Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy Wishful Thinking Thread

[Edd Extraordinaire]

If the Thrawn trilogy were to be adapted into the next trilogy of Star Wars movies, and to be directed and adapted by people who can actually direct and write dialogue, who would you choose? Also, who would you re-cast and cast for new roles?

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Luke Skywalker - He'd be around 30 or 40 so Matt Damon
Han Solo - Hugh Jackman (thank you Conn)
Mara Jade - Jennifer Connelly
Thrawn - Christian Bale

 

[StarWarsAgent]

Fair enough Edd. So you liked the thrawn trilogy..good for you. but it aint no movie. Mara Jade..she's so annoying..if she wanted to kill luke why didn't she just do it? She ends up marrying him. yeah ok.

The books were well writen and had some interesting stuff. But not enough to make it into a movie.

Anyways. Shadows of the Empire was better..Video game and all the toys were hell cool.

About thrawn..He was kinda lame, Ok so he was blue and wore that cool empire outfit..But the empire was dead, just admit it already..the empire will never come back..

 

[Addendum]

Jorus C'baoth - Anthony Hopkins

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Fair enough Edd. So you liked the thrawn trilogy..good for you. but it aint no movie. Mara Jade..she's so annoying..if she wanted to kill luke why didn't she just do it? She ends up marrying him. yeah ok.

The books were well writen and had some interesting stuff. But not enough to make it into a movie.

Anyways. Shadows of the Empire was better..Video game and all the toys were hell cool.

About thrawn..He was kinda lame, Ok so he was blue and wore that cool empire outfit..But the empire was dead, just admit it already..the empire will never come back..

Are you insane. These would be much better movies than the prequels. At least they're written better.

 

[StarWarsAgent]

Are you insane. These would be much better movies than the prequels. At least they're written better.

Books are always writen better!! That's why they are books!! & nothing could be better than the PT..


N-eways, Half the people here never read those books.

 

[Addendum]

Timothy Zahn - Hugo Award winning writer.

George Lucas - No awards for his writing

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Books are always writen better!! That's why they are books!! & nothing could be better than the PT..


N-eways, Half the people here never read those books.

Listen, the Phantom Menace blew for two reasons.

1. Qui-Gon Jinn was killed
2. Darth Maul was killed

The two most marketable characters in the history of Star Wars since Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, and they kill them off cheaply. That is bad writing. Not to mention all that Count Dooku business. TRASH.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Timothy Zahn - Hugo Award winning writer.

George Lucas - No awards for his writing

Lucas got owned by a novelist. Forshame.

 

[StarWarsAgent]

Listen, the Phantom Menace blew for two reasons.

1. Qui-Gon Jinn was killed
2. Darth Maul was killed

The two most marketable characters in the history of Star Wars since Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker, and they kill them off cheaply. That is bad writing. Not to mention all that Count Dooku business. TRASH.

I'm outta here..take care kid.

 

[Addendum]

And the novelist won the Hugo for a novella.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Equation:

Zahn + Thrawn Movies + Script + Lucas-Less Directing = Success.

 

[Addendum]

That's why I was disappointed with the Prequels.

The bar was set too high thanks to Timothy Zahn. t:

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Exactly. Honeslty though, if Lucas let someone else direct the movies, they could've been so much better. I think Hayden Christensen could've done a lot better. He's a good actor, go watch Shattered Glass. Ewan has his moments too, see Big Fish, it's a great movie. Portman is Portman, and I think with the right director, these movies wouldn't have had such big plotholes.

 

[CConn]

And remember, Spielberg wanted to do AOTC.

 

[Addendum]

Exactly. Honeslty though, if Lucas let someone else direct the movies, they could've been so much better. I think Hayden Christensen could've done a lot better. He's a good actor, go watch Shattered Glass. Ewan has his moments too, see Big Fish, it's a great movie. Portman is Portman, and I think with the right director, these movies wouldn't have had such big plotholes.

Which is exactly the point of Matt's thread which has gone on forever.

In the Misc. Comics Films section of the Hype, there's a thread titled "Safe Haven for those Who Demand More".

Which is exactly what A LOT of people wanted out of the Prequels.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

And which is what they'll never get because Lucas is a selfish ass monger.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

And remember, Spielberg wanted to do AOTC.

He would've brung back Maul somehow.

 

[CConn]

He would've brung back Maul somehow.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Replace Dooku and Grievious with him.

 

[Danger Mouse]

I see Nathan Fillion as Han Solo and NOT Connelly as Jade, though I can't think of a suitable actress right now.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Fillon has done Serenity....And his character was very Solo-esque. But I think he's too cocky for Solo if you know what I mean. Solo is more of cocky with a heart of gold.

 

[Danger Mouse]

Connelly would make a nice Leia, though.

 

[Edd Extraordinaire]

Nicely done, DM.

 

[Danger Mouse]

Fillon has done Serenity....And his character was very Solo-esque. But I think he's too cocky for Solo if you know what I mean. Solo is more of cocky with a heart of gold.

Fillion's character in Serenity is nothing if not with a heart of gold. There've been many times in the TV show Firefly he has shown evidence of that attribute. Which is why I see him as Solo.