More Star Wars!

[HeySeuss]

Yeah, seriously, I'm not even sure I care if the new movie sucks or not so long as there's no jar-jar. But with Harrison Ford in there, I can't see it sucking.

[mdk]

and you linked nothing.

[HeySeuss]

I figure if someone hasn't seen it yet, they just aren't on the internet anyway. ;)

[mdk]

[Vilageidiotx]

Well, they are being made by Abrams this time. He might not make classic movies, but at least they aren't bad.

And his style is way more at home with Star Wars than it was with Star Trek.

[Frettzo]

The trailers didn't hit any of my sweet spots, so I'm not all that excited, though I do expect to see some good ol' Star Wars goodness.

[mdk]

Rumor has it, the Sith is Revan.

[Frettzo]

That would be truly awesome, but I doubt Revan can live for thousands of years xD

[Revans Exile]

I love Star Wars but I have absolutely no interst in these. I'd rather watch Episodes 1-3 again.

After TOR's butchering of Revan, if Revan is involved in this movie it will kill Star Wars for me.

[mdk]

If it *is* Revan, that would explain why they nuked some of the EU -- presumably to destroy the TOR appearance from the histories (and probably a *lot* of the stupider books, too). As for the time gap, I mean, that would sort of explain the original trailer text -- "There has been an awakening.... the dark side and the light." I mean.... that's Revan all over.

[Gelatinous Cube]

I'm choosing to remain optimistic about this. It has a great cast, Abrams is a more than competent director (who has already admitted being a much bigger fan or Star Wars than he was of Star Trek) and with Lawrence Kasdan writing (co-writer of Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi and Raiders of the Lost Ark) I'm sure we'll get a worthy follow-up.
Thank all that is good that frequent Abrams collaborator (and all-round terrible screenwriter) Damon "Plot holes are my jam" Lindelof isn't involved in this, otherwise I would write it off immediately.

Of course, despite all that it could still suck terribly, but I guess we'll all just have to wait and see!

[Gwynbleidd]

If it *is* Revan, that would explain why they nuked some of the EU -- presumably to destroy the TOR appearance from the histories (and probably a *lot* of the stupider books, too). As for the time gap, I mean, that would sort of explain the original trailer text -- "There has been an awakening.... the dark side and the light." I mean.... that's Revan all over.

@mdk

As much as I love Revan and that might be my favorite storyline of all Star Wars…

Please no! I hope that's not true whatsoever. Just give me a great trilogy of the Mandalorian Wars. OR a saga that goes from Mandalorian Wars to the end of the Jedi Civil War. IMAGINE HOW EPIC THAT WOULD BE!

[mdk]

Honestly I like the KOTOR games enough that like.... if they wanted to leave that whole era to the games, I'd be fine. I could play a few hundred of those.

But now that Disney owns the universe, the spinoffs are coming, so who knows what we'll get? Rogue Squadron, ideally, but we'll see what else.

[Gwynbleidd]

True true. I'm still hoping forever for a proper KoToR 3. If they gave me Revan and the Mandalorian wars I would be forever in love, and the JCW up til' the start of KOTOR. Basically, more games written in that fashion with that style. Doesn't matter the characters. A great RPG is a great RPG. Too much to ask for?

[mdk]

I'm about to hit massive RPG withdrawal now that I just finished up Dragon Age Inquisition. Which means either it's KOTOR-o-clock, or I might have to check out one of the MMO's I used to play that's gone free.

But that's beside the point.

The broader, on-topic point being, Revan's an amazing character and lots of SW fans have never even seen him before, so that could be a great movie.

In other Star Wars news, Battlefront is happening and apparently one of the maps is like an episode 7 prequel. But nevermind that because the game itself looks incredible:

[Vilageidiotx]

Oh shit! That game was the shit when I was a teen.

[Dinh AaronMk]

>Four planets only on release
>No space battles
>No Clone Wars, not even all of Star Wars; no matter how poor
>DLC content already in the works.
>No Campaign mode
>Ten bucks it's an Origin exclusive with a seventy dollars release price tag and well into hundred twenty dollars for release-day DLC

Shiggy diggy EA. I hope you liked Evolved's release policy.

Might as well go back to playing Battlefront 2 with its wonky hitboxes.

[mdk]

happened across this explanation of the Revan theory today

It's not "CONFIRMED" or anything, but that's where the theory is coming from.

[Revans Exile]

>No Campaign mode

@Dinh AaronMk

If there is no campaign there is no game.

I used to love that series, they ruined it. Why is every Star Wars game franchise constantly being ruined?

[mdk]

Watch, campaign DLC available on day 1 for $40