Original Star Wars actors to take center stage in new movie

Kramodlog

Naked and living in a barrel

• Jan 12, 2014

• #1

The original write left cause he wanted the kids to take center stage, but J.J. wants the old actor to appear in first movie before passing the torch.

Arndt is said to have focused on the offspring of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill), Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher), with the original trilogy's heroes taking on supporting roles. Abrams, however, wanted Episode VII to focus on the classic trio of characters, so audiences could have one more chance to enjoy them before a fitting send-off. The new characters, the offspring, will now be in supporting roles, according to these sources, and take center stage in Episode VIII and IX. Some characters have disappeared from the Arndt script and new ones are being added.

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billd91

Not your screen monkey (he/him)

• Jan 12, 2014

• #2

I think a "passing of the torch" kind of movie could work. Weaves in a little more continuity between trilogies.

 

sabrinathecat

Explorer

• Jan 13, 2014

• #3

I don't know... have you seen Carrie Fisher lately? Yikes!

 

delericho

Legend

• Jan 13, 2014

• #4

That sounds terrible. There are lessons to be learned from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", and they're not just about letting CGI ruin your film.

And, unlike IJ, it's not necessary to bring back the previous cast here - whereas only Harrison Ford could play Indy, and you can't have an Indy movie without him, it's obviously not the case that you need the Big Three to have a Star Wars movie.

 

trappedslider

Legend

• Jan 13, 2014

• #5

delericho said:

That sounds terrible. There are lessons to be learned from "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", and they're not just about letting CGI ruin your film.
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Don't try to move into the next era of the source material? ( the first three indy movies were based on 30's pulp while the 4th was based on 50's pulp)

 

delericho

Legend

• Jan 13, 2014

• #6

trappedslider said:

Don't try to move into the next era of the source material? ( the first three indy movies were based on 30's pulp while the 4th was based on 50's pulp)

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I was thinking more, "don't try to do an action film when your leading actor is in his mid-sixties." (now seventies, of course)

I didn't particularly care for the aliens plot in KotKS, but I did understand why they went for it. And a good script, and less reliance on CGI, could fix up most of the rest of the problems with the film. But, unfortunately, HF's age is a problem that isn't so easily fixed.

 

Deset Gled

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• Jan 13, 2014

• #7

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Could you please stop using that blue text? It's terrible to read with the Legacy scheme.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?348563-Dark-Text-on-a-Dark-Background-Tutorial

 

Kramodlog

Naked and living in a barrel

• Jan 13, 2014

• #8

Deset Gled said:

Could you please stop using that blue text? It's terrible to read with the Legacy scheme.

http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?348563-Dark-Text-on-a-Dark-Background-Tutorial

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I use it cause quotes are't readable in legacy. At least that is what I was told.

 

Dungeoneer

First Post

• Jan 13, 2014

• #9

goldomark said:

The original write left cause he wanted the kids to take center stage, but J.J. wants the old actor to appear in first movie before passing the torch.

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'Old actor' being the operative phrase here. All of the actors are now 35 years older than they were when the first film came out. I don't want to see Grandpa Luke and Grandma Leia anymore than I wanted to see Grandpa Indy...

 

Kramodlog

Naked and living in a barrel

• Jan 13, 2014

• #10

Come on. You'll have one last chance to see Carry Fisher in the legendary bikini.