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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on May 11, 2007, 09:19:25 pm
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http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/05/09/george-lucas-announces-two-more-star-wars-movies/
George Lucas Announces Two More Star Wars Movies
We absolutely knew that George Lucas was not done with the Star Wars universe. The Star Wars creator revealed to Fox News that he will make two more live-action Star Wars films.
“But they won’t have members of the Skywalker family as characters,” he said. “They will be other people of that milieu.”
The two “extra” movies will probably be one hour in length and made for television.
At the one hour length, what will differentiate the upcoming hour-long live-action Star Wars television series from the films? Wouldn’t it be a good idea to make them a bit longer?
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NNNOOOOOooooooooo!!
...exept if he actually does the wisest thing and, you know, leaves actually making this stuff to people who know their business. Like in Empire Strikes Back and (to somewhat lesser extent) Return of the Jedi. But I retain the judgement until I see what they manage to pull together.
I haven't got stellar expectations, but on the positive view, that means they can only surprize me positively. :lol:
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More Star Wars Films? Nah, Not True…Is Roger a Hack? Yeah, Pretty Much (http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2460&Itemid=99)
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First problem with Rogers blurb? His story is not accurate and also a bit misleading. It is common knowledge that Uncle George is making two TV series. The first one will be an animated series and the other a live action series. Each show will be 1 hour long for broadcast just like Battlestar Galactica and the Stargate shows.
That’s it, no new films but the same TV shows that we have all known about for at least three years. Trust me, we have double checked with Lucasfilm and Roger is either misquoting George or simply heard wrong or just likes to get his name in the headlines, now that’s possibility!
Now I don't know whether to weep or rejoice... :rolleyes: I guess I'll still wait and see what they can possibly pull together.
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This could be interesting...Granted that's interesting good or interesting bad...I guess I too would wait to pass judgment until I see them for myself.
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Unless it's Heir to the Empire and Dark Force Rising...
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Oh, I so wish it was those books, but turned into movies. The Problem, is that who the hell would play Thrawn?
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possibly someone from the Blue Man Group?
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On the one hand, I would really love to see some of the books turned into movies or TV shows. On the other hand, I'm pretty sure ol' George could care less about the books and such, and I'm concerned that anything he makes will wreck the Expanded Universe I know and love :(.
Then again, this probably isn't even true so, whatev.
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Interesting...yeah I hope Lucas is behind it with the general overall ideas but that he's got writers and teams doing all of that stuff. I love the vision but I don't like his writing...
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good to see star wars is not letting star trek get away with the sci fi box office.
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He's ruined it already. It can only get worse. :no:
Unless it's more Clone Wars.... :doubt:
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I disagree.
It can only get better. Especially if someone else than Mr. Lucas does the following:
-story
-script
-direction
-<insert movie industry term here>
I would love to see Lucas voice act a Hutt, however. Actually he could almost do it as live action role, considering the width of his neck. Just some digital tail and he's set to go. :lol:
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I never understood why so many HLPers hated Star Wars so much.
I'm looking forward to this new TV series, it will be darker than many other SW films yet - except for Episode III, of course. And I like those kind of movies where the good guys aren't supposed to win, and even if they do, it costs them much.
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Well... Star Wars itself is one of my favourite scifi ever. It's just the episodes I-III that I dislike... or more specifically, I'm extremely sad about how Lucas ruined the extremely potent storyline. It had a lot of promise but the execution was sadly lacking IMHO. It's not even the acting - it's just the story was told in such a lame way that it embarrasses me. :sigh:
They were entertaining movies to look once, but they didn't really have the same something to them as the original trilogy.
And don't get me wrong, I am looking forward to what they can do next. Star Wars is still extremely potent franchise and I really hope they don't screw it up this time as bad as with ep. I-III. :)
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I hate Star Wars because of a certain embarassing post in the SWC forum... And it was only because I didn't read the above post correctly. I know which is the original and which are the new trilogies.
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...it will be darker than many other SW films yet...
:wtf: How can you possibly know this? It hasn't even been confirmed whether this is true or not. We don't know when it would be set, who it would involve, if it would take EU into account, etc. Unless, of course, you know something we don't, in which case please share. :D
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Well I have liked all the star wars movies (Yes even the new ones) so I look forward to this
/Dice
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I'm looking forward to this new TV series, it will be darker than many other SW films yet - except for Episode III, of course. And I like those kind of movies where the good guys aren't supposed to win, and even if they do, it costs them much.
Then, of course, I have to ask why you don't hate Star Wars, since let's face it, IV-VI are pretty much the antithesis of dark.
I've always maintained that Ep. I-III are good movies. However, they are not good Star Wars movies.
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Then, of course, I have to ask why you don't hate Star Wars, since let's face it, IV-VI are pretty much the antithesis of dark.
Not really, Empire Stikes Back was actually pretty dark for the time. Hell, the Empire was winning by the end!
I've always maintained that Ep. I-III are good movies. However, they are not good Star Wars movies.
I wouldn't even call Ep. I-III average, let alone 'good'. Honestly, did you see Episode III, or did you wander into the wrong theatre?
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Episode 3: "Oh noes - 2 of the more powerful Jedi in the galaxy are unable to prevent from crashing into a freaking CAPITAL SHIP because their crafts are sabotaged by droid ladybugs that land within plain sight outside their cockpits and begin to eat away at things. Due to BAD WRITING, these 2 powerful Jedi's powers are unable to simple brush said droids into the boundless nether with a flick of the wrist and a touch of the Force."
Double-you Tee Eff, mate.
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ya...wouldn't it be more efficient to jsut launch missiles? Or equip those droids with explosives? Just what IDIOT would come up with such a redicolous weapon anyway?
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Well... in Homeworld (or Homeworld Cataclysm?) there was a light ship that attached to cap ships and destroyed them in a similar way... In Italian its name was Sanguisuga, its English name should be Leech, but I don't know since I never played HW in English.
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Well actually what is weirdest to me is why the hell didn't they just brush the critters to kingdom come with a single Force wave.
I mean, come one, they can't weigh more than 1 kg apiece. In other occasions these guys are lifting things and tossing stuff around with quite a bit more tonnage, but they cannot move those small round droids. Or perhaps the Force doesn't affect through vacuum, I dunno... :rolleyes:
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...it will be darker than many other SW films yet...
:wtf: How can you possibly know this? It hasn't even been confirmed whether this is true or not. We don't know when it would be set, who it would involve, if it would take EU into account, etc. Unless, of course, you know something we don't, in which case please share. :D
The Rebel Alliance is not supposed to win a significant battle against the Empire. This information is G-canon due to the opening crawl of Episode IV. The most positive ending I can think of is some refuge Jedi successfully escaping into safety, to the very end of the galaxy. Other than that, Darth Vader's shift to the dark side will be complete, he will become the same reckless and unstoppable Darth Vader you know from the original trilogy. He will kill Jedi - probably a few you already know, and a few made especially for this series.
Well actually what is weirdest to me is why the hell didn't they just brush the critters to kingdom come with a single Force wave.
I mean, come one, they can't weigh more than 1 kg apiece. In other occasions these guys are lifting things and tossing stuff around with quite a bit more tonnage, but they cannot move those small round droids. Or perhaps the Force doesn't affect through vacuum, I dunno... :rolleyes:
I was wondering this, too. There is no official explanation to this I know of. Maybe it's this vacuum thing, maybe it's something else. But I think Lucasfilm doesn't want to explain such things. Remember that if stuff were as simple as they seem: Jedi would be able to push each other's lightsabers out with a single Force push/pull.
ya...wouldn't it be more efficient to jsut launch missiles? Or equip those droids with explosives? Just what IDIOT would come up with such a redicolous weapon anyway?
R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S
If moviemakers were to explain every single detail of their plots and inventions, a movie would cost twice as much money and time to create. Some things are just not worth discussing. You must learn to make a distinction between reality and fiction. Star Wars is fiction. Period.
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If moviemakers were to explain every single detail of their plots and inventions, a movie would cost twice money and time to create. Some things are just not worth discussing. You must learn to make a distinction between reality and fiction. Star Wars is fiction. Period.
You make a good point, but that doesn't detract from TrashMan's view: It's a stupid weapon resulting from ****house writing. Period.
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you mean that someone must of been playing with themselves instead of concerntrating on what Lucas wanted...
TopAce i am certain everyone here knows the difference between fiction and non-fiction. and that is period.
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...it will be darker than many other SW films yet...
:wtf: How can you possibly know this? It hasn't even been confirmed whether this is true or not. We don't know when it would be set, who it would involve, if it would take EU into account, etc. Unless, of course, you know something we don't, in which case please share. :D
The Rebel Alliance is not supposed to win a significant battle against the Empire. This information is G-canon due to the opening crawl of Episode IV. The most positive ending I can think of is some refuge Jedi successfully escaping into safety, to the very end of the galaxy. Other than that, Darth Vader's shift to the dark side will be complete, he will become the same reckless and unstoppable Darth Vader you know from the original trilogy. He will kill Jedi - probably a few you already know, and a few made especially for this series.
Okay, so you're making it sound like this series or movies will be set in between Eps III and IV, in which case it would probably be dark, granted. But what makes you so sure that's when it'll be set?
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But what makes you so sure that's when it'll be set?
I seem to remember press releases detailing that fact. Perhaps even Lucas himself saying so.
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I've always maintained that Ep. I-III are good movies. However, they are not good Star Wars movies.
I wouldn't even call Ep. I-III average, let alone 'good'. Honestly, did you see Episode III, or did you wander into the wrong theatre?
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1 and 2 then. Honestly no, I never have seen 3 in its entirety. Perhaps the end sequences gave me a false positive :p
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I wouldn't mind seeing something "KOTOR esq" as a TV series, or The Rogue/Wraith Squadron series. Unfortunately i probably wont get my wish. With my luck it will probably be based on NJO :ick: the series that single handedly killed my enjoyment of SW novels :no:
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But what makes you so sure that's when it'll be set?
Anyone who doesn't know this isn't a Star Wars fan. It would be like asking a FreeSpacer: What makes you think the Ancients are extinct?
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I'm not that much of a fan of SW but if they manage to make this series more serious like KOTOR (and to a certain extent, Republic Commando), it may turn out to be something really good like the Clone Wars cartoon (granted, those were directed by that guy who's name I have no idea how to write ;)).
But I get the feeling they will get people like a younger Han/Leia/Chewie/Lando to appear just to say OMG!!!! What's he/she/it doing there? :rolleyes:
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get the BSG writing directing crew to do star wars, and it would be good.
get lucas to do it, and it will be crap, like episode 2 (the worst of the worst).
of course, the way the SWC guys do things, we're just a bunch of crotchety old SW fans who want everything to be like the original trilogy and most of the EU books (no NJO).
I want to see some I, Jedi movie action, that'd be cool.
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...get lucas to do it, and it will be crap, like episode 2 (the worst of the worst).
Indeed. I use to have a Bobba Fett poster on my wall. That got ripped down after he was reduced to that pesky little annoying kid....("Get 'im Dad!" etc)
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I would like to see KOTOR movies ............ nut then again I dont think a movie could live up to the games
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I would like to see KOTOR movies ............ nut then again I dont think a movie could live up to the games
I think it could be done but it would be really hard to do, you would have to keep both Lucas and the annoying fanboys from getting nowhere near it and tha would be a miracle by itself.
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But what makes you so sure that's when it'll be set?
Anyone who doesn't know this isn't a Star Wars fan. It would be like asking a FreeSpacer: What makes you think the Ancients are extinct?
Oh, okay then. I guess since I'm not a True Fan™ I'm not privy to whatever sources you're getting your information from. So sorry to not just blindly take your word for it with no proof. :rolleyes:
(and if this was mentioned officially somewhere and I just overlooked it, then I apologize in advance :nervous:)
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good to see star wars is not letting star trek get away with the sci fi box office.
Dude, what the **** are you babling about? If you didnt know, which i'm quite sure you dont, Nemesis ****ing tanked. And you know why?
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****ING SUCKED ASS!!! So did Insurection
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Even the TNG cast railed the director of Nemesis who apparently couldn't even get Levar Burton's name right. I forgot what the director's name was but.. yeah he sucked.
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Quite. Abominable movie, to be sure.
Rather nice CGI work, though. The Ent-E/Scimitar skirmish - while riddled with plot, logic and canon holes - beat the crap out of every Dominion War battle we'd seen to date.
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Quite. Abominable movie, to be sure.
Rather nice CGI work, though. The Ent-E/Scimitar skirmish - while riddled with plot, logic and canon holes - beat the crap out of every Dominion War battle we'd seen to date.
I didn't mind it. I'm loosely curious what the plot/logic/cannon holes were though.
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Anyone remember that Ewoks film, where a family crashes on the Forest moon and only the kid survives after imps smite his family.
That was pretty cool.......And the old droids series was awesome.
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My take on the entire film series of Star Wars...
First Trilogy: 9/10
Ep4-Good film, excellent introduction, a bit corny at spots but whatever... 9/10
Ep5-Interesting and good, quite the plot twist that a main character was frozen... 8/10
Ep6-Excellent movie, great ending to a trilogy, 10/10
Second Trilogy: 6/10
Ep1-Eh the movie was good, not nearly as good as any of the original 3, 7/10
Ep2-I didn't like this one much, the best part was Yoda's lightsaber battle against Dooku, 6/10 (3/10 from the battle)
Ep3-I hated this one compared to the rest, it was just plain stupid compared to the others, 5/10
The first Trilogy was excellent, the second Trilogy was not so good.
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I would agree with that cept i would switch the score for Empire with ROTJ (lose points for Ewoks plus for me Empire was the best). The thing that really urked me about the new movies was they felt i dunno shallow, and kiddie. Plus they introduced villians and killed them 5 minutes later
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You know, I would've liked ROTJ if it werent for the Ewoks, that's my only problem with the movie.
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Quite. Abominable movie, to be sure.
Rather nice CGI work, though. The Ent-E/Scimitar skirmish - while riddled with plot, logic and canon holes - beat the crap out of every Dominion War battle we'd seen to date.
I didn't mind it. I'm loosely curious what the plot/logic/cannon holes were though.
The plot holes were so bad, you could drive a Iowa class Battleship through them. Although the Dominion war battles sucked, Mefustae. Remember, turn off your shields if your name isent Defiant...You know, I would've liked ROTJ if it werent for the Ewoks, that's my only problem with the movie.
**** the Ewoks, they arent nearly as bad as the ****ing Gungans. Ewok ARE TEH SUCKAGE!!!!!11111 **** off 1111.
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I didn't mind it. I'm loosely curious what the plot/logic/cannon holes were though.
First and foremost, they had apparently cut out a lot of character stuff throughout the movie to facilitate more visual masturbation battle-scenes, which is in itself an insult to viewers. But regarding the battle itself, off the top of my head: The Sovereign-class Ent-E was the most advanced ship the Federation was able to field, as explicitly stated in First Contact, and yet a bunch of second-class Romulan slaves were able to build a far more powerful ship without anyone finding out. The idea of a ship being able to fire while cloaked was a rehash of Star Trek VI. It's a hard pill to swallow that they'd just sorta wander into an area where they'd be completely cutoff from all communications and reinforcements without anyone noticing. The fact that they ran out of photon and quantum torpedoes after 20 minutes of battle was somewhat silly given the size of the Ent. Those Romulan ships that came to aid the Ent-E were effectively redshirts, dead within seconds despite the Ent holding out for several minutes. The fight scene between Riker and that Reman bloke was laughably asinine for obvious reasons. And finally, of course, the end of the battle was a complete ripoff of Wrath of Khan.
Just an overview, but you get the point. Let's not even get started on the rest of that trainwreck.
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If they are gonna make more Star Wars films, please let them make it on something besides the Jedi crap, like Wraith Squadron.
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Let's not forget this gem: http://www.stardestroyer.net/Nemesis/Pictorial-1.html
Granted, it's stardestroyer.net which will do anything to prove Star Wars is better than Star Trek even to the point of fanboi-ism, but the points made in the picto-plot-synopsis are pretty spot on.