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Anyone that thinks it's "overkill" isn't a Star Wars fan, anyway. Fans don't say "Wow, I can't take any more Star Wars films". |
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The great thing about Star Wars is it's like a cartoon, anything can happen in this time and space - ANYTHING. That's why kids love playing Star Wars. Their imagination can take them anywhere. Why rehash old characters, send them on an adventure and link it to the series when you can create anything you want. Rogue One was a great idea as a one-off. Oddly every one of the main characters died. With a Hans Solo, Obi Wan or Yoda movie, we already know their fate. It takes the audience out of the action. We know they're at no risk during their adventure and assume any other character we don't recognize dies or we don't care if they live because we know they're not important to the original plot. This seems lazy to me. Boba Fett coming out of the Saralac pit and doing a job with a bunch or other bounty Hunters seems like a better premise because we would know he's not dead and there's the ability to develop new characters to spin off with. I guess I'm just disappointed that KK and Co. are taking the safe road rather than being more creative. But, I get it from their perspective. |
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Awesome news that it is finally announced! |
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Obi-Wan is a more complicated, tortured soul version of Gandolf. Imagine Gandolf's angst if Frodo not only failed, but turned into Sauron's puppet.... Obi-Wan is an incredibly complex character and further stories exploring that are a great thing. |
Ewan playing Obi-Wan in the hands of a director who isn't a past-his-prime goof could be incredible instead of mediocre.
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Just not into them like some of you guys are |
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There's plenty of territory to mine. There's no way he just sat there, in the desert of Tatooine, waiting for the "right time" to train Luke. Quote:
Why was it awesome? Because they tied previously seen characters into the timeline. If you want original adventure, watch Star Wars The Freemakers. I think it'll make you pine for known characters. Quote:
Lucasfilm will begin exploring new areas of the Star Wars Galaxy as fans embrace the new characters are being introduced. There needs to be a common thread for the feature films to work. Quote:
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I'd say most people assume the same for the cast of Star Wars Rebels but that hasn't taken away a damn thing from the series. As mentioned earlier, Season Two and Three were awesome. Quote:
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I've pointed out 2 comments above to rebut. For the first point - The fact that most people figured that most or all of the characters would die in Rogue One made it exciting. They didn't know what would happen. Going into a prequel knowing that any character you recognize from previous films won't die takes away energy from the story. For the second point - I would argue that character based prequels are the path of least resistance for KK and crew, (hence a lazy approach). They know audiences love the characters and will pay to see them. However, I also agree with you that they're a huge gamble. If audiences don't like the Han Solo standalone it will turn them off to a Obi Wan standalone, (especially since people associate Ewan to the prequels/ midichlorians). A big uncreative gamble... |
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I guess we will figure out who he screwed that eventually turned into Rey Kenobi (His granddaughter or other descendant. It's just a theory, which I happen to agree with)
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Look at the upcoming Thor film (looks ****ing amazing and beautiful). If they had come out of the gate with a Thor film similar in style and setting it may have turned off a lot of the casual fans with how nuts/different it looks in comparison to the hugely popular, and much more grounded, Iron Man. Obviously, that is my opinion and Dane would know far better than I about any of this, but this is something that makes sense to me. |
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I don't think that filling in the gaps with origin stories, if they're done well, takes away anything from the movie going experience. If done well, it actually enhances the movies that came before it. Quote:
There's no "Road Map" for what Lucasfilm is trying to accomplish. Unlike Marvel, there aren't existing back stories that have been around and re-written for 60+ years. KK decided to throw out 30 years of novels and comics and start fresh with the Star Wars Universe. That's HUGE challenge to get it right and producing new Star Wars films in which the audience has no connection to the characters would have been a massive mistake. |
About darn time! Obi-Wan is the best Star Wars character.
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