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Star Wars Reservations
As I think everyone on the internet knows, the big news this week was the Star Wars VII casting.
Honestly, I'm having a hard time getting excited about any new Star Wars movies. My expectations are pretty low, thanks to the prequels.
I'm also not excited about seeing "the gang" back together. I love and adore the original trilogy. It was what I grew up watching, every day. I read the Timothy Zahn novels and more so I've already been on adventures with the older group so that desire has long since vanished.
And I've seen enough reunion specials to know that it's usually not a good idea to get the gang back together 30+ years later. I already have an idea in my mind of what old Luke, Han, and Leia look like and it doesn't necessarily jive with how Mark Hamil, Harrison Ford, or Carrie Fisher aged in this galaxy. I'm worried it's going to be Crystal Skull all over again, more embarrassing than enjoyable.
What worries me even more is that Harrison Ford has always been disappointed they didn't bump off Han Solo at the end of Return of the Jedi. And it sounds like this is a one-last-adventure kind of movie and I would not put it past Ford to try to get his death scene in.
I also think the one two punch of Disney/Abrams telling the fandom that they were ignoring the EU, therefore making Mara Jade, Jaina Solo and other female characters no longer part of the story of this world and THEN having the single new female cast member in the line-up was probably unwise. There was going to be outrage anyway, but that bonus was just a bit hurtful. Even if the one female cast member is the lead of the show, it's still very unbalanced. (And also very white and European looking, though I don't feel like I've seen as much outrage about that? What gives? The IMDB page is almost laughable with the entirely white male cast and then the one black guy and one white chick at the very bottoms.).
I'm going to assume the inclusion of Andy Serkis means there will be another 100% CGI character.
Oh, and I trust J.J. Abrams about as far as I can throw him. He lied to me about LOST, he lied to me about Star Trek:Into Darkness -- I just don't trust him.
It's weird, and kind of sad, to not be excited about Star Wars. I still love the original trilogy and Luke, Han, and Leia are my childhood heroes. But I don't think we can recapture that magic again in 2015. Star Wars was a cultural phenomenon, it CHANGED the movies. But these movies will not change anything.
Oh how I would love to be proven wrong.
Honestly, I'm having a hard time getting excited about any new Star Wars movies. My expectations are pretty low, thanks to the prequels.
I'm also not excited about seeing "the gang" back together. I love and adore the original trilogy. It was what I grew up watching, every day. I read the Timothy Zahn novels and more so I've already been on adventures with the older group so that desire has long since vanished.
And I've seen enough reunion specials to know that it's usually not a good idea to get the gang back together 30+ years later. I already have an idea in my mind of what old Luke, Han, and Leia look like and it doesn't necessarily jive with how Mark Hamil, Harrison Ford, or Carrie Fisher aged in this galaxy. I'm worried it's going to be Crystal Skull all over again, more embarrassing than enjoyable.
What worries me even more is that Harrison Ford has always been disappointed they didn't bump off Han Solo at the end of Return of the Jedi. And it sounds like this is a one-last-adventure kind of movie and I would not put it past Ford to try to get his death scene in.
I also think the one two punch of Disney/Abrams telling the fandom that they were ignoring the EU, therefore making Mara Jade, Jaina Solo and other female characters no longer part of the story of this world and THEN having the single new female cast member in the line-up was probably unwise. There was going to be outrage anyway, but that bonus was just a bit hurtful. Even if the one female cast member is the lead of the show, it's still very unbalanced. (And also very white and European looking, though I don't feel like I've seen as much outrage about that? What gives? The IMDB page is almost laughable with the entirely white male cast and then the one black guy and one white chick at the very bottoms.).
I'm going to assume the inclusion of Andy Serkis means there will be another 100% CGI character.
Oh, and I trust J.J. Abrams about as far as I can throw him. He lied to me about LOST, he lied to me about Star Trek:Into Darkness -- I just don't trust him.
It's weird, and kind of sad, to not be excited about Star Wars. I still love the original trilogy and Luke, Han, and Leia are my childhood heroes. But I don't think we can recapture that magic again in 2015. Star Wars was a cultural phenomenon, it CHANGED the movies. But these movies will not change anything.
Oh how I would love to be proven wrong.