Five live action shows — Page 2

On the other thread rcb linked to a rumor that a young Luke is going to appear on the show. Having seen a young Anakin and a young "Boba", I dread a young Luke. It'd be very unlikely to be anything but more crapping on Star Wars.

Five shows?

Hey Rick, what about putting all the money to make ONE GOOD show, before thinking about doing more...

Call me daft but the PT was (compared to most summer blockbusters these days) relatively cheap, why couldn't he just get some good writers in to do a sequel trilogy?

George keeps saying he's burned out Star Wars wise but he keeps making all these Star Wars things.

Why can't he just hand the baton over and give the fans what they want (the much promised trilogy of trilogies with him as far away from the last three as possible and the OT available to buy restored to it's former glory) he'd still rake in the money and in the free time he would now have do all those experimental projects he keeps going on about.

Bingowings said:

(...) and in the free time he would now have do all those experimental projects he keeps going on about.

 I'm begining to think those experimental projects were the PT and Indy 4!..........

Well, there is a point when we benne gesserit cannot reach.

Special Editions lame scenes (Jabba on ANH, jedi rock !!!! on ROTJ...), PT extreme lameness, Young Indy, even Clone Wars animated series... ok. They are genuine shit.

But how can you put Indy IV in the same league?? It's not Raiders, but it's a good film anyway. It seems to me that after having seen so much crap from Lucas, some people need to feel that everything he touches is 100% pure shit.

The question is: Indy IV had different producers, a decent writer and good direction. That's precisely what is needed in any Star Wars future stuff. No Rick McCallum. No Lucas screenplays. Lucas stories are not bad. Every story on PT, with a decent screenwriter developing them would make an A-class film and could even inspire good acting. But in the end, screenplays evolved to shit, and no director can make a decent film with shit scripts.

Anyway, the only thing I needed to know if i would buy with the live action shows is that Rick McCallum is on the boat. If that is true, that boat will sink for sure.

captainsolo said:

Vaderisnothayden said:

On the other thread rcb linked to a rumor that a young Luke is going to appear on the show. Having seen a young Anakin and a young "Boba", I dread a young Luke. It'd be very unlikely to be anything but more crapping on Star Wars.

Please, no-enough with the young versions!

At least we never saw that awful young Han in Ep III.

Yeah, young Han solo was supposed to somehow help Yoda if I remember well...

Can you imagine that? It goes against everything Han Solo is as a character in ANH.

I am not Bashing Lucas all the time but the fact that this plot was taken seriously at some point is scary.

Well, they totally screwed up on making Jar Jar believable. The Jar Jar is the key thing is revealing, because Jar Jar is the key to understanding TPM's mentality. TPM lacks conviction in its own imagined world and doesn't try to make things believable. Jar Jar and the other cartoon characters (most notably Boss Nass) are the most obvious manifestation of this unreal mentality. The prequels in general don't feel real and also tend towards artificiality and lack of sincerity. TPM is where it starts, not as bad as in the later two but very much a problem. 

The pod racer guys were the worst for cartoon crapness. The little guy with the body shaped like an ear of corn just makes me want to explode, what on Earth was he thinking when he put those scenes together?

I actually do have an Uncle Bob which possibly explains why the world so messed up (I don't have a nephew or niece who is a monkey though).

You haven't heard of the prequels? Go rent The Phantom Menace.  It had some amazing observational acting.

Young Han in the Clone Wars could be done well (by someone else) he could be sceptical of the Force because it didn't help stop the countless deaths of people (including many Jedi) during those wars.

He might even have started off believing in the Force but after seeing the bloodshed became a hardened cynic.

Imagine Empire Of The Sun but on Kashyyyk, with young Han watching the Wookiees and Jedi fighting the droid armies only to have their own troops turn on them and enslave his Wookiee friends.

I can't imagine Lucas pulling that off though.

Akwat Kbrana said:

Probably, "I have a great idea, guys! We've already made a frog-creature and a giraffe-creature, so I really feel that we've explored the animal kingdom. But get this: what if we had a vegetable-creature? Maybe one the looks kinda like an ear of corn. Whaddya think?"

Yes-men proceed to assure frantically that the idea is genius and doesn't suck at all. Then the idea gets sent down to the animators, and bob's your uncle.

I remember seeing this thing where Lucas is with Spielberg and he's talking about the droid troopers and he's basically saying they'll suck and be useless in a fight so the jedi cut them down easily. And he says it'll be great. Huh?

Bingowings said:

The pod racer guys were the worst for cartoon crapness. The little guy with the body shaped like an ear of corn just makes me want to explode, what on Earth was he thinking when he put those scenes together?

 This guy? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ben_Quadinaros

Terrible. But the announcer, the sports commentator, was even worse.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fodesinbeed

Vaderisnothayden said:

I remember seeing this thing where Lucas is with Spielberg and he's talking about the droid troopers and he's basically saying they'll suck and be useless in a fight so the jedi cut them down easily. And he says it'll be great. Huh?

If I remember correctly it was on the Phantom Menace DVD extras, either the main doc or one of the web docs.  Hilarious stuff.

Vaderisnothayden said:

 This guy? http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ben_Quadinaros

Terrible. But the announcer, the sports commentator, was even worse.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fodesinbeed

But this guy? Awesome.

TV's Frink said:

Vaderisnothayden said:

I remember seeing this thing where Lucas is with Spielberg and he's talking about the droid troopers and he's basically saying they'll suck and be useless in a fight so the jedi cut them down easily. And he says it'll be great. Huh?

If I remember correctly it was on the Phantom Menace DVD extras, either the main doc or one of the web docs.  Hilarious stuff.

 Spielberg actually broke the arm off the prop it was fun to watch.