Many Jedi went into hiding. So no telling how many there are. Remember Ben Kenobi hung around for decades after the purge. So did Yoda. From the books. . . . Palpatine and Vader were not the only sith . .. only the only ones we were made aware of. . . . . .. Dark Maul was a Apprentice of Palpatine. Then Darth Vader .. . nothing against him having a backup plan since Maul did not workout so well . . .. I guess at this point .. . all storm troopers are no longer Clones. . . . Rocket River
Your quote was lifted directly from this article: http://screencrush.com/star-wars-episode-7-emperor/
Oh. My. God. This explains everything. "Jar Jar is the key to all this"... "by the end of the Pod Race they'll be ready to go home". GL was so out of touch with this audience, it's truly tragic. He f**cked himself over and the rest of us SW fans. Thank you for sharing this.
Watched the trailers with my sons and we're pumped...I'd pay $50/ticket to see the movie this weekend
Eh... the new CGI technology of the time ****ed everybody over, including Lucas. The movie became more about that and less about the actual story... more time with CGI characters and scenes = more "effect" (i'm presuming that's why he says "I probably could have scaled things back a bit" at the end). The actual story could have probably been told a lot better without the insistance of CGI gungans, hours and hours of blue-screen shots, and a "villain" that truly was a phantom (i know Palpatine was supposed to be the true phantom, but it was very poorly hashed out). For it to really be about the story, they would likely have had to wait till the technology was truly seamless (like when Avatar came out). It was very hilarious how they fore-shadowed that Portman would NOT have done the movies if she actually read the scripts;
Those are legit criticisms as well. Lucas became obsessed with CGI and pleasing the kids. Lucas insists on the versions of the original movies with updated CGI for Blu Ray only; this is why the LaserDisc versions of SW are so valued because they preserve the theatrical versions. I'm struck by how many Yes Men George Lucas is surrounded by in that video. They just mumble and nod with everything he says. They don't share his enthusiasm. I actually sympathize with him because you can see he loves his franchise and he wants to do it right, however he doesn't have the right people around him like he did in the 70s. I've seen the making of the original movies, and the atmosphere and crowd was much more critical, engaged, and honest about what would work and what wouldn't.
FWIW (not much?), an interviewer (was it Baba Wawa?) pretty much got Lucas to admit that he far prefers working with effects / computers than with actors. Which is painfully evident in his directing and writing. I mean, have you ever been so embarassed for movie actors that you find yourself looking at the tops of your shoes during the movie ("Attack of the Clones": "On my planet it's rough and sand gets over everything. But here things are soft" says the future Lord of the Sith while popping wood over Portman). Lucas has such a tin ear engineer's approach to movies. I'm glad he sold the rights to the films. Sooooooo glad.
Wow! This really looks like it has captured the flavor of the original Star Wars. Unbelievable! <iframe width="560" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/OMOVFvcNfvE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
Why does Darth Revan have a disposal for a face? I hope they have a cafe scene where he just insinkerates lunch.
I hope Luke doesn't cut off his other hand with the light saber guard. Looks like you could hurt yourself with that thing.
Reading Revan's bio, it doesn't seem like he would fit into the timeline, although a world dominator and having a long life span, he came before the rule of two Jedi. Which was already established in the films by Yoda. Perhaps somebody found his helmet though. Which if that is true, means they would have to return to the revan story about 15 years from now to fill in the blanks. That or Jar Jar went to the dark side...
