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Star Wars TV Show, And An Unmade Trilogy
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..."
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In George Lucas' interview with Charlie Rose two days ago, he very firmly stated "no more Star Wars movies," he wants to do other films. Take that for what it's worth...
I got the file, and aside from a mention that Lucas originally told him that there would be three trilogies, and asking him on the earlier set if he wanted to be in Ep9 (to be made around 2011), there's nothing new in there. It's a lot of talk about what went on behind the scenes in standard studio politics.
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Slighty off-topic, but funny nonetheless:
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.
Q: if george decided to do a 7,8,9 - would you do it?
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]
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This isn't really news at all. Mark doesn't say what the next trilogy is about. I'm not sure why it's being reported that way. He just talks about how Lucas asked him to do four trilogies total. This was back in 1976. Mark mentions being in Episode 9 and handing his light sabre off to the new Jedi. Nothing more.
Can't somebody here write up a quick summary of what is said in the MP3 by Hammil ? I dunno for you all, but 1) I can't access the web site in the article summary 2) anyway the MP3 I downloaded from a mirror is so down in quality that as a foreigner which understand only oxford english, it is useless to me.
My kingdom for a quick summary in WRITTEN WORD. Ok maybe not my kingdom but at least my thanks...
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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 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
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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.
George Lucas didn't invent the prequel-- he was imitating the epic style of starting the action "in medias res". Virgil, for instance, devotes the second book of his Aeneid to describing events (the fall of Troy) that predated the narrative in the first book (Juno's storm, and the landing of the Trojan fleet in Africa).
Moreover, Asimov's two prequels predate Lucas's prequels.
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