Disney ignoring Expanded Universe for new Star Wars trilogy

mmntech

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File this under Ob for obvious. Going to piss off a lot of the hardcore Star Wars fans.

A post on Starwars.com officially confirms what fans have been hearing for the past three months: the complex and detailed future history of the Star Wars universe that has been slowly accreting since the 1990s will be completely ignored by the new trilogy of films. Per the post, "Star Wars Episodes VII-IX will not tell the same story told in the post-Return of the Jedi Expanded Universe."

The confirmation is being met with a mixed reaction from fans over on Star Wars uber-site TheForce.net. "Thank you for wasting 20 years of my life," said one poster. "I honestly may be done with Star Wars at this point."

"The simple truth is that canon is whatever the license holder says it is. Fans need to wrap their heads around that," responded another.

According to the post, the reasons for the move have been previously mentioned: the Star Wars Expanded Universe is a vast, massively interconnected tapestry. The timeline that casual fans will want to hear the most about—and the timeline that Disney will be targeting with the new trilogy—occurs after Return of the Jedi and encompasses the continuing adventures of Luke, Han, and Leia. Few topics are as well-trodden in the EU as the Return of the Jedi aftermath—Han and Leia wed and have children, Luke meets former Imperial agent-turned-smuggler Mara Jade, and the New Republic is formed. The sheer bulk of storytelling that's been done about the post-RotJ time period would hopelessly tie the hands of any scriptwriter wanting to step in and show the events on film.

Expanded Universe diehards need not feel too bad, though, because the massive amount of EU material will all still be available for sale. Lucasfilm is creating a new "Star Wars Legends" banner under which the now non-canonical stories will be published (be they books, role-playing materials, games, or anything else).
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014...new-star-wars-films-ignore-expanded-universe/
 
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BoberFett

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By hardcore fans, do you mean people who will buy anything with the SW logo? Or people who haven't liked SW since Empire...

:p
 

poofyhairguy

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I just don't see how these movies can be good. Everyone in the originals are old, which means you will recast main people, which means I don't give a crap.

This should have happened 20 years ago, or at least instead of the prequels.
 
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I'm glad to see that the Star Wars Universe, like myself, refuses to acknowledge the existence of the European Union.
 

brainhulk

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They are going to ignore Europe? Imperials don't need british voices anyway

Fucks given = 0
 
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JEDI

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File this under Ob for obvious. Going to piss off a lot of the hardcore Star Wars fans.


http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014...new-star-wars-films-ignore-expanded-universe/

so han and leia don't have
twins?
and the girl twin turns to the darkside, making the male twin kill her?
also, Luke doesn't
goto the darkside thus Leia becomes a jedi to bring him back to the light?

and doesn't Chewbacca get killed by something heavy falling on him?
sorry, but I thought this was stupid way to end him thus no spoiler tag
 
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Rakehellion

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I just don't see how these movies can be good. Everyone in the originals are old, which means you will recast main people, which means I don't give a crap.

This should have happened 20 years ago, or at least instead of the prequels.

It amazes me how modern movies with such outlandish budgets can manage to be so crappy.
 

mmntech

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so han and leia don't have
twins?
and the girl twin turns to the darkside, making the male twin kill her?
also, Luke doesn't
goto the darkside thus Leia becomes a jedi to bring him back to the light?

and Chewbacca doesn't get killed by something heavy falling on him?

Chewie had a moon fall on him because he misplaced his ocarina.

Some of the expanded universe stuff is complete rubbish. A lot of it actually. Like that nonsense with the resurrected Emperor, or the Vong. Thrawn was a great villain though. I hope he makes an appearance and doesn't get canned entirely.

I'm going into these films with low expectations. I doubt they'll be on the same calibre as the Original Trilogy, but they'll at least be more coherent than the prequels.
 

zinfamous

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File this under Ob for obvious. Going to piss off a lot of the hardcore Star Wars fans.


http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014...new-star-wars-films-ignore-expanded-universe/


lol:

The confirmation is being met with a mixed reaction from fans over on Star Wars uber-site TheForce.net. "Thank you for wasting 20 years of my life," said one poster. "I honestly may be done with Star Wars at this point."

Uh, no sir. that one is all on you. Go outside, kiss a girl. etc.
 

JamesV

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They should have Neil Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) direct and write the movies. He seems to be the ONLY current sci-fi director that has any shred of genius. Maybe pair him with Alfonso Cuaron for Cuaron's long shots... hmmm, I'd go see that.

It will probably be some kind of Michael Bay + Pixar director though, with 25% of the movie being nothing but a way to promote merchandise (ie. tons of non-essential characters they can sell models of, etc).

George Lucas killed his own franchise. If Walt Disney was still around and taking charge, I might have some faith, but...
 

zinfamous

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They should have Neil Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) direct and write the movies. He seems to be the ONLY current sci-fi director that has any shred of genius. Maybe pair him with Alfonso Cuaron for Cuaron's long shots... hmmm, I'd go see that.

It will probably be some kind of Michael Bay + Pixar director though, with 25% of the movie being nothing but a way to promote merchandise (ie. tons of non-essential characters they can sell models of, etc).

George Lucas killed his own franchise. If Walt Disney was still around and taking charge, I might have some faith, but...

well, we already know that JJ Abrams is leading this outfit--I want to say Kasdan is somehow involved int he scripts? I could be making that up.

JJ Abrams....eh, could be worse, I guess? Certainly no Cuaron (that would be titacular), but certainly better than Bay.
 

mmntech

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They should have Neil Blomkamp (District 9, Elysium) direct and write the movies. He seems to be the ONLY current sci-fi director that has any shred of genius. Maybe pair him with Alfonso Cuaron for Cuaron's long shots... hmmm, I'd go see that.

It will probably be some kind of Michael Bay + Pixar director though, with 25% of the movie being nothing but a way to promote merchandise (ie. tons of non-essential characters they can sell models of, etc).

George Lucas killed his own franchise. If Walt Disney was still around and taking charge, I might have some faith, but...

JJ Abrams is directing it. So expect something like the two recent Star Trek films. They were better than the hokey movies from the 80s and 90s, but nothing revolutionary.

George killed his own franchise because he got lazy and surrounded himself with yes men. Disney is now picking over the carcass like a hungry rat. I've already done my Lucas rant though. He's a hack director who lost his passion years ago. About the time Howard the Duck came out. :p
 

smackababy

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It amazes me how modern movies with such outlandish budgets can manage to be so crappy.

What is really sad is when the casting is so absolutely perfect and then the movie is awful. X-Men should have, by all accounts, been amazing. Every single character was perfect for that role, yet it was complete crap.


Also, I am glad they are doing away with the EU nonsense. Boba Fett wasn't a bad ass; he died to a blind man with a stick. Get over it!
 

JamesV

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<snip> About the time Howard the Duck came out. :p

Lol. I had no idea Lucas had anything to do with that movie. Didn't that movie sink the studio that produced it?

Ashamed to admit I actually went to see that... but I was like 15.
 

JEDI

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Chewie had a moon fall on him because he misplaced his ocarina.

huh? what does Zelda have to do w/it?
Disney bought them out too?

zelda.jpg
 

zinfamous

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Lol. I had no idea Lucas had anything to do with that movie. Didn't that movie sink the studio that produced it?

Ashamed to admit I actually went to see that... but I was like 15.

I LOVED Howard the Duck!

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