4 ms·

I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

by 2mur 14y ago

joshAg 14y ago
That series would seem to have the highest probability of happening, but I hope they move away from numerical episode numbering and toward just movie Titles like "Star Wars Heir to the Empire" because titles like "Star Wars Episode 6.625 Wraith Squadron" are just silly.
- Steko 14y ago
  I look forward to Plinkett's evisceration of the Thrawn trilogy's mothball fleet of 200 dreadnoughts all slaved to one ship that can be effectively operated by a skeleton crew. Sadly the best Star Wars books I know are Brian Daley's Han Solo Trilogy and the X-Wing books by Michael Stackpole. Both are light on Jedis and not likely to get made into films.
  - malandrew 14y ago
    I know that the Hero with a 1000 Faces heavily influenced the first Trilogy, but I think some of the light on Jedi story lines have a lot to offer as well since they doesn't put so much focus on hero heavy mythology and can give more attention to the flaws of men (and women) (human, droid or otherwise) as the basis of a story. These stories have the potential to explore themes like those in Bladerunner, Alien(s), etc.
theootz 14y ago
My thoughts exactly when hearing of the news, but I doubt it'd actually happen :( They'd probably have to get rights from Zahns publisher or Dark Horse or whomever owns it, I'd think. I don't think this purchase counts as an umbrella IP grab for all offshoots too?
- sylvinus 14y ago
  Well after buying the whole Lucasfilm for $4B you'd think buying the IP rights for the Thrawn triolgy shouldn't be that big an issue ;-)
- dripton 14y ago
  If they can afford Lucasfilm, they can surely afford to license Zahn's books. (Assuming Lucasfilm didn't already have the right to film them, which they might, if they thought to insert the right language into the book contracts.) Whether they want to is another question.
macspoofing 14y ago
I have a feeling they will completely ignore the expanded universe.
- malandrew 14y ago
  I've been really disappointed that the expanded universe hasn't been explored more. There is so much more to Star Wars than just the stories surrounding Luke and Anakin as the protagonist. I have fond memories of reading some of the expanded universe books as a kid and I'm disappointed that none of them have gotten attention as potential future movies.
  - philwelch 14y ago
    > I have fond memories of reading some of the expanded universe books as a kid Yeah, I did too. Piece of advice: don't go back and reread them. They're awful. At least the ones by Kevin J. Anderson.
    - thejteam 14y ago
      I remember thinking the Thrawn trilogy was great. A few months ago I found the trilogy at a library sale and picked then up for a couple bucks for nostalgia's sake. They are awful too. And you are right, the ones by Anderson were worse.
      - whatusername 14y ago
        Read a novelization of the Original Trilogy. It would suck too. To me, the Thrawn Trilogy is 'our only hope' of lucasarts getting this even close.
        chipotle_coyote 14y ago
        Actually, I'm not sure the novelizations of those would suck. It's been ~30 years since I've read a Star Wars book, granted, but AFAIK the original novel, which was credited to George Lucas himself (as if), was ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster -- who I believe was actually consulting with Lucas while the movie was in production, and had some influence on what we actually saw on screen. Foster wrote a sequel to Star Wars called Splinter of the Mind's Eye which was originally intended to be the story used for the second movie. Having said all that, I would put fairly high odds on Disney ignoring the "Expanded Universe" stuff and actually going with whatever Lucas claims was his original idea for episodes 7-9, unless the ideas suck so much that they think they'll be box office flops.
maaku 14y ago
That'd be simply too much of a liability. Yes, the authors of those books signed away rights to their stories to the publishers, and the publishers to Lucasfilm Ltd., but how well written were those contracts? Did they miss anything? Are you absolutely sure that every clause is enforceable? As there is literally a billion dollars on the line, I expect there would be no shortage of greedy lawyers calling up struggling ghost writers and struggling trying to make a case even if there isn't one. I don't know what the new trilogy will be about (except it will probably have C3PO and R2D2, and Chewbacca makes a cameo). The one thing I am absolutely certain of is that none of it will be drawn from the expanded universe.
ngsayjoe 14y ago
I think Darth Bane Trilogy is pretty good.

I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

by 2mur 14y ago

I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

joshAg 14y ago

That series would seem to have the highest probability of happening, but I hope they move away from numerical episode numbering and toward just movie Titles like "Star Wars Heir to the Empire" because titles like "Star Wars Episode 6.625 Wraith Squadron" are just silly.

Steko 14y ago
I look forward to Plinkett's evisceration of the Thrawn trilogy's mothball fleet of 200 dreadnoughts all slaved to one ship that can be effectively operated by a skeleton crew. Sadly the best Star Wars books I know are Brian Daley's Han Solo Trilogy and the X-Wing books by Michael Stackpole. Both are light on Jedis and not likely to get made into films.
- malandrew 14y ago
  I know that the Hero with a 1000 Faces heavily influenced the first Trilogy, but I think some of the light on Jedi story lines have a lot to offer as well since they doesn't put so much focus on hero heavy mythology and can give more attention to the flaws of men (and women) (human, droid or otherwise) as the basis of a story. These stories have the potential to explore themes like those in Bladerunner, Alien(s), etc.

theootz 14y ago

My thoughts exactly when hearing of the news, but I doubt it'd actually happen :( They'd probably have to get rights from Zahns publisher or Dark Horse or whomever owns it, I'd think. I don't think this purchase counts as an umbrella IP grab for all offshoots too?

sylvinus 14y ago
Well after buying the whole Lucasfilm for $4B you'd think buying the IP rights for the Thrawn triolgy shouldn't be that big an issue ;-)
dripton 14y ago
If they can afford Lucasfilm, they can surely afford to license Zahn's books. (Assuming Lucasfilm didn't already have the right to film them, which they might, if they thought to insert the right language into the book contracts.) Whether they want to is another question.

macspoofing 14y ago

I have a feeling they will completely ignore the expanded universe.

malandrew 14y ago
I've been really disappointed that the expanded universe hasn't been explored more. There is so much more to Star Wars than just the stories surrounding Luke and Anakin as the protagonist. I have fond memories of reading some of the expanded universe books as a kid and I'm disappointed that none of them have gotten attention as potential future movies.
- philwelch 14y ago
  > I have fond memories of reading some of the expanded universe books as a kid Yeah, I did too. Piece of advice: don't go back and reread them. They're awful. At least the ones by Kevin J. Anderson.
  - thejteam 14y ago
    I remember thinking the Thrawn trilogy was great. A few months ago I found the trilogy at a library sale and picked then up for a couple bucks for nostalgia's sake. They are awful too. And you are right, the ones by Anderson were worse.
    - whatusername 14y ago
      Read a novelization of the Original Trilogy. It would suck too. To me, the Thrawn Trilogy is 'our only hope' of lucasarts getting this even close.
      - chipotle_coyote 14y ago
        Actually, I'm not sure the novelizations of those would suck. It's been ~30 years since I've read a Star Wars book, granted, but AFAIK the original novel, which was credited to George Lucas himself (as if), was ghost-written by Alan Dean Foster -- who I believe was actually consulting with Lucas while the movie was in production, and had some influence on what we actually saw on screen. Foster wrote a sequel to Star Wars called Splinter of the Mind's Eye which was originally intended to be the story used for the second movie. Having said all that, I would put fairly high odds on Disney ignoring the "Expanded Universe" stuff and actually going with whatever Lucas claims was his original idea for episodes 7-9, unless the ideas suck so much that they think they'll be box office flops.

maaku 14y ago

That'd be simply too much of a liability. Yes, the authors of those books signed away rights to their stories to the publishers, and the publishers to Lucasfilm Ltd., but how well written were those contracts? Did they miss anything? Are you absolutely sure that every clause is enforceable? As there is literally a billion dollars on the line, I expect there would be no shortage of greedy lawyers calling up struggling ghost writers and struggling trying to make a case even if there isn't one. I don't know what the new trilogy will be about (except it will probably have C3PO and R2D2, and Chewbacca makes a cameo). The one thing I am absolutely certain of is that none of it will be drawn from the expanded universe.

ngsayjoe 14y ago

I think Darth Bane Trilogy is pretty good.