From: bmcraw01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.starwars
Subject: Re: New Movie Trilogy?
Date: 11 Nov 92 20:51:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: ulkyvx.1992Nov11.165150.1
Organization: University of Louisville

Well, I tried to mail this directly, since this has been talked about so much,
but it wouldn't go thru, so....
                                

In article <1992Nov11.152104.6593@random.ccs.northeastern.edu>,
 gvelden@ccs.northeastern.edu (George E Van Dervelden) writes:


>
>
>Hi, I am new to this group and hope that some of my questions can be
>answered. I've just read the first book of the second Star Wars trilogy.
>Its great, but what is the goal here?

Well, I don't think there are *any* definitive answers out there.  As Mark
Hamill is fond of saying, "Only George knows."  But here is what I know.

>1.      Are they going to make another movie trilogy as well?

	 Yes.  Sometime in May of 1991, there was an announcement thru the
	 Associated Press that work had begun on the next trilogy.  This was
	 also about the time when _Heir to the Empire_ first hit the stands.
	 I remember this, because I called in to a local radio show which was
	 discussing the press release, and I had just bought the book (helps
	 to have a cousin who manages a bookstore, eh? ;->).

>2.      If so, then when, and would there be a new cast? I understand the
>        second trilogy takes place aproximately 5 years after 'The Return of
>        the Jedi' Since the first trilogy, most of the actors have become
>        pretty famous. I doubt they would be willing to do a second Star Wars.
>        So what is the deal here?

	 If, by "when", you mean "when will it appear in theaters?", I don't
	 think anyone knows that for certain.  Rough guess-timates put in
	 cinemas in 1997, possibly for the 20th anniversary of Star Wars.
	 Other guesses vary, but it's fairly certain that it will be a few
	 years, unless Lucasfilm is being *REAL* sneaky.

	 As far as the time period in the trilogy, the next films will be
	 before Star Wars.  Twenty years before, in fact.  They will deal
	 with a young Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and (probably) the
	 fall of the Old Republic.  Any movies which deal with the time after
	 Return of the Jedi would be at least 20 years into the future,
	 therefore making it unlikely that any of original trilogy's cast would
	 appear in them.  I have no idea of any possible plots for the last
	 trilogy, if it's even made.  George Lucas himself said he may not live
	 long enough to make them.

You might want to have a look at the Star Wars archive.  Items are available
thru anonymous FTP at wpi.wpi.edu, and are in the /starwars directory.  There
are scripts, GIFS, some decent fan-written stories, and a lot more.  (Ok. End
of commercial. :->)

Hopes that helps!!!

Bruce

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