The Star Wars Thread

[Blue Lantern Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close Blue Lantern]

Yeah, just some good natured ribbing. I have no issues with Abrams doing Star Wars.

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

There's some people that I'm pretty sure its legitimate.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

Apparently, he was chosen over Ben Affleck. How did that happen? Did Affleck (rightfully) want too much money?

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

I doubt that. Affleck is turning down big budget projects left and right so he can continue his success with low risk high reward films. I don't think he's commanding so much money that Disney wouldn't pay it, just that he's not interested. Like many others weren't interested.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

Yeah, that makes sense, too.

In other news, I think we can forget about seeing another Star Trek movie until at least 2018. Abrams is signed for a trilogy there, and I see him (and Disney) putting a lot more priority on Star Wars. Since Paramount likely won't want to wait, hopefully Abrams will get released from his Paramount contract, and we'll get a better movie as a result just in time for the 50th anniversary. (Especially if Kurtzman and Orci are no longer writing.)

[Robinson Guardian Of The Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Robinson]

You haven't even seen part 2, how do you know we will need a better movie? And 2018 ain't that far off anyways. Right now we are 4years in between movies, so 5 years isn't much longer.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

The 50th anniversary is in 2016. I'm sure Paramount will want something to celebrate it. (Unless CBS gives us a new TV show, but I'm not holding my breath.) And based on Abrams' last Trek film and his comments about the new one, I have many justified reservations. Which leads into my reservations about what he'll do with Star Wars (the expected lens flares and massive plot holes aside).

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

I don't think you can blame any Episode 7 plotholes on JJ. He's not writing and neither is his "team". At least not right now.

[SD80MAC Not a True Fan Find all posts View Profile Close SD80MAC]

Perhaps. Have they settled on any screenwriters yet? There's loads of rumors, but I hadn't heard anything concrete.

[Darth_Primus Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Darth_Primus]

You guys really do bitch and whine way too much.

There are some people that definitely do that and I'm not just referring to Star Wars.

[W.West Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close W.West]

Michael Arndt is writing the first one. With a movie as big as this, I'm sure even an Oscar winning screenwriter will see rewrites.

Lawerence Kasdan & Simon Kinberg are writing Episode 8.

[Blue Lantern Green Lantern Initiate Find all posts View Profile Close Blue Lantern]

Michael Arndt is writing the first one. With a movie as big as this, I'm sure even an Oscar winning screenwriter will see rewrites.

Lawerence Kasdan & Simon Kinberg are writing Episode 8.

Kasdan & Kinberg, now there would be a helluva movie

[Fearless Agent Orange Find all posts View Profile Close Fearless]

Kasdan & Kinberg, now there would be a helluva movie

Amen to that, brother.

[Mister.Weirdo Guardian of the Universe Find all posts View Profile Close Mister.Weirdo]

Lawerence Kasdan & Simon Kinberg are writing Episode 8. [/URL]

Not exactly impressed with those choices. The only thing really good that Kinberg was involved with was Sherlock Holmes and Kasdan hasn't been involved with anything good in years.

[Mister Ed Horse of a Different Color Find all posts View Profile Close Mister Ed]

Not exactly impressed with those choices. The only thing really good that Kinberg was involved with was Sherlock Holmes and Kasdan hasn't been involved with anything good in years.

Maybe not, but he did write THE fan favorite Star Wars movie. That's enough credentials to get a lot of Star Wars fans excited, I'd imagine.