Oy. If that's true, it unfortunately sounds more or less like what I expected. The execution will be the trick, ultimately.
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Oy. If that's true, it unfortunately sounds more or less like what I expected. The execution will be the trick, ultimately.
Other than folks reprising existing roles, that page gives our first inkling of a possible actor: Sam Witwer. Nice, I've seen him in other stuff and he's good. Very distinctive looks, which is a good thing in space opera. He's not an unknown but also not so well known that it's distracting.
He could play the same character. There was a downloadable patch that had fifty billion alt costumes. An older version of the Apprentice, General Starkiller of The New Republic, was one of them.
^ Well, Firefly didn't have aliens for one things, which makes it very different from SW. Plus, Joss Whedon said that the Alliance in FF wasn't evil, per se, like the Empire in SW. It was all-powerful and interfering and had evil elements in it, but it wasn't outright evil. IIRC, he compared it to the US government - there may be rogue elements in it or CIA agents conspiring with autocratic regimes but that doesn't mean the whole government is evil. However, he reckoned Mal's attitude to the Alliance would be something like the attitude of a Michigan Militia type or liberterian to the US government.
Having said that, there's no denying that Mal Reynolds was very much in the Han Solo mould. And I suspect that the SW tv series will be somewhat like FF insofar as Whedon said that FF was about the people that history ignored - not the big movers and shakers like we got in Star Trek or Babylon 5, but the little guys, the unsung heroes. As I understand it, Lucas has indicated that the SW series will focus on characters of similar standing.
Having said that, there's no denying that Mal Reynolds was very much in the Han Solo mould. And I suspect that the SW tv series will be somewhat like FF insofar as Whedon said that FF was about the people that history ignored - not the big movers and shakers like we got in Star Trek or Babylon 5, but the little guys, the unsung heroes. As I understand it, Lucas has indicated that the SW series will focus on characters of similar standing.
I just have two questions regarding this enterprise...
- What is it with Lucas fascination about creating new stories to between existing stories (thus hampering any question of what the major outcome will be) instead of a setting post 'Return of the Jedi' or early republic where he could do whatever he wanted???
- When is Lucas finally going to start making those art-house films that he always says he is planning to do when he is done with Star Wars, instead of continuing it .. continually?
- What is it with Lucas fascination about creating new stories to between existing stories (thus hampering any question of what the major outcome will be) instead of a setting post 'Return of the Jedi' or early republic where he could do whatever he wanted???
- When is Lucas finally going to start making those art-house films that he always says he is planning to do when he is done with Star Wars, instead of continuing it .. continually?
Yep, I'm keeping my fingers firmly crossed and am hoping. I REALLY want to like what they create because a Star Wars TV series could be awesome fun.
Yes. Sums up my hopes too. Star Wars should be full of fun & adventure.
I don't like the idea of no Jedi. There should be a few Jedi, I don't care if they are new or previously established.
But I can live without seeing Vader or the Emperor on a long-term basis. If Grand Moff Tarkin is the main bad guy, and perhaps some Emperor's Hands for evil lightsaber action it should be cool.
I'm also not a big fan of Boba Fett, but I'll withhold judgment to see how thing turn out.
But I can live without seeing Vader or the Emperor on a long-term basis. If Grand Moff Tarkin is the main bad guy, and perhaps some Emperor's Hands for evil lightsaber action it should be cool.
I'm also not a big fan of Boba Fett, but I'll withhold judgment to see how thing turn out.
Even so, I doubt we'd see it on the show. TFU dovetails right into Episode IV and this series takes place between III and IV.
I think Vader should be big in it, the two big things that happened in those 19 years were the (VERY SLOW) formation of the Rebellion and Vader hunting down and killing the remaining Jedi, and it would be good to have some exploration of Vader, to see his slow breakdown into subserviance.
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