Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD** — Page 110

DuracellEnergizer said:

ratpack1961 said:

Just thought of this issue, for all the EU fans.

Ep. 7 is going to come out and with it will be a bunch of tie in novels.  These will be new extended takes on characters featured in ep. 7.  Kinda like the prequel novels that centered on Obi Wan's training etc.

They are still coming out with EU novels but eventually these ep. 7 novels will take precedent.  They are probably being written write now.

Are these novels going to be EU since they are after ep 6? Most likely they are starting an alternate timelline.  So at some point Disney will have to announce the EU is done and this new timeline takes over.  So Mara Jade will be erased from existence...

As Doc Brown would say Great Scott!

I hope the EU writers use the upcoming overhaul of the EU as an opportunity to finally establish the existence of a greater SW Multiverse. There's no reason whatsoever for there to only be a single universe with a single timeline (and never has been).

Stories set in a universe in which Vader isn't Luke's father and Palpatine is a figurehead could be interesting.

Hal 9000 said:

ratpack1961 said:

They are probably being written write now.

I see what you did there.

 Haha! I wish that was intentional. Your logic is flawless as ever Hal and I think your correct about the ae-35 unit we should replace it :)

Tobar said:

Well technically there've been two for over a decade now. All of the stories deemed non-canon fall under "Infinities."

I just hope they wipe everything NJO and up.

 I just don't see why any EU needs to be jettisoned. It's not like they need to bring any of it up in the movie. You don't need to have read Splinter of the Mind's Eye to enjoy The Empire Strikes Back.

^That's why I prefer to believe the Vader Luke & Leia fought in the Temple of Pomojema was actually a phantom created by the Kaiburr Crystal and not the real deal. ;-)

Well, if none of that really mattered in the long run....

Like I've said before, there's stuff that can be retconned/explained away and there's stuff that can't. Splinter (which I've had a copy of for years but still haven't gotten around to reading) sounds like the former while Chewie being in Episode VII would be an example of the latter.

There's a difference between ignoring something and actively contradicting it. I can understand the viewpoint that keeping continuity with the EU isn't worth Chewie's absence in Episode VII, but I also don't see why an in-continuity Episode VII necessitates people having read any EU. It really wouldn't. To be honest, this is kinda why I didn't like the news that Abrams was changing the script to focus more on Han, Luke and Leia. I wanted this new story - whatever it ends up being - to be told more from the younger generation's pov, much like Abrams' first Star Trek movie or the original Star Wars before it.

SilverWook said:

So Vader was never actually on the planet? Who turned Grammel into bookends then?

 He was on the planet. He just never fought Luke and Leia in the Temple.

That still leaves Luke and Leia acting in ways siblings ought not to, (thanks George!) and a crazy old lady who may or may not be a Jedi, running off with a Force controlling gem. You'd think Luke would want to keep both around...

As I've mentioned before elsewhere, the romantic tension between Luke and Leia doesn't bother me, as I don't feel as negatively towards incest as most others do (frankly, if two relatives actually love each other and there's no prior history of sexual abuse or coercion between them, I'm happy for them).

As for the rest, well, I accept the EU explanation that the Kaiburr Crystal loses its power the farther from the Temple it gets.

Billy Dee Williams is doing Dancing with the Stars.  He was asked on the show last night if he was coming back for the new movies, and he gave shrugged his shoulders and wouldn't say yes or no.

Could he be using Dancing with the Stars to get into shape for Episode 7 shooting this summer? 

Well, if he wasn't in the movie, he probably would've said... right?

I've got Lando Fever, and the only prescription is more cowbell.

Dancing with the stars.... which is on ABC, which is owned by Disney, which now also owns Lucasfilm....

The corporate overlords must've put out a gag order ;)

Ryan McAvoy said:

btw Are the Droids gonna be in the ST? How do people feel about that? and would it 'still be Star Wars' if they weren't?

 While I would prefer their presence, it isn't necessary.

Artoo and Threepio are pretty much a given since Lucas always joked "it's ultimately their story." As for Billy Dee, I can only assume he's gonna be in the movie. Abrams threw out Arndt's draft in part because he wanted to give the original characters a bigger role. Let's also not forget we've now got Lawrence Kasdan, the guy who helped write Lando in the first place.

Somebody tell me about the cast while I watch a freshly painted barn drying.