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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

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ORIGINAL: cerebusboy

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

Ths thread is getting dragged seriously off topic. Its Future Film.

Its Star Wars Episode 7.

I'm pretty sure it's not "The prequals were REALLY, LOLOMG!!11!!" nor are they "Are you well thick, da prequals were the gay"

Can we PLEASE focus on episode 7?

Please?

My opinion, as a 30 something Star Wars fan, is that I'd rather have prequel-style sequels than Avengers-with-lightsabres. You might disagree with me, but it's a legitimate pov.

Well as 33 year fan I would say that A) Don't be so fucking condescending and B) You're entitled to that opinion however that's not an excuse to drag the topic into a discussion about the prequals in terms of performances, script etc.

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ORIGINAL: Hood_Man

Personally, I would like to see Grand Admiral Thrawn on the big screen, but what-eva!

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

It's ok, Hood you've got a good personality

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ORIGINAL: Hood_Man

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

It's ok, Hood you've got a good personality

Aww shucks, you're just saying that

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

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ORIGINAL: Hood_Man

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

It's ok, Hood you've got a good personality

Aww shucks, you're just saying that

Yeah fair enough.............

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ORIGINAL: cerebusboy

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ORIGINAL: Hood_Man

Personally, I would like to see Grand Admiral Thrawn on the big screen, but what-eva!

Recasting Han et all? I know not everyone agreed with the Paul Dano Luke Skywalker suggestion, but you can see Disney thinking a young/trendy Twilight/Hunger Games cast might be a good idea for Episode VII.

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

I honestly don't know what I want from E7.

That's half the fun. I know what I don't want though, I don't want a reboot, I don't want a movie which shoehorns iconic characters in and completely fucks up the last shred of continuity the series has. An origin story might work but as has been said before the problem with a new story is trying to top the villain.

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ORIGINAL: cerebusboy

I know not everyone agreed with the Paul Dano Luke Skywalker suggestion, but you can see Disney thinking a young/trendy Twilight/Hunger Games cast might be a good idea for Episode VII.

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ORIGINAL: horribleives
To paraphrase the great man himself:

Vad3r won't go anywhere near this.

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ORIGINAL: Private Hudson
I hope they do something new with some familiar characters ie C3PO and R2D2 and obviously have the Jedis and the Force at the centre of it. I do hope they don't have The Sith in it, but go somewhere different with the saga.

I also am glad they are not doing the Zahn books. Not that there is anything wrong with them, but let us see some new worlds and new characters.

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Also as some have said here, surely if it is episode VII then it has to follow on from VI?

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ORIGINAL: Private Hudson

Also as some have said here, surely if it is episode VII then it has to follow on from VI?

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ORIGINAL: Keyser Sozzled

I honestly don't know what I want from E7.

That's half the fun. I know what I don't want though, I don't want a reboot, I don't want a movie which shoehorns iconic characters in and completely fucks up the last shred of continuity the series has. An origin story might work but as has been said before the problem with a new story is trying to top the villain.

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ORIGINAL: superdan

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ORIGINAL: Private Hudson
I hope they do something new with some familiar characters ie C3PO and R2D2 and obviously have the Jedis and the Force at the centre of it. I do hope they don't have The Sith in it, but go somewhere different with the saga.

I also am glad they are not doing the Zahn books. Not that there is anything wrong with them, but let us see some new worlds and new characters.

There's a contradiction there somewhere

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Also as some have said here, surely if it is episode VII then it has to follow on from VI?

The question is how much time has elapsed between the two films. There's, what, 18 or 19 years between Sith and Star Wars? It's not impossible that Disney could increase that time between Jedi and VII. Maybe they'll be bold and increase it significantly (which I would probably find more interesting than the obvious route of a film about Han and Leia's kids or something). For all we know the main character may not even be human.

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ORIGINAL: Private Hudson

Also as some have said here, surely if it is episode VII then it has to follow on from VI?

I agree with Lucas that the Skywalker story, at least, ends with VI. Vader's redeemed, Luke's saved the galaxy - what else is there to say? I liked Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull (not as good as the Dark Knight Rises though, best film of the year by miles) , but a lot of people obviously felt (script issues aside) that OAP Indy was just a bad idea. And surely Han Solo is just as iconic as Indiana Jones, meaning nobody but Ford can play him? And so, too, with Leia and Luke? Hell, it would have been jarring if Anthony Daniels hadn't done the prequels threepio! Plus, I know it's a vast galaxy, but surely a lot of people (who didn't like the prequels) want Episode VII to be classic OT style adventure? Surely that precludes a lot of the EU style stuff? I mean, one of the biggest stories there was the Yuuzhan Vong alien invasion - an alien invasion story with ''Star Wars'' in the title isn't likely to have that OT feel. Boba Fett's cool, but a whole movie about bounty hunters, say, would feel like a tv show on the big screen, like with the crappy (e.g. Insurrection) trek movies.

Disney do a lot with Tim Burton; maybe they'll go for someone like him to put a distinctive stamp on a classic 'good v evil' story. Chronologically speaking, though, if they have Jedis in the new film (and they should!) then arguably you're dealing with Skywalkers anyway - because Luke's the last one left, so he has to set up a new Jedi order, even if you don't want to use the exact EU stories. Timetravel might be the way forward - there's no point in having a story a hundred years after Episode VI, say, and then doing a rehash of the PT/OT (loads of jedi, sith rise, baddies control galaxy wipe out jedi, jedi rise and beat baddies/wipe out sith) but without the crucial father/son relationship that made those six movies such a brilliant story.

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ORIGINAL: Private Hudson
I hope they do something new with some familiar characters ie C3PO and R2D2 and obviously have the Jedis and the Force at the centre of it. I do hope they don't have The Sith in it, but go somewhere different with the saga.

I also am glad they are not doing the Zahn books. Not that there is anything wrong with them, but let us see some new worlds and new characters.

There's a contradiction there somewhere

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Also as some have said here, surely if it is episode VII then it has to follow on from VI?

The question is how much time has elapsed between the two films. There's, what, 18 or 19 years between Sith and Star Wars? It's not impossible that Disney could increase that time between Jedi and VII. Maybe they'll be bold and increase it significantly (which I would probably find more interesting than the obvious route of a film about Han and Leia's kids or something). For all we know the main character may not even be human.

It isn't really. Tell a new story with new characters but have our two familiar, loveable narrators appearing.

I agree with you in that I would like to see the new films being set a bit further on, and in fact I am not too keen on any link with the Skywalkers at all.

I would like to think the entire Star Wars saga is actually all about The Force.

So let us see the Jedi (in whatever form they may be in) face a challenge from something other than The Sith, but again something that will affect The Force.

I loved the idea of the title of one of the prequels to be called "The Balance of the Force" and hope perhaps that the last movie in this new trilogy may be called that.

But let us explore new planets and even a new galaxy. The Skywalker saga is complete.

Mind you Anakin/Vader was the person who brought Balance to the Force, but there are a million ways that The Force can be imbalanced again I am sure.

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ORIGINAL: Private Hudson

Also as some have said here, surely if it is episode VII then it has to follow on from VI?

I agree with Lucas that the Skywalker story, at least, ends with VI. Vader's redeemed, Luke's saved the galaxy - what else is there to say? I liked Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystall Skull (not as good as the Dark Knight Rises though, best film of the year by miles) , but a lot of people obviously felt (script issues aside) that OAP Indy was just a bad idea. And surely Han Solo is just as iconic as Indiana Jones, meaning nobody but Ford can play him? And so, too, with Leia and Luke? Hell, it would have been jarring if Anthony Daniels hadn't done the prequels threepio! Plus, I know it's a vast galaxy, but surely a lot of people (who didn't like the prequels) want Episode VII to be classic OT style adventure? Surely that precludes a lot of the EU style stuff? I mean, one of the biggest stories there was the Yuuzhan Vong alien invasion - an alien invasion story with ''Star Wars'' in the title isn't likely to have that OT feel. Boba Fett's cool, but a whole movie about bounty hunters, say, would feel like a tv show on the big screen, like with the crappy (e.g. Insurrection) trek movies.

Disney do a lot with Tim Burton; maybe they'll go for someone like him to put a distinctive stamp on a classic 'good v evil' story. Chronologically speaking, though, if they have Jedis in the new film (and they should!) then arguably you're dealing with Skywalkers anyway - because Luke's the last one left, so he has to set up a new Jedi order, even if you don't want to use the exact EU stories. Timetravel might be the way forward - there's no point in having a story a hundred years after Episode VI, say, and then doing a rehash of the PT/OT (loads of jedi, sith rise, baddies control galaxy wipe out jedi, jedi rise and beat baddies/wipe out sith) but without the crucial father/son relationship that made those six movies such a brilliant story.

Yeah a lot of good points in this I agree with.

Yeah maybe Luke is dead but he is the Father of the new Jedi movement? I can't see any Star Wars film not having Jedi and The Force not being in it.

Yes, I would leave Han Solo be. He is and always will be Harrison Ford, in the same way the adult Indiana Jones is too.

I personally wouldn't let anyone so poor as Tim Burton near Star Wars. The guy has a very poor track record. Most of his films are utter pants! Look at the abortion of a movie that was his Planet of the Apes. Stick to Edward Scissorhands please!

Not sure what they should do, but they must have some good ideas I am sure.

Perhaps there will be a threat from another rival Jedi faction who might not be The Sith, but are also users of The Force?

Or could we see in the future a new type of Empire or totalitarian regime who have defeated the Jedi?

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I have prophecy:

This thread will stay top three for at least three years..

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ORIGINAL: Dannybohy

My opinion, the single worst thing they could do is recast Luke, Han Leia etc. Either have them back as old versions of those characters and evolve a storyline from there, maybe around their offspring or set it much further in the future. I'm good with just hamill coming back. I like the idea of Luke being head of a new Jedi order. There is no reason why he could not of outlived everyone else, people die and hes strong with the force ;) . What we should expect is ` a new big twist` in whatever story comes out, its destiny, can it top Empires revelation?. Im excited, until I hear about recasting old characters.....fingers crossed they wont

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My opinion, the single worst thing they could do is recast Luke, Han Leia etc. Either have them back as old versions of those characters and evolve a storyline from there, maybe around their offspring or set it much further in the future. I'm good with just hamill coming back. I like the idea of Luke being head of a new Jedi order. There is no reason why he could not of outlived everyone else, people die and hes strong with the force ;) . What we should expect is ` a new big twist` in whatever story comes out, its destiny, can it top Empires revelation?. Im excited, until I hear about recasting old characters.....fingers crossed they wont

Yeah I think the Skywalker story is finished so let's see something new.

As for Empire's twist, well that's been diluted by the prequels and I don't think it is necessary to have one. I'd actually argue that anyone watching I to III will find Palpatine being Sidious a better twist (for those who watch it now or in the future and don't really know about ROTJ).

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GET ON THE PHONE TO DAVID LYNCH, WALT.