Star Wars 7 shit talk

grand snot merkin

jabba the record critic

You've gone too far.

he's the white sheep of the hutt family

I've heard stories about him at Lucasarts, like getting personally interested in the development of Force Unleashed 2 for some reason, before getting bored and wandering off for something off.

Suffice it to say that all reports of the game were that it suuuuuuucked, to the point of cloning the dead protagonist of the previous game because they could come up with a better idea

Looks like Episode VII plans just borked the most popular current property, after its season just ended on a major cliffhanger: http://starwars.com/news/a-new-direction-for-lucasfilm-animation.html

As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, Lucasfilm has decided to pursue a new direction in animated programming. We are exploring a whole new Star Wars series set in a time period previously untouched in Star Wars films or television programming. You can expect more details in the months to come.

As part of this shift, we have also made some key decisions affecting Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Detours.

After five highly successful and critically acclaimed seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we feel the time has come to wind down the series. While the studio is no longer producing new episodes for Cartoon Network, we're continuing production on new Clone Wars story arcs that promise to be some of the most thrilling adventures ever seen. Stay tuned for more information on where fans can soon find this bonus content. In the video below, Supervising Director Dave Filoni offers a peek of what is to come in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

At Star Wars Celebration VI last year, George Lucas gave fans a glimpse at the animated comedy series Star Wars Detours from Seth Green, Matthew Senreich, and Todd Grimes. Detours was conceived and produced before we decided to move forward with the new Star Wars trilogy, and in the wake of that decision, Lucasfilm has reconsidered whether launching an animated comedy prior to the launch of Episode VII makes sense. As a result, we've decided to postpone the release of Detours until a later date.

We are incredibly proud of the teams at Lucasfilm Animation for creating some of the most amazing animation ever produced for TV. Keep checking StarWars.com for new developments on these and future projects.

the animated comedy series star wars detours might not happen?! *weeps*

BOOOOOOOOO!!!!

No, i thought that meant Clone Wars was being eliminated (sad) in favor of focusing on sub-Family Guy schtick.

Phil, the rest of that core paragraph indicates more episodes are coming! Probably just means they'll be on Disney TV instead, obv.

I have a feeling they'll be online-only, which, ugh. Right now "Clone Wars" is the golden goose, and I hate to think they're killing it prematurely.

I just thought, it would be so funny if Star Wars 7 opened with the Emperor falling down the shaft and then like using the force to float safely to the ground. He walks away cackling, the villain for the new trilogy is found, and the entire legacy of the first 6 movies is destroyed.

the emperor tears off "his" mask, and "he" is yoko

I just thought, it would be so funny if Star Wars 7 opened with the Emperor falling down the shaft and then like using the force to float safely to the ground. He walks away cackling, the villain for the new trilogy is found, and the entire legacy of the first 6 movies is destroyed.

In one of the comic book sequels, it's revealed the Emperor has clone bodies he can use if his current body gets killed, and he simply comes back as a clone. AFAIK this story is still considered canon, but whatever will happen in SW7 will probably contradict it. It'd be pretty funny if they used that story in the movie, though.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Empire_I

With the release of the prequels and the revelation that Anakin Skywalker was destined to bring balance to the Force by destroying the Sith, Dark Empire has been criticized for contradicting the prophecy of the Chosen One and Anakin's killing of Palpatine. However, Tom Veitch could hardly have known what George Lucas had planned for the prequels, which were not made for another seven years.

Other fans have criticized the resurrection of the Star Wars saga's main antagonist.

Veitch has also been criticized for having many pivotal events occur within a single panel or entirely off-panel, which many fans found to be jarring.

I've read this series, and last comment is very apt, the plot is pretty awful to follow. For some reason it's still considered one of the best SW comics though.

Part of that might be because it came out at a time when people were jonesing for anything SW (right around the time of the Timothy Zahn novels). At least 12 yr old me was, I remember being pretty excited about it.

friend wrote this sketch (he's also the dude in the robe). I enjoyed it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo&feature=player_embedded

try this again: http://youtu.be/7T0vs9gYydo

How do you embed YTs onto ilx these days?

Take the s out of HTTPS then repost the url

Neither youtu.be or https links work. With the https ones you just take out the s. Not sure if removing the period is enough for the other one, but let's see
http://youtube/7T0vs9gYydo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBhNkywMJY

the part about chewbacca's severed head made me lose my mind

that was a true tour de force

you

might

say

http://i.imgur.com/hYKzpqD.jpg

That seems a bit off... You'd think real right-wingers would prefer Star Wars (violent, religious mavericks overthrow a highly centralized federal government) over Star Trek (atheist representatives of an intergalactic UN try to solve local problems by peaceful means).

that cartoon is not a political satire, it is about how jj abrams is a pseudy jerkface

I remember people posting earlier cartoons in the same series, and they were all parodies of right-wing political cartoons... That's why you have crying Lady Liberty in it, she appears in all of them.

You are quite literal Tuomas

and why should america not cry, freedom not weep, when the federation has been betrayed

going a bit far to say the ST guys are explicitly 'atheist' -- kirk, spock and bones don't react with total scorn to the idea of there being a god in ST V -- and the force seems more like a vague philosophy than an actual religion.

It's specifically said to be a religion in the first movie! And the way the members of the Rebellion say "May the Force be with you!" to each other implies a shared belief in a higher power, not just a "vague philosophy".

As for ST V, I'd say is a bit of anomaly, generally the protagonists in various Star Trek operate from an atheist (or at least agnostic) point of view.

Irrational right wing nutjobs. Who would have thought it?

tuomas maybe it's just best to imagine that the fake cartoonist is just a trekkie in this case

I remember people posting earlier cartoons in the same series, and they were all parodies of right-wing political cartoons... That's why you have crying Lady Liberty in it, she appears in all of them.

― Tuomas, Thursday, May 16, 2013 3:36 AM (4 hours ago) Bookmark

there's two types of kelly cartoons, ones parodying right wing political cartoons, and ones that develop the Kelly Mythos

http://i.imgur.com/4EUdKRl.jpg

lol otm

Trek cartoon also reminds me of how the Mallard Fillmore dude will just go off on pet topics for weeks at a time, most famously his quixotic campaign to save 'Veronica Mars' from cancellation.

Ooof. Look on the bright side, NO KELLY.

So meantime:

http://www.deadline.com/2013/05/star-wars-rebels/

Sourced from the Sun so grain of salt and then some but...

http://www.nme.com/news/florence-and-the-machine/70620

http://cdn.memegenerator.net/instances/400x/30062855.jpg

not entirely opposed to this, I like her singing okay and I have to say it's in the spirit of the original movies to build the cast out of largely untried actors in the lead roles. If they start announcing gracefully aged British character actors for the secondary parts I'll be really impressed. (But please no Alan Rickman as Darth Severus.)

Yeah she might be a terrific actor for all I know, whatevs. Basically I'm approaching these new films with interest and an open mind. If they turn out to be good then bonus, if they're shit then it's not like the franchise hasn't been already debased.

How about if they cast Justin Lee Collins as Jar-Jar Binks' son?

not entirely opposed to this, I like her singing okay and I have to say it's in the spirit of the original movies to build the cast out of largely untried actors in the lead roles. If they start announcing gracefully aged British character actors for the secondary parts I'll be really impressed. (But please no Alan Rickman as Darth Severus.)

― Doctor Casino, Saturday, June 1, 2013 10:39 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

feel like this is going to seem weird in a post harry potter world

never forget

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Lloyd

i feel like this will be j.j. abrams's waterloo

The Napoleon kind or the ABBA kind?

don't complain about florence, it could have easily been amanda palmer