Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens Anticipation Thread *NO SPOILERS*

[J Diddy]

I just watched it again. I apologize to everyone.

[Inglewood Jack]

So odd...usually those Taiwanese animations are so reliable (even the NHL lockout ones were good). Better luck next time

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by J Diddy

I just watched it again. I apologize to everyone.

No need to apologize, not your fault that it wasn't good

[sevenarms]

Rumors have Matthew Vaughn directing.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsono...iting-han-solo

[MrMastodonFarm]

Well, that would be good.

[photon]

EW speculates that if Ford were to draw up a new contract, it would involve a mandatory death scene for Solo.

Of old age?

[CMPunk]

Originally Posted by photon

Of old age?

Well he did want Solo to die in Jedi, but Lucas didn't think he could sell dead Han toys.

I'd be up for having the original three back for at least the first movie, to pass the torch

[Wormius]

Originally Posted by CMPunk

Well he did want Solo to die in Jedi, but Lucas didn't think he could sell dead Han toys.

I'd be up for having the original three back for at least the first movie, to pass the torch

Is there any reason not to make them the primary cast of other future movies. It's not like any of the original cast is near death. They may have aged, but that's not something I would consider a problem.

[sevenarms]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Is there any reason not to make them the primary cast of other future movies. It's not like any of the original cast is near death. They may have aged, but that's not something I would consider a problem.

Because nobody wants to look at old, ugly people.

[polak]

Originally Posted by sevenarms

Because nobody wants to look at old, ugly people.

Agreed.

Watching a movie with Carrie Fischer and Mark Hamil as the "eye candy" for two hours would make me want stab myself in the iris.

[Igottago]

Originally Posted by Wormius

Is there any reason not to make them the primary cast of other future movies. It's not like any of the original cast is near death. They may have aged, but that's not something I would consider a problem.

Primary cast? No, that would suck. Been there done that. I wouldn't mind cameos or small roles for the old cast, but seeing an old Luke and Han is not what the series needs to redeem itself. It needs a completely fresh vision, with maybe some subtle references to anything that came before.

It also depends what the story is. If it picks up where Jedi left off, how is watching an old Harrison Ford or Mark Hamil going to make any sense at all?

[Coys1882]

Not sure if any of you guys listen to the Rebel FM podcast but one of the guys on it is a Star Wars nerd - especially the book fiction. He said he'd like to see the Thrawn Trilogy be the basis for the next set of movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

[HPLovecraft]

Originally Posted by Igottago

Primary cast? No, that would suck.

*light saber head chop*

[nik-]

Originally Posted by Coys1882

Not sure if any of you guys listen to the Rebel FM podcast but one of the guys on it is a Star Wars nerd - especially the book fiction. He said he'd like to see the Thrawn Trilogy be the basis for the next set of movies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

This trilogy has come up in this thread before and it really is the most logical choice in my eyes. However, if they're planning on doing a handoff including Ford, Fisher and Hamill, that rules out the Thrawn trilogy. Solo Leia and Luke are all big parts of the Thrawn trilogy and it's set 9 years after the original trilogy, not decades. So they'd need to be recast.

Disappointing to me, because I'd love to see the Katana fleet onscreen. /nerdgasm

[J Diddy]

If they don't do the Thrawn trilogy how cool would it be to have the opening scene be Boba Fett fighting his way out of the sarlac pit. Then he builds an army of bounty hunters, gets himself some storm troopers and then seeks revenge on the rebel alliance. Maybe even have him track down a Sith Lord to assist him.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by photon

Of old age?

I doubt this would be agreed to. All along having Han Solo alive is a good thing, so they may not kill him off, but he'll eventually just go away.

[Mazrim]

I think the X-Wing books would make a great set of movies, and the cameos for Luke, Leia, and Han are already written in! They have very little time in the books thankfully, and aside from Wedge it's mostly new characters who get the focus.

The first four books are a great story arc that would make a good couple movies. Not sure how Wraith Squadron would fit though.

[Wormius]

The prequels didn't exactly end at the point that the ANH started, so there is no reason why any sequel has to start where ROTJ ended either. That's a bit of an absurd argument that the cast is too old or not attractive enough. If that's all you are interested in, then go back to fapping off in a sock to the thought of Deanna Troi and Dax getting it on.

The Zahn books could be adapted to take place even longer after the ROTJ. It has a lot of good plot lines to potentially follow. The training of new Jedi by Luke; Mara Jades bent on getting even for the killing of the Emperor, etc.

I am not so crazy about the Thrawn line itself, but other elements would make for a good movie.

I saw somewhere that Neill Blomkamp's name was tossed around. I thought his visuals in District 9 were really in keeping with the spirit of the original trilogy.

[getbak]

Looks like Episode 7 might have a writer: http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/star-...ts-writer.html

Informed sources tell Vulture that Star Wars: Episode VII has found a leading candidate to write the film’s screenplay: Michael Arndt, the Pixar favorite who was nominated for an Oscar for Toy Story 3, won an Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine, and wrote The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, which is currently shooting. Insiders confirm that Arndt has written a 40- to 50-page treatment for the film and is likely to be at least one of the writers when the Disney/Lucasfilm project begins shooting in 2014.

Big Star Wars fan too...

Since winning the Oscar for Sunshine, Arndt has lectured extensively on the art of storytelling at numerous writers’ retreats, like the Hawaii Writers Conference in Maui and the Austin Film Festival, always featuring a lengthy and detailed explanation of why the original Star Wars’ ending is so creatively satisfying.

At these talks, Arndt always tells attendees that Star Wars’ enduring appeal has to do with resolving its protagonists goals’ nearly simultaneously, at the climax of the movie. In the comments section of a discussion about a Star Wars talk Arndt gave at the Austin Film Festival in 2010, one attendee of the seminar notes, "Arndt stated that if a writer could resolve the story's arcs (internal, external, philosophical) immediately after the Moment of Despair at the climax, he or she would deliver the Insanely Great Ending and put the audience in a euphoric state. The faster it could happen, the better. By [Arndt’s] reckoning, George Lucas hit those three marks at the climax of Star Wars within a space of 22 seconds."

Indeed, in the third act of Star Wars, as Arndt explained to his young screenwriting Padawans at the 2009 Hawaii Writers Conference, its central characters' main goals all are met on pages 89 through 91 of the original Lucas script: At the crescendo of Star Wars, a spectral Obi Wan urges, “Use the Force, Luke,” and he does, thus reaching his inner goal (fighting self-doubt to become a hero). Han Solo reappears (meeting the philosophical goal of overcoming selfishness with altruism) to shoot down Darth Vader, which allows Luke to use the Force to mentally guide his shot and blow up the Death Star (outer goal and inner goals simultaneously met).

[MrMastodonFarm]

Confirmed, Arndt is the writer.