Re: Star Wars: Episode VII (2015) Discussion Thread
The Falcon with all of it's bootleg navigation software and illegal hardware modifications would be a hard ship to make mainstream, even in the New Republic. I think Han would either 1) stow it away in case of an emergency 2) make his fortunes in the Outer Rim where there's not as much scrutiny. Two makes more sense.
Han and Leia aren't built to last. He would get sick of Leia's world of politics, treaties, diplomacy, state dinners, blah blah blah... Han's too headstrong to be subjugated to such a life. In spite of what was written in the EU books I think he bailed.
Eh, more like Leia embraced his lifestyle and left her old world behind bit by bit untill she's JUST like him.
Dude, quit talking like you know how these movies are going to be approached. I understand you have a phd in Expanded Universe Fiction, but you have no idea how any of this stuff, post RotJ, is going to play out. I also understand you like to talk about this stuff - A LOT - so why don't you start a thread about it?
*goes to happy place... breathes deep.... OMMMMMMMMMM*
Firstly,
I'm not, that's all you projecting. Hate on The EU all you like, it will not change the fact that it exists.
I Have NO idea at all how the new films will approach what has come to pass. I know what is currently "in-continuity" from the Novels, and that's it. The new films may contradict, copy, Rewrite, ignore, or completely embrace what's in there.
I don't know, and I've never claimed to.
NOBODY knows.
BUT UNTILL a New film ( which trumps all other stores, even Bad Films Like ATOC Trump good Books.) completely contradicts the Novels, it's what has officaly happend.
I will say that for the most part, the general outline of the novels follows a fairly logical progression of what their lives would be like post ROTJ, given what we already know about them.
I won't take it elsewhere, becuase referncing it is completely logical when speculating what MIGHT happen in the new movie. It's a frame of reference on what direction the new writing MIGHT take, and a possible window into the creative writing process.
And if you think that Michael Arndt isn't at the VERY LEAST taking a cursory glance at the existing EU to see IF he wants to use any of it, you're a damn fool. You don't win oscars by not being familiar with your material and doing research first, and simply blazing away with a complete disregaurd for everything that came before. That's how you become Michael Bay, or Uwe Bole.
Serious question:
If it were COMPLETELY up to you, what would you have had happen to them in the past 35ish years of time?
Is Ford a drinker? I was under the impression he was just smoking kush...
Donno. I know he's got severe Agoraphobia, which leads many people to think he's on drugs or drunk when he makes a public appearence 90% of the time.
I can't wait to see him back.
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