wedge is too old to fly an x-wing by now anyway

wedge is too old to fly an x-wing by now anyway

You must not have read the EU, Him and Han are flying ships together in the Coreilan (I apologize for the spelling) Uprising/rebellion against the galactic alliance 40ish years after Yavin

Bore him. Get the hell out of here.

wedge is too old to fly an x-wing by now anyway

You must not have read the EU, Him and Han are flying ships together in the Coreilan (I apologize for the spelling) Uprising/rebellion against the galactic alliance 40ish years after Yavin

Just because an EU book does something doesn't make it a good idea or realistic. Especially as most of the EU is quite bad.

Fighter pilots need to be in pretty good condition (which goes toward young people) as well as the fact that as time goes on people are going to be promoted out of combat roles into command/administration. If you are not being promoted after a certain amount of time you are let go. So it would be quite unlikely for Wedge to still be a pilot.

However he could definato be a mentor figure or even commander of the New Republic fleet or something.

His most famous line in the movies "Just one more pass..." as he swings around an AT-AT with a tow cable seems pretty funny now.

wedge is too old to fly an x-wing by now anyway

You must not have read the EU, Him and Han are flying ships together in the Coreilan (I apologize for the spelling) Uprising/rebellion against the galactic alliance 40ish years after Yavin

Just because an EU book does something doesn't make it a good idea or realistic. Especially as most of the EU is quite bad.

Fighter pilots need to be in pretty good condition (which goes toward young people) as well as the fact that as time goes on people are going to be promoted out of combat roles into command/administration. If you are not being promoted after a certain amount of time you are let go. So it would be quite unlikely for Wedge to still be a pilot.

However he could definato be a mentor figure or even commander of the New Republic fleet or something.

Pilots need to be fit in order to withstand g forces, while those would be present turning high speed maneuvers even in space there is technology in the setting to make that negligible.

While he probably would be an admiral by that stage if it is desperate enough there is little reason to say he can't get behind the wheel again.

Assuming the new republic operates on the same "up or out" policy as the US military isn't a perfect way to do things. Real world is a good base but they can change whatever they **** well please in a 100% fictional setting.

Honestly, never heard of him. Star Wars was the biggest thing he ever did. He's a fool to turn it down. Any thoughts on who they should replace him with?

Actually Dennis Lawson had quite a prodigious stage presence in plays and musicals. He's much more of a theatre actor.

I sadly can't say I didn't expect this to happen. He already turned down the role of captain Antilles when episode III was being filmed, so I'm not at all surprised.

Any respectable actor would do as Lawson did. Despite what we as fans feel toward it, I can understand where he's coming from. It's most likely not an issue of time as to why he doesn't want to play wedge, but a matter of reputation and ego. I believe in an interview he stated that the role proposed to him wasn't dynamic and didn't present a more developed Wedge Antilles, with that being said, he probably didn't want to be used as a cameo/fandom/nerd-value tool that JJ Abrams would have most likely used him as (like the "omfg" fan reactions he got when he put tribbles in the latest Star Trek movie).

But there was a different actor playing wedge during the pre-trench run briefing. Supposedly he was such a screw-up they fired him and hired the guy that played him for the rest of the series.

This guy!

I knew there was something strange about him! I always said I thought he looked way different with his helmet off!

I'd always assumed that was a different pilot and Wedge was sat somewhere else!

*quick visit to Wookiepedia*

Well blow me down. Fake Wedge!

Craziest part of all is yet to come.

Lawson does the cockpit scenes, that guy does the briefing... and a third actor provides the voice for Wedge. Lawson provides Wedge's voice (after he practiced an American accent) in the other movies, but in A New Hope there are actually three Wedge's going on.

Now if only I could get three Wedge's into one list legally...

Episodes 7-9 should be all Wedge, all the time plus the ghost of Arvel Crynd.

Agreed.I know I will be bashed for saying this .. but there is no place in my heart for EU .. I'm OT all the way. With one exception!

Micheal Stackpole's X-Wing series (The Aaron Alliston books can be thrown away). Wedge is the BOSS in those! Humble and awesome!

I can understand his point of view. Sat in a cockpit, saying a few lines and that's it. So from his point of view it wouldn't be that interesting.

But...

All those $$$ he'd make for a few lines and brief take in a Star Wars movie that will probably make billions within hours of hitting the big screen is not a shrewd business move. However, money isn't everything and if a few hours of his life are better spent elsewhere then I can respect that.

Though he might view his contribution to the movies as small, I for one don't think the movies would be the same without him. When gaming, be it on the board or computer, and I score an impressive hit on an enemy, especially a hit that takes them out, I often shout "good shot Jackson" (I know it's supposed to be Janson). When playing Star Wars Battlefront II and bombing Star Destroyers I would always do fly-by-bombings. Knowing when the specific target was almost destroyed I'd be heard to mutter under my breath "one more pass".

While I'm sad to hear he won't be in Episode VII, I respect his decision and it won't be that difficult to find an old Wedge. Didn't bother me seeing a younger Obi-Wan played by Ewan McGregor, though Alec Guinness will always be THE Obi-Wan.

I shall simply conclude my opinion on this topic by saying of Lawson...

"He's not the Wedge you're looking for"

"We can go about our business"

"Move along"

Honestly, never heard of him. Star Wars was the biggest thing he ever did. He's a fool to turn it down. Any thoughts on who they should replace him with?

Harrison Ford... nope scratch that. I think he's got something else going on at that time.

He's evidently too sophisticated to be "bored" with green screen work.

Funny, because I was too "bored" with crappy theater to watch anything else he was in.

His TV shows are marginal at best, and obviously the 17 viewers of "The Machine" obviously disagree with me.

wedge is too old to fly an x-wing by now anyway

You must not have read the EU, Him and Han are flying ships together in the Coreilan (I apologize for the spelling) Uprising/rebellion against the galactic alliance 40ish years after Yavin

Just because an EU book does something doesn't make it a good idea or realistic. Especially as most of the EU is quite bad.

Fighter pilots need to be in pretty good condition (which goes toward young people) as well as the fact that as time goes on people are going to be promoted out of combat roles into command/administration. If you are not being promoted after a certain amount of time you are let go. So it would be quite unlikely for Wedge to still be a pilot.

However he could definato be a mentor figure or even commander of the New Republic fleet or something.

Pilots need to be fit in order to withstand g forces, while those would be present turning high speed maneuvers even in space there is technology in the setting to make that negligible.

While he probably would be an admiral by that stage if it is desperate enough there is little reason to say he can't get behind the wheel again.

Assuming the new republic operates on the same "up or out" policy as the US military isn't a perfect way to do things. Real world is a good base but they can change whatever they **** well please in a 100% fictional setting.

I guess you never heard of Robin Olds?

Sometimes good pilots stick around longer because they are very, very good. Up or out also does not work for most CW4 pilots in the Army because they are old, grumpy, and too darn awesome to take the PT test to get CW5. Recently I witnessed a CW4 who had flown since Vietnam finally retire after almost 40 years of continuous service as a pilot. Up or out is mainly for enlisted who are in for 12 years and can't get past Specialist (usually because they have low PT scores and a high density MOS where younger smarter people get promoted ahead of them).

But there was a different actor playing wedge during the pre-trench run briefing. Supposedly he was such a screw-up they fired him and hired the guy that played him for the rest of the series.

This guy!

I knew there was something strange about him! I always said I thought he looked way different with his helmet off!

I always thought that was Biggs.

As for no Dennis Lawson, well I'm disappointed but he has turned in to a bit of a luvvey in his old age and I can see him thinking that the role is now beneath him.

Wedge was just a bit part in the other films and it's really unlikely that he will be little more than a cameo in Ep VII.

If they disguised one of the Rogue Squadron books in to a WWII spitfire story no doubt he'd be all over it.

But there was a different actor playing wedge during the pre-trench run briefing. Supposedly he was such a screw-up they fired him and hired the guy that played him for the rest of the series.

This guy!

I knew there was something strange about him! I always said I thought he looked way different with his helmet off!

I always thought that was Biggs.

As for no Dennis Lawson, well I'm disappointed but he has turned in to a bit of a luvvey in his old age and I can see him thinking that the role is now beneath him.

Wedge was just a bit part in the other films and it's really unlikely that he will be little more than a cameo in Ep VII.

If they disguised one of the Rogue Squadron books in to a WWII spitfire story no doubt he'd be all over it.

Biggs had a pornstache.

I vote Wedge's role gets expanded, and Timothy Dalton plays him.

But there was a different actor playing wedge during the pre-trench run briefing. Supposedly he was such a screw-up they fired him and hired the guy that played him for the rest of the series.

This guy!

I knew there was something strange about him! I always said I thought he looked way different with his helmet off!

I'd always assumed that was a different pilot and Wedge was sat somewhere else!

*quick visit to Wookiepedia*

Well blow me down. Fake Wedge!

Craziest part of all is yet to come.

Lawson does the cockpit scenes, that guy does the briefing... and a third actor provides the voice for Wedge. Lawson provides Wedge's voice (after he practiced an American accent) in the other movies, but in A New Hope there are actually three Wedge's going on.

Now if only I could get three Wedge's into one list legally...

Well, I guess Dennis Lawson would have the only Pilot skill 9.

The screw up guy that got fired would do the dying,

And the voice actor could explain the special ability