Harrison Ford is 70, Mark Hamill 62 and Carrie Fisher 56.

Bit old for teenage kids!

TV's Frink said:

luckydube56 said:

Ahhh...the controversy.

Really?

No. Sarcasm.

buddy-x-wing said:

I'm more concerned that Disney will try to balance the old cast with a bunch of obnoxious teens, not looking forward to meeting the children of Solo & Skywalker, really hope they completely disregard the EU

Couldn't agree more.  The Solo/Skywalker offspring story line seems so contrived while simultaneously too predictable. 

I mean, will they all be friends?  Must the children of best friends also be best friends?  I'd rather have completely unrelated characters coming together to become friends.  And any way you cut it, they're going to end up being a re-hash of the original cast of characters.  I have no doubt there will be 3 central human characters, an alien, and two droids.

I dont even want to think of the prospects of them being teenage characters.

If the child of Han and Leia was in his/her mid twenties, the story could pick up pretty much where RotJ left off, assuming that the child was already a good pilot and a fully trained Jedi. That way we wouldn't have to retread the "seduction of the Dark Side" story, and have it focus on something bigger than that. For example, if he/she had gained so much power that he/she had godlike abilities, the story could be about the struggle to use them responsibly and for the good of the galaxy instead of using them to save friends. Or it could do what the prequels tried to do, such as make a political thriller with the goal being an ethical galactic government. Or it could introduce an enemy that simply cannot be defeated through the exploitation of an easily accessible structural weakness.

As for the cast of characters, there are literally dozens of well known archetypes that haven't been used in Star Wars. Heck, we haven't even had a scientist as a major character in Star Wars, and Star Wars is SCIENCE fantasy. We could have a noble character who has a tortured and hidden past, a teacher who knows the history of the Old Republic and who teaches our hero about how to structure a lasting democracy, a mechanical being who nevertheless uses the Force, an archaeologist who discovers the buried secrets of the first Jedi, or even a Celestial, a being who isn't particularly interested in the wars of the galaxy yet has terrible power. New characters shouldn't be a problem. I'd say the worst option would be to simply recycle what has already been done simply because people liked it thirty years ago.

In 1977 it was the story of a kid with hopes of adventure dashing off to save a princess with a sarcastic pilot and a furry alien. That can never be repeated. The sincerity, the naivety, the lack of pretension can never be repeated. 

And I'm pretty sure there was MORE Star Trek merchandise based off the original show than the 2009 one.

When it comes to actors, one of the things the OT has going for it is some of the greatest voices in Hollywood.

James Earl Jones, Mark Hammil, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher's deep tones, Billy Dee Williams smooth as silk delivery.

Just because he has the best voice on TV today, I would love to see Ian Glenn in the new Star Wars.

Bingowings said:

Look at Prometheus, that was a rubbish film with superior associated merchandising.

I thought you said you liked Prometheus Bingo

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Jaitea said:

Bingowings said:

Look at Prometheus, that was a rubbish film with superior associated merchandising.

I thought you said you liked Prometheus Bingo

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