Lit A/V The Force Awakens and the EU [TAGGED spoilers.]

Harrison just lights up lol

 

We might have a cognizant Ford yet if they keep Cumberbatch around the set.

"Uh-oh -- Harrison's spacing out again! Benedict, quick -- give him a good Wookiee roar!"

 

Interesting tweet

https://twitter.com/UKopencall/status/397399200985391104/photo/1

 

It's a bit of a nothing film IMO, but even if you liked the film, it was an utter failure financially.

 

So was Blade Runner.

 

I suspect a lot of Lone Ranger's financial problem was the boycotting since it was kinda sorta racist....

 

No wai, Johnny Depp is like 1/16th Native American so they had carte blanche.

 

Very true. I suspect that the financial failure was a combination of factors: people not wanting to see a Western, people being sick of Depp's schtick, people thinking it was racist... and people who just weren't enthused at all by the premise or execution of it. Like me.

Grey does have a point, thought I'd hardly classify the little bits and pieces of news we've gotten from Ep. VII troubled yet. All we've had for certain (i.e. not an unsubstantiated rumor tossed from fan site to news site) is the man who was brought on to adapt the outline he wrote into a script leaving and being replaced. That's it. Writers change on movies all the time. If Abrams leaves, Kennedy pulls it back to 2016 against Iger's wishes, Harrison Ford or one of the other actors walks off the set, or they outright cancel the film, then I'll consider it troubled.

 

People would be happy if they cancelled it.

 

Another movie trilogy or 9 book series... another movie trilogy or 9 book series... decisions decisions...

 

I gotta go with the unknown!

 

Is Star Wars better on the big screen, and TV

Or as Books, comics, and video games

can both work together in the future?

 

Whichever one tells the best story.

 

to me the books tell it best. But i loved the original trilogy.

 

Bleeding Cool with the scoopage! Totally legit or totally BS casting call descriptions, YOU be the judge!

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/11...s-open-casting-call-for-young-leads-upcoming/

(note, names have been changed to protect the innocent)

Rachel was quite young when she lost her parents. With no other family, she was forced to make her way in a tough, dangerous town. Now 17 she has become street smart and strong. She is able to take care of herself using humor and guts to get by.

The second character being cast is codenamed Thomas and described as:

smart, capable and shows courage when it is needed. He can appreciate the absurdities in life and understands you can’t take life too seriously.​

 

I have a sneaking suspicion that the people who would go and see the film might slightly outweigh those who would be happy to see it cancelled.

Crazy theory, I know.

 

Keeping with the orphan thing that runs through the Star Wars series (assuming the "losing their parents" is also not to throw people off in the casting), and probably most logically it would be a Skywalker or Solo offspring as the lead character, is it a Skywalker daughter who lost (or was "misplaced") by their parents or a Solo daughter? And is "Thomas" their cousin who comes a-lookin?

Going way out there into speculation, lost Skywalker daughter (hey, remember "Luke looking for his sister" idea in the vague ST outlines), Solo son finds them.

 

I'm talking about on this forum. Specifically the lit board.

 

Why can't they just be two completely separate and new characters, unrelated to the SkySolos? This isn't part of "Lucas' Star Wars", there's no reason for everyone in the galaxy to be related.

Actually: conspiracy theory time, get your tinfoil hat on. What if the rumors of Arndt's script being tossed out are true, and said script did involve SkySolo offspring that we haven't seen before. And what if the new script by Abrams and Kazdan basically starts from a fresh place by having only the main characters, the Big Three, maybe Lando as well, and featuring a completely new cast of characters otherwise.

What if.... Episode VII won't be a reboot so much as it is just outdistancing itself from the EU, set far enough beyond everything, including Crucible, and featuring so few of the EU characters that they can be put together with relative ease.

WHAT IF... ... ... Abrams and Kazdan are saving the EU, either by design or by accident?

WHAT IF ALL OF THIS SPECULATION AND ASSUMING HAS DRIVEN ME OFF THE DEEP END



Nah, I'm actually fine.

 

What if Mark Hamill is playing Darth Starkiller and his gimmick is that he's utterly insane and he puts on the Joker voice for the role?

 

"I think we're going to be doing this for a long time!"

-Heath Ledger's Joker, predicting Episodes X-XII.

 

Look, they are looking for a Han/Leia amalgam, and they seem to want to replace Ewan McGregor!

The big reveal will be Han and Leia revealing that "No, Rachel! We are your family. Now please return our calls." This will actually take a huge bite off Cade's junior drug-addiction storyline.

 

Thomas? Is that what Jimmy is called nowadays?

 

Allana Solo and Ben Skywalker!