Star Wars: Episode IX

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Nah, but I might have one of those too.

It's the big, $65 hardcover Official Encyclopedia that covers "everything" - movies, novels, comics, etc. etc.

I also have a smaller, softcover "Official Guide to the Star Wars Universe" but it doesn't go into anywhere near as much depth.

That reminds me, I need to update that "Books" thread in the DF, since I recently unearthed a bunch of them. Bet'cha thought I forgot.

I used to have the Official Trek Encyclopedia, but it ended at, I think, Season 5 of Voyager. They later came out with an update, but the update was rereleasing the original paired with an auxiliary volume instead of actually updating the first one. It was weird.

Only $65? Sounds like a steal!

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I used to have the Official Trek Encyclopedia, but it ended at, I think, Season 5 of Voyager. They later came out with an update, but the update was rereleasing the original paired with an auxiliary volume instead of actually updating the first one. It was weird.

Right? How weird. How hard would it have been to just update the previous stuff? I wish they'd do another one.

[Leo656]

Might've even been $75, I gotta check.

[CyberCubed]

Janeway's voice always struck me as a "Grandmother voice" which is why she felt too old for people even when she was young.

[Leo656]

Some people are just like that. I used to think Mary Steenburgen was way older than she was, because even when she was younger she looked and sounded like she was in her 40s. It's weird.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Janeway's voice always struck me as a "Grandmother voice" which is why she felt too old for people even when she was young.

I dunno, I'm too used to the voice by now to have a problem with it. But I see where you're coming from.

[Roseangelo]

Why is this thread talking about Star Trek instead of the big-ass bow caster C-3PO is holding in the "poster" that got leaked today.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Why is this thread talking about Star Trek instead of the big-ass bow caster C-3PO is holding in the "poster" that got leaked today.

My first thought was "uh oh... R.I.P., Chewie."

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

Hey, if they ever do kill Chewie, they will never be able to top how the expanded universe killed him; dropping a planetary body on the galaxy's most awesome wookie!

Lol... I can't believe EU Chewie actually died by being MOONED!

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Why is this thread talking about Star Trek instead of the big-ass bow caster C-3PO is holding in the "poster" that got leaked today.

It's rather telling more people would rather discuss the worst Trek show of the 90s than the worst trilogy of the SW franchise.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Why is this thread talking about Star Trek instead of the big-ass bow caster C-3PO is holding in the "poster" that got leaked today.

Because Cylons doesn't follow the Drome's first rule.

Do you guys think Episode 9 will really kill off Chewie, too? Pretty brutal trilogy, if so.

"Hey, gang, remember all your favorite characters from the original Star Wars trilogy? WELL WATCH THEM ALL DIE!!!!"

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Because Cylons doesn't follow the Drome's first rule.

Do you guys think Episode 9 will really kill off Chewie, too? Pretty brutal trilogy, if so.

"Hey, gang, remember all your favorite characters from the original Star Wars trilogy? WELL WATCH THEM ALL DIE!!!!"

You're assuming they're going to kill off Leia because her actress died. Stop doing that.

Although technically you could say the same of the OT, vs. the PT. Everyone from the PT died in the OT. Like, everyone aside from the droids.

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

I've got pretty much no interest in Episode 9

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

You're assuming they're going to kill off Leia because her actress died. Stop doing that.

Although technically you could say the same of the OT, vs. the PT. Everyone from the PT died in the OT. Like, everyone aside from the droids.

How else do you handle Carrie Fisher's death? They can't use Leia going forward. And Disney isn't just going to stop making Star Wars movies; that's leaving all the money on the table.

Maybe if they were only trying to finish this trilogy, yeah, they could leave Leia alive off-screen. Or maybe if the Sequel Trilogy had never gone back and made Han, Luke, and Leia such integral players in the current movies.

But making more and more movies, and always leaving Leia off-screen with no resolution? I don't buy that.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

How else do you handle Carrie Fisher's death? They can't use Leia going forward.

There is no going forward. Even if they make Episode X, it won't be for 10 years or so... and she could've easily died between trilogies.

How else? Many ways. I have no idea what footage they're using of hers other than the big "addressing the Republic" cut scene from 7, but it's not hard to imagine how they could sprinkle her throughout 9 and somehow still have her "preside" at the end. Not super satisfyingly, but it seems sounder to me than, "The actress died so we must KILL the character! Let's start plotting her DEATH!"

I doubt the idea at any point was ever, "All OT characters must be DEAD by the end of this trilogy!"

But making more and more movies, and always leaving Leia off-screen with no resolution? I don't buy that.

They don't need to give her a "resolution." They just need to give her stuff to do. Apparently they have, somehow, in this.

If they ever use Leia in post-Episode IX stuff it'd probably be CGI/animated crap anyway. And even when they have the actual actors and actresses alive to reprise parts, they usually don't anyway.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I doubt the idea at any point was ever, "All OT characters must be DEAD by the end of this trilogy!"

"Let the past die. Kill it, if you have to".

[neatoman]

I remember hearing rumors about Rey mirroring Padme's role in this movie, that Kylo knocks her up through the force and then dies giving birth to the baby. Sounds idiotic and doubt it'll happen, especially given the potential backlash.

[Andrew NDB]

I mean, Lando's in this movie, and it's fairly unlikely Billy Dee will ever play the character again after this. Does that automatically mean they're going to kill him off in this? No, that's dumb.

[CyberCubed]

We'll get an Episode X another 30 years from now when Rey/Finn/Poe are middle age to continue the Star Wars cycle for another generation. But at the rate Disney is going with milking they may do another mainline trilogy in only 15 years time or less.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

We'll get an Episode X another 30 years from now when Rey/Finn/Poe are middle age to continue the Star Wars cycle for another generation. But at the rate Disney is going with milking they may do another mainline trilogy in only 15 years time or less.

I say 10 years. It was 10 years between Episode III and Episode VII. I think Disney accepts that as the minimum "cool down" period between trilogies.