George Lucas went through many drafts for Star Wars before coming up with the final version we know and love today. Here are 20 facts about the Star Wars rough drafts and preparation for filming you may not know.
1 - In George Lucas' rough draft of 1974, the first occurrence of "May The Force Be With You" was uttered by King Kayos of Aquilae. He actually says "May The Force Of Others Be With You All." In fact, the force was known as the force of others.
2 - Han Solo resembled a "swamp creature" again in the rough draft.
3 - Chewie was a nickname for Devil Two, a hot shot pilot, later changed to Wedge.
4 - The Death Star was originally referred to as just a space fortress.
5 - Skywalker decided to train wookiees to fly ships to help destroy the flying fortress.
6 - In the second draft Han had changed to human. He was teamed up with Chewbacca and also in debt to an enormous fat character called Oxus.
7 - A pirate ship makes a jump to "hyper-skip" in the second draft.
8 - In the third draft, Ben explains to Luke about the force. It can be collected and transmitted through the use of a kiber crystal. Ben explains his was taken at the Battle of Condawn.
9 - It wasn't until the third draft that the term light sabre was used. Up until then it was laser sword.
10 - Han Solo built his own ship in draft three, which Jabba paid for.
11 - At one point, George Lucas had considered doing the whole movie in Japanese with English subtitles.
12 - Much work was done on the front part of the X-Wing's nose so it didn't look "obscene."
13 - In the original fourteen page treatment way back in 1973, the planet Yavin was a jungle planet for wookiees.
14 - In the opening shot of the first rough draft, a ship orbits the fourth moon of Utapau in the Kessil system.
15 - Originally DaiNoga was a name for a Jedi in the first draft.
16 - In the second draft the story opens with a prophecy - "And in the time of greatest despair there shall come a saviour, and he shall be known as The Son Of The Suns" - Journal of the Whills 3:127.
17 - The evil (dark) side of the force was known as Bogan.
18 -Luke told Biggs about a young Padawan who ran away and taught the Bogan to Sith pirates. His name was Darklighter.
19 - In the second draft, Chewbacca was described as an eight foot tall, savage looking creature, resembling a huge grey bushbaby monkey with fierce "baboon-like" fangs.
20 - Han agrees to take Luke and the two robots to safety (Ogana Major) for a million credits. He, however, doesn't have a ship, so fakes a reactor leak on the ship he's serving on, causing the crew including Jabba to flee in terror.
Harrison Ford will be playing Han Solo in the new film.
It's also rumored Billy Dee Williams, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill will be in the new film too.
Anyone know whether or not we're going to get Frank Oz's actual hand in a puppet, or more of that CGI Yoda bullshit? I know Yoda is "dead" and all, but I'm sure he'll pop out in ghost form from time to time.
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Star Wars Episode VII Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
Director J.J. Abrams says, “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud.”
Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.
Im in the minority of Star Wars fans who actually like the "new ones".
I feel like the expectations were way too high before those came out and a lot of nerds came out with fake outrage because the story didnt go the same way their own fan-novels went (such as metachlorians). I have seen people's hour-long videos tearing apart each movie for the smallest little plot holes, costume 'errors', etc... things that I dont care about even after hearing/learning about it.
You can tear apart the old trilogy as well and they are cheesy in their own right. They are classics and among my favorite movies ever, but let's remember that many of us were kids when they hooked us, and we watched the 'new' ones pretty much as adults. Its a tough transition. "Luke we got company" was great when we were little kids and it was 1978, but that line now would get rolled by fans and critics.
IV through VI were around for so long by themselves, they wove with pop culture and so many people could recite almost every line in the movie. A new trilogy was coming in against a stacked, impossible deck. The megafans expecting a line-by-line memorization masterpiece got angry and I think the bad feelings snowballed/spread
I'm with you...I watched all 6 movies a few years ago for the first time. I do think V and VI are the two best out if both trilogies, but I think the rest of them are really good, with the first of each trilogy bringing up the rear. I think the criticism is a product if nostalgia and overanalysis.
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ya ... adam driver and oscar isaac were both in "inside llewyn davis" ... and andy serkis is of course famous from the LOTR films ... not seen anything with boyega and ridley ...
... unless Disney pays me $4,050,000,000 U.S. dollars. Then there will be another 20.
The rich sob gives huge amounts to further education and other things. At the end of the day, who cares? The guy has pledged to leave half his fortune to charity when he dies. That is a pretty significant amount. I will praise him for that at least.
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Apparently Mark Hammill is 'in talks' over returning as Luke
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/mark-hamill-in-talks-for-new-star-wars-films-20130221
And Ewan McGregor would be interested in an Obi-Wan spinoff
http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/videos/star-wars-spin-off-appeals-to-ewan-mcgregor-20130215
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1 - In George Lucas' rough draft of 1974, the first occurrence of "May The Force Be With You" was uttered by King Kayos of Aquilae. He actually says "May The Force Of Others Be With You All." In fact, the force was known as the force of others.
2 - Han Solo resembled a "swamp creature" again in the rough draft.
3 - Chewie was a nickname for Devil Two, a hot shot pilot, later changed to Wedge.
4 - The Death Star was originally referred to as just a space fortress.
5 - Skywalker decided to train wookiees to fly ships to help destroy the flying fortress.
6 - In the second draft Han had changed to human. He was teamed up with Chewbacca and also in debt to an enormous fat character called Oxus.
7 - A pirate ship makes a jump to "hyper-skip" in the second draft.
8 - In the third draft, Ben explains to Luke about the force. It can be collected and transmitted through the use of a kiber crystal. Ben explains his was taken at the Battle of Condawn.
9 - It wasn't until the third draft that the term light sabre was used. Up until then it was laser sword.
10 - Han Solo built his own ship in draft three, which Jabba paid for.
11 - At one point, George Lucas had considered doing the whole movie in Japanese with English subtitles.
12 - Much work was done on the front part of the X-Wing's nose so it didn't look "obscene."
13 - In the original fourteen page treatment way back in 1973, the planet Yavin was a jungle planet for wookiees.
14 - In the opening shot of the first rough draft, a ship orbits the fourth moon of Utapau in the Kessil system.
15 - Originally DaiNoga was a name for a Jedi in the first draft.
16 - In the second draft the story opens with a prophecy - "And in the time of greatest despair there shall come a saviour, and he shall be known as The Son Of The Suns" - Journal of the Whills 3:127.
17 - The evil (dark) side of the force was known as Bogan.
18 -Luke told Biggs about a young Padawan who ran away and taught the Bogan to Sith pirates. His name was Darklighter.
19 - In the second draft, Chewbacca was described as an eight foot tall, savage looking creature, resembling a huge grey bushbaby monkey with fierce "baboon-like" fangs.
20 - Han agrees to take Luke and the two robots to safety (Ogana Major) for a million credits. He, however, doesn't have a ship, so fakes a reactor leak on the ship he's serving on, causing the crew including Jabba to flee in terror.
Oh hey, what's up Bogan?
Anyone know whether or not we're going to get Frank Oz's actual hand in a puppet, or more of that CGI Yoda bullshit? I know Yoda is "dead" and all, but I'm sure he'll pop out in ghost form from time to time.
Thanks I just broke my laptop screen because when I saw that douches face my instant reaction was to punch it.
The Sith lords are surfers.
Shooting to start in January.
Good news. I kinda hope details dont come out about the plot.
Star Wars Episode VII Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film.
Director J.J. Abrams says, “We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud.”
Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.
Its sad that they treat R2D2 like a dog.
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