Star Wars: Episode 7, 8... and BEYOND!

[Ⓐaron]

Not sure how I feel about them making new stories with the original characters. If these suck, we'll be forever comparing them to the Thrawn trilogy. So they'd better not suck.

 

[Charles Xavier]

I can envision an old Luke fending off Sand people with his lightsaber....whilst on a wheelchair.

 

[Ⓐaron]

 

[X-SOLDIER]

The lack of 20th Century Fox Fanfare does make me sad, but I'm sure that they'll do something awesome to make up for it.

I really do think that it'll be important to connect VII with the original trilogy in a way that people can relate to, even if it's only using some of the original cast for a short time, similar to Obi-Wan's role in the original trilogy. The Clone Wars has told a lot of good stories, but that's because it's slowly built from the main cast of people we know before departing to new characters' stories.


I bet Fox is glad they got done with the Star Wars Family Guy just in time.


Also this.

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[Tennyo]

Is it bad that I burst out laughing when I saw this thread?

 

[Tetsujin]

I hope the castle intro is relevant to the series like what they did with Tron.

I thought about this too.
They should make a Coruscant version of the castle.

 

[Hisako]

My problem with doing all new characters is that the PT had a very different design (sleek and shiny) from the OT (grime and grungy). If there hadn't been any old characters we knew, I'd have a hard time buying that this is the SW universe. So not having characters we know makes me leary. I guess I'm worried that they'll just want to cash in on the SW name and throw even more world-building/actualy good plots into the wind.

And I like the old Disney logo; the new one feels to "big" for just being part of the credits.

The prequel trilogy was a purposeful design shift away from the OT since they were trying to get the whole "golden age of the Republic" thing across. I'm sure that they can go straight back to the whole dirty-grimy thing, since we're living in that age now where everyone's cynical and the fanbase is now ancient and we'd be pretty cool with a more noir-ish approach to the setting.

Hell, that's what SW: 1313 is for. AND MAYBE THE TV SERIES IF THEY EVER FEEL LIKE MAKING IT ANYTIME THIS NEXT DECADE

 

[Tetsujin]

Mark Hamill about the news Star Wars movies:

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=69501

 

[Ghost X]

Not sure if Disney using Lucas story ideas is a good idea, given his recent record .

 

[Pixel]

I would have thought it would be something like this time period, about 25 years after the original movies... i just want to see chewbacca die

Jacen Solo seems to have an interesting story, but it would end up being a rehash of Anakin's arc episode 1-3

The New Jedi Order era

25 – 29 ABY – The Yuuzhan Vong War
See Timeline of the Yuuzhan Vong War

25 ABY
The Yuuzhan Vong invade the galaxy.
Chewbacca dies at Sernpidal.
The New Republic Historical Council sets the year of the Battle of Yavin to the year zero, adopting the current date system.

26 ABY
Ben Skywalker is born to Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade.
Destruction of Kalarba, its moon Indobok, and Hosk Station.
The Jedi Order is driven off Yavin 4 by the Yuuzhan Vong.
Sriluur is overrun by the Yuuzhan Vong.
Nyriaan is conquered by the Yuuzhan Vong.[42]

27 ABY
The Yuuzhan Vong conquer Coruscant, renaming it for their dead home planet, Yuuzhan'tar.
Anakin Solo dies on Myrkr.
Chief of State Borsk Fey'lya is killed.
Cal Omas is elected Chief of State.
Tenel Ka Chume Ta' Djo becomes Queen Mother of the Hapes Consortium.
The Bothans declare a state of ar'krai for the first time in millennia.
First YVH 1 droid, YVH 1-1A, is released.
Jacen Solo is imprisoned by the Yuuzhan Vong.
The Voxyn are destroyed on Myrkr.

28 ABY
The YVH-M droids are created by Lando Calrissian.
The New Republic is reorganized into the Galactic Federation of Free Alliances.
Nas Choka is escalated to Warmaster.
Ssi-ruuk foiled attempt of a second invasion of Bakura.
Jacen Solo escapes his imprisonment.

29 ABY
Radical—and still partially obscure—changes occur in the Chiss Expansionary Defense Force and Chiss society in general.
Admiral Ackbar dies.
Coruscant is liberated from the Yuuzhan Vong.
Zonama Sekot forges a peace accord between the Galactic Alliance and the Yuuzhan Vong. The war ends after five years of fighting.
Jacen Solo begins his search for the Force in an effort to determine if Vergere is right.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

Now that series has been interesting. For those of you who haven't read any of the EU, the Yuuzhan Vong are a race from outside the galaxy. They cannot be Felt with the Force and instead of using machine technology, they use bio-technology (weapons, ships, armor, you name it). They came to the SW galaxy to look for a new homeworld and have been planning this since before the OT. Really, really hope that all doesn't get retconned.

 

[Octo]

Chewbacca dies.
Admiral Ackbar dies.

Spoiler

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

More info:

Some speculation:

• This means that they COULD ACTUALLY RELEASE the original, unedited trilogy on BluRay.
• Disney owns Pixar, Marvel, Square, AND Star Wars now, so there will now almost certainly be a Kingdom Hearts videogame where Darth Vader fights against/with Sephiroth.
• Leia and Padme are now Disney Princesses.


They can't really do any worse at this point than Lucas, imo.



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You've just opened my eyes to the good of Disney buying Lucasfilm. Maybe now my dream of a Star Wars world in a KH game will come true.

And I enjoyed the prequels. Episode I was cool, and I enjoyed Jar Jar. I don't know why people hate him. I thought he was funny. All he really did was what R2 and 3PO have done in the other films, which is supply comic relief to an otherwise serious film. Episode II is actually very good if you skip all the "Anakin and Padme fall in love" scenes. And Episode III is definitely a good film, and the best of the prequels. In any case, I prefer the original trilogy.

 

[Carlos]

Darth Vader and Sephiroth fight....fapfapfapfapfap

 

[Octo]

I recently watched eps 1-3 and was reminded of how weirdly racist they were. Theres nothing like it in the original trilogy (maybe the Tusken raiders?) But its like theres no reason that the Neimoidians, Jar Jar and Watto had to be racial stereotypes. Its like they managed to come up with dozens of alien races with individual accents and characteristics not at all related to real world stereotypes and then they just thought 'fuck it these guys are Asians'

hmmm, wonder if Disney are going to be as racist? It's not like they have a great track record is it?

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

Darth Vader and Sephiroth fight....fapfapfapfapfap

I find it disturbing that you find that erotic, I just think it would be epic.

So do you guys think it'd be a cutscene fight, or would you actually get to play as one and fight the other? Maybe we'll get a catfight between Tifa and Leia as well. Or an Axel vs. Boba Fett fight. Or a Wakka vs. Mace Windu fight. Or a Cid vs. Han Solo fight. Or an Auron vs. Obi-Wan fight. Or a showdown between Anakin and Cloud to see who can angst moar about their guilt. Or some other epic battle between a FF/KH character and a SW character.

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

I recently watched eps 1-3 and was reminded of how weirdly racist they were. Theres nothing like it in the original trilogy (maybe the Tusken raiders?) But its like theres no reason that the Neimoidians, Jar Jar and Watto had to be racial stereotypes. Its like they managed to come up with dozens of alien races with individual accents and characteristics not at all related to real world stereotypes and then they just thought 'fuck it these guys are Asians'

hmmm, wonder if Disney are going to be as racist? It's not like they have a great track record is it?

Star Wars has been racist from the start. Look at how all the imperial officers in the original trilogy were white male humans. Or how Lando and a few background characters were the only black people in the original trilogy. And who can forget the droidist bartender?

 

[Carlos]

Star Wars has been racist from the start. Look at how all the imperial officers in the original trilogy were white male humans. Or how Lando and a few background characters were the only black people in the original trilogy. And who can forget the droidist bartender?

The Imperial Officers were clearly Nazi's. So with that Star Wars will fit nicely within Disneys clandestine Nazi regime.

 

[Obsidian Fire]

There also isn't any such thing as a human homeplanet, while there is a Wookie homeplanet etc. To be fair to SW, race actually does mean something in a universe with different races (I'd imagine there are enough alien races that can't interbreed for this to be true), as apposed to our own where race really means "distinct enough geanes". It shouldn't make a difference, but practically speaking, there is one. It is part of SW canon that the Empire did not like non-humans; the Republic was a lot better at this.

 

[Captain Jack Harkness]

Episode I was cool, and I enjoyed Jar Jar. I don't know why people hate him. I thought he was funny.

Star Wars has been racist from the start. Look at how all the imperial officers in the original trilogy were white male humans. Or how Lando and a few background characters were the only black people in the original trilogy. And who can forget the droidist bartender?

the Empire is the British empire (no offence brits, i like you), the imperial officer were the most british imperial officiers i ever saw in a movie (well Tarkin was the naziest character i ever saw, but Tarkin is Tarkin) and the the rebels were americans so it remember me more a stereopical american vision of "us as good guys against the bad guys"
about Lando.. there're a lot of movies with lack of black guys.
and for the droidist bartender, i never take that for 'racism'. the fact that somebody (especially in places like Mos Easly) doesn't serves drinks for droids and talk to them rudely doesn't surprise me in some particular way.

PS: i'm quite tired now, sorry if i've wrote something in a particual bad way.

 

[Ⓐaron]

Disney Deal: George Lucas Will Use $4 Billion to Fund Education - Hollywood Reporter

So this pretty much eliminated my reservations with this. Good on him.

 

[Pixel]

I wonder if Lucas is ill...

It seems like a strange move. Though Bill Gates did that too.

 

[Ⓐaron]

It's not the first time he's done something like that. I will love him forever for this.

 

[Gym Leader Devil]

Maybe we'll get a catfight between Tifa and Leia as well

Why do you want Leia to die?

 

[Max Payne]

Why do you want Leia to die?

she wouldn't kill her

just rough her up a bit