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Re: next year
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Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:24:13 GMT
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In lugnet.adventurers, Jason Maxwell writes:
> In lugnet.adventurers, Adrick Tolliver writes:
> > In lugnet.adventurers, Andrew Summersgill writes:
> > > > and Star Wars, all set in the present or future.
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> > > Sorry - got to be picky here, Star Wars is probably the oldest era of all
> > > Lego sets - it was after all set "Long long ago in a galaxy far far away".
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> > No, it was set in our future, but the story was being told by someone for
> > whom the events of the Star Wars saga were in the past. Got it?
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> No, I don't think that you can draw that conclusion. There's nothing in the
> movie to date it (by our timeline) and while it seems to be a retelling of a
> story (at least from the intro scrolls with each movie) it's not a given.
The "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away..." line is, in fact, meant to
mean that this all happened a long time ago from when we are now, and in a
galaxy far, far away from where we are now. That was meant to give it a thrust
of mythology. Lucas pretty much considers the stories to be more based in
swords-and-sorcery (with a healthy dash of Wild West) than in science fiction.
> I
> know the rumor/urban legend that the set of 9 movies would end with R2-D2
> and C-3PO talking to each other about their adventures but there's been no
> canonical (sp?) proof of that. Just MHO.
Lucas did say, at the time that he said there would be three trilogies, that
the only characters that would appear in all 9 movies would be R2-D2 and C-3PO,
and what we'd end up with is a history of a period of great change in the
galaxy, as witnessed by two rather unassuming and seemingly unimportant Droids.
I like this concept for the cycle, but Lucas has changed his mind, it seems.
So far, only four characters have appeared in all 4 movies- the two droids,
Obi-Wan, and Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader.
Since Lucas has apparently decided that there will only be 6 movies, and they
will focus on the rise, fall, and saving of Anakin Skywalker, it seems unlikely
that either Anakin or Obi-Wan won't appear in Episodes II or III.
eric
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| In lugnet.starwars, Eric Joslin writes: <Snip> (...) Rumour has it that the 3rd trilogy would have taken place about 25 years after the battle of Endor. The New Republic would be facing a dark new threat and the story would have been centered around (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) No, I don't think that you can draw that conclusion. There's nothing in the movie to date it (by our timeline) and while it seems to be a retelling of a story (at least from the intro scrolls with each movie) it's not a given. I know the (...) (26 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.starwars)
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