Discussion Anthology: News and Rumors (General Discussion Welcome)

I desperately need to watch Willow again so I can knuckle down and finally get through the entire Shadow Wars trilogy.

 

Chris Lee's de-aged cgi head on a young actor's body

 

You're terrible.

 

No he should just be the voice of R2.

 

I think one spin-off, if not any more, could be about new characters from the ST... If Luke has children in the sequels, then obviously he will have a love interest, unless they were "conceived by the force" like Jesus, or Anakin, but then there would still be a woman involved, anyway I digress...

They could make a spin-off about the history of this woman, probably taking place during the OT, so we would actually get to see some of the things we love about classic SW again... they also wouldn't have to deal with trying to find an actor to nail a part as a younger character we already know and love... just an idea...

edit: and i also think that surely in the future there will be spin-off movies that aren't origin stories and will just broaden the star wars universe... i mean as it stands right now, film-wise, we only have part of a central story spanning about 50 years... but the star wars universe is so huge that they're going to have to exploit it bring some more of it to the screen at some point... think whole new story besides empire/republic stuff, completely new worlds, characters, etc.. almost like a completely different universe, but then slapping the Star Wars logo on it... who knows what will happen...

 

But, but ... why?

Why not just make new sci-fi films? What, we'll watch any nonsense with a certain brand name attached to it? Is that what it means to be a Star Wars fan?

I think ... I think I'm not a Star Wars fan. I mean, for years, I was sure I was. I watched the OT over and over again. I borrowed every EU book I could get my hands on from the library. I scoured every page of DK's guides. I played hours of the video games. I even convinced my friends and family to play the Interactive Board Game with me once or twice.

But I have no interest in seeing a bunch of generic popcorn movies just because they happen to share (part of) a name with some of my favourite movies. I know, I know, I guess I'm just one of those weirdos who finds that one film having the same props as another just doesn't excite him the way that originality and innovation do.

So yeah, I guess someone needs to tell me where to send my lightsaber.

 

No that would be extremely lightsaber of you.

 

Well, obviously. But would it be more lightsaber to hold on to it? I honestly don't know.

 

Well that would be totes lightsaber!

 

Well then I'm lightsaber if I do and lightsaber if I don't.

I can't not lightsaber!

 

According to the logic of TFN, yes.

 

I hope one of the spin-offs explains the origins of the lightsaber.

 

definitely a possibility

 

Hopefully it doesn't turn into a boring documentary.

 

I don't want the spin-offs to be called "Star Wars". Not using the Star Wars name could open up many possibilities that would otherwise be restricted by the brand.

 

It's not necessarily something I want to see myself, except out of curiosity, but I guess I meant I could see Disney doing that maybe 20 years down the road after other SW films are exhausted and they want to expand the SW universe... if executed properly, it wouldn't necessarily be a fan disservice... just imagine a brand new Star Wars without the republic/empire conflict or the story of a Jedi's journey to become one with the force, and a whole new set of stories/ issues that still feel like SW, but just nothing we've seen before, if that makes sense...

 

I want an X-Wing and Tie Fighter movie.

 

I just feel that, if it's nothing like the Star Wars we've had before, why not make it an entirely original film? There's no harm in another sci-fi film feeling like Star Wars, but if the characters and the story are completely unrelated, you might as well let it live as its own thing.

There's also that qualifier "if executed properly". Almost any idea could be an amazing film "if executed properly". As such, it becomes a meaningless phrase.

By the way, thank you for your civil and well thought out reply. I had worried that you might feel like my last post was an attack on you, when in fact it was merely an airing of some frustrations I have with the concept of infinite spin-offs.

 

Well, if it was its own original film, then it wouldn't be Star Wars and I wouldn't want to go see it

And no offense taken. By the way, "I think ... I think I'm not a Star Wars fan. I mean, for years, I was sure I was. I watched the OT over and over again. I borrowed every EU book I could get my hands on from the library. I scoured every page of DK's guides. I played hours of the video games. I even convinced my friends and family to play the Interactive Board Game with me once or twice." you just described my childhood, except I still pop in a VHS of one of the OT films every night when I got to bed ... And that board game, I bet I still have it somewhere. That video with Vader used to trip me out, I thought he was actually interacting with us somehow hahaha

 

I honestly feel like a Boba Fett spin off would fail miserably UNLESS Fett is miraculously revived and is part of the ST and we see how he survives.

Outside of the die hard fan base, nobody cares about Boba Fett. He had cool armor but was an insignificant character. He's like Wormtail from Harry Potter. Yeah, that's a wet dream for fanatics, but they alone cannot perpetuate the popularity of a movie. No following=no demand=no success at the box office. Disney has to tread lightly after what happened with Lone Ranger.

Han yes
Yoda absolutely
Obi-Wan perhaps (again, if his spirit is somehow important in the ST)

There will be arguments I am sure, but everything will need to be somehow anchored to the ST since that will be the pivot point for SW's life in the next few years.