On CNBC, of all places, Bob Iger confirmed a whole bunch of rumors that have been floating around for a while. The plan is to do the new trilogy in six years, which means one every two years rather than every three as per previous pattern. But also during that period, there will be standalone films, and Lawrence Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are working on them.
Last night, somebody tipped off Harry Knowles that some of these standalone films would be based around existing characters - something Iger also confirmed - and that the first one would be about Yoda, which is still just rumor, and may be a case of studio folks testing the waters to see how the AICN crowd reacts.
I'm not crazy about the character-based idea - surely we can get more creative and invent new protagonists - but I'm definitely opposed to a Yoda movie. The whole point of Yoda in Empire originally was that he was unexpected, and the opposite of what you'd expect the teacher of all Jedi to be. The prequels have killed that element of surprise, but there's still a great deal of mystery surrounding him, and I think most of us fans would be happy if it stayed that way...although, as a kid, I can imagine wanting more. But kids always want more - moderation must be learned.
On the other hand, if they let Tommy Wiseau make the Jar Jar movie, I'll be there with my tomatoes on day one. I'll root for them all to be better than the Ewok movies and that Clone Wars theatrical feature.
Meanwhile, Temuera Morrison's agent sits by the phone, fingers crossed so hard that they bleed. And Kasdan's agent lays a down-payment on a new house.
via Deadline
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Possible competition here, LYT? Best/Worst Star Wars Standalone movie pitches? Just a thought.
nothing else . this way star wars fans always have a film to look foward too. though a stand alone film with characters like yoda would wind up hurting the character by destroying the mystic the character has that has been built by fans over the decades as long as no solo jar jar film happens.
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This still keeps alive my belief that Kathyrn Bigelow is going to direct one of these just to show her ex that she can do Sci-Fi right.
I still have no idea how to feel about the past few month's worth of SW news. The franchise has pretty much already been destroyed in my opinion, so I guess it can't get much worse. I have a feeling a few years from now I'll look back on this period as the beginning of Star Wars' redemption, or the point where a bomb got dropped on a city already in ruins.
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@OneMinuteGalactica That's how we all felt about the Star Trek Universe as well. But look what Hollywood was forced to consider to make a hit. And it was awesome.
I want my kids to have the same joy I did with the first trilogy.
Turns out that not only do Wookies enjoy ripping droids' arms out of their sockets, but some droids enjoy having their arms ripped out of their sockets.
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Hopefully one of these movies will be Zack Snyder's Seven Samurai with lightsabers. I'm kinda stoked about that idea, not to mention it would be nice nod to Kurasawa and his part in bringing Star Wars to life (as an inspiration). I'm not stupid enough to hope for rated R Star Wars movies, but some more serious toned PG-13 stuff would be nice...for us old folks and those of us with non-idiot children.
@kingsley.baconhausen Meh, they don't have to be PG-13 at all to not be stupidly childish. Simple, remove the poop jokes, yippees, and high fives (made or missed). Disney has proven they know how to bring maturity to 'children's' movies, without messing with ratings. Also, consider, there are plenty of PG-13 and R rated movies that are incredibly dumb.
@Nicnac I guess I was using ratings as a way to describe the overall tones the films should take, whats at stake for the characters, blah blah blah. The thing I like about the Harry Potter books/movies is how they aged with their audience. Rowling assumed the kids that read her books would grow up and want a bit more, so she gave it to them. I was 5 years old waiting in line in '77, but I'm an old guy now and I'd like to see some grown up Star Wars stories. As a fan, just thinking about your favorite directors doing their take on Star Wars has got to have you drooling!
I'm just stoked that Star Wars is coming back as plentiful as it is, and I'd love to see Disney put aside a little corner of that universe to tell more adult oriented stories.
@kingsley.baconhausen@Nicnac It’s not out of the question, given ABC’s president said they’re considering the criminal underworld show Lucas and Ron Moore were developing, sounds like it depends on SHIELD’s success.
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a movie about any one of the most powerful sith would be most welcome. No chumps like venomous or Maul.
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I do have to admit. I want a movie where Yoda Jedi Master is 7ft. 528 pounds riding on Yoda's back. ... Not that way Dr Abaraxas.
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I was talking about this with some friends earlier today and came up with the only yoda movie I want. If they make it as an art house movie with puppet yoda (no cg) in the years between Revenge and ANH, with the 'plot' being about his solitude slowly driving him crazy, then I am in. Otherwise don't bother. Make it like Jedi castaway.
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I think it could be cool to see Yoda's origin or more about his race. I just want to see Mara Jade during the time of the first 3 movies, she doesn't deal with any of the main characters other than being part of the entourage when Luke escapes from Jabba the Hutt in the desert.
Honestly, I think they need to go to Timothy Zane's books and find great star wars stories from that.
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I assume this means we're also getting the Boba Fett movie... my interest is dropping off rapidly
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@Gallen_Dugall well my insterest just rose; like rob bricken at the tron 3 screening, when the zipper fell
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@DrAbraxas @Gallen_Dugall I'm gathering from everything that is being said that the 7, 8, 9 films are going to be divorced from Lucas' concept of presenting complex stories to a younger audience and be more like those episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars that are aimed at the younger crowd where a new "toy" is introduced every five minutes and the "plot" is two or three events separated by a lot of nothing.
I'm also gathering that the stand alone films are going to be shallow fan service.
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Funny that the Clone Wars toys are rumored to be cancelled, but the show has another season. Anyway, lets be honest, it's been about selling crap to kids since at least 1980. What has changed is that now it's about selling crap to adult fans as well.
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I also oppose the idea of a Yoda movie for the same reason. They'll feel the need to invent his entire origin and I can't imagine them doing it in a way that won't come off as completely stupid.
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@ILDC Yoda is basically a human, or whatever they are called in the Wars, a really really old human
Yoda is human (six toed, but whatever). Trek's Q is human (hence his interest in them). Harry Dean Stanton's character in the Avengers was God. Higgins was Robin Masters.
I prefer to think Harry Dean Stanton's character in The Avengers was a reprisal of the role of Jack Walsh, from Pretty in Pink. He finally got a better job. Aren't you happy for him?
Either that, or he was reprising his role as Brain from Escape From New York, only this is Brain on Marvel Cinematic Earth, and not Escape From New York Earth. It's a different dimension where New York didn't become a prison, and Brain lived there, never having met Snake Plissken.
In that world, Snake Plissken is actually a contractor who kidnapped a rich woman and tricked her into being his wife.
@OneMinuteGalactica @Gallen_Dugall
So when a human gets to be around 600 years old or so, the following happens?
* Lose some toes, becomes tridactyl.
* Lose some fingers, too.
* Ears get pointy and elongate.
* Skin turns green.
* Form forehead ridges.
* Blood turns green.
* Skin becomes semi-scaly and leathery.
* Teeth become short and pointy.
RIGHT. Yoda's an extremely old human. Sure. I'm thinking the people who came up with that theory were about 12 years old.
@Gallen_Dugall @OneMinuteGalactica Yeah, I just like the idea that if a human being lives long enough, 800 years or whatever, that's what he eventually will look like.
@OneMinuteGalactica full disclosure that this is not my idea and the people that came up with it had lot more evidence than what I recall
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@Gallen_Dugall Whatever gave you the idea he was human? Especially when there's a few other members of his species throughout the franchise
@LYT @Gallen_Dugall @joeyg8141 Yaddle is canon as some creature that looks like a yoda but is a different species.
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks @LYT @Someguy @Gallen_Dugall @joeyg8141 Not happening for a while. Fox has rights to Episode IV in perpetuity, and the other two for like another decade.
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks @LYT @Someguy @Gallen_Dugall @joeyg8141 That would be a good first step toward restoring my faith in the franchise.
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@LYT @Someguy @Gallen_Dugall @joeyg8141 I'm crossing my fingers that with Star Wars in Disney's care now, the original theatrical releases of the OT will be released on DVD/Blu-Ray.
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@Someguy @LYT @Gallen_Dugall @joeyg8141 Well, Lucas always used to say that only the movies are canon, and I think they'd have to stay that way.
Shadows of the Empire was presented as a canonical event, but I'm not sure it was ever 100% confirmed to be...I guess Clone Wars is, especially since it had a movie of its own.
I think the real issue is whether or not Lucas signed over the rights to allow Disney to do CG retconned Special Editions in the future, or if only he can.
@LYT @Gallen_Dugall @joeyg8141 I've been wondering though, will all canon stuff right now remain canon now that Disney (and J.J.) have control now?
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@joeyg8141 @Gallen_Dugall First: Each and every other member of his species are considered non-canon.
Second: It's the sort of thing Lucas would consider deep and meaningful.
