Disney and the lack of creativity...?

I think though we will get a very good Star Wars film, we need to get some of the greatest creative minds involved for the design of episode VIII and episode IX to put some brand new ideas in, maybe some of the concept artists from films such as Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy 2 etc.. Some of the stranger things which came out of Hollywood in recent years.

Relying on Ralph's designs is both a conservative decision and a wise one, but they need to keep the audience guessing as to the vastness of the Star Wars universe. We need new planets and new species' added for each film, and the plot should aim to break conventions like A New Hope did.

Someone mentioned that Doug Chiang is involved for the sequels, that's amazing.. Not only were his designs the best part of the prequels but some of the prequel DNA will carry through to the sequel trilogy.

I may dislike the prequels to an extent, but I wouldn't want to see them be betrayed and left out. The original designs for them were solid.

 

I do not know.

EDIT: It looks like you can see through the wings to me.

 

I like it if they are using some of McQuarrie's stuff. I think that using his work and having new stuff is not mutually exclusive. This is a big movie and there is plenty of room for both and I would suspect that is what we are going to see.

 

I started a thread this summer regarding the fact that the OT worked back then because the technology displayed in the movie made little boys and girls dream of what the future could look like... many of us were inspired in trying to make the SW techno a reality, and succeeded It was techno, it was the future.

The Prequel failed on that matter because it wasn't neither retro of futuristic... it was just,...well, the prequels. Showing neet stuff on screen, 1999-2005, we were already in the future.

The Sequel trilogy... it had to go either full techno or retro.... and I think it was safer and easier for Disney to go retro with this movie. Expect huge luminous switch, guns thats go pfiewww pfieww, ships that look like it was designed in the 70s...

 

They will play it safe by using his concepts.

 

I personally am not bothered by whether it is original(term used loosely) or not. I just hope it looks like Star Wars in a way that the prequels didn't. I like the prequels and even love some of the designs but overall something about the aesthetic was off for me.

 

I hope Disney make TFA better.

 

triangular shaped hilt
a lot of people missed that detail

 

Just watched the 3 last episodes from Star Wars Rebels.... I LOVE IT!, Disney has lots of creativity and ideas

 

Yeah, Disney is doing a great job with Rebels. We can only expect something exceptional with TFA

 

I personally like the fact that they are using McQuarrie's work as a base for TFA . I think the people behind the movie are creative enough to add some new and very exciting elements, but we will still get the same look and feel of the Star Wars we all love.

 

I would love to see Chopper as Lando's droid, somewhere in the new trilogy...

 

There's a bunch of concept artists working on TFA and the initial memo they got about using McQuarrie as their foundation was a great call. McQuarrie has strong timeless designs which incorporate primitive shapes that last forever like roman or Egyptian architecture. His stuff also looks real and real cool.

 

I think the simple explanation behind using McQuarrie concepts is to bring back the Star Wars/nostalgic feeling from the OT.

 

And continuity...

His work also inspires Rebels big time.

 

It makes sense to use Ralph's work as a Basis. The Empire is still around and oppressing, the Civil War is still going on, poverty and suffering are abundant, people don't have money and time to make things beautiful in the galaxy. Besides, everything seems to take place away from civilized regions of space.