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

[Silo5]

Originally Posted by Elvis

Not sure if halting production for two weeks is news worthy but thanks for the article!

It's at least more newsworthy than the 15 year old petty drivel being discussed here ad nauseam. And, you're welcome!!!

[peckinpah]

Originally Posted by tigertron

My bad, I was under the impression that it was. Turns out it was a rumour.

Yeah, just like 99% of what's being reported.

I miss the old days. We went into Empire not knowing a damn thing about the movie and we liked it!

[camper]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

And how much screentime did Jango have? 5 minutes too?

Jango the character maybe, but since the clones were all Jango clones he (the actor) gets credited with every time the clones were talking..so that's a lot more than 5 minutes.

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Falaskan

Well it's getting delayed by two weeks and keeping the same release date. Should be...interesting.

that was very pc of you - I would have said something other than "interesting". I guess depending on the shots, they could film around Ford which would only give a slight delay and what's 2 weeks really? It isn't like this would be the first film to be finished just before it was released. Hell, Lucas was still recording dialogue after A New Hope was released.

[dcowboy7]

Originally Posted by camper

In all fairness, Maul had less than 5 minutes of total screen time so we really don't know how terrible he could have been.

Only less than 5 mins ? that doesnt seem right must be more than that.

Now ill have to time his scenes off the blu tonight to see.

[stvn1974]

Darth Maul is still the biggest blue balls tease in movie history.

[The Fallen Deity]

Darth Maul was such a wasted opportunity.

As awesome as Christopher Lee was a Count Dooku, I think that Maul should've been the main Sith villain alongside Palpatine in the PT.

Ah well what's done is done.

At least he was brought back in The Clone Wars cartoon series.

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

If Luke is in hiding, as the rumours suggest, could it be because he's found out about his Sith heritage and that he's afraid he'll go medieval on everyone like his old man?

He could be in hiding for several other reasons as well:
- he's the last Jedi and he knows there are Sith who are still after him and that would endanger his family.

- he now understands a fuller history of the Jedi (the prequels) and realizes that everything the Jedi did was wrong and that Yoda was actually an incompetent fool. He's in hiding because he doesn't want to do any more damage as a Jedi.

- as I've previously suggested numerous times, at the end of VI, the general populace discovers he was Vader's son and blames him for the years of war and death. If they find him, he'll be tried for treason and for terrorism.

- he's in hiding because he's been tasked (or he tasked himself) with watching over someone the same way that Obi-wan watched over Luke.

[klauswhereareyou]

Or maybe he went on some sort of spiritual quest.

[stvn1974]

I never really thought about what it would be like for Luke and Leia once people found out that Vader was their father. It would be like finding out that Hitler had children, not sure people would be so forgiving.

[peckinpah]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Or maybe he went on some sort of spiritual quest.

Or maybe Luke and Leia have been carrying on behind Han's back, and now Han is looking to kick junior's ass.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by peckinpah

Or maybe Luke and Leia have been carrying on behind Han's back, and now Han is looking to kick junior's ass.

I guess Han's really regretting inviting Luke in for that Menage a Trois

[octagon]

Originally Posted by wormraper

I guess Han's really regretting inviting Luke in for that Menage a Trois

No reward is worth that.

[toddly6666]

Originally Posted by camper

Jango the character maybe, but since the clones were all Jango clones he (the actor) gets credited with every time the clones were talking..so that's a lot more than 5 minutes.

that doesnt count because Jango Fett was bad-ass and the clone troopers were generic boring cgi meh characters.

[wormraper]

Originally Posted by toddly6666

that doesnt count because Jango Fett and the clone troopers were generic boring cgi meh characters.

Fixed

[blonde_devil]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

If Luke is in hiding, as the rumours suggest, could it be because he's found out about his Sith heritage and that he's afraid he'll go medieval on everyone like his old man?

Don't totally buy that though as he knew Vader was his father and in the end he turned on the Emperor and the Sith. The good in him untimately saved him so I don't see Luke bing that scared of it. It is possible - he found himself doing un-Jedi like things over the years and went into hiding - but to just say that in this movie comes off as hokey to me. Without seeing the fall, it seems too fake.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by klauswhereareyou

Or maybe he went on some sort of spiritual quest.

Leading to Luke discovering Darth Plagueis (Max Von Sydow).

[MechaGodzilla]

There was a lot of wasted potential with the villains in the PT. Maul has like five lines and all his screentime consists of standing around and looking cool or fighting. Dooku is introduced in the last 20 minutes of AOTC and dies in the first 10 of ROTS. Grievous felt like he came out of nowhere in ROTS and died halfway in, while being a completely different kind of character from the badass the cartoon made him out to be.

I have to agree with the people that said Jango was the only "disposable villain" that left them satisfied. In addition to the cool factor he gets a decent amount of dialogue, is of some importance to the plot and gets to live for most of the movie.

[Packerfan75]

Originally Posted by MechaGodzilla

There was a lot of wasted potential with the villains in the PT. Maul has like five lines and all his screentime consists of standing around and looking cool or fighting. Dooku is introduced in the last 20 minutes of AOTC and dies in the first 10 of ROTS. Grievous felt like he came out of nowhere in ROTS and died halfway in, while being a completely different kind of character from the badass the cartoon made him out to be.

I have to agree with the people that said Jango was the only "disposable villain" that left them satisfied. In addition to the cool factor he gets a decent amount of dialogue, is of some importance to the plot and gets to live for most of the movie.

Good points. It's like Lucas creates these great villains just to be killed off. Boba Fett being the most memorable for me.
Here's to hoping Episode VII shows a flashback of Boba Fett flying out of the Sarlac Pit after Luke and company take off. That's an easy fix to a huge mistake.

[MechaGodzilla]

Originally Posted by Packerfan75

Good points. It's like Lucas creates these great villains just to be killed off. Boba Fett being the most memorable for me.
Here's to hoping Episode VII shows a flashback of Boba Fett flying out of the Sarlac Pit after Luke and company take off. That's an easy fix to a huge mistake.

I wonder if Boba is the reason Lucas seemingly got lazy with the PT villains. It showed a character who doesn't have a whole lot of screentime and doesn't do all that much can become incredibly popular, so maybe he figured he could repeat that with those villains. But yes, I like Boba too, and even if he isn't in Episode VII he's getting a spin-off movie the following year. Will be interesting to see how that turns out.