The Future! in 2015?

[magik0012]

I *think* he is implying that since Peter Mayhew (Chewbaca) is in Episode VII, certain things cant have happened yet.. as, I think, Chewy gets killed off at some point in the near future in the EU storyline..

But I could be wrong..

[Ziran Le]

Exactly right, my friend!  In about the 2nd or third book in the series recording the Vong invasion, and please forgive, because it's been about 14 years since I read those books, but something happens that causes a moon to be pulled out of orbit, crashing into the planet that Chewbacca is on, killing him and everyone else on the planet, I would assume.  I don't remember the specifics, just that someone "dropped a moon" on Chewie, which was a fitting way for the big, furry guy to die, since nothing else could stop him.

Since it's been revealed that Peter Mayhew will be appearing in Ep. VII, and IF Abrams sticks to cannon, or cannon+EU in the interest of not confusing diehard fans, then Ep. VII will have to take place prior to the Vong war.

And that's fine with me.  I am much more interested to see the roles of the Solo children, perhaps the early relationship between Luke and Mara Jade, maybe the introduction/birth of Ben Skywalker etc over the next 3 films.

And may I say that if you haven't read the Legacy of the Force books (taking place after the "good guys" defeat the Yuuzhan Vong), it's fantastic.  A lot of the same undertones of political unrest, scheming and consolidation of power that you saw as the Sith prepared to establish the Empire, and a very similar "downfall" of Jacen Solo as he turns to the dark side.  Great stuff, would make killer movies.

Wow, I'm more of a StarWars nerd than even I realized!

[Greywalker83]

I'm looking forward to the new movies too but honestly I'd rather see them do some of the earlier stories. I know that they are no longer cannon but I'd like to see more of the past of the Jedi and sith. For example let's make some movies about Bane or the old republic.

[Ziran Le]

I'm looking forward to the new movies too but honestly I'd rather see them do some of the earlier stories. I know that they are no longer cannon but I'd like to see more of the past of the Jedi and sith. For example let's make some movies about Bane or the old republic.

Agreed; I would LOVE to see a movie or three about Darth Bane.  I loved those books.  They are also doing, I believe 3 "spin off" movies between 2016 and 2020, the first of which is expected to be about Boba Fett and the Mandalorians which is something that SW fans have been wanting for a long time.  Who knows what the others will be, or whether they will follow a sequential time line.

[Greywalker83]

My understanding was that they were going to be stand alone features so any time could work. I wouldn't be surprised if they made a few tv series too. Live action series I mean.

[Ziran Le]

Yeah, I actually posted up in another thread asking whether anyone else had heard anything about the live action series.  That idea came out a few years ago but that was before Lucas decided to sell the rights and allow more feature films to be made.  Thinking that idea may have been shelved for the thought of the billions that they will make off of producing 6 new movies over the next 10 years.

I haven't checked the price of Disney stock lately, but if there's a dip anytime soon, or if it's at some kind of low, may be a good time to buy and hold, if you're an investor.  Edit:  Zoinks, I just checked, DIS is up 45% in just the last year due to strong revenues from the Marvel films, haha.  Looks like I missed that boat.

Oh yeah, and The Old Republic may be the perfect subject for a stand-alone film then.  Imagine a film with Revan and Malak (sp?) on the big screen!

[Darth_Phobius47]

I'm looking forward to the new movies too but honestly I'd rather see them do some of the earlier stories. I know that they are no longer cannon but I'd like to see more of the past of the Jedi and sith. For example let's make some movies about Bane or the old republic.

Only things from after Return are non cannon, this DOES NOT apply to most of pre-Phantom. So Bane, Revan, Arca Jeth, Nomi Sunrider, Exar Kun, Malgus, and Satele Shan are all STILL cannon.

Things like the Yuuzahn Vong, Kyle Katarn, the Legacy of the Force events, and even Mara Jade(possibly) are all now non-cannon.

[JEStucker]

Remember, this is still canon...

[magik0012]

Are the "Droids" & "Ewoks" cartoons cannon?

Maybe a live action "Jar-Jar Binks Adventure Time Pals" tv show would be cool? Jar-jar could die at the end of every show, like Kenny from South Park. 

[Greywalker83]

Man with Disney I'm charge I feel like we will get to have a lot more jar jar type characters. He wasn't as bad as everyone makes him out to be but he also didn't fit well in the starwars universe as we know it. If he wasn't overly done on the comic relief and didn't sound like a retarded Jamaican he might have been alright. I liked those movies. Not as much as the original trilogy but I liked seeing more Jedi and lightsaber duels. I thought neeson and mcgregor were good. My biggest gripe was that anakin was such a whiny spoiled brat. His character was done better in the clone wars cartoon but still, he didn't really fall to the dark side. He cried and was told if he helped old palpatine that he could have his wife back. Oh well.

[Ziran Le]

Maybe I don't understand exactly what "cannon" means, not sure.  I have always heard people say that there is really nothing that's completely outside of the SW "cannon" but that there are simply 2 levels of it.  There is the general "cannon" which encompasses anything and everything that is licensed by LucasArts or any of George Lucas' various companies, copyrights/trademarks etc, to use Star Wars materials in it, including the cartoons, books, comics etc.  And then there is "G-cannon" or something like that, which is material specifically written or created by G. L., and related to the original story arc.  Personally, I like most everything to do with Star Wars and never really bothered to assess how "cannon" it was.  I just like to think of it all along a logical timeline which, since the whole thing happened "a long time ago", because that's the best way to keep it at least a little bit straight in your head.

I'm hoping that we don't get too many Jar Jar type characters in the new films.  The problem with Jar Jar to me, was that he was on screen too much.  If he would have appeared in about 4 minutes worth of scenes and not tagged along, annoying the protagonists, he would probably be remembered more fondly.  It was less about the character and more about his role in the film, I think.  Unfortunately, a little Jar Jar is about all most people can take, haha.

[Karmack]

Thanks for the enlightenment.  I had forgotten about Chewie dying in the Vong war.  :-/ 
I guess we'll just have to hang on.  With Marvel re-re-re-resetting everything NOTHING is really sacred canon anymore...

[Locutis]

OK, I'm not a massive fan, much more casual.  :-)  Peter Mayhew?

Chewbacca! What a Wookiee!

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