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i really hate that excuse. adult film critics and audiences were giving a lot of praise to the original "star wars" films. it's as simple as this: the films were fun and the characters were engaging. that's why they have sustained the legacy.

i'm not going to get into this again...and red letter media did a perfect job explaining why the prequels are widely regarded as horrendous.

it has nothing to do with being a child when the originals came out, nothing at all.


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Admiral Akbar prequel.

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Disney made Pirates of the Carribean and Avengers. I'm sure they'll do fine as long as they keep Lucas miles away from VII

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Even though I think they are all bad, I can see how people may think they are ok. I just don't see how people can worship them the way they do. They just aren't that special, especially if you take out the earth shattering special effects... Which today, are comical.


I hope the irony of this statement and you being such an Apple fanboi (apologist) isn't lost on you here. :P

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Everyone that has read or posted in this thread will probably see the films... :wink:

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I believe a line of nerds has already started forming at a theater near you.


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I have a few years to stew on this one but I did read the Thrawn series of books and if it is based off of that
and they go off the traditional thematic structure of the original ones it may be pretty good. Depends on
casting and use of CGI but as a big Star Wars nerd I would see them. I will admit that I have never watched
any of the prequels more than once as I was completely put off by them.

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Empire Strikes Back
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Phantom Menace


So. Since everyone sucked at lightsaber fighting in Lukes time as opposed to back when lil Annie was a kid, will they all be slow and deliberate in the new films or will everyone just magically get better again? I always assumed old Obi-Wan sucked because he was old, Vader sucked because he was an old robot and Luke sucked because he was taught by old Obi-Wan. Hope that's the case........where am I?

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So. Since everyone sucked at lightsaber fighting in Lukes time as opposed to back when lil Annie was a kid, will they all be slow and deliberate in the new films or will everyone just magically get better again? I always assumed old Obi-Wan sucked because he was old, Vader sucked because he was an old robot and Luke sucked because he was taught by old Obi-Wan. Hope that's the case........where am I?

:lol: :lol:

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.......where am I?


Apparently "Parts Unknown".

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.......where am I?


Apparently "parts unknown".



Not as fun as it sounds...

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Does this mean that George Lucas can finally stop suing people about Star Wars? He's right up there with Mike Love in terms of being a sue happy celebrity.

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Does this mean that George Lucas can finally stop suing people about Star Wars? He's right up there with Mike Love in terms of being a sue happy celebrity.


Maybe that's why he sold to Disney....they have been masters at extending the Mickey Mouse copyright, so maybe that factored into Lucas's decision.

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Empire Strikes Back
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Star Wars 7 Plot Will Be "an Original Story," Says Lucasfilm Source

by Leslie Gornstein Tue., Oct. 30, 2012 10:00 PM PDT

If Disney is buying LucasFilm, how will that affect Star Wars: Episode 7 and other Star Wars projects? Any word on what the movie will be about?
—Flannel, via Twitter

Well, we know that, whatever the plot of Episode 7, George Lucas won't have a heavy hand in the day-to-day creation of it. He's apparently written the treatments for the films, but he won't produce or direct—an excellent opportunity for another visionary to jettison Jar Jar Binks out of an airlock permanently.

As for the plot, Star Wars superfans have a theory on what they'll be seeing next. But I have a surprise for them: They're wrong. If you're a fan, you're definitely gonna want to read on.

First of all, you should know that there is an official canon concerning the Star Wars universe. Those stories cover the years after rebel victory (i.e., after Return of the Jedi). It's written in a series of books called the Thrawn Trilogy, by author Timothy Zahn. Die-hard Star Wars fans know the trilogy well, and they say that a big-screen adaptation of the first book, Heir to the Empire, would make the most logical Episode 7.

"Of all the speculation out there about the content of this new trilogy, that's the single most concrete idea," says Eric Geller of the fan site TheForce.net. "It's almost inevitable that the story will take place in the same time frame as those books."

So what happens in "those books?"

Well, Luke Skywalker meets a real would-be assassin lady named Mara Jade, who was trained to avenge the Emperor by crushing Luke's pretty blond head. Instead, Jade falls for Luke and, a subsequent graphic novel, the two marry. Skywalker also has to deal with the fact that he's the only Jedi left, at least, for now, and he goes about trying to fix that.

Princess Leia and Han Solo also play heavily into the Thrawn Trilogy, popping out a pair of twins (of course) among other things. As for the name Thrawn, well, that refers to a grand admiral with imperial sympathies who takes over as the leader of the vanquished enemy faction.

So is that the basis for Episode 7 or not? I've heard directly from LucasFilm and other sources close to the picture, and they say: Definitely not.

"It's an original story," a LucasFilm source tells me.


In other words, forget the Star Wars novels. Forget the graphic novels. Forget everything you think you know about what happens to Luke Skywalker. According to my sources, Episode 7 will literally be nothing you've ever seen or read before from the Star Wars universe.

I also hear from several sources that, no matter what you may hear to the contrary, no director has been officially attached to the project.

Meanwhile, there isn't much news regarding the other big Star Wars projects currently in development.

A spoofy cartoon TV series, Detours, was announced in August, spearheaded by Seth Green and the other creators of Robot Chicken. No release dates or networks were revealed, but Disney has said that it envisions some sort of Star Wars presence on its Disney XD channel. I wouldn't be surprised if Detours landed there.

Disney is paying how much for LucasFilm!?!?

Lastly, there's the live action series, which has been bubbling around since 2008 and which is supposed to take place between Episodes 3 and 4, when Luke Skywalker is growing up.

As I reported earlier, Lucasfilm was still talking in enthusiastic terms about Star Wars: Underworld less than a year ago. At that time, the show had a lot of scripts in the can but no financing. But if there's one thing that Disney has, it's money. Still, insiders tell me it's too soon to expect any announcements on either series.

Guess we'll just have to pray that Jar Jar has nothing to do with any of 'em.

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Nope. Right the first time...


Yes, you were .... are .... both.

I would, however, be inclined to at least entertain arguments for switching your list's numbers 2 and 3, probably out of fealty to the movie that started it all.

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I'm glad Lucas won't be involved. He has some pretty stupid ideas.
Like for example how Toht was supposed to have a robotic arm and a laser eye in Raiders...
Glad someone stopped him.
Reminds me of the lead lined refrigerator toon...

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The most important thing is everyone can agree on the best and worst...

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i really hate that excuse. adult film critics and audiences were giving a lot of praise to the original "star wars" films. it's as simple as this: the films were fun and the characters were engaging. that's why they have sustained the legacy.

i'm not going to get into this again...and red letter media did a perfect job explaining why the prequels are widely regarded as horrendous.

it has nothing to do with being a child when the originals came out, nothing at all.


The other thing about the original trilogy was it told a mythic story. At the time we as a society forgot that the Myth story of the journey to being the epic hero can be very very powerful. Go read you some Campbell,Lucas did before making the layout for the series. The problem with the second are that the heroes story was not that compelling. Some of the reasons where casting,the fact they changed so much story to make everything fit.The big reason for the failure was they switched the whole story arc to the rise and fall then redemption of the wrong Skywalker.

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Does this mean that George Lucas can finally stop suing people about Star Wars? He's right up there with Mike Love in terms of being a sue happy celebrity.
I took flying lessons in the Milenium Falcon from Sue Happy....

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I always felt some of the dialogue from AotC was so bad it end ended up working. Anakin absolutely sounded like an emo teenager complaining that no one understood him and seemed like the type to talk about love in a completely non-sensical teen angsty way. I believed Hayden was as lame as he made himself out to be. His bad acting just made it even more convincing. Sadly, Padme's dialogue was written the same way so that cancelled all the good out of it.


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Princess Leia and Han Solo also play heavily into the Thrawn Trilogy, popping out a pair of twins (of course) among other things. As for the name Thrawn, well, that refers to a grand admiral with imperial sympathies who takes over as the leader of the vanquished enemy faction.

So is that the basis for Episode 7 or not? I've heard directly from LucasFilm and other sources close to the picture, and they say: Definitely not.

"It's an original story," a LucasFilm source tells me.

In other words, forget the Star Wars novels. Forget the graphic novels. Forget everything you think you know about what happens to Luke Skywalker. According to my sources, Episode 7 will literally be nothing you've ever seen or read before from the Star Wars universe.


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Return of the Jedi
Phantom Menace


:lol: you rate a movie that has some of the lamest "love" scenes of all time above cute ewoks? not to mention anakin's sudden departure from being a stilted moron just long enough to slaughter innocent kids because he's suddenly a stilted dark moron. that's far more genius than a couple little teddy bears protecting their awesome planet.


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