negative1 said:C3PX said:Yeah, it's brilliant! If only they could have had some halfway decent actors to pull it off...
the problem that will never be solved, is that
nobody can agree what the story should have been like..
I think plenty of people here can agree on what the story should have been like. Early years of Anakin Skywalker. His ascendency in the Jedi ranks. His fall. For a decent writer, this doesn't have to be that hard. As long as you stop trying to connect every little aspect with the OT, you won't have a problem. He does not need to build C3PO. He does not need to know R2 from the beginning. He does not need to start as a 9 year old boy (I think this made it worse, not better). While his wife should die by the end, she doesn't have to (no reason she can't go into hiding on some planet, like maybe Alderaan :P).
The point is that there are so many better ways it could have been done that you don't have to have 100% agreement on everything. But everyone agrees that dissent was probably not tolerated on the set, so crap was allowed to pass because it came from Lucas. Healthy dissent helps great ideas to flourish.
some claim that the PT isn't as 'epic' as the original trilogy (despite
all the retcons, inconsistencies, and flaws that exist in it th e OT also)..
lucas faces a no-win situation, you can't please the old fans, because
it wouldn't 'match' what he wanted for the PT, and of course the people
that like the PT sometimes find the OT clunky, slow, and outdated....
I don't think even Lucas knew what he wanted for the PT. He simply decided he had to revisit the franchise because he kept talking about it over the years and figured he should do something for the fans that were clamoring for more. I'm convinced that he's tired of it and once people stop consuming it that he'll finally move on. As long as it's bringing in money though, he'll continue to do whatever it takes to keep the money flowing. This is why I've pretty much stopped buying anything Star Wars related. The only things I buy now are the items that are specifically OT related, so pretty much only holiday ornaments.
you can't have your cake both ways, and eat it to..
i hear a lot of complaints (skyjedi2005, and vaderisnothayden) that nothing past
1983 is worthy of being star wars, or 'canon' etc.....
well that leaves a huge void doesn't it? who is supposed to write the story?
who's supposed to act it out? who's supposed to direct? do the music?
John Williams for the music. Lawrence Kasdan could write it (he wrote the screenplay for Raiders of the Lost Ark). Natalie Portman and the rest of the actors were also fine (they're all very accomplished actors). We just need a replacement for Hayden (he isn't that great and hasn't been in anything that good since, kinda like Mark Hamill ;P).
As far as Directors go, take your pic. There's plenty of decent directors out there. And Lucas can stay on as Visual Effects Producer since Visual Effects is what he does best.
i don't think we could even find a majority of people on this site that could agree
on how it should have been handled? some like the EU stuff, others hate it,
same with the 'clone wars' (mixed opinions).......
You don't need a majority to agree on who the best person is. You just need someone that's good to do it and George is not good.
it's pretty easy to criticize something that exists without supplying any kind of
alternate or substitute...yeah, you could say, just film the 'thrawn trilogy', or
just do episodes 7-9, and include the OT characters.... yeah, well someone
has to write it, and even stories from the EU that included the OT characters
aren't all liked universally....
do you really want to see han and leia married with kids? luke getting old?
chewbacca dying? i don't know.... i'd rather see the time periods inbetween
episode 3 and 4. or even the short time periods between 4-5 and 5-6....
I wouldn't mind any of these to be perfectly honest. In the hands of a capable writer and director we'd get something wonderful. Not in the hands of Lucas. He had his shot at continued greatness with the PT. He failed miserably. Yes, they generated a lot of money, but they are now seen as failures. The OT is still seen as timeless.
be careful what you wish for..
Exactly why I (and many others) want someone else to take over the reigns from Lucas.