Ca a pas pris longtemps (et c'était évident) :
Entertainment Weekly has learned details on two of the spin-off projects: A young Han Solo saga, focusing on the wisecracking smuggler’s origin story, and a bounty hunter adventure with Boba Fett at the center of a rogue’s gallery of galactic scum.
Several sources close to the projects confirmed this was the direction the development was taking, although each cautioned it’s still very early in the process and, well, the deal could always be altered futher. Lucasfilm and Disney declined to comment on the information.
The Han Solo story would take place in the time period between Revenge of the Sith and the first Star Wars (now known as A New Hope), so although it’s possible Harrison Ford could appear as a framing device, the movie would require a new actor for the lead — one presumably much younger than even the 35-year-old Ford when he appeared in the 1977 original.
The Boba Fett film would take place either between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, or between Empire and Jedi, where the bounty hunter was last seen plunging unceremoniously into a sarlacc pit. Exactly who would play him isn’t much of a complication – in the original trilogy, he never took off his helmet. And in the prequels, we learned he was the son of the original stormtrooper clone, played by Temuera Morrison, who’s still the right age for the part if his services were required.
In addition to bringing back two fan-favorite characters as the leads of their own films, the Han Solo and Boba Fett projects would also allow Darth Vader, in full-on black death-metal gear, to return as a villain, since placing the spin-offs within the original trilogy would mean he is still alive and hissing. That timeline would also open the door for a return from visit with everyone’s favorite degenerate slug-like gangster, Jabba the Hutt.
Walt Disney Co. chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced the existence of spin-off plans yesterday as part of the company’s quarterly earnings report. He said the screenwriters working of the stand-alone films are Simon Kinberg (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Sherlock Holmes) and Lawrence Kasdan (screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark and the filmmaker behind The Big Chill.)
The pair are also involved in the drafting of the new trilogy, with Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) penning the first of the series, which J. J. Abrams has agreed to direct. That film is scheduled to hit theaters in 2015.
There is no indication who might direct the Boba Fett and Han Solo films if they end up coming to fruition. Joe Johnston, director of Captain America and The Rocketeer, originally designed the armor for Boba Fett and told Screenrant he would like to make a film based around the character. Recently, Robert Rodriguez told MTV he would jump at the chance to make a Han Solo film if it were offered to him — although that seemed more like casual interest than a serious proposal.
The recent novel Scoundrels, by sci-fi author Timothy Zahn, focused on the exploits of Solo in the period between A New Hope and Empire as he set up an Ocean’s 11-type heist of a gangster’s fortune. But sources said it was not the basis for any film currently in the works.
As for other spin-offs, Ain’t It Cool reported Monday that a Yoda-centric film may be in the works, and earlier last month Vulture reported Zack Snyder may create a Seven Samurai-inspired Star Wars spin-off, although the filmmaker later said that was untrue.
Bon.
Pour Boba Fett, ça fait plaisir. Je l'ai jamais trouvé aussi culte que la plupart des fans (Jango est un personnage bien plus intéressant pour le coup) mais justement, un film individuel pourrait être chanmé, prenant pour la première fois comme protagoniste un méchant. Je doute qu'ils reprennent Temuera Morrison mais il faudra un basané s'ils veulent être cohérent...Dwayne Johnson?
Non, je sais pas. Goran Visnjic? Déjà trop vieux. Pour Han Solo, je trouve ça plus risqué. Je me dis que ça va être dur de se démarquer de l'interprétation de Ford (à moins qu'ils fassent ce que je kiffe, à savoir prendre Ford et le rajeunir par ordinateur) mais bon, un buddy movie Han/Chewbacca peut donner. Et là aussi, c'est un peu le SW underground (d'ailleurs, un crossover Boba Fett/Han Solo est inévitable). Mais qui? Ford avait 35 ans dans SW. Si c'est sa jeunesse (et pitié, pas TROP jeune, svp), impossible d'avoir un Fassbender par exemple. Ce sera un mec comme Pine ou Hemsworth quand ils furent castés en Kirk et Thor. Donc sans doute un quasi-inconnu.
J'imagine que Kasdan écrit celui-là et Kinberg écrit l'autre.
Je sais pas, par contre, si inclure Vader dans ces spin-off est judicieux.
Pour la réa, je t'aime Joe Johnston, mais je veux du sang neuf, pas un papy.
Et pour le coup, Matthew Vaughn, évoqué pour l'Episode VII, serait plus adéquat pour ces projets-là. Surtout le Boba Fett (et il a déjà bossé avec Kinberg).
