Originally posted by BadSpock That being said, Episode 7,8,9 without using material from EU especially Hier to Empire / Jedi Academy etc. is just as big of a gamble as using material from EU.
If they use material from EU, it probably won't match up to fan expectations.
If they don't use EU and do something new, it's a real big gamble - it either works and is a major success and people are thankful for the retcon.
Or it doesn't work and everyone wishes they would have just used EU material etc.
It's really hard to win this game.
It all depends on who the screenplay writer is, who the director is, and who plays Han Solo.
Christian Bale as Darth Vader and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Skywalker. Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck gets to play Han Solo.
i really hope they don't try to recast the originals.. i'd much rather the original actors have maybe small cameo parts and it focus on their kids.. when you recast originals it brings up to many comparisons and generally leads to much dissapointment.. especially with iconic characters like these..
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
Originally posted by Darksix This could be good or bad....as long as we never see Mickey Mouse with a light saber I suppose it would be hard to screw this up...Hopefully they will look into making a real Star Wars mmo similiar to Pre-cu SWG and dump that disney fart of a game TOR...only time will tell
Originally posted by BadSpock That being said, Episode 7,8,9 without using material from EU especially Hier to Empire / Jedi Academy etc. is just as big of a gamble as using material from EU.
If they use material from EU, it probably won't match up to fan expectations.
If they don't use EU and do something new, it's a real big gamble - it either works and is a major success and people are thankful for the retcon.
Or it doesn't work and everyone wishes they would have just used EU material etc.
It's really hard to win this game.
It all depends on who the screenplay writer is, who the director is, and who plays Han Solo.
Christian Bale as Darth Vader and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Skywalker. Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck gets to play Han Solo.
i really hope they don't try to recast the originals.. i'd much rather the original actors have maybe small cameo parts and it focus on their kids.. when you recast originals it brings up to many comparisons and generally leads to much dissapointment.. especially with iconic characters like these..
It worked well for Star Trek!
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
Originally posted by BadSpock That being said, Episode 7,8,9 without using material from EU especially Hier to Empire / Jedi Academy etc. is just as big of a gamble as using material from EU.
If they use material from EU, it probably won't match up to fan expectations.
If they don't use EU and do something new, it's a real big gamble - it either works and is a major success and people are thankful for the retcon.
Or it doesn't work and everyone wishes they would have just used EU material etc.
It's really hard to win this game.
It all depends on who the screenplay writer is, who the director is, and who plays Han Solo.
Christian Bale as Darth Vader and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Skywalker. Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck gets to play Han Solo.
i really hope they don't try to recast the originals.. i'd much rather the original actors have maybe small cameo parts and it focus on their kids.. when you recast originals it brings up to many comparisons and generally leads to much dissapointment.. especially with iconic characters like these..
It worked well for Star Trek!
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
true it did work well in that regard but that was also more of a retelling of how it all started and a reboot not a continuation of a series of movies..
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
i really hope they don't try to recast the originals.. i'd much rather the original actors have maybe small cameo parts and it focus on their kids.. when you recast originals it brings up to many comparisons and generally leads to much dissapointment.. especially with iconic characters like these..
It worked well for Star Trek!
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
true it did work well in that regard but that was also more of a retelling of how it all started and a reboot not a continuation of a series of movies..
True, but I'm telling you - they get the casting right for Han Solo and they get the right director / screenplay no one will care that it's not Harrison Ford.
Originally posted by BadSpock That being said, Episode 7,8,9 without using material from EU especially Hier to Empire / Jedi Academy etc. is just as big of a gamble as using material from EU.
If they use material from EU, it probably won't match up to fan expectations.
If they don't use EU and do something new, it's a real big gamble - it either works and is a major success and people are thankful for the retcon.
Or it doesn't work and everyone wishes they would have just used EU material etc.
It's really hard to win this game.
It all depends on who the screenplay writer is, who the director is, and who plays Han Solo.
Christian Bale as Darth Vader and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Skywalker. Bruce Willis or Ben Affleck gets to play Han Solo.
i really hope they don't try to recast the originals.. i'd much rather the original actors have maybe small cameo parts and it focus on their kids.. when you recast originals it brings up to many comparisons and generally leads to much dissapointment.. especially with iconic characters like these..
It worked well for Star Trek!
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
If they cast Bradly Copper as Han ill fucking shoot myself >.<
If there is to be a reboot it would be of SWToR, Tho I doubt this will happen.
SWG is dead and gone (thank the gaming gods) and there will be no SWG2. Disney doesn't like Sony/SoE and they would not have anything to do with something they made.
If anything in 5 years when ToR's contract is up (but ToR being long dead by then cause of their F2P model) we'll see the next Star Wars MMO.
So the SWG people can leave the forums now and stop beating what was a dead horse but is now just a puddle of goo seeping into the ground heading for the nearest river and out to sea to be gone forever.
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
If they cast Bradly Copper as Han ill fucking shoot myself >.<
Online polls about a year ago chose either Robert Downey Jr. or Nathan Fillion.
And despite my love for both (especially Nathan Fillion) I can't see either as Han.
Disney cannot do a worth job than Lucas Arts have been doing already, I mean who cares about Star Wars any more? Was butchered a long time ago, the only reason why SWTOR had so much interest is because it had the then loved Bioware name and it was an MMO.
There are plenty of Star Wars games that come out that no one cares about.
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
If they cast Bradly Copper as Han ill fucking shoot myself >.<
Online polls about a year ago chose either Robert Downey Jr. or Nathan Fillion.
And despite my love for both (especially Nathan Fillion) I can't see either as Han.
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
If they cast Bradly Copper as Han ill fucking shoot myself >.<
Online polls about a year ago chose either Robert Downey Jr. or Nathan Fillion.
And despite my love for both (especially Nathan Fillion) I can't see either as Han.
Definitely not Bradly Cooper though.
It's a shoe in for Zac Ephron as Han.
God I hope not. Tough guy to wuss. I'll pass. Efron would make a good c3po
Originally posted by Jonoku It means star wars is going to turn into a kid IP.
Lucas himself already did that.....
What it will probably turn into is a new movie every 2-3 years ad infinitum, ad nauseum. That's what Disney does. It oversaturates the market with it's offerings. Pulls them for a little while when sales start to go down, and then rehashes them in slightly new formats.
And we just keep on biting that poison bait.
You'll still buy two copies and the collectors edition.
Either way, I'm going to the movies to gamble on episode 7,8,9.
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Me personally I want to see Battlefront III, Republic Commando 2 (Imperial Commando), X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter 2, and Star Wars Jedi Academy 2, or a new SW RTS, however they seem to be more interested in social and mobile gaming (new fad) consdiering Zynga and other social gaming studios are becoming less popular. Highly doubt we will see any of these sequels if they try to flat out ignore console and pc gamers. SWG 2 seems possible though considering the flop of TOR and if their F2P venture doesnt cut it, with TOR down to less than 10 server, even SWG had more servers up during its last 6 months of life I don't see TOR sticking around the scene much longer when there is potential to make a new SW MMO minus EA/LA with Disney in the mix it could be good or bad.
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i really hope they don't try to recast the originals.. i'd much rather the original actors have maybe small cameo parts and it focus on their kids.. when you recast originals it brings up to many comparisons and generally leads to much dissapointment.. especially with iconic characters like these..
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
http://www.toonbarn.com/star-wars/star-wars-weekends-strike-disney/
Too late!
It worked well for Star Trek!
Han Solo is the only character that would be hard to recast.
The rest were no one before and (sorry but true) no one after.
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Sir Alec Guiness only actors from Star Wars people knew about before or after.
Two of their characters are dead, so again only Han Solo is worth worrying about casting.
Luke could realistically be any decent actor that they can make look kind of close. Same with Leia, droids are droids and I'm sure Anthony Daniels would voice 3PO again, and Chewie is a guy in a suit (RIP Peter M) and beyond that you have all new bad guys (all original bad guys died) and Lando as well as minor bit characters (though super awesome) like Wedge.
true it did work well in that regard but that was also more of a retelling of how it all started and a reboot not a continuation of a series of movies..
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
True, but I'm telling you - they get the casting right for Han Solo and they get the right director / screenplay no one will care that it's not Harrison Ford.
If they cast Bradly Copper as Han ill fucking shoot myself >.<
If there is to be a reboot it would be of SWToR, Tho I doubt this will happen.
SWG is dead and gone (thank the gaming gods) and there will be no SWG2. Disney doesn't like Sony/SoE and they would not have anything to do with something they made.
If anything in 5 years when ToR's contract is up (but ToR being long dead by then cause of their F2P model) we'll see the next Star Wars MMO.
So the SWG people can leave the forums now and stop beating what was a dead horse but is now just a puddle of goo seeping into the ground heading for the nearest river and out to sea to be gone forever.
i really dont understand some of the posters in here. are their really this many people that think disney only deals in animated kid shows?
Pirates of the Carribean? Tron? Avengers? John Carter? many many more.
disney has easily proven with their track record that they can do the IP justice.
i am really excited to see what they do with the indiana jones IP as it seems right up their alley more then star wars.
Online polls about a year ago chose either Robert Downey Jr. or Nathan Fillion.
And despite my love for both (especially Nathan Fillion) I can't see either as Han.
Definitely not Bradly Cooper though.
To be perfectly honest :
Its impossible for Disney to create a movie sequel such as bad as the 1-3 Star Wars prequels.
It was Lucas best decision to make ....he should have done that after the phantom menace desaster .
However theres potential that Disney could morph the whole Star Wars Universe into an Galactic Tele Tubbie style
Adventure .
This!
I would have faith that Disney would do the SW universe justice. They wouldnt let it go to pot.
Disney has thus far handled their purchase of Marvel quite well, so there is no reason to believe this.
Besides, can Disney really do any worse than Georgie himself?
Mesa tink dema do betta den Georgie yesa yesa....
Worst char ever!
I agree. This is going to do the Star Wars universe a lot of good.
The amount of cynicism pumping through some of these folks is revulting.
Disney cannot do a worth job than Lucas Arts have been doing already, I mean who cares about Star Wars any more? Was butchered a long time ago, the only reason why SWTOR had so much interest is because it had the then loved Bioware name and it was an MMO.
There are plenty of Star Wars games that come out that no one cares about.
It's a shoe in for Zac Ephron as Han.
I knew it, even back at 1987!
God I hope not. Tough guy to wuss. I'll pass. Efron would make a good c3po
Either way, I'm going to the movies to gamble on episode 7,8,9.
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Me personally I want to see Battlefront III, Republic Commando 2 (Imperial Commando), X-Wing Vs Tie Fighter 2, and Star Wars Jedi Academy 2, or a new SW RTS, however they seem to be more interested in social and mobile gaming (new fad) consdiering Zynga and other social gaming studios are becoming less popular. Highly doubt we will see any of these sequels if they try to flat out ignore console and pc gamers. SWG 2 seems possible though considering the flop of TOR and if their F2P venture doesnt cut it, with TOR down to less than 10 server, even SWG had more servers up during its last 6 months of life I don't see TOR sticking around the scene much longer when there is potential to make a new SW MMO minus EA/LA with Disney in the mix it could be good or bad.
I definitely agree with all of this^