i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Where the hell are they going to take the story this time? The original Hans Solo trilogy was good, but the pissed-off teenager on his period trilogy had no backbone. What the hell? MORE>?>?
They have lots and LOTS of source material to chose from. Much of it is crap, but much if it is very well written and would probably transition to film rather well.
Though, they could also just ignore EU material, or at least, use it sparingly. The smart thing to do here would just be set the movies either way before or way after the original trilogy. Then the writers would have the setting to play with but could make new characters, important events, etc...
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Technically most of the EU is a continuation of the original trilogy.
Hell..and most of it STILL probably contains Luke, Han, Leia, Chewie, the droids, Lando...
The only one that ever bit the giant ass moon out of that list, to my knowledge, is Chewie. And he was still in a TON of books, comics, games before that.
Even in Legacy where it's safe to assume all the other characters would be at least dead of old age, Luke shows up as a spirit and, if I recall, R2-D2 has even showed up.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
$4 billion for Lucasfilm after $4 billion for Marvel. Adjusted for inflation, the Marvel Universe, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones put together are worth as much as Pixar.
$4 billion for Lucasfilm after $4 billion for Marvel. Adjusted for inflation, the Marvel Universe, Star Wars, and Indiana Jones put together are worth as much as Pixar.
It seems that Disney got a very good deal for Pixar then
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
On further reflection of that Cracked list, #5 almost seems like a reason why the movies warrant sequels as opposed to not.
It mentions that the last movie nicely wraps things up, but that the books point out that there's still an Empire that's much bigger than the Rebel Alliance out there and now there's simply a power-vacuum.
But their reasoning seems to be, "BUT THAT'S NOT THE IMPRESSION WE GOT FROM THE MOVIE!" so that this idea is bad.
One other strange thing I find is that the scene where "The universe celebrates the Emperor's death" was actually added in one of the special editions (and edited once or twice in the subsequent special editions). The Imperial home-world in that scene only had a name and agreed look (city planet) because Lucas used Timothy Zahn's ideas from The Thrawn trilogy. Lucas would go on to use this idea in the prequels.
It seems odd that Lucas would happily crib ideas created in the EU to color BOTH trilogies but also intend the added scene in Jedi as a sort of "FUCK YOU!" to the entire EU.
Also the "unofficial stories" part to reference the EU seems like a misnomer. Star Wars has more of a hierarchy of canon that goes Movies > TV Shows > Everything else. Usually anything Star Wars that gets released and sold to the public is technically "official" to some extent, unless it's clearly a gag story (like some of the comics) or something happens in a movie or TV show that was released after the work was created that contradicts it.
Just struck me as a sort of underhanded method of trying to make a point that may reveal that whoever wrote this article, while well informed, may not be all that familiar with the material he/she is using to make their argument from.
"It is a matter of grave importance that Fairy tales should be respected.... Whosoever alters them to suit his own opinions, whatever they are, is guilty, to our thinking, of an act of presumption, and appropriates to himself what does not belong to him." -- Charles Dickens
On further reflection of that Cracked list, #5 almost seems like a reason why the movies warrant sequels as opposed to not.
Star Wars Episode VII: starring Val Kilmer as the Clone Emperor.
Well, that'd be more like #4. Which I felt had some decent point, and I sorta figured the general movie going populace is probably not up for the Star Wars epic wet-dream that is the Dark Empire series.
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He went back in time and beat the guy's dog to death with a model starship.
Trufax.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Actually despite my hope for an EU film it's apparently a continuation of the original trilogy.
Cuz
y'know
why not.
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
So my opinion on this is rather moot
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Also, possibly nit-picky, but it's not Luke's son in Legacy. Though, it is a descendant with the last name of "Skywalker".
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis