No.7721 [View All]
> all three of these books made into movies.
> how ballistic would fans go if that were the case?
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No.8719
If I could make it now I'd cast Sebastian Stan as Luke Skywalker and an aged-up Anthony Ingruber as Han Solo. Finding a Leia was hard, but I settled on Alexandra Chando. Lars Mikkelsen could of course reprise his role as Grand Admiral Thrawn. Although while looking for pics for him I came across some other good suggestions such as Michael Fassbender and Benedict Cumberbatch. Back when the novels were originally released I thought that Christopher Lee could be a good Thrawn. Then years later he was of course cast as Count Dooku, lol!
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No.8737
>>8719
Honestly why does Hollywood find it so "taboo" to hire actors who look and even sound like the old ones? Hell, they don't even seem to care about reputation since they hired a complete hack for Solo.
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No.8740
>>8737
If you're planning on making a series you hire relatively unknown actors who owe their fame to that series, that way you can make sequels without breaking the bank on paying your leads.
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No.8752
>>8719
Really I would just go with animation for a Thrawn movie. All the important people have professional sound-alikes already for all the games and some of the actors can still pull off their role even though they're super old.
I wonder how Bob Bergen's Joker voice is
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No.8755
>>8752
Their current animation is ass though. And Kennedy at the helm would probably hire Squirrel Girl's artists for SW as long as they sucked her dick or something.
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No.8758
>>8755
We're already in the realm of make-believe, anon. We might as well imagine the best.
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No.8759
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No.8761
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>>8752
My dream, years ago before this Current Year shit fest began, back around 2006 or 2007, was that Lucasfilm would make an animated Thrawn Trilogy adaptation (followed by other EU adaptations as I would've loved to have seen a version of the Glove of Darth Vader that improved on the books failings) similar to the DC animated movies or the Hellboy animated movies, or directed by Genndy. Vid-related with Star Wars was my ultimate wish at the time. Can't believe it's been like 12 years since this shit. Some dreams truly weren't meant to happen I guess…
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No.8794
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>>8755
>Their current animation is ass though.
Their TV animation is fine and as The Thrawn trilogy would be movies they would either use Lucasfilm Animation's movie team, who made Strang Magic (yeah, I know it flopped, but not because of the animation quality) or they'd just use ILM who have already made 1 animated movie, Rango, which has incredible animation!
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No.8796
>>8794
Rango was a grand visual achievement yet nobody ever seems to talk about it… As for current animation, maybe he means Rebels? The show is a severe and critical dip in quality when compared to Clone Wars (which was probably the only CG cartoon that wasn't repetitive as shit and gave you new shit to easy every episode).
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No.8797
>>8796
>easy
I meant see. WTF
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No.9302
>>8761
If, after Soylo and 9 fail, Disney put someone competent in charge of Star Wars, it wouldn't be too hard to see them doing that in ~5 years. They bought Fox to gain control of Hulu to make it a better Netflix killer. Netflix's big hook is original programming. Making EU animated movies seems like an obvious way to prop up Hulu. With the plots and most of the general visual design done the costs are relatively low. The real problem is them hiring awful Canadians/Cal Arts instead of someone who can animate.
They don't even have to deal with diversity bullshit for Thrawn trilogy (the irony is the EU was more diverse than Disney's crap, especially when books generally didn't bother to mention skintones or monolids most of the time). Mara is obvious, Leia and Lando are main characters in their own rights here, Kaarde's crew is of unspecified race (the comic that's the only visual deception contradicts a lot of the book like the way the Noghri are drawn), Rogue Squadron's role could easily be expanded (more space-battles, X-Wing toys they already have molds for) giving you Corran Horn (generally drawn as Asian), Inyri Forge (Female), Kenn Nitram (unspecified male), Pedna Scotian (Unspecified near-human female), Asyr Sei'lar (Alien Female), and Lyyr Zatoq (Alien female).
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No.9303
>>9302
Though what's of sufficient quality and action to adapt?
>Thrawn Trilogy
>I, Jedi
>Rogue Squadron
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No.9305
>>8719
>>8759
I never realized Sebastian Stan looked like a young Mark Hamill so much.
>>9302
Honestly, I would love to see a Star Wars anthology movie in the vein of the Animatrix and Halo Legends. Hell you could even get Genndy back to do one of the shorts for the anthology movie.
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No.9354
>>8761
I know it's not the same, but I hope these little shoops come close to what you had in mind. Animated SW expanded universe films are definitely something that I would have loved to see too.
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No.9355
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No.9358
>>9354
what sorcery be this
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No.9403
>>9354
God that would've been so awesome.
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No.10340
I'm finishing this trilogy, and oh man I LOVE IT!
Cannot compare it to disney movies because I don't have watched TLJ yet.. their first movie was disappointing…
But yeah, I would have Loved the original Thrawn trilogy on screen. :)
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No.10344
>>10340
>:)
kee chai chai cun kuta?
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No.10353
>>10344
Grancha. Good to see Louie's Huttese Academy is paying off.
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No.10363
Is there a recommended list for Star Wars books like /v/ has for consoles?
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No.10366
>>10363
no but we can make one
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No.10367
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No.10368
>>10363
>>10366
>>10367
I saved a bare-bones one a while back but I doubt it's an exhaustive list. On that note, how are the NJO books? Are they good before the Vong start showing up?
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No.10369
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>>10367
This fag knows what's up. Or listen to it, and hear the soothing tones of a Sith Lord who can best be called "George Soros with a sense of subtlety and wit." Also, it ties just about all the Prequel media together.
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No.10370
>>10369
I forgot my flag was set to that. Yeah the audiobook version is great, there are a lot of great audiobooks done during the early 00s.
>>10368
The Vong aren't that bad its the Killik you have to look out for.
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No.10387
>>10344
>kee chai chai cun kuta
Mi bosco de kwee-kunee
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No.10393
>>7721
Luke would look like an old man no amount of CGI would be able to justify, Han and Leia are too old to play the parts similarly, and Harrison and Mark never would want any part of it in the first place, if not for Carrie Fischer, they wouldn't do it. Who would die by the 2nd film.
Also the 2nd and 3rd of these books werent even that good, I wouldn't make a movie about a Thrawn look-a-like which was just filler for Thrawn's needed presense in the series to keep it interesting.
Oh and since everyone on this board would hate it because of the things that would need to be changed out of nessecity, regardless, this board will hate everything that is produced anyway no matter what it is
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No.10394
>>10368
>On that note, how are the NJO books? Are they good before the Vong start showing up?
It's a "love it or hate it" series and the Vong are in in it from book one.
Writing-wise
>Pro: Several books written by some of the EU's better writers (Stackpole, Luceno, Stover)
>Contra: intentionally written to be tonally different from previous books. If you want your Star Wars to be swashbuckling adventures, these probably aren't the books for you. Shit got so grim and gritty that one of the people in charge admitted that they may have gone a bit too far at times
Lore-wise
>Pro: Much tighter lore than most of the 90s EU stuff which makes the setting feel more organic. For example, you'll see characters from the X-Wing and the Young Jedi Knights series interact. Also ties up some loose threads from older stories.
>Contra: The Vong absolutely curbstomp the EU, especially at the beginning.
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No.10400
>>10393
>no amount of CGI would be able to justify
You'd be surprised with what the fucks at Disney can do now. All they'd need is new actors, make digital recreations of the actors faces of when they were younger, and have them voice them or find actors to voice them who sound like them.
>Oh and since everyone on this board would hate it because of the things that would need to be changed out of nessecity
No one would hate changes that would be needed out of obvious necessity. Glove of Darth Vader is an average or below average book, but if the flaws it had could be rewritten or improved upon would be welcomed, but considering its Disney, their changes would consist of complete rewrites that share nothing in common with the original books or have the story be told from the perspective of a new female character who would basically be Rey 2.0.
>regardless, this board will hate everything that is produced anyway no matter what it is
Only if its Disney, as even third party and fan content made before the Disney buyout was infinitely better than anything they've produced lately.
<Also the 2nd and 3rd of these books werent even that good
I'd like to hear your opinion in detail.
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No.10401
>>10394
The Vong could've worked if they hadn't made shit so grimdark and had them fuck up so many planets that could've made great settings for future games and sourcebooks (and other EU media in general). Only thing worse than the Vong was the Dac Genocide, which had Krayt utterly destroy Dac and the Mon Calamari, one of the most beautiful and interesting planets within the SW setting.
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No.10404
>>10394
I'll give it a shot all the same, mostly because I'm thirsty for stories about the NJO getting built and ultimately its final revival.
On a semi-related note, I've started a fairly rudimentary reading guide for the EU. Somewhat sparse at the moment as I can only comment on the things I've read. I feel it could also be improved with some form of color-coding (corresponding to "must-read," "good only if you like the characters/setting involved," "meh", "avoid", etc.).
Thoughts, anons?
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No.10405
>>10404
I like it. Maybe one of the comic anons can do a timeline based on the comics?
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No.10406
>>10401
Gee, who could be behind this post?
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No.10416
>>10401
The later books in the series had an even worse problem where they made the Vong so retardedly OP that the writers had to come up with increasingly more stupid ways for the heroes to prevail. Then the last book of the series just wraps it all up by suddenly revealing that the Vong were being led by some Force-sensitive loser the whole time who somehow managed to mindfuck the fuhrer or whatever the fuck his name was into doing his bidding.
Jesus Christ, that series was pure, undiluted shit.
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No.10418
>>10404
As a rule of thumb, the best NJO books focus on single characters rather than big battles.
I favorites are
>Agents of Chaos I + II (Han)
>Edge of Victory I + II (Anakin)
>Dark Journey (Jaina)
>Traitor (Jacen)
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No.10419
>>10400
>make digital recreations of the actors faces of when they were younger, and have them voice them
No. There is another…
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No.10432
>>10416
>more stupid ways
Such as? I'm hearing that once the NR and IR get their shit together, they start doing well, so you're kinda coming off as hyperbole here.
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No.10433
>>10416
Kind of agree, but I don't think the later ones were that bad, but the Vong as a whole were still horribly done. I recall something about the Vong being created by a guy with an OC (donut steal fetish) who wanted the Vong to be in D&D but they got rejected for obviously being shit. But like I said, something like an extra-galactic invading force like the Vong would've been interesting if it hadn't been created by such an edgy faggot, because frankly, Vong feel more like some obnoxious cheeky fuckers that belong in Star Trek.
>>10419
What sorcery is this?
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No.10464
>>10404
Are enough people interested in creating this for it to warrant its own thread?
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No.10635
On second thought I think it's better disney stays away from Thrawn trilology and crate something entirely new. They would fuck precious EU content up I'm affraid.
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No.10646
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No.10647
>>10464
>one halfhearted reply after 200 posts
You're full of shit but I'll post it anyways.
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No.27640
>>7721
Is this series worth reading?
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No.27660
>>27640
It's one of the better series in the EU, without a doubt it's worth reading.
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No.27682
Honestly if you want the Thrawn trilogy as a movie just listen to the audiobooks, the unabridged versions are great if you get the version voiced by Marc Thompson. The thing to keep in mind is that the unabridged audio books are like 14h each so any movie version would be cutting large sections so it would probably end up shit. It's not like Lord of the Rings where you cut out all the random singing and suddenly you have a solid movie.
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No.27687
>>27682
Not necessarily, remember that large parts of novels are just describing the scene. Two paragraphs of description that take a good minute to read to completion can exactly represented with a second or two of visuals.
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No.27714
>>7721
They would have had to rewrite the scripts so that Luke, Han, and Leia took secondary or even tertiary roles, and new characters filled in for them. I actually like that idea quite a bit, but I know that Disney would ruin it by casting more diversity hires.
At least the plot would have made more sense.
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No.27818
I think the problem with doing the Thrawn trilogy as movies now is too much time has passed. The entire story kind of hinges on it being shortly after RotJ, where the New Republic are struggling to get on their feet, where the Empire are weakened, but gradually pulling themselves together, Where Luke is established, but still young and naive about a lot of the finer details of the Jedi and the force.
So live action is off the table.
Animation is doable, and it could potentially make a great TV show, which is probably the better format for this kind of story. Thrawn is already an established character in the Disney canon, and there's always going to be an audience for more Luke Skywalker adventures.
It all hinges on whether Disney will ever decide to pull their fingers out and start treating this franchise properly, I guess, which seems like kind of a long shot at the moment,
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