Other than Jar Jar and midichlorians, what don't you want in episode 7? — Page 2

I don't want characters that try to be "cool" or any knowing nods to the previous films - like a damn spaceship hiding on an asteroid / bigger ship.

I don't want any of the original cast to die.

I don't want to see the "human" side of stormtroopers, I don't want to see their faces (no hope of this if the latest rumours are to be believed)

Don't want Sith or any other Jedi except Luke... Certainly don't want dumb acrobatic twirly light saber fights. Keep it broadsword. And I don't want long jedi training scenes, talking about the Force.

Basically I don't want any reference to the PT.

I DO want the classic ships from the original trilogy, Tie Fighters, AT-AT's etc. A good Space battle would be cool, but something straight forward, not the cluttered mess of ROTS.

I want the films themselves to be made in a similar style to the original trilogy, meaning I want that Kurowsawa influence, not shakey cam, lens flare and rapid editing. I want The Searchers in space

I'm hopefull about the new film. I think JJ Abrams knows that a huge part of the attraction of the OT was not only the story and characters but the hardware, the way things looked and functioned. Even the Falcon had character. This appears to be the way they're going, using some of McQuarries designs and building real sets etc. 

I wouldn't mind seeing a storm trooper without their helmet on, just to prove they aren't clones. The fact that stormtroopers (and ESPECIALLY Boba Fett!!) were clones really pissed me off in the prequels. Also, I don't read any books about Star Wars so I'd rather not hear a comment about how a book explains that stormtroopers aren't clones (see them all the time on Youtube comments), Ep. II made it pretty clear that they were, and I like to just go based on the movies.

Johnny Ringo said:

New Saber Colours

Big references to the PT. 

I can accept that there will be some references, but I don't want it to heavily focus on it. I can live with references to planetary systems as part of the universe as well as some technology, along with vague reference to anakin's fall to the darkside, but that's about it really. But please, no more purple lightsabers and bad lightsaber choreography - as seen in AoTC and ROTS (TPM had this done a lot better imo).

TV's Frink said:

Don't listen to Bingo, this thread is cool in my book.

Exactly the reason why should listen to me.

Cool in his book...Have you read his book? He didn't write the bloody thing it was some guy called Paul Young.

Darth Vader Ghost or The Emperor ghost.  I love these 2 bad guys, but lets have a an original bad guy (they can still be a Sith). 

moviefreakedmind said:

Again, I have no preference, but I'd love to see them blatantly contradict the prequels in the ST.

I don't want the ST to contradict the PT as much as I don't like the PT contradicting some elements of the OT. Adding even more contradiction in the Star Wars world is NOT a good idea. At all.

WedgeCyan said:

CO said:

Darth Vader Ghost or The Emperor ghost.  I love these 2 bad guys, but lets have a an original bad guy (they can still be a Sith). 

 I'd like to take this one step further and say I don't want to see the Emperor at all (no clone/resurrection Legends BS) or Darth Vader at all (as the newest rumors claim).

I'd like to take this yet another step further and say that I don't want to see Sith at all. How is another Sith "new"?

TMBTM said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Again, I have no preference, but I'd love to see them blatantly contradict the prequels in the ST.

I don't want the ST to contradict the PT as much as I don't like the PT contradicting some elements of the OT. Adding even more contradiction in the Star Wars world is NOT a good idea. At all.

I agree. 

WedgeCyan said:

^Truer than true. I should've noted that I hate the idea of jedi vs sith as an eternal struggle. The "sith order" should never have been a thing.

The idea of an eternal jedi vs sith struggle would be enough to get me to walk out of the theater and cease to be a Star Wars fan. I preferred when Vader and Emperor were evil because they do evil things rather than because they're part of an ancient organization.

darklordoftech said:

WedgeCyan said:

CO said:

Darth Vader Ghost or The Emperor ghost.  I love these 2 bad guys, but lets have a an original bad guy (they can still be a Sith). 

 I'd like to take this one step further and say I don't want to see the Emperor at all (no clone/resurrection Legends BS) or Darth Vader at all (as the newest rumors claim).

I'd like to take this yet another step further and say that I don't want to see Sith at all. How is another Sith "new"?

 If they could come up with an original villain, I would be all for it.  But the problem is you need someone who is as powerful as a Jedi, so you are essentially locked into that battle for this galaxy?

CO said:

darklordoftech said:

WedgeCyan said:

CO said:

Darth Vader Ghost or The Emperor ghost.  I love these 2 bad guys, but lets have a an original bad guy (they can still be a Sith). 

 I'd like to take this one step further and say I don't want to see the Emperor at all (no clone/resurrection Legends BS) or Darth Vader at all (as the newest rumors claim).

I'd like to take this yet another step further and say that I don't want to see Sith at all. How is another Sith "new"?

 If they could come up with an original villain, I would be all for it.  But the problem is you need someone who is as powerful as a Jedi, so you are essentially locked into that battle for this galaxy?

Couldn't someone else become just as powerful as a Sith could? Couldn't there be other powerful people and beings out there?

darklordoftech said:

CO said:

darklordoftech said:

WedgeCyan said:

CO said:

Darth Vader Ghost or The Emperor ghost.  I love these 2 bad guys, but lets have a an original bad guy (they can still be a Sith). 

 I'd like to take this one step further and say I don't want to see the Emperor at all (no clone/resurrection Legends BS) or Darth Vader at all (as the newest rumors claim).

I'd like to take this yet another step further and say that I don't want to see Sith at all. How is another Sith "new"?

 If they could come up with an original villain, I would be all for it.  But the problem is you need someone who is as powerful as a Jedi, so you are essentially locked into that battle for this galaxy?

Couldn't someone else become just as powerful as a Sith could? Couldn't there be other powerful people and beings out there?

The Legions of Lettow immediately come to mind when I think of a powerful dark side religion beyond the Sith and Dark Jedi.

Of course, there's too great a chance that they'd just become ersatz Sith if they were ever adopted into the films. 

DuracellEnergizer said: Of course, there's too great a chance that they'd just become ersatz Sith if they were ever adopted into the films. 

If you ask me, it's the Sith who deserve the "ersatz" label. Vader and Palpatine will always be Imperials to me, not Sith.

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i don't want to see unoriginality. I don't want to see too many nods to the style of ANH. As in a loveable rogue/ anti hero character. Luke mirroring Obi Wan from Star Wars. As in the old Jedi who..well, you know the rest. I remember all that 'rhymes' crap Lucas came out with to justify the lazy story telling we had to suffer in the prequels. None of this please. Make the story original and fresh.

Blatant nostalgia baiting, sure it's Star Wars and we all expect a crawl and "In a galaxy far far away" but I hope these ones stand on their own two feet.

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Hiya Bingo. How've you been?

darklordoftech said:

DuracellEnergizer said: Of course, there's too great a chance that they'd just become ersatz Sith if they were ever adopted into the films. 

If you ask me, it's the Sith who deserve the "ersatz" label. Vader and Palpatine will always be Imperials to me, not Sith.

Furthermore, I fear that any Sith master that appears in episodes 7-9 would be an ersatz Emperor and any Sith apprentice would be an ersatz Vader. 

Give me The Emperor or don't give me Sith at all.