Disney acquires Lucasfilm; Episode VII proposed for 2015

Originally posted by The_Tempest
I've decided that though Abrams is talented, he shouldn't be at the helm here.

Agreed. When I first heard that he was doing it, I was jazzed because he's such a Star Wars fanboy.

But now I think that that may be detrimental more than a boon.

Originally posted by dadudemon
And using the Jedi to blame their problems and starting a campaign to exterminate them.

Originally posted by Tzeentch._
Agreed. When I first heard that he was doing it, I was jazzed because he's such a Star Wars fanboy.

But now I think that that may be detrimental more than a boon.

I think he's too straightforward in his approach. I don't want to say "generic," but... Star Wars, as a space opera, is super-dramatic and epic in both writing and direction.

Abrams has to get in touch with his inner Shakespeare. For some reason, I think Kenneth Brannagh might have been a better choice.

I hope they considered him at one point. But he was too tied up with Thor.

Thor is one of the reasons I'd pick Brannagh. It's not the best comic movie I've ever seen, but it's very good and captures a lot of Star Wars elements very well IMHO.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
Thor is one of the reasons I'd pick Brannagh. It's not the best comic movie I've ever seen, but it's very good and captures a lot of Star Wars elements very well IMHO.

I thought about this for a bit and I wanted to argue...I really did. But I think you make a good point, here.

I always make good points. I'm like the guy to go to when you want a point well made.

That's my thing, bro.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
I always make good points. I'm like the guy to go to when you want a point well made.

That's my thing, bro.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
but it's very good and captures a lot of Star Wars elements very well IMHO.

mmm

Looks similar to a Star Wars poster. But Brannagh's not directing that one.

I love that poster.

Both of them actually. AotC had the best poster, I think. Too bad it was shit. trololo

AOTC had Christopher Lee. Your argument is invalid.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
AOTC had Christopher Lee. Your argument is invalid.

http://youtu.be/ysnbg7z07kw?t=33s

AOTC sucked and sucks still… DESPITE Mr. Lee.

Sir Lee, plebe.

Originally posted by The_Tempest
[b]Sir Lee, plebe. [/B]

http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/5/5068732/j-j-abrams-taking-episode-vii-back-to-gritty-roots

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/magazine/article3906891.ece

JJ Abrams wants to get back to the "Grittier" stuff from the OT.

I think he's trying. He really is. But the issue is he cannot create that same sense of mystery and awe that the OT had because the OT was a relatively new "thing." We've talked about this, before...so I'll stop beating this horse whose vital signs have been non-existent for a while.

Makes sense that in a post-Empire wartorn galaxy, things would be grittier. Ironic that the OT had a grittier aesthetic despite a more straightforward, "cleaner" story and the PT had a much more sophisticated aesthetic despite a much darker, more ambiguous tale.

It's not about grit, or about being darker, or ambiguity, or esthetics… it's all about a decent story and really work it out well. All these things are merely tools or storytelling elements. I always felt the PT was more about relaying some kind of message than it was a really worked out story.

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
Finally!

http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-bits-star-wars-canon-to-be-unified-plus-rebels-character-names-tupac-and-katee-sackhoff/