demagogue on 17/2/2013 at 04:05
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Doubt it.
Well the alternative to an eye-winking cameo is being a lead, and having an adventure following a geriatric Han Solo just seems ... *shiver*. It was bad enough seeing an aging Indy flying in the air on whips and in fridges. He could be a side character too along for the adventure, but that seems a little weird also.
Ok, it doesn't have to be at
exactly the same moment in the plot as Spock came out in the new Star Trek, though. It's just that same flavor of thing, I thought.
Scots Taffer on 17/2/2013 at 09:03
All I'm getting at is that there was a new Spock (by virtue of it being a reboot) hence old Spock's role couldn't amount to much more than a winking cameo, however Han and the rest are likely to be an integral part of the backdrop of whatever new story they decide to tell and whilst there will be a new young crew to focus on ... I can't imagine Han et al won't be fairly active characters throughout the trilogy.
Renault on 17/2/2013 at 16:01
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
So Ford has signed on. Looks like fett's worst nightmares are coming true.
Still, agewise it actually makes perfect sense. There's about 25 years between the first and second trilogies, so if the third follows suit, that would put Solo at about 65. Ford is 71.
I'm just saying this alone shouldn't spell out any kind of doom, they're really just following the formula.
SubJeff on 17/2/2013 at 16:40
It'll be bad.
Calling it in Feb'13.
fett on 19/2/2013 at 03:16
Dude, I called it the first 30 seconds it was announced and all the way the fuck back in November ITT. You ain't called shit.
gunsmoke on 22/2/2013 at 05:13
Quote Posted by Scots Taffer
Love ya fett, but that's some bad weed you're smoking to reckon that's a cinematic concept for the use of the SW universe...
What about a story set in the world of bounty hunters (that spawned Boba Fett) and mixed in with the Hutts of the universe etc, what about a story where someone like Luke (even in his old age) being responsible for tracking down those displaying signs of the force (almost like X-Men Origins but with Jedis), what about a private detective investigating stuff that leads him into the murky underworld of ex-empire gun runners & criminal enforcers using a couple of appropriated star destroyers to intimidate outlying galaxies... there's fucking tons of awesome cinematic potential for the taking.
To be honest, I'd rather watch a dumbed down prequel trilogy on threepeat than watch a political thriller set in the SW universe - what a fucking waste.
Yup! Keep it a western in disguise. Lightsabres instead of .44s, ton tons instead of horses, classic hero in white/big bad in black that westerns had, etc...
fett on 26/2/2013 at 16:34
Also, Scots basically described the bulk of the EU in that post...
Briareos H on 3/3/2013 at 23:07
A bit off-topic, but an amazing (
http://youtu.be/5aS-HIgvANE) 25 min excerpt from a lost making-of feature for
Empire.
Sure looks like Georges had a lot to do with this one, Heywood!
ZylonBane on 8/3/2013 at 17:07
Quote Posted by gunsmoke
ton tons
Sigh...
