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

So it seems that the majority of posters on this thread think the EU is going away (though some posters have become slightly more positive in the last couple of days).

I think keeping key elements of the EU, such as The Thrawn Trilogy, etc. is necessary but I think certain pieces could be abandoned based on lower quality. With that said I really hope they are careful with how they weave in children so as to not completely wipe out the EU.

 

I really, really hope that this rumor is complete rubbish. I don't want cheese and gimmickry, I want new, fresh, innovative, and strong development.

 

Said to be intended for a IIIa, IIIb & IIIc project set during the Dark Times - we need more information, but Vader is an icon as much as the Falcon is.

 

But do you think iconic means it has to be continued? I don't, but I am certainly interested in your argument for why you think so if you do.

 

There is no way you could have seen Finding Nemo on video in elementary school and be old enough to post in this forum today. I refuse to believe that much time has passed.

TC

 

I can take Vader or leave him, but I think that he's got a fan following - if only as the guy one loves to hate!

 

Reading between the lines of Iger and GL's videos, I suspect that they think of the EU in equivalent terms to the Marvel comics. Leave them alone, let the writers do their own thing, then mine them for good story ideas.

So I suspect we'll get movies that sort of broadly respect some of the big pieces to come out of the Thrawn trilogy, will contradict a big chunk of the EU, but the EU will continue to have books/comics being released In its own continuity.

 

I recently turned 20. Finding Nemo came out in 2003.

So, late elementary school . Should be noted that I went to elementary a bit late, so I was around a year older than most of the other other kids.

 

I STILL DISAPPROVE. Some of us had to sit through endless repeats of Jurassic Park. Be a real age!

 

Guess what? It's time for me to show my age. I've never seen Jurassic Park. I've been meaning to read the book (that and about a thousand other books on my "to read" pile), but I've never seen the film.

I've also only seen E.T. twice, and the last time was when I was 8, so I barely remember the plot. Also have yet to see Saving Private Ryan... man, I've been snubbing Spielberg all my life, should fix that. I've seen Schindler's List, though, so it's all good.

 

Eh, I've never seen ET.

Seriously, though, Jurassic Park I kind of hate, but it has the best John Williams score ever. I got depressed for like a month that I was a Cellist not a French Horn...ist after we got to play it in Junior Orchestra back when I was in elementary school. CUS I'M A REAL AGE.

 

bah! old people, no respect for the younger generation these days/

 

that has to be kinda daunting for you?

 

I love the French horn, even if I'm miserable on any brass instrument. If you're a classical/jazz musician, though, you may want me dead for saying that it wasn't any classical/jazz piece that made me love the French horn, but "For No One" by The Beatles. I didn't much care for The Beatles as a five year old, but I loved that solo.

 

Aaaand I just died inside. Congratulations Jello, you win Lit.

 

I hate jazz and love classical? ?

But I forgive you; I also have fond memories of the Beatles from early childhood - apparently some things transcend your ridiculous youth.

 

How can anyone hate jazz with Al Di Meola around?

 

Don't waste your time with Saving Private Ryan. 1941 is a lot better.

 

I...actually didn't see Jurassic Park or Jaws until a couple of years ago. So you're good there. As long as you've seen Raiders...

TC

 

I never said it will be "more interesting" by default, i was stating that for me, personally that it would be easier to follow and interest me more, just as the prequels and the political and military landscape they set up allowed the EU material written in that timeframe to interest me much more than the Galactic Alliance etc

 

I suddenly understand my thirtysomething coworkers' blank, vaguely pitying stares when I tell them I've never seen, say, The Breakfast Club.

 

Lawl fair enough, strong detective skills
i still stand by that. It was my post, and a statement, hence implying it was my opinion. I think the vast majority of people's posts on this site are their opinion, unless you want everyone to preface every post with *this is my opinion and it may not hold true for everyone else*

in summary: i suspect, at this stage, that EU books in new reality/timeframe, were they to eventuate, would be cool . . . in my opinion

 

What was specifically stated in the conference call with Disney this afternoon is “what we’re buying… is a pretty extensive & detailed treatment for the next three movies.” Lucas says “I have story treatments for [Star Wars] seven, eight, and nine, and and a bunch of other movies, and obviously we have hundreds of books and comics.”

Does this mean we are factoring in the 100's of books?