JJ Abrams to Direct Star Wars VII

[BanzaiCat]

The Falcon is bound to have a fridge.

Though I imagine he'll fly the Falcon much slower this time around, nowhere near his Kessel run 'speed' or 'time,' and even if he tries, he'll have his left turn signal on the entire way.  ;D

[SirAndrewD]

I do hear that this time around Chewbacca is being played by Shia LaBeouf, hence the beard.

[Centurion40]

I do hear that this time around Chewbacca is being played by Shia LaBeouf, hence the beard.

Makes sense.

[endfire79]

Hipster Chewbacca ;)

[mirth]

I know this will come as a shock, but that new lightsaber would be a terrible weapon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-star-wars-saber-kass-met-1204-20141204-column.html

[BanzaiCat]

That Jesus-wielding-the-lightsaber that someone (Barth?) posted recently was rather hilarious.

[Barthheart]

This one?




:)

[BanzaiCat]

  yeah, was that you that posted that one?

[Barthheart]

yeah, was that you that posted that one?

Si.  O0

[Nefaro]

I know this will come as a shock, but that new lightsaber would be a terrible weapon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-star-wars-saber-kass-met-1204-20141204-column.html

Hell.. swinging around a long weightless "blade" of plasma-wot-not would already be terribly dangerous to oneself.

Try flipping your flashlight around all willy nilly while it's on.  You could probably tell where you'd slice yourself up in no time if it was something like that.  ;D

[bbmike]

The changes to what is considered canon seems like a huge eff you to the fan base and the contributors like Zahn. Lucas was all too willing to cash in on others keeping Star Wars alive in the years between ROTJ and the prequels. And then it all just gets erased. I wasn't a huge fan of most of the EU stuff, but I respect that it meant something to a lot of other fans. Seems crappy to say now that none of it is really part of the Star Wars universe.

Hehe. That's how Jar Jar Abrams operates. Don't be surprised when he destroys Hoth or Tatooine. I'm sure there's more nerd rage to come.  :D

[Staggerwing]

I know this will come as a shock, but that new lightsaber would be a terrible weapon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-star-wars-saber-kass-met-1204-20141204-column.html

Paywall door bouncer.  :(

[mirth]

I know this will come as a shock, but that new lightsaber would be a terrible weapon

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-star-wars-saber-kass-met-1204-20141204-column.html

Paywall door bouncer.  :(

Sorry. I got to it originally through Yahoo. Going through a referrer must bypass the paywall.

[W8taminute]

The changes to what is considered canon seems like a huge eff you to the fan base and the contributors like Zahn. Lucas was all too willing to cash in on others keeping Star Wars alive in the years between ROTJ and the prequels. And then it all just gets erased. I wasn't a huge fan of most of the EU stuff, but I respect that it meant something to a lot of other fans. Seems crappy to say now that none of it is really part of the Star Wars universe.

Hehe. That's how Jar Jar Abrams operates. Don't be surprised when he destroys Hoth or Tatooine. I'm sure there's more nerd rage to come.  :D

When Lucas made Jar Jar all canon Star Wars material was erased, at least for me.  Lucas himself gave his most loyal fans a huge eff you creating that train wreck of a prequel series. 

I'm all for Abrams blasting the whole original Star Wars story to smithereens to be replaced and remolded in his own vision.  Perhaps this tired Star Wars series will finally get new life breathed into it.   ;)

And if the new stuff fails to satisfy, then I'll just go back to watching THX 1138 over and over again until the day I die.   

[BanzaiCat]

The prequel trilogy is indeed all kinds of train wreck so it's silly to point out how many shortcomings it has. The one that resonated most with me was their use of relatively big-name actors (some more than others of course) instead of unknowns, like in the original series. That turned me off even before the first one hit the screen. And sure enough there were plenty of more reasons to not like the prequel trilogy...that was a foundational issue for me, though.