1 hour ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

Aladdin and all the other classics that were desecrated (although heck, some of the series were actually pretty good) in the direct to VHS era still shift lots of merchandise and things like the Lion King even are able to be rerun in cinemas successfully. The brand of any of the Disney classics is still massively strong.

You see, the way Star Wars is handeled will be similar to Marvel. Lots of movie releases, lots of success, but through the sheer volume of content some stinkers will exist. This doesn't kill the brand, though, as a fanbase will still watch everything and then tell the general audience which ones are worth looking at.

Thats that I thought.

1 hour ago, Admiral Deathrain said:

Aladdin and all the other classics that were desecrated (although heck, some of the series were actually pretty good) in the direct to VHS era still shift lots of merchandise and things like the Lion King even are able to be rerun in cinemas successfully. The brand of any of the Disney classics is still massively strong.

You see, the way Star Wars is handeled will be similar to Marvel. Lots of movie releases, lots of success, but through the sheer volume of content some stinkers will exist. This doesn't kill the brand, though, as a fanbase will still watch everything and then tell the general audience which ones are worth looking at.

Marvel + Direct-to-video quality = Inhumans?

For a TV series, I always wanted to see Vader hunting down Jedi, Mon Mothma Building an alliance, the rise of the Galactic Empire from a Imperial point of view and Wedge forming Rogue Squadron. I remember posting this decade ago when the talk of a TV series first came up. Guess with Rebels out, it won’t happen now.

7 hours ago, VanderLegion said:

Non-skywalker doesn't necessarily mean non-jedi. I'd be perfectly happy if it DOES, but I'm not sure I see disney going that route for a full trilogy.

Maybe it could focus on other Force traditions other than Jedi and Sith? We've had a taste of that even in canon with the Dathomirian Witches, and there are others in the EU that could be mined and explored.

Heck, the Guardians of the Whills could be a fun group to expand upon. Something like that could give us a different understanding of how the force works and maybe even ways to utilize the force without being force sensitive, in the traditional use of the term.

Whoops

15 hours ago, Hawkstrike said:

We can hope for a Black Sheep Squadron-clone Rogue Squadron series.

I need more likes for this.

I want a bounty hunter series.

Frankly, I think we need to stay away from bounty hunters. Nothing against you C. Lizards, it's just that for the longest time if you weren't in the Rebellion, the Empire, the Senate or a smuggler, your job was "bounty hunter".

H*ll, even Aunt Beru was a bounty hunter!*

Here's a non-comprehensive list of Bounty Hunters:

4-LOM[1]
Amanaman[2]
Athgar Heece[3]
Aurra Sing[4]
Asajj Ventress[5]
Beebox[6]
Black Krrsantan[7]
Boba Fett[8]
Bossk[9]
Boushh[10]
Bulduga[11]
Brainee[12]
C-21 Highsinger[13]
Cad Bane[14]
Cassie Cryar[15]
Castas[16]
Cato Parasitti[17]
Chanath Cha[18]
Chata Hyoki[19]
Cradossk[20]
Dengar[21]
Derrown[11]
Fong Do[22]
El-Les[23]
Embo[24]
Greedo[25]
HELIOS-3D[26]
HELIOS-3E[26]
IG-88[27]
IG-90[28]
Jakoli[11]
Jango Fett[29]
Jas Emari[30]
Ketsu Onyo[31]
Kiera Swan[11]
Latts Razzi[32]
Mantu[11]
Mercurial Swift[30]
Moralo Eval[33]
Oked[34]
Onca[11]
Rako Hardeen[33]
Robonino[26]
Rumi Paramita[35]
Sabine Wren (formerly)[31]
Sarco Plank[36]
Seripas[35]
Shahan Alama[26]
Shalla Mondatha[37]
Sinrich[11]
Sixtat[11]
Sugi[35]
Ten Numb[38]
Todo 360[14]
Twazzi[11]
Zam Wesell[39]
Zuckuss[40]

If whatever they come up with was Bounty Hunter adjacent, meaning: they cross paths with them and the crime syndicates of the underworld, YES please!

Give me new perspectives LFL! A real "space trucker" or a professor from a university on Corellia doing research, a doctor, a wildlife preservationist, a novelist, an actor, a botanist, a chaos theroetician--spare no expense, no expense!

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* No she wasn't. I was just exaggerating to stress the point.

She'd be cool though, hunting down moof milkers and nerf herders with some mean Chuck Norris karate chops!

I just say that because I just got a commissioned bounty hunter Upsilon.

I agree 100% with the anti-bounty-hunter message. I got really sick of that in Clone Wars. If you need bodyguards, assassins, or even drill sergeants, it seemed that in Clone Wars, you only ever hired “bounty hunters”. A bounty hunter is a very specific thing, and I’m very sick of Star Wars calling all mercenaries “bounty hunters”.

I have a question about this news: is this new trilogy a series of made-for-TV movies that can only be seen on the Disney streaming service, or will they be available in theaters and on DVD? Also, will the show be available anywhere else or at least sold on DVD?

Also gonna throw out a Mandalorian centric series. I understand if that's not to everyone's liking, but Mandalorians are one of my favorite things out of Star Wars. Following a small clan trying to survive and build up power to get revenge on those who made them a small clan would be pretty awesome. It could also reaffirm some classic Mandalorian tenets like adoption and disregard for species as well as buck some armor trends.

I would watch a TV show following the adventures of Dash Rendar!

18 hours ago, markcsoul said:

I hope the live action series is the one Lucas had started and had several seasons of scripts written and ready to go once it was economically feasible.

So long as they have someone patch the dialogue up here and there to make it sound like something a person might say, or at the very least have a director that who can direct people. Lucas is a good idea man, but he sort of sucks when it comes to trying to direct people and create dialogue himself.

9 hours ago, eMeM said:

LFL seems to be very confident in Rian Johnson. It's priomising, but then again, LFL hired Jar Jar ******* Abrams twice...

Based off the Han Solo issues, and granted this is just speculation on my part, but I figure that Rian Johnson and J.J. Abrams are both sort of yes men, who would be more willing to bow towards LFL if they want to push certain things. Like I said, I could be wrong, but I figure Disney and LFL will want to make Star Wars as marketable and relatable to the masses as possible and people who are willing to play ball and do as they say are more favorable than those that might try to do their own thing. Now, whether this is a good or bad thing we don't know, but hopefully it will be good.

4 hours ago, ScummyRebel said:

If that Disney streaming service has Rebels and the new live action series, and holds on to the old Disney classics for the rest of the family .... Sold.

New trilogy sounds either very good or very bad. All of the films have featured a member of the Skywalker bloodline, so this could be an interesting departure. Or it could blow up on them. I'm hoping for the former.

Well Disney is not working with Netflix to make any new shows post 2018, so I figure all of Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney will end up on the streaming service, which is a good deal more promising than what CBS all access has going for it. The New trilogy is very welcome in my mind, I don't want spinoffs for Han Solo and Obi-Wan and every other possibly character, I much rather see new stories and exploring that area.

5 hours ago, Skargoth said:

Marvel + Direct-to-video quality = Inhumans?

Star Wars + TV series = Inhumans quality?
Hey at least it not as bad as the holiday ... wait, forget it …

Maybe a story about a criminal warlord who hires bounty hunters.

47 minutes ago, Animewarsdude said:

So long as they have someone patch the dialogue up here and there to make it sound like something a person might say, or at the very least have a director that who can direct people. Lucas is a good idea man, but he sort of sucks when it comes to trying to direct people and create dialogue himself.

Lucas didn't write the scripts personally. They were written by a lot of big tv writers. I think Ron Moore wrote a few actually.

But I'm sure he was behind a lot of the story ideas.

6 hours ago, NotBatman said:

If you're really gonna be THAT guy...

DAMMIT my keyboard got in the way again.

5 hours ago, Kieransi said:

I have a question about this news: is this new trilogy a series of made-for-TV movies that can only be seen on the Disney streaming service, or will they be available in theaters and on DVD? Also, will the show be available anywhere else or at least sold on DVD?

Nothing specific has been announced other than some general info.

13 hours ago, Viktus106 said:

If it were me, I would do it from a merc perspective, no direct allegiance to either side, just trying to carve out a living and stay alive.

It's been done already...

2 hours ago, Scrivner said:

It's been done already...

Yes, and I really don't see how Star Wars is going to tell it better.

First CBS and now Disney!? At least Disney should have enough of a library to make it worth it.

I'd hesitate to compare Star wars to what marvel is doing. Sure, both are big movie francises... the difference is Marvel's releases are one big continuous plot. Star Wars going saga-standalone lets the audience take breathers to focus on other parts of the universe instead of keeping up with the latest plot developments. I find it an advantage personally, it means movies can keep being made without needing to catch up on where the saga is over 30~ movies.

I wonder what the new series is going to be about. I won't make guesses, just say that I hope it centers on the Galactic Civil War or after. Not really interested in that old Republic stuff.

What I would love to see is a similar to an RPG game I ran, from the imperial standpoint in the far reaches of the Empires territory.

Focus on the crew of a small ship, and some imperial TIE pilots and the support crew as they go on missions, and deal with the repurcussions of their orders.

The advantage of a Imperial centric show are the drama of being possibly good people working for the bad guys. If the series was to be how a crew deals with a possible defection or hard orders, you get plenty of drama. A relatively small cast also lets the relationships and drama from character interaction.

Costumes are easy and consistent, the ship as a focal point creates a relatively easy sets for the series; bunks, bridge, halls, cargo bay, mission briefing room, launch bay, TIE cockpits, etc. It also has the benefit of the cast being all human.

The occasional space station or ground based story, all easy enough to do.

On 11.11.2017 at 5:50 AM, That Blasted Samophlange said:

What I would love to see is a similar to an RPG game I ran, from the imperial standpoint in the far reaches of the Empires territory.

Focus on the crew of a small ship, and some imperial TIE pilots and the support crew as they go on missions, and deal with the repurcussions of their orders.

The advantage of a Imperial centric show are the drama of being possibly good people working for the bad guys. If the series was to be how a crew deals with a possible defection or hard orders, you get plenty of drama. A relatively small cast also lets the relationships and drama from character interaction.

Costumes are easy and consistent, the ship as a focal point creates a relatively easy sets for the series; bunks, bridge, halls, cargo bay, mission briefing room, launch bay, TIE cockpits, etc. It also has the benefit of the cast being all human.

The occasional space station or ground based story, all easy enough to do.

While in general I don't think your idea is bad, I am of the opinion that you can not pull it off properly these days, because the studios make the drama unbearable whiny or bitchy. That had been in issue even back with the new BSG, that is an issue with the expanse, a problem with the ascension as well. And I fear if they would do right now such an series from imperial perspective, they would focus way too much on the drama of personal relationships, which honestly is the one trend in us series which I really, really can't stand.

Now at the other hand, the personal drama in Firefly was actually cool and mostly properly done as well, so it is possible to do it properly.

1 hour ago, SEApocalypse said:

While in general I don't think your idea is bad, I am of the opinion that you can not pull it off properly these days, because the studios make the drama unbearable whiny or bitchy. That had been in issue even back with the new BSG, that is an issue with the expanse, a problem with the ascension as well. And I fear if they would do right now such an series from imperial perspective, they would focus way too much on the drama of personal relationships, which honestly is the one trend in us series which I really, really can't stand.

Now at the other hand, the personal drama in Firefly was actually cool and mostly properly done as well, so it is possible to do it properly.

Now I want Disney to hire Joss Wheaton for this.