The Magnificent Jedi! The Seven Jedurai!

YaYa

http://www.vulture.com/2013/01/zack-snyder-preps-non-trilogy-star-wars-film.html

so Zack Snyder of being Zack Snyder fame is directing a Star Wars movie, but it'll be like a Star Wars side story, but they're not calling it Episode VII or VIII or IX

and basically it'll be the Seven Samurai but in Star Wars which actually sounds kind of fucking great

what do you guys think? should it be with jedis or smugglers or both or what's your ideal set-up here

edit: NO HE ISN'T HE'S TOTALLY DENIED EVERYTHING YAYA IS BASICALLY USELESS AT POSTING NEWS

Tonkka

Hmmm.

Goose!

I like the idea of Star Wars having more movies, and being that George set the bar so low with the prequel trilogy, I am excited for what this + the new trilogy can bring.

JayKaos

I definitely think it's interesting that they're going back to the ripping-off-Kurosawa that the series started with, and Snyder could certainly do some cool lightsaber action scenes, so I'm cautiously optimistic.

NeoToma

A great idea.

So great I kind of wish it was from a better director.

Probad

I can just pop Seven Samurai in right now and make lightsaber noises while I watch.

Pharezon

Zack Snyder.

JoeUser

I can't wait for an action scene to go in slow motion and then speed up a bunch.

Veretas

NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE

Fuck you Snyder

Fuck

You

LTM

Coincidentally, I just found this fairly amazing youtube playlist: 125 Random Star Wars spots and promo vids.

I have no idea what I'd want out of a Snyder movie, though.

Theodore Floosevelt

I require yellow lightsabers and a visual treatise on vaapad

CorporateLogo

I have never seen Seven Samurai

I assume this will be a reasonable enough facsimile that I won't have to see the original (if this is not rumor)

YaYa

I actually think Snyder-fights with lightsabers would be a huge step up from the prequels

Snyder issues aside the dude can choreograph a beatdown pretty darn well

Turambar

So they're making a seventh movie based on the Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, yet specifically not calling it Episode VII?

what

#pipe

I am excited by the prospect of Extended Universe movies.

The best star wars books were ones that had passing if any mentions of the Skywalker and Solo families. It's a cool universe! Use the existing lore to make something rad!

Kochikens

:^:

Knob

Needs more Toshiro Mifune

Harry Dresden

Turambar wrote: »

So they're making a seventh movie based on the Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, yet specifically not calling it Episode VII?

what

Snyder's not working on Episode VII. This is one of the spin-off's. Now all we need is Joe Johnson to get his Boba Fett movie green lit.

LTM

Turambar wrote: »

So they're making a seventh movie based on the Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, yet specifically not calling it Episode VII?

what

For what it's worth, Episode 7 will have already been out before this, it seems. This will not be part of the numbered sequence of primary storyline.

Franko

Samurai 7?

Dongs Galore

gosh I'm so tired of JEDI JEDI JEDI

this better be about smugglers or bounty hunters or stormtroopers or something

Abracadaniel

I'd probably watch it

but I'm a big dork

so

#pipe

Turambar wrote: »

So they're making a seventh movie based on the Seven Samurai and The Magnificent Seven, yet specifically not calling it Episode VII?

what

Well there are more than 7 movies set in the star wars universe already

Yes I am counting Caravans of Courage

sarukun

Look, okay, Lightsabers are awesome and that's sells papers.

Anyway, a smuggler would be better served by an animated series.

Turambar

I know this is a spin-off, I read the article

Just think it's a waste of an excellent title homage

Solar

I

hmm

yeah

maybe

Harry Dresden

sarukun wrote: »

Look, okay, Lightsabers are awesome and that's sells papers.

Anyway, a smuggler would be better served by an animated series.

Lose the smuggler. This needs soldiers, mercenaries and Jedi/Sith.

sarukun

Harry Dresden wrote: »

sarukun wrote: »

Look, okay, Lightsabers are awesome and that's sells papers.

Anyway, a smuggler would be better served by an animated series.

Lose the smuggler. This needs soldiers, mercenaries and Jedi/Sith.

Genndy already did that.

Matev

God dammit.... Every time I think I can get back out.... They start pulling me back in again...

Veretas

CorporateLogo wrote: »

I have never seen Seven Samurai

I assume this will be a reasonable enough facsimile that I won't have to see the original (if this is not rumor)

Go see Seven Samurai holy shit

Dongs Galore

I've said this before, but Jedi are the most boring part of Star Wars

They're fine as part of the greater universe, but they make terrible protagonists on account of they're all emotionless chaste space monks

Like, in the Original Trilogy this wasn't an issue because Luke wasn't even a Jedi until like the last half of ROTJ, and even then he wasn't like the prequel Jedi because he still liked fuckin', but with the prequel Jedi it's terrible especially because the supporting characters who they primarily interact with are all faceless Clones who are also inherently unrelatable.

sarukun

Yeah, no.

Theodore Floosevelt

These aren't (likely) going to be prequel jedi, though, they're gonna be new Jedi

and new Jedi are mos def dtf

Rolo

Much rather see a Brad Birdwars.

Still better than Michael Baywars.

YaYa

can we just have one Jedi but he's just the druuunnnkkkeeessssttt Jedi

just a real asshole of a Jedi

gotta get the youngest of the group to point him in the right direction of the space bandits

Franko

This is madness!
This is cloud ciiiiiiiiiity!

haha I'm relevant

sarukun

YaYa wrote: »

can we just have one Jedi but he's just the druuunnnkkkeeessssttt Jedi

just a real asshole of a Jedi

gotta get the youngest of the group to point him in the right direction of the space bandits

Oh, man, that would be a blast.

interrobang

get outta here franko

sarukun

YaYa, that's your next NaNoWriMo piece.

JayKaos

I figure it's gonna be all mercenaries and then whoops half of them are secretly Jedi.

Dongs Galore

UNLESS this retcons Midi-Chlorians

like, one line from one Jedi like "Oh, yeah, a couple of fringe wingnut Jedi think there's some link with bacteria and the force but that's total bullshit heresy"