Star Wars TV Show, And An Unmade Trilogy 346
Necromutant writes "Mark Hamill comments about Episodes 7, 8, and 9 really got everyone's attention. Mark told those in attendance what Lucas told him the third trilogy would be about. Also confirmed today officially, a Star Wars television show coming in the future. -- I don't know if I should be happy or scared..."
I always wanted to do this... ;) (Score:5, Informative)
Mirror of mp3 (Score:5, Informative)
Charlie Rose interview (Score:5, Informative)
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Re:Ob. Spaceballs Reference (Score:5, Informative)
A friend once told me, after watching Mel Brooks' commentary on the Spaceballs DVD, that Brooks said he'd wanted to do a sequel.
The title he wanted to use, though, wasn't Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money, as Yogurt had prophesized. He wanted the title to be Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2.
partial transcript (Score:2, Informative)
MH: He talked about doing 7,8,9. You know when I first did this, it was four trilogies. 12 movies! And out on the desert there's big time between setups 'cause of whatever, ya know, the robots are... can you imagine robots rolling mechanically- oil on sand in the desert? That's the kind of stuff you don't [inaudible] we should prepare for this, so they're digging out sand and putting planks and moving the cameras so you can't see he's on wood. Lots of free time. And George was talking about this whole... and I'm listening to this thing, cause I said, "Why are you starting at 4,5,6? It's crazy." [imitates Lucas] 'Well, that's the most commercial section of the movie.' I went, "Oh, ok." Yeah, he said that the first one, or the first trilogy's darker and more serious. The impression that I got, he said, [imitates Lucas] "How would you like to be in episode 9?" This is 1976. I said, "When's that gonna be?" Heh. [imitates Lucas] "Like, two thousand, eleven." [laughter]
Mirror of 5 minute talk here (Score:2, Informative)
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1976! (Score:2, Informative)
Text better than voiced words... (Score:3, Informative)
My kingdom for a quick summary in WRITTEN WORD. Ok maybe not my kingdom but at least my thanks...
Re:A big stick and a dead horse (Score:3, Informative)
I'm less certain.
American Heritage Dictionary, 4th edition (by way of dictionary.com):
The OED:
Google turns up a fascinating compilation of definitions of science fiction [panix.com] from science fiction authors and others.
Star Wars would fit well under some of these definitions, less well under others.
Most people think of any kind of fantastic fiction with space ships in it as being science fiction, and clearly it would be hard to write such a work without at least betraying some influence from that genre.
I find it makes communication easier if I use words in a way which other people will understand. So I'm inclined to accept a broader definition of science fiction and reserve some other term ("hard science fiction", maybe?) for works that are more focused on the technical underpinnings of an alternate world (which I'm assuming is closer to the definition you're working from).
--Bruce Fields
Re:A big stick and a dead horse (Score:4, Informative)
It's not my idea. Leave USENET and go talk to a bookseller -- like the GM or owner of a local bookstore. Odds are that they'll be able to backup my statement.
"Speculative Fiction" isn't a historic genere. It's an attempt to redefine "S/F" to mean something broader, and it does make more sense than "Science Fiction". But it's still not a classic genere, and you probably won't find "Speculative fiction" as a section in a bookstore.
Re:To be fair to Lucas (Score:3, Informative)
Moreover, Asimov's two prequels predate Lucas's prequels.
Transcript (Score:5, Informative)