Star Wars: Episode IX - Page 17

*ranger_scout* · 07-27-2018, 04:22 PM

Remember when it was reported that Keri Russell was in talks for a role in this movie? Well, Entertainment Weekly says that a deal couldn't be reached.

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Missing from the cast list was any mention of Keri Russell, a frequent Abrams collaborator from the TV series Felicity and Mission: Impossible 3. Sources told EW she was close to signing for a role, but sometimes more cast members are added later.

http://ew.com/movies/2018/07/27/carr...rs-episode-ix/

*MikeandRaph87* · 07-27-2018, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by frank_one

Will there ever be an Episode X? They've already announced the Rian Johnson's trilogy and the Skywalkers won't be in it.

Star Wars needs to learn from DC. Don't just spout whatever idea of a movie sounds good at the time when you need to focus on immediate projects in production. Right now let's focus on pleasing the crowd about Episode 9 then whatever after that.

*ranger_scout* · 07-27-2018, 05:18 PM

Keri Russell is, in fact, going to be in this movie after all.

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The reason her name wasn’t on the cast list: she hadn’t signed her deal by the time the studio wanted the news to go out today via StarWars.com. Deadline hears though that she has now officially inked for the unknown role, and that she will be in the finale of the Skywalker Saga movies that has a December 20, 2019 release date.

https://deadline.com/2018/07/keri-ru...st-1202435383/

*Shark_Blade* · 07-27-2018, 05:43 PM

Star Wars 9 will see Leia return: "We have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role

https://www.gamesradar.com/amp/star-....co/GSjxZTVdHv

*Andrew NDB* · 07-27-2018, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Star Wars 9 will see Leia return: "We have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role

https://www.gamesradar.com/amp/star-....co/GSjxZTVdHv

That was in the original article/cast announcement.

*sdp* · 07-27-2018, 06:20 PM

Bringing george lucas is definitely a way to pander to fans like bringing back Clone Wars. It does seem like Disney is trying to fix their mistakes, now that doesn't mean they'll get it right, I somehow doubt it but at least they know there's a big problem with their handling of the series. I don't think Lucas will have any real input though.

*frank_one* · 07-27-2018, 06:44 PM

Calling back Lucas is like calling a doctor and ask him to cure a man who is already dead. Han is gone, Luke is gone, Leia is gone... it's like trying to find a good end to a Batman trilogy when you've killed Batman in the second movie. They've been so crazy...

Oh, sure, we still have Lando...

*Andrew NDB* · 07-27-2018, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by frank_one

Oh, sure, we still have Lando...

I wish I could get more excited about Lando. I was excited to see him in TFA and I was excited to see him in TLJ... but they missed their chance. They can never have another scene with him and Harrison Ford, and even the Chewbacca actor they have now is a FAKE Chewbacca actor. He can't even interact with Force Ghost Luke (non Force people can't see Force Ghosts)... and not even Leia!

*Xav* · 07-28-2018, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

There is no reason to think Episode X onward is going to abandon the Skywalker lineage. Isn't that the whole purpose of the numbered saga?

What lineage? Luke is gone, Leia is good as gone and there's no way they can let Klyo Ren live after what he's done.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-28-2018, 12:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Xav

What lineage? Luke is gone, Leia is good as gone and there's no way they can let Klyo Ren live after what he's done.

#1) We have no idea if Luke has kids or not. We haven't been told specifically that he doesn't have any. I'm not even sure we can rule out Han and Leia having more than one kid (I don't remember any lines about Kylo being an only child, do you?). And JJ told Daisy Ridley during TFA that Luke was her dad. True, Rian Johnson went another direction, but now JJ is back for IX and it's fairly easy to imagine the "your parents were junk dealers" thing being retconned or explained away.

#2) It's pretty short-sighted to imagine Kylo has to die in IX. For all we know, Rey goes evil and Kylo realizes it's because of him... and snaps to. Nothing would be more perfunctory than heroic Rey marching through IX, fighting and killing the evil boss, Kylo at the end.

*ZariusTwo* · 07-28-2018, 02:52 AM

*TheBlueTurtle1* · 07-28-2018, 03:10 AM

Hard to care about Star Wars now, the new films are SOOOO bad, they really, really are.

~~Vegita-San~~ · 07-28-2018, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBlueTurtle1

Hard to care about Star Wars now, the new films are SOOOO bad, they really, really are.

agreed. it's pretty clear they have NO ONE with any creative talent there anymore...or at least this person isn't allowed to do anything creative.

it's all episode 4 call backs even when they want to 'kill the past'. they are playing it safe with re hash after re hash.

and then trashing the legacy characters to boot, as well as the fans?

screw star wars.

*neatoman* · 07-28-2018, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

Star Wars 9 will see Leia return: "We have found a way to honor Carrie’s legacy and role

https://www.gamesradar.com/amp/star-....co/GSjxZTVdHv

Using footage from another movie seems like it's going to come across as being out of place, because it's literally out of place.

Seriously, either write Leia out of the movie or recast her. I'd much rather watch a replacement actress for the rest of the bounce off, than watch deleted scenes edited for a completely context.

I mean how are they even going to make the dialouge work? Is it going to be like this?

Kylo Ren: Mother! We meet again, now after I have killed Snoke.
Leia: Ben.
Kylo Ren: Please, you can still join me. I need an advisor as the Supreme Leader, since I have inherited that role.
Leia: No.
Kylo Ren: You have to understand, I am the only one who can restore peace to the Galaxy. Do really think the resistance can overthrow me?
Leia: Yes.
Kylo Ren: It didn't work the last time, you were in the rebellion and a new Empire still arose. Don't you agree it's a better idea to rule the benevolently from within the first order?
Leia: No.
Kylo Ren: Then if you will not do it for the Galaxy, will you at least do it for your son? Don't you still love?
Leia: Yes.
Kylo Ren: Then won't you join me?
Leia: No.

There's no way I'm seeing this turn out well.

~~Vegita-San~~ · 07-28-2018, 10:24 AM

pretty much how i see it. or else they'll have to use the most generic dialogue.

unless they re work the plot to fit the old shots. and that ALSO will not go well.

*plastroncafe* · 07-28-2018, 10:29 AM

The good news there is that all the people who are DONE with this franchise now have one less thing to worry/kvetch about, since they won't be seeing it anyways.

It's win/win!

*ZariusTwo* · 07-28-2018, 10:31 AM

~~Sumac~~ · 07-28-2018, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by plastroncafe

The good news there is that all the people who are DONE with this franchise now have one less thing to worry/kvetch about, since they won't be seeing it anyways.

It's win/win!

Nah, like proggies crying and swearing off of franchises (but nevertheless continue to watch them), everyone else will cry about Star Wars.

*Andrew NDB* · 07-28-2018, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

Using footage from another movie seems like it's going to come across as being out of place, because it's literally out of place.

Seriously, either write Leia out of the movie or recast her. I'd much rather watch a replacement actress for the rest of the bounce off, than watch deleted scenes edited for a completely context.

I mean how are they even going to make the dialouge work? Is it going to be like this?

Kylo Ren: Mother! We meet again, now after I have killed Snoke.
Leia: Ben.
Kylo Ren: Please, you can still join me. I need an advisor as the Supreme Leader, since I have inherited that role.
Leia: No.
Kylo Ren: You have to understand, I am the only one who can restore peace to the Galaxy. Do really think the resistance can overthrow me?
Leia: Yes.
Kylo Ren: It didn't work the last time, you were in the rebellion and a new Empire still arose. Don't you agree it's a better idea to rule the benevolently from within the first order?
Leia: No.
Kylo Ren: Then if you will not do it for the Galaxy, will you at least do it for your son? Don't you still love?
Leia: Yes.
Kylo Ren: Then won't you join me?
Leia: No.

There's no way I'm seeing this turn out well.

Hahaha... yeah, exactly. They should have just recasted.

I think they'll find a way to repurpose the deleted scene of Leia addressing the New Republic from TFA. Then snippets of her looking deep in thought at various times.

*frank_one* · 07-28-2018, 02:01 PM

Do you think her character will survive? I think Leia will die and at the end of the movie we will see her in ghost form with Luke (and Yoda/Anakin/Obi-Wan?), something similar to the end of Ep 6.

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07-27-2018, 06:44 PM	#327
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,253	Calling back Lucas is like calling a doctor and ask him to cure a man who is already dead. Han is gone, Luke is gone, Leia is gone... it's like trying to find a good end to a Batman trilogy when you've killed Batman in the second movie. They've been so crazy... Oh, sure, we still have Lando...

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~~Vegita-San~~ Banned Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 6,089	pretty much how i see it. or else they'll have to use the most generic dialogue. unless they re work the plot to fit the old shots. and that ALSO will not go well.

07-28-2018, 02:01 PM	#340
frank_one Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southern Europe Posts: 2,253	Do you think her character will survive? I think Leia will die and at the end of the movie we will see her in ghost form with Luke (and Yoda/Anakin/Obi-Wan?), something similar to the end of Ep 6.