dan30oly

The Force Awakens is a bullshit title and I'm dissapoint.

I was really hoping for Star Wars: Son of Jar Jar.

I guess I'll just hope for a one-shot movie.

taffer

They should retcon it so that Jar Jar's son is the "other hope" Obi-Wan and Yoda were talking about in ESB.

Luke goes Dark Side in Episode VII. Then Son of Jar Jar must defeat Luke.

Josh-da-man

I never liked the prequel titles.

I would have gone with:

1. The Gathering Darkness
2. Breaking the Republic
3. Revenge of the Sith
4. A New Hope
5. The Empire Strikes Back
6. Return of the Jedi
7. The Force Awakens

I also would have tossed out ep 1/Phantom Menace, made Attack of the Clones into Episode 1: The Gathering Darkness, made Revenge of the Sith into Episode 2: Breaking the Republic, and then Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith would have seen Darth Vader and the Sith hunting down the remaining Jedi and the founding of the rebellion. And no fucking Gungans anywhere.

Michael Corvin

If we're talking 'darkness' in titles, I've always liked the title 'Darkness Falls.' It was the title of an X-files episode way back in the first season.

TGM

Episode 7: The Force Awakens
Episode 8: Rebirth of An Empire
Episode 9: Redemption of A Jedi

RichC2

Episode 7: The Force Awakens
Episode 8: The Force Awakens Into Darkness
Episode 9: Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Sequel II

Deadman31

Episode 7: The Force Takes a Nap
Episode 8: The Force Wakes Up Has to Piss and Goes Back To Said Nap
Episdoe 9: Enough with this shit

JTH182

I see no reason for Star Wars fans not to like that.

Michael Corvin

No Lowbacca = No sale.

Abob Teff

That was before we learned the Force is really just a virus ... Or a bacteria. Whatever the hell midichlorians are. Hell, one little evolutionary anomaly and the Jedi would have been zombies instead of magicians.

aintnosin

Star Wars -Episode VIII: The Force Hits the Snooze Button

Solid Snake

I've never seen this one. Any good?

joe_b

^ Nope.

Rob V

Wow, really funny stuff there. Just classic material.

milo bloom

Is there anything anybody can say that will make folks like yourself understand why this isn't true?

The midi-chlorians *aren't* the Force. They're antennas for The Force. Your concentrations of midichlorians determine how well you interact with The Force.

It is admittedly a clunky way of telling the story, but The Force itself remains an energy field created by all living beings that binds the universe together. It's still an unexplained, mystical, quasi-religious phenomenon.

Timber

So the Force is really just dark matter?

Sean O'Hara

Which is still bullshit since it changes the Force from something anybody can use to a skill you're born with.

For a series about restoring a republic, Star Wars sure didn't have much truck with democracy.

Shazam

Don't be ridiculous.

It's dark energy.

hanshotfirst1138

There are all kind of interesting fan-edits out there I'd like to check out, but I always worry in the back of my mind about the legal grey areas.

I'll check them out. I've heard the Annotated Screenplays book is good too.

dave94

Wait, even before midichlorians, there were still the references that "the Force is strong" with some people. So it's no different, just a very clunky way to explain it.

TGM

at this point I'd be down for the entire prequel trilogy to be explained away as a feverish wet dream that Luke had after drinking spoiled blue milk. I'd be like... "huh.... okay whatevs, let's get on with the action."

Sean O'Hara

I could never get through the Annotated Screenplays. They're too jumbled. Bouzereau will give you a chunk of the finished script, then he'll tell you what was happening at a similar point in all the other drafts, which makes it impossible to keep all the different versions straight.

If you want to see the development of the story, my recommendation is Kaminski's Secret History of Star Wars.

The Force being strong with someone doesn't necessarily mean they were born that way. It could be something you pickup by having the right mindset -- otherwise what's the point of telling someone, "May the Force be with you"? And didn't Obi-wan imply he could train Han if he were open to it?

Guru Askew

A lot of people are wanting this to happen but Disney has acknowledged the prequel trilogy as canon under no uncertain terms. If they were going to decanonize them or whatever they would have done it along with the decanonization of the Expanded Universe.

There are rumors that the new movies will avoid addressing the PT as much as possible but there are also conflicting rumors that a few references are made.

In any case, its not reasonable to expect them to ignore what was, in all reality, a huge financial success that wrapped up less than a decade ago.

milo bloom

The Rinzler books truly are fantastic. I could pore over them for hours at a time, trying to read all the handwritten notes and script corrections. There's so many incredible details.


I don't recall Ben offering to train Han, but in retrospect, I wonder if Han was slightly Force sensitive anyways? A good shot with the blaster and and very good pilot. Maybe some people are slightly luckier than others without being full fledged Jedi?

Michael Corvin

Well you saw Han dodge that blaster shot from Greedo, no way he does that without being force sensitive.