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My name is Prince, and I am an Urban Acolyte.
If you haven't heard, there's a rumor that David Benioff and Dan Weiss, the guys producing
Game of Thrones, are going to start working on their Star Wars trilogy this fall, and
the rumor goes on to say that it will be set hundreds of years before the Skywalker Saga.
The rumor is coming from John Hoey, the co-lead editor and senior writer for Star Wars News
Net.
John says his source for the rumor is someone who has worked on every Star Wars film since
Lucasfilm was acquired by Disney, and they are 95% sure about this information.
What John said from his source is that "they were approached about working on the next
movie this Autumn.
It is not Rian Johnson's trilogy, it is the Game of Thrones guys' first movie, and it
is set during the Old Republic, as Disney wants to open up the Star Wars timeline and
appeal to a more 'Game of Thrones' style audience.
"So the timeline is hundreds of years prior to the Skywalkers, so think almost Star Wars
meets Lord of the Rings."
"Filming starts in the Fall and art departments are in design phases now as the script is
being finalized.
That is all I know but I am 95% confident that this is accurate."
Again, this is only a rumor, and John has not been able to confirm any of this information
with his other sources who have worked on Star Wars films or any inside contacts he
may have within Lucasfilm who can confirm this information.
I would have to say to keep checking back with Star Wars News Net for any confirmation
from John--you can stay tuned here, but I'm so overwhelmed with other videos that it might
take me awhile to get to it-- I mean, I've already known about this information for the
last 2 days, and I am just now getting around to doing the video.
Anyway--maybe all of this IS true, I want to say why you should not get excited for
The Old Republic-- I mean, yay, it means more Star Wars, and I for sure would like to see
Star Wars with more Jedi, Sith, and force abilities at up front and center--but I have
to make some things clear, because I feel like the people that I've seen discussing
this are setting up Star Wars fans for a huge disappointment.
Look y'all-- When people mention anything to do with Star Wars and The Old Republic,
they instantly think of Revan and Bastilla.
Okay, what do we actually know about the Old Republic?
We know that there was a schism within the Jedi Order that led to the creation of the
Sith Order.
We know there was a Jedi-Mandalorian War.
We know that the Jedi went on a literal Crusade to wipe out the Sith and something happened
at Malachor that caused the Sith to spend maybe 1000 years planning their revenge, which
happens all during the Skywalker saga.
We've learned about some new Sith Lords in addition to Darth Bane and the Sith Lords
from the Prequels.
We know that there was another group that broke off from the Jedi called the Ordu Aspectu
that was very much like the Sith in that they were seeking physical immortality.
We also know--based on what Palpatine said, that at some point, the Sith ruled the galaxy.
We don't know much more than what I've stated.
We don't know if there was a Sith Emperor named Vitiate.
We don't know if Revan and Malach ever disobeyed the Jedi Order, led a group of Jedi against
the Mandalorians, and later returned to the Republic as Sith Lords with an army and Rakata
technology.
See, I belong to a group on Facebook who are fans of the Old Republic.
When I joined, I thought they were fans of the MMO game, "The Old Republic," but it turns
out the people in the group, at least now, are fans of the Bioware story about the Old
Rebublic.
They are fans of the Legends stories about The Old Republic.
When they heard that The Old Republic could be part of the canon stories coming out over
the next decade, they automatically assumed that it's going to be Revan and Bastilla,
Darth Malgus, Satele, all the stuff from the video games and comic books about the story
Bioware presented in the Knights of the Old Republic computer game in 2003.
Look, this is why you shouldn't get excited about "The Old Republic," because if you're
expecting to see the story that was in Knights of the Old Republic, you're going to be disappointed.
Pablo Hidalgo said a long time ago that maybe Revan is just a legend that people talk about--this
Jedi who was maybe a Sith that no one really knows what the truth is about them...and I
say them meaning no one actually knows if Revan was a man or woman.
I mean, that could say that the story group hasn't decided on the status of Revan, they
have and Pablo isn't going to let anything slip; or Revan is going to be a carrot dangled
out there for Star Wars fans the way Broly was for Dragonball fans.
Another thing--Pablo Hidalgo has always had some rather funny things to say about how
when you look at the Old Republic games that are supposed to be set 4000 years before the
events in the Prequels, all of the technology, for the most part, looks the same.
Republic soldiers look pretty much the same as Clone Troopers.
Ships look the same.
It's like there hasn't been any progress made when it comes to technology in 4000 years.
So I would say this-- I think the description of "think Star Wars meets Lord of the Rings"
is very telling.
Star Wars is supposed to be this space fantasy--how would you feel if the fantasy angle was played
up more than the science fiction aspect?
So I'm really saying-- be open to this story being set in the Old Republic, but it's not
the Old Republic that some people are expecting to see.
I mean, this sounds like it's going to be intended for a more mature audience, but even
adult fans who are old enough to have been around for Knights of the Old Republic games
are not knowledgable of Revan and Bastilla.
I mean, I'll be honest, I see a lot of adult Reylo fans who don't even know the story of
Revan and Bastila outside of what they gleaned from Wookiepeedia, Tumblr, or someone's YouTube
video who may not be the best source of information.
Like my cousin DJ is a huge Star Wars fan--he wasn't playing KOTOR back in 2003.
I mean, I had someone from a popular Star Wars blog suggest I do something around old
Star Wars games on this channel to get more Star Wars fans interested in my content--
bro, I'm not playing those games.
I played all of KOTOR in 2003.
I loved it.
I started playing KOTOR 2 when I got deployed to my ship in the Gulf, and I never picked
up the game again.
If someone wants to take my Star Wars creds for not finishing Lords of the Sith, they
can have them-- I'll take going to Dubai, Hong Kong, and Kuala Lampur any day because
all that stuff set me on the path to become an Urban Acolyte.
Remember--at the end of the day, this stuff is entertainment.
If you can take a lesson or a piece of inspiritation away from it to enrich your lives and others--that's
what's important.
So if we get this Old Republic Trilogy and it's some completely new story that doesn't
involve Revan, Bastila, or any of the events from Legends-- look, it's not the end of the
world.
Your childhood wasn't ruined.
There are fans out there who didn't know anything about this stuff, and there's nothing wrong
with them if they like this canon story even if it has nothing to do with the stuff from
the video games.
Look, I'm just trying to tell y'all to go in with an open mind.
If you never knew anything about The Old Republic, and I came up to you after Game of Thrones
ends in a few months and said,"hey dude, Dave and Dan are making something like a new Game
of Thrones, but it's set in Star Wars, bro-- imagine all those crazy battle scenes with
lightsabers and the Force, bro?"
If you already liked Game of Thrones, and you also like Star Wars, you would probably
come close to jizzing your pants with excitement.
Like yo man--this can be a good thing.
And
since I've always said to use the present to build the past-- I feel like whatever is
happening in these movies could be something that sets up Rian Johnson's movie...and I
feel like both could be building on something that happens in Episode 9.
The circle expands beyond the concerns of the Skywalker family to focus back on the
galaxy as a whole.
That thing that Kylo Ren and the First Order are competing with Rey, Finn, Poe, and the
Resistance to find could have its origin story told in an Old Republic prequel trilogy, and
the outcome of whatever it is they find could be told in the Rian Johnson produced movies.
That's how you tie all of this stuff together while telling brand new stories set in the
Star Wars Universe.
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