Darth-Wyrm posted: But there has to be SOME force wielding going on. Otherwise, despite what you may want to believe, it's just not Star Wars to the rest of the world. When you say "Star Wars" to people, they think Jedi, Darth Vader, etc. There has to be SOME link to that part of the SW universe.
Wyrm posted:This is such a great point. People seem to be stuck in the past. They don't realize that Star Wars for you, is not the same Star Wars today. GL specifically talked about this a few months ago. He talked about how a lot of older people watched Star Wars when they were kids and fell in love with it. And now they're older and they hate the new stuff because it doesn't fit their idea of what SW is. He said that what they're forgetting is that a lot of Star Wars is for kids, and that's who his target is.
CID posted:They wouldn't have in the late 70's, in the late 00's it's a different story. No Jedi = not Star Wars. Besides, we had that already, it was called Firefly. No one watched it until it was on DVD. We've got interstellar dogfighting too, it's called Battlestar Galactica.
Pizza-the-Hutt posted:Older fans, who can't let go huh? I'm 21 years old. My first experience of Star Wars was watching the SEs in 97. I was 13 when TPM came out. I'm hardly the grumpy old man you're painting me out to be. You say, Darth-Wyrm, that you're not part of the prestigious 18-25 age group. Well I am. When you speak to people my age about Star Wars they immediately think of the OT, not the PT. Generally the OT are the "good ones" and the PT are "the new ones". Throwing in loads of force users doesn't make a story good. You say that everyone in my age bracket would refuse to watch a LA series if it didn't contain force users. As a member of that age group, with friends in that age group who enjoy Star Wars, I am telling you that you are wrong. I realise that the PT was always going be centred around the Jedi, as was the Clone Wars cartoon. After all both of these are set during the period when the Jedi were at their peak. I don't have a problem with that. I wanted to see Jedi kicking *** in the PT. My argument is that the LA series is not set at the time when the Jedi are at their peak. It's set at a time when the Jedi are "all but extinct". If we have mutliple Jedi in the LA then are we to assume that Ben is simply lying to Luke again? As I said, in my experience, the OT is much more popular amongst my age group than the PT. OT had less force users than the PT. I think you're underestimating the intelligence of young people. You seem to be suggesting that the only thing they like about Star Wars are the action scenes involving the Jedi. Some of the best scenes in the films don't involve Jedi are at all. Some of the most popular character's are non-forceusers. That being the case, I don't understand why you think a Star Wars show following the Rebellion or bounty hunters would be automatically a flop.
Sitara posted:The show will suck without Jedi and the Force in action. Sorry, but if you don't want Jedi/Lightsabes/Force in any starwars show, you should stop calling yourself a SW fan and stick to startrek.
Sitara posted:However, I would not mind if Darth Maul made a return; perhaps his corpse was recovered and re-formed ro something. Or perhaps his hatred unlocked a new force technique that allowed him to regenerate his wounds. Or what have you. Then we could finally have a DM vs DV fight which everyone wants to see.
zombie posted:Sitara posted:The show will suck without Jedi and the Force in action. Sorry, but if you don't want Jedi/Lightsabes/Force in any starwars show, you should stop calling yourself a SW fan and stick to startrek. You probably should have told that to Lucasfilm when they made their first three Star Wars television programs, which did not feature Jedi. Though Droids did have one of the characters have a lightsaber.
VladTheImpaler posted:I'm going to classify that "witch" lady as some kind of dark jedi, because what the heck else could she be?
GARTH_MAUL posted:For ANH to be believable, there simply cannot be Jedi running around with lightsabers conquering evil like they used to.
GARTH_MAUL posted:I think it's quite possible ONE character could be a Force user, but I seriously doubt he or she would be igniting the old lightsaber every episode. They need to stay hidden.
Cid posted:zombie posted:Sitara posted:The show will suck without Jedi and the Force in action. Sorry, but if you don't want Jedi/Lightsabes/Force in any starwars show, you should stop calling yourself a SW fan and stick to startrek. You probably should have told that to Lucasfilm when they made their first three Star Wars television programs, which did not feature Jedi. Though Droids did have one of the characters have a lightsaber. Um, and all three sucked rocks through a straw. It's not a very fair comparison though (LAS to the Ewok movies, that is) and that's why i haven't brought it up.
CID posted:Not a bunch of them, i agree. But there could be one left in the galaxy. A galaxy is an awful big place. IMO there's room enough for at least one force using baddie, too, though they should only 'duel' at the most crucial times in the show rather than every other episode. I'm talking like once a season, if even that! There doesn't have to be an audience other than us. A duel in the middle of nowhere with almost no-one to see except us doesn't invalidate ANH.
CID posted:Garth Mauk posted:I think it's quite possible ONE character could be a Force user, but I seriously doubt he or she would be igniting the old lightsaber every episode. They need to stay hidden. Depends on when the series is set. If it's 2-5 years after ROTS who cares, there could be Jedi running around half the Galaxy at that point. 2-5 years before ANH is a different story.
Garth Mauk posted:I think it's quite possible ONE character could be a Force user, but I seriously doubt he or she would be igniting the old lightsaber every episode. They need to stay hidden.
