Author Topic: A Trilogy of trilogies: StarWars: EPISODE 7, 8 & 9. (Read 23752 times)

Nile Boogie · « **on:** January 21, 2004, 06:34:53 AM »

As I browse the web looking for nothing special, I came across this null . What do we think about another StarWars Trilogy? Should they leave well enough alone? Maybe try to regain a lost magic? Should George Lucus attempt to direct or pass the chair to some one else (Spielberg)? There are so many great post-empire stories that have been told in novel form (Dark Luke, Jedi academy, The Twins) that if done right, Starwars could be on top of the fantasy mountain once agian. Maybe I should wait till Ep. III comes out next summer b4 I get all doped up about it. Thoughts, comments concerns...

nolimit19 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 21, 2004, 06:56:59 AM »

well i think they should leave it alone. the last 2 movies have been somewhat...how should i say it..crappy...that was until you mentioned great post-empire stories such as "The Twins"....o yes i think that story has promise. 2 super fly female jedi. can i hear olsen twins. lol plus lucas always likes to make his girls wear skimpy clothes. princess leia...natalie portman in the last one when her shirt ripped WHAHAHAHHA. if the olsen twins were in it, they would be in their 20's by the time filming started. george lucas you are a genious. i bet he has been planning this all along. george lucas a.k.a. a true american hero.

Ms.Pikmin · « **Reply #2 on:** January 21, 2004, 08:17:43 AM »

I don't have strong feelings either way as to whether another trilogy should be made or not. If it is decided to do the final three, then I do think he should wait a LONG time before doing them.

Steven Spielberg should definitely NOT direct any of these films. He's too damn sappy. Look what happened when he directed the 2nd Indiana Jones film. Total piece of crap. He just had to throw a kid in and a stupid woman who screamed and cried through most of it.

As for the Olson twins, I'll just leave that one alone.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #3 on:** January 21, 2004, 08:39:09 AM »

Hey! Having Ke Huy Quan(the kid, who was also in The Goonies) in Temple of Doom was the best part of the movie! ^_^

Ian Sane · « **Reply #4 on:** January 21, 2004, 09:06:14 AM »

"Steven Spielberg should definitely NOT direct any of these films. He's too damn sappy. Look what happened when he directed the 2nd Indiana Jones film. Total piece of crap. He just had to throw a kid in and a stupid woman who screamed and cried through most of it."

Um, Spielberg directed the entire Indy trilogy. I think he was allowed to goof one of them up when Raiders and Last Crusade were so swank.

Unless they're adaptations of some of the Star Wars novels I have no desire to see another trilogy be made. Lucas has shown with prequels that he just doesn't have it anymore. Perhaps he never really had it and just fluked out with A New Hope, which is the only original trilogy film he actual directed and wrote himself. Lucas will be far too old to make a new trilogy anyway unless he starts them right after Episode III. I say just leave Star Wars alone.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #5 on:** January 21, 2004, 09:25:47 AM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Um, Spielberg directed the entire Indy trilogy. I think he was allowed to goof one of them up when Raiders and Last Crusade were so swank.

Agreed...But I hope that doesn't mean he'll be too overconfident with the new IJ movie...

Nile Boogie · « **Reply #6 on:** January 21, 2004, 10:19:50 AM »

Upon futher reveiw, I would like to see another trilogy. George Lucus would be to old to be as involved with a with a new saga so he would most likely past most of the duties to another person, kinda how Shiggy doesn't direct Zelda games anymore he just over sees them. Oh, by the by, the twins were Leia and Hans kids, a boy, Anikin Solo and a girl something Solo I can't remember right now. It probably wouldn't be until that StarWars live-action TV show finishes a few seasons, 2008 or 9.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #7 on:** January 21, 2004, 12:06:50 PM »

I really would get so excited over a new trilogy.
ANYONE other than Lucas directing the movies is better than Lucas himself.
There are heaps of stories/books the movies can be based on:
- The formation of the New Republic
- The formation of the New Jedi Order (see Jedi Knight games)
- The invasion of the Yu....somthing Vong; some freakish aliens that can repel the force
- The Jedi training of Anakin and Jaicen Solo
- The events in Timothy Zahn's excellent trilogy: Heir to the Empire, Dark something and The Last Command
and last of all:
- Chewbacca's death

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #8 on:** January 21, 2004, 12:18:09 PM »

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Steven Spielberg should definitely NOT direct any of these films.

He's better than Lucas as of late. :/ I've heard that Spielberg begged Lucas to let him direct the prequels, but Lucas refused. Now I'm wishing he hadn't.

As for another trilogy (episode 7, 8, and 9), it's not happening- the rumor is left over from the days when Lucas was still developing the Star Wars universe and originally thought he'd need 9 movies to tell the whole story. It turned out 6 was enough and there have never been any actual plans for a sequel trilogy since. There wouldn't be any reason to, when you think about it, considering the many lines of Star Wars books have covered everything from thousands of years before A New Hope all the way to 30 years after, with some books either overlapping or taking place immediatley after the movies (The Courtship of Princess Leia, The Truce at Bakura). There's really no room for another significant story arc, and I really doubt they'd make movies out of any of the books.

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The invasion of the Yu....somthing Vong; some freakish aliens that can repel the force

That would be the Yuzzhan Vong, and they can't repel the Force, they are merely devoid of it.

Also, the formation of the New Jedi Order took place in the aptly named New Jedi Order series.

I don't think any Star Wars game has gone as far yet- do you mean the Jedi Academy, which was formed in the also aptly named Jedi Academy trilogy (which was also Anakin Solo's first novel appearance)?

evil intentions · « **Reply #9 on:** January 21, 2004, 02:46:32 PM »

Hey has anyone tried Knights of the Old Republic for Xbox? It's so freakin cool!

I think for episode 7, 8, and 9 they should bring back all of the old characters like Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, and George Harrison and show what happens after. (Unless some of them died, of course)

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #10 on:** January 21, 2004, 02:59:19 PM »

I'm sure you mean Harrison Ford, and not George Harrison...GH was a Beatle...

nolimit19 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 21, 2004, 05:38:25 PM »

naw im pretty sure the twins are the olsen twins.

Ms.Pikmin · « **Reply #12 on:** January 21, 2004, 09:03:55 PM »

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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Um, Spielberg directed the entire Indy trilogy.

You're right. But Lucas was heavily involved in the making on 1 and 3. My point was that Spielberg was left alone for number 2 and it stunk.

DrZoidberg · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2004, 09:55:46 PM »

THE SSI-RUUK WILL REIGN SUPREME

oh hey, no more starwars, the books should be left as books, and no more films should be made, even though i could possibly enjoy seven eight and nine, it's better if it's just left, bring out new and different movies, more pirate films need to be made, A MONKEY ISLAND MOVIE ^________^

ThePerm · « **Reply #14 on:** January 22, 2004, 11:25:39 AM »

hey......i like temple of doom!!!!!!!!!!

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #15 on:** January 22, 2004, 11:28:33 AM »

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You're right. But Lucas was heavily involved in the making on 1 and 3. My point was that Spielberg was left alone for number 2 and it stunk.

Then maybe if they did make a sequel trilogy, both Lucas and Spielberg should work on it, seeing as Indy 2 isn't very well liked (although I'm not sure why), and the prequel trilogy nobody has liked so far (making the only good SW movie directed by Lucas, in my opinion, A New Hope).

evil intentions · « **Reply #16 on:** January 22, 2004, 11:50:51 AM »

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I'm sure you mean Harrison Ford, and not George Harrison...GH was a Beatle...

Oh, sorry. At that very moment I was talking to my friend George on the phone. Sorry.

Termin8Anakin · « **Reply #17 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:18:15 PM »

Hahahah, it's so funny when that happens

I really liked Temple of Doom - it's just that Raiders and Last Crusade both had Nazis, both the main treasures are mythical Christian artifacts, and both have a more 'grand, world-threat' feel to them, and they went to more places.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #18 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:27:04 PM »

"I really liked Temple of Doom - it's just that Raiders and Last Crusade both had Nazis, both the main treasures are mythical Christian artifacts, and both have a more 'grand, world-threat' feel to them, and they went to more places."

Technically the Ark of the Covenant could also be considered a Jewish artifact. One thing that I find really weird is that in order for any of the supernatural stuff in the Indy movies to happen then both the Christian and Hindu religions are correct which seems like kind of a conflict since most religions believe that only their god exists. In the Indy world the Judeo/Christian God and the Hindu gods must both exist. Of course they're just movies so I should probably stop thinking so hard.

Temple of Doom was a great movie it just wasn't as good or believable as the other two. I still don't get how that guy pulls the other dude's heart out without him dying. It's never really explained.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #19 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:27:19 PM »

Well there aren't going to be any Nazis in the next one...Does that mean it will suck?

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #20 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:33:06 PM »

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Temple of Doom was a great movie it just wasn't as good or believable as the other two. I still don't get how that guy pulls the other dude's heart out without him dying. It's never really explained.

Heh, and the other two movies ARE believable?

Personally, I don't watch an Indy movie to learn science or anything.

Ian Sane · « **Reply #21 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:46:29 PM »

"Heh, and the other two movies ARE believable?"

Well sort of. I mean it's at least kind of explained why ghosts come out of the Ark and kill everyone. The assumption is that God is unhappy with Nazis trying to use his sacred stuff and thus smites them something fierce.

mouse_clicker · « **Reply #22 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:48:49 PM »

..........right. There's a difference between an explanation and being believable.

Jurassic Park was believable, none of the Indy movies are. That's partly the reason I like them so much, because they ride that very fine line between reality and fantasy, and pull it off perfectly.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #23 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:53:17 PM »

Jurassic Park, believable, and Indy, not?...Errrr....

nolimit19 · « **Reply #24 on:** January 22, 2004, 12:55:48 PM »

i personally thought all those ij movies were amazingly stupid....thats just me though

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