Star Wars Weekly Buzz! Billy Dee Williams Wants Star Wars to Leave Lando Alone and More!

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This week on our Star Wars Weekly Buzz:

Marc Thompson Brings Thrawn to Life in Audiobooks, Two new Korean ‘Rogue One’ posters hit the web, Mark Hamill sits down with BB1 television to discuss fake autographs, ILM discusses the finalists and winners of the first ILM Art Department Challenge, The Star Wars AFTER Show, Awaken Your Messages with Exclusive Star Wars Stickers plus a Q&A session with artist Truck Torrence, and of course – Lando Calrissian…

 

 

First we start the Buzz with a very fresh interview with Lando Calrissian himself – Billy Dee Williams. Many fans are hoping to see Lando appearing in the new sequel trilogy, but what are the chances for that? The Huffington Post got a chance to talk with the actor, and here’s what he had to say:

Q: In recent weeks there’s been rumors surrounding the possibility of Donald Glover portraying a younger version of your “Star Wars” character, Lando Calrissian for Han Solo’s developing film. Are there any favorites you would consider for the role?

A: I don’t know who Donald Glover is. But as far as I’m concerned, I would say they [”Star Wars” producers] should leave that character alone. I don’t think you can do any more than what I did with that character. I think I made that character into something very special, and I can’t imagine anybody else doing it, to be very frank with you.

 

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Q: If the opportunity presented itself, would you have any interest in reprising your role for a future “Star Wars” film?

A: Yeah, if that’s what they want me to do I would be very happy to do it – as an old man [laughs]. But I don’t know if anybody could bring the kind of quality that I brought to any of those characters I’ve played. It’s only because, I’m not a person who thinks in terms of ethnicity. I think in terms of bringing what is very special about my point of view as an individual. And I think that’s probably why those characters worked in a certain way.

 

 

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Next we have composer Michael Giacchino, who took to Twitter to express his excitement about the upcoming Rogue One movie that he will have to score in the following 3 months 🙂

 

 

 

 

Last week on our Social Buzz we reported the winners of the first ILM Art Department Challenge. In a new video, ILM discusses the finalists and winners with commentary. You can check out more about the contest here. Conrgrats again to the WINNERS and the people who took part in the competition.

 

 

 

 

Two all-new Korean Rogue One: A Star Wars Story poster images were released on StarWars.com’s Twitter page. Check them out in case you missed them yesterday!

 

 

 


The Latest Star Wars AFTER Show is Here!

Andi Gutierrez sits down with a few Lucasfilm employees to talk about Star Wars Rebels, all of the awesome Star Wars coming out of Marvel, and more!

 

 

 

 

Marc Thompson Brings Thrawn to Life in Audiobooks. In an interview withe UnboundWorlds.com, the voice actor talks his audiobook work, voicing Thrawn in the 20th anniversary edition of Timothy Zahn’s Heir to the Empire, and shares his thoughts on the animated Thrawn in Season 3 of Star Wars: Rebels.

 

Here is an excerpt from the interview:

When I first started trying to come up with the voice for Thrawn, I was fascinated by the idea that he was a Chiss. Blue skin, red eyes. That was unusual, because most of the generals and admirals in the Empire up to that point were white British sounding men. In some of the books it was implied that the Empire was a bit xenophobic. So originally I was playing with the idea of giving him an accent that would make him seem foreign or like an outsider to what we typically hear in the Empire. But as we recorded it my director, Kevin Thompsen, rightly pointed out that he felt Thrawn’s genius was very reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes. So we went back and recorded Thrawn as a deep baritone voiced Brit. I think it works much better than what I had started with. The Noghri were really fun to voice, but were challenging because they can be a bit rough on the throat.

 

You can find more of the interview over at UnboundWorlds.com.

 

 

 

Star Wars: Episode VIII director Rian Johnson is very happy that he didn’t lose any part of script to computer error.

 

 

 

 

From the Jedi Master Himself!

 

Mark Hamill talks autograph forgaries and how to beat the dealers on BBC1.

 

 

 

Mark responds to Daniel Logan’s Twitter question with a hilarious answer.

 

 

 

 

All- New paperback copies of STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS by Alan DEAN Foster will be available from booksellers on Sept 27th.

Included with this book are two pieces of extra material. First is the short tale BAIT written by Alan Dean Foster that originally appeared in Star Wars Insider #162. The second is THE PERFECT WEAPON by Delilah Dawson which was originally published as an ebook exclusive. You got to get your hands on these…

 

 

 

 

StarWars.com: Awaken Your Messages with Exclusive Star Wars Stickers/ Also a Q&A with the Artist

 

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StarWars.com has details on the the Star Wars Stickers iMessage app that is available for $1.99 in the App Store for iMessage. The App includes 21 animated stickers that allow users to enhance their iMessages with characters and props from Star Wars.
Click here for more details and an interview with the artist!

 

 

 

The LEGO Star Wars Rebels Character Pack is out now:

 

 

 

 

Star Wars: The Force Awakens retold in LEGO form:

 

The Pablo Hildalgo Spot

 

First here’s Pablo’s full interview with the Star Wars Show!

Pablo responds to a Twitter question regarding the status of Mace Windu.

 

 

 

Another fan wants to know why does General Hux appears to have his own First Order flagship? Pablo hilariously responds…

 

 

 

And more:

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Stay tuned for more next week.

 

 

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142 thoughts on “Star Wars Weekly Buzz! Billy Dee Williams Wants Star Wars to Leave Lando Alone and More!

  • September 17, 2016 at 1:28 am
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    Pablo defends the PT a bit too much. Focusing on practical effects was a direct reaction to the overuse of CGI in the PT. It was a mistake the PT made. It doesn’t make them bad movies. The dialogue and acting and story did that.

      • September 17, 2016 at 4:43 am
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        The Phantom Menace had a lot of models, but as the prequels progressed, less and less were used to the point where Revenge the Sith is completely overkilled with digital fakery. At least TFA had real guys in stormtrooper costumes instead of the video-gamey looking digital clonetroopers.

        • September 17, 2016 at 5:16 am
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          The only part I agree on is about the troopers, but there still were a lot of practical models made for ROTS. Proven on the docus and making of books.

          • September 17, 2016 at 8:23 am
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            Problem is, some fans can’t read.

          • September 17, 2016 at 3:25 pm
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            And at that point I generally hesitate to call them fans. Just people who can’t kindly accept another person’s opinion. So what if I love the PT or only love the OT??? They are movies! Go make a better movie yourself!

          • September 20, 2016 at 2:07 am
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            Some try, and they are called fan films. Funny that one of the best fan films out there right now is the Darth Maul Apprentice one.

          • September 17, 2016 at 9:18 am
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            It did have models, but compared to the amount of CGi in that movie it was minimal. The film simply looks like a giant video game.

          • September 17, 2016 at 11:40 am
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            I still disagree. I don’t want to have to march pictures of everything that was shot as a model, but they are out there. They used them to make words very exotic. You get people complaining on both side, people say TFA kept the worlds too earthy, yet if they go very exotic and nothing seen on Earth people gripe about it being too CG. Damned either way. You ae saying in a roundabout way blue or green screen should NEVER be used?

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:40 pm
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            What most of us suggest is Lucas went overboard.

            Not one set of physical Clone armor. By Sith his movie sets were almost 100% green screen, and it shows. Yes TFA had plenty of CG but the characters were on physical sets which helped a great deal to blend the two together.

            Also, Abrams films CG sequences that take place in daylight outside, since lighting almost always takes away from a heavy CG sequence.

            In TFA, for me, Snoke’s model looked great. (Opinion). The indoor rendered lighting sequences with him? Awful.

            Han’s death on the bridge. Tragic looking imo, the whole sequence looks terrible.

            Episode I used a lot of great looking real sets. IMO, that movie has held up the best in the prequels. After that? Not so much.

          • September 20, 2016 at 2:06 am
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            See I really liked the lighting of the bridge scene especially when we see the light fade away symbolizing that Kylo is embracing the dark side and is about to kill Han. I actually missed that on my first viewing.

          • September 20, 2016 at 1:53 pm
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            Yeah. I like doing the light fade coinciding with Ren’s going full on Dark side too. But the digital set around Ford and Driver was eh. Just my opinion though.

          • September 21, 2016 at 5:45 am
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            I think the red on their led lights have a little too much glow, but besides that it had some natural lighting. The shadows are a little too dark imo. I get that they wanted to show the transition from having some good in him to full on dark, which I thought was fairly clever. Then we see the full on red in his face to signify anger and the dark side has taken over just before he impales Han.

            So all in all, the lighting could have been a little more real looking, but I feel like they purposefully digitized that scene to make the transition more obvious.

          • September 19, 2016 at 12:07 am
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            Obviously, blue screen is going to be used in any film like Star Wars. But ROTS relied so heavily on CGI to the point where so much of the film looks fake. I watched ROTS a few months ago after several years, and to me it looked so video gamey and artificial compared to to TFA.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:44 pm
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            That’s great, Kicker. We get it. They made models. Then the digitized them because the whole film is one Long CGI shot.

          • September 18, 2016 at 10:25 pm
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            Bullshit.

          • September 19, 2016 at 12:50 am
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            Look, man. I dig you like the films. I don’t think you’re an inferior person or anything. To each their own.

            But denying reality in a discussion? Come now, good sir.

            I own ep 3. Give me times and or scenes where you see models being used. Okay? This seems fair to me.

            I will then take what you provide and verify that I was wrong and happily admit to it.

        • September 17, 2016 at 8:22 am
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          I think the forest WAS done in front of a green screen. And *spoiler alert* the chasm that appeared between Rey and Ren was digital too.

          • September 17, 2016 at 10:10 pm
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            There’s no mention of the chasm in that clip.

          • September 19, 2016 at 12:03 am
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            No, it showed that an entire forest set was built, and that it was not all blue screened. Yes, the chasm bit employed blue screen for obvious reasons, but the point was that rather than doing the entire thing digitally, a tremendous effort was made to shoot as much as possible on a mostly practical set, unlike the last 2 prequels.

          • September 19, 2016 at 12:18 am
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            All very true. The fight scenes between Obi-wan and Anakin was over the top and a more realistic industrial site could of been created with the lava cgi in later. Leaping from one ‘epic’ fight area to another isn’t needed to the degree Lucas employed. Though I respect him for pushing the boundaries in technology, he was over zealous in using it.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:43 pm
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            No, forest was a physical set. They installed real trees indoors. Yes, CG was used. But again, a blend.

            There’s a documentary about the sequence available with the film.

        • September 19, 2016 at 3:00 am
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          ROTS is the movie with more practical stuff… Really, you need to read more, make a research, then talk.

          And, epIII was mande 11 years before TFA. I’m pretty sure you know CGI evolves with time, because there are people working on that. Its obvious CG looks better now.

          It was ILM then and its ILM now, same team.

      • September 17, 2016 at 5:15 am
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        Lora is back. Or did she ever leave? I don’t disagree with what se says much of the time, it’s the way she says it and she likes make everything us vs them, when somebody like me likes all 7 films.

        • September 17, 2016 at 8:23 am
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          I wish the moderators would please take note of the above comment. (Leave Lora alone for god’s sake.)

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:30 pm
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            You ask a forum for fan discussion to leave someone alone who is antagonistic in their opinions and in how she extends her invitation to engage in debate.

            Everyone here is welcome to have an opinion. Viral has personally (and politely) bitch slapped me into following the rules which govern the site.

            But you still best put your big kid pants on when you say something inflammatory. People here also have a right to discuss the opinions you lay bare. And they aren’t required to agree.

      • September 17, 2016 at 6:07 am
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        Wizard.

      • September 17, 2016 at 6:30 am
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        Too bad they were all composited with shitty green screen.

      • September 17, 2016 at 4:03 pm
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        Yawn

      • September 18, 2016 at 11:22 am
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        Star Wars movie with the least amount of real models you mean is TFA. CGI was used a lot in every Star Wars movie since 1999.

    • September 17, 2016 at 2:20 am
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      That is only your opinion. Prequels are in my opinion great movies. Story was great and original.
      Something I wish story of TFA was.

      • September 17, 2016 at 3:24 am
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        i would love to have a legitimate discussion about the prequels with a fan of them sometime. the divide between pro and con is so vast that its fascinating.

        • September 17, 2016 at 4:03 pm
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          Any time. I think they have problems, but I like them.

      • September 17, 2016 at 4:54 am
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        The Force Awakens was unquestionably a million times better than the prequels. It was a fun and exciting movie with characters we could actually care about and be invested in. The prequels were boring movies with flat, unlikable characters, cringe-inducing cliched romance dialogue and idiotic cartoon characters stepping in poop and getting farted on. There is no contest.

        • September 17, 2016 at 7:13 am
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          I’d say its about on equal footing with ROS which I see as a great movie.

          • September 17, 2016 at 9:02 am
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            OK. For me, Revenge of the Sith is a giant digitally overblown video game in which the characters I didn’t like in the preceding movies continue to act senselessly and continue to fail to give me any reason to care about them. It’s the best prequel, but that ain’t saying much.

          • September 17, 2016 at 9:38 pm
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            You are not alone in that opinion. Personally I just love ALL Star Wars.

        • September 17, 2016 at 7:16 am
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          its all subjective. no need to keep fighting the same war over and over again.

        • September 17, 2016 at 8:26 am
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          Really? A “million times better?” Methinks you exaggerate…

          • September 17, 2016 at 8:59 am
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            No exaggeration. The prequels were simply insultingly stupid, boring movies. The Force Awakens was an actual Star Wars movie.

          • September 17, 2016 at 3:32 pm
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            I think he’s on the low side. Easily a billion times better.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:22 pm
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            You have never done that yourself, here.

      • September 17, 2016 at 6:30 am
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        You again?

        • September 17, 2016 at 8:20 am
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          It is mainly the older generation that has a problem with the PT, the ones who have a sentimental attachment with their childhood’s favorite flicks growing up. Kids and people now in their late 20s early 30s generally accept all the films as Star Wars. And I wish many of you would do the same thing too.

          • September 17, 2016 at 9:40 am
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            i’d wager the “kids and people in the twenties” have the same nostalgic attachment as the older set. nothing wrong it for either side.

          • September 17, 2016 at 3:58 pm
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            I’m not saying that they’re “not Star Wars”. I’m just saying that they’re shit movies.

          • September 18, 2016 at 1:02 am
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            Ghost, I’m 38 now (I was 21 when Phantom Menace was released) and I agree that I get a little tired of the seemingly constant Prequel bashing. That being said, I do feel that they were inferior movies – not from a technical standpoint but from a character and story standpoint. There are things in the Prequels that are amazing, and then at the next turn Lucas does something that just leaves me dumbfounded and scratching my head. They’re a mixed bag for me. I don’t hate them, I watch them. But they just don’t have the same magic in my opinion. I remember being a kid and being lost in the magic of the OT, and I realize that there are people younger than me out there that feel the same way about the Prequels. And good for them. I can be critical of them, but at the same time I don’t want to ruin that feeling for them. I don’t know if this OT vs. PT war will ever end, but it does get tiresome. I don’t know if I fall into the “older generation” that you speak of or the newer one, but obviously we all love Star Wars and it would be great if we could put this all to rest and move on as fans. Just my humble opinion.

        • September 18, 2016 at 3:21 pm
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          Cranky will accuse her of being me trying to get past his block so we can be reunited on the internet. It is known.

          • September 21, 2016 at 7:41 am
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            This is a puzzling comment to me. You and Cranky are two of the more fascinating commenters here in my opinion. You guys often manage to write things that – while I don’t always fully agree – often inspire serious reflection (or at least give me a good laugh). You guys got some beef or something? I’m kinda new around here. Been reading for a long time, but didn’t start commenting until recently…

          • September 21, 2016 at 2:34 pm
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            I troll, trolls here. At least until the Mods slap me and say “behave”.

            Cranky is a troll, he just hides it beneath a veneer of intellect and palatable humor. So, I trolled him. He got upset, and blocked me. Which amuses me to no end.

            During the spring I took a break as Imwas tired of fighting him in posts. Before he waved the white flag of surrender and placed me on ignore, he started to troll me back. It was odd he appeared to feel threatened that I filled a similar role to what he does here on the forums, or so he believed. I told him the forum was his, I’m out.

            I kept reading posts though. And we had a very opinionated poster/troll emerge named Marsha. Cranky lost his mind dealing with her. And on more than one occasion accused her of being me come back to haunt him.

            He’s seen someone post a reply to a comment like you did that involved him. And again, he launched into a short burst of hatred and anger even though he can’t read what I say.

            I smile every time.

          • September 21, 2016 at 10:08 pm
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            Huh. Well that’s too bad. Like to read good commenters on this site that can spark insightful and thoughtful discussions. But sometimes I’ve noticed things can get a little out of hand around here and people occasionally lose their cool. I guess that’s when we need to be separated and put in opposite corners by the moderators, or else start blocking/ignoring people as you pointed out. It’s the internet, these things happen…

          • September 21, 2016 at 10:40 pm
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            It does. I just get disgruntled at folks who start shit on purpose.

            Everyone has a right to their opinion and the discussion of it. But when we see the same forum goers post the same negative drivel in every story the site reports I call shenanigans. Typically in a less than polite way. I’m a Dickinson. Difference between Cranky and I is I don’t pretend I’m not one.

            He’s a very intelligent, insightful poster, with industry experience no less. He’s also flamed obvious trolls right off the forum. But he has a pattern in who and

          • September 29, 2016 at 1:52 pm
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            Ive been reading this site for a while now and Ive never enjoyed crankys attitude (the hint is in the name) he usually comes across as aloof to mostly anybody else’s opinions and rarely are his words ever not riddled with sarcasm or cynicism (particularly newbies like me on this site, hence why Ive blocked my user activity). Reminds me of my old birthmoviesdeath days where I used to hang out with Devin Faraci and his goons. That site is literally runned like a first order type geek site where if you dont talk and think a certain way, you are either ignored or kicked off the site by the editor in chief himself.

      • September 17, 2016 at 9:50 pm
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        “Something I wish story of TFA was.”

        That is only your opinion.

    • September 17, 2016 at 2:48 am
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      His reactions do seem defensive although I see them more as attempts to hone peoples criticism. He doesn’t seem to shy away from challenging peoples assumptions, exposing contradictions, and putting generalised and hasty claims to the test.

      • September 17, 2016 at 8:25 am
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        And good for Hidalgo for challenging people’s assumptions. I wish more people were like him in Lucasfilm.

    • September 17, 2016 at 5:13 am
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      He also said WORLDWIDE the prequels are liked as much as the originals.

      • September 17, 2016 at 8:24 am
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        Hence why they made so much money. If they were really universally despised, they would make as little money as Warcraft or Ben Hurr (the remake) made in the US.

        • September 17, 2016 at 9:53 am
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          this is true:
          1.TFA: 2.05 bil
          2.TPM:1.02 bil
          3.RotS: 848 mil
          4.ANH: 786 mil
          5.AotC: 656 mil
          6.jedi: 572 mil
          7.empire: 534 mil

          interesting that arguably the best film did the worst.

          • September 17, 2016 at 11:42 am
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            Tickets sold and inflation will be brought up. Plus people will say because something made a lot of money does not make it good.

          • September 17, 2016 at 9:50 pm
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            Which is true.

          • September 18, 2016 at 8:28 am
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            15 percent of people had VCRs in 1983. And there wasn’t the 6 month and it’s out release pattern yet. If you didn’t see movies in the theater then, you didn’t know when you’d be able to see them again.

          • September 18, 2016 at 6:56 pm
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            And tickets cost less than, so there are always factors.

          • September 18, 2016 at 10:24 pm
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            Everything cost less then, inflation.

          • September 19, 2016 at 4:31 pm
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            Yes. And people made less money. It all goes hand in hand.

          • September 19, 2016 at 1:01 am
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            its almost as if the unadjusted numbers make things easier to discuss… 😉

          • September 19, 2016 at 4:29 pm
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            But it’s almost as if they paint an entirely inaccurate picture that doesn’t really advance the conversation because someone always points out the MORE accurate numbers of inflation. Still not 100%, but why use the ones we know aren’t as accurate for portraying popularity?

          • September 19, 2016 at 12:57 am
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            also, i think ANH was in theaters for some ridiculous amount of time, almost a year if i recall. never would see that now.

          • September 17, 2016 at 11:20 pm
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            whats interesting is that people kept coming back after TPM. if the prequels were a disaster from day one then they should have tanked like the divergent series but they didn’t. just saying there is a market there, not that the prequels are works of art.

          • September 18, 2016 at 1:28 am
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            They’ll say because the name “Star Wars” is on it. But how much did The Clone Wars movie gross? But that’s animation.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:25 am
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            Yeah at a certain point even brand recognition wears off. Just look at the hobbit movies.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:19 pm
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            The second movie sucked and took away the story for the third which was gold sickness and a battle.

            Also LOTR love in the mainstream had all but vanished. It did not carry the weight of a Star Wars film.

            But, when Disney drops the ball with a new film, and it will happen, there will be damage.

          • September 18, 2016 at 2:14 am
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            I have to admit, I think I went to TPM 5 times in the theater. But I think most of the reason why is because I was trying to convince myself I liked it. I loved the original movies so much, and I wanted to like TPM so badly, I kept going back to see if it would “click.” It just didn’t. I can appreciate it more now for what it is, but at the time I think I was really trying to figure it out.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:19 am
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            What’s interesting is that the next two made good money as well. I wonder how much was fans in denial and people loving it. At the time I was somewhere in the middle.

          • September 17, 2016 at 11:56 am
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            ANH made an estimated 3 billion dollars worldwide, adjusted to inflation… Its also a very different market now.

          • September 17, 2016 at 11:17 pm
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            yes there is a whole lot more competition now.

          • September 18, 2016 at 1:19 am
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            Not just the competition, nowadays there is also 3D, IMAX, torrenting/illegal downloading etc.
            I dont know what are you trying to prove with TPM’s boxoffice numbers though. That movie was destined to be a financial success regardless of the quality of the movie. It also had no competiton. Nowadays there is a high budget blockbuster out almost every month…
            Although if you watch the tendecy, AOTC made more than 300 million less, proving that there was dissapointment.
            But Star Wars is just too strong. It managed to survive the preuqels. Its more popular than ever.

          • September 18, 2016 at 2:57 am
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            i wasn’t trying to prove anything, just to throw out some data. but it doesn’t matter, forget i brought it up.

          • September 17, 2016 at 4:02 pm
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            Adjust for inflation and watch those numbers change drastically

          • September 17, 2016 at 11:17 pm
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            thats a whole different can of worms, this was just to show a basic comparison.

          • September 18, 2016 at 12:35 am
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            Yeah, the right can of worms. To see the true comparison, gotta inflate.

          • September 18, 2016 at 12:39 am
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            “basic comparison”.

          • September 18, 2016 at 2:14 am
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            basic is right.

          • September 18, 2016 at 2:59 am
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            i give.

          • September 18, 2016 at 12:24 am
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            Yeah, but some of that is in 1970’s or early 1980’s dollars versus late 1990’s dollars and beyond. That’s why I think total ticket sales is a better indication of the popularity of a movie’s theatrical release. I don’t know how those numbers compare (and I’ll be honest, I’m too lazy to look them up), but I put more stock in that comparison that the money made by movies that were released over many decades.

          • September 18, 2016 at 12:37 am
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            this is how its most commonly broken down(and how TFA got to be 3rd overall when in reality it probably isn’t top 20). the main point is to show that prequels were successful financially. if you want readjust the all time box office standings be my guest.

          • September 18, 2016 at 1:38 am
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            Ok. I’ll waive the white flag. Like I said, I’m too lazy to look it up. Now, time to go take a nap….

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:00 am
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            i think naps are something we can all agree on.

          • September 20, 2016 at 1:52 am
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            Over 2 billion worldwide in any year is still top 20 guaranteed.

          • September 18, 2016 at 3:15 pm
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            That’s without inflation. TPM made the money on hype. AOTC suffered for it,

          • September 20, 2016 at 1:49 am
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            Star Wars Movies Adjusted for Inflation – Worldwide:

            1 ANH: 3.08 billion
            2 TFA: 2.10 billion
            3 ESB: 1.57 billion
            4 TPM: 1.48 billion
            5 RoTJ: 1.15 billion
            6 RoTS: 1.04 billion
            7 AoTC: 0.87 billion

            Using the CPI Inflation calculator, and Box Office Mojo Worldwide Grosses chart.

          • September 20, 2016 at 6:56 pm
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            And the worse did the best…

        • September 17, 2016 at 3:30 pm
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          There’s no accounting for taste. The newest Fifty Shades trailer had more views in 24 hours than the TFA full trailer but anyone that thinks that means that’s going to be a better movie and make more money needs to buy a nice old bridge I’m selling.

    • September 17, 2016 at 8:18 am
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      I was wondering when someone was going to start bashing the prequels….

    • September 17, 2016 at 11:46 am
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      It wasnt really a mistake. Lucas wanted to try out the new digital tecnology, as he was a pioneer in special effects.
      Too bad it was way too early. Does anybody have Aotc on VHS for instance? The way the analog technology tries to deliver the digital picture results is a beautiful piece of garbage…

    • September 17, 2016 at 3:27 pm
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      Amen. Anyone who thinks the prequels were bad films because of the cgi needs to give their head a shake. The scripts and dialogue were horrible and the acting outside of a handful like Ewan and Ian was wooden and flat. The effects themselves were fine but I hate the green screen. Lucas seemed to always want controlled environments and filming just about everything in a giant green screen warehouse made so much of those movies look fake and dated now. That doesn’t happen on real sets but good ol’ “fast and more intense” George didn’t want to get off his chair and spill his coffee.

      • September 17, 2016 at 5:44 pm
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        Exactly! But I would say the CGi also had a play in throwing me out of the movie. But mainly it was the script and dialogue!

    • September 18, 2016 at 3:13 pm
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      The prequels are still apart of Star Wars. And as of last December have single handed lay expanded the narrative and depth of the Star Wars Universe more than the other four films at this point.

      I don’t like the prequels. I do like what they did to make Star Wars feel bigger and even more diverse.

  • September 17, 2016 at 1:55 am
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    That lady just called new STAR WARS a reboot

    • September 17, 2016 at 3:18 am
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      its a soft reboot.

      • September 17, 2016 at 6:29 am
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        Doesn’t make it a full reboot though.

        • September 17, 2016 at 4:01 pm
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          It’s not a reboot, it’s a sequel.

          • September 17, 2016 at 4:22 pm
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            I agree.

  • September 17, 2016 at 2:12 am
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    The Japanese fans might be insulted referring to their poster as Korean. 😉

    • September 17, 2016 at 2:49 am
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      why? there’s a South Korean poster and a japanese poster

      • September 17, 2016 at 3:36 am
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        Yes but above both posters are said to be Korean.

  • September 17, 2016 at 2:47 am
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    I like this version better 🙂

    • September 20, 2016 at 1:18 am
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      Wow! This is just an artist’s depiction but it still is very well done and it does make it a little easier to imagine Donald as a younger Lando.

  • September 17, 2016 at 3:17 am
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    “i don’t know who donald glover is.” lol. well played.

    • September 17, 2016 at 7:37 am
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      “But I don’t know if anybody could bring the kind of quality that I brought to any of those characters I’ve played.” I think he only knows his own name, I mean, he’s so great so why know any others! ;p

  • September 17, 2016 at 4:27 am
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    Donald needs to disappear.. 1st he whines about becoming spider-man and now lando? Boy, you can’t act!

    • September 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm
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      Donald is awesome.

      • September 18, 2016 at 12:17 am
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        I don’t know anything about this “Spiderman” thing you guys are talking about, but I loved Donald on “Community.” I know for sure he can do comedy, but drama – I’m not sure. I was left very unimpressed with his performance in “The Martian.” I know Star Wars isn’t totally drama but there are serious tones in there. He’s a wildcard for me in potentially playing this role.

        • September 18, 2016 at 12:34 am
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          Check out his new show, Atlanta. he can handle it.

          • September 20, 2016 at 1:16 am
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            I can totally see him portraying a younger Lando.

            I think Billy Dee is just very protective of Lando. Unlike Harrison who could really care less.

          • September 20, 2016 at 3:24 am
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            I think Harrison has plenty of work and Billy Dee doesn’t, also.

  • September 17, 2016 at 6:29 am
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    Only one of those Rogue One posters was Koreaon. The one with Jyn on the beach was Japanese.

  • September 17, 2016 at 8:17 am
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    Amen to leaving Lando alone.

  • September 17, 2016 at 8:50 am
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    I’m also in favor of leaving lando alone at least in terms of recasting. Though since They are going full steam ahead with young Han Solo, it might be weird not to see lando depending on the time period. Personally all I really want is a lando cameo in episode 8 or 9 to bring back bully dee. Anything beyond that and they should let lando alone

    • September 17, 2016 at 5:43 pm
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      Exactly!

  • September 17, 2016 at 12:49 pm
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    Shouldn’t there be a petition to leave Han Solo alone? Wish Disney risked anthology movies without classic characters.

    • September 17, 2016 at 3:22 pm
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      Han Solo makes sense in the story of EP IV- VI- VII, they should leave him alone.

    • September 17, 2016 at 4:00 pm
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      (It was George Lucas’ idea, not Disney’s)

    • September 17, 2016 at 6:14 pm
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      @remyverhoeve:disqus I really don’t see why.

    • September 17, 2016 at 9:52 pm
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      Too late, deal with it! 🙂

  • September 17, 2016 at 3:59 pm
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    I made Pablo’s tweets again, haha.

    • September 18, 2016 at 11:14 am
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      Which username, if I may ask?

      • September 18, 2016 at 6:55 pm
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        Sure, it’s Anthony

  • September 17, 2016 at 6:23 pm
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    Billy Dee is such a selfish old bugger. Apparently he’s a dick at fan photo shoots too

    • September 18, 2016 at 10:46 pm
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      When I met him at Celebration Anaheim for the photo op, I walked in behind him, took the photo and left. He didn’t make eye contact or talk to me. He didn’t even know or care I was there. He just sat there. Total waste of money. Mark and Carrie were quite lovely though and both chatted with me briefly and made an effort. I don’t give a crap if I ever meet Billy Dee ever again.

      • September 20, 2016 at 1:12 am
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        Wow! That’s sad, I was at Anaheim too and I didn’t get a chance to see very many of the stars. That is kind of a disappointing experience though.

        Anthony Daniels usually gets a lot of flak for being a prima donna but he will at least talk to you a bit. He did with us at least.

  • September 17, 2016 at 8:01 pm
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    So full of yourself Billy Dee.

  • September 17, 2016 at 9:47 pm
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    I get what he’s saying, but at the same token he literally has no control over this – that’s show business and that’s what hey gets paid for. If he’s so confident in his performance (and it is a certifiably classic role) then there’s nothing to worry about.

  • September 17, 2016 at 9:47 pm
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    I get what he’s saying, but at the same token he literally has no control over this – that’s show business and that’s what hey gets paid for. If he’s so confident in his performance (and it is a certifiably classic role) then there’s nothing to worry about. Danny Glover is however immensely talented – maybe Billy should read up before dissing him.

  • September 17, 2016 at 9:48 pm
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    I get what he’s saying, but at the same token he literally has no control over this – that’s show business and that’s what he gets paid for. If he’s so confident in his performance (and it is a certifiably classic role) then there’s nothing to worry about. Donald Glover is however immensely talented – maybe Billy should read up before dissing him, and be willing to hand over the reins with respect and dignity.

  • September 18, 2016 at 12:12 am
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    I’ve always been a HUGE fan of the Lando Calrissian character and Billy D’s portrayal of him, but sheesh….those comments make him look like an egocentric jerk. Get over yourself man. Harrison Ford has had 10 times the career you could ever hope to have and he never made such arrogant comments that I can remember. He’s basically saying “I’m the only mofo on Earth that’s cool enough to play Lando, so no one else should even bother.” Really disappointing. And I wanted so badly to see him in the new trilogy. Not cool Billy D, not cool.

    • September 18, 2016 at 3:09 pm
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      It’s his only real accomplishment. It makes sense.

      • September 19, 2016 at 10:09 pm
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        That doesn’t matter. My only real accomplishment is being able to chug an entire jug of milk in under 5 minutes, but you don’t see me being a pretentious douchebag about it.

        • September 20, 2016 at 1:10 am
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          Hahahahaa I’d like to see footage of that 🙂

      • September 20, 2016 at 4:48 am
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        Well, that and his Colt 45 commercials.

  • September 19, 2016 at 8:29 pm
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    Billy D can GTFO. Nobody wants to see your old ass as Lando.

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