Comments on: The Disney Star Wars films could at last bring a balance to the force

By: Wulfy

Wulfy — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 04:55:38 +0000

Personally I think they should let this guy do 7-9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgICnbC2-_Y

By: James Graham

James Graham — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:12:35 +0000

I remember Heir to the Empire garnering lots of praise when it came out. I’m not opposed to it in principle; my only real concern is that episodes 7-9 are thematically tied into episodes 1-6 and not “sequels” per se. Notwithstanding the fact that I haven’t read the Thrawn books, I suspect that would be very difficult to do in adapting a set of books which were published before episodes 1-3 were released.

By: sanbikinoraion

sanbikinoraion — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:36:01 +0000

As a massive Star Wars fanboy:
* AOTC is almost objectively the worst Star Wars movie. It’s just a mess. At least Phantom Menace had a great bad guy and a well-constructed finale.
* I guess it’s extremely unlikely but I can’t help hoping that they make Tim Zahn’s Thrawn trilogy as the sequels — James, I’ve read a load of EU stuff and the one set of books that are almost universally acclaimed as worth reading are these: start with Heir To The Empire. If you really can’t stomach the books, the first two are now graphic novels, which are pretty good although as with any adaptation some bits have to be left out.

By: James Graham

James Graham — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:05:24 +0000

There are some decent female Jedi in the Clone Wars Animated, not least of all Ahsoka herself who I adore.

I think the next films have to look both forward and back – if they are to be about restoring the Jedi order then it needs to reflect on getting back to its roots.

I think it’s possible to retain Anakin as a character while not denting the impact of his death. In any case I think that bird has flown now because we’ve already established his blue glowy version at the end of RotJ. Of course, there’s always reincarnation…

By: Wulfy

Wulfy — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 13:46:35 +0000

I’ve got to agree that taking George Lucas out of Star Wars is the best thing for it. The problem with Lucas is that he has cool ideas (lightsabres, TIE Fighters, Death Stars) but is terrible at making a well-thought out, excitingly-paced storyline. In the original films where he had other people helping him, telling him what was and wasn’t a good idea, he made some decent movies, but the prequels seemed to suffer greatly from people letting Lucas do whatever he wanted and it showed.

I do think there needs to be some strong continuity to tie in with the other two trilogies, but I’m not sure if Anakin is the best way to do this except in a small capacity. Having him as a Force-ghost-thing to provide some advice in the same way Obi-Wan did has some merit. However I think over-reliance on him could border on the ridiculous and make his death kind of pointless.

That said, for me Star Wars isn’t too much about the plot, even the originals are pretty basic on that. As long as it’s a reasonably entertaining space romp, I think it’ll be just fine. All I want is:

1. A decent female Jedi character. The only one I’m aware of is Mara Jade Skywalker, and even she’s not a particular victory for gender politics.

2. An awesome lightsabre battle scene. The stuff we’ve seen from all the films is pretty tame compared to the kind of thing Jedi should be capable of. I want fight sequences showcasing a Jedi/Sith’s awareness of their environment, flurries of cool lightsabre moves and creative uses of the force. Look at the Old Republic trailers to get an idea of what I mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6IAoPAjzpw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0RuR3FREFw

But I’m going off on a tangeat, great post, hit the nail on the head.