I just asked that a few posts ago!
We like a lot of the same things Bill, weird huh?
Especially considering our opposite views on the Abrams films!
Star Wars: Episode VII: The Nerd Rage Awakens
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Especially considering our opposite views on the Abrams films!
My point is that there is no reason why you couldn't just give Maul the same backstory as Dooku. He could have played the exact same role that Dooku played if they wanted him to.
I don't see why they could not flesh him out more in two more movies as a villain. It isn't like his goals are any different than Grivieous. Even if Dooku stays as Sidious' main apprentice, Maul could come back in his cybernetic form, a'la Grievous, demonstrating his worth through being a general under Dooku, all the while conspiring to kill Dooku and replace him.
I am in agreement that Maul was a missed opportunity, and could have been used to much greater, and more interesting, effect, that tied the PT together.
YMMV, obviously.
How Kathleen Kennedy convinced JJ Abrams to direct TFA.
Origins of character names. We do get one new character and creature name in the article. The scanvenger that Rey gets BB-8 from is named Teedo and he is riding a luggabeast. Teedo is played by Kiran Shah, the world's shortest stutman, he played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi and doubled for both Elija Wood in LOTR, and Christopher Reeve for forced perspective shots in Superman.
Origins of character names. We do get one new character and creature name in the article. The scanvenger that Rey gets BB-8 from is named Teedo and he is riding a luggabeast. Teedo is played by Kiran Shah, the world's shortest stutman, he played an Ewok in Return of the Jedi and doubled for both Elija Wood in LOTR, and Christopher Reeve for forced perspective shots in Superman.
^Interesting
So you are basically describing Maul as Dooku, but without Christopher Lee, but instead Ray Park and the double-edged lightsaber and the rest of the look? Doesn't sound any better.
It sounds like a) Leia is still alive and b) Rey isn't a Skywalker/Solo going by the description
So you are basically describing Maul as Dooku, but without Christopher Lee, but instead Ray Park and the double-edged lightsaber and the rest of the look? Doesn't sound any better.
Given how well handled Maul was in TCW, I think it would have been neat if the PT had "resurrected" him in a similar way for ROTS, and have him there in place of Grievous.
As for Dooku, I still think his storyline would have worked out better if he had been a member of the Jedi Council in TPM and resigned after the death of Qui-Gon, then vanished for a few years only to reemerge in AOTC as the leader of the Separatists.
Might be more than you think though. Either way, someone's doing a good job.
It's probably a combination of both Abrams and Disney/Lucasfilm keeping everybody on the edges of their seats with this slow release of new information about the film. Between J.J.'s tradition of being quiet about the details of his projects and Disney's ruthlessly-enforced corporate secrecy it's a wonder we know the details we do.
Well there's still probably a ton we don't know and may not learn at all beforehand-- like, oh I don't know, just what the heck Luke Skywalker looks like in this movie?
We may finally get a glimpse of him in the final trailer, but somehow I wouldn't be surprised if that's the one secret JJ doesn't let out at all beforehand.
We may finally get a glimpse of him in the final trailer, but somehow I wouldn't be surprised if that's the one secret JJ doesn't let out at all beforehand.
This is one of the reasons that I enjoyed the ROTS novel so much and why the film itself is such a disappointment to me. There are so many ways that they could have woven in Dooku, his falling away, and Anakn's fall, as well as the treachery of the Sith in their use of subordinates.
The novel expanded upon it, and Dooku's point of view, quite well, in my opinion. There were many facets to his character, his Jedi history and his fall that should have been a part of the larger narrative, if only in the background.
I don't think Maul and Dooku have to be joined together as they are now, but that a different character could be formed from their disparate elements to create a different character.
Or, as Skywalker pointed out, having Dooku being around for all three films, and Maul take Grievous place after his defeat.
Right I mean if they did a TCW version of Maul who was articulate for ROTS and maybe used Dooku for the first two movies that would have worked.
have you guys seen this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgICnbC2-_Y
He did his own take on eps 1 & 2(with ep 3 still to come out). Other than having Maul run away from confrontations like a black hat villain, I like his take on the republic vs. separatist conflict; and how he proposes to utilize the Dooku character.
I think a mesh between that, and the original script would have made for an excellent prequel trilogy... That, and ensuring George Lucas had absolutely no input in regards to dialogue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgICnbC2-_Y
He did his own take on eps 1 & 2(with ep 3 still to come out). Other than having Maul run away from confrontations like a black hat villain, I like his take on the republic vs. separatist conflict; and how he proposes to utilize the Dooku character.
I think a mesh between that, and the original script would have made for an excellent prequel trilogy... That, and ensuring George Lucas had absolutely no input in regards to dialogue.
The Inquisitors have appeared in Rebels, and I would imagine that some of them would remain after ROTJ.
Yes, he did.
Yes, and it's meh. Everyone can be a critic, but if critics could do anything else but criticize, they'd be anything else but critics.
That also goes for RedletterMedia, they never managed to produce anything original worth watching.
