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Post by wildojinx on Apr 19, 2023 12:58:36 GMT -5
Do you think a series about Luke Skywalker's youth could work, or is there not enough material there?
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Post by ace on Apr 19, 2023 12:59:21 GMT -5
Given how we meet him in A New Hope…it would just be 18 years of whining like a little bitch
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Apr 19, 2023 13:03:40 GMT -5
I for one would love to watch ten episodes learning the ins and outs of moisture farming.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 19, 2023 13:10:47 GMT -5
Luke seemed to have an outright boring life before Episode IV. I don't think flying in Beggar's Canyon in a T-16 or hanging out with Biggs and his other friends in Tosche Station would make for a very exciting show.
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Post by dirtyoldman on Apr 19, 2023 13:15:34 GMT -5
I want to see where he gets his power converters
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Post by thegreatnodnarb on Apr 19, 2023 13:16:12 GMT -5
I'd rather watch a creepy CGI faced Luke post Return of the Jedi series.
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Post by Mochi Lone Wolf on Apr 19, 2023 13:43:01 GMT -5
Luke seemed to have an outright boring life before Episode IV. I don't think flying in Beggar's Canyon in a T-16 or hanging out with Biggs and his other friends in Tosche Station would make for a very exciting show. The events of Kenobi were the first real bit of craziness that happened in his life. For all he knew, it was just Tuskans going rogue.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 19, 2023 13:55:51 GMT -5
I feel like you could do it, but I ultimately feel like his attitude in New Hope would imply that he hasn't had a lot of what he'd consider adventure.
They had a golden opportunity to do a Leia one when Millie Bobby Brown was the right age range, given she's weirdly like a middle ground between Carrie Fisher and Natalie Portman, but that window passed. Then again, it'd have probably just been kind of Mothma's stuff from Andor, only the focus of the show.
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Post by chrom on Apr 19, 2023 14:11:29 GMT -5
I think one on Biggs enrolling in the Imperial Academy and then leaving to join the Rebel Alliance would be more interesting.
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Post by darbus alan on Apr 19, 2023 14:21:37 GMT -5
I feel like you could do it, but I ultimately feel like his attitude in New Hope would imply that he hasn't had a lot of what he'd consider adventure. They had a golden opportunity to do a Leia one when Millie Bobby Brown was the right age range, given she's weirdly like a middle ground between Carrie Fisher and Natalie Portman, but that window passed. Then again, it'd have probably just been kind of Mothma's stuff from Andor, only the focus of the show. Plenty of adult actors play younger characters. Like, a good chunk of the Strangers Things cast are now in their 20's while playing teenager characters like Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, and Sadie Sink. It can work. I think Millie Bobby Brown at 19 can play a 15-16 year old Leia easily.
Hell, Sophie Turner is only 1 year older than Maisie Williams (both in their mid-late 20's now) and Sansa and Arya have a much larger age gap.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Apr 19, 2023 14:26:53 GMT -5
He's just on the farm until they buy the droids. If you want to watch him shoot womp rats and go to the Taschi station, that's your jam. Otherwise no.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 19, 2023 14:47:20 GMT -5
Given how we meet him in A New Hope…it would just be 18 years of whining like a little bitch Like father, like son.
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 19, 2023 15:00:56 GMT -5
I feel like you could do it, but I ultimately feel like his attitude in New Hope would imply that he hasn't had a lot of what he'd consider adventure. They had a golden opportunity to do a Leia one when Millie Bobby Brown was the right age range, given she's weirdly like a middle ground between Carrie Fisher and Natalie Portman, but that window passed. Then again, it'd have probably just been kind of Mothma's stuff from Andor, only the focus of the show. Plenty of adult actors play younger characters. Like, a good chunk of the Strangers Things cast are now in their 20's while playing teenager characters like Maya Hawke, Natalia Dyer, and Sadie Sink. It can work. I think Millie Bobby Brown at 19 can play a 15-16 year old Leia easily.
Hell, Sophie Turner is only 1 year older than Maisie Williams (both in their mid-late 20's now) and Sansa and Arya have a much larger age gap.
I agree to an extent, I just kind of wonder if she'd be interested, is more the issue. She might be looking to move to adult roles, even if she could probably get away with it here with the right wardrobe, etc.
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Apr 19, 2023 15:05:58 GMT -5
No.
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Post by Push R Truth on Apr 19, 2023 15:57:26 GMT -5
I could see like... 1 single episode of a 30 minute show dedicated to showing just how much of a backwater shithole Luke grew up in. Even that is pushing it. One of the key points of Luke's entire story is that his normal life is boring as hell.
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Post by Gecko on Apr 19, 2023 16:21:30 GMT -5
I'm envisioning us starting on a closeup of a sleeping Luke. He is awoken by his space alarm clock and rises at the same time as the first sun. We then go into a montage of the monotony of his routine: de-watering the moisture, sweeping sand out of everywhere, general chores. He is on his way back from picking up supplies when he sees an odd creature in the distance, but when he detours to take a closer look, it turns out to just be a funny shaped cgi rock. He returns to his space bed with the setting of the suns, but when he wakes up the next day it turns out that...
...he overslept because the space batteries in his alarm needed recharged, and he got shouted at before starting his chores.
And the entire series builds off of that first episode to a huge finale that... well, I won't give it away, but think "Luke finally getting a space-desk in his bedroom" levels of excitement.
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Post by chrom on Apr 19, 2023 17:18:53 GMT -5
I could see like... 1 single episode of a 30 minute show dedicated to showing just how much of a backwater shithole Luke grew up in. Even that is pushing it. One of the key points of Luke's entire story is that his normal life is boring as hell. What is on Tatooine anyway? There's no natural resources or valuables on it. It's just a giant rock filled with sand and dirt, it's a wonder Vader didn't have The Imperial Fleet pound and bombard it to dust.
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Post by tirtefaa on Apr 19, 2023 17:56:26 GMT -5
Star Wars Babies is something I've been pitching for years.
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Post by Dr. T is an alien on Apr 19, 2023 18:11:30 GMT -5
I could see like... 1 single episode of a 30 minute show dedicated to showing just how much of a backwater shithole Luke grew up in. Even that is pushing it. One of the key points of Luke's entire story is that his normal life is boring as hell. What is on Tatooine anyway? There's no natural resources or valuables on it. It's just a giant rock filled with sand and dirt, it's a wonder Vader didn't have The Imperial Fleet pound and bombard it to dust. The planet clearly isn’t as dead as it first seems. Even deserts on Earth don’t produce fauna as substantial as the Krayt dragon. As far as what the planet has to offer the galaxy, it has a fantastic location. The planet is located at a nexus for a couple of prominent hyperspace lanes. In other words, it’s essentially a large space truck stop.
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Post by Mighty Attack Tribble on Apr 19, 2023 18:13:48 GMT -5
What is on Tatooine anyway? There's no natural resources or valuables on it. It's just a giant rock filled with sand and dirt, it's a wonder Vader didn't have The Imperial Fleet pound and bombard it to dust. Tatooine itself is the valuable resource. It's a nexus point for the galaxy's three major trade routes. Tatooine is basically space Shanghai.
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