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Post #1328124

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DominicCobb
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The Sequels - George's Original Trilogy
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7-Mar-2020, 9:14 PM

ShamanWhill said:

DominicCobb said:

There is no “proper canon.” That’s bullshit. George was constantly changing his mind. He had approximately 500 different ideas for the sequel trilogy over the years that were probably incredibly contradictory (as the PT often was to the OT).

Please refrain from becoming so meta that you end up saying things that make no sense. There is a proper canon. We have an artist and his creation. Anything he wants to do or approves of is canon. Let’s not confuse ourselves.

Yes, there is a “proper canon.” It includes the films made by Disney. Lucas sold the rights to the series to them, and artists continued the story, whether you personally like it or not.

I also prefer to see it as George coming up with ideas constantly instead of constantly changing his mind. When I think of the way the Star Wars story came about, I can admit that it did happen, but I don’t think it happened in the way you’re trying to prove.

He was changing his mind constantly. You can choose to see it a different way if you please, but the simple fact of the matter is things changed over time. It didn’t come fully formed from go. It took time and changes - that’s the actual creative process.

DominicCobb said:
This thread is just speculative fan fiction. Don’t pretend it’s anything else.

Of course. I never said it wasn’t. I’m sorry you came into here thinking it was otherwise. I should’ve been more clearer. I would like to justify our “fan fiction” though: at least it’s more rooted in the creator’s ideas than Disney’s trilogy was. So which one is the real fan fiction?

Yours is the fan fiction. That’s just a fact. George had a treatment, sure. But have you seen it? No. Ardnt starting working off the treatment, and thus TFA (and TLJ) feature elements of it. So the sequel trilogy as is is more imbued with George’s actual ideas than yours ever could be, just as a point of fact (not to mention JJ and Rian meeting with Lucas).

This should be in the “Screenwriting and Rewritting” forum, not this one.