I wouldn't want a reboot of Star Wars. To be honest everyone wants gritty and dark. But people tend to forget that Star Wars and Empire were fairly dark pictures, and the hero's were suppossed to be heros, and not flawed anti-hero's. Star Wars was one of the last movie series where you had clearly deliniated good versus evil, and good had to be good because it made the Empire far darker.
I don't know if todays special effects would really outdo the original special effects. First and foremost the stuff that Lucas did in 77 and in 80 were incredibly special and drove the effects business forward by multiple generations. Second of all, because of the use of models and stop action animation, Star Wars effects shots felt like they had depth. When I watched Avatar, I thought that they were CGI'd to the point of looking phoney. Even up to Revenge of the Sith, I thought that the effects lacked depth.
Mark Hamill was perfect for Luke Skywalker, he played the bright eyed optimistic kid to a high level, I don't know who else would make a good Luke. You can't argue with Ford as Solo, and he was plenty flawed and fairly gritty. The freezing in carbonite scene was one of the best character moment scenes in any movie that I've seen. Carrie Fisher was also great in her role except in Jedi where she was high the whole time, but she wasn't suppossed to be dark, or conflicted or flawed. She was suppossed to be a beacon representing all that was good and decent with a streak of bravery and rebellion.
The original trilogy is the one series that should never ever be rebooted or recast.
Or retouched or re anything.
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The original trilogy is the one series that should never ever be rebooted or recast.
Something I want to add to this is when lucas 'rebooted' the originals with CGI. He did this when CGI was still new and the updates have managed to make the movies seem more dated. The original movies are great historical pieces of cinema, largely for the special effects that pioneered a genre.
What I'm saying here is, Mr Lucas, please die in a fire. Star wars is one of the few franchises that would improve with the death of the original creator. The best thing that came out of the new movies was the cartoons done by Genndy Tartakovsky (dexters lab, samurai jack, powerpuff girls), they blew the Lucas movies out of the water.
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Something I want to add to this is when lucas 'rebooted' the originals with CGI. He did this when CGI was still new and the updates have managed to make the movies seem more dated. The original movies are great historical pieces of cinema, largely for the special effects that pioneered a genre.
What I'm saying here is, Mr Lucas, please die in a fire. Star wars is one of the few franchises that would improve with the death of the original creator. The best thing that came out of the new movies was the cartoons done by Genndy Tartakovsky (dexters lab, samurai jack, powerpuff girls), they blew the Lucas movies out of the water.
Wishing for someones death because you don't like their movies or their visions is a little bit harsh IMO.
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Wishing for someones death because you don't like their movies or their visions is a little bit harsh IMO.
Not only for the obvious moral reason, but also for the high probability that Lucas has probably got something setup where the franchise doesn't get touched for a certain amount of years after he passes on (with the exception of a couple of key people close to him, and even then they would be limited as to what they can do with the franchise).
