, that says something about how important the villain is for this trilogy that the actor playing him is the first actor they want locked down after Ford/Hamill/Fisher.

I wonder if they would end up canonizing force unleashed...

 

[BattleMonkey]

I wonder if they would end up canonizing force unleashed...

Canon is going to be an even bigger mess than it ever was. Fan boys used to always argue and fall back to how involved father Lucas was in a production. Now your going to have multimedia explosion with no direct place to fall back on. The fan boys canon wars will be glorious.

You got the new animated series coming too with a bunch of staff that was EU friendly, but no Lucas to back them up and to canonize it anymore by being in charge. And the movies and all their tie in material? LFL attempted to keep a continuity amongst it's different licensed products, wonder how tight things will be with the new heads. Obviously there will be a culling of old material to start fresh, but after that point hows it going to be handled?

 

[WyndhamPrice]

Canon is going to be an even bigger mess than it ever was. Fan boys used to always argue and fall back to how involved father Lucas was in a production. Now your going to have multimedia explosion with no direct place to fall back on. The fan boys canon wars will be glorious.

I think it'll be fairly simple: the movies count 100% but nothing else does. Maybe they poach a few things (like Coruscant was poached for the prequels) but anyone expecting them to strictly adhere to events in Random Star Wars Book from the 90s #42 is delusional.

 

[Jarmel]

If Into Darkness has taught me anything, it's that Abrams will just remake IV-VI with dumb ass changes that show he doesn't know what made those movies loved in the first place.

Into Darkness is still a well-directed movie from a visual standpoint. The problem with the latest Trek movies is the awful scripts which should be fixed with the Star Wars movies.

 

[BattleMonkey]

I think it'll be fairly simple: the movies count 100% but nothing else does. Maybe they poach a few things (like Coruscant was poached for the prequels) but anyone expected them to strictly adhere to events in Random Star Wars Book from the 90s #42 is delusional.

Of course, and it really was always that way. Lucas himself had said the EU and such was it's own thing. He himself borrowed lot from it too when he did the Clone Wars series, but he also did whatever he wanted.

 

[Cheebo]

Canon is going to be an even bigger mess than it ever was. Fan boys used to always argue and fall back to how involved father Lucas was in a production. Now your going to have multimedia explosion with no direct place to fall back on. The fan boys canon wars will be glorious.

You got the new animated series coming too with a bunch of staff that was EU friendly, but no Lucas to back them up and to canonize it anymore by being in charge. And the movies and all their tie in material? LFL attempted to keep a continuity amongst it's different licensed products, wonder how tight things will be with the new heads. Obviously there will be a culling of old material to start fresh, but after that point hows it going to be handled?

It's pretty simple. Movies & TV Shows are canon. Expanded material from books, games, comics, etc are not canon.

 

[BattleMonkey]

It's pretty simple. Movies & TV Shows are canon. Expanded material from books, games, comics, etc are not canon.

As it really always has always been, but like I mentioned, the fan boys will still argue over it and with the new stuff out, it will be a fun train wreck. Even when that was how it was before, they still would argue over stuffs validity. "Lucas chose the story path for Starkiller in TFU, omg it's canonz"

 

[Cheebo]

As it really always has always been, but like I mentioned, the fan boys will still argue over it and with the new stuff out, it will be a fun train wreck. Even when that was how it was before, they still would argue over stuffs validity. "Lucas chose the story path for Starkiller in TFU, omg it's canonz"

Lucasfilm has multiple levels of canon. The top 2 are film and tv. Those don't contradict each other and likely will not in the future. Take the films and tv shows as canon and ignore the rest. The EU is all but dead anyway and with Lucasarts shutting down I suspect EA will be focusing far less on narrative Star Wars games and more on stuff like Battlefront.

If anything canon is getting far simpler and easier now with Episode 7 erasing basically all the post-ROTJ EU.

 

[GAF A60-Rim A]

was there a new thread specificxally talking about john williams confirming his involvement in the new trilogy?

 

[strafer]

"Production is already moving in to Pinewood in preparation for the early 2014 shoot with crew also being assembled. As previously reported, casting is underway,"

http://www.screendaily.com/news/sta...article?blocktitle=Latest-News&contentID=1846

 

[JB1981]

http://www.screendaily.com/news/sta...article?blocktitle=Latest-News&contentID=1846

Wow ... It's actually happening.