Star Wars

[Aldo1988]

Wheres the old thread gone?

Anyone else a little bit excited about this...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1z3tao7hHEg

[Balinkay]

Saw the trailer today - looks like it has potential. No idea what the story will be about, but whatever it is, it's going to bring some much needed clarity to the post Empire/ pre First Order days.

[teesred]

Very excited. Looks really cool, by Jon Favreau who did Iron man movies. Lots of easter eggs in the trailer too.
Its set 5 years after return of the jedi.

[toneata]

It can't be worse than Solo..............but I bet everyone was pumped after that first trailer too.

[Balinkay]

Didn't even see Soylo - was it as bland as everyone says?

[Clungeman]

Didn't even see Soylo - was it as bland as everyone says?

I had an unscheduled nap in the cinema when I went to see it. Read into that what you will!

[stevie harkness]

Star Wars is an incredibly creative story, hopefully they'll get another few trilogies out of it before it gets stale.

[redebreck]

I've seen either five or six, I believe, starting with the mark hamill trilogy. How many more are there, and are the more recent ones worth looking at?

[Clungeman]

Star Wars is an incredibly creative story, hopefully they'll get another few trilogies out of it before it gets stale.

I've seen either five or six, I believe, starting with the mark hamill trilogy. How many more are there, and are the more recent ones worth looking at?

My sarcasm-o-meter is on the blink I think - I assume you're both taking the piss there right?

[stevie harkness]

My sarcasm-o-meter is on the blink I think - I assume you're both taking the piss there right?

Guilty as charged! :-) but I can't speak for redebreck

[redebreck]

My sarcasm-o-meter is on the blink I think - I assume you're both taking the piss there right?

Nope, I enjoyed the first three early ones, the later two/three were OKish. Genuinely don't know how many there have been in total.

[Balinkay]

@redebreck You're better off. If you like Star Wars, I'd recommend giving some of the cartoons a look.

The new trailer for episode 9 though… atrocious. Possibly the worst trailer I've ever seen.

[RedNoodle]

Disney will keep milking "Star Wars" for all its worth until such a time as its rotting corpse is so decayed and foul smelling that even those who have a non functioning olfactory system will stay away from its foul stench.

[Clungeman]

Nope, I enjoyed the first three early ones, the later two/three were OKish. Genuinely don't know how many there have been in total.

Ah right, fair do's! A quick overview for you then:

Original Trilogy
Star Wars (which was retconned to be called Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope)
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi

This is the classic trilogy, the one that shaped the childhoods of millions (including me). Interestingly, after George Lucas directed the first movie he showed it to loads of his film making buddies (Spielberg, De Palma, Coppola, Scorsese) who basically helped him out in the edit to put together the final cut. Empire and Jedi were produced by Lucas, and based on his story; but written and directed by others.

Prequel Trilogy
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Otherwise known as the 'Binks' trilogy. Lucas took back the reins and did all the writing and directing for this (aside from the script for Attack of the Clones) and proved beyond all doubt that he is a visionary with a huge need for an editor (like George RR Martin, or Vince McMahon). Shitty exposition (midichlorians anyone?), clunky dialogue (Anakin / Padme love story) over-reliance on CGI (Yoda vs Count Dooku) and horrible characters (the afore-mentioned Jar Jar Binks) basically ruined the most eagerly anticipated movie events of all time at that point.

The Disneyfication of Star Wars
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker

And thus we arrive at the current crop, JJ Abrams didn't do a terrible job with The Force Awakens (although not without some notable issues), it was basically a more diversely cast remake of the original Star Wars, whereas Rian Johnson made an utter car-wreck of a movie in The Last Jedi. The Rise of Skywalker is due out this Christmas, but we'll have to see how that does in the face of the current Star Wars fatigue going around; which brings us to...

Shameless Disney Cash-Ins
Rogue One
Solo: A Star Wars Story

Rogue One wasn't bad, probably the best outing since Disney took over Star Wars - the only problems with it were that it lasted probably 20 minutes or so too long and the cast had two or three characters too many. Solo was just boring, somehow managed to make one of the most beloved, charismatic characters in cinema history into an absolute non-entity. And it had Emilia Clarke in it, which is always a terrible thing for a film.

Disney will keep milking "Star Wars" for all its worth until such a time as its rotting corpse is so decayed and foul smelling that even those who have a non functioning olfactory system will stay away from its foul stench.

I agree with you totally there as far as the films go, but I do like the look of The Mandalorian from the trailer, and Ewan MacGregor doing an Obi-Wan series could work too as he was one of the very few good things in the prequel trilogy.

[Balinkay]

I don't get why they've not done Obi Wan spin offs yet. However many they make, they'll be successful. We love Ewan!

I'm quietly excited for what kind of animations they come up with. Rebels was… eh… not terrible, but clearly aimed at a younger audience. However, they're making a season 7 of "The clone wars" and while that series started poorly, its quality skyrocketed after season 3/4 - the storylines improved drastically and the CGI buget went through the roof. Can't wait honestly. Think they've announced they're working on another show as well.

This is quite important to me since to this day the best piece os Star Wars I've seen is Genndy Tartakowski's Clone Wars mini-series from the early 2000's. And I'm including the original trilogy in this. What a fenomenal piece of visual art that is. The whole thing is on youtube if anyone is interested - glorious 2d animation, beautiful music and more fleshed out characters than in any of the non-original trilogies. It's only a total of two hours or so long too, so it's a quick watch.