BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Star Wars News Net, which seems fairly reliable, reports that the title will be released during D23, which lasts from July 14-16! https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/02/rumor-why-you-should-be-excited-for-disneys-d23-event-this-year.html Still no indication of a release date change since the cast announcement, and this reported title plan would seem to support a May release. They also report that D23 will have more SW programming than in years past (although it's hard to tell -- that bit actually might be involving a lot of guesswork on their part). Additionally, as had been reported a while ago, the filming will occur in the Canary Islands: https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2017/03/57999.html Specifically on one that's rather desert-y. Another desert planet! Who knows, maybe they'll spice it up with sets and CGI. It is a cool location. And Making Star Wars has reported that it seems possibly related to some concept art they saw that looked a little like "Exotic City" from TFA (a marvelous design that was largely scrapped): http://makingstarwars.net/2017/01/han-solo-production-to-shoot-spains-canary-islands/ If it has elements of Exotic City I will be very happy. It might be my favorite Star Wars "location" ever (in quotes because it's not canon, of course, having never made it into published media other than the TFA concept art book). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 ‘Avatar 2’ 2018 Release “Not Happening”, Says James Cameron I think that makes it a lock that this film will open in December 2018, and not May 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Woody Harrelson is not playing Garris Shrike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 So Garris Beckett? Or Beckett Shrike? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mstrox 6,637 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Beckett Beckett. Bringing back one of the two most iconic EU characters (Thrawn) was a big deal. Why anyone thought Lucasfilm would bring back a 30-page character named Garris Shrike, I don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 22 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: Beric Dondarrion! Franchise crossover! Martin can do the novelization! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 No, he will write this first and than continue with The Winds Of Winter. Screw HBO, we're talking Disney money man! This is just the advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Than the last two seasons of GOT will be a lot more family friendly. Deanerys will end up a Disney princess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Who's the other iconic EU character? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 3 minutes ago, Demodex said: Who's the other iconic EU character? Jean-Claude Juncker? JWMike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'd consider Thrawn and Mara Jade to be the two "iconic" EU characters - most present in public consciousness. Others on the tier just below them might be the Solo and Skywalker kids, maybe Talon Karrde, weird outliers like Kyle Katarn and Dash Rendar - characters that non-book-readers maybe have heard of. Even lower tiers below that would include characters like Borsk Feylla, Winter, some of the members of Rogue Squadron, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 Admiral Thrawn and Mara Jade are absolutely the most recognizable Star Wars EU characters, with probably Kyle Katern, Dash Rendar, and pick your Skywalker/Solo offspring rounding out the top 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I'd round out the top 5 with Jaina, but that might just be me playing favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Even I know Mara Jade, I've never seen or read anything to do with the EU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Judging just from Hail Ceasar Alden Einfolkeinreich is a far better actor that Hayden. He actually gives the best performance in a film where he's surrounded by movie stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,637 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 12 minutes ago, nightscape94 said: Even I know Mara Jade, I've never seen or read anything to do with the EU. Lucasfilm even hired an actress to "play" her back in the 1990s - only in photographs for their magazine and some CCG cards, if I recall. She probably made a good amount of money at conventions for a little bit after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 On 3/23/2017 at 1:22 PM, Stefancos said: Judging just from Hail Ceasar Alden Einfolkeinreich is a far better actor that Hayden. He actually gives the best performance in a film where he's surrounded by movie star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Hayden is a bad actor, who was directed by someone who has no feel for directing actors. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 He was very good in Shattered Glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Come to think of it I've only seen him in the two prequels and that other sci-fi one he did a few years later. Jump or something? He wasnt very good in that either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,249 Posted March 23, 2017 Author Share Posted March 23, 2017 the movie will follow Han’s life from the ages of 18 to 24, and will include adventures like “acquiring a certain vehicle and meeting a certain Wookie.” Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 And his fear of snak...wait? Pieter Boelen and Bilbo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Breathmask 555 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 34 minutes ago, Jay said: the movie will follow Han’s life from the ages of 18 to 24, and will include adventures like “acquiring a certain vehicle and meeting a certain Wookie.” I. Don't. Care. Some part of me hopes this movie fails miserably and finally kills off the phenomenon of pointless origin prequels. But it's got Star Wars in the title, so it'll make another metric fuckton of money and studio executives will keep greenlighting shit like this for years to come... DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Rogue One was an utterly mediocre movie, yet did over 1 billion dollars. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I hope Greedo is in this! "Better keep your up your end of the deal, Solo. Or I'll get you!" - Greedo "Not if I get you first!" - Han Solo Huge laughter and applause from the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will 2,215 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I don't know, I think this film could be pretty cool. My only hope is that it goes away for once from the "save the galaxy in a big epic emotional family struggle" thing, and tells a more "crazy" and fun story that doesn't have all that much to do with the larger galaxy (except for a few cool name drops and such, of course). Rogue One was initially supposed to be a little more adventurous and a spy thriller, but ultimately evolved into the classic family drama thing. Which was great, but I still wonder about what could have been... DarthDementous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted March 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 23, 2017 Quote Iger said the movie will follow Han’s life from the ages of 18 to 24, and will include adventures like “acquiring a certain vehicle and meeting a certain Wookie.” (What a rascal.) “You’ll also discover how he got his name,” Iger added Quote Iger reportedly revealed that Disney is... exploring “what could be another decade and a half of Star Wars stories.” (Source) DarthDementous, Will and mstrox 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Space Walmart? 8 minutes ago, BloodBoal said: but because of Han's character. If they somehow manage to recapture what made the character great in the first place, and throw him in an exciting adventure, it could be quite something. Yeah. But it is gonna be a hell of a job replacing Ford. I mean a HELL of a job. He completely owned it. While the casting is hopeful. I just have my doubts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I was just thinking about the time period of this film. Apparently Han was born after 30 BBY, but we don't know the exact year. But I believe we also know he's older than Luke, so he presumably would have been born a few years before the Empire was proclaimed in 19 BBY, and it would have been during Palpatine's tenure as chancellor, which began in 32 BBY. If Han is 18 when the film begins and 24 when it ends, then I guess this film will presumably take place only during the Empire's reign (unless there's an earlier prologue), and will likely end pretty close to the Battle of Yavin -- at most a few years before, and Disney may well want to tie them together with an ending that shows them walking into the cantina that day or whatever, as I believe someone here suggested. It will be very interesting to witness the massive in-film time jumps required to move a character from 18 years old to 24 years old. Oh, unless of course (and maybe this is more likely) there's a prologue when he's 18 and the rest is when he's 24, or it's mostly when he's 18 and there's an epilogue when he's 24. Something like that, maybe. Oh, whatever, I guess we'll see soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 You reckon Han is older than Luke, really? Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will 2,215 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 My big question regarding Iger's statements is whether the decade and a half refers to a decade and a half from now or a decade and a half from 2019 or 2020. In any case, this statement means that at the very least we will seemingly get SW films until the early 2030s. Christ. That could be really good or it could be really bad. It's certainly been good so far, though, so I'll try to stay optimistic for now and take them as they come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Will 2,215 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 First I have to emphasize that this is pure SPECULATION and is not supported by reporting. However, this could be really awesome if done well: I hadn't thought at all about framing devices in the past but I suppose some could be in play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: Rogue One was an utterly mediocre movie, yet did over 1 billion dollars. It was at least as good if not better than The Force Awakens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerebral Cortex 3,357 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 While I respect your opinion, I must confess that #ImWithStefan on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 Pieter Boelen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted March 23, 2017 Share Posted March 23, 2017 I have to say I preferred TFA. Probably mostly because of the element of mystery associated with the story (Rey's origins, forceback, etc.) that you obviously don't get with RO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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