Disney buys Lucasfilm

[Malcador]

He died because a moon fell on him.

 

Hm, thought it was in a storm or something.  Never did finish that NJO series.  

Edited April 28, 2014 by Malcador

[Raithe]

 

He died because a moon fell on him.

 

Hm, thought it was in a storm or something.  Never did finish that NJO series.  

 

 

The old Yuuzhan Vong had one of their gravity things pulling a moon out of orbit, and during the fun and games of evacuation of the starport, Chewie got stuck saving the kids or something and was left behind.  So they pretty much painted the picture of him standing there, waving his fists at the sky as the moon crunched down atop him...

[Blarghagh]

That sounds epic to me, but only in the way that it is epicly hilarious. :D

[HoonDing]

I guess Han and Leia's son never became a Sith Lord either. Though the worst thing he did was merely killing Luke's wife. Who of course was never born now.

[Amentep]

Wasn't the Yuuzhan Vong the group that was immune to force powers? I kinda felt they violated the spirit of Star Wars anyhow.

[Raithe]

Well, there was some whole thing about them being extra-galactic invaders, so they couldn't be directly affected by force powers. I think by the end of the New Jedi Order storyline, that was partially changed or something.

 

To be fair, they'd always had a certain amount of aliens or creatures with various resistances to the Force. Hutts being basically immune to mind tricks and the like.

[Amentep]

Yeah, being immune to the "mind tricks" is one thing (possibly even an innate ability to tap into the force to block that particular manipulation), my understanding was the Vong couldn't be effected directly by ANY of the powers (you could still topple a wall on them, but you couldn't force throw them into a wall) because they were outside the force. The force that connects all living things in the Star Wars reality.

 

Which - and I wasn't reading them, so total outsider looking in - screamed of "we can't think of a way for villains to go against our heroes anymore so we're going to make them immune to all force powers".

Edited April 28, 2014 by Amentep

[Malcador]

Should have just gone for "their numbers are endless" type of enemies.

[HoonDing]

Yuuzhan Vong were basically suddenly made weak when they needed to be defeated to shoehorn in a new Sith Empire to rule the galaxy.

[Gromnir]

 

am thinking of the new battlestar galactica tv series. recall the silly "all along the watchtower" music and sudden having new cylons revealed... and some wackiness with tigh's wife being the Big Brain behind the cylon plan? is not as if that were planned from the start o' the series. the "and they have a plan" was a mystery to the writers as much as to viewers. the show's creators were asked 'bout their big reveal and they were surprisingly honest that it just kinda happened organic. they kinda hit a wall with story and didn't know how to advance it. gotta bunch o' sci-fi geeks sitting in a meeting wondering, " so now, where do we go?" somebody suggests something crazy/insane and in a moment o' poor judgement (or perhaps because nobody has anything better) you gets new canon. 

Spoiler much?

 

new bsg were 2004. you figure on waiting another decade before watching?

 

rosebud were brand name of Kane's sled.

 

apollo creed beats rocky at the end of the movie.

 

jr weren't actually shot-- it were all a dream sequence.

 

the chick who kinda looked like a guy in the crying game were actually a guy.

 

we would spoil christmas/easter/tooth-fairy for you, but sometimes you give impression of being 'round 8 years old, so we will forebear and lets you continue to enjoy your childlike ignorance.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[Hassat Hunter]

The discussion on this thread (and specifically this page) makes me happier and happier with the decision.

 

EDIT:

Ugh... last page :/

Edited April 28, 2014 by Hassat Hunter

[Calax]

They were xeno-galactic enemies, how turned out to have come from a living planet within the galaxy. They literally left, pulled a uturn and came back and didn't realize it.

 

The Vong were a stupid threat, built up to much at the start, then by the fourth or fifth book they were treated like any other enemy. Then there was the whole sacking of Courescant... which was totally reverted after the meta-arc was done.

[Zoraptor]

NJO brought the world Vergere, and thus Kreia, so we should all (except Volo who should shake his fist) be thankful for that as Star Wars was far more interesting with a bit of moral ambiguity rather than with GL's incomprehensible and arbitrary moral absolutism. The quality of the writing was wildly erratic but it did manage a reasonable number of books that were genuinely worth reading.

[Malcador]

The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII.

Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.

Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud."

Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer

 

http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-7-cast-announced.html

Edited April 29, 2014 by Malcador

[Hurlshort]

Looks like there isn't any big names (other than the original actors) so that might bode well.  Although I think that was more directing than anything else in Episode 1-3, we all know Natalie Portman can act but she was pretty terrible.  

[Malcador]

Bad script writing as well.

[Maedhros]

Great cast. Pretty excited about this actually - guys like Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) and Domhall Gleeson (About Time) are very impressive up-and-coming actors. Looks like Mark Hamill is getting into shape as well.

 

[Nonek]

This is all well and good but more importantly when  are we going to get a sequel to Spaceballs?

[Oerwinde]

I heard they were working on Spaceballs 3 a couple yeas back but Mel Brooks decided he wasn't up for it.

[HoonDing]

So Chewie alive again? How long will this be after fall of Palpatine?

Edited April 29, 2014 by Drudanae

[Hurlshort]

So Chewie alive again? How long will this be after fall of Palpatine?

 

30 some odd years.  Pretty much reflects the age of the original actors, give or take a few.

[GhostofAnakin]

Daisy Ridley ... only new female cast member announced.  If they go with any sort of "children of the Big Three" angle, I'm assuming she's going to be the daughter of Han and Leia.

[Tale]

All the talk about Yuuzhan Vong is making me bitter at franchising again. It would be so nice if we could have a broad set of Space Opera on film to enjoy.

[Hurlshort]

All the talk about Yuuzhan Vong is making me bitter at franchising again. It would be so nice if we could have a broad set of Space Opera on film to enjoy.

 

You know, things are pretty good for space opera.  Battlestar Galactica got a solid reboot, Firefly got a movie, Star Wars is getting a new trilogy, Star Trek is a blockbuster.  There is even talk about a new Farscape.  

 

Honestly SciFi in general is doing pretty well. 

[Tale]

I'd disagree on BSG being solid. And Serenity was 9 years ago.

 

Star Trek and Star Wars are literally the only ones ongoing that aren't just hypothetical. I absolutely hated Into Darkness for the exact reasons I dislike franchises. And there's currently more bad in Star Wars than good.

 

We need something new that can create its own principles and themes. That only burdens itself when it's a failure. That's not occupied with trying to raise the stakes of the ones it's following or betray their themes.