Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[stvn1974]

I never understood why the Empire waited to orbit the planet to get to the rebel base giving them time to mount an attack. Why not just blow the planet up and then the moon? They showed earlier in the film that they could destroy an entire planet.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I never understood why the Empire waited to orbit the planet to get to the rebel base giving them time to mount an attack. Why not just blow the planet up and then the moon? They showed earlier in the film that they could destroy an entire planet.

Maybe the Death Star is like a 50 year old male and can only shoot once a day...

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Maybe the Death Star is like a 50 year old male and can only shoot once a day...

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by chip75

Just in case this hasn't been posted.

Star Wars: Force for Change - A Message from J.J. Abrams - YouTube

I tried to enter, but you have to donate money

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by chip75

Just in case this hasn't been posted.

Star Wars: Force for Change - A Message from J.J. Abrams - YouTube

hey, if JJ is putting messages up now can we put one up for him - like "don't f*ck this up"? and no lens flare but I won't mention that since it is a touchy subject for his fans.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by rickah88

What frame is that? Like Ernest said, the "R2 floating through space" is widely known. Are there any pics of this frame? I'd like to see it.

before you get all gaga, ILM has done this for years - the Falcon was in First Contact too but didn't seem to help any against the borg.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

Why do people keep saying that JJ is doing all 3 new episodes? The original announcement was for Episode 7 only. And that each Episode would have different directors like the original trilogy.

Gosh I hope it's Tarantino and Tim Burton

[Blu-21]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Gosh I hope it's Tarantino and Tim Burton

Hell no to Tim Burton and his cheesy dark style.

[cricepng]

Originally Posted by blu-21

hell no to tim burton and his cheesy dark style.

+1

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by thegoat

I agree that it could be fun if the prequel remakes were approached with a totally blank page, but I fear that at this point it would just take the many parts of the prequels do work and just change the characters around a bit to fit better with the OT. For example, we might still have Qui-gon and Dooku, but Obi-wan would be trained by Yoda. Anakin would be a little bit older in Ep I and have his Clone Wars personality.

There are not going to be prequel remakes. At least not in the next 20 years. They've got the outlines of George's three stories and even if they don't go with that, VIII will be a sequel to VII and IX will be a sequel to VIII. There's no reason to go back again before IV.

[Thomas Guycott]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Maybe the Death Star is like a 50 year old male and can only shoot once a day...

If you want to wade into the EU pool, that's exactly it.

[Show spoiler]Plus there's been years of debate whether the Death Star could properly destroy Yavin, being a gas giant.

[Lyle_JP]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Gosh I hope it's Tarantino and Tim Burton

Star Wars doesn't need Johnny Depp or Danny Elfman.

[JoeBuck]

Originally Posted by Lyle_JP

Star Wars doesn't need Johnny Depp or Danny Elfman.

Johnny Depp as an ewok

[JimDiGriz]

Originally Posted by HermanTurnip

Here, let me Google that for you...

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=r2d2+star+trek

There's also the little matter of the Falcon making an appearance in Blade Runner too...

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by stvn1974

I never understood why the Empire waited to orbit the planet to get to the rebel base giving them time to mount an attack. Why not just blow the planet up and then the moon? They showed earlier in the film that they could destroy an entire planet.

I've always thought the same thing. I don't wanna hear any "but it's a gas giant!" shit either, because they don't say that in the film, so anything else is fan-wank (which also applies to the EU now ) designed to dig the movie out of a plot hole. It's not just the prequels which do that, then? Imagine that.

And why, when the Rebels attack, don't they just turn the tractor beam back on and pull in all the Rebel fighters? I mean, Ben didn't destroy the tractor beam, he twiddled a few switches. There are only seven locations where the reactor is coupled to the beam so it wouldn't have taken a genius to figure out what/where the problem was. Hell, the same thing applies to Jedi too, unless their tractor beam wasn't being installed until Tuesday...

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by thegoat

One of the things that worked against the prequels was the lack of dramatic tensions. We knew what was going to happen to every major character before the first film ever came out. There weren't very many twists and turns that we could take. Would you want to watch another full trilogy based on that same, decided storyline?

That's a very simplistic way of looking at it. Sometimes it's not about the outcome, it's about the journey. I know that sounds like hippy-dippy bullshit but it's true. As Dotpattern said, why do people go and see movies based on books or based on real-life events when they already know what's gonna happen? Because it's about seeing how and why they got to that ultimate fate.

Apollo 13 is one of my favourite movies, I get goosebumps watching the launch scene and have a tear in my eye every time they come out of re-entry unscathed, it's just a brilliant bit of storytelling. And I love rewatching Sixth Sense or The Game, because it's fascinating to see how the movies are constructed around their respective twists. The twists are a means to an end, and the intricacies of the storytelling remain undiminished.

[Bucky]

Originally Posted by JimDiGriz

There's also the little matter of the Falcon making an appearance in Blade Runner too...

and it also showed up in the battle with the Borg cube in Star Trek: First Contact.

[Elvis]

Originally Posted by Blu-21

Hell no to Tim Burton and his cheesy dark style.

That was actually a joke btw but on a serious note. I would love to see Spielberg direct one of them.

[iamsometal]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Have you seen S5? Don't click if you haven't:

[Show spoiler] Well, you know how Ahsoka gets framed for a crime she didn't commit and she walks off into the sunset having quit the Jedi Order? That's basically it for the character, S6 included, and that's where they needed to be IMO because she's not even referenced in Ep III.

She's out of the way, and, as much as I like her, not having her there in S6 makes them episodes feel all the more 'movie like' in terms of the character dynamics. And because she's left the Order she may well have survived the purge, so I wouldn't bet against seeing her again in Rebels...

Dang it! I was hoping she made an appearance in S6. Oh well, thanks for the heads up, now I won't be as disappointed. Word is there's no more

[Show spoiler]Darth Maul

either. They BOTH need to make an appearance in Rebels then! DM in Clone Wars was so much more interesting than in TPM.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

Why do people keep saying that JJ is doing all 3 new episodes? The original announcement was for Episode 7 only. And that each Episode would have different directors like the original trilogy.

Was it actually said there'd be a different director for each film? If so, I missed that.