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 Paradigm wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
Obviously we need the Soontir Fel movie. Get a movie from the Empires perspective.

Or a Piett movie, but Soontir Fel would be cooler.

I mean, hey... they seem to want to do a Star Wars a year, might as well throw things at the wall!

I would like to see something Imperial-focused at some point in an Anthology movie. Give me essentially Das Boot/Red October ect but in Star Wars as we follow the crew of a Star Destroyer adrift in space, crippled in a Rebel raid that destroyed the rest of the convoy it was a part of. Have the attempted mutiny, have the mounting tension as critical systems begin to fail and it's not clear whether anyone is coming, have a Rebel spy on board desperate to escape before the whole ship goes down, and make the while thing with no exterior shots to build up a sense of claustrophobia and do something different.

And once they've done that, Battle of Britain with X-wings, please and thank you...

I nominate Paradigm for Star Wars producer!

I really liked this fan film;




If they could do something like that I would be happy. Though I also vote for Soontir.

 Crazyterran wrote:
If they do an Imperial movie Id rather it not be about a defector. Get some gray in there, instead of the Empire being pure black and the Rebels being pure white.

It always does seem to be about the defectors don't it. Even the battlefront 2 missions were basically 1/10th Empire and the rest being good or neutral.

 Vulcan wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:

 Vulcan wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:
Bobba Fett is a storm trooper in cool armor. The only time we see him do anything in a movie its get taken out by a blind guy, fly directly into the side of a ship., and fall into a butt hole in the sand.

I have no interest what so ever watching a movie retcon his goofiness into some supposed bad ass.

I just want to know why Vader single him out when specifying "No Disintigrations." And why Boba was completely blase about being singled out.

Because clearly hes a feth up who brought vader a pile of dust once and hes blase about it because he knows hes gak.

Ah... given Vader's tendency to strangle people for screwing up, if I were 'a feth up' in Vader's presence, I would not be blase at all when he singled me out. Terrified might describe it more accurately. "Yes, Lord Vader" would be a far more likely response if I were a 'feth up'.

"As you wish", in a resigned tone? Not so much.

No, there's more to this story than that, Lance. I suspect a LOT more...

As we have seen in human history these types of regimes result in yes men who never ever take risks or judgement: 1942 USSR, Iraq, certain periods in Chinese and Ottoman history, the Department of Motor Vehicles...


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 Paradigm wrote:

 Crazyterran wrote:
Obviously we need the Soontir Fel movie. Get a movie from the Empires perspective.

Or a Piett movie, but Soontir Fel would be cooler.

I mean, hey... they seem to want to do a Star Wars a year, might as well throw things at the wall!

I would like to see something Imperial-focused at some point in an Anthology movie. Give me essentially Das Boot/Red October ect but in Star Wars as we follow the crew of a Star Destroyer adrift in space, crippled in a Rebel raid that destroyed the rest of the convoy it was a part of. Have the attempted mutiny, have the mounting tension as critical systems begin to fail and it's not clear whether anyone is coming, have a Rebel spy on board desperate to escape before the whole ship goes down, and make the while thing with no exterior shots to build up a sense of claustrophobia and do something different.

And once they've done that, Battle of Britain with X-wings, please and thank you...

A formation of Imperials on a new listening post on a hot jungle world that is being hunted, their bodies left as trophies...

 Lance845 wrote:

 Vulcan wrote:

 Lance845 wrote:
Vader: "Bring me so and so dead or alive!"

Fett returning with a jar of dust "Here ya go!"

Vader "What the hell am I supposed to do with this.... "

Fett "I used disintegration!"

Vader "....sigh..."

Now imagine what happens to an Imperial commando doing the same.

Commando: "Here you gURK! ACK! GASP!"

Vader "I told you I wanted them alive."

Commando falls to the ground dead.

Vader does not take disappointment well, as we repeatedly see in ESB.

 Lance845 wrote:
Vader: "Bring me so and so dead or alive!"

Like anyone's going to correct Lord Vader when he contradicts himself...

 Frazzled wrote:


A formation of Imperials on a new listening post on a hot jungle world that is being hunted, their bodies left as trophies...

Why not! Of course, we find out at the end that the thing hunting them is....

Heh heh

 Paradigm wrote:
That, or for a period after the Clone Wars, there was genuinely fearsome Bounty Hunter by that name, but no one ever saw his face... He unfortunately met a sticky end, but some random idiot found the armour and for duration of the OT-era is just trading off the reputation that that mask gives him without being at all competent...

The irony being that for all the stick he gets for just being an unnecessary origin story for Boba, Jango Fett is a far more effective combatant. Ok, he gets taken out on Geonosis fairly easily, but on Kamino he more than handles Obi-wan, while protecting his son and getting his ship ready to fly.

So yeah, let's get a Jango Fett movie, because he's actually good at his job...

You mean “easily” when his jet pack is damaged, he can’t escape, and he’s up against the strongest (before Anakin comes into his own) duelist of the Jedi order? He was screwed.

Also, the Clone Wars CGI toon made Boba as a kid kind of a little badass. He snuck his way into the clone training, and kicked a lot of ass. Almost got Mace, if I remember correctly.

 Paradigm wrote:

Or if you want something more actiony, throw in a classic Vader 'Jedi trap' to try and lure him out and we could even get another showdown between the two of them which would be interesting to see; we still don't know how/when Obi-wan finds out Vader was formerly Anakin and I imagine that could be a rather powerful moment to put to film. In fact, I think you could build a whole film around that. I think I posted it a while ago (possibly the last time the rumours of a Kenobi movie came up); you have him hear rumours of a terrifying new Sith Lord and Imperial thug that he is compelled to go and track down, only realising in the final moments that it is his former apprentice.

That was actually touched in one EU book where he figured out who Vader is. Don't recall exactly how.

Albeit that's not canon.

Current lore via the comics has several different of the on the run Jedi knowing he’s Anakin.

I can't wait to find out what barber Lando uses for haircuts, I love that Disney is in going into exhaustive detail about every iconic thing from Star Wars not matter how mundane or unnecessary it is.

 Cheesecat wrote:
I can't wait to find out what barber Lando uses for haircuts, I love that Disney is in going into exhaustive detail about every iconic thing from Star Wars not matter mundane or unnecessary it is.

I wonder how many capes does he actually own?

After watching Solo I'd totally be up for a young Lando movie. Heck give me a whole series of loosely interconnected scum and villainy films.

GoatboyBeta wrote:
After watching Solo I'd totally be up for a young Lando movie. Heck give me a whole series of loosely interconnected scum and villainy films.

James Mangold, the guy who brought us Logan, is purportedly the top contender for the Boba Fett movie so that could be pretty damn good.

My 7 year old self is psyched for Boba Fett.

15 year old self is incandescent with rage on account of Boba being so overrated.

Adult self is meh.

 Easy E wrote:

 Cheesecat wrote:
I can't wait to find out what barber Lando uses for haircuts, I love that Disney is in going into exhaustive detail about every iconic thing from Star Wars not matter mundane or unnecessary it is.

I wonder how many capes does he actually own?

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
So we're all on for a buddy comedy with Boba Fett, Darth Maul and Captain Phasma?

Can this kookie trio finish the Kessel Run in under 12 Parsecs without getting eaten, cut in half or tossed down a trash chute? Find out this summer in Dude Where's My D74 Star Hopper!

I would watch this movie

 Cheesecat wrote:
I can't wait to find out what barber Lando uses for haircuts, I love that Disney is in going into exhaustive detail about every iconic thing from Star Wars not matter how mundane or unnecessary it is.

That's not Disney, that's just Star Wars.

"Conclusion L3-37 was well meaning but failed", "Statement:I am most eager to engage in some unadulterated violence, for my rights of course"

Now that would be a movie

 Kid_Kyoto wrote:
My 7 year old self is psyched for Boba Fett.

15 year old self is incandescent with rage on account of Boba being so overrated.

Adult self is meh.

I never liked boba. I like your 15 year old self.

There was a brilliant blog post by Black Library's Aaron Dembski-Bowden about Boba Fett. It was specifically about defending him compared to Captain Phasma in the new films, but I think it highlights a lot of the coolest stuff about Boba (and stuff that hopefully the new film creators will take on board!)

(Note - as is usual for his very entertaining blog posts, includes some choice language!)

https://aarondembskibowden.wordpress.com/2016/01/09/we-need-to-talk-about-captain-phasma-and-boba-fett/

Fett can work, I believe that. He has a reputation that we've never really seen proof of in ESB/RotJ, but that doesn't mean it's not doable. Especially with more modern filmmaking techniques and styles, I think even a few short scenes could rehabilitate him as a character.

Throw him in a John Wick or Bourne-style fight scene where he tears through 20-odd stormtroopers that stand between him and the target, using all his gadgets, training, exotic weapons ect. From a purely visual choreography standpoint, Boba offers a lot. Jetpack, flamethrower, wrist rocket, multiple blasters, grappling line, likely some kind of CQB/martial arts training... The right directors could make watching him blast his way through a squad of Stormtroopers or gang henchmen a really exciting, visceral spectacle that would match up to the reputation that's hinted at elsewhere.

Major Solo spoilers

Was tempted to make this post a new thread, but I reckon we’re at StarWars Thread Capacity...

Anyways.

We’ve now got two ‘Stories’ movies under our belt, both set in or slightly before the classic era. Me, I’ve grealt enjoyed both and for different reasons (Rogue One is still my favourite Star Wars movie though).

And it’s got me thinking, what exactly is it that you/we want the other ‘Story’ movies to show us?

As I’ve said before (mebbes in this thread, can’t remember), much as I liked the ‘nobody is getting out of here alive’ heroism of Rogue One, I’m not adverse to ‘origin’ stories for more established characters - provided they show us ever more of the wider Star Wars Universe.

So far, Rogue One and Solo have both trod that fine line really quite admirably. Neither are Star Wars as we know them, but neither felt like ‘generic sci-fi with a thin Star Wars veneer’. And story wise, neither are needed to make sense of the other films. They’re both good enough to stand on their own feet for the most part.

So with that in mind, exactly which planets, background and factions is it that you want explored?

Me, I’d love a Young Palpatine type film. Really show us the evolution of someone from Force Sensitive to Maniac Sith. They dropped the ball with Vader in the prequels (though Clone Wars does a superb job of chronicilling Anakin and indeed the entire Jedi Order’s fall.).

How does a kid that’s strong with the Force not only fail to be clocked, recruited and trained by the Jedi Order, but become so utterly corrupt? There’s a helluva story there I suspect. Yes, it would be a prequel to a prequel, but it’s still something I for one want to see. Especially given he managed to hide in plain sight of the Jedi Order as a seriously powerful Force User long before the prequel trilogy.

Other than that? I’m keen to see a loose trilogy made up from Solo. Not a Han Solo trilogy (though I’d be ultimately happy with that), but exploring The Crimson Dawn further, and indeed exploring the power dynamics in the dirty underbelly.

Personally, I’m not so interested in The Old Republic type stuff, as I’m simply not that familiar with it. Sure, I’d still go and see it. Of course I would. But for me, time wise, it’s a bit too far removed from the existing timelines to have much of an impact.

TBH I'm not sure, since they seem to be doing things in completely the opposite way I'd have thought they would - reserving the Saga trilogies for the very traditional, fan-servicey, eternal battle of good & evil stuff, and the Stories brand for the weird avant garde "see what sticks" pseudo-indie stuff.

I can agree for sure that Solo being the kickoff for a loose trilogy of films surrounding Crimson Dawn and the Rise of the Empire-era criminal underworld generally sounds good and I'd watch them all. Despite the fact I want to see more original stuff, I do also want to see an Obi Wan film that goes the exiled Ronin/Western kind of route.

If things are still kicking after that, more GCW stuff would be good - Rogue One was solid, but a *proper* Star Wars War Movie would be interesting; get us down into the trenches with the parts of the Alliance that don't have Jedi and squadrons of starfighter aces and the bulk of the Rebel Fleet backing them up. Maybe *finally* do an "Imperial perspective" story that finds a way to make the characters sympathetic beyond having them defect to the Rebels five minutes after we meet them - we've seen the dark side of the Rebellion, now lets see not the "good side" per se of the Empire, but the reasons why so many were so willing to go along with it.

I'd prefer if they're going to do Tales of the Jedi/KotOR type "historicals" films they would be a full Saga trilogy of their own, especially if they choose to tackle something like Revan's story or how Darth Bane established the Sith as we meet them in the OT/PT films, but if it's all that's on offer I'd enjoy a Stories film set in that kind of era so long as it was an original tale or one of the shorter comic book arcs rather than cramming a much grander affair down into one film.

Note: I have not seen Solo ( and maybe won't)

However, I would like to see something where the stakes a abit lower or more personal in nature than what we have seen so far.

I have worked out what must be the opening of the next spin off.

Ext. Tattooine, the Great Pit of Karkoon

Boba Fett tumbles towards the Sarlacc.

Record scratch, freeze frame

"I guess you're wondering how I got in this situation..."

Wonder if they could do a Pulp Fiction styled thriller, with the scenes shown out of main order, but as coherent vignettes?

 Graphite wrote:
I have worked out what must be the opening of the next spin off.

Ext. Tattooine, the Great Pit of Karkoon

Boba Fett tumbles towards the Sarlacc.

Record scratch, freeze frame

"I guess you're wondering how I got in this situation..."

I would want it to fade in on some slow soft music as he slow motion flies directly into the side of the speeder/skiff. We get a shot of him connecting face first before he tumbles down towards the Sarlac.

Oddly I was thinking of Pulp Fiction type scenes.

Boba: "Oh heck, Zuckus! I just shot 4-LOM in the face!"
They pull into Watto's junkyard
Watto: "Do you see a sign saying "Dead droid depository"?"
Boba: "Well.. yes. It's over there."

Zuckus, on comm : "Hey Jabba. You're sending IG-88? Why didn't you say?"

Whole film scored in John Williams style, except Boba's theme, which is Yackity Sax. Opening shot immediately after record scratch is the Arena on Mustaphar. Boba picks up Jango's helmet. Jango's head falls out on his foot.

Part of me wants a Boba Fett movie to start with him getting out, and have the movie be about him trying to get revenge on Luke Skywalker/Han Solo.

After the backstory he got in Clone Wars, being eaten by a butthole in the sand seems anti climactic.