Let's assume nothing then? Do you believe Disney would give a clear and honest reason why?
Disney also took down his tell all star wars blog. Who knows why, eh?
Hoping for George to redo 7-9?
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Disney also took down his tell all star wars blog. Who knows why, eh?
Who knows indeed.
ETA: I don't see any of this would help. Disney is already regarded as the most evil so anything of a tell all will get twisted against them anyway. Eisner tried to own up with Solo and it still ended up twisted back on to Kennedy.
It is lose/lose here for them. Might as well let people speculate and not add fuel to the fire.
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Since people have been talking about Trevorrow's script here, I thought I'd share this. A fan named Andrew Winegarner has done his own fan comic adaptation of the leaked version of Trevorrow's Duel of the Fates scrip.
I skimmed through the first couple issues, and it looks pretty good.
I skimmed through the first couple issues, and it looks pretty good.
Stsr Wars and Empire were lightning in a bottle. Jedi had some cuteness issues, but still damn good.
But after that, lightning just didn't strike twice. Episode 1 was a decent space opera, worth 2-1/2 stars, with some great stuff (action sequences, especially the pod race). Episode 2 had great stuff as well, though the A/P romance was painful. Episode 3 was deeply tragic with an epic lightsaber duel at the end. The latest few, a lot of the same. Movies that ranged from mediocre (Clone Wars) to very good (Rogue One)... but that's what was going to happen. Movies like Star Wars, 2001, and Citizen Kane... you don't specifically try to replicate them, they just come.
But after that, lightning just didn't strike twice. Episode 1 was a decent space opera, worth 2-1/2 stars, with some great stuff (action sequences, especially the pod race). Episode 2 had great stuff as well, though the A/P romance was painful. Episode 3 was deeply tragic with an epic lightsaber duel at the end. The latest few, a lot of the same. Movies that ranged from mediocre (Clone Wars) to very good (Rogue One)... but that's what was going to happen. Movies like Star Wars, 2001, and Citizen Kane... you don't specifically try to replicate them, they just come.
Lightning doesn't strike twice. And it would be nice if individuals would stop trying. But, I know that isn't going to happen. So, I'll just keep enjoying what I like while confusing those who think that (fill in the blank) is peak Star Wars.
Star Wars, to me, is peak Star Wars. The rest is just appetizers, desserts. Fun but ultimately not a full meal.
Star Wars, to me, is peak Star Wars. The rest is just appetizers, desserts. Fun but ultimately not a full meal.
RE: George Lucas redoing the sequel trilogy...
Sorry but I don't want to see three films on how midachlorians have their own collective intelligence and run the Star Wars Universe.
Sorry but I don't want to see three films on how midachlorians have their own collective intelligence and run the Star Wars Universe.
Agreed. It seems to be Hollywood's nature to sequel the crap out of everything until it ceases to be profitable or good. And what saddens me is they often destroy a wonderful ending and replace it with a much less satisfying one (as in MiB2). Or, looking for a workable story, they will assassinate an awesome character (looking at you Miss Congeniality 2)
Which is why I take Hollywood logic less and less seriously. If I like a film then that's the only thing that matters. I can't spend time being sad over a film not ending the way I want it.
I'd sooner believe they would to a remake of the OT before trying to remake or revamp the ST.
They likely wouldn't bring in Lucas other than as a creative consultant by that point.
The only other way I could see them redoing the ST is if they somehow decide to start mirroring Marvel or DC comics (or Star Trek for that matter) and go all mutli-verse theory on us, and produce a different timeline variant of the ST based on some event that happens in one of the other shows or films they have or are in production. And that's a big step to take.
They likely wouldn't bring in Lucas other than as a creative consultant by that point.
The only other way I could see them redoing the ST is if they somehow decide to start mirroring Marvel or DC comics (or Star Trek for that matter) and go all mutli-verse theory on us, and produce a different timeline variant of the ST based on some event that happens in one of the other shows or films they have or are in production. And that's a big step to take.
most there going to do with books, other movies, series is to fix or explain some things in the ST, but it isn't going away. and its not going to be redone.
Now, doesn't mean it doesn't get released to the public in some version, would love an animated "What If" for Star Wars like Marvel is doing, they did a comics of "What If" long ago, they were interesting.
As for Thrawn books, I liked them, but like other Zahn books it Augered in the Ending.. blah..
Now, doesn't mean it doesn't get released to the public in some version, would love an animated "What If" for Star Wars like Marvel is doing, they did a comics of "What If" long ago, they were interesting.
As for Thrawn books, I liked them, but like other Zahn books it Augered in the Ending.. blah..
This argument really sort of reminds me of the "Hitman" movies. They tried. They failed. They tried again. They failed again. If they try a third time, they will likely fail again. Because they do not understand their subject matter. They insist on high body count John Wick splatter-fests, where the elegance of Agent 47 is not how much collateral damage he doles out, but how little. You can kill a dictator and his 50 security guards with a cruise missile. Slipping invisibly past the security, leaving the dictator dead in a wardrobe, and departing in silence and no one even knowing you were there for hours after the fact... that takes skill.
As long as people fail to understand what made Star Wars so great, their attempts to recapture the spirit of it cannot succeed.
As long as people fail to understand what made Star Wars so great, their attempts to recapture the spirit of it cannot succeed.
How do you recapture so much that happened by accident? Star Wars was a dumb kids movie, looked at by Fox as a financial support if "Damnation Alley," their tentpole that year, underperformed.
And the most ironic part of that is Star Wars is still going strong almost 50 years later, and I'd never even heard of Damnation Alley until your post.
I just looked it up on IMDB and that had a hell of cast. I was especially shocked to see a very young Jackie Earl Haley was in it. I had no idea he had been acting that long, I'd never heard of him before he played Rorschach in Watchmen.
I just looked it up on IMDB and that had a hell of cast. I was especially shocked to see a very young Jackie Earl Haley was in it. I had no idea he had been acting that long, I'd never heard of him before he played Rorschach in Watchmen.
That's the funny part, and we take SW for granted at this point. But, it really was something extremely unique that much of Hollywood had little regard for. It was a dumb kid's movie, and it stressed out Lucas to try and do things the way he wanted to, which is why he ended up quitting the Guilds of Hollywood. It was a lot of stress, and improvisation, and support from people like Al Lad Jr. at Fox and actors like Sir Alec Guiness.
And that's why when people talk about recapturing the spirit of Star Wars it's like asking a band to recreate the sound from their first album after being on the third or fourth. They have learned so much since then, there is a different feel, there are less rookie mistakes and more polish. So, capturing that feel is very difficult.
That's why even if Lucas redid the ST it would not be like the OT.
3/4 of Treverrow's draft script would've been rewritten because it was either too esoteric for general audiences or contained way too many contradictions to and incompatibilities with current Canon.
It would probably be more like the Prequels, and we all saw how much everybody loved them.
Exactly so!It would probably be more like the Prequels, and we all saw how much everybody loved them.
Honestly, it still makes me laugh and roll my eyes at the same time when people go "Star Wars is ruined! The fan base is so divided!" My first foray in to online fandom was with the Prequels. It was vile the rhetoric that got slung about directed at Lucas. To like some of the prequels was to invite a lot of name calling and negativity. Petitions to decanoize the prequels, Lucas should sell, etc, etc.
So, yeah, none of this is new. Star Wars fans are a passionate group but it also comes with a lot of baggage.
No, although I would not stop him if he wanted to remake them.
