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Remake the Prequels?

posted 6 years ago by FilmBuff (6866)
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Now that J.J. Abrams et al have revitalized the Star Wars franchise, perhaps the next trilogy should be a complete overhaul of the prequels. Tell the story of how Anakin became Vader, his relationship with Obi Wan, the fall of the Jedi, and the rise of the Galactic Empire in a coherent and interesting way.

I'd love to see Abrams undo the damage Lucas did, and trust he'd offer a believable reason for Anakin turning to the dark side and abandoning the Jedi.

[–] lordbishop34 (1442) 6 years ago

He already essentially remade the first Star Wars film and that was certainly not as good as the original. Why would you think he or they could remake the rest with greater success? To revitalize something it would have to be dormant which it wasnt, Disney paid 4 bil to get the rights to SW. It was the already existing excitement for all things Star Wars that TFA and R1 succeeded in taking advantage of. Both flawed films but good enough to rake in what was already there. Then TLJ came, had a nice opening but then started to lag after that falling short of its projection after launch which even if it had reached it would have been a few hundred million less than TFA anyways. Finally Solo is here, the first Star Wars film expected to lose a significant amount of money.Lets be serious here, the Disney Star Wars has earned a lot of money and could certainly still earn lots of money, but there is an underlying problem with the last two films. If Part 9 performs worse than TLJ, that will only compound the problem.

[–] TexasJack (12515) 6 years ago

You have an...interesting understanding of the word "revitalized".

[–] maximmm (3190) 6 years ago

haha

They totally fixed everything!

[–] Bubbathegut (17293) 6 years ago

Rogue One and Solo are also Prequels. Solo definitely needs to be remade badly.

[–] Oscar (114) 6 years ago

... have you seen Disney Star Wars? Do you really think they'd make the prequels BETTER?!

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

Lucas didn't do any damage, he just shouldn't have directed it himself. The Prequels are fine, and people are seeing them as BETTER than the Sequels. Don't be a numpty, FilmBuff.

[–] Sirap (42) 6 years ago

"I'd love to see Abrams undo the damage Lucas did, and trust he'd offer a believable reason for Anakin turning to the dark side and abandoning the Jedi."

Abrams hardly offered any reasons at all for anything in TFA and when he did, it wasn't believable. What makes you think he'd be able to come up with a believable reason for Anakin turning to the dark side when he failed to do exactly that for Ben Solo?

"Perfectly unpretentious backbone of the board"

[–] janelsenor (2042) 6 years ago

Shit. Get over it already. They prequels will never be remade.

[–] ProgSinister (188) 6 years ago

There's clearly a vacuum in Disney's Star Wars creativity dept. I'll say they'll get remade.

[–] Sirap (42) 6 years ago

Yes, exactly. They'll probably rehash the prequels as prequels to the sequel...

"Perfectly unpretentious backbone of the board"

[–] ProgSinister (188) 6 years ago

Rey's backstory will be a re-hash of Annakin's, in the same way TFA is a re-hash of ANH.

[–] janelsenor (2042) 6 years ago

The only way they'll ever be remade is if the whole series is rebooted. That's it.

[–] Sirap (42) 6 years ago

The series kind of was rebooted, starting with TFA. If we're ever going to learn what happened between ROTJ and TFA, I predict that they'll make new rehashed prequels to fill in the blanks...in an uncomfortable shoehorned kind of way.

[–] janelsenor (2042) 6 years ago

Nah. The only way the prequels will be remade is if they reboot the entire continuity of the series....

Of you mean new movie between ROTJ and TFA, that's just what we need. The need to abandon the timeframe between ROTS an ANH

[–] Sirap (42) 6 years ago

Yes I believe there will be a new movie between ROTJ and TFA and it will probably use elements from the prequels. Unfortunately I don't think they'll be able to fix that gap in any way that doesn't fell awkward.

[–] TristanReloaded (449) 6 years ago

One the most uncreative hacks is supposed to remake the works of one of the most creative storytellers of our time? And you suppose it to be better than the originals...after TFA?

You always make me laugh, Buffy.

Btw, there are ample of alternative fanfic on that subject matter, and they are watchable for how bad and inferior they are. One even ends Sith with Anakin in the lava to "preserve the Vader twist" (lol) - guess one has to cut out Obi Wan's Vader-lies in ANH too to make that work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wKqH6vlGHU