Lando might appear in sequels. Why throw everything at us all at once? Think Empire
I've been so giddy I couldn't even post till now Let the good times roll How many people are watching Star Wars this weekend?
No matter how good all this sounds. I can't help but get a little sad and go against popular opinion in that I think I'm going to miss George Lucas Thanks George! I trust Disney though!
The problem with the EU novels/stories is that so many of them have to "out-epic" previous events, writing about giant galactic wars and superweapons more and more to the point where if the EU was brought into canon the Battle of Yavin was nothing more than a minor skirmish and the Death Star nothing more than a sidearm.
Perhaps Leia is the mother of both Han and Lando's kids. Han gets mad and kills him? But Lando would have to shoot first and miss Han before he could kill him.
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Lando might appear in sequels. Why throw everything at us all at once? Think Empire
I've been so giddy I couldn't even post till now Let the good times roll How many people are watching Star Wars this weekend?
No matter how good all this sounds. I can't help but get a little sad and go against popular opinion in that I think I'm going to miss George Lucas Thanks George! I trust Disney though!
Watched a New Hope Wednesday, Empire twice yesterday, and Jedi tonight!
not sure how many Star Wars movies im watching this weekend, at the very least Empire will be watched.
As far as Lando, i could see him making a cameo in this one. its not like the announced cast are the only people in the whole movie. They could be saving Lando for a surprise maybe?
Perhaps Leia is the father of both Han and Lando's kids. Han gets mad and kills him? But Lando would have to shoot first and miss Han before he could kill him.
Did Leia have a sex change since ROTJ? And even then, she couldn't father children, could she? (edit: I see you fixed it now. I like your reason! )
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I just don't understand why Lando isn't in it.
because 30+ years have passed, and it's quite likely that not every character in the SW saga is still around, or even ALIVE. People die, from both natural and unnatural causes. People move, people drift apart... there are tons of possible reasons.
It's like how not every Marvel character is involved in every MCU movie. Just because they exist in the universe, not every character is involved in every story.
Putting every character into this new saga would just seem forced and feel like fan service. We don't need everybody from the OT in this, even in shoehorned-in cameos.
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Watched a New Hope Wednesday, Empire twice yesterday, and Jedi tonight!
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not sure how many Star Wars movies im watching this weekend, at the very least Empire will be watched.
As far as Lando, i could see him making a cameo in this one. its not like the announced cast are the only people in the whole movie. They could be saving Lando for a surprise maybe?
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I'm gonna try and watch the entire saga over the weekend
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Good weekend for it ... May the 4th be with you!!!!
That's the spirit! Stocked up on the junk for this occasion Only do it for Star Wars and Back to the Future marathons Happy May 4th I wish you all
Perhaps Leia is the mother of both Han and Lando's kids. Han gets mad and kills him? But Lando would have to shoot first and miss Han before he could kill him.
So what you're essentially asking is the old age question? Who shot first?
(CNN) -- Amid the back-and-forth about the cast of the new "Star Wars" movie, one voice has cut through the fray: Luke Skywalker's.
That's Mark Hamill, for some of you.
The actor tweeted his support of the recently announced "Star Wars: Episode VII" team on Thursday, calling his new and returning castmates a varied and impressive group.
"I was knocked out by the diverse & extraordinarily talented new cast members," Hamill said of a UK table read. "WOW they're good! The saga is in superb hands."
On Tuesday, Disney and Lucasfilm made an official announcement of who's joined "Star Wars: Episode VII," revealing that original "Star Wars" actors will appear in the film along with a number of newcomers. Along with Hamill, "Star Wars" veterans Harrison Ford, Peter Mayhew, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker and Carrie Fisher are all reprising their former roles.
They'll be joined by "Inside Llewyn Davis'" Oscar Isaac, "Attack the Block's" John Boyega, "Girls" actor Adam Driver and newcomer Daisy Ridley, among others.
Character descriptions haven't been offered, but with Hamill's endorsement, perhaps the Force can remain undisturbed.
Although Fisher momentarily confused "Episode VII" with "Chapter VII," she got it right long enough to give her own vote of confidence for the upcoming film. "May the Episode 7 be with you always," she tweeted to her fans April 30.
Editor's note: Lewis Beale writes about culture and film for the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and other publications.The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
(CNN) -- Now that the cast of the seventh "Star Wars" movie has been announced, you can imagine the anticipation among the millions of fans of the film franchise. And why not? The six "Star Wars" films have been enormous successes: they have grossed over $2 billion domestically at the box office, spawned scores of books, comic books and merchandise (how many kids have their own light saber?) and made household names of characters like Darth Vader, Han Solo and Luke Skywalker.
They've also been the worst thing ever for the science fiction genre.
I say this as someone who has been a devoted sci-fi reader since childhood. I was so blown away by the first "Star Wars" film when I saw it in 1977, I went back two more times the same week to wallow in its space age fantasy. But here's the thing: George Lucas' creation, basically a blown-up Flash Gordon adventure with better special effects, has left all too many people thinking science fiction is some computer graphics-laden space opera/western filled with shootouts, territorial disputes, evil patriarchs and trusty mounts (like the Millennium Falcon).
"Star Wars" has corrupted people's notion of a literary genre full of ideas, turning it into a Saturday afternoon serial. And that's more than a shame -- it's an obscenity.
Science fiction is in fact one of the most creative literary genres around. The best of sci-fi is filled with meditations on what's "out there," what makes us human, how technology is used and how it is changing us. It takes up issues of race, sexuality and quite literally everything else under the sun. It is essentially about ideas, not action, and that's the problem, as far as Hollywood is concerned.
There are, for example, no light sabers, spaceships or Death Stars in the 1979 novel "Kindred," by Octavia Butler, who won the Hugo and Nebula, sci-fi's top awards, and was also awarded a MacArthur Foundation "Genius" Grant.
Conan unveils new 'Star Wars' characters Bar set high for 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Mark Hamill: King of Comic-Con!
Butler's main themes are race and sex, and in "Kindred" she wrote about a modern black woman who travels back in time to the antebellum South, where she is enslaved. The novel is regularly taught in classrooms and has made at least one list of "Great Books By Women."
But Hollywood has yet to adapt it for the screen. Maybe if the lead character had a Wookie by her side...
Many of the great works of sci-fi have not been made into films -- The Foundation novels of Isaac Asimov, Joe Haldeman's "The Forever War," William Gibson's "Neuromancer," among others -- partially because they are too smart, too dense and too thoughtful.
Sure, some classics have made the transition, but the track record is spotty: David Lynch's "Dune" was a disaster, for example, and the recent "Ender's Game" was a mixed bag that was not successful at the box office. Francois Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451," although stylish and intellectual, was a bit too frigid for a mass audience.
Which means that Hollywood studios, not known for thinking outside the box, opt for the "Star Wars" template -- lots of whiz bang, plenty of quirky alien characters, CGI to the max, plenty of explosions and little thought of any kind.
To be sure, the first "Star Wars" was a breath of fresh air, a fun flick for sci-fi geeks. But the series quickly ossified, a victim of its own success. Only two of the films -- "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" -- show any originality. The rest tread water, give the hardcore fans the same old, same old. I mean, how many light sabre duels can you sit through before you're bored out of your skull? How many outer space dogfights? How many seemingly profound Yoda-esque thoughts?
Me, I'm giving up on the whole thing. I don't care that J.J. Abrams, a director with talent, is helming the new flick. He's hemmed in by audience expectations -- like casting the stars of the original in this film -- and recycling stale material. I'll pass.
Instead, I'll queue up "The Matrix," and enjoy the most original sci-fi movie of the past 25 years. I recommend "Star Wars" fans do the same. They need to be reminded what real creativity is all about.
If anything Star Wars helped Sci-Fi and made it more accessible to general audiences thus making making it more popular and giving it more recognition.
If I want deep thought provoking Sci-Fi I'll watch 2001 or Star Trek to name a few.
Star Wars is a homage to old '30's serials like Flash Gordon.
I don't see this article complaining about that show being the way it is.
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