Star Wars Ep. VII has a name...

tegid

tegid

We discussed that as a cool possibility with some friends yesterday. My opinion was that it's too soon: If Leia, Luke et al are still alive, it's anticlimatic to have their legacy turned around already. That would be for a later generation still, I think.
 
Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

Chad Sexington said:
Right, that's... questionable in and of itself since revolutions are hardly so immediate...

But surely the whole fleet of Imperial ships, run by the military, were like "Well. I guess we don't exist now. HURRAY."
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Indeed, and if this movie took place immediately after Return, I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

I'm less overall concerned with the realism of breaking down an empire and more with that this is a new trilogy and, like the prequel trilogy, it's still just leeching off the original trilogy. When this project was announced, and it wasn't going to have George Lucas attached, I had hopes this would be about new stuff, that the narrative could wash its hands of the empire and rebellion. Instead, nothing's changed.
 
Terrik

Terrik

Zero Esc said:
Indeed, and if this movie took place immediately after Return, I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

I'm less overall concerned with the realism of breaking down an empire and more with that this is a new trilogy and, like the prequel trilogy, it's still just leeching off the original trilogy. When this project was announced, and it wasn't going to have George Lucas attached, I had hopes this would be about new stuff, that the narrative could wash its hands of the empire and rebellion. Instead, nothing's changed.
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Do we know nothing's changed? Did someone discuss the plot somewhere?


Although....I guess based off Disney's "Star Wars: Rebel" series, you're probably right.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Someone should tell Colbert that Bill Corbett was making fun of people who whined like babies about the saber. Satire writers do that, especially ones that worked on MST3K and now Rifftrax (he was Crow T. Robot/Brain Guy).
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Terrik said:
Although....I guess based off Disney's "Star Wars: Rebel" series, you're probably right.
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Rebels takes place before the original three movies... but it exists mostly to get young kids (who might not have seen the original movies yet) interested in the new ones. I can't fault Disney too much over that, though I want them to put out SOMETHING that deals with the fates of Ashara Ventress and Asoka, as they teamed up when Asoka left the order in the finale of Clone Wars (which is apparently still canon according to Disney) and we haven't shit from them since.
 
Chad Sexington

Chad Sexington

CynicismKills said:
Someone should tell Colbert that Bill Corbett was making fun of people who whined like babies about the saber. Satire writers do that, especially ones that worked on MST3K and now Rifftrax (he was Crow T. Robot/Brain Guy).
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He might know that; it makes for a funny bit. Plus it fits the Colbert character's persona as ignorant and only capable of seeing the world the way he imagines it is.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Chad Sexington said:
He might know that; it makes for a funny bit. Plus it fits the Colbert character's persona as ignorant and only capable of seeing the world the way he imagines it is.
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It also fits the Colbert real-life persona where he's a TOTAL NERD about LOTR and Star Wars. He's clearly one of us at the very least.
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

Holy crap, what wrong with you George Lucas: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Moraband#Behind_the_scenes


Zero Esc said:
Indeed, and if this movie took place immediately after Return, I wouldn't have a leg to stand on.

I'm less overall concerned with the realism of breaking down an empire and more with that this is a new trilogy and, like the prequel trilogy, it's still just leeching off the original trilogy. When this project was announced, and it wasn't going to have George Lucas attached, I had hopes this would be about new stuff, that the narrative could wash its hands of the empire and rebellion. Instead, nothing's changed.
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Well as i recall "the empire's last hurrah" was what jump started the EU back in the 90's, wasn't it (Thrawn and all that)?

So getting something like that in film form makes sense.

I mean it's better then having extra-galactic masochists that are immune to the Force invade all of a sudden.
 
Bowielee

Bowielee

Is changing something that appeared only in the EU really worth getting upset for? While Lucas may have given tacit approval of the EU as canon, that doesn't mean he can't change it on a whim in the official canon. I don't think a single letter is worth getting worked up over.
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

Honestly, I'm just going to treat it the same way we do with renamed countries: it's both, but only one is currently in use. It's not like we've seen a depiction of Korriban that wasn't over 500 years before the movie to begin with.
 
Null

Null

Ravenpoe said:
Maybe the remnants of the empire are now the good guy plucky underdogs, and the new republic has grown into a corrupt entity oppressing the galaxy.

I mean, the Emperor and his direct lieutenants were evil, but that doesn't mean all of the empire was, right? There had to be some guys that thought they were bringing order to the galaxy, and didn't know about all the planet exploding and force choking.
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Read Timothy Zahn's "Allegiance" - takes place between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. The major plot is about Stormtroopers with consciences.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Why does that webm image never load for me? I just get the poster frame and then endless buffering anim.

--Patrick
 
@Li3n

@Li3n

Bowielee said:
Is changing something that appeared only in the EU really worth getting upset for? While Lucas may have given tacit approval of the EU as canon, that doesn't mean he can't change it on a whim in the official canon. I don't think a single letter is worth getting worked up over.
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It is when you replace and awesome name with what sounds like "More-a-band" because you think making it sound like Moribund is clever.

And the funny thing is that when i saw that episode i never made the connection about changing the name, even though i was wondering why it had all those Sith tombs that reminded me of some of the best parts of KotOR...
 
AshburnerX

AshburnerX

@Li3n said:
It is when you replace and awesome name with what sounds like "More-a-band" because you think making it sound like Moribund is clever.

And the funny thing is that when i saw that episode i never made the connection about changing the name, even though i was wondering why it had all those Sith tombs that reminded me of some of the best parts of KotOR...
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That episode was supposed to have Darth Revan but it got nixxed.
 
blotsfan

blotsfan

@Li3n said:
And the funny thing is that when i saw that episode i never made the connection about changing the name, even though i was wondering why it had all those Sith tombs that reminded me of some of the best parts of KotOR...
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Well NOW I guess I have to go replay KOTOR again. Thanks a lot, jerk.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

The forum software automatically converts amazon urls into clickable media windows, which adblock views as an ad and blocks.

Edit- Oh wait, are we talking about amazon links or webm's? I shouldn't re-enter conversations after work without re-reading.
 
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