Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (USE SPOILER TAGS!)

[simonynwa]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

I must have stumbled into the wrong thread.... I thought the title was Star Wars: Episode VII?

Seems to be very little discussion on that topic around here!!

It really sucks too, because I'm sure there are some actual posts about Episode VII somewhere in here, and I'm sure there are many like myself that would actually like to be able to find them but can't because they are buried deep within all the crying and whining about the past!!!!!

C'mon people take your crap outside!!! There are plenty of threads out there where all the bi***ing and moaning are actually on topic.... this thread is NOT ONE OF THEM!!

Here's a thought - instead of complaining about what other people are posting about Star Wars, post something yourself to discuss about Ep VII and you never know it may actually lead to a discussion...Problem is right now there is very little to actually discuss since Lucasfilm and Disney are keeping things very tightly wrapped so of course conversation will move to the other films. They are after all a relevant part of the ongoing saga that Ep VII will become. When some news comes out Im sure it will be discussed.

[R3P0]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

I must have stumbled into the wrong thread.... I thought the title was Star Wars: Episode VII?

Seems to be very little discussion on that topic around here!!

It really sucks too, because I'm sure there are some actual posts about Episode VII somewhere in here, and I'm sure there are many like myself that would actually like to be able to find them but can't because they are buried deep within all the crying and whining about the past!!!!!

C'mon people take your crap outside!!! There are plenty of threads out there where all the bi***ing and moaning are actually on topic.... this thread is NOT ONE OF THEM!!

Would you like some sharp cheddar cheese with that whine?

[ironsmile35]

Originally Posted by Scorpion Soldier

First Marvel, now Lucasfilm? Wow. Really didn't see this coming, though Disney has had quite a good relationship with them in the past.

Better get used to it buds... It's all a part of Walt's dream of owning every facet of the world's Entertainment Industry. As we speak, Disney is now sitting at the head of the Illuminati

And WalMart+ eBay are ready to attend .

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by jpthomas27

I must have stumbled into the wrong thread.... I thought the title was Star Wars: Episode VII?

Seems to be very little discussion on that topic around here!!

It really sucks too, because I'm sure there are some actual posts about Episode VII somewhere in here, and I'm sure there are many like myself that would actually like to be able to find them but can't because they are buried deep within all the crying and whining about the past!!!!!

C'mon people take your crap outside!!! There are plenty of threads out there where all the bi***ing and moaning are actually on topic.... this thread is NOT ONE OF THEM!!

[Ernest Rister]

Goria Katz and Williard Huyck were uncredited script doctors on Star Wars. They wrote the 4th draft of the script. Included below were their additions, some quite famous.

For instance, this was not written by George Lucas:

LUKE
Well, not unless you can alter
time, speed up the harvest, or
teleport me off this rock!

THREEPIO
I don’t think so, sir. I’m only
a droid and not very knowledgeable
about such things. Not on this
planet, anyways. As a matter of
fact, I’m not even sure which
planet I’m on.

LUKE
Well, if there’s a bright center
to the universe, you’re on the
planet that it’s farthest from.

THREEPIO
I see, sir.

LUKE
Uh, you can call me Luke.

THREEPIO
I see, sir Luke.

LUKE
(laughing)
Just Luke.

THREEPIO
And I am See-Threepio, human-cyborg
relations, and this is my counterpart,
Artoo-Detoo.

That was Katz and Huyck.

Here's some more:

THREEPIO
Where have you been? They’re heading in this direction. What are you going to do? We’ll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel or smashed into who-knows-what! Wait, where are you going?

----

LUKE
What is it? What’s wrong with him now?

THREEPIO
Oh my… sir, he says there are several creatures approaching from the southeast.

----

THREEPIO
I see your point.
(To Artoo)
I suggest a new strategy, Artoo. Let… the wookiee… win.

----

LUKE
But they’re going to execute her!

HAN
Better here than me…

LUKE
I’ve seen her… she’s beautiful!

HAN
So’s life.

LUKE
She’s rich.

HAN
So… uh… rich?

LUKE
Yes, powerful and rich and if we were to rescue her, the reward would be more wealth than you can imagine.

HAN
I don’t know… I can imagine quite a bit.

LUKE
You’ll get it!

----

OFFICER
I wasn’t notified. I’ll have to clear it.

The officer goes back to his console and begins to punch in the information. There are only three other troopers in the area. Luke and Han survey the situation, checking all of the alarms, laser gates and camera eyes. Han unfastens one of Chewbacca’s electronic cuffs and shrugs to Luke.

Suddenly Chewbacca throws up his hands and lets out with one of his ear-piercing howls. He grabs Han’s laser rifle.

HAN
Look out! It’s loose! It’ll rip us all apart.

The startled guards are momentarily dumbfounded. Luke and Han have already pulled out their laser pistols and are blasting away at the terrifying wookiee. Their barrage of laser fire misses Chewbacca, but hits the camera eyes, laser gate controls and the Imperial guards. The officer is the last of the guards to fall under the laser fire, just as he is about to push the alarm system. Han rushes to the comlink system, which is screeching questions about what is going on. He quickly checks the computer readout.

HAN
We’ve got to find out which cell this princess of yours is… here it is… cell 2187. I’ll hold them here.

Luke races down one of the cell corridors. Han speaks into the buzzing comlink.

HAN
(Sounding official)
Everything is under control. Situation normal.

INTERCOM VOICE
What happened?

HAN
(Getting nervous)
Uh well… slight weapon malfunction. No problem now… we’re all fine thank you. How about you?

INTERCOM VOICE
We’re sending a squad up.

HAN
Uh… negative, negative. We have a reactor leak, give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak… very dangerous.

INTERCOM VOICE
Who is this? What’s your operating…

Han blasts the comlink and it explodes.

HAN
It was a boring conversation anyway.
(Yelling down the hall)
Luke! We’re going to have company!

----

LEIA
Listen, I don’t know who are, or where you came from, but from now on you do as I tell you.

Han is stunned at the command of the petite young girl.

HAN
Listen, your holiness… let’s get something straight! I take orders from one person… me.

LEIA
It’s a wonder you’re still alive.

Han watches her start away. He looks at Luke.

HAN
No reward in worth this.

----

LEIA
You came in that thing? You are braver than I thought!

----

LEIA
(Quietly)
Your friend is indeed a mercenary. I wonder is he really cares about anything… or anybody.

LUKE
(After she’s gone)
I do… I care.

Luke sits in the co-pilot’s seat. He and Han stare out at hevast blackness of space.

LUKE
What do you think of her, Han?

HAN
I try not to.

LUKE
(Under his breath)
Good…

HAN
Still, she’s got a lot of spirit. I don’t know, do you think it’s possible for a princess and a guy like me…

LUKE
No.

Luke says it with finality and looks away. Han smiles at young Luke’s jealousy. They both stare at the stars and think about it.

----

LEIA
We don’t have time for our sorrows, Commander. The battle station has surely tracked us here…
(looking pointedly at Han)
It’s the only explanation for the ease of our escape. You must use the information in this R-2 unit to plan the attack. It is our only hope.

----

LUKE
(Getting angry)
Why don’t you look around? You know what’s about to happen… what they’re up against. They could use a good pilot, but you’re turning you back on them.

HAN
What good’s a reward if you’re not around to spend it. Attacking that battle station isn’t my idea of courage… it’s more like suicide.

LUKE
Take care of yourself, Han. But I guess that’s what you’re best at, isn’t it.

----

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Goria Katz and Williard Huyck were uncredited script doctors on Star Wars. They wrote the 4th draft of the script. Included below were their additions, some quite famous.

For instance, this was not written by George Lucas:

LUKE
Well, not unless you can alter
time, speed up the harvest, or
teleport me off this rock!

THREEPIO
I don’t think so, sir. I’m only
a droid and not very knowledgeable
about such things. Not on this
planet, anyways. As a matter of
fact, I’m not even sure which
planet I’m on.

LUKE
Well, if there’s a bright center
to the universe, you’re on the
planet that it’s farthest from.

THREEPIO
I see, sir.

LUKE
Uh, you can call me Luke.

THREEPIO
I see, sir Luke.

LUKE
(laughing)
Just Luke.

THREEPIO
And I am See-Threepio, human-cyborg
relations, and this is my counterpart,
Artoo-Detoo.

That was Katz and Huyck.

Here's some more:

THREEPIO
Where have you been? They’re heading in this direction. What are you going to do? We’ll be sent to the spice mines of Kessel or smashed into who-knows-what! Wait, where are you going?

----

LUKE
What is it? What’s wrong with him now?

THREEPIO
Oh my… sir, he says there are several creatures approaching from the southeast.

----

THREEPIO
I see your point.
(To Artoo)
I suggest a new strategy, Artoo. Let… the wookiee… win.

----

LUKE
But they’re going to execute her!

HAN
Better here than me…

LUKE
I’ve seen her… she’s beautiful!

HAN
So’s life.

LUKE
She’s rich.

HAN
So… uh… rich?

LUKE
Yes, powerful and rich and if we were to rescue her, the reward would be more wealth than you can imagine.

HAN
I don’t know… I can imagine quite a bit.

LUKE
You’ll get it!

----

OFFICER
I wasn’t notified. I’ll have to clear it.

The officer goes back to his console and begins to punch in the information. There are only three other troopers in the area. Luke and Han survey the situation, checking all of the alarms, laser gates and camera eyes. Han unfastens one of Chewbacca’s electronic cuffs and shrugs to Luke.

Suddenly Chewbacca throws up his hands and lets out with one of his ear-piercing howls. He grabs Han’s laser rifle.

HAN
Look out! It’s loose! It’ll rip us all apart.

The startled guards are momentarily dumbfounded. Luke and Han have already pulled out their laser pistols and are blasting away at the terrifying wookiee. Their barrage of laser fire misses Chewbacca, but hits the camera eyes, laser gate controls and the Imperial guards. The officer is the last of the guards to fall under the laser fire, just as he is about to push the alarm system. Han rushes to the comlink system, which is screeching questions about what is going on. He quickly checks the computer readout.

HAN
We’ve got to find out which cell this princess of yours is… here it is… cell 2187. I’ll hold them here.

Luke races down one of the cell corridors. Han speaks into the buzzing comlink.

HAN
(Sounding official)
Everything is under control. Situation normal.

INTERCOM VOICE
What happened?

HAN
(Getting nervous)
Uh well… slight weapon malfunction. No problem now… we’re all fine thank you. How about you?

INTERCOM VOICE
We’re sending a squad up.

HAN
Uh… negative, negative. We have a reactor leak, give us a few minutes to lock it down. Large leak… very dangerous.

INTERCOM VOICE
Who is this? What’s your operating…

Han blasts the comlink and it explodes.

HAN
It was a boring conversation anyway.
(Yelling down the hall)
Luke! We’re going to have company!

----

LEIA
Listen, I don’t know who are, or where you came from, but from now on you do as I tell you.

Han is stunned at the command of the petite young girl.

HAN
Listen, your holiness… let’s get something straight! I take orders from one person… me.

LEIA
It’s a wonder you’re still alive.

Han watches her start away. He looks at Luke.

HAN
No reward in worth this.

----

LEIA
You came in that thing? You are braver than I thought!

----

LEIA
(Quietly)
Your friend is indeed a mercenary. I wonder is he really cares about anything… or anybody.

LUKE
(After she’s gone)
I do… I care.

Luke sits in the co-pilot’s seat. He and Han stare out at hevast blackness of space.

LUKE
What do you think of her, Han?

HAN
I try not to.

LUKE
(Under his breath)
Good…

HAN
Still, she’s got a lot of spirit. I don’t know, do you think it’s possible for a princess and a guy like me…

LUKE
No.

Luke says it with finality and looks away. Han smiles at young Luke’s jealousy. They both stare at the stars and think about it.

----

LEIA
We don’t have time for our sorrows, Commander. The battle station has surely tracked us here…
(looking pointedly at Han)
It’s the only explanation for the ease of our escape. You must use the information in this R-2 unit to plan the attack. It is our only hope.

----

LUKE
(Getting angry)
Why don’t you look around? You know what’s about to happen… what they’re up against. They could use a good pilot, but you’re turning you back on them.

HAN
What good’s a reward if you’re not around to spend it. Attacking that battle station isn’t my idea of courage… it’s more like suicide.

LUKE
Take care of yourself, Han. But I guess that’s what you’re best at, isn’t it.

----

Thanks for that google search

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Thanks for that google search

http://starwarz.com/starkiller/star-...-fourth-draft/

[toddly6666]

Those were all pretty great memorable lines.

[Strevlac]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

Because he didn't write the other six films or anything. Sure he had Kasdan punch up the dialogue and had Hales help him out on Clones, but Lucas has always been the main writer for the saga.

American Graffiti and Episode 4; Willard and Gloria Huyck, input from Marcia Lucas.

Episode 5; Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

What about Raiders?


Must have sucked because of no Kurtz involvement.

Raiders; Philip Kaufman, John Sales, Lawrence Kasdan.

These are the real writers of those films.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Strevlac

American Graffiti and Episode 4; Willard and Gloria Huyck, input from Marcia Lucas.

Episode 5; Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan



Raiders; Philip Kaufman, John Sales, Lawrence Kasdan.

These are the real writers of those films.

You will never get them to understand that Lucas himself is way overrated on his own. Kinda like Steve Jobs behind Apple or Bill Gates at Microsoft. It was always Paul Allen and Steve Wozniak that were the brains behind those two. That's not dogging Lucas or his contributions but there are were far more people involved that had just as much to do with the success as he did. In fact it's been said that without John Williams there would really be no George Lucas or Spielberg.

[simonynwa]

Originally Posted by Elvis

You will never get them to understand that Lucas himself is way overrated on his own. Kinda like Steve Jobs behind Apple or Bill Gates at Microsoft. It was always Paul Allen and Steve Wozniak that were the brains behind those two. That's not dogging Lucas or his contributions but there are were far more people involved that had just as much to do with the success as he did. In fact it's been said that without John Williams there would really be no George Lucas or Spielberg.

I don't overrate him and I think with any film there is an element of collaboration. I also don't underate him either

And I agree with the last bit - John Williams can do no wrong in my eyes

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by Elvis

You will never get them to understand that Lucas himself is way overrated on his own. Kinda like Elvis Presley. Except George didn't do massive amounts of drugs and die on a toilet.

FIXED.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

FIXED.

wow....way to take it a whole different direction.

[Strevlac]

Originally Posted by PeterTHX

FIXED.

You know who else didn't do massive amounts of drugs and die on a toilet?

Bob Saget.

[R3P0]

Production has Resumed on Episode VII

Star Wars: Episode VII is back in production following a short pause to give Harrison Ford time to heal from a broken leg. Ford, who is said to have a significant role in the film, sustained the injury while shooting a scene aboard the Millennium Falcon a heavy piece of scenery collapsed on his leg. The actor underwent surgery and production took a two-week hiatus allowing him time to recuperate. According to THR, shooting resumed at Pinewood Studios in the UK earlier this week on the film, which takes place 30 years after Return of the Jedi.

J.J. Abrams directs a cast that includes Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, Johsn Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Lupita Nyong'o and Max von Sydow.

Star Wars: Episode VII is on track for its scheduled release date of Dec. 18, 2015

[Ernest Rister]

Cool. +1

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by R3P0

Production has Resumed on Episode VII

Ahh, the force is strong with this post!

[stvn1974]

I wonder if an intern was hired specifically just to walk through open doors before Ford to test them?

"Hey Johnny, stick your leg under there so we can test the hydraulic door before Harrison does his scene."

[roguescribner]

This never would have happened in the prequels. All the doors were cgi.

[stvn1974]

$20 that Harrison Ford didn't really break his ankle on the Falcon's door. What really happened was he tripped over Hayden Christensen' Vader cape during a scene and they won't admit it because it would be a massive spoiler.