Author Topic: New Star Wars Movie (Read 719 times)

trax1 · « **on:** February 13, 2008, 08:11:33 PM »

I guess theres a Star Wars movie thats coming out in August, it's animated though.

http://www6.comcast.net/entertainment/articles/eonline/2008/02/13/7c9afc73-70cf-40b4-b07a-c8add683761a/

DiabloTX · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2008, 08:28:51 PM »

So, it's animated, eh? Guess they were going for an authentic Hayden Christensen acting performance.

vorticon · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2008, 08:34:47 PM »

meh. worthless cash grab...likely to appeal to preteen boys.

Sikboy · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2008, 08:47:10 PM »

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Originally posted by DiabloTX
So, it's animated, eh? Guess they were going for an authentic Hayden Christensen acting performance.

I think the word you're looking for is: "Wooden"

-Sik

Tango · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2008, 10:09:01 PM »

You'd figure Lucas would at least spend a little bit of that fortune on GOOD animation. Might be worth watching if he used the animation like the Beowulf movie.

vorticon · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2008, 10:21:13 PM »

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Originally posted by Tango
You'd figure Lucas would at least spend a little bit of that fortune on GOOD animation. Might be worth watching if he used the animation like the Beowulf movie.

would be wasted on the target audience.

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2008, 11:10:34 PM »

I was under the impression via the Star Wars web page that this isn't a movie, but a set of TV shows, all 30 minutes long.

Chairboy · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2008, 11:46:45 PM »

They were originally aired on Cartoon Network as shows, and I guess they're being edited together into a single story. This is done by Genndy Tartakovski, the guy behind Dexter's Laboratory. I love his stuff, but never really watched these so I don't know if they're any good.

Reschke · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2008, 12:01:28 AM »

The Clone Wars movie/episodes is pretty good. My oldest son (11) got it a couple of years ago for his birthday and he watches it with his little brother a couple of times a month. Also I had heard from a friend who used to work out there at Skywalker Ranch that the animated series will kick off later this summer. There will not be any more Star Wars movies like we are used to since the stories after Return of the Jedi are so wide ranging. We may get to see some movies based on a few of the stories that are out there like the battle against the Vong people or even one against the Imperial Remnant. Who knows...

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2008, 09:54:44 AM »

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Originally posted by Chairboy
They were originally aired on Cartoon Network as shows, and I guess they're being edited together into a single story. This is done by Genndy Tartakovski, the guy behind Dexter's Laboratory. I love his stuff, but never really watched these so I don't know if they're any good.

No, these aren't the same shows.

Chairboy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2008, 10:03:26 AM »

Oh! My mistake then, there was an animated series of the same dang name in 2003:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361243/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Clone_Wars

It's confusing, this new one is listed as a 'spin off' of the above.

sluggish · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2008, 10:05:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Reschke
The Clone Wars movie/episodes is pretty good. My oldest son (11) got it a couple of years ago for his birthday and he watches it with his little brother a couple of times a month. Also I had heard from a friend who used to work out there at Skywalker Ranch that the animated series will kick off later this summer. There will not be any more Star Wars movies like we are used to since the stories after Return of the Jedi are so wide ranging. We may get to see some movies based on a few of the stories that are out there like the battle against the Vong people or even one against the Imperial Remnant. Who knows...

The Clone War movies were very good. They really filled in a lot blanks from the live-action films. I thought the voice talent was spot-on.

I would love to see Lucas make a film exploring Han Solo's escapades prior to "A New Hope". Obviously he couldn't use Harrison Ford but I think that is just a minor technicality.'

Why is it that Ford is the only actor from any of the Star Wars movies to go on to become a movie star?

Sikboy · « **Reply #12 on:** February 14, 2008, 10:09:00 AM »

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Why is it that Ford is the only actor from any of the Star Wars movies to go on to become a movie star?

I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it was because he was the only one who could act.

-Sik

LePaul · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2008, 10:15:34 AM »

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I'm going out on a limb here, but I think it was because he was the only one who could act.

-Sik

If you look at the "stars" (no pun) of the show, only Ford and Guiness had any acting experience. The rest were all new talent/unknowns.

Its been said over and over on the documentaries that Lucas is a brilliant writer, but as for a script, he failed. He would write some excellent scenes, but as Carrie Fischer would say on interviews, real people do not talk like that in scenes. Thus why the dialogue, for the most part, seems so wooden.

I think the best example of this is Empire Strikes Back, which Lucas did not direct. You get a much bigger sense of the characters versus, say the original Star Wars.

Xargos · « **Reply #14 on:** February 14, 2008, 11:05:44 AM »

I'd like to see a movie done based on The Knights of the Old Republic.