Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Announces New "Star Wars" Movie For 2015

[Sonofspam]

Like Vader i liked Boba a lot more when he was mysterious and i had no clue who he was and what he looked like under his armor.

[Castel]

I'm kind of shocked that Maul has fans

Yeah, the guy in the phantom menace has like no personality at all. At all. By the end of the movie the only thing you know about him is that he's red, he has crazy teeth, he's the ugly guy's bitch and well, that from now no more space sex for him.

Did he even speak once ?

Well, lightsabers are powerful weapons indeed. Got one and you're all cool and stuff.

[Sonofspam]

Yeah, the guy in the phantom menace has like no personality at all. At all. By the end of the movie the only thing you know about him is that he's red, he has crazy teeth, he's the ugly guy's bitch and well, that from now no more space sex for him.

Did he even speak once ?

Well, lightsabers are powerful weapons indeed. Got one and you're all cool and stuff.

I think he spoke once to his master.

[SephirothDZX]

It sounds like the only reason Ford wants to do it is so they'll kill the character off like was meant to happen in Return of the Jedi.

If they would have killed off Han in ROTJ in the fashion that Ford originally wanted, it would have probably gone down as one of the dumber movie deaths in history.

Glad to hear Ford is up for another go as Han though. I dont think they should kill him off though, just because the whole "killing off important character just to add drama/tension" has gotten a bit... i dunno, too predictable/cliche?

[Vidocq]

I've not voted but I'm trying to picture a Del Toro Star Wars.............. and it's nice.

Del Toro would probably play with the more fantastical elements fo Star Wars. Which would be pretty cool.

There was a pretty cool episode of the Clone Wars where anthropomorphic and immortal manifestations of the Force, called The Ones, lived isolated in planet called Mortis. They were The Son (Dark Side) The Daughter (Light Side) and The Father who kept balance between the two. Not want to Spoil too much, but it had one of the greatest Darth Vader moment since the OT and Liam Neeson returns as Qui Gon. I can see Del Toro playing with that.

[Dizzy D]

Yeah, the guy in the phantom menace has like no personality at all. At all. By the end of the movie the only thing you know about him is that he's red, he has crazy teeth, he's the ugly guy's bitch and well, that from now no more space sex for him.

Did he even speak once ?

Well, lightsabers are powerful weapons indeed. Got one and you're all cool and stuff.

Maul spoke, because Peter Serafinowitz (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead etc.) was hired specifically to do his voice. (He got hired, because Lucas liked his Darth Vader impression). Don't know if Lucas consciously repeated the villain having a different voice- and physical actor or if it's just a coincidence.

[jesse_custer]

I'm kind of shocked that Maul has fans i mean he said nothing and did next to nothing and he has a cliche appearance.

He twirled around a double light saber and looked menacing. Only a blind person couldn't understand the simple appeal there.

As for cliched appearance, Darth Maul reminded me of nothing. However, it has been funny seeing Darth Maul look-alikes in shitty horror movies like Insidious.

[SephirothDZX]

Maul had the "bad guy" look, twirled a double bladed saber, didn't speak much, and neat fight scenes. His appeal was in the same vein as Boba Fett.

I still think one of the (many mistakes) of the prequels was killing Maul off after TPM

[jesse_custer]

Darth Maul was much cooler than Boba Fett, who turned out to be nothing more than a joke. A funny joke, but a joke nonetheless.

[RoyalTailor]

I think that Disney/Lucasfilm could certainly cast Mark Pellegrino as Han Solo.

[Toonimator]

It's been a while since I've read it, but wasn't it pretty clear in that Tales story that it was Maul raised from the dead by a group of witches who hated Darth Vader?

Why the hell would Leia be showing up in a Star Wars movie as a Jedi force ghost?

With Maul, could be... I only read it once ages ago, and only skimmed it later.

As for Leia--because she's a Jedi? It takes her a few decades in the books, but she FINALLY becomes a Jedi Knight after her kids have become Knights. Yes, it's only in the books, but unlike Star Trek, the SW books were considered canon by Lucasfilm (until now, perhaps). And ROTJ is VERY clear that she can become a Jedi.

If they set this well after EpVI, and don't stick to Lucas' 'original notes' as much as people seem to think they will (let alone what the content of these 'top secret' notes are--if folks are talking about the tidbits the likes of Hamill and Kurtz have divulged over the years, I recall those mostly being BEFORE Episode VI was changed into the Emperor-killing script it became and before Leia became Luke's sister, so I don't know how they'd possibly hold true with sequel trilogies), then having Hamill and/or Fisher as Jedi spirits is a great, easy way to have them involved without basing the bulk of the trilogy about a bunch of geriatric Rebels of old and without spending millions just to bring Ford in. The Star Wars name will put people in seats, they don't need Ford to do so. Really, they don't need ANY of the original 'human' characters. Familiar names, familiar tech, familiar concepts & locations (but not Tatooine!), etc, that's all that's really needed. I hope all the rumors of the original cast being tapped are wrong, and just knee-jerk reactions from people who lack imagination and are too married to the OT characters. Disney will make its money back easily, and they can tap into Vader, Maul, other OT characters, etc for the more blatant cash-grab in other SW-related projects BEYOND the sequel trilogies.

[Phil Clark]

I think that Disney/Lucasfilm could certainly cast Mark Pellegrino as Han Solo.

Well, it depends on what they are doing. If they go with the story being right after ROTJ, then recasting all the players is a must. If instead they time shift it so that the original actors can reprise their roles and Ford doesn't want to come back, and if Han is essential to the story... I say cast Dennis Quaid as Han. Look at him in Vegas, he seems to be channeling Harrison Fords performance in Cowboys and Aliens, and he has the look. He could easily play an aging Han Solo.

[verslibre]

Ron Jeremy could be Obi-Dong Salami.

Like Vader i liked Boba a lot more when he was mysterious and i had no clue who he was and what he looked like under his armor.

Luca$ is a master at annihilating mystery & ambiguity. Good idea man but a sh!tty writer.

[Mat001]

i believe Renagades is officially on hiatus.

That's double speak for cancelled. A popular cliche these days.

and did they said Prime only had one season left?

Yes. Everyone involved in the production has confirmed that. Season three will be "Transformers: Beast Hunters" and is only sixteen episodes long. Thanks to Shockwave, the Decepticons now have the Predacons to send after the Autobots.

Are they following the script notes with a 100% accuracy?
Again, they dont have to follow them. They can use them, sure, to the use is really up to them what they use.

It'll be adjusted to compensate for the actors ages and certain other elements, but the core will be roughly the same. They'll just replace Emperor Palpatine with another Sith Lord and the other Skywalker with someone else. If Ford signs on and gets his way, my guess is that it will be used to launch the new Sith and have a confrontation between Luke and this other Jedi, as well as the Sith.

You really should have done a bit of research before putting some of this stuff down.
Touchstone Picture is just a banner used by Disney to make films not just for kids and nothing more. It's completely under the control of Disney. Hollywood Pictures is the same and, by the way, they have made a total of 6 movies since 2000. Hollywood Picture gets HARDLY ever used, the last film made with it came out in 2007.And yes Miramax did have to bow down to what Disney said, which was probably the reason why the Weinsteins left, and after they did the company went to the crapper and, if you didnt know, Disney sold it off in 2010.

Bottomline, I don't ever recall Disney telling Miramax to resurrect a character for a film sequel out of desperation.

Get the rights from FOX? What are you talking about?

FOX still owns the rights to Episodes I-VI. They cannot re-release those films in theaters, or on DVD until the rights revert to them. Unless they pay off FOX, especially for ANH which they own no matter what.

So Maul was never brought back yet you cite some examples of the character being brought back..... i see.

Maul was not brought back in the comics and books. He was in the show by Lucas's own behest. Lucas isn't going to have Vader brought back for VII-IX, because his story is over. He was redeemed. Any villain going forward will be a new Sith Lord or not even a Sith at all.

True, but that doesn't explain how if Fisher wants to return, and Ford doesn't, that she must no longer be able to just because Han isn't in it. That is what the original statement using the word preclude means, that if Ford doesn't come back as Han, the Fisher cannot come back as Lea. And that just doesn't follow. You can have one without the other, or neither, or both. It all depends on who wants to come back.

It means that if Leia's story is too intertwinned with Han's, they can leave both out and concentrate more on Luke and any offspring that the Solos might have.

I dont care if Maul was a clone, some one being mind controlled, or what level of continuity it happened. Maul was brought back in some capacity which was then use as a springboard to then bring him back in a higher level of continuity. The point still stands.... Disney can do whatever they want and bring whoever they like. The fact that they are pumping out a flick in a couple years really says that they want that cash they spend back and if they feel like they need Vader to do that there is no reason for them to not do it.

Just because they can, doesn't mean that they will. Hell, they can recoup their money on merchandising alone.

It's been a while since I've read it, but wasn't it pretty clear in that Tales story that it was Maul raised from the dead by a group of witches who hated Darth Vader?

Nope, because there was the question raised that it wasn't Maul.

Why the hell would Leia be showing up in a Star Wars movie as a Jedi force ghost?

She has the ability to use the Force and with proper Jedi training and total selflessness, she can retain her identity.

Also about Darth Maul, since Disney can do whatever they want, they could say the prequels were not canon and do their own prequels with a living and breathing darth maul not dying.

They do not own the Prequel rights, so they cannot do that until the rights revert back to them.

Maul and Boba Fett were both brought back in the comics after seemingly dying.

Maul survived because he used the same technique that Plaugeis used to cheat death. Fett wasn't dead. He was knocked out. The Sarlacc digests living creatures over the course of a thousand years. He escaped because of his jet pack.

Well the comics aren't true canon at least to the movies and they also brought back the Emperor too in Dark Empire but it's comic books so people die and come back all the time.

Palpatine used a technique to transfer his essence into clones, though Mara Jade later states that she doesn't believe that to be true.

They could have the son of Darth Maul in Star Wars 7 used as an assassin like his father.

Sith don't have families. Maul only had a brother and odds are, both will die at the end of the show.

They're tattoos, actually, both the black and red parts. And it's head to toe, not just the face. It's some kind of Sith ritual.

Right. Here's what Maul and Savage's race looks like without tattoos.



Jedi Master Eeth Koth.



Darth Talon had the tattoos.

Maul spoke, because Peter Serafinowitz (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead etc.) was hired specifically to do his voice. (He got hired, because Lucas liked his Darth Vader impression). Don't know if Lucas consciously repeated the villain having a different voice- and physical actor or if it's just a coincidence.

Maul was originally going to say a lot more, which is why Benicio del Toro was apparently cast to play Maul. When Lucas cut down his lines to a scant few, del Toro dropped out and Lucas hired Ray Park on the recommendation of Nic Gillard, the stunt coordinator and sword master for the PT. Serafinowitz was hired because Park's voice, like David Prowse, wasn't intimidating enough.

[jediracer]

more darth talon pics please