Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
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I know some fans will complain about oversaturation and overexposure of the franchise but I could care less, at least right now. I'm just glad there won't be long three-year waits between films and we'll know the conclusion and outcome of the Sequel Trilogy by the end of this decade instead of several years into the next.
He means a series between Episodes VI and VII. Rebels is between III and IV.
Oh, ok.
That's interesting. I'd almost think it would be connected to Rogue Squadron. A movie all about an X-Wing/fighter squadron would be awesome, and I guess they are at least a little bit in canon since that was the name of the Squadron in Episode V. It could be (and probably is) something completely different, but I'm still excited.
I'm also glad we're not getting a three year wait between main SW movies. The more Star wars the better, at least in my opinion.
The only actor attached to the project as of now is Felicity Jones and rumors have suggested that Rogue One will re-use props and sets from The Force Awakens, so I'm inclined to believe that this will focus on someone who succeeded Wedge. I'm hoping we get a new Rogue Squadron or heaven forbid an X-Wing game out of the deal.
I'm with cooleddie74. It's about time this story gets the over-saturation it deserves. Finally, we're going to get so much Wars we are gonna puke!
<trying to remember where that line [fragment] comes from>
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The Jerk, "I'm gonna bounce back and when I do I'm gonna buy you a diamond so big it's gonna make you puke."
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A new movie every year or so sure beats 10-16 years without one. Even with a weekly television series on the air it just doesn't feel the same without a live-action Star Wars movie arriving in theaters every few years or so. There's the risk of fatigue, but if fans weren't sick and tired and angry and bored after the controversies of the Prequel Trilogy and made it through the growing pains of The Clone Wars on TV then I doubt getting "too much" Star Wars content will negatively impact the fanbase to any large extent.
If the movies themselves are good or even great then we really won't care how many tickets we buy every year or two.
If the movies themselves are good or even great then we really won't care how many tickets we buy every year or two.
cooleddie74 I completely agree... and these films are made by people who I feel know what makes SW special. Lucas... I love the guy.. was in his 50's, was no longer hungry to make this succeed, and forgot what made it work.. and his dialogue was pretty horrid, often lessening the scope and mystery of these worlds than adding to it.
"Look Coruscant. The entire planet is one big city."
Thanks George...
"Look Coruscant. The entire planet is one big city."
Thanks George...
J.J. grew up as a Star Wars fan and has routinely expressed his love for the Original Trilogy, even being interviewed for documentaries about the franchise. While there are undoubtedly better and more skilled directors in the business I don't think too many would be as lovingly connected to the classic films and be as nerdy as Abrams. I think he did a good job and the film will be be entertaining.
No doubt that Edwards and Johnson.. being about 40 give or take, will bring their childhood passion for the franchise into their films. I didn't like Looper.. but it's "Lived in" look gives me high hopes (along with the director's perfect age) gives me very high hopes for how these new films will look.
That line was pretty clearly a shout-out to Foundation fans, in reference to Trantor.
Maybe.
But I don't think Lucas had that in my mind. It was just him thinking he was writing for 8 year olds.
"Yipee!"
The planet may indeed be a shout out.
You missed my point. Entirely.
The planet is one big city. Whether its a homage to Foundation or not, we can see clearly it's a big city.
We didn't need a character telling us as we are looking at the planet that it's one big city.
That would be like the Star Destroyer going to Hoth in Empire and and Ozzel saying to Vader. "Sir the entire planet is one big snowy planet."
They did get close. Han said that there wasn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. But by then, we'd already had our establishing shots of the planet, we got the idea already, and Han was speaking hyperbollically. The "It's one big city" was patronizing unnecessary exposition that takes away from the magic of Star Wars.
They never said Tatoooine is one big desert.
They never said that Endor is one big forest. They did say it was the forest moon of Endor, but that was used casually as a label.
You missed my point. Entirely.
The planet is one big city. Whether its a homage to Foundation or not, we can see clearly it's a big city.
We didn't need a character telling us as we are looking at the planet that it's one big city.
That would be like the Star Destroyer going to Hoth in Empire and and Ozzel saying to Vader. "Sir the entire planet is one big snowy planet."
They did get close. Han said that there wasn't enough life on this ice cube to fill a space cruiser. But by then, we'd already had our establishing shots of the planet, we got the idea already, and Han was speaking hyperbollically. The "It's one big city" was patronizing unnecessary exposition that takes away from the magic of Star Wars.
They never said Tatoooine is one big desert.
They never said that Endor is one big forest. They did say it was the forest moon of Endor, but that was used casually as a label.
Coruscant was mention in The Thrawn Trilogy as covering the entire planet.
I sure as hell hope it is.
Meh. Forest moon of Endor is close enough.
The crawl of TESB said "remote ice world of Hoth," so we already know that by the time Ozzel is introduced.
You're right, though, I really don't see what you're complaining about.
Getting back to Coruscant, first of all, you're wrong that we can "clearly see" that it's one big city. We can see from space that the whole planet seems to be covered in structures, but—and here's the key—we don't know what they all are, as we obviously only see a tiny fraction of them up close. Without that line of dialog, there is no explicit allusion to Foundation. Ergo, making the allusion was something that Lucas considered important enough to warrant a line of dialog to accomplish. Secondly, if you'd read Foundation, you'd recognize the line for what it is, because that's pretty much exactly how Trantor is described in the book, page 12 (31st paperback printing by Avon Books): "All the land surface of Trantor, 75,000,000 square miles in extent, was a single city." Ric Olié's line, "Coruscant… the entire planet is one big city," apes it.
