Star Wars 7

[Bullett]

Mixed feelings. Star Wars was always really a kids movie with elements for adults to enjoy. The new ones were nowhere near as good as the originals but they do have some strong moments.

Disney/Pixar can do kids movies that work for adults as well.

I think we will either see something expanded Universe style with no current characters or more likely a re-boot type approach with Han/Luke etc played by different actors. It's not done Batman any harm.

[Nom de ploom]

oj113 said:

Why not call it The Firefly Strikes Back...

that is a cracking shout actually...

Jackson or Nolan for me...

any new eps need to ahve the right mix of light and dark, fantasy and sci-fi...

both have a track record in this.

Fillion was cool in Serenity and would make an ideal "son of solo"

lol.

[Streetrod]

My older brother has welcomed this news as he feels it will give him the opportunity to revise his highly acclaimed role as a Place Guard in Episode One:



If it all goes tits up then he feels he is still set for a massive pay day as the value of his own very rare action figure will go through the roof

[Odie]

It was supposed to be 9 films anyway, the first 3 being the middle 3.

And I heard a rumour that luke was supposed to be anakins father, not sure how that would work. And that it was an enternal battle of good vs evil.

[Negative Creep]

Bullett said:

I think we will either see something expanded Universe style with no current characters or more likely a re-boot type approach with Han/Luke etc played by different actors. It's not done Batman any harm.

I can see your point, although Batman was a comic long before it was on the big screen, so has never just been about one actor. I'd love to see a Rogue Squadron film, but admit that's pretty unlikely

[AshVX220]

There's nothing to say when a new film will be set, just because the episode numbers indicate it should take place after ROTJ. Personally I'd love to see a series of films between Ep3 and Ep4, showing how Palpatine builds up power, how Darth hunts down the remaining jedi and how the alliance builds up (If you're reading Mr Disney).

[Rotary Madness]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

Already written for them

[Odie]

AshVX220 said:

There's nothing to say when a new film will be set, just because the episode numbers indicate it should take place after ROTJ. Personally I'd love to see a series of films between Ep3 and Ep4, showing how Palpatine builds up power, how Darth hunts down the remaining jedi and how the alliance builds up (If you're reading Mr Disney).

And inversely id like to see an 'old republic' film with some massive sith vs jedi epic battles.

[NiceCupOfTea]

For me, the biggest problem with the 6 films has been the weakness of the main character - both young and adult Anakin, and then Mark Hamill. Compare them to their colleagues - Ewan MacGregor, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Alex Guiness, Harrison Ford, etc.

I look at the first 3 films and see what people mean about them not being great, but then I look at 4,5, & 6 and to be honest I'm not sure how well they stand the test of time.

But for me the biggest problem is that Maurice Murphy won't be on the soundtrack.

[AshVX220]

Odie said:

AshVX220 said:

There's nothing to say when a new film will be set, just because the episode numbers indicate it should take place after ROTJ. Personally I'd love to see a series of films between Ep3 and Ep4, showing how Palpatine builds up power, how Darth hunts down the remaining jedi and how the alliance builds up (If you're reading Mr Disney).

And inversely id like to see an 'old republic' film with some massive sith vs jedi epic battles.

Indeed, I think there is a huge amount of scope and potential here, if they can do it right. Targetting the audience correctly is the key to it all. We can't forget that even the OT which we all love was a kid's film with an adult undertone, the problem with the Prequels was that it was a kids series, with no (or very little) adult undertone.

If Disney can crack the target audience conundrum properly, it could be fantastic, fingers crossed it will become a far greater movie franchise, competing with Bond for timelessness etc. It can achieve that, it just needs to be done right and targetted correctly.

[Asterix]

[FourWheelDrift]

[darth_pies]

Rotary Madness said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

Already written for them

Indeed the Thrawn trilogy was awesome (can't believe i read those 20 years ago as a teen!) but i think the moment has long passed where they could make these into films. I just can't see an audience accepting different actors as Luke, Leia and Han.

[Rotary Madness]

darth_pies said:

Rotary Madness said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

Already written for them

Indeed the Thrawn trilogy was awesome (can't believe i read those 20 years ago as a teen!) but i think the moment has long passed where they could make these into films. I just can't see an audience accepting different actors as Luke, Leia and Han.

See I was thinking that, but they could use the same technology they used to make Jeff Bridges young looking in Tron?

[callyman]

Asterix said:

Simple yet brilliant.

[P-Jay]

Rotary Madness said:

darth_pies said:

Rotary Madness said:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

Already written for them

Indeed the Thrawn trilogy was awesome (can't believe i read those 20 years ago as a teen!) but i think the moment has long passed where they could make these into films. I just can't see an audience accepting different actors as Luke, Leia and Han.

See I was thinking that, but they could use the same technology they used to make Jeff Bridges young looking in Tron?

They'd be better off playing it safe and setting it 20 years after RotJ, after 2 galaxy-wide Coups you could expect their to be at least a decade or two of peace.

[bigandclever]

elvismiggell said:

But here's the bad;

Disney? Are they really going to make a Star Wars film that'll be aimed at teens and adults? Or will they give in and aim it at the children that all the original Star Wars fans have now had?

It does (mildly, I must get out more) amuse me that people think Disney is just about the kids.

[DJRC]

As with all these things I hope whatever they do rides roughshod over "the canon" that has sprung up around it all thereby teaching such sad tts as get their knickers would up in a twist over such things not to be such sad tts in the first place.

I enjoyed the last 3 films made. Good kids films with some suitably adult bits and encouraged us not to take life or films too seriously. The only "bad" thing about them was Christianson was an even more wooden actor than Clive Owen.

[OlberJ]

Instant reaction, god no!

Besson in to do it......well maybe, just maybe.

[Ian974]

I'll give them a chance, it's not as if anyone is going to mind them standing on the toes of episodes 1-3.
It's not going to beat the original ones, but I reckon they could make a good go of it.
Though someones earlier suggestion of Tarantino directing sounds like genius, I'm not sure I could see that working at all!