JJ Abrams to Direct Star Wars VII

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mirth

January 24, 2013, 06:52:11 PM
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Staggerwing

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January 24, 2013, 07:01:59 PM
Sounds vaguely incestuous...
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TheCommandTent

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January 24, 2013, 07:05:49 PM
Well he can't do any worse than Episodes I, II, and III right?
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mirth

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January 24, 2013, 07:48:58 PM
I think he'll do a decent job. I'm just surprised he took it.
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Longdan

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January 24, 2013, 09:11:52 PM
Star2 Trek Wars?
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GDS_Starfury

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January 24, 2013, 09:28:46 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 24, 2013, 07:48:58 PM
I think he'll do a decent job. I'm just surprised he took it.

not with the kind of paycheck he'll be getting.
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Arctic Blast

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January 25, 2013, 02:00:53 AM
All he needs is to make a hostile takeover of The Hobbit franchise and he will officially lord over all of geekdom.

TheCommandTent

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January 25, 2013, 08:42:35 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 25, 2013, 02:00:53 AM
All he needs is to make a hostile takeover of The Hobbit franchise and he will officially lord over all of geekdom.

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January 25, 2013, 09:49:46 AM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on January 25, 2013, 08:42:35 AM
Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 25, 2013, 02:00:53 AM
All he needs is to make a hostile takeover of The Hobbit franchise and he will officially lord over all of geekdom.

One Movie to rule them all, One Movie to find them,
One Movie to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

Lord of the Star Trek Wars Ring....?

W8taminute

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January 25, 2013, 10:07:20 AM
I just hope he does the Thrawn trilogy based off of Timothy Zahn's work.  That is SUPPOSED to be the official ending of the 9 part story. 
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bayonetbrant

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January 25, 2013, 10:10:32 AM
Quote from: W8taminute on January 25, 2013, 10:07:20 AM
I just hope he does the Thrawn trilogy based off of Timothy Zahn's work.  That is SUPPOSED to be the official ending of the 9 part story. 

+1

Those were actually pretty good reads.

I read those, plus the three that came right after them, in the mid-90s when they were re-releasing the original trilogy w/ the "tweaks" (Han shot first!)
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mirth

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January 25, 2013, 11:39:45 AM
I don't think it's going to be based on Zahn's work. Supposed to be an original story.
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Centurion40

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January 25, 2013, 01:15:41 PM
Quote from: mirth on January 24, 2013, 07:48:58 PM
I think he'll do a decent job. I'm just surprised he took it.

Agreed.  I'm 100% fine with it.  I've enjoyed most of JJ's work, so I'm somewhat hopeful that he'll deliver something a bit more 'raw', and less focused on an audience of 11 year-olds, than Episodes I-III.

I'd like to see Luke (played by Mark Hamill) mentoring a group of new Jedi.  I want true menace, death and destruction.  No Ewoks, no Jar-Jar.
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Martok

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January 25, 2013, 01:55:29 PM
Quote from: TheCommandTent on January 24, 2013, 07:05:49 PM
Well he can't do any worse than Episodes I, II, and III right?
He did make that "Star Trek" "movie"...so yes, he most certainly can do worse. 

However much he failed at it, at least Lucas was *trying* re-evoke the feeling & magic of the original trilogy.  Jar-Jar Abrams clearly didn't give a shit about doing the same for Trek-dom. 


(Jesus H.  Only Abrams could cause me to actually *defend* George "Franchise-icide" Lucas.  That is seriously messed up...) 






Quote from: Arctic Blast on January 25, 2013, 02:00:53 AM
All he needs is to make a hostile takeover of The Hobbit franchise and he will officially lord over all of geekdom.
...At which point I'll slit my wrists. 

Abrams can suck out my farts and die. 

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W8taminute

#14
January 25, 2013, 03:57:52 PM
^Other than that Martok, do you have any strong opinions on the matter?   :D


But you're right, the end must be near when you can defend Lucas like you did.  They should really just 86 Star Wars and work on a Warhammer 40K Horus Heresy movie.  I'd really like to see exterminatus with cyclonic torpedoes carried out on the big screen and done properly.
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