Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Pre-release)

[Jedi-72]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

The most important quality that I feel the British casting can impart is the experience and talent of more classically trained actors. The OT supporting cast are as strong in their roles as the leads. And considering that most of the cast felt the material to be rubbish, it speaks to their professionalism and dedication to their craft to be able to have delivered such believable performances. It just feels real when you're watching them work. In the PT you can practically hear Lucas yell action in each scene as the actors just recite their lines. They didn't buy their lines. The authenticity wasn't there. If they don't buy it, we don't buy it. Here's hoping!

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

And considering that most of the cast felt the material to be rubbish, it speaks to their professionalism and dedication to their craft to be able to have delivered such believable performances.

Guinness and Cushing in particular! :thumbsup

 

[seelsa73]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

JJ seemed to retread a lot of Trek09 for STID.

You mentioned nothing about Star Wars in this Star Wars thread, that's what I was pointing out to you.

And this

JJ's not directing a sequel to a long successful science fiction franchise?

is something completely different still.

 

[rodneyfaile]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

If we can mix "English" with "British" there were some:

Qui-Gon
Obi Wan
Palpatine

Don't forget Jar-Jar's dialect. Lol

 

[Solo4114]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

I don't know why people assume the EU is getting nuked because no one has heard anything either way. You're not getting EU stories, so chill. Having an EU character or two in the movies is the least you should be worried about.

I've tried to explain this before, but basically, it depends on when the stories are set and what other details there are. For example, if Han and Leia never married in this future, then there go the Solo kids. If it takes place after the Vong invasion and Chewie's alive and nobody's talking about the Vong, then there goes that. If Luke's married to someone other than Mara Jade, then there goes Ben Skywalker and that whole storyline. And that's just the main characters. You can mess around with the ancillary characters, too. Mon Mothma could be alive (which would also cut against the Vong storyline having taken place). You could have Han and Leia married, but only having had one kid with a totally different name. There's plenty of ways to break the EU in certain respects.

I think it'll be unlikely that they'd COMPLETELY eradicate it, but I certainly think there'll be some continuity disconnects, and ones that won't easily be dodged the way the vague references to the PT era in pre-PT EU material was kinda sorta retconned, but could be tapdanced around. (E.g. Spaarti cloning cylinders and such.)

The British accent isn't necessarily to make them the bad guys. Whether you like the EU or not, that's supposed to be the accent of the Core worlds, like Coruscant, or the Senate. That's why Lucas had Leia do the fake British accent and Padme attempt to do it as Queen.

I thought it was because her mom was Debbie Reynolds and that was just sort of the Old Hollywood "Middle Atlantic" accent.

If we can mix "English" with "British" there were some:

Qui-Gon
Obi Wan
Palpatine

Don't forget "non-specific godawful RP as done by Natalie Portman in every film where she pretends to be 'British' and I do mean 'British,' not English."

 

[Larry T]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

The most important quality that I feel the British casting can impart is the experience and talent of more classically trained actors. The OT supporting cast are as strong in their roles as the leads. And considering that most of the cast felt the material to be rubbish, it speaks to their professionalism and dedication to their craft to be able to have delivered such believable performances. It just feels real when you're watching them work. In the PT you can practically hear Lucas yell action in each scene as the actors just recite their lines. They didn't buy their lines. The authenticity wasn't there. If they don't buy it, we don't buy it. Here's hoping!

Great post.

 

[jme3]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

If we can mix "English" with "British" there were some:

Qui-Gon
Obi Wan
Palpatine

You're right. And how could I, of all people, have left out Palpatine?!? Asleep at the wheel!:sleep

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The most important quality that I feel the British casting can impart is the experience and talent of more classically trained actors. The OT supporting cast are as strong in their roles as the leads. And considering that most of the cast felt the material to be rubbish, it speaks to their professionalism and dedication to their craft to be able to have delivered such believable performances. It just feels real when you're watching them work. In the PT you can practically hear Lucas yell action in each scene as the actors just recite their lines. They didn't buy their lines. The authenticity wasn't there. If they don't buy it, we don't buy it. Here's hoping!

Yes, definitely. Many American actors never carry proper dialog well. That's something better left to the English...

 

[Zombie_61]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

...For example, if Han and Leia never married in this future, then there go the Solo kids...

Not necessarily; you can have children without being married, even in the Star Wars universe.

 

[rodneyfaile]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Not necessarily; you can have children without being married, even in the Star Wars universe.

Keep an eye on Lando. He is a smoothie.

 

[Fly4v]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Star Wars fans will not tolerate anymore movies without their favorite character Lando Calrissian.

 

[Reelo]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Star Wars fans will not tolerate anymore movies without their favorite character Lando Calrissian.

And so it is! I really hope they'll include BDW in the cast, even if it's just a small cameo.
Ans I hope we'll be seeing more iconic OT aliens, like Sullustans, MonCal, Bith, Twilek and Rodians instead of those bland PT ones. Oh, and Bothans, I hope.

"If those who do nothing wrong should have nothing to hide, why don't governments declassify all of THEIR stuff?"

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Keep an eye on Lando. He is a smoothie.

I'd totally watch a trilogy focusing on Leia's kids from Lando! :lol

 

[Zombie_61]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Keep an eye on Lando. He is a smoothie.

So that's why Leia never wore underwear--Once you go Lando, you go full commando.

 

[The Terminator]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

That's very true, though I think the principal reasoning behind using the English for the Imperial roles was simply a trick to make them separate and distinct from the Rebels, i.e. making it easier to identify the "bad guys". It should be asked, though, since everyone was from the same republic, why didn't everyone have the same accent??

But, they did evolve, or rather de-volve, in the prequels. I don't recall any English accents at all. There were some Australian accents in there, albeit toned down in some cases, but none were English that I remember.

There's a bunch of Brits in Phantom Menace

If we can mix "English" with "British" there were some:

Qui-Gon
Obi Wan
Palpatine

Captain Panaka
Ric Olié (the pilot)
Darth Maul both Actor and voice actor
Sio Bibble
C-3PO
Yoda
Chancellor Valorum aka General Zod
Watto
Boss Nass
and so on

Not necessarily; you can have children without being married, even in the Star Wars universe.

Forget marriage, you don't even need to have sex in order to get preggers, just look at Anakin...

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Captain Panaka
Ric Olié (the pilot)
Darth Maul both Actor and voice actor
Sio Bibble
C-3PO
Yoda
Chancellor Valorum aka General Zod
Watto
Boss Nass
and so on

I'll give you Ric, Sio, C3P0, and Valorum but no way on the others. Panaka doesn't sound remotely British, Maul has one line in the whole film so he doesn't count, Yoda is... I dunno what he is, Watto is a bad Jewish stereotype, and Boss Nass (and all Gungans) are Jamaican stereotypes.

 

[The Terminator]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

I'll give you Ric, Sio, C3P0, and Valorum but no way on the others. Panaka doesn't sound remotely British, Maul has one line in the whole film so he doesn't count, Yoda is... I dunno what he is, Watto is a bad Jewish stereotype, and Boss Nass (and all Gungans) are Jamaican stereotypes.

I was just going by where the actor's from
Bloody 'ell don't kill the messenger

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

I was just going by where the actor's from
Bloody 'ell don't kill the messenger

In which case Panaka is from Ghana. :lol

 

[The Terminator]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

In which case Panaka is from Ghana. :lol

Huh.. had no idea, I have seen him on british tv so I thought... shame on me I guess :lol

 

[Michael Bergeron]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

Huh.. had no idea, I have seen him on british tv so I thought... shame on me I guess :lol

:lol He currently lives in England I think. He's definitely classically trained (not that you would know it from TPM). I'm just teasing you.

 

[The Terminator]

Re: Star Wars Episode VII

:lol He currently lives in England I think. He's definitely classically trained (not that you would know it from TPM). I'm just teasing you.

Thou shalt not tease thee fellow RPF-ers!
I had to check IMDB earlier to check where he was born... Ghana apparently, like you said