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

[Carlie]

It's actually from tonight's new episode of Parks and Recreation, I was watching it, it was awesome.

 

[X-SOLDIER]

RIGHT! Thanks for the correction on that.



X

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

Speaking of "Parks and Recreation," we named our dog Jerry after the character on the show. Well, more accurately, "Dammit, Jerry," as he earned the name. But we call him "Jerry."

I have nothing to contribute to the topic.

 

[Tetsujin]

 

[Carlie]

Speaking of "Parks and Recreation," we named our dog Jerry after the character on the show. Well, more accurately, "Dammit, Jerry," as he earned the name. But we call him "Jerry."

I have nothing to contribute to the topic.

Also speaking of Parks and Recreation this is still my favorite line from the show:

Carry on.

 

[Hisako]

I think Chris Tilton (associate of Michael Giacchino, composer for Fringe) would still be a great stand-in for the Star Wars score:

He's got that Wagnerian flair down to a tee!

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

We named out black cat Darth Vader when we first got him, as that was the name the previous owners had given him and as me and my brother were huge star wars nerds at that time despite being only 6 and 4(I'm the only one who continued being a SW nerd for the rest of my life [so far], my little brother isn't that into star wars anymoar) we kept the name. But one day he barfed in my oldest older sister's(I have two older sisters, one is two years older than me and the other is 4 years older. Me and my siblings are all 2 years apart.) room, and we started calling him Barf Vader, and the nickname stuck, though we often just shorten it to Barf nowadays.

 

[Tetsujin]

I thought Barf was a Mawg.

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

Mawg? Is that some misspelling of Mog or something?

 

[Tetsujin]

http://spaceballs.wikia.com/wiki/Barf

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

Oh yeah. I love Spaceballs. Funniest Star Wars parody ever.

 

[Kermitu Kleric Katie]

I think I know what Disney should do for Star Wars Episode VII. They should set it around the time of the Legacy of the Force series, and make it replace that series since it was utter shit, especially the Karen Traviss and Troy Denning books. And that time period would also be a great time period to choose because Luke and Han and shit would be around the same age during that era as their actors are today. I don't care what they do with it, as long as it's better than LotF. And while they're at it, they should make some other stupid stuff that happened in the post-RotJ EU non-canon as well, such as the Emperor being cloned and Luke Skywalker getting married. I'd also like it if Karen Traviss's other SW books were rendered non-canon as well, since she villainizes the Jedi and Gary Stuifies the Mandalorians and Boba Fett. I especially hate her Gary Stuification of Boba Fett, since he's usually one of my favorite characters, except when he's being written by Karen Traviss of course.

 

[Hisako]

Hey. Hey.

I like Karen Traviss books.

I thought the Emperor's clone was a bit silly, but I also sort of liked Mara Jade as they worked her more and more into the EU canon, so no u

 

[Lord Noctis]

Having not read any of Karen Traviss' non star wars books I can't comment on her ability as an author overall, but IMO she is a terrible choice for Star Wars novels. She butchered her part of LOTF badly and utterly destroyed Boba Fett for me. Her portrayal of the jedi is pretty damn painful as well.


Now, having Luke be married to Mara Jade is fine, and not stupid at all. Besides, that union resulted in Ben Skywalker, one of my favourite EU characters.

However, I really don't want to see these new movies just re-doing pre-existing EU stories. I want original stories. Either this should be set far enough in the future to avoid clashing with EU stories at all, or just ignore them and focus on telling an alternative story.

I want to see things that I haven't seen before, not the stories I'm already familiar with.

 

[Ⓐaron]

I still wouldn't mind seeing adaptations of Timothy Zahn's books, but they're probably too complicated to condense into two-and-a-half hour films. They'd have to be a TV series. Plus they'd have to recast all the main roles now that the actors are too old to play five-years-older versions of the characters

Can't comment on Karen Traviss' novels as I haven't read them.

 

[Lord Noctis]

I still wouldn't mind seeing adaptations of Timothy Zahn's books, but they're probably too complicated to condense into two-and-a-half hour films. They'd have to be a TV series. Plus they'd have to recast all the main roles now that the actors are too old to play five-years-older versions of the characters

Can't comment on Karen Traviss' novels as I haven't read them.

See, I agree. The Thrawn trilogy as movies would be amazing. But of course theres the issue of the actors being to old for that time period. But if we skip ahead to a point where the old actors age would match the characters there'd be a crap ton of story missing. Like, most of the Vong war for example.

Hence me desire to see these movies take the form of an alternate timeline, or far future. That way we can avoid such limitations.

 

[Hisako]

Chances are like for the Indiana Jones series, they're probably going to use the old hats as a springboard for introducing a whole new cast that they'll put in the foreground for later films.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind them mixing up some EU ideas. Time periods of events like the Yuuzhan Vong incursions could easily be messed around with. Or hell, just focus on some new-age Rogue Squadron shit. I love the Rogue Squadron books and I think Michael A. Stackpole is a fucking great writer. I loved Corran Horn's shit, especially when he had his own Jedi arc.


The Lusankya was some GOOFY ASS BULLSHIT, though. Imagine Abrams covering that. XD

 

[X-SOLDIER]

Official vague casting call details!

Late-teen female, independent, good sense of humour, fit.

Young twenty-something male, witty and smart, fit but not traditionally good looking.

A late twentysomething male, fit, handsome and confident.

Seventy-something male, with strong opinions and tough demeanour. Also doesn’ t need to be particularly fit.

A second young female, also late teens, tough, smart and fit.

Forty something male, fit, military type.

Thirtysomething male, intellectual. Apparently doesn’t need to be fit.

X

 

[Geostigma]

A late twentysomething male, fit, handsome and confident.

Fuck yeah. Consider me in

^ Is what my ego would like to think

When in reality

this is more my style

Seventy-something male, with strong opinions and tough demeanour. Also doesn’ t need to be particularly fit.

 

[Tetsujin]

I'm handsome.

But not fit.



I just wanna know plot details dammit. D:

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

I wanna know more about these fit, teenage girls.

 

[Geostigma]

Imma toss out my character predictions now, they may be a bit silly

Late-teen female, independent, good sense of humour, fit. = Lukes bad ass daughter.

Young twenty-something male, witty and smart, fit but not traditionally good looking= If he's witty he has to be Hans son.

A late twentysomething male, fit, handsome and confident. = The twin brother of the Han's other son. Even though there twins and the first is described as "not traditionally good looking" We learn early on that this brother is "good looking" due to great self esteem and his confident nature.

Seventy-something male, with strong opinions and tough demeanour. Also doesn’ t need to be particularly fit. = Lando Calrisian.

 

[Hisako]

Seventy-something male, with strong opinions and tough demeanour. Also doesn’ t need to be particularly fit. = Lando Calrisian.

Or why not just bring back Billy Dee Fuckin' Williams D:

 

[Interslicery]

I'm guessing it's probly gonna be some previously unknown of sith lord or something.

 

[Hisako]

Well it's got John Williams!

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-...-williams-to-score-star-wars-episode-vii.html

John Williams, the legendary composer who crafted the iconic, sweeping music of all six films in the Star Wars saga, is returning to score Star Wars: Episode VII, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy announced today at Star Wars Celebration Europe. Williams' grand orchestral compositions for Star Wars are among the most beloved and recognizable in movie history, from the classic "Main Title" theme introduced in Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope to the ominous "Imperial March" from Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back to the stirring "Duel of the Fates" from the prequel trilogy.

Williams, whose career spans over six decades, has won five Academy Awards and has scored some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time, including Jaws, the Indiana Jones series, E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Lincoln, and countless others.

The composer joins a growing list of all-star creators including director J.J. Abrams, screenwriter Michael Arndt, and consultants Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg, who are shaping Star Wars: Episode VII, currently set for a 2015 release.