CreepingFear
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Sir Ian McKellen says hello.
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Star Wars: In Production [Rumors/SPOILERS for All Films Past, Present, & Future]
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Sir Ian McKellen says hello.
Well didn't he technically die at the end of return of the king?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Well didn't he technically die at the end of return of the king?
Hell, he died in Fellowship
Chewie's life debt would then transfer to the child
CreepingFear
Member
Well didn't he technically die at the end of return of the king?
Speaking of Ian McKellen dying and coming back... Anyone remember hearing about Yoda and Obi Wan coming back to help Luke face Vader and The Emperor? I'm glad that didn't happen, but I wonder if that can be an unused concept that gets used in this new trilogy?
CD'S BAR
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Chewie's life debt would then transfer to the child
Yeah i think it'd be nice to have him along as part of the crew for at least one more movie after this one especially because it seems like the OT droids won't be significant support characters in this new trilogy.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
I wonder if they'd actually just write Artoo & Threepio out of the series after this film. Everyone knows that those two are supposed to be THE only characters that show up in every movie - but they don't HAVE to be.
CreepingFear
Member
Chewie and Oscar Issacson spinoff movie! Believe!
Don't know how I'd feel about that tbh. On one hand I wouldn't mind a constant, but on the other I'd understand the reasoning.
I would eat a hat if there was ever a Star Wars film or tv show that didn't have at least a cameo. It'll be 2300 AD before they even think about it.
DarkJediKnight
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I can feel your anger. It makes you strong.
I can feel yo angah! It gives you FOOCUS!! Makes you strongah!
If you're gonna do that line, do it right.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Sound more like "fuckus", honestly.
If RotS was any indication, Lucas already sidelined R2 and Threepio.
Also, bonus: rumors about Serkis, Gleeson, and Christie's charactrs. This site had a decent track record talking about the new droid's appearance, among other things, so I think they're legit.
CreepingFear
Member
If Han, Leia, and Luke's characters are passing the torch to the new actors, then R2 and Threepio need to pass the torch to rolling ball droid. I love that this awakening of the force brings all kinds of possibilities in future movies of seeing a bunch of jedi/sith fighting. Fuck the rule of two.
graffix13
Member
I don't want Luke to die either. He has been my #1 favorite hero in all forms of entertainment since I was at least 6 years old. BUT, I take solace in that fact that he won't really be 'dead' as there is a 99.9% probability he'd be a force ghost for the new generation. Sure his physical self would be gone, but he won't be gone-gone (as someone like Han would).
People always say "well, that's life. No one gets out of here alive". Yes, of course. But must our heroes suffer the same inevitable fate we all share in real life? I would like to think that in a fantasy setting that our heroes live forever.
People always say "well, that's life. No one gets out of here alive". Yes, of course. But must our heroes suffer the same inevitable fate we all share in real life? I would like to think that in a fantasy setting that our heroes live forever.
Killing Luke is the worst possible thing to do in the new trilogy.
Let him grow into a new character, like he did in the OG.
That character is gold. and keeping him alive in the new continuity will help sell more tickets for the inevitable Luke's spin-offs unless they have a great idea to milk the Skywalker's name with a new character. the old EU never managed that.
Let him grow into a new character, like he did in the OG.
That character is gold. and keeping him alive in the new continuity will help sell more tickets for the inevitable Luke's spin-offs unless they have a great idea to milk the Skywalker's name with a new character. the old EU never managed that.
ersocaster
Member
I don't think they'll kill Luke. He is the only Jedi Master alive. I see him taking on a prequel Yoda-like role where he is kind of a wise old man who only interferes when absolutely necessary.
foxdvd
Member
I see it is already been brought up but Ford's performance in Crystal Skull was actually good, if not brilliant. That movies problems had nothing to do with Ford. There are moments, like when he was in the back of the truck with Marion and charms her in two lines, that still puts a smile on my face.
Outside that Harrison Ford has not put in a good performance in years. The ability is there still, he just needs to give a shit. I think he gives a shit this time, and I think the director does as well. This will be his best work since The Fugitive (unless he is really only a cameo in it)
Outside that Harrison Ford has not put in a good performance in years. The ability is there still, he just needs to give a shit. I think he gives a shit this time, and I think the director does as well. This will be his best work since The Fugitive (unless he is really only a cameo in it)
graffix13
Member
I hope so!
And getting off topic for a minute, Crystal Skull gets a lot of hate but I didn't think it was horrible. People always make fun of the refrigerator scene but forget about the equally silly jumping from an airplane and inflating a water raft, hitting the side of a mountain, and then falling off a cliff into a river scene from Temple of Doom.
Although I can't defend the Shia swinging from the monkey's or whatever. That was pretty stupid.
I am not sure keeping him alive makes a difference for any potential younger Luke spin-offs. They are extremely likely to kill off Han but a young Han spin-off is apparently in the works as well for example.
Part of me feels like JJ would not be so adamant about giving Han a reportedly big role if Ford weren't up to actually doing it. I feel like this is also why Leia doesn't seem to have very much to do either -- because he realized that Fisher isn't really up to it anymore.
Maybe that's more self-awareness I should credit to JJ or any director for that matter, but that's my gut feeling on it.
PHOENIXZERO
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Temple of Doom was widely considered the worst Indiana Jones movie before Crystal Skull came about.
vagabondarts
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It's important to remember that the main characters are Boyega and Ridley. It's going to be their story, with Han and Luke helping them along their journey.
I still think Leia is evil or compromised somehow
I still think Leia is evil or compromised somehow
Modern Carrie Fisher is incapable of pulling off that level of acting. Not to mention we already have quite a few bad guys in this.
vagabondarts
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True. It's a large cast.
What's with the flashback scene where they use Fisher's real life daughter as a lookalike for her then?
Sectorseven
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I think they'll keep Chewie alive for the simple fact he's a costume and easy to recast as needed.
DiipuSurotu
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Maybe Chewbacca also has a limp. Could be that accident that also cost him his right arm.
CloudyTuba
Member
I imagine they only had him in a few easier scenes purely for tradition's sake and got someone else for the bulk of it. It's probably Mayhew in the Falcon since he'd be sitting down.
Chewie looks pretty much exactly the same as he did. This picture with Disney's CEO Bob Iger was confirmed to have taken place on set:
Well Mayhew has more than a limp. He had knee surgery recently but is pretty much confined to a wheel chair and using a cane. I doubt they will have Chewie using a wheel chair and a cane.
Sectorseven
Member
Yeah, but they live a long time, like hundreds of years.
vagabondarts
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Also the Chewie mask is like 100x better in The Force Awakens than it was in Revenge of the Sith
vs.
Wow what a difference haha! ROTS Chewie looks very amateur in comparison
vs.
Its like they put him through a washing machine and he's dying a little bit on the inside every day.
FriendlyGoat
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No it wouldn't be. Not even close. Just remember, Obi-Wan popped up in every star wars movie despite dying in A New Hope. Force ghosts are a thing, so you can bet your booty if Luke is killed he'd probably still show up again unless his death was related to some weirdness with the force.
And Luke doesn't necessarily need to grow, he already grew. He is too old for future spin offs, and that sort of milking would be awkward and boring when they have so many fresh possibilities to continue the franchise.
Scooter155
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"No! Stop, Chewie, stop! Chewie! Chewie this won't help me! Hey! Save your strength. There'll be another time. The Princess. You have to take care of her. You hear me? Huh?"
It's been done, they were testing the carbonite process on Han to see if it would kill him, for all Chewie knew Han was about to die, and he let it happen because Han told him to take care of Leia.
Edit : Just to clarify, pointing out I would totally buy it if they did something similar in this movie, it wouldn't be a stretch at all.
But Han's going to live.
Moff
Member
did I dream that or was there art leaked that showed chewie with a metal leg?
Pagusas
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spootime
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"please kill me"
Pagusas
Elden Member
Chewie is 200 years old in A New Hope.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
You mean in the EU?
Nicktendo86
Member
Its like the Yoda puppet in episode 1, how can they get it so wrong? Was it Lucas not giving a shit and saying that looks 'good enough'?
BobTheFork
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I always thought he wanted that new puppet to be a bit younger and more lively, maybe to make the older Yoda look smaller and older. Either that or he looked at it once and just said 'sure, whatever'
prag16
Banned
I think the original episode 1 yoda (they fixed it in the later releases with CG yoda more in line with episodes 2 and 3) was way worse than episode 3 chewbacca. But yeah, odd oversights.
GentlemanCrow
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Either way they struck out with both the puppet and CG, they had three films to get it right. In non did he look like how he did it the OT. That combined the assassination of his character makes the prequel Yoda completely irreconcilable with the character in the OT. It isn't the same character. It just isn't.
CreepingFear
Member
Forget everything that has been said in the old EU about force ghosts, do you think we'll see force ghost Yoda or Obi Wan at all in the new trilogy?
A ghost Luke standing next to a ghost Yoda is going to happen, it has to.