The light saber sling is really childish. It's not worse than Midichlorians, but it definitely makes me suspect that Rebels isn't going to win back anyone the franchise lost over the PT fiasco.
Leper Messiah TR said:
jar jar abrams is 100% guaranteed to turn VII into something that destroys sw canon more than the prequels ever had...
If in the first scene we discovered that the PT was basically a bad dream that Luke had, it would still be canon in that it would be depicted as being a dream that "actually" happened to Luke. I think JJ will do just fine. :D
Come to think of it, thank you for commenting, Leper Messiah TR, you've helped me work out how I will finally be able to work the other trilogy into my head canon; TCW really happened, and the PT was a bad dream Luke had about his dad sometime between ESB and ROTJ.
I'm really kind of actually _hoping_ that Serkis is taking over Chewbacca, long term, and that Mayhew is playing some kind of awesome face role.
SilverWook said:
His projects make money, which is the bottom line in Hollywood. And I'd rather have him direct an SW film than say, Michael Bay? ;)
...or, god forbid, George Lucas.
As I'm reading through the above reference Lit thread, I'm noticing the TFNr's have talked themselves into believing that anything that isn't directly contradicted is canon.
If the folks at TFN don't like it, then there is a pretty good chance it is a good thing.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Unlike almost everyone else on these forums, I don't think there were too many Jedi in the prequels. IMHO, if the Jedi Order had been portrayed as a less hierarchal, more progressive religion in the PT rather than as dogmatic cult of genetic supermen, no one would be complaining about how many Jedi there were.
I agree/disagree. The Jedi could easily have been portrayed as a dogmatic cult of genetic supermen if only the writing, and direction had been at least ROTJ good.
darklordoftech said:
That it influenced the prequels for the worse. I suspect that the EU made Lucas think that he could get away with making bad prequels.
Quoted for truth. (wish there was a "like" feature.)
DuracellEnergizer said:
Bingowings said:
*cough*
Whatever became of that actual painting, anyway? Last time I heard, there was some talk of trying to restore it to the way it was before, though the outlook wasn't so good.
Surprise happy ending
Tobar said:
KilroyMcFadden said:
1. I saw it in a tweet that was captured and posted either here or at TFN by someone from Lucasfilms (Dave Filoni?). I'm not going to be able to link because it was weeks ago and is lost to me.
2. The point is that I was answering the OP... "What do you hate about the EU?" answer being, that people continue to take it seriously after it has been rendered a pile of pro fan fic, referring back to the "nothing counts anymore" nature of the tweet to which I referred.
Again, no such announcement was ever made.
What was announced is that the tiered classification system for the EU has been eliminated. Now whether it be movie, game or book they're all equal in the Star Wars canon now. With this, some material will most likely be labeled completely non-canon but what that material is has not been announced.
You might be right. Perhaps the captured tweet I saw was fake? Perfectly possible.
TheBoost said:
KilroyMcFadden said:
I may be going a little meta here, but what I really hate about the EU is that since the announcement that only the PT, TCW, Rebels, the OT, and the ST count, there are people that continue to even have a conversation about the 300 books, 100 video games, and 5000 comics that are all now just a pile of professional fan fic.
When was that announced?
I'm also not clear on your point. If an executive at Disney says they don't count, people should suddenly pretend that novels they've loved for decades never existed?
1. I saw it in a tweet that was captured and posted either here or at TFN by someone from Lucasfilms (Dave Filoni?). I'm not going to be able to link because it was weeks ago and is lost to me.
2. The point is that I was answering the OP... "What do you hate about the EU?" answer being, that people continue to take it seriously after it has been rendered a pile of pro fan fic, referring back to the "nothing counts anymore" nature of the tweet to which I referred.
I was worried that it might be too meta to discuss EU that way. I dipped my toe, and this obviously isn't the place for that conversation. I'm enjoying reading the conversation nonetheless. :D
I may be going a little meta here, but what I really hate about the EU is that since the announcement that only the PT, TCW, Rebels, the OT, and the ST count, there are people that continue to even have a conversation about the 300 books, 100 video games, and 5000 comics that are all now just a pile of professional fan fic.
I used t hate Jaxxon prior to Jar Jar.
The original Ben's house was just a building that they walked up to, went low angle to hide the fact that it was next to the coast, put the boom holding the speeder in the shot, put the matte painting between the camera and the boom to hide the boom, and turned the camera on. It was literally impossible for this shot to look like a cartoon, it was all practical with the exception of the matte painting.
I don't know anyone in real life who bought Star Wars on Blu Ray.
This thread needs Mike and a couple of robots at the bottom of the screen.
File this under "no kidding". On the front page of Reddit right now...
TIL no physical clone trooper armor was ever produced for Star Wars prequels. Every Clone trooper was CGI.
http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/200cyp/til_no_physical_clone_trooper_armor_was_ever/
I thought it was established a few months ago that canon is the 6 films, and everything else is going to be decided at a future point?
I kind of thought it was meant to evoke the word, "Moribund"
...adding "force bond" to the list of things invented in the PT era merely for the sake of plot that completely disappeared from both existence and memory by the time Luke turned 19. Same category as flying astromech droids, martial arts, and explosive ordnance.
If you were going to start naming Pinewood buildings after people, wouldn't people connected to Bond be first in line? Nothing against Marquand.
EDIT: Whoops, didn't see that Bingowings beat me to that.
doubleofive said:
"Ev-ery-thing!" -CPY
The brows, the shape of the face, his nose... it's all wrong. CGY at least looks like a more plump OTPY.
I'm trying to imagine Empire with the Menace puppet...
You can visit the actual building Ben lived in before it was changed to make Star Wars more awesomer.
Jaitea said:
^ The Ben's SE home scene just looks too busy.....is it on the edge of a canyon....if so did Luke drive it up that steep side?....or did he reverse it into that parking space....if so....why?.....is there a busy road near there?
The original just establishes that the speeder is parked at someones home,....no questions
J
I never thought about that. How _does_ the landspeeder end up in that spot? Did Luke have to push it sideways around the side of the house?
