Star Wars Episode 7 - Page 6

*chrisdude* · 01-10-2014, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by sdp

The quotes from the guys in charge basically imply to me that all the EU is rebooted, they even mention it being a "soft reboot", with Marvel getting the license back and Del Rey probably losing it and EA being the exclusive game maker it definitely feels like it'll be a new EU, except that in this new EU everything will be canon, you can bet Ep.7 is going to ignore everything and we'll see Chewbacca there the same way the prequels ignored the EU. By soft reboot I'm guessing that very important novels might be re-printed and considered canon? I don't know but counting everything will be canon with everything, even with a tighter control we'll have a pretty crazy universe like the one the EU has now, because that's just what time and stories do to a universe, makes it infinitely more and more complicated.

The quotes also imply that pretty much everything besides the movies is being thrown away too. The only reason why The Clone Wars might be considered is because the people making Rebels are the same team. But good bye old Clone Wars cartoon and good bye the Ewok movies and previous shows as well like Droids and Ewoks.

Reminds me of TRON. Before TRON: Legacy, there were video game and comic tie-ins to the original film. But the second movie came with a game, comics and TV show of its own, and they completely ignored and overwrote what came before, keeping only the original movie as canon.

*CyberCubed* · 01-10-2014, 12:02 PM

How much of Dark Horse's income relied on the Star Wars license? Do you think they will still survive in the industry without it? What else do they publish besides Usagi Yojimbo?

*Andrew NDB* · 01-10-2014, 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

How much of Dark Horse's income relied on the Star Wars license? Do you think they will still survive in the industry without it? What else do they publish besides Usagi Yojimbo?

A lot of things.

*CyberCubed* · 01-10-2014, 02:35 PM

But how much of their profits came from Star Wars? I imagine a sizable chunk.

*Andrew NDB* · 01-10-2014, 03:21 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

But how much of their profits came from Star Wars? I imagine a sizable chunk.

Maybe 15%.

They survived before Star Wars, they'll survive after it.

*Candy Kappa* · 01-10-2014, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

How much of Dark Horse's income relied on the Star Wars license? Do you think they will still survive in the industry without it? What else do they publish besides Usagi Yojimbo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...s_publications

*Andrew NDB* · 01-10-2014, 06:04 PM

Makes you wonder, though. With Star Wars at Disney... will things be opened up to projects like, "X-Men vs. Star Wars"? "Avengers/Star Wars"? Magneto vs. Darth Vader, etc..

*Raph's Girl* · 04-07-2014, 03:00 PM

Peter Mayhew confirmed as returning as Chewbacca!! WOOH! Chewbacca lives!!!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116895

*Andrew NDB* · 04-07-2014, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Peter Mayhew confirmed as returning as Chewbacca!! WOOH! Chewbacca lives!!!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116895

No surprise there, but that cinches it -- the EU is out the window.

*blindturtle02* · 04-07-2014, 03:14 PM

Chewie lives? Fine with me! Eat that, Yuuzhan Vong!

*ZariusTwo* · 04-07-2014, 03:32 PM

Good riddence EU. You never got any better than Zahn.

*Zulithe* · 04-07-2014, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Peter Mayhew confirmed as returning as Chewbacca!! WOOH! Chewbacca lives!!!

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=116895

Awesome. Yeah he's been VERY active on twitter these past months, posting lots of photos etc. He must be totally ecstatic to be returning... again

Star Wars... the gift that keeps on giving. This guy pretty much made a nice living from playing ONE character who doesn't even have to say any lines

~~JakeSully~~ · 04-08-2014, 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Hazel-rah

Yes, I understand the business side. Also a May release would really rush this movie, but I would rather them push back to May 2016. But I know they want to start returns on their 4.5 billion.

I think it's quite refreshing as it could be a Christmas gift for SW fans next year and originally Episode IV was gonna have a holiday 1976 release did you know that?

Anyone glad Lucas is hands off as he is leaving creative decisions to other creative people and better writers? i mean sure he is the creator and all that but ah damn he was a poor writer. I think this should be quite well written and nice to see the original cast back with new faces added.

And now that Lucas is gone, away and retired from his company wouldn't it be awesome to see Disney-Fox-Lucasfilm join together to release the original unmolested, untampered and unedited theatrical cuts of the classic films on blu-ray with quality restorations and all that in 2015.

*Raph's Girl* · 04-10-2014, 05:27 PM

More casting!

Apparantly when Karen Gillan cut off her hair for Guardians of the Galaxy she donated it. Her hair will now be in Episode 7. As what (maybe a baby Wookie or Ewok?) hasn't been revealed yet.

So yeah. The confirmed casting for the film is Chewbacca, R2D2 and Karen Gillan's hair.

http://io9.com/karen-gillans-hair-wi...e-v-1561922775

*NinjaPug* · 04-25-2014, 06:14 PM

Lucasfilm officially announced today that the EU is not canon and won't be the basis for the new movies. The press release did say that elements from the EU could be used.

The coolest part to me is that they've formed a story group that will work to keep all future work (which will be canon) connected. So all books and video games going forward will be canon.

http://starwars.com/news/the-legenda...-new-page.html

Peanut · 04-26-2014, 01:12 PM

This is the best Star Wars related news I've heard in years. F*ck the EU!

TMNT_Guy · 04-26-2014, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Peanut

This is the best Star Wars related news I've heard in years.

Obligatory "Why do you hate this?" post.

*CyberCubed* · 04-26-2014, 07:03 PM

Parts of the EU felt like poorly written fanfiction from some 15 year old manchildren. There are a few good arcs but the majority is trash.

*sdp* · 04-26-2014, 07:17 PM

In theory it's good that the new EU will be better handled and being able to take the "best" of the old EU and remaking it. However who will be able to re-write the Thrawn trilogy better or some great comics etc. Somethings can't be done better. I also feel this is a temporary solution, in 10 years the new EU will be as big of a convoluted mess as the current one is.

*NinjaPug* · 04-26-2014, 07:33 PM

Who said they were rewriting the Thrawn trilogy?

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04-10-2014, 05:27 PM	#114
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	More casting! Apparantly when Karen Gillan cut off her hair for Guardians of the Galaxy she donated it. Her hair will now be in Episode 7. As what (maybe a baby Wookie or Ewok?) hasn't been revealed yet. So yeah. The confirmed casting for the film is Chewbacca, R2D2 and Karen Gillan's hair. http://io9.com/karen-gillans-hair-wi...e-v-1561922775 __________________

01-10-2014, 12:02 PM	#102
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,854	How much of Dark Horse's income relied on the Star Wars license? Do you think they will still survive in the industry without it? What else do they publish besides Usagi Yojimbo?

01-10-2014, 02:35 PM	#104
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,854	But how much of their profits came from Star Wars? I imagine a sizable chunk.

04-25-2014, 06:14 PM	#115
NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,390	Lucasfilm officially announced today that the EU is not canon and won't be the basis for the new movies. The press release did say that elements from the EU could be used. The coolest part to me is that they've formed a story group that will work to keep all future work (which will be canon) connected. So all books and video games going forward will be canon. http://starwars.com/news/the-legenda...-new-page.html

04-26-2014, 01:12 PM	#116
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	This is the best Star Wars related news I've heard in years. F*ck the EU!

04-26-2014, 07:03 PM	#118
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,854	Parts of the EU felt like poorly written fanfiction from some 15 year old manchildren. There are a few good arcs but the majority is trash.

04-26-2014, 07:17 PM	#119
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,211	In theory it's good that the new EU will be better handled and being able to take the "best" of the old EU and remaking it. However who will be able to re-write the Thrawn trilogy better or some great comics etc. Somethings can't be done better. I also feel this is a temporary solution, in 10 years the new EU will be as big of a convoluted mess as the current one is. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

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NinjaPug Foot Elite Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 4,390	Who said they were rewriting the Thrawn trilogy?