Glorious Escapism Roleplay

Rabukurafuto · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:19 pm Post subject: Star Wars

Since I don't see a thread for this, I decided to make one.

So Disney bought Lucasfilm expressly to make more Star Wars films, and I am laughing at people who are crying about how this will ruin the franchise just because it's Disney.
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Rahkshi500 · Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Posts: 3230 Location: Unknown

I see. I personally don't see the point in making more Star Wars films. The ones we already have pretty much give a conclusive and satisfying story. If it's about making film versions based off the expanded universe, then I don't know what to say then.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:41 pm Post subject:

Right, no details on what the actual story is on any of the future projects. I kind of do want them to make something entirely new to invalidate much of the Expanded Universe just to annoy the Expanded Universe fanatics I used to know.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject:

Yeah, I kinda laughed at the reaction to this when I heard too. Being acquired by Disney didn't ruin Marvel.

Considering the prequel films were admittedly rather flawed, I think a new direction might actually be the best thing for the franchise too.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:34 pm Post subject:

That's a good way to look at it too, just a new direction. I think the only real difference is that Disney would make even more Star Wars merchandise than there already was.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:38 pm Post subject:

Heh. Considering how much there is already, that's hard to imagine.

They probably will find a way though.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:41 pm Post subject:

It really is, but Disney will find a way. They're good at that.
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Phil the Time Wizard · Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:54 pm Post subject:

Heh. Yep. Indeed they are.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 6:36 am Post subject:

On Wookiepedia, it is stated that Episode VII will be an original story. This brings to mind a time long ago when I asked my mother if a sequel trilogy would come out, and she guessed that a new trilogy would take place so far into the future that the only characters from the original trilogy still alive would be R2-D2 and C-3PO. That would be rather poignant to me.
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Selrahc · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:33 pm Post subject:

Huh, that's intriguing. Everyone seems to think it will be based on the Thrawn trilogy. It's the most detailed and canonical of all the Star Wars EU stuff. It makes sense, considering its set way after the fall of the first Empire. But if this a truly original trilogy, this may be a better direction as they can pick and choose which is canonical or not thus selecting the best from each EU and throwing away the worst of it.
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Rabukurafuto · Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 10:43 pm Post subject:

LucasFilm has been fairly careful about reconciling the films with the official Expanded Universe, far more so than is the case with Star Trek and Doctor Who (in the case of Doctor Who the writers are even encouraged to ignore canon due to the nature of the stories). However, I tend to image George Lucas trying to write a script, first for the prequels then the sequels, going through every single Expanded Universe story and saying, "Fuck! Can't use that idea!" No, that's ridiculous and the writer would be justified in ignoring the Expanded Universe to any degree. It would be impressive if a minimal amount is ignored and the story still holds together, but I don't expect that.
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Selrahc · Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 12:39 am Post subject:

Ignoring EU and making their own canon is the most reasonable option, I was just saying that most SW fans expected to be based on some EU stuff. I'm alright with the EU being ignored or declared null and void, better for the writers to find something for everyone to enjoy rather than a nerd wankfest.
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