The Official Star Wars Thread

"The Death Star was to be used to break up dead planets to allow direct mining of the heavy metals trapped in the core. The World Devastators would be autonomous factories combing asteroids or sterile worlds to produce a wide range of items without polluting inhabited planets."

"If you believe that, you'll believe anything. Listen to their names! Death Star. World Devastator- that doesn't sound like something for peacetime economic development, does it?"

-- Dr. Qwi Xux and Han Solo, "Jedi Search"

Speaking of World Devastators, I have the hardcover Dark Empire Trilogy on the way. Can't wait for that.

"Corran married Booster's daughter, Mirax."

"Really? Someone who finally has in-laws that are as interesting as mine."


-- Wedge Antilles and Han Solo, "I, Jedi"

Huh. This is unexpected.

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Back in November, the Los Angeles Times reported that Man of Steel and 300 director Zack Snyder said he had no interest in directing the hotly anticipated seventh Star Wars film. But Vulture has learned that while this may be specifically true — he won’t be doing Episode VII — it was a bit of misdirection: He is in fact developing a Star Wars project for Lucasfilm that is set within the series’ galaxy, though parallel to the next trilogy. It will be an as-yet-untitled Jedi epic loosely based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic Seven Samurai, with the ronin and katana being replaced by the Force-wielding knights and their iconic lightsabers. (Go ahead, say it — you know you want to: “ … an elegant weapon, for a more civilized age.” Felt good, didn’t it?)

It’s not clear just where Snyder’s untitled Jedi film would fall within the Star Wars chronology, but one insider expects it will not be considered part of the “numbered” episodes, but rather a stand-alone film set sometime post–Episode VI events, meaning the next phase of the franchise development is much broader than previously thought. For those unfamiliar, Kurosawa’s influential Seven Samurai (The Magnificent Seven was the American remake) tells the tale of a small agrarian town in sixteenth-century Japan that’s routinely pillaged by bandits. Fed up with the annual shakedown, its farmers retain the services of seven masterless samurai to defend their harvest. One of the film's stars, Toshiro Mifune, was initially offered the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi (as Kotaku recounts here). George Lucas has cited the classic as one of his favorites, telling the Telegraph in 2005 that “it’s a brilliant, brilliant film, and every time I see it I can't believe the magic mixture of a great story and great acting and humour and action and suspense — wonderful cinema. The art of moving pictures is on every frame of this movie.”

In late October of last year, when Disney CEO Bob Iger first announced the acquisition of Lucasfilm, he’d stated that after Episode VII, “our long term plan is to release a new Star Wars feature film every two to three years.” Our sources also say that Snyder’s would start production after Disney starts on its planned 2015 release of Star Wars: Episode VII, and while no director has yet been set for Episode VII, clearly things are taking shape at Lucasfilm. (A spokesperson for Lucasfilm declined comment.)

In the meantime, we are left to ponder the obvious geek questions: Do Snyder’s Jedi carry just a single lightsaber or a long one and a short one, like samurai do? Oh God, why do you torture us so!?

Yeah, I read that today.

The big concern I would have is that Snyder is hit and miss so far. It will probably look pretty, but quality characterizations and plot? It's a toss up.

Of course, if there are going to be 7 Jedi... must be some Big Bad force that is going to threaten the colony, planet, etc.

I like the implications that the Jedi and Lightsaber action are being spun off into secondary films, leaving the main Trilogy to be focused more on...well...the people. More time for the characters so we can get our 15+ minute Lightsaber duals elsewhere.

That's not to say I hope the Jedi and their action are removed from the new trilogy entirely, but I hope it won't be the primary focus like it was in the Prequels.

Whoops. Nevermind.

On "Children of the Jedi" now. Sigh.

Gotta force myself through it. It's going to take a long while to finish. I can only take so much at one sitting.

I just don't like her prose style. Way too many run ons.

It's snowing so... You know the drill - t'is Hoth time!

Spoiler:

that looks like fun!

Great stuff Scary!

I know it's hard to resist when there's new snow on the ground...

Snow? What the heck is that?

Oh, those are so cool!

I love the detail in your photographs! You have been improving! Fantastic shots!

It looks like you and your toys had a lot of fun out there in the snow!
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Thanks guys!

Finished Darksaber, now finishing the Callista trilogy with Planet of Twilight.

Out of the first class of Jedi Knights, I'd have to say my favorites are Tionne and Cilghal.

Recent gets.


F-Toys Red Leader X Wing and DeAgostini Millennium Falcon.



Blu Rays, Thrawn and Dark Empire graphic novels.




Nom Anor

Books. Figures are Old Republic-Ep 2.











Sorry about the blurryness on the last couple of pics. Had a wrong setting selected on my camera.

Also on the way:
Vintage 2012 Darth Maul (aka Ultimate Maul)
Vintage collection Ep 1 Sidious
Vintage Collection Grand Moff Tarkin
Captain Antilles
Capture of Tantive IV Battle Pack (Vader, Torture Droid, 2 Storm Troopers, 2 Rebel Troopers).

Now in Book 1 of the Black Fleet trilogy

Shirt happens.



Japanese ESB poster art shirt:


Vader and the 501st, manufactured by Ecko Unlimited.

I loved the classic New Hope,then I saw the others and I loved them more!

And now it looks like Abrams gets to take on another major sci fi franchise...

I don't get the objections. Abrams will be PERFECT for this project. Give him a chance.

mattmanw54301 wrote:

I don't get the objections. Abrams will be PERFECT for this project. Give him a chance.

Neither do I, I loved the Star Trek film.

But what do I know, I vastly prefer Moffat to RTD

Star Wars and Star Trek?? Isn't that a monopoly of some kind?? LOL.