Re: Star Wars Episode VII
Episode V: Attack of the Mynocks
Episode V: Who's your Daddy?
Episode V: Attack of the Mynocks
Episode V: Who's your Daddy?
AWESOME news if true. I'll put it under spoilers, just in case.
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Harrison Ford to co-lead Star Wars: Episode VII alongside three young stars - Movie News | JoBlo.com
The long and the short of the article is this: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher are all back, yes, but Ford will have a much more substantial role than the rest. Han Solo is a 'Co-lead' along the new younger actors!
I'm not as keen on Ford being more of a lead over Hamill and Fisher. It kind of takes away from the Star Wars saga being about the Skywalker family... even if one or more the young cast is a Skywalker, I just think Luke (and even Leia) should be a bit more prominent. Making Solo more of a "star" seems to just be capitalizing on Ford's post-Star Wars success.
I'll agree to an extent. Being Jedi seems to imply no kids (although I thing EU stuff may've countered that), the Solo daughter and all that. I guess if it serves the story well, I don't have an issue with it - I'm just concerned that this might just be because Ford had the most successful career. (That said, Ford may arguably be the better actor and more suited to carry the new movie/trilogy).Well, obviously the PT was about Anakin. The OT was about Luke. And it would seem this new trilogy will be about the Solo daughter, so perhaps featuring Han Solo prominantly in this first film serves that story. I don't think these movies are going to be about Luke and I would not be surprised if Luke has no children.
I'll agree to an extent. Being Jedi seems to imply no kids (although I thing EU stuff may've countered that), the Solo daughter and all that. I guess if it serves the story well, I don't have an issue with it - I'm just concerned that this might just be because Ford had the most successful career. (That said, Ford may arguably be the better actor and more suited to carry the new movie/trilogy).
I want Luke to be just a strong and prominent a character as Han - I think that should be a no brainer.
I get the same sense about Ford's involvement. One and done... he might probably be the heroic death we get in the first movie. Solo's a funny character - I could see a kidnapped child (and wife) being the reason for him being involved as heavily as he is rumored to be.Actually when you put it that way, about Luke, I am changing my mind. He IS a Jedi who would have kids, actually. He believes in love and attachment. In regards to Ford, dollars to donuts one of the delays in this screenplay being finished was likely negotiating with him. I think he is one and done for this trilogy. Maybe he dies and that is the catalyst for Luke picking up the saber again, in which case he would feature prominently in the next two films along with the Solo daughter, who keep in mind would be Force sensitive like her Mom and brash like her Dad. Sounds pretty cool!
Guess we could go back to how Ford was biatching back in ROJ about how he wanted to do more with Solo and he actually wanted to kill him off,so maybe that's gonna happen?
Maybe see Luke as a Jedi master but with a bunch of kids who's a bit reluctant to get in some mess until something goes down with Solo then he gets his dark side on and goes looking for somebody with a vengeance? he DID get pretty cranky when Jabba had Solo,no telling what'd happen if somebody killed the guy,maybe go Vader for a bit.
Or maybe Solo is killed trying to protect his daughter, who maybe causing imbalance in the Force, and Leia has to go make him come out of seclusion.
I'm not as keen on Ford being more of a lead over Hamill and Fisher. It kind of takes away from the Star Wars saga being about the Skywalker family... even if one or more the young cast is a Skywalker, I just think Luke (and even Leia) should be a bit more prominent. Making Solo more of a "star" seems to just be capitalizing on Ford's post-Star Wars success.
I think people would complain JJ was just copying the original Star Wars.
Which is exactly what making Luke a secluded hermit would be...an exact copy of Obi from ANH. Not sure why anybody would want that.