old times yes, but in way, like that time never lapsed.
I can wait for the screen shots, and the numerous replies of:
"Pfffft That's totally Fake!"
The moment the first trailer hits, and we all come to post our response. And nobody ever read what you just posted because by the time you posted the thread already grew by 3 pages
One of my fondest memories of the golden era here was JP getting access to Hyperspace on StarWars.com...and we practically were salivating over the release of the next Episode III "webisode" which you could only view on there at the time.
You're totally right. Threads will blow up once screen shots and videos are released.
I think the forums will get a little more active now, but I think the best days will be late 2013-2015 as we start getting closer to release. This place picked up big time in the year leading up to ROTS. It will definitely take time, but I think the "life support" days here might start to reverse themselves now.
These 7 pages to this thread is the most active I've seen this forum in over 2 years.
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Yeah, social media has changed drastically since then. YouTube rules the internet now, as does Facebook and Twitter, so it will be interesting to see how many people come back here. I have a feeling it won't be as populated as before, but I still think there will be a core group that will make this place fun again over the next several years. Honestly...there has been absolutely nothing left of these forums lately. At least this Star Wars section in particular.
I'm glad we have another trilogy to look forward to now, because I will get to catch up with lots of old friends and have nice new discussions (sometimes arguments) lol. But, I will always call this place my Star Wars home. Everytime I watch ROTS, I always have KMC in the back of my head.
Getting Peter Jackson on board would make me happy, just don't get JJ Abrams involved, he'll ruin it by introducing time-travel or a shadowy syndicate within the New Republic called something silly and mysterious like The Conglomerate, and we wont really be sure of who the good guys are till about half an hour before the end of Ep. IX, at which point he'll start tying off all the loose ends he has created because he's a poor excuse for a writer.
im having trouble citing since its all old sequel info is burried under an avalanche of new sequel info
not to mention that he ALWAYS contradicts himself (KNOWINGLY LIES).
but anyway wiki keeps getting altered and outright valdilized, and now a billion dollar industry even has a vested interest in doing so, so i decided to link an old page version and (lawdy lawd its a miracle) found this:
Mind you, it must be remembered that those were very early pre-production ideas. Looking at how much ESB and ROTJ changed during production (particularly ROTJ), let alone before it, we'll never know what possible kind of form those films could have taken. Whatever ideas were there, GL didn't want to do them.
However, it's relatively safe to say the "Luke's sister" plotline was one they were setting up. in ESB.They can't use that now, so it's fuzzy what ideas GL had for them to now use for more films.
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Dude seriously it's weird seeing your name again....
Some people here might not remember me but I spent nearly every day from 2002-05 on KMC reading and posting about the latest Star Wars/Matrix trilogy news as Space Opera. I had to re register recently because the email I used for that account is gone now. I'm so glad to be back here with a brand new trilogy to talk about for years and years to come I'm saving up for a brand new 15 inch retina macbook pro and I can't wait to start surfing and posting on KMC with it.
Here are my predictions:
1: Fox logo/theme is out for sure. There's no way those bastards would license anything like their official business logo to Disney.
2: The main protagonist will be a Skywalker. I agree with the possibility of the character being a girl, and I actually really like that idea. Female Jedi in SW movies so far have been awful and Disney loves making their movies politically correct. Hunger Games gives great incentive for this.
3: The earliest we could see the first official image released from SWVII will probably be early 2014, possibly late 2013.
4: There will be many connections between the OT and this one (did someone say X-WINGS?) because Disney has no reason to not cash in on the novelty of seeing those old ships digitally represented in a new and fresh way on the big screen. I guarantee that as soon as fanboys first see an X-wing in an official image or doing a fly by in the first trailer they will CREAM THEIR JEANS and swear to be there opening night.
5: John Williams will be back for these. Hiring another composer would almost be enough for me to swear off the new trilogy for good. I'm that devoted to the man because Johnny shaped my childhood in more ways than Lucas could have ever hoped to.
Here are some of my hopes and dreams:
1: They give the franchise to Whedon. I know, I know.... it would be kind of a cheap trick on Disney's part, but for me personally the chemistry between the characters in both Avengers and Firefly feel more Star Wars-y than any other film or tv show I've ever seen (including Clone Wars- don't get me started on that crap). There's a very real chance that Disney could make this decision and personally I think there isn't a better choice out there for this.
2: If it's handled well (which it probably wouldn't be) I would love to see Mark Hamill back as old, prosperous Jedi Master Luke. I believe he would play the role really well today.
3: However if they do decide to bring back Hamill, leave Carrie Fisher and Harrison out of it. Carrie's in terrible shape because of a long and horrible struggle with addiction and Harrison is too distracting in general to reprise his role as old Han especially considering he's already done old Indy.
4: I sincerely hope that John Williams doesn't pass away before the end of this trilogy, and I've also accepted the fact that one day we may eventually have someone else score the new Star Wars movies. That will be a sad day for me.
Oh Yeah... and that shit about George giving away $4 billion? Totally true:
That's gotta be the most generous man in the world.
Thank you George for giving me pure escapism as a child, and I apologize on behalf of all the idiotic nerds out there because you never once deserved a single ounce of all the hatred and mockery that they piled on you for making the prequels exactly the way you wanted them to be and allowing only yourself to have control of your own art. You are an amazing person and I hope the rest of your endeavors are successful and I hope history is kinder to you than that of your so called "fans."
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Considering Luke was supposed to discover his sister in that sequel trilogy and the Emporer wasn't to make an appearance until Episode IX it seems like they wrapped all those story lines up in ROTJ.
I'm sure the haters will find a way to demonize this somehow! Lol
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Lol I've already read comments on some news sites saying things like "What a waste of money George!" "Way to toss money at the problem instead of fixing it George" bunch of self righteous jealous c*nts out there if you ask me.
while i certainly dont believe GL should be persecuted for changing his mind, i cant STAND how he constantly acts like it was all predetermined, airbrushing the history of his creative process with EVERY new change of plans. like the whole saga just came to him in the mid-70's in a single gestalten divine revelation.
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