A long time
ago in a galaxy far far away… STAR WARS.
And the
familiar yellow letters keep rolling up the screen. The last time any of us saw
this phenomenon in the cinema, at least as introduction to a new film, was back
in 2005 when Revenge of The Sith premiered. This third and final part of the
new trilogy was supposed to be the last SW film we would ever see. As fate would have it though, the Disney
Corporation recently bought Lucas Arts and with that the rights to any former
and future SW films and announced that a sequel to the original intended ending
of the saga would be released in 2015. Oh, but the madness doesn’t end there,
no no. Disney simultaneously proclaimed that a new SW film would be released
every 2-3 years. Now, what I’m missing in that statement is an add-on to that
last sentence “released every 2-3 years… If there is a story worth telling”.
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So, what’s
a geek like me to think of all this? Well first of all, let me make it clear
that to me, Star Wars is over. At the
end of Return of The Jedi, Luke managed to reach whatever was left of the good
in his father Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.
As we all know, Vader at the last minute turned to the light side of the
force and destroyed the Emperor, thus fulfilling his destiny of bringing balance
to the force, THE END. The story of the Skywalker’s is over as far as I’m
concerned. So if that devil mouse absolutely has to keep making films within
the SW universe, they should focus on different characters. Sadly, that is not
the case as far as we know. Even though this isn’t for sure, it seems that
Luke, Leia and Han Solo might return for episode 7. Nothing is set in stone,
but all three actors, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fischer and Harrison Ford has
expressed their willingness to return for the new film. Only problem is that
it’s been 29 years since ROTJ was released which mean the actors has quite a
different look than the characters they last portrayed in SW. Because of these
age issues, I find the idea that the new trilogy will focus on these characters
ridiculous. I could go along with them showing up, cameo style (or Luke as a
Jedi ghost, giving advice to his descendants much like Obi-Wan did with him)
with no more than a few lines and minutes on-screen, but that’s it. There is
also a rumor of Darth Vader making a return and that… Well that would mean I’d
have to off somebody at Disney, doesn’t matter who, as long as they’re
affiliated with the mouse. Because that would be an atrocity; a heresy;
blasphemy. There is NO story to justify the return of Vader and bringing him
back would be to take a giant dump on the sacrifice Anakin Skywalker made and
the role he played in the Emperors downfall.
Again, this is still just a rumor, but Darth Vader is THE most well-known
icon of the Star Wars universe. Therefore, there is plenty of reason to believe
that this might happen, no matter how much it might piss off some of us older fans.
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Little has
been revealed about this new saga’s story. All we know for a fact is that there
is a screenwriter attached to pen the entire trilogy of episodes 7, 8 and 9,
but so far no director is locked in. Michael Arndt is the man who’ll be
responsible for the writing and I can’t stress enough how much of a burden
there is on this guy’s shoulders. Not because the last three films were anywhere
near as great as the original ones, but whether each of the previous films was
a masterpiece or not, Star Wars is a huge responsibility for any filmmaker to
undertake. Arndt has previously written the screenplays for Toy Story 3 and
Little Miss Sunshine; both of which received much critical acclaim. I myself
have only seen the former of the two and found it a disappointment to be frank.
Since I to this day still consider the first TS a great film, I can’t help but
wonder if Arndt’s script in the third is to blame. That being said, I’m trying
to keep an open mind on this whole new saga and pray to god that the house of
the mouse won’t completely destroy what I consider to be one of, if not the,
greatest cinematic epics ever. Lucas did a great job trying to do so with the
new trilogy and enough damage has been done; either bring back the glory of the
original saga or leave the whole damn thing alone.
On a more
positive note, Disney did also buy Marvel Comics a couple of years ago and
while I’ll always be able to find something wrong with the films based on my
beloved comic book characters, I’ve been mostly satisfied with Marvel studios’
productions. So maybe all hope isn’t lost, maybe these new SW films will bring
back some of the magic from the original ones. Still, the first thing that came
to mind when I heard that Disney now owned Star Wars, was a scene from episode
3, only with Mickey Mouse replacing Emperor Palpatine. I’m talking about the
scene in which the Emperor murders Mace Windu. Imagine Mickey in his place,
saying the same lines in his high pitched voice “POOOWEEEER, UUUNLIMITED
POOOOWEEEER”. Pure evil is all I’m saying, gave me chills as fuck.
Above is the end scene of episode 6, the original conclusion of the SW series. One of my favorite endings of all time.
May the
force be with us all!
Mo
