animated Thrawn Trilogy

Does anyone know if there are plans to ever release an animated version of the original Thrawn trilogy by Timothy Zahn? Using the voices of Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, etc.?

 

Why would there be?

 

So that old school fans are left with a better dialogue than the prelude movies?

 

That makes no sense.

 

He means prequel. and it does make sence, the Thawn Trilogy had better writing a diologe than the prequels.

I'd like to see it but so far no plans.

 

All the EU animated would be better methinks.

 

Lucas should honor Timothy Zahn's work, and give him the credit that's long past due by adapting this great trilogy into three animated movies, which in my mine is as good as the films. I also consider them the final trilogy which we'll never get to see.

 

If it were to be made, the voice of Thrawn would have to be the great Christopher Walken.

 

If there were to be an animated Thrawn trilogy, it must be artistically done.

 

(If there were to be an animated Thrawn trilogy, it must be artistically done.)

Oh yes, I agree. Adapting to small screen would be tough though, but possible. Leaving out anything important would certainly kill this project, so they shouldn't butcher the story too much. This story has to be laid out somehow, either in live action or animation. It would be a shame, and a waste not to.

Oh, and the voice of Grand Admiral Thrawn should be none other than Sam Neil. I always pictured him being Thrawn.

 

I would love to see an animated Thrawn trilogy. IMO it's the best trilogy/series in the EU!
I would not want it artistically done though, I would want it to be photorealistic 3D animation.

 

"photorealistic 3D animation?"

Is that the same style as the Final Fantasy movie that came out awhile back that you think the movies should be made into? God, I would hope not.

 

I would also think Sean Conoroy would do good at Thrawn or Maybe Prices Brownen.

 

No, I am talking the very best of ILM here (or the new Lucasfilm Animation department).

But it's not that important to me that it's 3D at all actually, it could just as well be old school animation IMO. The important thing is that I don't want any "artistic" animation like the Clone Wars series.

 

Computer animation does not age well when it is attempting to be "photo-realistic." Unless it looks PERFECTLY real, once more advanced techniques come out, the older one's flaws become blatant. Pixar films will likely always look fine, since they are simply CG cartoons. Much like how even 50+ year old Disney or the nearly 20 year old Akira cell animation still looks good today, but Final Fantasy just looks a tad creepy (as well as The Polar Express to an extent.)

I agree that the Tartakovsky style may not suit the Thrawn Trilogy as well as it did the Clone Wars. I still maintain that, under the proper Lucasfilm art direction and given a healthy budget, any number of the Japanese and/or Korean animation houses could produce a fantastic adaptation of any EU material. Anime doesn't have to look like pokemon, you know. Just sayin'.

 

"Creepy" is a perfect word to describe the Final Fantasy movie. Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, but I didn't know how to phrase it.

The Clone Wars animators would be great for The Thrawn Trilogy, but I think they should put more money and time into it than they did with the The Clone Wars.

The Thrawn Trilogy is definitely the best the EU has to offer. Nothing even comes close.

 

I'd even like them to take a risk and use an american animation house, just to balance things out.

I have to agree there. Japanese anime looks very unique, and clearly stands out as a genre on it's own. I don't think SW fits into the existing anime style.

Or maybe I just have a fear of Leia with giant eyes, and Vader with tentacles

editok ok, that was sarcasm, but you see my point

 

Haha! You know what, I went to a Timothy Zahn book signing a month or two ago, and Zahn said that, if someone WERE to ever play Thrawn's voice, he would hope for Sean Connery -- but he was of course being facetious. There aren't any plans beyond the confirmed Clone Wars 3D animated series and the live action series for TV.

 

The newest Final Fantasy movie, which is a direc-to-DVD release only, is a sequel of SQUARE's most popular FF Game, Final Fantasy VII. The characters are a bit more stylized in the "anime" style, though the textures are still phenomenal. I'm not sure if that'd be a fitting animation style for a hypothetical Star Wars TV series, but it certainly does it's job as it's own animal

Personally, I think WB animators who worked on the long line of Batman animated series (NOT "THE Batman", the newest addition) would be ideal for a post Original Trilogy cartoon. However, with that said, I think that in order to 'sell' a Star Wars TV series, it'd have to be something that kids could relate to, and thus I think if it were ever to happen, they'd probably spin off of the Young Jedi Knights or even Junior Jedi Knights books. :/

 

I agree

 

Hear, hear!

 

Thrawn should have his own talk show. In which he assesses both art and the process of world domination.

 

I always though that they should make a animated movie, straight to DVD, of the EU works, as long as they stay true to the stories. Not that he needs it, but Lucas could make bazillions(is that a number?) off of that from the hardcore fans alone.