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Christopher Walken is in STAR WARS EPISODE TWO!
Hey folks, Harry here. I just got this confirmed, Christopher Walken has been cast in STAR WARS EPISODE TWO. It is not known how big or small his role is, what character he is.... Only... he's in the film. Expect the usual denials. Walken would make a great Grand Moff....
In the Chat room, one bloke said that Walken tried out for the part of Han Solo, way back for the original film... hmmmm... now he could play his father? heheheheh... Man, guesses galore
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bout time walken is the man and i really hope that he gets a decent part cause liam couldn't act in the first one
ps Lets hope they don't get Jude law involved he already runied spiderman for me
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This is great news!!! I love Walken!
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..."your father and I share a cell for 3 years, and I hid the lightsaber the only place those damn imperials wouldn't look...up my ass..."
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am i? well anyways, this is cool news, walken is awesome.
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...will he play a character, or will Mr. Walken play Mr. Walken? I mean he often just ends up playing retreads of his old roles anymore.
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Walken is Anakin !!!!
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maybe he is boba fett!now that would be really intresting?!i`ve got your blaster right here...atlease if lucas dose reveal boba, walken would fit to a degree to boba fetts personna.
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If you really think about it, Walken makes a great transition between MacGregor & Guinness. Either that role or Tarkin would fit him perfectly.
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Lucas himself has said that Boba Fett will make his (or HER, don't rule out that twist) introduction into the Star Wars lineage. There are already a googelplex of characters that must fill in their appropriate plot points for Episode II's storyline, meaning there isn't a whole lotta room for new faces (cuz Lucas better not give Christopher freakin' Walken a *ahem* walk-on role)... so... could the helmet of Boba Fett be unmasked to reveal the bug-eyed psycho himself? Will he be the one who gives Mace Windu the "Shaft" in the Clone Wars? And why exactly did George Lucas have his neck removed?
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Hello, little man. Boy I sure heard a bunch about you. See, I was a good friend of your Daddy's...Luke, I got somethin' for ya.
*Walken pulls a light saber out of his robe*
This saber I got here was first made by your great-granddaddy. After the war was over, he paid a visit to your grandmother, delivering to your infant father, his Dad's light saber. This saber. This saber was with your Daddy when he was shot down over Mos Eisley. Now he knew if the Huts ever saw the saber it'd be confiscated. The way your Daddy looked at it, that saber was your birthright. And he'd be damned if they were gonna put their greasy yella hands on his boy's birthright. So he hid it in the one place he knew he could hide somethin'. His ass. Five long years, he hid this saber up his ass. Then when he died of disentary, he gave me the saber. I hid with uncomfortable hunk of metal up my ass for two years. Then, after seven years, I was sent home to my family. And now, little man, I give the saber to you.
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Yes, I heard this also happened... and Sissy Spasek (sp)was almost Princess Leia. I just hope this is more than a Sam Jackson style 'role'.
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The name alone says it all...
All right... Walken vs Yoda in a lightsaber fight and he "accidently" kills Jar-Jar Binks in the meanwhile.
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Walken is GOD!!! Looks like old George is starting off on the right foot this time. Instead of casting Walken as a totally new character, they should have him BE Jar Jar Binks. At least he'd bring more menace to that lame-ass waste of CG. "Yousa.................people....gonna..............Dieee." (Imagine Chris Walken talking here people!!)
Hell...they should just have Walken play EVERY role in Episode II....just CG his ass all over the place. The movie would be pure genius.
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WALKEN: You know I read a lot. Especially things that have to do with history. I find
that shit fascinating. In fact, I don't know if you know this or not, Siths were spawned by Gungans.
SIDOUS:Come again?
WALKEN: It's a fact. Siths have effeminate frog blood pumpin' through their hearts. If you don't believe me, look it up. It's
written. Your ancestors were Gungans. Your great, great, great, great, great-grandmother was fucked by a Gungan, and had a half-Gungan kid. That is a
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he's gonna be darth maul's vengeful grandfather, who in turn is gonna be revealed as boba fett!!!! but that's another story altogether
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Boba Fett: "Han...I am your father!"...ooh! What makes that even better is that Han is responsible for his death (in a way)...could the plot be this transparent?
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Hello there people. I think Walken should be in the film for several reasons.
1. He is a dammed good actor.
2. He was passed off for Han solo he should have his chance again.
3. He worked with aliens before in the film Communion (based on my fave book prob was the film was crap). So you see he is a good actor. Go Walken. -
Lucas just redeemed himself for the 120 minutes of steaming excrement that IS STPM. God Bless you george!!
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Apr 13, 2000 6:29:17 AM CDT
Ep. II is looking good ... George, I place my seven bucks in you
by lesterb
Christopher Walken as either Bail Organa or maybe as Tarkin, but I doubt it. Ain't no way he's playing Kenobi. Macgregor's already signed on for the next two movies anyway. I'm thrilled Walken's doing this. He's twice as good an actor as Neeson. If Lucas has any respect for the fans, he'll write a phenomenal scene for Walken to play with Sam Jackson. In fact ... in light of Walken's recent casting, Lucas ought to hand the screenplay over to Quentin Tarantino for a rewrite. I can see it now ... Walken and Jackson debating over Boba Fett's gender while chowing down on Galaxyburgers at the Mos Eisley cantina. Actually, if that happened, I and every other "Star Wars" fan on Earth would scream bloody murder, but it's nice to fantasize.
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Imagine Samuel L. Jackson sitting on a chair, facing one angry Christopher Walken. Walken accuses Samuel of lying. Samuel says he does not. He tells the story of the Gungans colonising Endor... and the Gungans fuck so much the Ewoks, that they create a new specie. The humans. So Walken's great great great great grandmother was fucked by a Gungan. "So Now, Mr Walken" adds Samuel "If this is a fact, Am I lying ?". Answer : Samuel gets killed by Walken cutting him in two with a lightsaber. "I didn't kill anyone since 1984". End of Mace Windu. (and yes, True Romance is my definite classic with Walken).
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Caledonian is my dad, he shares this role with wars, oh yer and star's my mum.
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Apr 13, 2000 6:41:06 AM CDT
And to think, we're this far down and no one's said anything abo
by vegas
Walken as Bail Organa (Antilles) would definitely be interesting, but he's not going to be Kenobi. Whoever said that has not been paying attention. I would think anyone to play Tarkin (JUDE LAW) would have to be comparable in age to McGregor, as their ages in ANH seem similar. Or Jude Law as a Sith, now that would be cool. Also, cast Russell's Crowe and Wong as Jedi, or better yet make a character for Crowe that is reminiscent of Han Solo.
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...that Walken's role is no bigger than Stamp's in EPI? No way does Lucas put a face that recognizable in anything more than an extended cameo. Although he is supposedly giving Jackson a bigger role, so anything's possible...
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I would venture to guess that Lucas is writing in a role for Walken, rather than having him take on some role already established in the lexicon. He'll be some smuggler that they meet or something.
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Mr Touchdown, ever heard of "Ewan McGregor". He was hardly a no-name now was he? Little Voice, Life Less Ordinary, Brassed Off, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave...he's even been in ER. I agree he's not a Hollywood blockbuster lead, (he seems to avoid those) but people have heard of him.
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Apr 13, 2000 6:55:41 AM CDT
Walken and Depp made the greatest thriller of all time togther!
by dirtfish
I bet George wastes Walken in Ep2 just like he wasted Terrance Stamp in Ep1. How couuld he give more screen time to Jar Jar than the great Stamp?
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What no fans of King of New York? King of Mandelore more like!!! Walken as Fett, it has to be!!!!!
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Wooaah, wait a minute before we all celebrate. Confirmed by who? there were casting rumours a go go last time round. Most of them untrue. Walken would be GREAT, but would he actually get a decent role, after all, Star Wars has a long tradition of lousy acting. Walken is high calibre stuff. He'd act the other characters off screen.
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Gee, what a brilliant idea, Christopher Walken in the next Star Wars movie....I'm sure this isn't gonna suck. Why don't they throw in Al Pacino as a Jedi Knight who shouts "Hoo-Ha" a lot, I'd pay to see that too.
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First off, Lucas said that Boba Fett was in Ep. 1 and apparently Anakin knew Boba Fett for years so it was probably one of Anakins childhood friends. Second, Boba Fett's ship was called Slave 1 (or something like that) so he was also possibly a slave. I think he will probably be that dark haired kid from Ep. 1 because Lucas also said that we would be surprised to see who it was and I doubt seriously that it would be Jar Jar.
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Hehehehe... Ow!
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Yes... Mace Windu will turn evil and will become BOBA FETT !!! Christopher Walken will play Jabba in a younger version (flashback sequence). I know it. George told me.
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Thats amazing in one inspired casting choice George has completely redeemed himself with almost everybody. (Including myself)
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...or just Christopher Walk-on?
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Walken will play Anakin's dad, and it will be voice work as his dad was a living embodiment of the force. So, Walken actually plays Lucas's version of God and we get to see the SW "immaculate conception" in a flashback. The whole experience so screws up Anakin's mom that after he leaves her, she goes nuts and becomes the most feared bounty hunter in the galaxy.Boba Fett is Anakin's mom. It's so unbelievable and nonsensical it would fit right in.
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The confirmation of Gary Coleman as Lando jnr must only be days away. MmmmHmmmm Mr Lucas.
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Unless that Mandelorian armor he picks up later on turns out to be more than a state of the art fighting armor. I would also have to be fitted with a huge colostromy bag and a shitload of viagra, but it would also explain the sqweaky voice and the fact that he never removes his helmet. THE MAN WOULD BE A GAZILLION YEARS OLD FOR GODS SAKE!!
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Well, as long as Grace Jones isn't brought in as his sidekick then I suppose I can live with that! I've never had an opinion about him one way or the other, but some people are turned off by him. He's at his best when playing an unlikable scumbag, as he did in "Batman Returns". Now, who's playing Anakin?
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I said it once, I'll say it again! Boba is Momma Skywalker, that's why she helps out Anakin/Vader so much. Think about it, Boba's short, has a modulated voice, never really physically fights. Lucas did it in Jedi with Leia disguised as the bounty hunter. Fett says he likes her style (veiled lesbian reference). So not only did the "force"d conception drive her to bounty hunting, it turned her into a lesbian. Hence the hatred Fett has toward the womanizing Han Solo. Its that whole Feminist/Lesbian stereotype. This is one of the few stereotypes Lucas hasn't abused yet. You all think I'm crazy, but remember, its Lucas writing, he loves the corny twist. LONG LIVE MOMMA FETT!
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I gotta agree with Etrnal here (whoa! Be still my beating heart!). Lucas could cast Bogart, Stewart and Olivier and he'd still get bubkiss without some decent direction and a SCRIPT. Remember that word, G.L. - SCRIPT.Make it your Word of the Day for the next five years.
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Apr 13, 2000 8:15:46 AM CDT
It's.....the ship.....that made.....The Kessel Run....in less th
by oliver platt
Harry, I'd really like to know who confirmed this-we don't need names-just an idea. I really want ot believe this, so please don't let me down. Walken could be a great Sith-remember the headless horseman? Darth Walken.
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Alex,
That really would have made me laugh is "Bittie" hadn't done that bit first.
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He wasn't good enough to be in the first film so why should he be in this one, he's too well known.What you need is more of a straight to video star like Rutger Hauer. As the star wars universe is all about balance we need an undernying cool character who only needs materialistic gratification such as a fast car/ship, sexy space babes and big fucking guns, especially with all the force shit happening ie. the jedi wars/clone wars. Rutger has my vote!
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Do YOU even know what you are talking about?
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Hhehehehehehehe!!!! Whhooooooo!!!
That was hilarious!
Very Quintan Tarrintino! From "Sleep with me", "All the pilots in the movie Top Gun were gay". "Remember what Ice says to Maverick at the end"? "You can be my wing man any time". "No you can be mine". "All the pilots are trying to get Maverick to convert to the gay way". hehehe. Okay maybe you all haven't seen it.
Yeah, Bobba Fett also knows "Jabba" so he could be Momma Skywalker.
I'm sold!
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Alex,
That really would have made me laugh if "Bittie" hadn't done that bit first.
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Speaking of Walken, has anyone seen Abel Ferrara's NEW ROSE HOTEL? Favorite scene: where Ferrara's inept blocking prohibits Walken from sitting; so, he just sits against the wall.
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Although seeing rutger as a jedi would be fucking excellent in a blind fury kinda way. McCallum could have his way with another "shit" joke, as the blind jedi avoids stepping in icky goo.Fantastic.
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I think this could be the first sign that EP II is going to work. Now let's get someone cool for Anakin and cut out all poo-poo humor.
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Hell. Sam Jackson, Christopher Walken and Rutger Hauer as three jedi that would be fuckin excellant. Also I think Hauer is a good actor for the part of Boba. Someone mentioned Jet Li as Boba fett, I dont reckon, as much as I like Jet Li I dont see Fett as a martial artist, I see him more as the anti version of Han Solo, more a 'Get the job done as efficiently as possible' kind a guy.
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...I'm trying not to get too excited, but this is great!! I felt the same way when Ewan was cast, and he was terrific. I doubt Walken will play someone we already know (Fett, Oragana, Tarkin). I'm guessing he's somebody completely different.
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Rutger and hydroponic cultivated crops from han solo's back garden on endor go hand in hand. We need more actors who can sacrifice their careers such as mark hamill and like billy dee wiiiams rutger doesn't really have a career, apart from being the king of blockbuster video.
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I hear Walken is playing Jar Jar's evil twin who slays the offending dolt in the first scene...
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Walken as a new Darth Somebody would be awesome. He could be a true Jedi Knight turned to the Darkside by the new Chancellor Palpatine, just as Palpatine announces himself as the new Emperor. Darth Sideous, with Darth Walken by his side. It couldn't get cooler than that!
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I seem to remember a bit on the cartoon Animaniacs with Walken pretending to be Han Solo. Also another funny episode where Chris is at a Hollywood party and no one will say hi to him...
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Wow, looks like Lucas is going to make the script I wrote...
fan.starwars.com/pulpjedi
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Could you be any more in love with Johnny Depp?
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That role has been reserved for me.
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C'mon, I'd pay to see that. He made a great uber-Kurgan Hessian merc in Sleepy Hollow. Can you imagine him in a scene with Jar Jar Binks? I can't...which is entirely the point.
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Let's see if I can get the link to actually show up...
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Apr 13, 2000 9:25:19 AM CDT
Let the STAR WARS EPISODES: VII, VIII, IV, SEQUEL TRILOGY campai
by darthpsychotic
Heres a link where original producer Gary Kurtz spunks all over George(He's better than Spielberg) Lucas. At the end of the article Kurtz gives us a peak at what was supposed to be the SEQUEL TRILOGY. Now I know, Lucas has stated that after this prequel trilogy he wanted to do other things like Kurosawa stuff but Rick (Harvey Fienstein) Mccallum said never say never, especially if the fans demand it.
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GL said that there will be another Sith lord before Anakin. Walken would kick Jedi ass. Also, I noticed one comment that said that Anakin knew Boba Fett at an early age and that Boba Fett was a slave. Add in the twist that Fett is a woman and who is Boba Fett? Shmi Skywalker. It was clear that she had a shady background in Ep.1 and suppose that she was some how restricted from seeing Anakin as herself, so she had to pretend to be a bounty hunter. It's possible.
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Everyone tells me its a small world but i fucking prey the star wars world is bigger.
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Yah sure. That'll happen. Please - if Boba Fett is ANYONE perhaps it's Kitster...or whatever his name was.
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... Richard Dreyfus as C3-PO and Walter Mathau as Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Yes, this is from that SNL episode a while back. Kevin Spacey does a dead on impression of Christopher Walken (and Mathau).
http://www.stileproject.com/pic/?page=vid.html&file=/video/starwarssnl.asf&back=/&n=mon
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Tarkin would be much younger. But good news all the same.
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It doesn't matter who gets cast in a SW movie. Walken is terrific in almost everything he does, and believe me, I know terrific. But any SW flick depends upon effects and a story. And as my new prophet, Bill Goldman, says, story is structure. The problem with TPM wasn't casting and it sure wasn't the effects, it was the structure of the plot. I think if he plotted everything backwards - starting at the republic's Congress meeting, or whatever it was, then to Tatooine to meet Anakin, then to Amadala's planet, it would have worked better. And don't make the turning point of the plot be something grown-up like whether or not the Princess signs a treaty or not. Should have been a more life and death situation. And, of course, Jar Jar should have been offed in the first 5 minutes. Anyway, Ep. II will rise or fall on the plot, and plot is structure.
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This is Great news, the only thing better would be Gary Busey and his son playing Zombie clones of Darth Maul!!!!
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He's a Walken nut.
By the way, Jackson
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Well, at least we all are cool with at least one new addition to the Ep. II cast. Rambling off at the mouth is something that star wars characters are famed for (well, maybe the alien characters anyway) and Walken would fit in quite nicely.
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...perhaps? Bail was mentioned in Ep.1 (I think as Bail Antillies of Alderan, correct yes?) as up for the gig of Supreme Chancellor yet he was never shown. Bail is also supposed to befriend Obi-Wan as one of the heroes of the Clone Wars. Maybe Walken will play one of the Mandalore warriors. OR maybe they're just going to use his VOICE! Whadda think folks?
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A lot of you seem to think Walken going to make the movie better. I admit I liked The Phantom Menace despite it's awful pacing and often wretched dialogue but I remember that another actor just as good as Walken (probably better) got the short end of the stick in The Phantom Menace, Terence Stamp. Stamp didn't really make or break the movie for me, what makes some of you think he will make Episode II better? You might be even more disappointed with the sequel.
Still it's cool to see the man who could have been Han Solo play a part. I figure he'll be a Senator. But wouldn't it be cool if he was Hans dad. It'd be nice to get that connection in there. Hopefully Stamp will return. And I wonder if Gabriel Byrne is going to be in it still. I know it's just a rumour... -
I think it's kinda cool that Walken is gonna be in Episode 2, but it would be tough to see him as anyone but Tarkin! That would kick serious ass. I doubt he would be Bail Organa, seeing as how Bail was already in Episode 1. Not Bail Antilles either. Organa's scene was cut from the film, although a picture of him showed up in the little pocket guide to characters book that came out this summer.
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We've had smiling non-responses from Gabriel Byrne, Ashley Judd, Gillian Anderson, and now a CONFIRMED Walken. Sha right. Although you could take his Hessian from Sleepy Hollow and insert him into Ep2 as a Darth without any change. He was freaky in that getup, with those teeth and all. Darth Headless. If this is true, I'm putting my $5 on Sith Lord #2. Any takers?
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I hope he's not Han's father. Star Wars is a big galaxy, folks, and it would be a real letdown if everyone in both trilogies was related. Please, I think we've all had enough family relations. Lucas is screwy enough with the whole Luke/Leia thing, and now we have a virgin birth to contend with. Make Walken a complete and utter badass, either a Sith or a bounty hunter, but please: let him be no one's dad.
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man, screw grand moff, yeah that would be cool..but ...if he played a sith lord.....yeah but my moneys on a Grand Moff...in a totally unrelated note, i always thought Walkin would have made a great old darth maul...if had lived...in any event this is a goo dsign..EP1 was good...suck it up geeks..the light saber battle at the end MORE than makes up for callin Darth vader Annie....
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That was FUNNY AS HELL! Thanks.
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Since the Siths are extincted for a millenium , he will probabily play a Sith lord clone, during the clone wars , he and a bunch of other cloned siths will destroy the jedi council!
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considering the terrible script of episode one, i bet lucas reveals that bobba fett(walken) is han's father... and he turned into an bounty hunter because of that miniture chlorine from episode one or some other crud.
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boba fett is ....jar jar binks.
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That's what I said earlier, didja read my post. Anakin's mom is Boba, I said that!!! And I just wanted to add, TPM main reason for sucking, no Wookie's in major rolls. Chewie was the best, and we didn't have to put up with annoying banter like Jar Jar, just cool growling. I don't care if Christopher Walken plays the lower half of Darth Maul back to seek revenge in Ep2, Dammit all, BRING BACK CHEWIE!!!
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These are my pics for actors should be considered in role as...
JEDI:
Daniel Day-Lewis: Loved him in In The Name of The Father and The Last of The Mohicans.
Russel Crowe: Loved him in The Gladiator
Matthew McConaughey: U-571
Sidth:
Antonio Banderas: See 13th Warrior
Edward Norton: Have you seen this guy in Primal Fear>? Amazing talented actor!
GARY OLDMAN!!!! GARY OLDMAN!!! AIR FORCE ONE / LEON AKA THE PROFESSIONAL
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Dude, Boba Fett is NOT Shmi. If you recall, Boba Fett has a few speaking lines - that's a GUY'S voice. And she was what? 30 or so in Episode I - making her 60 in ANH. No friggin' way. Jet pacK? Shit, she'd have a wheel chair by the time ROTJ came around. If Lucas is going to pull something like that out of his ass (like he did with the whole Luke/Leia brother/sister thing) it's going to be someone like Kitster is Boba Fett or something not so ridiculous. Christ, perhaps Jar Jar IS Boba Fett - now I know I've lost it. I need to get a life - we all do!
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These are my pics for actors should be considered in role as...
JEDI:
Daniel Day-Lewis: Loved him in In The Name of The Father and The Last of The Mohicans.
Russel Crowe: Loved him in The Gladiator
Matthew McConaughey: U-571
Sidth:
Antonio Banderas: See 13th Warrior
Edward Norton: Have you seen this guy in Primal Fear>? Amazing talented actor!
GARY OLDMAN!!!! GARY OLDMAN!!! AIR FORCE ONE / LEON AKA THE PROFESSIONAL
What's your pick?
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Jesse Spencer (aka Billy kenedy from neighbours)
This is absolute top secret information from someone high up in lucasfilm headquarters, Myself !!
Billy will play anakin in episode two, he has just left the show [ neighbours] to come here to the states, meet George himself and finalise the deal.
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Well let's hope his busy schedule of cranking out strait to video Prophesy movies doesn't get in the way now! He was great in True
Romance, he was great in Pulp Fiction... and I know he's done other good movies that escape my mind right now. But he's also done
some shit too! I say this stands a 50/50 chance of turning out good.
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Hey wait a minute! Walken is too old to play Fett! He's pushing 60 now... that would mean that Fett was like 90+ in ep 4, 5 & 6?! I don't think so!!! Boba Fett needs to be someone under 40! Jet Li is 37! Plus, he's much more of a bad ass! I know that this won't happen... but it's still a great idea. Anyhow, Fett needs to be someone under 40!
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Apr 13, 2000 11:36:05 AM CDT
Ric Olie and Rutger Hauer go cruising in the bi-centenial falcon
by gus goldby
It would happen if ric mccallum watched star wars in black and white just 4 fun.
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Walkin will be great. He's got enough acting sense to make-up for Lucas' somewhat ambivilant directing style. Here's hoping he plays a clone that goes beserk!
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I will! Trust me! And when I do..... oh, boy, there'll be no holdin' back. I'm gonna lay into that movie with both fists a-flyin'. It'll be brutal. Just you wait and see.
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I saw this guy in this show at a dinner theater. I think his name was Lyle something or other - very talented and actually bears a resemblance to the original Grand Moff Tarkin - albeit a younger one so it would work out well. I wish Lucasfilms would get in touch with him.... I think he's in some patriotic musical thing now about the War of 1812 or something....
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This is certainly good news. I hope Walken plays either Tarkin or a general in the Jedi army that absolutely MUST be in Episode II...I want a Henry V Jedi/Mandalorean battle IN THE RAIN, dammit, like the Gungan battle should have been...By the way, I think it's pretty obvious that Anakin's dumb little friend Kitster is going to be Boba Fett, it's just a matter of who they get to play him at age 20...
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Ah, how fondly I remember all of the rumours floating around in 1997 about EP1...possible titles of the movie, possible actors connected to it...and here we are again. Some were true, others were shit. None of them mattered. TPM ate ass. Shitty characterization, horribly paced plot, overhyped characters that turned out to be nothing more than cameos (i.e. darth maul, sammuel l.) Only thing halfway decent was the effects and the little easter eggs Mucas hid in film. ET stole the movie, in my opinion. Anyway, I am not going to get excited about EPII simply because I know Walken will be in it. I just want George to take his time with the script, find some even halfway decent actors, and concentrate on making the story strong. Yeah, Walken is a great actor with some kick ass movies under his belt, but for all we know, he could simply be catering the damned movie. I remember how excited I was over Sammuel Jackson. Ignorance was bliss...
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is also known as "dual stream" and girls get it too...(i hope other girls do too...um...shit) YAY WALKEN!
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Apr 13, 2000 12:17:23 PM CDT
Walken did a SKIT about auditioning for Han Solo in SNL, not in
by my2cents
That's all I had to say.
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Christopher Walken is a Sith Lord If I ever saw one. Ray Park shared the headless horseman role with Walken in Sleepy Hollow so that's why. Talback logic. And Harry plays Jabba, younger but heavier.
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Just had to add that.
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Kevin Spacey did the SKIT in which he played Walken auditioning for SW as Han Solo. If I'm not, mistaken...talkbackers Walken DID audition for the role "in real life". My apologies if I'm wrong about the "real life" thing, but I am 11000% positive about the SNL skit, b/c I have it on tape. amen.
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Apr 13, 2000 12:29:01 PM CDT
Think people... Fett has to be 20 yrs. old or younger in Ep.II,
by my2cents
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Although the Braveheart-style battle would be cool, what would they fight with? If you look at the cut scenes, the reason why Obi-Wan couldn't defend himself against the STAPs in the first Naboo scene is because he forgot to turn off his crystal or something, so the "element" went out due to contact with water, hence no ignition of the saber was possible. So were the Jedi to fight in the rain, they'd be slaughtered. As far as who'll play Kitster: Either Danny Nucci (Titanic, Snoops) or Wilmer Valderrama (That 70's Show). Wilmer recently showcased his Wu-Tang Style in an episode where he dreamt about fighting Ninjas a la Enter the Dragon. Tres cool, like my minty-fresh Salem breath.
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More probably he'll play Han Solo's dad, as he was the one originally looked at for the Han Solo role...just a thought. It'll just so happen, however, that he is one of those military troops dressed like Boba Fett was, who happens to become a bounty hunter named...Boba Fett. Makes good Star Wars logic.
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Apr 13, 2000 12:43:12 PM CDT
Sled-head, Fett could be a woman.. remember Leia's voice-modualt
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I hate to refute your statement, BUT.....
On the 25th anniversary episode Kevin Spacey explained it. He said that Walken once hosted the show and was going around talking about when he audtioned for the role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in the first Star Wars movie. Kevin thought that was hillarious and decided to "re-enact" it. Kevin did Walken auditioning for Han-Solo; Walter Matthau audrtioning for Obi-Wan; and Jack Lemmon audtioning for Chewbacca. other cast members did Barabara Streisand audtioning for Leia and Richard Dreyfuss audtioning for C3PO. You can get the entire skit on the Saturday Night Live Best of 96-97 tape. ...and that's all I have to say! :) -
Yeah, I hear what you're saying about Leia's voice modulator, but think about this - the person in the Fett suit was a guy. It could be a female, but NOT Anakin's mother - someone thought that earlier - that would just be total joke...
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It was Spacey as Walken in the skit. But I still do not believe that Walken ever actually tried out for Solo in RL.
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fair enough.
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Yo-My2Cents! The Walken audtion is pretty much standard Star Wars knowledge. I hope you don't fall out of your seat when you read this-but BURT REYNOLDS also audtioned for the role!
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if he is at the 2000 Toyota Grand Prix. I have a garage pass so I can go down with the cars and drivers. What sould I ask him? So many questions. Walken Kicks Ass.
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Yes Walken did actually audition for SW as Solo.That fact was the inspiration for the SNL sketch. As I unerstand it, the studio was nervous about Lucas casting mostly unknowns in the leads and forced him to at least test some better known actors. It was just a formality and Walken was never really up for the role. As to the timeline of Walken as either Fett or Tarkin; Ep2 takes place about 30 years before SW. Since Peter Cushing was in his 70's (I think) at the time, Tarkin should be in his 40's, NOT his 20's, and Walken could certainly play that. As for Fett, Walken is probably too old; but we don't really know much about Fett's age or if he's human or anything. I kinda like the idea of Fett being Kitster though. Anakin comes back to free the slaves and finds that his childhood friend is now a slaver/bounty hunter, could be interesting if handled more maturely than EP1. Walken would be really good as a Sith master, but I can't see him pulling off the fighting to be the new apprentice.
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Hopefully Walken will bring to whatever role he gets the one thing PHANTOM needed: more cow bell.
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...Walken will play some sort of psychotic intergalactic crime boss, Uma Thurman wil be his sexy, coke addict, piece of ass, and John Travolta will be the Death Star.
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It's true, Walken was the first choice for Han Solo......Willard Huyck said so in an excerpt of a BBC TV Omnibus special (this is an arts program) that was shown here in the UK when the special editions were released. I happened to tape it, and by weird coincidence, I happened to be watching the tape the other day.
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Didn't you see Sleepy Hollow? Walken sliced up some shit with wicked swordplay in that. I'm betting that if this scoop is true, then Walken will definitely be the new Sith Lord. Think about it for a minute. How freakish and evil did Walken look as the Headless Horseman? Lucas asked Ian McCaig for the scariest, most nightmarish thing he could come up with for a Sith Lord. Walken's Hessian horseman fit that bill perfectly, IMO. I may be going out on a limb, but he can't be Fett--too old. Can't be Tark--too old (Walken couldn't play 40ish). As for Han's pop? I don't think there'll be any Solos in the prequels. Personally, I believe that ruins the mystique that is Han Solo. The only other character available, other than useless cameo like T. Stamp's, is Bail Organa. Can't rule that out, but looking at Adrian Dunbar's pics (whose scenes were all cut), again Walken looks too old. A note about Stamp: in an interview for The Limey, Terence said he has never even watched TPM because he heard there was no Solo/roguish cowboy element, so why bother?
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Actually, the true measure of success in Hollywood is cocaine, and if you're not snortin' it out of a brandy snifter like Richard Pryor, you're a fraud. You never could handle your coke, Don, and that's why I never trusted you. Loved you in Toback's BIG BANG, though.
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Unless this is total BS, it opens up the door on Anakin again. I knew that "don't cast movies stars" bull wouldn't last five minutes. What a joke. Leo, you're in.
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Whatever happened to that rumor? He would be perfect. OR he could reprise his Trainspotting role as Begbie and kill Jar Jar!
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Apr 13, 2000 2:30:45 PM CDT
Can't say I'm surprised. Lucas using name actors to try and mak
by superninja
He already wasted talent like Liam Neeson, Sam Jackson, Ewan McGreggor and Natalie Portman. The only guy that came out of that movie the better was Ian McDairmid. Let's hope George is getting some MAJOR writing assistance.
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Has it occurred to anyone at all that aliens age differently? (yoda, etc..) who knows how long all humanoid species age?
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Apr 13, 2000 2:34:30 PM CDT
"YOU KNOW JEDI'S WERE SPAWNED FROM N*GGERS" "COME AGAIN"
by fried samurai
No im not a racist,i just love that scene.This is very cool news if true,and did anybody really see boba's face to know how old he/she really is?
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Lucas would use Walken in a rehash of his Sleepy Hollow role? No offense, but uglying Walken up again and letting him run around with a lightsaber isn't going to win any points with the fans. I mean we JUST SAW HIM DO THIS IS SLEEPY HOLLOW. I'm not buying into this. I don't accept the fact that just because a filmmaker loads his cast with great actors means it's all going to smell like a rose when it hits the big screen. I mean for God's sake - how do you make Liam Neeson wooden in a film? How do you make Sam Jackson UNCOOL? Lucas defies logic...
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That whole Walken auditioning as Han Solo way back when didn't really happen. It was this Saturday Night Live skit, the basis of it were all of these popular actors trying out for parts in Star Wars. Richard Dreyfus was auditioning for C3-P0. Walken was auditioning for Solo and there were others that I don't remember at the moment. Frankly, I'm surpirsed no one has caught this yet.
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yes, yes, walken is way too old for boba fett, and yes, boba fett is anakin's childhood friend kitster. anakin's other friend is obviously a young Greedo from the bar scene in episode IV, so kitster has to grow up evil as well, just like his li'l pals.
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The swordplay in Sleepy Hollow was done by none other than Ray "Darth Maul" Park! We could get a "Six Degrees..." game out of this. Walken only played the Horseman when he was "whole" as it were. Here's hoping Walken picked up some tips from Park, though.
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I just got that. Walken always busts me up on SNL.
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Grand Moff Tarkin is certainly a possibility, but given Walken's prior reputation I smell a sith lord brewin'... think about his headless horseman portrayal, YES! I half agree that "stars" don't belong in Star Wars, but my main objections go for buffoons like Schwartzenegger. Walken is like Sam Jackson and Ewan... Sure he's been in a few big flicks, but all these actors have proven their powerful screen presence in independent and supporting roles. None of these actors are the kind of guys who are known for showboating. Just think of disasters like Batman 5 where all the actors are competing for the spotlight. I tell ya who we need in a Star Wars movie is John C. Reily, that big loppy guy that P.T. Anderson always uses. Didn't you see Boogy Nights? People tell him he "looks like Han Solo"...heheh.
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But the scene where the Hessian's thrown from his horse, and several guys go after him, until after a few get run through, they do him in. That WAS Walken. No standins or anything. Besides, he was originally a Broadway dancer, so he's light on his feet and could definitely do the work.
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Apr 13, 2000 3:04:20 PM CDT
I only wish that I could bring the Death Star to Senator Palpati
by magusreno
The.... Death Star is my legacy... that I leave behind for Annakin... You do know... what curiosity DID to the Gungan.... Lucas: Meesa no Gungan.
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Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...you see where I'm going with this?
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You may be right, but I don't trust GL to be that original. Look how he's ripped everything he's done off: Ben-Hur, Seventh Samurai, Dinotopia, Flash Gordon, etc. He'll grab ANYTHING he finds cool. I'm convinced that this is what C. Walken's been cast as. Of course the ugliness will be decidedly different. I think GL looked at Sleepy Hollow and went: "Man, that look is really good. Rick, that's our Darth Darkside." Er, whatever. That's how Spielberg got his Indy--watching and ESB screening. He said it on the AFI tribute last night. Anyway, you might be right, but meesa no tink so.
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Sorry to say, but WALKEN was considered for the part of Han Solo!! Haven't you read any of the Lucas interviews or seen any Star Wars docu-films??? Yes, they did do a parody of the auditions on SNL with Kevin Spacey... but it is for real as well.
And for people seriously saying that he will play Boba Fett?? You people are so stupid. This is why "Star Wars talkbacks" are so terrible.
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Why do you say that Lucas "rips off his ideas"????
Can't a filmmaker be inspired by things!?
I promise you that every director/writer is influenced by another's work! Spielberg has said many times that he is inspired by Kurosawa's work! Do you think that the Raiders gun vs. sword scene was an original thought? No, it was inspired by an earlier film.
Most films today have mythic roots to them... think HOMER and THE ODYSSEY... so many films are influenced by this. Does that mean the creators of these films are ripping of Homer??
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First - no Boba. Can't cover up the face. Second - Let's not off him like we did with Maul? Third - Sith...Sith...Sith. Fourth - Let's ship him to the Eisley Cantina. Fifth - NO ROMANCES.
Ohhh, Mr. Lucas, you have made a very, VERY good decision. Chris is the alpha and the omega. I want to see a saber in that big hand (keep those minds clean out there ;)).
" I AM THE ANTI-JEDI "
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Okay, "ripping off" may be too loose a term. But one HAS to be wary of the thin line between inspiration and violation of copyright. In a court of law, Lucas WOULD lose a suit, were it to be brought against him, by the creator of Dinotopia. There are images from the final scene in TPM that are almost EXACT copies of this & that in Dinotopia. Granted, inspiration is a good thing. No one ever got anywhere by not utilizing great licks Charlie Parker played or great images Kurosawa shot. But it's a fine line we walk in this case. Not to take anything from GL/ILM's talent at bringing forth stunning, groundbreaking imagery, but you cannot deny certain things.
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WALKEN: I haven't killed anyone since 1984...actually, even taking that into account, I'd still enjoy killing you. JAR JAR: Yousa mean I gonna die? WALKEN: Horribly...you know there nothing I like more than killing little Gungans, now come here Sweetie. JAR JAR: Messa no like this! WALKEN: Well, would you be grateful if I let you suck my lightsaber...? (SCHOOM AS WALKEN STARTS LIGHTSABER)You know, I can't stand you. We Sith were first. Lucas and the kids loved only us. Then you talking fish came along... (JAR JAR SCREAMS AS WALKEN CHECKS OUT THE POTENTIAL OF A LIGHTSABER AS AN ANAL PROBE)
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Apr 13, 2000 4:11:45 PM CDT
I saw the problem with TPM (the main one, at least) was that it
by superninja
Instead of vice-versa, which is more effective in my NSHO. The effects did nothing for me. The podrace is okay, not great. The places where the effects really stood out was where they were used simply for enhancement -- as backdrops: Oota Gunga, Theed and Coruscant. I could've cared less for that fancy episode of ReBoot that was edited very poorly into the best fight of the whole film -- the jedi vs Darth Maul. JAR JAR BINKS HAD MORE LINES THAN OBI-WAN KENOBI!!! Does anyone else find that as frightening as I do? I really don't view Lucas as much of a filmmaker -- he's a tech guy. The Special Editions, EP1 -- it's all about him working on advancing the technology. Which is fine, but when your attention is on the FX only and not direction or writing, everything suffers.
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1) Fett's voice wouldn't match up, and what's the point of dubbing Mr. Walken? 2) Tarkin has a british accent -- has ANYONE ever heard Walken to ANY accent?*****************Lucas is not a stickler for these things, but I don't think he would ignore such obvious mistakes. Therefore, I believe it's a cameo or the new sith that Mr. Walken will be playing.
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Jumpin' Jesus H. Christ on a pogo stick! Words can't describe this! Combine Star Wars with two of my favorite actors (Jackson and Walker). Lucas just earned my 7 to 9 dollars. I just hope he expands Jackson's role this time and has some good stuff for Walken to do. Walken as a sith or as Boba Fett - either of these ideas work (fits Walken perfectly). Hell, make Jar Jar become Fett - it fits perfectly into my prediction that the trilogy is about tragedy - more on this later. At any rate, can't wait to see Walken doing his thing!
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Yes, I have decided to give Chris a little part in "Episode II" despite the fact that it somewhat goes against my "I don't cast movie stars" policy. I have following the comments regarding this post and I am very pleased to see that many of you are excited about Mr. Walken's prescence in the film. In the coming months, I will be releasing more tidbits of information regarding casting, characters, and locations in hopes of keeping you interested in being among the first gazillion fucking people to see the next film in my saga. For those "fans" that continue to snub "Episode I" I only need to remind you that I still consider you imbeciles and your opinion does not matter to me in the least bit. The way I figure, I'll keep making them, and you'll keep buying tickets and Taco Bell toys, so fuck you and kiss my middle-aged ass. "Star Wars" is NOT a vision I share, it is a vision I LEASE.
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I am ecstatic that Christopher Walken will be in Episode 2, but casting good actors is no garuntee of a good movie, seeing that actors like Ewan MgGregor, Sam L. Jackson, Natalie Portman and TERRANCE STAMP! were completely wasted in Menace. their lines were crappy to say the least. Liam Neeson carried the film not through his dialogue but just through the way he carried himself. Walken is good though.
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Not only did Christopher Walken and Burt Reynolds audition for Solo, but so did Nick Nolte. Not only that, Bruce Boxleitner auditioned for Luke, and Toshiro Mifune was who Lucas originally wanted for Kenobi.
I'm trying to imagine Walken as Solo in all three movies - I can actually hear what I think would be his line interpretations, and it would have been interesting. Different, but equally cool. If he really is in Ep2, I'll be looking forward to the spin he puts on Lucas' dialogue.
What entertains me most about this is when I imagine Christopher Walken having gone on to have Harrison Ford's career, and vice versa. What would it have been like to have Walken going on to be Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, the President, etc.? Or Ford doing The Deer Hunter, Brainstorm, Prophecy, Pulp Fiction, etc... boggles the mind. -
I have said recently that TPM is my favorite of the four movies, and that I think this will be a great trilogy, so I would now like to share my prediction for the overall theme of this trilogy. I think this theme will be that of the changes great tragedy can cause. We know that the relatively free republic will fall into an despotic empire and that the Jedi will be hunted down. The obvious results will be that Obi Wan will retrat from life (into a bottle?) and spend his time hiding on tatooine. We can also assume that the negative emotional energy in Anakin will bring him to the dark side. I think this will be in part because the Jedi have gotten fat and complacent, and this will make him all the more angry and frustrated with the republic - so he will tear down the system. Less obvious, I do not think that Yoda repersents the true Jedi master anymore (and not yet). Yoda has become a complacent bureaucrat and politician, and is as withdrawn as the order of Jedi he leads. Qui-Gon was the master, willing to place himself in the present situation and do what was required, Yoda now only wishes to maintain the status quo. When the Jedi fall, and Yoda's high position is lost, only then will he retreat to Dagobah. But not retreat in the same sense as Obi Wan. In this case, Yoda is not hiding - but unlearning his old complacency and relearning to be a master. I see Jar Jar having two possible outcomes. So far, Jar Jar is the fool, naive, innocent, and lacking any real self-awareness. He is an adult child. The coming tragedy will destroy this innocence and lack of awareness. He will mature. The greater possibility is that he grows into a hero type, that he is made better by the tragedy - this would form part of the positive part of the ending - this would also be similar to Luke's path in the original trilogy. Jar Jar could become a character respected by the bashers even. On the other hand, he could go the way of Anakin (which makes it less likely since this is the path of another main character) and be consumed by the tragedy that surrounds him. This could amount to Jar Jar becoming Boba Fett, an amoral bounty hunter. Life has no meaning, no good, no evil - and so turns to profiteering. I have no idea on the fate of the queen - except those bits revealed in ANH. Perhaps she shuts down and gives up on the world (to close to Obi Wan) or perhaps is the one who initiates the rebellion (taking an active stance, as opposed to Obi Wan) in concert with Jar Jar (on the positive ending). Just the way I can see things going. So to recap. Obi Wan: flees the world entirely. Yoda: enters into contemplation. (the difference between these two is that Obi Wan is seeking escape, Yoda enlightenment - the distinction is internal). Anakin: obvious, allows the world to make him evil. Jar Jar: either allows himself to become evil or is the good that comes out of bad circumstances. Either way, he will grow out of the fool archetype. Amadalla Dialou (or whatever): takes an active stance as opposed to the negative passive (obi wan) or positive passive/contemplative (Yoda) and starts the rebellion (?). Perhaps this indicates Jar Jar might take a negative active path (although I think this is Anakin/Vader's path). Alright, so its a little disjoined, but I'm not writing this for a journal or anything. Any comments?
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That's funny... because actually it was Ray Park(Darth Maul) who did the swordplay as the headless horseman in Sleepy Hollow, not Walken.
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I swear, if I don't quit doing that... Anyways... This is very interesting news indeed! Looking forward to hearing what part he will actually be playing... (somebody evil, hopefully... afterall, he is one of the scariest actors in Hollywood...he and John Malkovich) BTW, I love th Gladiator animation! Haha hah... Lipidius Harrismaximus... :)
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Sure as hell wasn't expecting news like this anytime soon...never even considered Walken for a part. Exciting.
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Christopher Walken will not be Boba Fett, He's waaaay to old. Darth Vader is an old fucker in ROTJ if Boba Fett was played by Walken he'd be about 90 by ESB. Walken will be a Jedi, a Sith, or a dignitary to Palpatine.
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"And thats where you put the chillim"Ric Olie said to an eager eyed anakin."Now fuck off you ewok gonad headed little fuck!"............"yo-ric whats a bongo?" Rutger Hauer said puzzled."Its a form of transportation" Ric replied."we got a get us one of those!, I'm getting sick of your campbellwell carrots!"...........Suddenly a loud beep and warning light illuminates itself on the dash of the falcon."whats that flashing?" Rut asks. "we're low on stash" replies ric."We need some stash, fast and wheres my fucking coffee?". They approach tatoonie, they know its run by the hutts, and that they are gansters. They also know that the hutts own the tatoonie to endor galactic shipping route, made famous by the ewoks who are the best damn cultivators of herbage since the days of the cash crop hero, CZ-3. Who had a floating green house in the noat-system......................... "How did you fair with that little nunber last night?""Igot the muff pie!""should of atleast tea-bagged her" Rutger being the coolest smuggler, gambler and total badass mother fucker managed to pull the phantom blue haired slave girl. The little slut said she was on the pill but wasn't.(After all when your brought up as a slave girl, you don't know any better!)And rutger only goes raw deal.The child was born. As the young boy grew up, he had an insaciable thirst for card playing, smuggling and gambling oh yer and slipping the meat to princesses. The end.
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Confirmed by who, Harry? The butt-goblins that reside in your rectal chamber? That said, Walken is pretty sweet. I think he deserves a role all his own, not some pre-existing character. ("Skittles. A... rainbow! of fruit... flavors. Lime! So... green.") BTW, that Census sketch on the last SNL had me rolling on the floor.
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I agree with almost all of what you said. I hadn't thought of it before, but I like the idea of Yoda having to "unlearn". But as to Jar Jar -- I think the main purpose of the character will be to be a direct contrast to Anakin. Two characters who end up in relatively the same boat by the end of EP1 (reluctant heroes). What is left is tragedy. I believe both characters will have something horrible happen to them over the next two EPs. For Anakin, it will be the death of his mother; for Jar Jar it will be the destruction of his people. AGAIN, they will be in the same boat, faced with the same decision -- channel your anger into something positive (the Rebellion) or let it corrupt you and control you (the Empire/Dark Side). Anakin will make the wrong choice, and Jar Jar will be juxtaposed -- his mirror image. The sad part is, it's going to be a CGI character that can't act.
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Here's my idea. Running in parallel to what is sure to be a gooey kids love story between Anakin and Amidala, should be a dark dangerous romance between two evil Sith lords. We need to return to the darker tone of Empire Strikes Back. Now, I just need to cast a dark/twisted actress as Walken's girlfriend..hmm, I guess Meg Ryans out then...
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Your all fucks! You know the blockbuster video king, Rutger Haeur will be in it. He IS han solo's dad. Its so fucking obvious. There is no-one cooler.
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yo the idea is to chill out in endor for a couple of weeks before ep 2 comes out. Get in a couple of slave girls and get the gungans bongo...man you won't even know what happened untill 2 weeks later. Then you can blubber away boy!
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You sure you guys aren't just confusing Kevin Spacey's SNL bit, doing an impression of Christopher Walken trying out for Han Solo? Check out the Listening Booth at www.spacey.com to hear the clip.
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I don't care who Walken plays, as long as he gets one scene where he touches young Anakin and gets that "look" on his face. "You're going to fall into lava..." "Yes?" "...and it's going to be REALLY hot."
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Darth Walken...Walken must be a Sith Lord, not some weak-ass functionary...as far as Fett needing to be under 40...this is SCIENCE FICTION folks...it always amazes me that in most Space Opera stuff, Ships can travel Light Years in seconds, but people still age like they are from 20th Century Earth. Right now, the Human Life Span is DOUBLE what it was a hundred years ago. Medical Science in SF is always so poorly done. Trust me, if a Civilization is capable of hurling Starships from one side of the Galaxy to another in moments, Human Beings are going to have much longer Lifespans than we 20th Century suckers have now. In such a Civilization, someone who is 60 or 80 could look and function like a 20 or 30 year old. IMO, SF Fans should pray that we get SF-style Medical advances long before we get space travel advances; that way, we might live long enough to see some REAL star travel and other advances. Anyway, Fett could be 40 in Episode 2, for all I care. With SF Biotech, he could still be kicking ass at 100. All's that matters is whether he is cast well and played cool. My vote is for Jet Li, for the stunts at least. Anyway, that's my two and a half cents. More Cow Bell!
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yeah right luke is reall a 105
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The casting of Ep2 is turning either the way of Genius or total Lunacy!!! Walken in the film is inspired, how many cult fans of his are going to see this movie because of him that wouldnt normally (how many role's has he been in where hes bad, not many is the answer) The biggest stoke of Genius however is the possability that Gillian Anderson is in it too as Qui-Gon's former pupil (and lover?). Just how many X-File/internet/Star Wars fans out there that are just going to cum in their pants at the idea of Gillian swinging a light-sabre around her head????? Quite a few I think.
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Apr 13, 2000 7:13:55 PM CDT
Before any of this goes any further...can we have a little bit o
by acid_rain327
Less than two paragraphs saying nothing more than "He's in it"? No scooper's name, no source, nothing? Come on people...
If in fact this is true, which at this point, I doubt, then Lucas will give Walken something like a Mandalorian General, or like some Sith figure-head, but not a Sith warrior. And you *know* he's not going to make him Fett - Boba Fett is too much of an icon, and I'm certain Lucas wouldn't place a very well-known star's face on one of the most mysterious characters in the saga. Personally, I'd prefer not to see Fett's face at all. -
Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...now here comes the chorus...
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Apr 13, 2000 7:49:32 PM CDT
speaking of Walken...What is the only kind of Wood that doesn't
by mrtoxie
Natalie Wood.....
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You hear me gods? This Walken must play a gungan. You can zig it with Lucas, I'm right sure. Hesa Bad-Ass Binks, Jar-Jar's bad ass brother. It will happen.
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Here as a Walken fan, rather than a Star Wars fan, but I assumed from TPM that Anikin's mom was giving an actual performance because her role would be crucial later. I guessed that Obi-Wan screws up during Anikin's training, somehow inadvertently fails to stop his mum get killed, and THAT is what turns Anikin's head. This may be total crap. But then so was the rest of the movie.
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Wow! I like that idea of Jar Jar becoming a kick-ass Jedi Knight. If Lucas or any of his minions is lurking and reading these posts, maybe they can find some way of redeeming this most annoying character in film history.
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Apr 13, 2000 8:37:48 PM CDT
Walken fork pee's as Boba Fett could have been Shimi... Didn't y
by mini maul
Smoke it...
Silent Bob as Anikin and Jay as his pot shmokin' sidekick Deadeye Jedi... And I can hit both sides of the toilet seat at the same time when I pee. -
Okay, im not gonna go into why I didnt like TPM. Its all been said, its all been bitched about, people have already bitched about people bitching about it, and those other people have already defending their bitching. Suffice it to say that everyone is entitled to an opinion. My opinion. Anyway, the script isnt even done yet, so Walken could be anyone Senator Palpatine's brother-in-law to Shmi's bastard cousin returning to take back his television that he loaned her back in '92. I just want him to have a big part. I think its awesome that Sammuel L is gonna have a big part, though if they put too many more "big" characters in it, it will have to be longer than the directors cut of The Color Purple. I am going to clear my mind of all past sins, and approach EPII with a clean slate. Chances are, ill be right back in line when the tickets go on sale. But between now and then we have alot of kick ass movies to look forward to. Oh, and a short postscript, and cocksmoker who comes on here and insults Star Wars fans for being socially inept losers should stop and consider the fact that he if he took the time to find this web site, managed to find the message board and take the time to sign it just to insult everyone, he probably hasnt seen a woman naked since birth either. That is all.
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I may be wrong but I seem to remember getting trading cards from the ESB movie when I was a kid. I particularly recall the one of Boba Fett and it said on the back that he was once a friend of Han Solo. So how, if there is any way, could Fett be momma Skywalker?
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James Marsters.
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Dazzling beauty, how it all goes to waste / when years of anticipation blind one to truth, / and yet for these fanboys but one sweet taste / of young Amidala's juices would soothe... / Lincoln was murdered by John Wilkes Booth.
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Liam Neeson also auditioned fo rthe Solo role by the way. So you have:
1) Ford
2) Nolte
3) Reynolds
4) Walken
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...I believe the original plan for Ep.2 was for a female sith, either that "Aurra Sang" character (whom we supposedly saw in Ep.1 watching the pod race), or that wicked looking "Sith Witch" thingy. Can't wait to see Yoda fight ("You'll see why Yoda is called 'Master'", Lucas apparently said.
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Apr 13, 2000 11:48:12 PM CDT
In Episode 2...through the magic of CGI...Christopher Walken wil
by jackiejokeman
This guy has NO eyebrows...its really creepy!
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"In the time of Qui-Gon Jinn, there were TEN THOUSAND Jedi Knights spread across a hundred thousand different worlds...", so the novel of EP.1 says. It might take more than stormtroopers. But it will be cool to see how each and every one of them gets it, and how Yoda and Obi-Wan escape...
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Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...Russell Crowe as a Jedi...Jude Law as a Sith...Tim Roth as Tarkin...now all we need is a bridge...
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Alright you uneducated Star Wars geeks! Walken never auditioned for Solo, but none other than Luke Skywalker, Jedi-knight and friend of Captain Solo....well thats what ive heard, repeatedly, anyway....and another thing, fuck all this boba fett, tarkin, sith dude wahtever shit. why dont they make Walken some sick ass space pirate, with a wookie named Chewie as a sidekick, who fucks queen amidala hard and she gives birth to baby Han Solo....fuck the jedi fucken pussys.
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Well, aside from being Bail Organa, which is cool, though he'd be too old to play him (Organa), I think it'd be Super Sweet to see Christopher Walkien as Prince Xizor in a cameo three or four lines part.
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I could have sworn there was an "i" in there......
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Apr 14, 2000 12:51:34 AM CDT
DAMMIT.....RALPH FIENNES IS TARKIN!!!!!!!!!!!.........and Jonath
by maul99
Anybody who says otherwise needs to realize that the guy is virtually a younger Peter Cushing. Another thing, go back and watch his performance as Amon Goeth, the Nazi commandant in Schindler's List, and then tell me that he doesn't equal the fascist that Grand Moff Tarkin was in A New Hope. I guess that Tim Roth would be my distant second choice, but that still makes me ill. Oh, and by the way, Jonathan Hales is polishing the Episode II script.
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First of all, Walken is one of my favorite actors (alongside Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins) and IF this rumor is true then I'll be one happy son of a bitch. And to the one poster above who mentioned that Ray Park did the swordplay, thats true, but he did it as the headless horseman. Remember the cool flashback scene, Walken chops through a field of soldiers, then in the woods he takes 6 out before they kill him. He's in good shape for a 57 year old. Anyone read that Entertainment Weekly piece (first in a series entitled "The Greats") a few weeks ago on him (same issue with Jullianne Moore on the cover)? Oh, and www.theforce.net says that the official site updated with news that Lucas has hired Jonathan Hales (Young Indiana Jones Chronicles) to refine the episode 2 script. This is apparently true, so does it mean the script is finally written? If so then casting may have begun.......
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Deer Hunter.
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Apr 14, 2000 1:41:13 AM CDT
WALKEN did read for HAN SOLO (as well as Kurt Russel and William
by the tall man
I'm not even gonna bother reading the slew of talk back's above, but just for the record, Entertainment Tonight showed black and white video of a baby faced Walken auditioning for Solo and I've recently seen an audition tape with Kurt Russel and William Katt reading with each other doing Han and Luke and then switching characters. It's awesome and a must see for S.W. geeks. They also had a huge amount of VERY young chicks reading for Leigha. Carrie may have only been 19 but she seemed a little older than that. It seems from the age of these other actresses that Leigha was supposed to be the original teeny-bopperish age of Princess Amadala, but the slightly more Carrie was the coolest. Anywayz, there ya go.
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From the StarWars.Com website:Jonathan Hales joins Episode II Development
April 13, 2000 -- Pre-production continues on Star Wars: Episode II, with the script nearing completion. George Lucas has written several drafts of the screenplay and set the stage for the action, events and characters to be seen in the movie. To refine the script into its final drafts, Lucas has enlisted the aid of screenwriter Jonathan Hales. Hales and Lucas have had an association through The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Hales wrote or co-wrote several episodes of the critically-acclaimed television series, including the feature-length Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal, Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920, and Young Indiana Jones: Tales of Innocence (available on videocassette).
Principle photography -- which will be executed with digital cameras -- begins this summer.
Thank God!!!
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They had Indy shoot the swordsman because Harrison was too ill for the fight scene that day. When someone considered just shooting the swordsman, they all agreed that it might be funny too. According to a George Lucas interview I have on tape. ALso... not every filmmaker rips things off. The goal of many filmmakers (myself included) is to find something fresh and original. Sometimes people come up to you and mention they saw something similar in another movie, in which case all you can say is "DOH!"
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I have some comments to your post.First off you say Obi-wan is in hiding. I don't guite believe this is true. I Think that He is on tatooine to watch over Luke. Just think about it. He is a spit fire when we see him in EP1. He most likely will mellow out with age and mature. But are you saying that he is being coward. That is what hiding out would mean to me. I beleve that he is there to make sure nothing happens to Luke so he has a chance to grow up. The same could be said about Leia. She was given to Bail Organa since he is most likely a close friend of her mother. They are both in the senate. What better way for Leia to be watched than by Her mother who is a part of the senate and most likely a part of Leia's live. That would also give reason why she might have memory's of her mother while Luke doesn't.As for the Jedi getting "Fat and complacent" I would have to agree on this. They are sitting in their "Ivory Tower" above the others around them and it was said that The Sith could not have returned with out their knowing it. Yoda is the only one who sees that there is a possible chance of that being so. Which would prove that he is and has been a true master. I would say Yoda goes to dagabah to Hide from the jedi hunters so he may be there to train anakins children. You have to see that Yoda most likely saw that Anakins offspring would be strong in the force and that they needed to be protected at all cost. That is why they are put in to hiding and are not told about the other and why they had to be watched. If vader or the emperor ever found out about then he would either destroy them or train them in the dark side.As for Jar Jar I see that he is taking the place of chewie and the ewoks. He is there for the side kick roll of chewie and even if you don't care to admit it he is there for the cuteness facter. And I hate to say it but Lucas most likely has him for the toy tie ins. I know he is hated by most people but you could have a totaly cg ewok running around just be thankful. I liked Jar jar my self and for what is to come with him I am not worried to much about it. If he was going to become some real be hero or a jedi we would most likely have heard about him or his race in the first trilogy.I think he will just fade into the background of the future films.I doubt the queen will start the rebellion. If she did you would see her in the front of it not mon mothma. She is the kind of person that will fight to the end of something that she starts. I would say that the rebellion starts from the clone wars.Palpatine most likely makes his big grab for power after the clone problem esclates. I see Mon Mothma being a big proponate to the clones. After Palpatine comes to his full power as Emperor he is probable using clones to take control of the people that appose him.So by being apposed to the clones and the fact that the Emperor is using them to take control Mon Mothma would be fighting the clone wars in the senate and when it is gone she would still be fighting them but now it is the rebellion. That would be were the queen and Anakin and Obi-wan could work with Bail Organa to setup the base for his involement later in the store as the Gardian of Leia And as a way to bring Kenobi and look together in ANH. This is just how I see it.
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StarWars : Episode two 'The Return of the Plot'
Scene one : Naboo swamp
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Christopher Walken appears stage left through the mist, fires up his lightsaber, Cuts Jar-jar in half, turns, smiles to the camera never says a word and walks off, again never to be seen again.
Unlikely, but It would make a lot of people happy.
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There is no other role that Walken could play. . . He IS the young Tarkin. Consider this fact: When casting for Ep.I, Lucas was looking for people who could pass for younger versions, okay? McGregor as a young Guinness. Very possible. Lloyd and Portman were cast because they looked like they could possibly be younger versions of the parents of Fisher and Hamill.
Walken looks like a young Peter Cushing, nuff said. Okay? Still with me?
Forget Walken as young Boba Fett - that could be anyone in that armour (apologies to Jeremy Bullock), Old Man Solo? I don't think so. That would require setting up too much Solo back story. So . . . roles for Walken that fit episode II (and, perhaps, III). . .
I can't see there being another Sith apprentice - Maul's successor is Anakin. Anything else is nonsensical. Sidious is Palaptine, so the notion of another Sith lord taking his place is equally nonsensical. Remember Palpatine's line to Anakin? "we will watch your career with great interest." ie. he KNEW Anakin was being trained as a Jedi, had the highest Midi-chlorian count in recent memory, was the fulfillment of the prophecy of the one who would bring balance to the force - what better candidate for a new Sith apprentice . . . well, we all know the rest. Sorry, I digress.
In IV, Tarkin was seriously old, he was a Grand Moff - a fairly high ranking title. Vader says he senses a presense that he last felt in the presense of his old master. Tarkin calls Kenobi by name. Surely that indicates that at one point Tarkin may have encountered Obi Wan (or been told of him by Vader or someone else). It fits the timeline. Walken as Tarkin. E-NUFF SAID! -
Apr 14, 2000 3:12:50 AM CDT
Wow, just what Star Wars needs, another anachronism to jar audie
by niiiice
This reminds me painfully of Samuel L. Jackson sitting in the Jedi Coundil. Yeah, he's a great actor, but for how many of you was he really Mace Windu? He was Samuel L. Jackson. If Walken appears in nothing more than a cameo role, this will have a smiliar effect. Anyone remember Saving Private Ryan? "Hey, it's Ted Danson!", not "Oh, he's a general." And what about the end of The Thin Red Line, where George Clooney pops up all of a sudden out of nowhere? Whatever. It's not like Lucas knows how to use acting talent anyway.
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Enough with the posts about who read for what already!!! Also, if I have to read one more post about Bruce FUCKIN Campbell, I am going to decapitate the lot of you!!! Jesus H. Fuckin Christ!!!!
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Good point indeed. However, I'm inclined to think that Walken's immence coolness can do nothing but add to the weight of the prequels at this... Afterall, I don't really belive that Episode 2 will be wrose than episode 1... I honestly do believe that they can only get better. I for one LOVE 'a new hope'...but I believe 'Empire' and 'jedi' are better movies, simply because the actors are more comfortable with their roles, the movies carried more weight because less exposition was required, etc. Anyways, I believe the measure will be how much better Episodes 2 and 3 will be... As far as I'm concerned, it will be very difficult for the movies to get any worse... Walken can only help.
Of course, there is also one possible alternative to your argument: He might play a member of an alien species, and be covered in all kinds of make up... However, I'm not placing any bets on this. :)
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Why is everybody speculating over whether Boba Fett is male or female? If youve seen Return of the Jedi:special edition you should know that he is male. In the movie you clearly see him flirting with the dancers in Jabbas palace. He even rubs one girls chin. I really dont think a conservative guy like Lucas would make Fett a lesbian.
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...I sure heard a lot about you. I was a friend of your father's in the Clone Wars. He wanted you to have this when you were old enough, but your uncle wouldn't allow it... so for two years I hid this uncomfortable chunk of metal up my ass...and now, young man, I give his lightsaber to you.
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"Now, Luke, your father and I served in the clone wars together... he and I
were in a POW camp together. This is his lightsabre. He held it up his ass
for two years so that those slant-eyed gooks wouldn't get it. When he...
when your father died, he asked me to give this to you. I wore this
lightsabre up my ass until I got out of that gook camp..." etc, etc...
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For starters, Palpatine doesn't need to wait for Anakin to grow up to have another apprentice. In fact, it is just as likely that Anakin will have to use the dark side to kill another Sith to take his place. There can be another apprentice between Maul and Vader without ruining the foreshadowing of Palpatine's last line. You need not be such a jerk and ASSume YOU know everything that Lucas will do. And anyway, Lucas has even said he'll bring in another apprentice. Now true, this could just mean Anakin, but it could also mean a new character who may contribute to the plot in ways you don't know about yet, my friend. And frankly, not having another active bad guy with a cool lightsaber between now and Vader is a shitty idea beyond belief(almost as shitty as a Jar Jar talk show). But a new sith needn't be a useless character. I mean, by your reckoning, aside from killing Qui Gon, Darth Maul didn't have to be in Episode 1 either. But I think all those people with painted faces and double-ended HASBRO lightsabers would argue that his contribution to the film was far greater(not me, I hated the overrated glory hog, SITH WITCH FOREVER!). Which brings me to my other hope, Walken had BETTER NOT be the next Sith because that role should go FINALLY to a woman dammit! THE SITH WITCH RULES. PS, Lucas, check out Jessica Lange in Julie Tamor's Titus and tell me she wouldn't rock as the Sith Witch! Cast her NOW!
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i'm all up for Walken. What it takes to add a dose of super-coolness is all right with me
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Anybody here want to see Christopher Walken kick JarJar's babytalkin ass? bahahah, yeah, I thought so!
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Yep, Walken should defintely have his lightsaber serviced by some Sith lady or something. That would be very cool. I can see it now... 'I find your lack of pants disturbing.' or even 'Sleep with me. It is your destiny'. I'd suggest 'Who's your Daddy?', but in the Star Wars universe this could be a confusing question...
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I just read everyone's comments above(frightening!),and thought I'd throw in my own.First off,Christopher Walken in the movie in ANY capacity is better than not at all.I don't give a fuck who he plays,as long as it isn't Han Solo's father,which is ridiculous and pointless without Han in this trilogy.Also,just to let y'all know Tom Selleck was all but in as Han until he was offered Magnum P.I.Thank god he was greedy and unsure of SW's potential,so we were spared his bad acting and Lucas' bad casting judgement.On the subject of a younger Tarkin,I see no problems with Ralph Fiennes or Tim Roth,who fucking defined evil in Rob Roy.later bitches
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That's not to say that ALL of you are misinformed heathens, but I think those who are should be told about it. I am one of the "film geeks" here at USC currently taking a class all about George Lucas and the Star Wars phenomenon. (Don't EVEN complain that I haven't reported to you about his guest appearance Wednesday night because this is the first time I've ever posted to this site, so I never made you any promises.) Anyway, Mr. Lucas helped our professor write the freakin' syllabus, so I think the class is probably a damn reliable source.
YES, Christopher Walken was one of the actors in the running to play Han Solo back in '76. In his group screen test, Sissy Spacek was Leia. It happened. End of story. Those of you who insist otherwise, SHUT UP! You are mistaken. Yes, I saw that skit on SNL too, but, as is always the case with good comedy, it was based on actual fact. Trust me.
As for what happened here with Lucas on Wednesday, there's not much you'll be interested in. No, he didn't say anything about the DVDs. No, he didn't say anything about Episodes II or III. One guy tried to sneak in a question about the prequels in a roundabout way by talking about mythology, but Lucas saw through his little ploy and kept his lips sealed. There's nothing to tell, because we were all far too polite and professional to ask him all the trivial fanboy questions we really wanted to. (Personally, I would have loved to tell him I think the funniest movie scene ever is when that one Ewok gets blasted in ROTJ, but I restrained myself.)If I had gone to that class as just a fanboy (which I am not ashamed to admit I am) instead of a student, I frankly would have been kind of bored. -
One thing I forgot to mention.
Mr. Majestyk - you're close but no cigar. The Tom Selleck thing you're thinking of was for Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. They were all ready to go with Selleck as Indy,and he wanted to do it, but he was already doing Magnum P.I. and they wouldn't let him out of his contract. -
was this on April 8th? I caught about half an hour of SNL this weekend. Christopher Walken played Bruce Dickinson (yes, THE Bruce Dickinson) in a Blue Oyster Cult skit ("Guys, I think we need a little more cow bell.")then played to the camera in a first-person POV skit called "The Continental", which left me rolling on the floor. It's the first amusing thing SNL has done since the Crystal Gravy commercial. Has SNL improved, or did they just get lucky? As for the Star Wars thing, another cameo like Samuel Jackson's? Bah. It'd be like Anthony Hopkins playing an FBI security guard with one spoken line on "The X-Files". We'd all be waiting for more, and...nothing. Which describes my TPM viewing experience overall, come to think of it.
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The reason palpatine said the "will watch yor career" line and knew he had a high midi-chlorian count was cuz he IS his father. Don't believe that virgin birth shit. Palpatine jizzed into one of those darth maul flying droid things and it found old shimi and poped her in the night. She loved it.
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I had no idea Chris Walken actually DID audition for Han Solo.
All I know is, there was a Saturday Night Live skit in which various unlikely actors are seen auditioning the original Star Wars (Walter Matthau as Chewbacca, etc.). Several actors are portrayed by, believe it or not, Kevin Spacey who was that night's host.
The sketch is HILARIOUS, especially Spacey's loopy, but DEAD ON impersonation of Walken. I laughed so much it hurt.
If you get a chance to catch this on video or a re-run, don't pass it up.
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If ever there was a less talented piece of pretty boy hype sucking up someone else's oxygen (and who knows what else) in Hell-A, then I have yet to see who it is. Yes George, ignore the hype (and don't crack a rib gut-laughing at the above poster's suggestion).
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you are all sheep....sheep...sheep...sheep.
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... if Walken slashes Jar Jar with the following words on his lips: "I haven't killed anybody since 2022!"
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I don't think much of Philippe's emoting talent either, but since Lucas has manged to turn good actors like Neeson and Portman into cardboard cutouts, I think he'd blend in rather well. My point ALSO was that at least he looked like Anakin and Hamill, co there would be continuity, unlike if they chose Hanks Jnr. Now, in a moment your will fell a strange sensation in your rear. This will be my cloven hoof.
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There are always Sith Apprentices waiting in the wings....
If any of you had any sense (I doubt anyone here ever reads, so I'll spare the verbal tongue lashing on your horrible english skills.) you'd realize that it is VERY possible that Christopher Walken will play a new Sith Lord to replace Maul.
Why? Well, let's review facts:
#1: Timothy Zahn's novel revealed that Mara Jade (me) was actually watching as her Teacher, Emperor Palpatine, was thrown into the pit by Vader. He wrote about how Mara Jade was in fact, a Sith in training. Had Palpatine survived the battle with Luke, and Vader perished, Then Mara Jade would have indeed been the new Sith Lord. She'd make a dang fine one too....So at least we know that there CAN be another waiting in the wings...Maybe Walken's sith character is as well in EPisode 2.
#2: Anyone realize how popular Darth Maul was? His figure had to be the hottest selling toy in the Star Wars empire last year. You know DA*N well that Lucas will not pass up another great money-making scheme like that.
#3: Anyone actually READ this site? Lucas said in one interview that if you thought Maul was cool, wait till you see EP 2....Hmmm....perhaps an even SCARIER Sith Lord?
Now if you'll Excuse me, I have a ysalamari on my back and this anti-force bubble is bothering me.
-Mara Jade
(The REAL Mara Jade...not the dope who stole this nickname before I could Register it.)
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I would just like to say that I think you are confused. I watched an episode of Saturday Night live a few years back (during the Star wars Trilogy re-release) which had Kevin Spacey as a guest host. As a spoof, Spacey impersonated characters doing auditions for star wars. He did bang-on impressions of Walter Mathau (Obi-wan), Jack Lemmon (Chewie), Christopher Walken (Han Solo), I nearly pissed myself because they were almost perfect. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that SNL Show confused whoever wrote about Walken auditioning against Ford as Solo.Congrats for EpII. He''l be Awsome (a freaky Moff!)
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Okay, I was wrong. Chris Walken did audition for Star Wars. Blah Blah.... So sue me!!!
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Apr 17, 2000 4:14:17 PM CDT
There will be a new sith apprentice because Lucas wants to make
by superninja
Period.
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You guys are right about Walken reading for Star Wars, but wrong about the role. He read for the role of Luke, not Han Solo. Somehow, maybe with the "Spacey as Walken auditioning for Star Wars" has made a lot of people forget the real story. Remember guys in 1975-76, Walken was a definite Skywalker type -- physically anyway. Tall, thin, blue eyes, blond hair. His personality wasn't "ah shucks" enough though! (Aren't we lucky for that, though!)
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or maybe he was one of those insect people? Was he Obi Wan's R4 droid? He was obviously confirmed, but I just don't remember what part he played.
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