Speculation: Could we See the Planet Sullust in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

Sullust“What of the reports that the Rebels are amassing near Sullust?” Darth Vader asks the Emperor halfway through Return of the Jedi.  As far as I can find in this new canon, that is the most significant time the planet is mentioned.  The Rebels staged their last stand against the Empire there.

 

 

After Celebration this past weekend, Sullust went from an obscure planet to one of the buzzwords coming out of what we will be seeing in the video game Battlefront, and possibly, The Force Awakens.  It started with the Battlefront panel and game trailer.  We are given a brief glimpse at the end of the game trailer of a frosty looking planet, possibly the same black-and-white TIE Fighters and the Millennium Falcon swooping in.  Upon closer look, it’s not frosty at all, it’s just the glare from the many metallic edges of platforms coming out of the ground, ships in the sky, and a strange lava river below.  Some of those TIE Fighters look black and white, but then again, the ones attached to the docking bay’s ceiling look gray as usual.  Let the speculation begin!

 

 

Sullust

 

With the release of Battlefront this November, it has been speculated that one of the levels will be a lead-in to The Force Awakens.  JJ Abrams has done this before with both of his Star Trek films, the first with a comic series and the second with a video game.  Battlefront will be the first canon game, so it’s not too crazy to think that the Sullust level will tie into the film’s plot somehow, especially since the release is only a month before TFA’s curtain goes up.

 

There are two shots in the new TFA trailer that remind me of the Sullust shot we are treated to in the Battlefront trailer.  The first and most similar being the dramatic shot of Stormtroopers assembled under a massive First Order banner, above them a figure that may be Kylo Ren or someone who appears to be addressing them all.  Note the hue of the sky and the rocky mountain peaks behind the structure.  The second, and the one where I feel like I am doing more reaching, is the lake the X-Wings fly over.  An article published earlier this week all but confirms that locale was shot in a different area than where I theorize Sullust’s terrain was captured:  Iceland.

 

 

Iceland

 

Anyone who has traveled to Iceland will tell you how dramatically different the country’s terrain is within an hours drive.  You have volcanic rocks, snowy peaks, waterfalls, and green pastures.  We know some of The Force Awakens footage will come from Iceland, and I think that is where the Battlefront and The Force Awakens converge.  Sullust will have something to do with the plot of The Force Awakens, and it could be the planet where the film’s final act unfolds.  Both The Force Awakens and Battlefront crews captured stock footage of the terrain there, so it’s highly likely Sullust is the bridge that connects both mediums.

 

Sullust is said to be a hostile planet.  We can assume, from the Battlefront shot, that at least part of it is.  I’m reaching here, but my guess is that the X-Wings we see in the TFA trailers are on another part of Sullust before they attack the First Order’s bunker.  As far as Star Wars goes, at least in the films, we are accustomed to seeing planets with very singular climates.  Tatooine was a desert, Hoth was frozen, Bespin a gas planet, Dagobah a swamp planet, and Endor was a forest moon.  Naboo is probably the most diversity we have seen as far as a planet’s ecosystem is concerned.  Perhaps the X-Wings launch their attack by entering the Sullust’s atmosphere and crossing the terrain at a low altitude to avoid detection.  Maybe they are trying to avoid a blockade above the planet?  If so, then we will see that Sullust has more eco-systems than just hot lava and/or ice.

 

 

Sullust

 

Another theory of mine has to do with WHEN in the timeline we find ourselves on Sullust in Battlefront.  We do see the Millennium Falcon at the very end of the Battlefront trailer, but if you look closely, the Falcon’s communication dish is circular.  This means that the battle in Battlefront takes place possibly before Return of the Jedi, and most certainly before The Force Awakens (as we have seen the new array is more of a rectangular design).  Perhaps this is a battle that will be referenced in The Force Awakens; or the Millennium Falcon was repaired not long after ROTJ and the rectangular dish came much later, leaving us to speculate this may have been a battle right after the events of ROTJ.

 

There’s much room for speculation, but it would be surprising if at some point in The Force Awakens we do not find our heroes or villains on Sullust.  It has some role to play, and we should know or have a good idea by the time Battlefront and its compendium novel are released.  Consider this a jumping off point and check this off as one more thing to anxiously await.

 

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Kyle Larson lives in Portland, Oregon. When he's not running trails, he's reading and writing.

Kyle Larson

Kyle Larson lives in Portland, Oregon. When he's not running trails, he's reading and writing.

69 thoughts on “Speculation: Could we See the Planet Sullust in Star Wars: The Force Awakens?

  • April 24, 2015 at 8:47 pm
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    Return of the Jedi:

    VADER: What of the reports of the Rebel fleet massing near Sullust?

    That’s why they decided to use the planet IMO.

    • April 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm
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      that makes to me not much sense. If on Sullust they have their factory there, why would the rebel fleet “mass” near there? I guess either that at that time This Battle of Sullust already took place, or that they massed close, but enough far to not be treatened.
      I remember reports of an ice-vulcanic planet being in the Force Awakens. I believe that it MIGHT be sullust, but I’m more keen on thinking that in the force awakens we see an ice-wood planet (Crossguard teaser scene / stormtroopers turning around)

      • April 24, 2015 at 11:42 pm
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        were they amassing near sullust to assault the planet, or because it was a rebel meeting place???

        • April 25, 2015 at 12:36 am
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          The fleet that was massing near Sullust was the fleet that attacked the second Death Star. There must not have been anything valuable in the area, otherwise it would have made a terrible rendezvous point for a desperate, top-secret attack.

          • April 25, 2015 at 12:40 am
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            Unless, of course, it was a diversionary fleet to keep the Imperials from guessing about the Death Star attack. Is there any official backstory on this?

          • April 25, 2015 at 6:39 pm
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            I’m bored. Let’s talk about Chewbacca’s new fake lashes and eyeshadow in The Force Awakens.

    • April 26, 2015 at 8:19 pm
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      Thank you. It’s “massing”, not “amassing”.

  • April 24, 2015 at 9:01 pm
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    It looks like a pretty cool planet that I hope makes it into the movies. We could finally see the lava throne room this site loves to reference.

    Also, since the ground seems to be made of dried magma, it would be cool if the game’s terrain was slightly different every time you played it.

  • April 24, 2015 at 9:18 pm
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    I think the Falcon with it’s classic circular dish was just thrown in for the fans. You’ll probably be able to fly it anywhere in the game; it doesn’t really relate to canon.

    • April 26, 2015 at 12:12 am
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      Agreed. They probably just didn’t do two models since this game seems to span from the battle of hoth to the battle of Jakku. Also- they said the models were made by scanning the props at the Lucas archives, so the dish would be round there

      • April 27, 2015 at 2:38 am
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        Considering the depth of their attention to detail I would expect that they would make sure the Falcon was correct for the time period.

  • April 24, 2015 at 9:36 pm
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    I have to comment before I proceed reading…

    “As far as I can find in this new canon, that is the most significant time the planet is mentioned”

    I am pretty sure that the fact they are visiting the planet Sullust in the next issue of Princess Leia is fairly significant.

    • April 24, 2015 at 10:33 pm
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      I meant to write “so far” in that sentence. Thank you for catching that

      • April 24, 2015 at 11:43 pm
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        Its coming out in like, one week man XD

  • April 24, 2015 at 9:41 pm
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    the throne room at the top is an old concept painting from rotj

    • April 25, 2015 at 6:43 pm
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      Oh really? Because I was under the impression that the painting depicted Emperor Ralph McQuarrie sitting on his evil throne and Darth Vader is escorting JJ Abrams into the room to convince him to join the OT visual style or die.

      I think JJ gave in in the end.

      • April 26, 2015 at 2:59 am
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        My thoughts exactly…”Anakin is the name of your former self you’ve only forgotten!…I can still sense the Prequels in you…”….”You don’t know the power of the OT…I must obey my OT Fanboy master!”

  • April 24, 2015 at 10:28 pm
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    Sullust has also been mentioned in both new novels A New Dawn and Heir to the Jedi. Additionally, Nien Nunb is a Sullustan, and if his planet (or more so his species & people and soldiers) played a key part in the Battle of Endor (in space) then I think it’s reasonable to say it could play a crucial role in the events post-ROTJ and maybe tied into the Battle of Jakku. As to why the planet may be revisited in TFA, who knows, but its becoming a reoccurring planet in new canon, so I think a pivotal event will occur there in a larger role such as Battlefront and the storyline connecting ROTJ to TFA, and possibly TFA

    • April 25, 2015 at 4:03 am
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      Not to mention the Sullustan we see on the ground at Endor in the Battlefront trailer.

  • April 24, 2015 at 10:42 pm
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    “As far as I can find in this new canon, that is the most significant time the planet is mentioned.”

    There is no new canon. That’s precisely why all the novels, comic books and videogames released prior to Disney’s purchase of Lucasfilm were always called “Expanded Universe”: to tell them apart from the only canon that has ever been (the films).

    This is also the reason why Disney can lay the so-called EU to rest. If any of that stuff had ever been part of the official canon, there would be no point to a ST, since the EU covered about everything that happened after RotJ, well into the future of the GFFA.

  • April 24, 2015 at 10:48 pm
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    I think people might be taking these screen grabs from the game a tad too literally. I have a feeling a lot of the ships, characters, etc., will be able to get plugged in to any battleground and scenario. For example, just because we see Darth Vader on the ground on Endor doesn’t mean there was some alternate story line where Vader was involved with a battle on the ground that we missed. In fact, that really wouldn’t make any sense. There is nothing to indicate that there were a lot of little skirmishes on the ground on Endor that we didn’t see in the movie.
    I have a feeling we will be able to play as Vader, Boba Fett, and whoever else is a playable character and fly the Falcon and other ships on all the different maps.

    • April 25, 2015 at 6:45 pm
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      Too literally????
      Excuse me, but this is the same discussion forum that claimed Jakku was Tatooine simply because there were evaporators on set and sand on the ground.

    • April 26, 2015 at 12:21 am
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      Exactly. This is the main problem of video games in canon, the experience is different for every player. Only scripted events and broad story outlines can ever add to the canon. Also games are very sandbox like. If I unlock to play as vader and my opponent unlocks to play a Luke, Han, etc… I don’t think that that would automatically make that fight canon on Endor where it would make zero sense

  • April 24, 2015 at 11:08 pm
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    It should be significant that, at Celebration, the Battlefront panel included Doug Chiang.

  • April 24, 2015 at 11:31 pm
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    X-wing lake scene was filmed in the UK Lake District, not Iceland. Me thinks we’re seeing Yavin in that scene. Looking for Luke…

  • April 24, 2015 at 11:33 pm
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    If we go by the rule of 3, we have Jakku and then a snow planet and a forest planet. It’s possible the two are the same planet. But I doubt it.

  • April 24, 2015 at 11:44 pm
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    Jakku is clearly the tie in from battlefront to the force awakens. EA said as much.

    • April 25, 2015 at 12:41 am
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      Who says it has to be the only one?

      I could see their reasoning for saving Jakku for DLC could be due to having a similar biome to Tatooine, whereas Sullust is radically different than Hoth, even with the frigid areas.

      • April 25, 2015 at 7:36 am
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        Kyle does. “With the release of Battlefront this November, it has been speculated that one of the levels will be a lead-in to The Force Awakens.” I get that is is speculation, just seems like grasping at straws to me.

        • April 25, 2015 at 6:35 pm
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          I find it funny how some people are so *sure* Jakku is Tatooine, but they never second-guess Sullust. Flip-flopping fandom at its finest.

          • April 26, 2015 at 4:50 am
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            Is this really important?… To me the whole point of the OT was that you were given the middle part of the story & the fun was filling in the blanks yourself…that’s what a mythological/fantasy story is all about (just look at the interviews with the makers of the first Clone Wars cartoons…they got it…) Does anyone delve into the technical aspects of the Greek myths? Star Wars is a great story…you want minutiae, join the Trekkies… Oh we’ve got the guy who rebooted Trek…well, you can stay now…

        • April 26, 2015 at 2:00 am
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          But he never said there had to be *only* one. Just that there would be a presence.

    • April 25, 2015 at 1:58 am
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      no he makes people believe he is darth vader to keep fear going i dont think he actually believes he is vader.

      • April 25, 2015 at 6:36 pm
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        then you obviously haven’t kept up with some of the juciest rumors out there.

  • April 25, 2015 at 1:25 am
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    Sullust is cool. I approve.

    • April 25, 2015 at 6:38 pm
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      Darth Nauticus approves. Yippee. By the way man, what does your Sith helmet look like? I hope it doesn’t look like Darkwing Duck like the Kylo Ren helmet.

  • April 25, 2015 at 2:07 am
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    To answer the title question: No.

  • April 25, 2015 at 2:33 am
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    “but it would be surprising if at some point in The Force Awakens we do not find our heroes or villains on Sullust.”

    That’s a massive leap of logic, given that Sullust will be featured in the BF novel as well as the game (the novel is set between ANH and ESB). It’s also featured in the Princess Leia comic, where the native Sullustans live underground as it’s said to be the only liveable area.

    Doug Chiang commented that Sullust was a concept initially explored, i.e. it was part of TFA’s pre-production, but then dropped and the concepts picked up by DICE for the game instead.

  • April 25, 2015 at 4:39 am
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    I don’t like the idea that all new novels, video games etc… have to follow, or actually be the “NEW” canon. Video games are designed for people to have fun, not to follow a certain guideline. This entire concept is stupid. Disney is just being power hungry in it’s crude attempt to recover $4B. I’d rather let my own imagination run rampant instead of being force-fed every bit of information and told to agree to it.

    • April 25, 2015 at 4:09 pm
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      What don’t you get? It would be impossible for Disney to align with the countless EU stories out there and it makes sense to go back to square one: the trilogy.

      • April 25, 2015 at 6:33 pm
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        the Original Trilogy fans were practically bending Lucasfilm’s arms back till they got what they wanted.

        Personally, I want to see new stuff never seen before, not retreads of the same old OT sights and sounds.

        • April 26, 2015 at 3:15 am
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          I don’t mind the movies and novels and illustrations that are directly associated with the movies themselves to be canon. Video games, comics, animated TV series etc… should not be canon, but instead a writer’s own imagination to a character or place. I felt that way with the OT. Although, some of the EU was very well written, it should not be canon. Then nothing is tossed out for the new, as if it was a mistake for all the people involved who spent years creating the entertainment in the books we read or cartoons that we watched as kids in the 70’s and 80’s. It’s a slap in the face to everyone who was given the privilege by Lucasarts to do so.

        • April 26, 2015 at 3:24 am
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          The OT fanboys not only bent his arms back…they drove Lucas away from his own creation… The same fans who booed Jar Jar (a character really liked by kids) don’t bat an eyelid at the Ewoks (hmm…cute little characters created for the kids), howled at “bad acting” (hmm…Ford wanted Han killed off by Empire as Indiana Jones had made him a household name and wanted shot of Solo…and it shows in his lack of enthusiasm & poor delivery in ROTJ…Fisher was already on the chemical train in ESB…her character in ANH was completely poles apart to what she delivered in the next two films…that “reveal” scene in ROTJ…groan!)…& so on?..now what do they want? Do they hate the EU or not? They don’t like this planet or that one because it doesn’t seem believable? Shouldn’t they be howling over Jakku because that seems to me to be just like Tatooine…it seems that JJ is turning his back on the OT here…why aren’t they up in arms about that? Oh…that’s right…because there’s some faint association with the Prequels with Tatooine (young Anakin)…and the OT fanboys didn’t want that story…they wanted Darth Vader the Killer, wiping everyone out (hang on, didn’t we get that in ROTS?!.Lucas gave them that & they still weren’t happy) Better to have nothing to do with the Prequels at all then, eh? Now it’s Kennedy & JJ’s arms being bent back…

          • April 26, 2015 at 6:38 am
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            The OT fanboys still think that the ewoks were a star wars train wreak. Fuzzy, cute bears with sticks and stones beating up on the Empire was a terrible story. Mr. Lucas destroyed his own creation. The fans had nothing to do with it. Nobody asked George to keep changing his original trilogy until it resembled the PT so much that it now sucks. Keep praising the PT as if it’s Lucas best movies ever. They consist of such a childish story, bad acting, characters no one cares about, over-blown CGI, and no real continuity to the OT. Remember that the PT was made 16 yrs. after ROTJ. How many times did Lucas make changes to the OT between them??? The OT ’77-’83, Lucas was making history not just developing a space saga, but inventing new movie cameras, creating better machines used in stop-motion animation ( At-At walkers, asteroid chase scene), and making large animatronics like Jabba the Hutt. These were huge breakthroughs for their time. So stop trolling on this site as an OT hater and learn something before you try to bash someone else’s comments.

          • April 26, 2015 at 8:29 pm
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            I was there at the cinema in 77 for ANH, then 80 for ESB and again in 83 for ROTJ…and numerous marathons on VHS & DVD in subsequent years (I even own the original THX versions on laserdisc!)…the OT was part of my personal frame of reference & still is…but I’m not so myopic as to think that the OT doesn’t have flaws (as the above post has stated)…the PT has flaws too…but I love the PT as it filled in the blanks that the OT left us as the middle part of the saga…at the end of the day the PT used more “real” effects (sets, models) than the OT…this is fact…I don’t know about the other poster but I have nothing to learn (my vast SW collection can attest to that…I wonder if you own the NPR radio dramatisation?…would you be happy with the additions Daley made to the OT?)…I don’t think those who like the PT should be labelled as trolls just because they don’t agree with your rose-coloured glasses view of the OT…I remember distinctly at the time of ROTJ that Fisher & Ford were appalling just as much as I thought the love interest scenes in AOTC were cringe-worthy…if you’re going to insult anyone then you just need to consider the name you’re using to give you a clue as to the extent of your belligerence…

          • April 27, 2015 at 1:55 am
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            I have a very vast SW collection as well from 77-83, so what? As a child I played with my toys and was very creative. I even played with them outside for added realism. The OT did have some flaws, but unlike the PT they were still great. ROTJ had the worst acting in it, since Irvan Kershner wasn’t directing. He demanded near perfection and didn’t settle for 2nd best. That is why ESB is the best of the SW trilogy. The problem with today’s generation, and apparently with you is, there’s no more suspense. Everyone wants the movie-makers to fill in every tiny gap, since there’s no imagination anymore. Lucas made the PT for all you people that wanted an elongated backstory on Darth Vader. Now Vader is just a whiny little brat and ignorant young adult that went postal when things didn’t go his way. That’s not the ultimate, badass villain I grew up with. This softens his character. I hope these new SW movies will be good, but ” I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”

          • April 28, 2015 at 2:07 am
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            “That’s not the ultimate, badass villain I grew up with” If the use of this type of terminology doesn’t betray your lack of understanding about the complexity of the character of Vader then I don’t know what will…(this kind of language is demonstrative of the fact that either you yourself may belong to “today’s generation” that you so ardently harangue as being problematic or that you are quite lazy with language or possess a very stultified vocabulary)…Vader was never a ‘badass villain’ (and yes, I’ll say it, this is a very droll word)…this issue has been addressed elsewhere many times before and by Lucas himself…Just look closely at his behaviour in ESB (which fans like yourself hold up as evidence of how ‘badass’ Vader is)…”He tortured Solo, didn’t he?” I hear the retort…Why, wouldn’t Vader the ‘badass’ torture Leia instead? Why be so gentlemanly about it? Why would Vader the ‘badass’ snatch Solo’s blaster from him instead of crushing his windpipe as he had done to so many Imperials in the proceeding scenes of the film? What is Solo to him? Surely his death would be a much more effective means of drawing Luke out? In fact, wouldn’t Vader the ‘badass’ just wipe out all who defy him; rebels, Calrissian, et al? Why stay Fett’s hand when the bounty hunter had Chewie in his sights? Surely a Wookie would be even less than nothing to Vader the ‘badass’? Why would Vader the ‘badass’ seemingly reserve his greatest impatience and wrath for the Imperials (this often cited as evidence for Vader the ‘badass villain’)? Would Vader the ‘badass’ convey resignation (perhaps despondency?) when the Falcon eludes capture towards the end of the film? Surely rage, fists flying, force-crushing objects and throats would be Vader the ‘badass’ modus operandi? Of course, this would appear far too complex a characterisation for those who eschew “an elongated backstory”…in story-telling terms suspense is not in the details but in good writing, intriguing characters and intricately sophisticated plots…Vader the ‘badass’ sounds too much like Rambo and you’d be hard pressed to find many who regard those films as masterpieces or even “great”…as far as your point about Kershner goes: would a director who “demanded near perfection and didn’t settle for 2nd best” allow actors to dictate the script to him? Hitchcock certainly had no time for actors; to him they were a means to the end of delivering the story to audiences (he would have been very happy in this age of technology); for Hitch actors had too much ego and not enough humility in the presence of good story-telling…the ESB screenplay was penned by Kasdan (responsible for the Raiders script- a brilliant film…story by Lucas, by the way) and Leigh Brackett (renown for the screenplays of some of Hollywood’s seminal noir films)…Surely this is perfection itself, in writing terms? Wasn’t allowing Ford’s ego to have its way undermining this perfection and a bit of a slap in the face to these talents? One cannot blame Lucas here; a script writer’s job is to adapt the story, adding dialogue and mise-en-scene (Kasdan must have been good to follow up ESB with Raiders & you can research Brackett yourself, just to give you something to be getting on with and round out your knowledge…and it’s Irvin, by the way)…”The problem with today’s generation, and apparently with you is, there’s no more suspense. Everyone wants the movie-makers to fill in every tiny gap, since there’s no imagination anymore” I don’t really know what to make of this comment…the blatant fact that SW is a product of someone’s imagination in the first place or that you might be claiming that present day film-makers lack imagination…this is ironic considering that Lucasfilm and Abrams appear to be catering to every OT fan’s desire that TFA contain no reference to the PT so much that so far it contains all the same plot markers of the OT…three young unknown protagonists, old mystical character, cute revolutionary designed droid, masked villain, storm troopers, tie fighters, desert planet, ice/snow planet, x-wings, Empire-like tyranny, star destroyers and Vader for good measure…the lack of imagination you are concerned about might have been realised..”I hope these new SW movies will be good, but ” I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”.” Oddly enough, I share your sentiment but obviously from a different side of the fence…I’m sure we both are passionate about SW and I honestly was excited by the 2nd teaser and the fact that I can relive the experience of eagerly awaiting the release of a new film (and my son has that experience as well at an age to appreciate such things rather than instant gratification) but I have to question whether we all should be concerned that the man who helmed a rather divisive soft-reboot of Trek (with it’s many questionable plot devices) and a subsequently lack-lustre sequel was selected to be custodian of this soft-reboot ST…and perhaps may let us all down…but I’m trying to be positive and hope that good story-telling will out…

  • April 25, 2015 at 9:34 am
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    Actually, the Sullust shot in the Battlefront trailer happens some time between the ESB and RotJ. We know this because of the Falcon’s sensor dish. (Great evidence I know) And Sullsut was a reluctant Imperial world where–similar to Cymoon 1–AT-ATs and other Imperial war machines were manufactured. For the Alliance fleet to amass at Sullust before the Battle of Endor, they would have had to liberate the world from the Imperials. Also, Sullust appeared in the Clone Wars series, from orbit only, and Princess Leia 3 also takes place on Sullust. Helpful links: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Sullust/Canon
    http://www.starwars.com/news/princess-leia-3-exclusive-preview

  • April 25, 2015 at 9:58 am
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    To me it is of minor interest, which are the fictional planets, the story of TFA takes place on. I have no doubt that it all will look cool. But a good look doesn’t make a good movie alone. Many many dumb event movies, produced in Hollywood, over the last years prove that.

    • April 25, 2015 at 5:42 pm
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      mm, yes and no.

      A New Hope just wouldn’t have been the same without Tatooine…

    • April 26, 2015 at 3:48 am
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      I don’t agree… As a OT fanboy I want cool factor… Han & Chewie money shot in 2nd Teaser…now that’s what I’m talking about!…never mind that there’s that little problem in explaining where they’ve been for 30 years…& chuck in Fett while you’re at it…he can crawl out of the sarlacc pit just as they turn up…oh wait a minute, it’s Jakku…well, maybe he could have been hiding out there just waiting for Solo to turn up…well, I saw that screen grab of Fett & that downed Star Destroyer…I don’t care about good story telling…if it’s OT, put it in…!

      • April 29, 2015 at 6:55 pm
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        If they really want these films to fit with the OT stylistically, which I want, then they need to have mostly unfamiliar new places like TESB did after ANH. It wasn’t til the prequels that they started recycling Tatooane in a visually redundant and literalistic way right down to the jawa yelling Utidi!”.

        • April 30, 2015 at 3:17 am
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          What about all the unique planets in the PT?

          • April 30, 2015 at 7:14 am
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            For the most part Mustafar felt very OT to me as did some shots on Coruscant, both in a good way. And, yes, neither felt redundant to planets from the OT.

  • April 25, 2015 at 3:14 pm
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    Sullust is of no concern.

  • April 25, 2015 at 6:31 pm
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    Sullust is really Hoth but renamed. I know this for a fact. My “childhood” told me. And as an OT moron, my childhood is never wrong.

    • April 26, 2015 at 3:38 am
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      That’s right…as a fellow OT moron I agree that there is absolutely nothing wrong with the OT…they are perfect in every way…in fact I want that giant cricket they used in the Cantina scene to be in Episode VII…Leia’s buns…the Endor forest that looks so much like California that I can’t suspend my belief every time the action cuts there… the laughable creatures in Jabba’s palace that would only menace a toddler… the cardboard cutout TIEs swinging in the rear of cockpit shots in the ANH trench run…the Amstrad level graphics of the Death Star plans in ANH…oooh, I’m just getting excited thinking about all the OT goodness I insist JJ & co include in TFA…

      • April 26, 2015 at 4:26 am
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        Has anyone noticed that the 2nd teaser is just a condensed OT?…Sullust = Hoth… Jakku = Tatooine… X-wings over lakes = Yavin… Storm troopers with slightly modified helmets = Old storm troopers…TIEs with white panels = old TIEs…All check! Rehash of OT but with new names & colour schemes = fresh new direction for Star Wars… Villain with flaming background = Anakin/sith on Mustafar… Oh no, wait a minute… That’s Prequel… Arrgh! TFA is going to be a disaster! JJ…you better fix that…or we’ll bring you down…we’ve done it before…

  • April 26, 2015 at 12:00 am
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    If they follow the anterior materials about Sullust, the planet will be entirely covered by lava, as states wookieepedia:

    “All of Sullust was composed of multicolored rock, veined by lava channels; the planet went through atmospheric blackouts caused by gouts of smoke and ash.

    The underground of the planet was more stable and habitable and was occupied by the native Sullustans who navigated the tunnels (housing edible lichen gardens and potable water) with an innate sense of direction.” This is clearly seen on StarWars Empire at War. When you play in Sullust, it´s all lava and dirt

    • April 26, 2015 at 12:04 am
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      This is the “Legends” description of the planet.
      New Canon, new rules. Who knows…

      • April 26, 2015 at 4:38 am
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        Well there is one clear rule at Lucasfilm/Disney… “We have listened to the OT fans and expunged any reference to the horrible Prequels that you all hate… so only planets that referenced in passing and play no significant role in the story, like Sullust…” But hang on, aren’t the all films canon? What about those planets we see in the Prequels and the story & action actually take place on?…” …Move along there, this film is not for you…

        • April 26, 2015 at 7:01 am
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          If the comics are any indication, they’re doing a good job of integrating prequel material with the originals.

          • April 26, 2015 at 8:34 pm
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            I’m trying to be positive and hope they glean the best of both OT and PT in TFA…

          • April 30, 2015 at 3:26 am
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            The new Marvel comics seem to me to be following the same formula as the old Marvel run…story lines which had no bearing on the films…eg the Shira Brie story line…a rebel who turns out to be a highly trained imperial agent then when a mission goes wrong and she is critically injured, is rebuilt by the Empire as a female Vader…none of this made it into ROTJ…there was some great writing in those comics but like Rebels it may be difficult to shoe-horn all these threads into the films…seems this “new canon structure” is vaguely familiar…

  • April 26, 2015 at 6:59 am
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    This could be the planet terrain we see next to the chrome trooper.

  • April 27, 2015 at 3:30 pm
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    How about Battlefront? Good place to start eh?

  • April 29, 2015 at 6:39 pm
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    Another shot that supports the Sullust idea is the chrome trooper against a background of imperial base-like light fixtures, stone, and red glowing reflections that could be lava.

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