From: darth_azrael@yahoo.com   
      
   Your Name wrote on Tue, 23 August 2016 02:36   
   > In article , Cyber   
   > kNight   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   > >  Your Name wrote on Tue, 09 August 2016 17:17   
   > >  In article   
   > >  , Cyber kNight   
   > >>   wrote:   
   > >>>   Your Name wrote on Sun, 07 August 2016 18:41   
   > >>>   In article   
   > >>>   , Mr. Man-wai   
   > >>>   Chang   
   > >>>>    wrote:   
   > >>>> >   On 7/08/16 15:28, Your Name wrote:   
   > >>>> >>   
   > >>>> >>   We don't need a supposedly "better" story ...   
   > we   
   > >  already have a   
   > >>>> >>   perfectly good story. Unfortunately Disney is   
   > far   
   > >  too egotistical   
   > >>>> >>   to   
   > >>>> >>   use it and has to make something themselves.   
   > >>>> >   
   > >>>> >  Not everyone read them! So...   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   So what. Go and read them now. Even if in the   
   > unlikely event that you   
   > >>>>   can't get the real books / comic books secondhand   
   > on eBay, etc., they   
   > >>>>   will be pirated PDF versions somewhere on the   
   > Internet.   
   > >>>>   
   > >>>>   Not everyone was around when the Hindenberg   
   > crashed (or infinite other   
   > >>>>   things) ... that doesn't mean we have to create a   
   > new version of it   
   > >>>>   now in a completely different way.   
   > >>>   
   > >>>   Except that the Hindenburg disaster really   
   > happened whereas Han Solo   
   > >>>   is a fictional character. I've never read the   
   > stories either so it will   
   > >>>   all be new to me. I don't have any reason to   
   > believe Disney can't do a   
   > >>>   better story anyway.   
   > >>   
   > >>  We don't want nor need a supposedly "better" story   
   > ... we already have   
   > >>  the story. Making a new one is simply Disney being   
   > egotistical and   
   > >>  making a confused mess of the franchise.  :-\   
   > >   
   > >  That already happened with episodes I-III.   
   >   
   > No it didn't. The Prequel Trilogy is what George Lucas   
   > had   
   > (semi)planned all along ... he said virtually from the   
   > start that he   
   > started in the middle (with Episode IV) because he knew   
   > people would   
   > find the start of the story less interesting.   
   >   
   > Even if it had done, George Lucas had every right to do   
   > whatever he   
   > wanted with *HIS* creation.   
      
      
   Certainly the basic story of Anakin becoming Darth Vader was   
   more or less planned (or at least in the back of Lucas'   
   mind) all along but much of the storytelling, particularly   
   in Episode I, was a confused mess.   
      
   Disney now owns Star Wars because George Lucas sold it to   
   Disney (as he also had every right to do) and so now they   
   have every right to do whatever they want with it.   
      
      
   Quote:   
   > >>>   I don't much care about whether or not they pay   
   > attention to the   
   > >>>   various and assorted written accounts out there as   
   > long as they don't   
   > >>>   start remaking the original movies or   
   > doingalternate timelines like   
   > >>>   Star Trek.   
   > >>   
   > >>  It's too late ... JJ Abrams so-called "Episode VII"   
   > *IS* simply a lazy   
   > >>  reboot of the original movies. The talentless idiot   
   > simply copied most   
   > >>  of his movie from the Original Trilogy (plus a bit   
   > of the Rebels   
   > >>  animated show with an orphaned main character), and   
   > then, similar to   
   > >>  his Star Drek mess, tried to disguise such stupidity   
   > by making it seem   
   > >>  like part of the same franchise. The reason so many   
   > people like Episode   
   > >>  VII is because it basically is the Original movie   
   > again.  :(   
   > >   
   > >  The problem with continuing a franchise years later   
   > > is that you have to   
   > >  introduce new viewers in addition to appeasing the   
   > > existing fans.   
   >   
   > The existing fans have already introduced their kids to   
   > the Saga via   
   > the various theatrical and DVD releases (as well as   
   > occasional TV   
   > broadcasts) over the years.   
      
      
   No doubt many have but others have not and of course there   
   are many others who are not children of existing fans.   
      
      
   Quote:   
   > >  I think Episode VII worked well as a sequel AND an   
   > > introduction but it   
   > >  really depends on where the series goes from here.   
   > > Episode VII was a   
   > >  lot like the original movies but I don't expect   
   > > Episode VIII to   
   > >  follow along the same lines. Time will tell.   
   >   
   > Jar Jar Abrams has already bulldozed his way through   
   > much of the   
   > Original Trilogy in his one silly "reboot" movie, so of   
   > course it can't   
   > follow the same lines. There's very little left to   
   > follow ... although,   
   > it's certainly possible that psuedo-Vader survived, and   
   > the pseudo-Yoda   
   > (Luke) could train the psuedo-Luke (who of course "had"   
   > to be female   
   > this time) and then psuedo-Emperor in his psuedo-Death   
   > Star II, while   
   > also redeeming her brother / cousin from the Dark Side.   
   >   
   > Yawn!! Been there, done that, got the 50 T-shirts and 20   
   > caps. Even the   
   > ridiculous Clone Emperor and invading aliens from the   
   > novels would have   
   > been better than Jar Jar Abrams' talentless copy-cat   
   > drivel.   :(   
      
      
   Anything is possible but it's just speculation at this   
   point. If you hate Abrams so much, why did you watch the   
   movie? Do you still plan to watch the rest? You seem to have   
   already pre-judged them.   
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