Star Wars Megathread Ep 1: The Though Out Menace (AKA The Phantom OP) - General

My biggest problem with the prequels is how sterile and lifeless they feel, because of the constant CGI (more in ep2 and 3) and the lousy writing. The actor's couldn't do the characters justice because they were lazily written. I prefer the original trilogy because of its firm foundation in reality(real set locations and little to no CGI) and better written characters (more focused and relatable motives).

I think george lucas was afforded too much control in the prequels, where he wasn't afforded as much with the original trilogy (in fact A New Hope was described by the editors and some test audiences as pretty dry and boring before they got their hands on it, complaints that were leveled at the prequels)

So the Yuzhan Vong are the stupidest thing ever (I don't care what you say, they are) and I'm really happy that they're making an original story.

there's so much shit that isn't really dumb inbetween YV and RotJ but yeah YV are the worst things ever

Currently my biggest concern with Star Wars is 1313 and how they're gonna handle The Clone Wars once it moves to Disney XD. I mean are they going to keep it same or are they going to dumb down everything and completely screw it up?

People give Disney way too little credit when saying stuff like Star Wars will be dumbed down for children. A lot of folks still see Disney as some 'For Kids' company that only makes 'Princess movies' and what not

they've already said that they plan to leave everything the same, they're just slapping the disney logo on all future shit from now on. sure, disney will make some of their own shows and clone wars will start playing on disney channel as well, but that show will finish how it's supposed to, everything after that is all disney's shit.

Oh god wait this means no more 20th century fox theme before the movies that's just just wrong

This is cooler, no? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqvF85T4vCg[/media]

[QUOTE=Rong;38339256]People give Disney way too little credit when saying stuff like Star Wars will be dumbed down for children. A lot of folks still see Disney as some 'For Kids' company that only makes 'Princess movies' and what not[/QUOTE] Which is funny because there is quite alot of nightmarish fuel in disney films that kids won't catch on or terrified them in their youth. - The thief in Aladdin being killed by the sand tiger while it shouts out "You will never see the light of day" Or Jasmine losing air due to the sand rising...then the thief makes a statement how he slit a guys throat and wants drugs -Scar being killed by his hyena's. (You can hear him make a slight scream before the scene cuts) I could go on and on but a prime example is Fucking Black Cauldron

[QUOTE=Rong;38351167]This is cooler, no? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqvF85T4vCg[/media][/QUOTE] But they're not my real dad

Heh [url]http://teamcoco.com/video/highlight-infamous-horror-director-star-wars-episode-vii-audition-tape[/url]

So the guy who wrote Little Miss Sunshine is going to write Episode 7. [url]http://www.starwars.com/news/michael-arndt-to-write-screenplay-for-star-wars-episode-vii.html[/url]

[QUOTE=The Castro;38390243]So the guy who wrote Little Miss Sunshine is going to write Episode 7. [url]http://www.starwars.com/news/michael-arndt-to-write-screenplay-for-star-wars-episode-vii.html[/url][/QUOTE] Very solid choice. He's got some great credit to his name. Also, as other sites have mentioned, he's a "Star Wars expert"

ford, hamill and fisher are all up for another movie [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/harrison-ford-says-open-another-star-wars-film-185829069.html[/url] steven spielberg adamantly states he will not direct a star wars movie [url]http://movies.yahoo.com/news/steven-spielberg-not-direct-star-wars-movie-145726563.html[/url]

Meanwhile at /co/ from the recent TCW Episode. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Pj6tQ.jpg[/IMG]

I hear from the latest issue of EW, [url]http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/14/this-weeks-cover-star-wars/[/url] that they want to release 2-3 Star Wars films [I]per year[/I].

what seriously?

[QUOTE=Rong;38475375]I hear from the latest issue of EW, [url]http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/14/this-weeks-cover-star-wars/[/url] that they want to release 2-3 Star Wars films [I]per year[/I].[/QUOTE] Jesus Christ, please no.

[QUOTE=Rong;38475375]I hear from the latest issue of EW, [url]http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/11/14/this-weeks-cover-star-wars/[/url] that they want to release 2-3 Star Wars films [I]per year[/I].[/QUOTE] I have a bad feeling about this

Some people have said Lucas doesn't care about the EU.. but look at Clone Wars, bunch of EU references, hell he signed off on Revan from KOTOR appearing on the show, but in the end the scene got cut. Hes one of the Executive Producers. Hell! Coruscant is an EU invention, created by Timothy Zahn.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;38482643]Some people have said Lucas doesn't care about the EU.. but look at Clone Wars, bunch of EU references, hell he signed off on Revan from KOTOR appearing on the show, but in the end the scene got cut. Hes one of the Executive Producers. Hell! Coruscant is an EU invention, created by Timothy Zahn.[/QUOTE] I say this in every starwars related thread but...Clone wars...Mandalorians...Clone Commando books...In the books they were what you expect, warlike and awesome but in the show they were pansies...and both were conflicting due to being the same era and such

That had nothing to do what I was talking about.

[QUOTE=Tuskin;38482681]That had nothing to do what I was talking about.[/QUOTE] Wasn't the start of your post involving Lucas caring for EU? That was the part I was referring too.

eu is non-canon anyway, and will continue to be. disney is going to do 7-9, possibly 10-12 (doubt it) and then either more original shit or just EU adaptations.

Be in-line with this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HenB3gt6SAY[/media]

[QUOTE=O'Neil;38482667]I say this in every starwars related thread but...Clone wars...Mandalorians...Clone Commando books...In the books they were what you expect, warlike and awesome but in the show they were pansies...and both were conflicting due to being the same era and such[/QUOTE] As I recall they still had the warlike Mandalorians, they were just another faction compared to the peaceful homeworld

A lot of conflicting statements but Deadline now says that Disney plans to generate a film every other year starting in 2015

Deadline's also saying that maybe Lawrence Kasdan (the guy who wrote Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi) might be doing one of the sequels, although there's no confirmation on that.

Seems like they're trying to get everyone connected to the original trilogy.