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#679254
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PREQUELS ENVISIONED BY BIG BOSS_92
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Forum went weird on me. My apologies.

I too liked what he did with the Vader secret. A bit convoluted, but still an effective and clever way of doing it.

By the way, my script is intended for the uninitiated as well. Read it as an original story, if you wish. The long comparison is included for the fans reading it only, and I may soon change it to a simple summary of the plot.

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#679242
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PREQUELS ENVISIONED BY BIG BOSS_92
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Tantive said:

Don't you mean Michael Scarn? ;) 

But yep, believe it or not, that's his name. He's also one of the guys from Ryan vs. Dorkman. He and the other guy (Ryan Wieber) and a few of their friends also have a movie commentary site. They're usually really interesting and insightful.

That's how I came by his treatments. There's some good ideas in there (and some things I'd do differently) and I couldn't stand seeing them posted on this site without proper credit. 

 His version is certainly an interesting read.

I conceived of my own versions of a prologue trilogy a while back, but, as my signature illustrates, I'm a bit busy with something else.

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#679090
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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD**
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darklordoftech said:

In addition to wanting the Sith to return, TFN wants the Jedi to think that the Sith are extinct again and they want the Sith to rule the galaxy again and they want the Sith to self-destruct again.

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But that's exactly what happened in the prequel films!

History will repeat itself. The Enterprise will keep exploding, Bill Murray will never escape Groundhog Day, and Arthur will never get the Holy Grail! 

You'd think a knowledge of the past would be valuable, like Obi-Wan wouldn't take Luke aside and go "Look, you must always assume they're out there so as not to let your guard down! That's what happened to us, and look where we are now!"

I'm really starting to see your point of view now. I can get behind no resurrection of the sith.

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#679087
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What do you HATE about the EU?
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I actually like some of the early efforts from Russ Manning and Archie Goodwin. It was a simpler time. The stories are often a lot of fun, and allow for some creative things modern SW wouldn't allow.

For instance, a frog bounty hunter named Gribbet, a scantilly clad girlfriend for Han named Gamine, and various other things. It was endearing, in a retro kind of way. 

The original Marvel comics, much less so. They were just kind of bizarre.

My problem with the Eu (once it became known as that) is just how humorless everything is (much like the prequels) Even in Dark Empire, there's some attempts at humor. But, NOOOO! Like most comics in the last ten years, grim, grim, GRIM, stuff.

Chewie never should have died, and there should never have existed a panel where a woman explodes from a force-bomb.

EDIT: For the record, I don't have anything against character death (Heck, in my EP 7 outline Lando dies in the first 20 minutes), but there's a certain way to do it, and I don't think they did it right.

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#679033
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The Prequel Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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shanep said:

The saga is full of dualities and double meanings. Kenobi tells Luke that "Vader was seduced by the dark side of the Force. he was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil."

Well, if Anakin assumes the namesake of Vader then he would become Darth Vader. This would also fit into the certain point of view talk Kenobi gives to Luke in ROTJ. 

But in order for this to work I think it has to be a more Kenobi-centric trilogy. He has to be the main protagonist like Luke was for the OT. The resin for this is because if you make it all about Anakin then to somehow get to the "turn" and then sorta cheat it or imply it but not imply it might be too big a cheat.

If it's Kenobi-centered, then it's more about his reaction to things rather than the need to see those things explicitly

Maul's costume: think about how it mirrors Lukes in ROTJ. 

Maul's costume would also change over a period of the three films to eventually be proto-OT Vader. 

So when ROTJ rolls around Luke would have this black costume that might subconsciously evoke Maul in episode one. It would raise the tension just a bit. Is Luke going to follow the same path as original-Vader and his own father, later-Vader? 

 

 SYMBOLISM!!!!!

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#678766
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A Christmas Carol Adaptation Discussion Thread
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SilverWook said:

Tack said:

There was a limited theatrical release one in 2006 that I think is the single worst butchering in history. For 3 reasons...

1. Anthropomorphic animal cast (Scrooge is a skunk!)

2. Tiny Tim is alive in the Yet to Come segment! 

3. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come can talk!

Add that with animation from PS2 cutscenes and you have yourself a film so bad it was posted on YouTube once and nobody cared.

Uh, #1 and #3 also apply to the Mickey version you know. #1 also applies to the Muppets. ;)

Tiny Tim not dying sounds almost as bad a everyone getting safely off the ship in the animated Titanic.

And now I must find this thing!

Ok, let me explain. I don't mind the animal cast if it's tied to some other existing license (I like the Muppets and Disney versions) but this is just so poorly animated and the choice is so weird to me that I had to include.

And in the Disney version, it's a reveal, and again, tied to an existing character. In this version, he NEVER SHUTS UP!