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[hcmv007]

Loved the new trailer, especially the end!

[Royal Dalton]

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[JCRendle]

May the 4th be with you!

[Blofeld's Cat]

May the 4th be with you!

So true. 

[Call Billy Bob]

Excitement level at a new high!

[Royal Dalton]

[Royal Dalton]

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[Call Billy Bob]

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John Williams!

[The Dove]

May the Fourth be with you all!! Happy Star Wars Day, my fellow, Jedi, Sith Lords, Rebel pilots, Stormtroopers, Bounty Hunters, Wookies, Droids, etc...etc...

[Call Billy Bob]

May the Fourth be with you all!! Happy Star Wars Day, my fellow, Jedi, Sith Lords, Rebel pilots, Stormtroopers, Bounty Hunters, Wookies, Droids, etc...etc...

Scruffy-looking Nerf herders?

[thecasinoroyale]

Brilliant video there, even more teases!

 

And remember today....the revenge of the 5th!

 

Plus, how do we feel about the origins of Boba Fett a focus for the next 'Anthology' film following 'Rogue One'?

 

http://uk.ign.com/ar...-anthology-film

 

 

Me, personally, always felt Jango was a far better Fett and I'm just not TOO bothered about the origins of Boba.

[x007AceOfSpades]

Perhaps because there was more backstory to Jango than his son Boba, who was just presented as a glorified space bounty hunter in Episode V (don't remember if he was in Episode VI).

[Call Billy Bob]

Perhaps because there was more backstory to Jango than his son Boba, who was just presented as a glorified space bounty hunter in Episode V (don't remember if he was in Episode VI).

He was in VI, where he "died." I've got high hopes for the Boba solo film. There's so much potential to show him learning the ropes and moving up in the world of bounty hunters, not to mention he and Han's past. Granted, he is my favorite Star Wars character, so I'm biased!

[x007AceOfSpades]

 

Perhaps because there was more backstory to Jango than his son Boba, who was just presented as a glorified space bounty hunter in Episode V (don't remember if he was in Episode VI).

He was in VI, where he "died." I've got high hopes for the Boba solo film. There's so much potential to show him learning the ropes and moving up in the world of bounty hunters, not to mention he and Han's past. Granted, he is my favorite Star Wars character, so I'm biased!

 

A solo film on his character could actually work quite well and it would be interesting.

[x007AceOfSpades]

[thecasinoroyale]

Make what you will of this, but has Simon Pegg let slip Daniel Craig WILL play a part in 'The Force Awaken's....


http://www.dailymail...ce-Awakens.html

[Call Billy Bob]

So, a friend and I were having a discussion today about preferred viewing order for Star Wars. He subscribes to the chronological timeline (123456), while I'm a fan of either release order (456123) or the "flashback" order (451236). While viewing the films in chronological order is fine, Vader's reveal in Empire loses it's shock value. While release order is my go-to, flashback can be a lot of fun - you see Luke's story up to the point where Vader has just revealed himself as Luke's dad; then, you hop back and see how his fall from grace came to happen before finishing everything off with Vader's redemption in Jedi.

Thoughts?

[Royal Dalton]

Star Wars > The Empire Strikes Back > Return of the Jedi.

 

 

[Dustin]

Star Wars > The Empire Strikes Back > Return of the Jedi.

Since these are the only SW films there isn't really an alternative.

[hcmv007]

So, a friend and I were having a discussion today about preferred viewing order for Star Wars. He subscribes to the chronological timeline (123456), while I'm a fan of either release order (456123) or the "flashback" order (451236). While viewing the films in chronological order is fine, Vader's reveal in Empire loses it's shock value. While release order is my go-to, flashback can be a lot of fun - you see Luke's story up to the point where Vader has just revealed himself as Luke's dad; then, you hop back and see how his fall from grace came to happen before finishing everything off with Vader's redemption in Jedi.

Thoughts?

 I like going 4,5,1,2,3,6 personally. You should do this with someone who hasnt seen the movies, plus when you go back to watch them in that order the Prequels are easier to enjoy

[x007AceOfSpades]

Empire Strikes Back is the only Star Wars film I'll watch.

[Call Billy Bob]

Star Wars > The Empire Strikes Back > Return of the Jedi.

Since these are the only SW films there isn't really an alternative.

I used to have this mindset. Until about 3 years ago, then I decided to quit fooling myself. They're good films, just not good Star Wars films. I've come to terms with the fact that they're official and they happened - not that I have to like that fact!

One thing's for damn sure: my future kids will only see 4 5 and 6 until they get to be about 9 or 10, the same age I was when Episode I came out. That way, I don't run the risk of them liking the prequels more!

[Dustin]

Well, there is nothing wrong with liking the prequels, they just don't have the vibe of the originals for me. Also I feel the prequels came too soon, Lucas should perhaps have concentrated on going forward with his original cast when he still had the chance to involve them while they were young enough. Now it's likely they will be reduced to bit parts in a greater scheme, which may not be easy to swallow for original fans. For the prequels there would have been time at any given point later. I also think they would have profited from a lesser dependence on CGI, which was just the craze at the time but holds little attraction today when every computer game practically consists of these visuals. The prequels would have deserved better scripts instead, characters we can relate to. Anakin was never depicted as a particularly likeable guy, so his journey from Jedi to Sith left me mostly cold. Same with Obi-Wan, while we get to see a lot if him in the prequels there is no feeling he's actually a player in the events. Everything seems to be predestined and all we are waiting for is that the next generation can get on with the story.

But whoever likes the prequels has every right to do so. I'm just thankful I witnessed the originals in their time.

[Call Billy Bob]

I don't really like the prequels, I tolerate them since they are canon. But, I'm such a completist that I force myself to sit through them when I do a marathon. I watch them more for my own obsessive compulsive sanity than anything else!

[SecretAgentFan]

STAR WARS (and that is what the title of Episode 4 always will remain for me) was such a decisive and important movie experience for me that it could not and (probably) can never be duplicated again.

 

Therefore even the wonderful EMPIRE will always be second to that (still, it was the first sequel in my life that I had ever seen and wanted so badly).

 

When RETURN OF THE JEDI was released I was already a bit lukewarm towards it and liked only parts of it while others felt a bit "been there, done that".  However, it concluded the trilogy, so I dutifully watched it again and again - but nowhere near as many times as its predecessors.

 

After that I thought STAR WARS is done.  And it was.  Neatly tied up.

 

Then came the trailer for Episode I and I loved it, getting my hopes up (as everybody else during that time).  But while watching the film my disappointment grew.  Without the original cast, the balancing of idealism and cynicism (Luke and Han), it all felt too earnest, too boring, not fun anymore.  I (again) dutifully watched Episode II which I liked much better and Episode III which I liked even better than II.  But so much of those films felt and still feel like a computer game (as Dustin said).  

 

The original trilogy lacked irony.  Big time.  It lacked the "Han Solo"-factor.  Take Han out of the Original Trilogy and even those films would suffer badly - imagine them with just Luke and Ben... horrible.

 

I absolutely agree with what Dustin said: Lucas should have continued with Episodes 7, 8 and 9.

 

Then again, I´m happy that he did not since Abrams seems to have a much firmer grasp on what is needed to move forward.

[DaveBond21]

I showed my kids "The Empire Strikes Back" at the weekend. You should have seen my daughter's face when Darth Vader uttered his famous line!!

 

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[Call Billy Bob]

In a bit of Episode VII speculation, has anyone else read about the rumor surrounding Max Von Sydow's character?

Spoiler

That he will, in fact, be playing an elderly Boba Fett? It sounds crazy enough to be true, and I hope it is! Would be age appropriate - Boba would be 66 when The Force Awakens takes place, though Sydow himself is in his 80s.

[x007AceOfSpades]

I'm more curious about this Daniel Craig cameo, after Simon Pegg let it slip out recently.

 

Unless he was just bluffing. Who knows.

[thecasinoroyale]

I've remember when that was muted a long time ago, DC wanting to be involved, so Pegg's "slip" makes me think it feels more true now than anything before as it's come back up again.

 

Would be rather brilliant, just to identify his involvement. Nothing brings out the inner-child in any actor than playing a part in a Star Wars film, especially a Stormtrooper.

[The Dove]

Somehow I don't think we'll be seeing Mr. Craig as a Stormtrooper sans helmet, (way too obvious for a cameo), so we'll all just have to listen very carefully for his voice!!