Would you want to see a comic adaptation of George Lucas's scripts for VII-IX??

[PoorStudent]

So apparently he had drafts written that Disney threw out and I know they did this with his original drafts and I thought it was kind of interesting see how much changed. Would anyone else be interested in reading something like this? Do you think it would ever happen?

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[WebLurker]

Might be interesting. Would it happen? Don't know. They don't exactly publish much non-canon stuff outside of kids books these days.

[BruceWayneJr.]

I'd be curious to read what he had planned, but Lucas probably wants to keep it to himself at this point.

The "world of midichlorians" stuff sounds so out there and far removed from the originals, but on the other hand a lot of people still feel that way about the prequels for superficial reasons, and it would be interesting to see how it all links up.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

I doubt Lucas' drafts for the ST were as detailed as the drafts from the OT. If they had been, then Lucas probably had enough of a story there to make the movies himself. And if Lucas had a story, he would have made the ST himself, without question.

I've read Rinzler's comics of the original draft and if you read it you can sort of get the story and the direction that Lucas was going towards. Some of the characters there are clearly stuff he later split into two and so on. So he had the material and the stuff he needed, he just needed to, in Michelangelo's words, "cut out everything that isn't A New Hope".

If the drafts for the ST were anywhere as detailed, I for one would be extremely surprised.

[David Walton]

I doubt Lucas' drafts for the ST were as detailed as the drafts from the OT. If they had been, then Lucas probably had enough of a story there to make the movies himself. And if Lucas had a story, he would have made the ST himself, without question.

I've read Rinzler's comics of the original draft and if you read it you can sort of get the story and the direction that Lucas was going towards. Some of the characters there are clearly stuff he later split into two and so on. So he had the material and the stuff he needed, he just needed to, in Michelangelo's words, "cut out everything that isn't A New Hope".

If the drafts for the ST were anywhere as detailed, I for one would be extremely surprised.

Not sure how detailed they were, but I believe Lucas actually got as far as having concept art for Luke Skywalker drawn up.

When he was still developing the concept for the OT, the Whills were a transcendent alien race who viewed the story from a less flawed perspective than the human protagonists. I do kind of wonder if R2-D2 would have been plugged into that role. You could easily imagine Lucas having R2-D2 telling the story of the Skywalkers to future generations long after they passed, since he was the only character to observe most of the events and never have his memory wiped.

[Revolutionary_Jack]

Not sure how detailed they were, but I believe Lucas actually got as far as having concept art for Luke Skywalker drawn up.

Concept art for one character is still too early. ANH was farther along by comparison.

When he was still developing the concept for the OT, the Whills were a transcendent alien race who viewed the story from a less flawed perspective than the human protagonists. I do kind of wonder if R2-D2 would have been plugged into that role. You could easily imagine Lucas having R2-D2 telling the story of the Skywalkers to future generations long after they passed, since he was the only character to observe most of the events and never have his memory wiped.

As time went on, Lucas felt more comfortable implying that rather than stating it outright.

Which you know, he does like to do more than he's given credit for. For instance, in ROTS, he made the earlier drafts where Palpatine outright tells Anakin he created him, much more ambiguous in the final version with Darth Plagueis the Wise. It's heavily implied of course but there's an ambiguous menace there that works better.