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Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens

Re: New Casting and Story Rumors re: EPISODE VII

Timelord_Victorious said:
Tom Baker as the Doctor from his regeneration to the Curator scene in Day of the Doctor was how many years?
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32 ( plus about eight months ). Google is your friend.

Ancient Mariner said:
One would hope that they would utilize Peter at least once, even in a simple, "stand here" scene
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We better get more than that. His "stand here" material in ROTS wasn't memorable enough. I want to see him pulling arms out of sockets as originally advertised in ANH. And shooting his gun.

safarial said:
http://www.starwars7news.com/2014/01/speculation-star-wars-rebels-to-have.html
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:rolleyes:
 
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Re: New Casting and Story Rumors re: EPISODE VII

cooleddie74 said:
I'd say Anthony and Kenny are as close to sure bets as possible when it comes to casting a Star Wars film. George once said that by the time his Saga was finally complete the two droids would be the only characters to appear in every single movie, so unless one or both actors fall ill before shooting begins I'm guessing they'll don their classic costumes once more.
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Which wouldn't prevent the droids from appearing, though I think it's a save bet that Anthony will do at least voice work for 3P0 for as long as he can.
 
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At this point it will probably cost more to put Kenny in costume than it would to fully automate R2.
 
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Technically all they'd need to do to validate putting Kenny's name in the end credits would be putting him in the Artoo shell for just one or two scenes involving closeups where his dome rotates and he does the astromech droid equivalent of emoting (twitching, wobbling, etc.) and then they could use a remote control, automated Artoo for all the other scenes in the film.

There were plenty of shots in the OT and PT where Kenny was never actually inside the Artoo shell at a given moment, but a lot of fans thought he was. I hope he does indeed return for at least a couple of scenes just for old times' sake.
 
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They should just let Baker and Mayhew cameo as aliens in some background scene. Hell, Lucas let Davis play multiple parts in the PT I think.
 
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^ Seconded.

I know someone who's had a casting call which, reading between the lines of what they described, makes me suspect there will be live-action Wookies (as opposed to just CGI) in the new film.
 
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Anthony Daniels played two roles each in both Episodes II and III (Threepio and the Coruscant uniformed officer Lt. - later Capt. - Dannl Faytonni, seen first in the Outlander Nightclub and three years later at the huge Opera House), so it wouldn't be the first time one of the lead actors pulled some overtime as a background human or alien.
 
Re: New Casting and Story Rumors re: EPISODE VII

cooleddie74 said:
Technically all they'd need to do to validate putting Kenny's name in the end credits would be putting him in the Artoo shell for just one or two scenes involving closeups where his dome rotates and he does the astromech droid equivalent of emoting (twitching, wobbling, etc.) and then they could use a remote control, automated Artoo for all the other scenes in the film.

There were plenty of shots in the OT and PT where Kenny was never actually inside the Artoo shell at a given moment, but a lot of fans thought he was. I hope he does indeed return for at least a couple of scenes just for old times' sake.
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I'd say that's pretty much all he did do in the prequels.

In fact

http://forum.rebelscum.com/t1029304/
 
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Yep. As he got older and the technology to create remote controlled Artoo shells progressed and became more reliable Kenny appeared inside them less and less often. R2 was also fairly heavily CGI'ed throughout the Prequels so that also took away from opportunities for Kenny to don the costume.

All he'd need to do is shoot one or two quick scenes that make it into the final cut and they can slide his name into the closing credits and maintain the tradition of him co-starring in each film in the Saga.
 
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lurok said:
I know someone who's had a casting call which, reading between the lines of what they described, makes me suspect there will be live-action Wookies (as opposed to just CGI) in the new film.
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So, just like ROTS then?
 
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I can't imagine Anthony Daniels at least, not being involved. I could see them noting bring Kenny Baker back, but I doubt they'd want to deal with the fan backlash if they found out. So yeah, at this point I foresee them both coming back, even if like you guys said, it was just for one or two scenes.
 
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Do they actually need Kenny to be in the can? I'd just let him man the radio controls and give him the credit.
 
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Me neither, but I get the suspicion based on past films that Kenny would need to be inside the Artoo shell at least once and appear on-screen in order to be included in the film's credits. I could be wrong, but that's the impression I've been getting since the Prequels.

The credits and their composition have always been a big sticking point for the industry, and when Empire was being readied for release back in 1980 Hollywood bigwigs at 20th Century Fox demanded Lucas place the credits for the second film at the beginning of the movie to comply with how the typical film is structured. They had made an exception with the original back in 1977 but that time they made demands of Lucas and he and Irvin Kershner chose to defy them, incurring fines that George had to pay.
 
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From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_Strikes_Back#Production:

To preserve the dramatic opening sequences of his films, Lucas wanted the screen credits to come at the end of the films. Even though this is more common now, this was a highly unusual choice at the time. The Writers and Directors Guilds had no problem allowing it on Star Wars, back in 1977, because the writer-director credit (George Lucas) matched the company name, but when Lucas did the same thing for the sequel it became an issue because Lucas had his last name on the start of the film (Lucasfilm), while the director and the writers had theirs on the end. They fined him over $250,000 and attempted to pull Empire out of theaters. The DGA also attacked Kershner; to protect his director, Lucas paid all the fines to the guilds. Due to the controversy, he left the Directors and Writers Guilds, and the Motion Picture Association.[3]

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3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy. Star Wars Trilogy Box Set DVD documentary. [2004]
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Re: New Casting and Story Rumors re: EPISODE VII

Thanks for that, CC. I knew I'd heard it mentioned several times that important people within Hollywood came after both George and Irvin before Empire was edited and released but I'd forgotten it was the Writers and Director's Guilds and not the studio itself.
 
Re: New Casting and Story Rumors re: EPISODE VII

Interesting, and believable.
 
Re: New Casting and Story Rumors re: EPISODE VII

As a Vulcan might put it, fascinating.
 
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