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

[Blu Warrior]

Theforce.net is also confirming that the next trilogy will be original stories.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

That article reposts what I just posted from E!, which is the original story. They don't say anything about it being canon or not just what most fans are expecting.

Yes they do... they say that The Thrawn Trilogy is "Canon", which it technically isn't.
As only the films, clone wars movie and tv series, and Darth Sidious novel are "Official Canon".

Well, it’s canon and classed as the official sequel(s) to Return of the Jedi, until 2015 that is. A Dark Jedi asssassin, Mara Jade, hopes to avenge the Emporer’s death by murdering Luke Skywalker, who is establishing a new Jedi Order. She ends up falling for him, and soon the two marry and have kids. Han and Leia get married (naturally) and have twins, so there’s a lot of new Jedi kids running around. The main enemy of the trilogy is General Thrawn, who takes over the remainders of the Empire. Well, according to the site, the new sequels will definitely NOT be based on those stories.

[tigertron]

From the Star Wars blog:

“You know, when I first did this, it was four trilogies,” Mark Hamill recalled in 2004, speaking of their conversation in 1976. “Twelve movies! Out on the desert, any time between setups… lots of free time. And George was talking about this whole thing… ‘Um, how’d you like to be in Episode IX?’ ‘When is that going to be?’ ‘2011.’ […] I said, ‘Well, what do you want me to do?’ He said, ‘You’ll just be like a cameo. You’ll be like Obi-Wan handing the lightsaber down to the next new hope.’”

Maybe Luke Skywalker will have a cameo role after all?

[beckmen]

Unless he croaks, I see no reason why Mark Hamill couldn't reprise his role as Luke Skywalker. Now Harrison Ford returning as Han Solo, that's a stretch.

[jedilips]

Originally Posted by segagamer12

Who said they aren't taking their time? They announced they already purchased Lucas original treatments so they already have a jumping off point.
This announcement came out of the blue, but I am sure someone was working on this behind the scenes for who knows how long.

Since June according to Pablo Hidaglo.

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by tommyboy81

What do you want to see from the new Sequel Trilogy? I stayed up late last night thinking of story ideas for the movie, but nothing really feels right. Share your thoughts below.

Well, I do happen to like a lot of the follow up novels and feel there are some great concepts in there but if they arent using them then so be it. Id like to see:

1) The new films should still have Hamil, Ford, and Fisher play their older selves which means EP 7 will have to start a good 15-20 years after the events of ROTJ. Develop the children and then by 8th and 9th films they can naturally die off.

2) I think the concept of the Emperor having himself cloned back with the Kamino and droid army stuff that happened in EP2 would be cool. The idea of cloning was already part of the SW story and why wouldnt the Emperor have had himself cloned? It'd be a great idea, IMO.

3) It would be cool to have The cloned version of this emperor actually turn out to be GOOD - as in something changed when he was cloned. And, one of Han and Leias offspring turn bad and become a new generational Sith or whatever. There is your conflict.

4) Maybe revisit some of the old Jedi/Sith folklore if possible.

Just so much they could do..... I hope they get it right.

[Col. Zombie]

Originally Posted by tigertron

From the Star Wars blog:



Maybe Luke Skywalker will have a cameo role after all?

That would be fantastic. I'd love to see the older Luke played by none other than Hammil.

[binarymelon]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Like The Anvergers?

What was wrong with The Avengers?

[Beast]

Originally Posted by jedilips

Since June according to Pablo Hidaglo.

Plus who knows how long Lucas has been working on these treatments. He's probably got stacks of notes up the wazoo.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

2) I think the concept of the Emperor having himself cloned back with the Kamino and droid army stuff that happened in EP2 would be cool. The idea of cloning was already part of the SW story and why wouldnt the Emperor have had himself cloned? It'd be a great idea, IMO.

3) It would be cool to have The cloned version of this emperor actually turn out to be GOOD - as in something changed when he was cloned. And, one of Han and Leias offspring turn bad and become a new generational Sith or whatever. There is your conflict.

George knows he already takes enough crap from the fans for the "Death Star II" in ROTJ, he's not going to go to the "OT resurrection" well again--
More likely, he's going to follow the Clone Wars/spinoff novel routes, and suggest that a new underground of Sith resurgence is rising, just as the Jedis are re-establishing themselves again, with Luke at the head of the council (in cameos at best).
Me, I wouldn't mind a live-action Ahsoka Tano ( ), or any of the bounty hunters written for the Spinoff canon, but think they're just going to go for rewritten Ahsoka and Darth Maul equivalents.

[beckmen]

My working list for directors for the new movies, based on the director's previous work and how IMO they can tonally match the SW films:

Joss Whedon
Peter Jackson
Joe Johnston
Steven Spielberg
JJ Abrahms
Jon Favreau
Joseph Kosinski

Duncan Jones and Neill Blomkamp are also promising scifi directors that might be able to match the tone of the Star Wars films, although their previous work is a bit more post-modern.

[tigertron]

Originally Posted by beckmen

Unless he croaks, I see no reason why Mark Hamill couldn't reprise his role as Luke Skywalker. Now Harrison Ford returning as Han Solo, that's a stretch.

Harrison Ford Settles a Feud - YouTube

[rickah88]

"Daniel Craig is my wookie-b*tch now"

[supersix4]

I can see why the no sequel crowd isn't happy, but man this is a good thing, its out of GL's hands and even if we get some bad movies eventually we'll get some home runs

Boba Fett movie only PLEASE

Force Unleased movie

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by beckmen

My working list for directors for the new movies, based on the director's previous work and how IMO they can tonally match the SW films:

I'll whittle down the list to the good choices:

Joe Johnston

...There. That's simpler.

(If anyone could recapture the optimistic spirit of the original...
Would be the first time since the original that they had hired a suitable director--Richard Marquand, the heck?? )

[rickah88]

I'd like to see Maul 2.0, and General Greivous 2.0!

[Beast]

Originally Posted by supersix4

Boba Fett movie only PLEASE

Unless it's "The Young Boba Fett Chronicles", Boba Fett is canonly dead in the movie universe.

[bluknight1]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Fox doesn't own Star Wars. Lucas entertained a bid from Disney in 1999 for distribution rights for the prequels, but decided to stay with Fox. LucasFilm and Fox just have a distribution agreement, that's all.

Dies this mean the Original UNALTERED Trilogy wil not be restored for blu ray release?

[Monkey]

Originally Posted by supersix4

I can see why the no sequel crowd isn't happy, but man this is a good thing, its out of GL's hands and even if we get some bad movies eventually we'll get some home runs

Boba Fett movie only PLEASE

Force Unleased movie

For the folks that don't want a sequel. Easy solution, don't watch them.

[Beast]

Originally Posted by bluknight1

Dies this mean the Original UNALTERED Trilogy wil not be restored for blu ray release?

It means that such a release isn't as simple as one might hope. Since Disney has to play ball with Fox now.

Plus it's not going to come anytime soon. Since they need a lot of work before they'd even be release quality.