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Star Wars: Episode VII Filming Begins in May
By Darkalenia 2014-04-30 09:30:02
hope we can get some live action fights like this:
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Is that from the "failed MMO"?!
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By Bahamut.Jezard 2014-04-30 10:15:04
No matter how great these movie turns out to be the sad truth is it still destined to fail.
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By Cerberus.Avalon 2014-04-30 10:19:45
No matter how great these movie turns out to be the sad truth is it still destined to fail.
I personally feel J.J. did a good job with the latest Star Trek movies. I'm sure he understands the scrutiny and overwhelming responsibility that rests on his shoulders with Episode 7 (actually the entire new trilogy). If any director can pull it off, he can.
That being said, the expectations of fans will be so high that even if the movie does well, people still may consider it a failure just on general principle.
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By Fenrir.Atheryn 2014-04-30 10:56:08
I personally feel J.J. did a good job with the latest Star Trek movies.
I liked JJ's first Star Trek movie, and I enjoyed the second one up until the Wrath-of-Khan Spock/Kirk role-reversal scene, but it just got stupid from then onward.
I just hope he makes Star Wars 7+ true to the original trilogy, and I especially hope he doesn't delve into "what if" territory.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-04-30 11:08:29
J.J. did a good job with the Star Trek movies, but the scripts were duds anyway.
It was stupid of them to do a whole "alternate universe" storyline to try to milk more money from the series/brand.
Any ideas what the story is going to be about? 30 years after Return of the Jedi puts it about the time Jacen and Jaina Solo were having their little adventures (never went beyond "Specter of the Past" storyline though).
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2014-04-30 11:13:40
J.J. is Clearly a better fit for Star Wars than Star Trek. Trek is seated closer to the Believable realm of true Science Fiction, where as Star Wars is more about Spectacle as a Fantasy in space.
If Abrams can make the Star Wars films of the same production and performance levels of his Star Trek Films, they're sure to at least stand with the Original Trilogy, of which I only believe 2 were actually good. (Empire and New Hope, Jedi is just meh)
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By Fenrir.Atheryn 2014-04-30 11:18:12
Any ideas what the story is going to be about? 30 years after Return of the Jedi puts it about the time Jacen and Jaina Solo were having their little adventures (never went beyond "Specter of the Past" storyline though).
I somehow get the feeling that Episode VII will completely ignore the expanded universe.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean 2014-04-30 11:20:56
J.J. did a good job with the Star Trek movies, but the scripts were duds anyway.
It was stupid of them to do a whole "alternate universe" storyline to try to milk more money from the series/brand.
Any ideas what the story is going to be about? 30 years after Return of the Jedi puts it about the time Jacen and Jaina Solo were having their little adventures (never went beyond "Specter of the Past" storyline though).
I still don't recall the official source, but they said it would be an original story. If they followed EU, or any of it - around that period of time... It is placed five years after the Yuuzhan Vong War(War was 25-29 ABY)Episode 7's placement is 34 ABY. This would coincide with Jacen Solo's fall to the dark side.
Oddly enough, with Mayhew being cast again - Chewbacca's death was 25 ABY - but this is all EU, not real canon.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-04-30 11:39:59
Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Oddly enough, with Mayhew being cast again - Chewbacca's death was 25 ABY - but this is all EU, not real canon. They could have some flashbacks.
To be honest, I wish they set the story to 5 years after RotJ.
Points to the first person to point out the storyline there...
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By Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean 2014-04-30 11:40:45
Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Oddly enough, with Mayhew being cast again - Chewbacca's death was 25 ABY - but this is all EU, not real canon. They could have some flashbacks.
To be honest, I wish they set the story to 5 years after RotJ.
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Oh man....THRAWN. Would be incredible.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-04-30 11:41:25
Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Oddly enough, with Mayhew being cast again - Chewbacca's death was 25 ABY - but this is all EU, not real canon. They could have some flashbacks.
To be honest, I wish they set the story to 5 years after RotJ.
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Oh man....THRAWN. Would be incredible. That would have pretty much been an instant box office smash.
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2014-04-30 11:42:19
Wasn't it official that EpVII was completely erasing the Expanded Universe crap?
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By Lakshmi.Sparthosx 2014-04-30 11:42:37
People already raging that the EU is going to be tossed aside for this movie making all those purchases/reads pointless because they aren't canon and are now invalidated by the new entries.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean 2014-04-30 11:42:51
Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Oddly enough, with Mayhew being cast again - Chewbacca's death was 25 ABY - but this is all EU, not real canon. They could have some flashbacks.
To be honest, I wish they set the story to 5 years after RotJ.
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Oh man....THRAWN. Would be incredible. That would have pretty much been an instant box office smash.
Well-said. I just finished Outbound Flight a couple weeks ago. You get him at a younger age. Genius, cunning, incredibly written character.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-04-30 11:44:38
Wasn't it official that EpVII was completely erasing the Expanded Universe crap? Good thing I never read the Expanded Universe then.
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-04-30 11:45:14
Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Well-said. I just finished Outbound Flight a couple weeks ago. You get him at a younger age. Genius, cunning, incredibly written character. I should buy those books.
I have been slowly establishing my own library over the years, all the books I have read came from my father's library.
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By Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean 2014-04-30 11:54:08
Wasn't it official that EpVII was completely erasing the Expanded Universe crap?
The EU created some amazing stories, just to name a few:
Darth Bane's Rule of Two
Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Chiss
Yuuzhan Vong War
Lost Tribe of the Sith
Jacen, Jaina, and Allana Solo. Ben Skywalker has been one of the best characters' stories IMO.
To say it's crap is just silly.
EDIT: Abeloth as well....another INSTANT box office smash
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By Fenrir.Camiie 2014-04-30 18:33:13
Lakshmi.Sparthosx said: »People already raging that the EU is going to be tossed aside for this movie making all those purchases/reads pointless because they aren't canon and are now invalidated by the new entries.
Sounds like comic books and their various Crises of Infinite Retons.
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By Odin.Zicdeh 2014-04-30 19:32:52
Quetzalcoatl.Vaporybean said: »Wasn't it official that EpVII was completely erasing the Expanded Universe crap?
The EU created some amazing stories, just to name a few:
Darth Bane's Rule of Two
Grand Admiral Thrawn and the Chiss
Yuuzhan Vong War
Lost Tribe of the Sith
Jacen, Jaina, and Allana Solo. Ben Skywalker has been one of the best characters' stories IMO.
To say it's crap is just silly.
EDIT: Abeloth as well....another INSTANT box office smash
I meant crap as in a large, indeterminate quantity of of content.
But your indignation will be met by what I was really thinking; that writing in an already established universe not of your own creation is a thousand shades of lazy.
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By Valefor.Endoq 2014-04-30 19:53:08
Hey lets beat some more money out of this star wars crap because why not
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By Cerberus.Avalon 2014-05-01 08:56:27
Hey lets beat some more money out of this star wars crap because why not
I think Episode 7 will break box-office records on tickets sold. It has high potential to be Disney's biggest cash cow, and I'm sure when they purchased the rights from Lucas, they had a long-term vision for it (or at least what they think they'd like to see happen with it).
That being said, I doubt there's going to be middle ground here. Either the new movie is going to knock the ball out of the park and totally rock, or it's going to earn Disney the infamous reputation of being the studio to single-handedly ruin 37 years of cinematic history.
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By Fenrir.Atheryn 2014-05-01 09:31:26
It has high potential to be Disney's biggest cash cow, and I'm sure when they purchased the rights from Lucas, they had a long-term vision for it (or at least what they think they'd like to see happen with it).
They've already tried the genre with John Carter, and we all know how that went. I think Disney is excited because unlike John Carter, Star Wars is already very well established, and everyone loves Star Wars, so how could they go wrong? They have a prize Stallion on their hands, or so they think.
By fonewear 2014-05-01 10:04:56
Disney Star Wars does that mean we will have about two or three Jar Jar type characters ?
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-05-01 10:10:33
Disney Star Wars does that mean we will have about two or three Jar Jar type characters ? We have already exceeded the number of Jar Jars allowed in the universe.
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By Fenrir.Atheryn 2014-05-01 10:13:19
Disney Star Wars does that mean we will have about two or three Jar Jar type characters ? We have already exceeded the number of Jar Jars allowed in the universe.
But this is Disney. We'll probably see at least one singing Jar-Jar.
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By fonewear 2014-05-01 10:14:42
They should have just made the movie a musical. Really piss off the Star Wars fans.
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By Cerberus.Avalon 2014-05-01 10:17:37
They should have just made the movie a musical. Really piss off the Star Wars fans.
You know it's only a matter of time before Sora's legendary weapon is a lightsaber rather than a keyblade.
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By fonewear 2014-05-01 10:17:37
[Mark Hamill]
Luke, be a Jedi tonight!
Just be a Jedi tonight!
[Mark Hamill and Chorus]
Do it for Yoda, while we serve our guests a soda
[Hamill]
Uh, and do it for Chewie, and the Ewoks, and all the other puppets
[Chorus]
Luke, be a Jedi tonight!
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By Asura.Kingnobody 2014-05-01 10:17:51
They should have just made the movie a bad parody of Dragonball Evolution. Really piss off the Star Wars fans. FTFY
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By fonewear 2014-05-01 10:20:48
I'm very skeptical of movies so the chances of me enjoying a new Star Wars movie is probably 10%.
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Star Wars: Episode VII filming begins in May... and check out how soon it's releasing. :o I guess The Force is more efficient these days.
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