I hear that in the next Karin Traviss novel, we'll find out that Mandalorians can shoot lightning out of their arses - once they swallow some mandalorian iron pellets.  And that this one time… a Mandalorian killed seven Jedi Masters by pointing his finger at them and shouting "bang".

True story.

 I'm just not buying the re-casting theory. The stories of Luke, Leia and Han can be continued through a future generation, or through the actions those characters took that affect something later.

That's my hope, anyway. It's all speculation now, of course. Time will tell.

$hamrock said:

That's not really speculation. That's a few directors unrelated to the film randomly throwing out names of who they think would work. 

Doc, the Weasel said:

I think it should go without saying that any speculation from anyone not directly connected to Disney or Lucasfilm should be taken with several truckloads of salt.

And this far away from 2015, it's too early for anyone outside of a very select few (who probably have signed NDA's to boot) to know much of anything about Disney's plans where the "new trilogy" is concerned.

Donovan Morningfire said:

Exactly.

But, Shamrock, thank you for introducing me to this amazing website called 'Google'… and for the useful insights into your own character.

Everyone is really worried about the licensing agreement. Who knows how long this deal has been in the works. I doubt Lucas woke up a week ago and thought " It's time to pass the old Star Wars torch".  FFG might have already had an idea when they acquired the license.

I. J. Thompson said:

That's pretty much what I had to do to go "re-find" it.  There were tons of sources that came up though, that's how I knew it was common knowledge.  I was like "is I. J.s google broken?".   Don't get your underpants in a twist, I told you I was being a smart ass, but the tongue face and everything, you should know that wasn't a personal attack on you, at all. Just poking fun… in jest.

Double post, sorry, net got hung up.

Doc, the Weasel said:

The point wasn't who, I don't give a darn if its Gosling, or Christopher Bale, the point is the re-cast, play it off as the same guy. Doesn't matter who it is.

I would have preferred them to go on with the kids and leave the old group alone, except for maybe some cameos or what not. Just my opinion. Not saying it holds for all.
 

 The idea of a re-cast is also speculation. Which is fine, by the way; speculation is fun. We all love Star Wars here, and obviously so do millions of other people. But yeah, grains of salt. We have no definitive word that Han, Luke and Leia will be in these new movies, only that their story will continue. That could mean anything.

$hamrock said:

Oops, my bad - missed the winky-face and thought you were really digging in. Peace. 

I'm certain they won't recast, though. The backlash would be worse than anything the prequels ever created. Better to have any original cast willing to return placed in the roles of the Obi-Wans and the Mon Mothmas, while the film centers on what they've said will be "a new, original story".

You know, just because they've stated that the new films won't be based on existing stories, doesn't mean that popular EU characters (so… Thrawn) CAN'T appear in the new material (excuse the double-negative).  They may be re-imagined, re-named, re-worked and placed in a new story or context, but they could still fundamentally the characters everyone loves. 

I would prefer not to see a re-cast, as LFL has, at best, a mediocre track record at pulling it off.  I love Ewan McGreggor's portrayal of Obi-Wan, which is not to say I thought his dialogue was top-notch, it wasn't.  But I think he did my favorite character from the OT justice, and did the best with what he had.

Christensen can just f*ck right off.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing what they have planned.  Otherwise, I'm not letting myself be optimistic or enthusiastic, just intrigued.  I also won't be paying much attention to "Lucasfilm's sources" via 3rd party rumor mills, like what was 'reported' in that link above.

-WJL

LethalDose said:

Yes I wouldn't believe the Ryan Gosling speculation as meaning much. Especially since the article speculating it calls the character he may be portraying, more then once, "Hans Solo". Not much in depth, well researched, reporting there. It's lots of speculation based on little if any facts. We fans on this board could do as well.

LethalDose said:

Why not? It isn't like the new films are likely to be worse than the prequels. What is there to lose?

ErikB said:

Yep, truth.