Saturday April 21st, 2012
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George Lucas Poses in front of Star Wars character puppet |
George Lucas recently announced this
past Friday that he would like to get started on another Star Wars
film, this time focusing on the origin of the Jedi council as seen in
Episode 1. Lucas said that “I would like to have the story revolve around Yoda who,
as a youth, was far from the wise Jedi that has been depicted in the
previous films. In fact he was quite a rebel.” Lucas, in explaining the reason for his choice of
centering the story around our green protagonist, said, “Yoda is a
very beloved character in the series and has a much deeper connection with
the Skywalker family then just that of Anakin and Luke. This connection will change everything you thought you knew about the Skywalker lineage and I'm sure it will surprise many. The back
story that was originally written for Yoda and the other members of
the Jedi Council is brilliant. I feel like modern technology has finally caught up to my vision, and that now would be a great time
to bring the story to the big screen.”
Lucas, when asked what all would be
revealed about Yoda and the Skywalker lineage stated “ I would
like to reveal some of the biggest mysteries about Yoda and the
other Jedi. I don't want to reveal too much, but things such as why
Yoda talks the way he does and uses a walking stick when he clearly
doesn't need it i would like to have explained. As well as how Mace Windu overcame intergalactic
racial barriers by becoming the first black Jedi. These are just a
few of the many things to look forward to learning in the new film
which will be a prequel to the prequels."
Finally Lucas revealed that the name of
the film would be appropriately titled Star Wars the Council
Begins. He also hinted at
possible sequels to this film. "The names", he says, "are not set in stone
as of yet, but I would like to follow the example of actual
good directors and name the sequels either "Star Wars the Dark Jedi" and "the Dark Jedi Rises", or go the simple route and name it "Star Wars
Avatar" and "STA2".
So
what do you think? Are you excited to hear that George will be
bringing Star Wars back to the big screen? Do you like the idea of
the attention being centered on a more rebellious Yoda? What about
finding out how Mace Windu overcame Racism? How about those movie
names, pretty original right? Let us know what you think in the
comments below.