I suspect not. Abrams has said so often that this is intended to bring in a new generation. Given that, it would be shortsighted to focus too much on the old-trilogy characters, who may not resonate for much of that new audience. Even if they've seen the OT, those actors were kids then (relatively); what's interesting about them now?

That's not to say they can't be really useful for giving the younger characters more to do than having crushes on each other. Although I enjoyed that aspect as well!

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― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Unless he's turned to the dark side... think of it. All that black gear in Jedi, the arrogance, joining forces with his father to destroy the Emperor. Just sayin'

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It's not inconceivable, except that it would make the whole story about turning Luke back. I'd rather see him as a mentor—a flawed one, maybe, who is deathly afraid of failing as his father did, but still on the side of the light. That would make him a story element, not the entire plot.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

I didn't know whether to post this here or in the Ireland M00t thread!

https://www.facebook.com/rtenews/videos ... 515667914/

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The Vinyamars on Stage! This time at Bag End

Cooooooool!!!

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Hey, what is this Rogue thing? I saw the trailer with CA:CW today. That's not episode VIII, is it?

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“I am not so blind that I can't see darkness.”
Dangerous Beans
Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

No. They're doing other movies beyond the main trilogy. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the next one to be released and is the story of the secret Rebel raid that stole the Death Star plans, setting up the final battle in the very first Star Wars film. It's coming out this December. Episode VIII comes out in December 2017. A film about Han Solo's early life is scheduled for 2018. Episode IX comes out in 2019, and a film about Boba Fett is scheduled for 2020.

The Han Solo and Boba Fett films are what Disney is calling "Star Wars Anthology" films, intended to just fill in a little more history without advancing the main trilogy story.

I must admit, this longtime Star Wars geek (going back 39 years!) has a bit of a silly grin at the thought of seeing a good, new Star Wars film every year for the next five years, and probably beyond. It has been a loooooooong drought—as far as I'm concerned, going back to 1983, when Return of the Jedi was released.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Maybe even longer than that.

But it remains to be seen whether the new films will be good, particularly the ancillary "Anthology" films.


ETA: Honestly, I do like RotJ, despite finding the Ewoks very annoying.

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Me, too, about the Ewoks. RotJ is unquestionably the weakest of the original trilogy, but that makes it the worst of a very good lot. Luke's fight with Vader is one sequence that I think is done exactly right, and right when it counts most. The score was perfect.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Nice one...

https://www.facebook.com/rtenews/videos ... 158586683/

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Wonderful! Especially the schoolchildren's excitement at a visit from the real Chewbacca.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

I loved the wonderful impersonation of Chewy's vocalisations by the little boy.

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The little boy! That was cool.

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Rogue One official trailer (I think this is the new one).



This has a lot of potential, although it'd also be quite easy to screw it up.

Trailer.



(Are there spoilers in this thread, by the way?)

It might be good to start a spoiler thread and label this one "no spoilers." It's a long time yet until the film comes out, and there are going to be all kinds of rumors. People who don't want to be spoiled might like being able to discuss the trailers, etc., in peace. And the rest of us can say what we like.

Alternatively, we can just ask that people spoiler-tag their spoilers and keep the discussion here.

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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King

Oh my goodness!

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I can't embed this, but its a fantastic look back and ahead!

https://www.facebook.com/StarWarsLogics ... 516903405/

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Anyone have any plans to go see this? It is currently at 94% at Rotten Tomatoes (both among all critics and top critics) and 85% at Metacritic (46 positive and 3 mixed).

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