Author Topic: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
CuppaJoe 
Registered: Aug '02
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Date Posted: 3/8 3:59pm Subject: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl? - Date Edited: 3/8 4:14pm (2 edits total) Edited By: CuppaJoe
Nothing excites me more than seeing that "A long time ago..." title card on the big screen again.

Do you think Clone Wars will have it?

It would be interesting to see without the 20th Century Fox logo considering Warner Bros. is releasing it. Or so I've heard.

 

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WookieeWarrior9 
Registered: Jun '07
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Date Posted: 3/8 5:51pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
I've been wondering the same thing. I've heard one of the people working on the show say that each episode will have a lesson or a moral to the story, so it might make sense to have a quick little opening crawl (like maybe one sentence/ paragraph instead of the three). Then of course, we would also need the shot of it panning over to a ship flying by and thus, the start of that episode's story.

I'd love to see it that way. It seems so epic and such a part of what makes Star Wars, well, Star Wars. I would at least expect this for each season opener and most certainly for the film. This isn't your average show and it's a nice way to quickly get the (casual) audience up to speed on the individual episode.

 

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Master_Starwalker 
Registered: Sep '03
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Date Posted: 3/8 7:57pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
I'm sure the theatrical release will have "A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far, Away..." but I doubt that each episode will.

 

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SaberJedi2 
Registered: Apr '07
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Date Posted: 3/8 8:28pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
I'm just hoping that the movie will have it. I would like each episode, but I'm mostly concerned with the theatrical release.

 

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_Sublime_Skywalker_ 
Registered: May '04
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Date Posted: 3/8 8:31pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
Though I'm no Lucas insider, I'm 99.9% sure the theatrical release will have it. It would be insulting to have big screen SW without the famous "long time ago" line and the opening crawl. That's a must.

For the small screen continuation? Not sure, I wouldn't be suprised if it didn't. It probably would have something similar to the CW shorts. However I'd like it if it did have it none the less.

 

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Tyi-Maet_Nefer 
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Registered: Jun '05
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Date Posted: 3/8 11:57pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
What if the opening crawl turned into a "previously" crawl?

As in: "A Long Time Ago In a Galaxy Far, Far, Away ... Previously on The Clone Wars ... Anakin has fought this, done this, ate a lamington, etc etc, which brings us to this point"

...so to speak.

 

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Master_Starwalker 
Registered: Sep '03
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Date Posted: 3/10 10:59am Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
Huh, I hadn't thought of that but it's a definite possibility imo.

 

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_Sublime_Skywalker_ 
Registered: May '04
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Date Posted: 3/10 2:44pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
Or like "As the dreaded Clone Wars drag on..."

and just describing all the different things happening on all the different worlds, possibly ones featured in the episode.

 

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SaberJedi2 
Registered: Apr '07
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Date Posted: 3/10 3:09pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
I wouldn't mind any of that but am still hoping for the opening crawl. It's synonymous with Star Wars!

 

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CuppaJoe 
Registered: Aug '02
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Date Posted: 3/10 4:40pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
It's gonna be so weird and different without the classic 20th Century Fox fanfare.

 

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_Sublime_Skywalker_ 
Registered: May '04
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Date Posted: 3/10 6:14pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
I wonder what the live series will be like?

What if instead of an opening crawl, it has some cheesy theme song.

I could see it being like Mad about you, but with Star Wars.

NOOOOOOOO!

 

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Tyi-Maet_Nefer 
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Date Posted: 3/11 5:37am Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
laugh

I hadn't thought about that. A theme song. You'd think that it just wouldn't fit, and there's no way they'd do it (kind of like Stargate SG-1's opening) ... but then ... if you think of Firefly ...

thinking

 

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CuppaJoe 
Registered: Aug '02
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Date Posted: 3/11 11:26am Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
Tyi-Maet_Nefer posted:
laugh

I hadn't thought about that. A theme song. You'd think that it just wouldn't fit, and there's no way they'd do it (kind of like Stargate SG-1's opening) ... but then ... if you think of Firefly ...

thinking


Or, hey! Maybe something like this

 

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darth_nemisis 
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Registered: May '04
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Date Posted: 5/13 9:24pm Subject: RE: Will it begin with the classic opening crawl?
Hmmm...this is an interesting topic because I feel it could get a bit repetative. I don't know if they would summarize the upcoming show or, as Tyi said above, do a summary of the previous show. I think that could be interesting.

Though, I do think this topic should be related to both the LA and CW3D...

 

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