My interest in "Star Wars" pretty much begins and ends with the first movie - original theatrical version.
But Disney wants to milk the franchise for all it is worth. So maybe this will be welcome news for some of you:
http://www.freep.com/article/20130206/ENT01/130206013/1002/RSS02 (http://www.freep.com/article/20130206/ENT01/130206013/1002/RSS02)
Can't wait till Disney get's serious with this, and does a Jar Jar Binks sitcom for Disney Jr.
Sounds like time to start selling any Disney stocks you have, because these "Spin offs" are most likely to bomb. ;D
Quote from: Haunted hearse on February 06, 2013, 10:17:42 AM
Can't wait till Disney get's serious with this, and does a Jar Jar Binks sitcom for Disney Jr.
that'd be great. And no that's not sarcasm hidden in that response. Ive always loved the Jar-Jar Binks character and never understood why he got so much bigotry-laden reactions.
Quote from: steve050305 on April 12, 2013, 02:12:34 AM
that'd be great. And no that's not sarcasm hidden in that response. Ive always loved the Jar-Jar Binks character and never understood why he got so much bigotry-laden reactions.
You missed it, April 1st was 11 days ago!! ;D
I thought the person was giving an example of SW spin-offs that could be possible.
Quote from: steve050305 on April 12, 2013, 11:05:05 AM
I thought the person was giving an example of SW spin-offs that could be possible.
The article posted here was completely legit......I was referencing specifically to your post! :o :D
It'd still be a cool idea for an animated TV series. A bunch of Gungans with Jar-Jar Binks in the center of it all in the underwater city of Otah Gunga and the wacky adventures that follow. It'd be a throwback to 'The Ewok Adventures'.
They actually had Jar Jar on Clone Wars a few times but they kept his appearances limited and his antics to a minimum.....it wasn't as bad as his movie appearances!
yeah, I remember seeing him! I still loved him in Phantom Menace though.
George Lucas was toying with the idea of a Yoda standalone feature as far back as 1985. He brought up the possibility again in 2005, after "Revenge of the Sith" was released. Since it was rumored the live-action "Star Wars" series would have centered around Boba Fett and other bounty hunters, but the series never got off the ground, that's a natural progression. The only idea I'd really be against is a Young Han Solo film. I don't think they could recast that role.
Can't wait till they get to Jar Jar Binks.
Quote from: Count_Zirock on April 14, 2013, 02:59:23 AM
George Lucas was toying with the idea of a Yoda standalone feature as far back as 1985. He brought up the possibility again in 2005, after "Revenge of the Sith" was released. Since it was rumored the live-action "Star Wars" series would have centered around Boba Fett and other bounty hunters, but the series never got off the ground, that's a natural progression. The only idea I'd really be against is a Young Han Solo film. I don't think they could recast that role.
There is no reason to have a young Han Solo in any film about Yoda, considering I don't believe the two ever met. By the way, isn't a "Spaceballs" continuation way over due? Perhaps Brooks himself could play Yogurt.
Quote from: Haunted hearse on April 16, 2013, 10:07:21 PM
There is no reason to have a young Han Solo in any film about Yoda, considering I don't believe the two ever met.
These would be seperate prequel/origin stories, Han and Yoda will not be seen meeting for lunch at Mos Eisley!
Quote from: Mord on April 16, 2013, 08:54:38 PM
Can't wait till they get to Jar Jar Binks.
I know man. It'll be great.
Quote from: Mord on April 16, 2013, 08:54:38 PM
Can't wait till they get to Jar Jar Binks.
Will he sparkle?
Quote from: Scatter on April 17, 2013, 08:57:28 PM
Will he sparkle?
No, but he will hang out shirtless in short shorts with his pals in the woods.
Quote from: Mord on April 17, 2013, 10:00:10 PM
No, but he will hang out shirtless in short shorts with his pals in the woods.
there will be no talk of homosexual undertones concerning Jar-Jar Binks lol, he rules
Quote from: steve050305 on April 18, 2013, 11:10:46 PM
there will be no talk of homosexual undertones concerning Jar-Jar Binks lol, he rules
I was thinking more like overtones.
well that's like your opinion, man
Quote from: steve050305 on April 18, 2013, 11:10:46 PM
there will be no talk of homosexual undertones concerning Jar-Jar Binks lol, he rules
Actually, I kind of find it hard to think of either gender wanting to get intimate with Jar Jar.
"Star Wars Rebels" animated TV series announced to pick up where "The Clone Wars" left off for Disney Channel and Disney XD
"the new series is set between the events of Episode III and IV, this time featuring the Empire "hunting down the last of the Jedi Knights as a fledgling rebellion against the Empire is taking shape."
http://www.insidethemagic.net/headlines/star-wars-rebels-animated-tv-series-announced-to-pick-up-where-the-clone-wars-left-off-for-disney-channel-and-disney-xd/ (http://www.insidethemagic.net/headlines/star-wars-rebels-animated-tv-series-announced-to-pick-up-where-the-clone-wars-left-off-for-disney-channel-and-disney-xd/)
I enjoyed Clone Wars for what it was and thought Lucas' new Star Wars Universe worked for an animated series much more than it ever could for live-action features! I'll be looking forward to the premier of this one!
They are really getting my hopes up for the Star Wars Rebels series!! Star Wars haters need not read or reply!! :D
"The next Star Wars TV series is embracing an era from a long, long time ago: 1977. Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels is the franchise’s first major storytelling return to the original trilogy since Return of the Jedi, with producers even utilizing original trilogy artist Ralph McQuarrie’s decades-old and previously unused concept art for aliens, planet and vehicles. Below executive producer Simon Kinberg (Sherlock Holmes, Mr. & Mrs. Smith) tells EW his plan for the new show — as much as he can at this early stage, anyway — which premieres this fall.
How will this look or feel different from Clone Wars?
It will look quite different. The intention of what I’ve seen so afar, and we’re pretty far down the line, the intention is for it to feel quite different from Clone Wars. The place we went back to as to a visual template was Ralph McQuarrie, who was one of the original concept artists for the original Star Wars films. His art is softer, a little more figurative, more of a feel of being drawn, less computer generated. The first few movies had a bit of a hand-made quality. We wanted the show to have that. There’s also in the archives where [creator George] Lucas keeps all the original art and props, there’s tons of art that’s McQuarrie’s musing on the Star Wars universe that was never used in the films. There’s places where we’ve quite literally taken world-creation or vehicles or creatures from his original art that was never used in the films and made that part of show.
That’s fantastic. What about story-telling differences? How dark can you go on Disney XD?
We haven’t talked in those terms. But the world we’re creating is an Imperial world. You’re seeing the impact of the Empire, of stormtroopers around the galaxy, abusing and oppressing people. Thematically and politically, it goes to some dark places. But for the tone of the show we took our cues from the original movies, which had fun and adventure and swashbuckling with emotion and grounded human characters. We took all our cues from the original films. Obviously there are slight tonal differences between New Hope, Empire and Jedi. But I think the closest intended voice of the show is A New Hope. So there are places where we get into darker backstories, there are places we see how cruel and malevolent the Empire can be, but for the most part it’s a fun and character-driven story. Again taking our cues from the original films, it’s less maybe political than the prequels and more personal. It starts with a few character introductions that will precede the show. I wrote the first two episodes, they’re like a one-hour story across two episodes where we introduce the main characters in the show."
Another interesting tidbit~
"Is Darth Vader and the Emperor in the show? And if so is any possibility of the original voice talent being used?
I don’t think I’m allowed to answer that. I can say that wherever possible we would want to use the original talent."
Hmmmm........James Earl Jones is doing Sprint commercials so voicing Darth Vader again can't be beyond the realm of possibilities!
http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/23/star-wars-rebels-interview/ (http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/01/23/star-wars-rebels-interview/)
I'm very excited about this news! I cried at the end of TCW series finale, but I've since pulled myself together! :) I also have decided that I will welcome the comic series that will finish the last of the Darth Maul story that they didn't cover on TCW series.
Supposedly Disney had ILM complete some more TCW's episodes but their fate remains in limbo!?
That's what I read a few months ago. I wish they would tack the episodes on to the final season dvd! I would buy it, just to watch the unaired episodes! I bought the Nightsisters Trilogy episodes from ITunes when it came out, because there were a few extra minutes they didn't show on tv :)
The Ewoks I could deal with. Jar-Jar? Not so much.
This is off topic...but I'm thinking about making a Dathomirian scene in my yard haunt this year. It will be small, of course- a few witches & I have an old Savage Opress costume that my grandson donated & maybe I can get a Rancor- hahahaha! I wish I had artistic skills! I would build so many big props...but alas, I am just a medium-old lady amateur haunter :)
The question was how dark could they go with the new series. Since this is supposed to be close to "New Hope", a better question would be, is there anything so dark in the first released Star Wars movie, that would have to be cut out, if it was to be shown on Disney XD?
Quote from: Haunted hearse on January 29, 2014, 10:40:46 AM
The question was how dark could they go with the new series. Since this is supposed to be close to "New Hope", a better question would be, is there anything so dark in the first released Star Wars movie, that would have to be cut out, if it was to be shown on Disney XD?
There's nothing all that graphic in any of the Star Wars movies; some instances I can think of are; Obi-Wan slicing off a guy's hand in A New Hope, Luke slicing off the Wampa's arm and Han slicing open the Tauntaun in Empire. The most graphic thing about the prequels was Obi-Wan and Anakin's fight at the end of Revenge of the Sith when Anakin becomes a quadruple amputee (Although I'm pretty sure that by the prequels they were showing the wounds cauterized instead of the blood shown in the originals.). Which none of that would have to be edited on any channel. There are definitely dark themes/situations in the Star Wars universe and given the timeframe of this show there won't be any avoiding war, death, slavery, torture but they also don't have to be shown graphically to be effective!
Star Wars films are made primarily to entertain small children. Now, under Disney, they will probably be even more juvenile.
Quote from: Mord on January 29, 2014, 02:49:01 PM
Star Wars films are made primarily to entertain small children.
I'll agree as far as the Star Wars Holiday Special, Ewoks (cartoon, comic and made for tv movies), Droids (cartoon and comic) and the prequels are concerned and to a lesser extent Return of the Jedi but the original Star Wars and Empire were definitely not made to primarily entertain small children! The original scripts shopped around for Star Wars even included a note from Lucas that he intended them for all generations and ages!! The only reason I include Return of the Jedi is the decision that was made to change Wookies into Ewoks, though I've heard two reasons for that; one was budget (you could get 2 Ewok suits for the cost of one Wookie) and the other is Ewoks were going to be more marketable, especially to girls!
Quote from: Mord on January 29, 2014, 02:49:01 PM
Now, under Disney, they will probably be even more juvenile.
They actually look to be distancing themselves from Lucas' re-imagined aesthetic of the Star Wars universe; I think that is a big reason that Clone Wars was canceled! I would love to see alien dialect again with subtitles instead of stereotypical-ethnic voices like in the prequels but I doubt that will happen! And the humor needs to be made more organic like in the original trilogy than the slapstick-cartoon antics of the prequels (Which is something that Clone Wars was getting right!).
Quote from: Mord on January 29, 2014, 02:49:01 PM
Star Wars films are made primarily to entertain small children. Now, under Disney, they will probably be even more juvenile.
An entire planet being wiped out, and Luke's Aunt and Uncle being turned to skeletal remains. Not that different from what you might find on Sesame Street.
Quote from: Haunted hearse on January 30, 2014, 01:48:23 PM
An entire planet being wiped out, and Luke's Aunt and Uncle being turned to skeletal remains. Not that different from what you might find on Sesame Street.
Yes, but all that was done in a lightweight, cartoony way with no bloodshed. I've always been a Star Wars hater (since the very first film). My Star Wars friends had always told me that you had to see them on the big screen in a packed theater. I did that when they were rereleased in the late nineties. They annoyed me even more in that setting. The theater was packed with small kids and their soccer moms (and dads). My girlfriend and I both looked at each other at one point and said "this is crap" and walked out before the film ended. Sorry, I guess some people are Lucas folks and others are Tarantino's.
Quote from: Mord on February 01, 2014, 01:15:06 PM
I did that when they were rereleased in the late nineties.
There was your mistake right there, you saw the "special" editions!!
Quote from: zombiehorror on February 01, 2014, 01:53:53 PM
There was your mistake right there, you saw the "special" editions!!
I've seen the original versions on VHS and they still bored me silly (too starry-eyed and goody two shoes for me). In all fairness, I'm not a big sci-fi fan (classic horror, slasher flicks, torture porn and girl/girl porn for me).
Quote from: Mord on February 01, 2014, 01:15:06 PM
Yes, but all that was done in a lightweight, cartoony way with no bloodshed. I've always been a Star Wars hater (since the very first film). My Star Wars friends had always told me that you had to see them on the big screen in a packed theater. I did that when they were rereleased in the late nineties. They annoyed me even more in that setting. The theater was packed with small kids and their soccer moms (and dads). My girlfriend and I both looked at each other at one point and said "this is crap" and walked out before the film ended. Sorry, I guess some people are Lucas folks and others are Tarantino's.
Yes, because seeing Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen screaming in pain, as the flesh is seared from their bodies would have been much more effective for the adult audiences, and if the little crumb crunchers watching this have nightmares, well stop bringing your brats to the movies!
Quote from: Haunted hearse on February 02, 2014, 06:24:59 PM
Yes, because seeing Aunt Beru and Uncle Owen screaming in pain, as the flesh is seared from their bodies would have been much more effective for the adult audiences, and if the little crumb crunchers watching this have nightmares, well stop bringing your brats to the movies!
Now you're talkin'! I would have loved to have seen blood gushing out of Luke's hand when it got cut off. Also, a graphic sex scene with Luke & Leia (Chewbacca filming) before he finds out it's his sister. The sequel can feature a mutant baby (like in Eraserhead) that comes out of that little venture. Then you would definitely get my attention.
Quote from: Mord on February 04, 2014, 08:42:55 PM
Now you're talkin'! I would have loved to have seen blood gushing out of Luke's hand when it got cut off. Also, a graphic sex scene with Luke & Leia (Chewbacca filming) before he finds out it's his sister. The sequel can feature a mutant baby (like in Eraserhead) that comes out of that little venture. Then you would definitely get my attention.
I think you may have something there, dude. We could get Tarantino and Peter North to direct (North could do wonders with that Luke & Layya scene), and put Tom Savini in charge of special effects and general gushery (...of blood, North on the other). Vern Troyer could squirm about as the little mutant brat. Jamie Lynn would make a more-than-moist Princess Layya. Really spice up those space shenanigans. Call it "Star Wars, After Dark (Side Of The Force), Parts 4 through 3". Gotta keep the eftup sequel numbering. >:D ;)
Quote from: horrorhunter on February 04, 2014, 10:10:42 PM
I think you may have something there, dude. We could get Tarantino and Peter North to direct (North could do wonders with that Luke & Layya scene), and put Tom Savini in charge of special effects and general gushery (...of blood, North on the other). Vern Troyer could squirm about as the little mutant brat. Jamie Lynn would make a more-than-moist Princess Layya. Really spice up those space shenanigans. Call it "Star Wars, After Dark (Side Of The Force), Parts 4 through 3". Gotta keep the eftup sequel numbering. >:D ;)
I can see you've given this some serious thought (which is more than Lucas ever did). Maybe they can bring in Romero to do a Star Wars zombie spin-off series (Vern Troyer can come back as a zombie Ewok).
Quote from: horrorhunter on February 04, 2014, 10:10:42 PM
I think you may have something there, dude. We could get Tarantino and Peter North to direct (North could do wonders with that Luke & Layya scene), and put Tom Savini in charge of special effects and general gushery (...of blood, North on the other). Vern Troyer could squirm about as the little mutant brat. Jamie Lynn would make a more-than-moist Princess Layya. Really spice up those space shenanigans. Call it "Star Wars, After Dark (Side Of The Force), Parts 4 through 3". Gotta keep the eftup sequel numbering. >:D ;)
Jamie Lynn would make a swell Princess Layya.
(http://www.hiphopgalaxy.com/IMG/Jamie-Lynn-pictures-2.jpg)
"May the Femfountain Force be with you." :angel: >:D
Quote from: Mord on February 05, 2014, 01:02:02 AM
I can see you've given this some serious thought (which is more than Lucas ever did). Maybe they can bring in Romero to do a Star Wars zombie spin-off series (Vern Troyer can come back as a zombie Ewok).
Serious thought...nahhh. This kind of useless crap bounces around in my noggin continually. Yeah, let's zombie up that space opera with a little Romero and Savini. Anything to shake things up. I'm as burned out on Star Wars as I am superheroes. Of course, zombies have been done to death, too. ;D But with talent like Romero and Savini it could be fun.
I never tire of Romero or Savini (though I feel the same way you do about Star Wars & superheroes).