STAR WARS: EPISODE VII Will NOT Be Based On Timothy Zahn's "Thrawn Trilogy"

I wonder if they even take that direction, you would have to have a new actor playing Luke if it's set within a few years after Jedi.

There. if it's true, it's shit. but sometimes those rumours, if true, are told a little shady...this is a little too much clear and certain to be already true...i have still a little hope :(

So Star Wars is returning to the big screen and all anyone wants is stories that have been told before?

Go figure.

oh wait, and if its about kyle katarn??? me gusta.

@Kalel219 we would be happy if only after episode VI you could see the void, but we have a continuation that goes even 150 after the episode VI...so we have the beloved continuity that Lucas tried so hard to keep up destroyed, if it was an untouched terrain i would be super-happy!...oh and all these things are valid only if they talk about Skywalkers, obviously ;) otherwise, i think it could be awesome (as i said a darkforces/jedi knight trilogy would be maybe even more awesome ;) )

@ devil - Totally agree!!! Set it 1 thousand years before the events of Ep 1...no need to explain the missing regular cast...

Also seeing a full blown Sith Empire v The Old Republic and Jedis would be awesome!!!

there goes my excitement for now. we will see soon enough though

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Grand Admiral Thrawn for the win!

It was so obviously never going to be the Zahn trilogy. Structurally they were entirely different from the Star Wars movies.

@ScRipt69 - 10/31/2012, 2:49 AM

Sounds great.


;)

Star Wars fans were always the most deluded of all fanboys. Because Lucas lost all interest and integrity with Star Wars as an artistic creation after The Empire Strikes Back. He made Return of the Jedi to end every ideal he ever had of doing 9/12 episodes an brushed it under the carpet for years as THE TRILOGY! He even made more Ewok films to sell more merchandise rather than go back to the "Adventures of Luke Skywalker" stuff he wanted to get away from. The deep desire for fans to have more resulted in other people paying George for licenses to create new Star Wars with RPG, comics etc. And its because of them, the money they made him and the need to showcase his new digital factory, that Lucas came back with those ridiculous Prequels and Special Editions, NOT because he actually had real story to tell.

This Disney Deal is just him washing his irresponsible hands of the entire shit and leaving the deluded to ponder what's in store from the Mighty Mouse of song and dance! Fanboys will dream on that he always had plans for everything written down somewhere and pick, choose and fight over what they believed was supposed to be cannon in a Star Wars galaxy that never got any real integrity beyond two movies!

Knights of the Old Republic or bust

Hope they at least insert some easter eggs there. Like Dash Rendar, the twins, Kyle Katarn, the remnant or even the old republic. Incredible I'm getting excited for anything Star Wars-related.

If Kirk and Spock can be recast and still produce a hit film, the same can be done with Luke, Leia and Han. However, I hope they go in a completely new direction with new characters. The truth is only New Hope and Empire are good films. The last four films are crap. Each made worse by Lucas' constant tinkering. Removing him from the equation may prove to be the best thing for this franchise.

@Christuffer - hehehe that's not a bad idea either, and precisely the way Hollywood likes to work. :)

Lucas has already taken queues from the books. I hope they continue to mine from them, like setting up the new Jedi Academy on Yavin 4 and Exar Kun and Mara and stuff like that.

And it's tough to say what the "threat" would be if it's set forty years after ROTJ I think all remnants of the Empire would have been dealt with by then.

Ugh idk how to feel about all this.....I was so excited at first cuz Disney has done some amazing things with Marvel and I was hoping the same for SW. However I was really wanting them the use the stories that have already been developed over the years. i understand they prob couldnt go with the thrawn story cuz i want Mark, Harrison, Carrie, etc... to reprise their roles and obvisously they are much older than 5 yrs. However they shouldnt just ignore these stories the fan base has grown to love. They need to incorporate them some how or they will piss off a huge fan community. I want to see most of the following: Mara Jade, Anakin Solo, Jacen and Jaina Solo, Prince Xizor, Ben Skywalker, and hell maybe even Leia as a sith.....JUST DO IT RIGHT DISNEY...PLEASE DONT LET US DOWN!

JredTheRed@ Did leia turn Sith in one of the books?

I love the Thrawn Trilogy, and it's actually the reason why I'm STILL a Star Wars fan, but, yeah, it's kind of a no-brainer that WOULDN'T be the next movie. That trilogy takes place 5 years after ROTJ, not THIRTY YEARS. Still stoked, though!