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[Pbartender]

I'll probably get around to reading the last half of the series, but based on the first half, I think its severely flawed and not really what I was looking for in the series.

Oh, but you were just getting to the really good parts. Read them all through to the end, and everything... Including the Prequel movies... will make so much more sense. The authors did a really good job tying everything together in the end.

 

[Welverin]

I have no idea what 7-9 would be about as Star Wars 1-6 are about the rise, fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. For me, the story has been told. But there is no way I would miss any additional films.

I agree with John on this one, what's there to do after RotJ?

The whole series is about the rise and fall of Palpatine, secondary to that is the fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. Ep1-3's meta plot is the fall to the darkside of Anakin, Ep4-6's meta plot is a parallel of Ep1-3 except this time about Luke not falling to the darkside. RotJ ties all of that up, and there's really nothing else to cover.

 

[fett527]

I agree with John on this one, what's there to do after RotJ?

The whole series is about the rise and fall of Palpatine, secondary to that is the fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. Ep1-3's meta plot is the fall to the darkside of Anakin, Ep4-6's meta plot is a parallel of Ep1-3 except this time about Luke not falling to the darkside. RotJ ties all of that up, and there's really nothing else to cover.

Anakin Skywalker is the central story not Palpatine.

As for more movies, who says there can't be a new story? Why does it have to do with the central ideas in 1-6?

 

[Darrin Drader]

Just because Lucas hasn't made it apparent where the story should go after the death of Anakin doesn't mean that he didn't have something in mind. I can't guarantee that it would be any good, especially after the prequels, but I would be interested in at least knowing the direction it was supposed to go.

In regards to the age of the original actors, I agree that 10 years ago would have been the right time to do any sequels using them. That means that if 7-9 are ever done they will either have to feature all new characters (which I don't think would fly) or mostly new characters and recast those unable to return. I think Mark Hamil and Carrie Fisher coul still pull it off, but I'm not so sure about Harrison Ford. Of course I keep thinking the same thing about Clint Eastwood and he keeps coming back despite his age, so maybe I'm just wrong.

edit: Oh yeah, I agree that Anakin is the central character in episodes 1 - 6.

 

[fett527]

I agree that Lucas always had something in mind for 7-9 so there must be more to the story line. In fact I know he had 9 movies in mind all the way to at least the early-mid 80s. I have Starlog from Septmeber 1981 (my sister got it for me because Fett is on the front and it had an article on Jeremy Bulloch) that has part 3 of a Q&A with Lucas and they talk about the nine movies throughout the article:

KOQ(Kerry O'Quinn): Do you have the whole nine-film series plotted?

GL: Yeah, but it's a long way from plot to the script. I've just gone through that with Revenge of the Jedi...

I of course had to include the reference to Revenge of the Jedi. I just wanted to put forth that the way things have evolved that now the story could be only somewhat connected to the original characters and still be great films. The Star Wars universe has a life and following all its own separate from the original central characters.

 

[Orius]

The biggest problem will be getting Harrison Ford to do it, he doesn't work cheap, not to mention he's really getting old (62 in July), this series wouldn't even start production till after the next movie is out in 2005. Would he want to devote 6 to 8 years of his life to another Star Wars trilogy?

That's the biggest drawback to doing a sequel trilogy. All the actors are getting too old. I'm not sure he'd be able to do whatever story he had in mind for it in the first place.

 

[Orius]

One minor complaint I do have about Zahn is the plot device he invented to prevent Luke from using his force powers to get out of jams.

Lizards that nullify the force? C'mon!

I disagree. I think Zahn did a good job explaining why the ysalimiri had that ability, and they were integral enough to the overall plot to feel like more than just a plot device.

 

[Orius]

Anderson turned it into, well, I would have said a bad D&D novelization of the Star Wars universe, but that's insulting to good D&D novelizations...

Yeah, Anderson had some good ideas, but it's filled with a lot of crap. Combine that with incompetant, dorky, and comical villains, it makes for painful reading.

 

[Hypersmurf]

That's the biggest drawback to doing a sequel trilogy. All the actors are getting too old. I'm not sure he'd be able to do whatever story he had in mind for it in the first place.

Well, hey, we could just replace Harrison Ford with Ben Affleck. He's done it before...

Ow! What'd I say?

-Hyp.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I disagree. I think Zahn did a good job explaining why the ysalimiri had that ability, and they were integral enough to the overall plot to feel like more than just a plot device.

Yeah - if they'd just been anti-Jedi fields, it wouldn't have worked as well... but their inclusion in the cloning process was cool.

-Hyp.