Thinking Star Wars

The Last Jedi and Rian Johnson are fundamentally misunderstood. This Lucasfilm 10 min documentary "Balance of the Force" accompanies the Digital/Blu-Ray releases and is a MUST WATCH! Rian's use of the lore from the Empire Strikes Back is spot on. ENJOY!

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars You’re in denial bro. I’m an OG too so don’t try to play that card. You have yet to explain why George would sell story treatments that aren’t from Timothy Zahn.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Again, I’m done. But point of fact. I’ve been a Star Wars fan since ‘76. I understand what every aspect of a statement is based on an individual’s actions. You don’t. It’s telling when you stan for one statement and you freeze the individual in that mindset b/c you’re comfortable

The fans want more Luke Skywalker! Massive view counts getting racked up of AI Slop Luke videos on Youtube. @Disney needs to create a realistic animated Luke Skywalker series! -Show Luke successfully rebuilding a Jedi Order. -Show us how he did everything right, yet still lost Ben Solo. -Show us how Palaptine returned thanks to help from the Sith Acolytes, working in the shadows. -Show us how he realized he made a mistake with his first temple student, Grogu.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars You keep pointing to the Tribeca statement and I’m telling you, you have misinterpreted what he was saying. You are 100% wrong and context matters. I don’t know why you are so dug in on this. It’s clear you’re not a Lucas fan, you’re a Leland Chee Lucas Licensing fan.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Using characters that are well established is different from original story telling that uses those characters. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have made the Tribeca statement as he did by confirming the fans know that his saga includes the novels and everything. I’m done. SW fan/non fan.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars He sold stories to Disney that weren’t the EU. Explain why?

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars He was never going to change it. If he didn’t change it in 35 YEARS, what ignorant mental gymnastics would make you think he’d ever change it? “A million times in interviews,” before 2015 and contradictory quotes and biased interviewer from StarLog and CineScape, now debunked.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars You think George was going to shoot a sequel and write a script based on Tim Zahns books?

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars youtube.com/shorts/Aip_30Y… This is the statement in 2015 where the EU is “included,” as part of his saga. One universe. One continuity. You’re a Star Wars fan who lies to himself because you want to keep George Lucas stuck on one perspective and not evolve.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars We do. We know a lot from Paul Duncan and Pablo Hidalgo. It’s widely publicized. You just ignore the information because you don’t want to believe it. George was upset they made Episode 7 different than what he envisioned. But a lot of his story was picked up in 8.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars You don’t know what the “new” treatment for the Disney acquisition was. And after he sold to Disney, he was fully disappointed with where they took his franchise. Trolled JJ Abrams about the “grandchildren.” And took to Tribeca and literally made a matter of fact EU statement.

@notherelong07 Yes it is! I want more documentaries like that!

@Think_StarWars The director and the Jedi is also peak.

The Last Jedi and Rian Johnson are fundamentally misunderstood. This Lucasfilm 10 min documentary "Balance of the Force" accompanies the Digital/Blu-Ray releases and is a MUST WATCH! Rian's use of the lore from the Empire Strikes Back is spot on. ENJOY!

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars But he sold Lucasfilm with the same mindset. That’s why he sold story treatments that didn’t follow the EU. His literal last act was to sell Disney sequel treatments that weren’t based on the books.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Contradictory statements from which he created a continuity department and hired Leland Chee to prune his contradiction.

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Narrator: In fact, she was a Palpatine.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars "Luke doesn't get married... I don't know who [Mara Jade] is. She's a character in a book that I didn't write. The books are in a different universe." -George Lucas

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars It’s supposed to be beholden to the creator of the franchise vision. And still be legitimate canon unless he decides to write something else. It’s still considered the official canon. And you can’t decanonize what wasn’t canon.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars “In his view (Leland Chee) while George Lucas's vision was not beholden to the Expanded Universe, the Expanded Universe was strictly beholden to Lucas's vision.”

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars You’re either being willfully ignorant, disingenuous or both. I’d say both. You can’t decanonize what wasn’t canon. Anybody with a sliver of knowledge knows this. You keep crying G-canon. Pre-2012, the official stance of Lucasfilm was the EU was the history and lore of Star Wars.

As far as ”legitimate continuation of the films” -- If George had continued making SW films past Return of the Jedi, I don't think they would have reflected what the SW authors have written. The books, comics, etc., are a ”legitimate continuation” of the Star Wars saga as we [Lucas Licensing] define it."

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Nobody has ever argued their place in the old canon. You are arguing they are George’s canon. I’m saying they never were. I’m being factual. They were never G-Canon. Ever. Not for 5 mins. Now all the levels are gone and there’s just Disney Canon.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars You’re kidding me right? You’re killing your own argument with the very last tier on the list. It says “NON CANON!” The part of Star Wars lore and wasn’t considered canon. Talk about common sense because you have none. You can’t decanonize what wasn’t canon.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Details matter. You can’t ignore that it was never G-Canon. Never ever. If George intended those stories to be no different than if he made them, they wouldn’t need their own canon tier. Common sense bro.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars “Canon,” is the operative word. It is logically impossible to decanonize what wasn’t officially considered as canon to a franchise or intellectual property. And naming the newly decanonized material “Legends,” was also oxymoronic. As to be a legend, there is truth within.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars It was considered C-Canon. Never G-canon. Now it’s not any canon, it’s legends.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Notice the EU was decanonized? You can’t decanonize or delegitimize what was not canon or legitimate.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Ben Solo is a grandchild and based on the “Jedi Killer” concept Lucas wrote about in his treatments. Rey is based on “Winkie/Kira”, the young girl that sought a reluctant hermit Luke for help. All from his treatments. Notice they weren’t based on Jacen/Jaina?

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars What novels do you know that have another set of grandchildren in them. He’s referring to the Expanded Universe. You’re phony. That’s just all there is to it. youtube.com/shorts/Aip_30Y…

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars He never changed his mind. That’s why he sold story treatments to Disney that weren’t based on those books.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars But sure….keep George Lucas frozen in time and stagnant so you can be comfortable in your debunked opinion.

@terrythatiam @Disney @dunemovie @starwars Your misinterpretation of that quote is wild. I can’t believe someone could be so simple minded. You cling to it like a child clings to his momma.

@Think_StarWars @Disney @dunemovie @starwars The saga is about the father, the children and the grandchildren. Everyone knows this. It’s not a secret to anybody. It’s even in the novels and everything. George Lucas - Tribeca 2015 Years after he corrected his contradictions and created a continuity department led by L. Chee

Now I suppose you’ll tell me that in his Tribeca interview he changed his mind. He didn’t. He was stating that when he owned the company they had the saga films and the license world where authors continued his story. The EU was a major revenue stream and he’s not going to disparage them. But he would NEVER write his sequel stories based on what happened in the EU. That’s evident by the fact he sold story treatments to Disney that had nothing to do with the EU sequels.

"There are two worlds here," explained Lucas. "There's my world, which is the movies, and there's this other world that has been created, which I say is the parallel universe—the licensing world of the books, games and comic books. They don't intrude on my world, which is a select period of time, [but] they do intrude in between the movies. I don't get too involved in the parallel universe."