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Originally Posted by Vekruul Shuth Are they focusing on Luke growing up? Or are they focusing on Darth Vader killing off the remaining Jedi out there. |
From what I've read, they seem to be focusing on Luke's childhood. If that's the case, I think it's a huge mistake for any number of reasons:
a) How much excitement can you get out of some kid's poor, farmer boyhood? If the first Star Wars movie is any indication, young Luke saw basically no action beyond the occasional target practice on his uncle's farm.
b) And let's say they decide to make Luke's youth action packed, with jedi and villains aplenty. In that case, it's kind of a big "fuck you" to the first movie in the series. It destroys the mythology of Luke Skywalker as some virtual unknown, who had to step into the role of hero reluctantly and seemingly by chance. I can just picture them doing this, and then George Lucas going back to re-edit A New Hope's dialogue and plot. Instead of Luke seeking out Obi-Wan, it will be Obi-Wan finding Luke and saying "Yo d00d I heard ur 1337 j3d1, i'm LFG want 2 team up!?!?!111"
c) Let's not forget what a steeming pile of shit the idea of following 8-year-old Anakin turned out to be in The Phantom Menace. Those scenes of baby Anakin on Tatooine were excruciating to watch. Mainly because nothing important could or did happen there. It will be a similar affair with young Luke. Even if Luke is, say, 16 in this series, how much can you really do with him at that age, and prior to his jedi discovery and training?
In my opinion, a much better timeline -- assuming you're going to focus on Luke -- would be the year or so that takes place between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. According to Star Wars lore, at least a year is unaccounted for between those two episodes' timelines. There's plenty of material to work with in that gap. For all Luke knows, Darth Vader is, for the time being, conveniently out of the picture -- but the Empire is still very much around and in charge. I'm sure there are plenty of situations and adventures for him to fall into. Granted, you'd have to work around the fact that you couldn't use Mark Hamill to play Luke. But then again, I'd sooner accept some lookalike playing his interpretation of Luke Skywalker in post-ANH, pre-ESB than I would some annoying brat playing young Luke pre-ANH.