the problem with the SW books after Jedi was that numerous authors took the franchise in different directions

that may be one reason the new movies won't follow any books

I saw Kevin Smith's interview as well. Between that and the trailer, I'm stoked. If it ends up being a Jar Jar Binks annoys the world movie, I'm gonna be ticked

name a book hollywood has done justice to as a movie...there are none that come to my mind.

good onr

Jurassic Park. Godfather. Shawshank, if short stories count.

Fight Club, according to the author.

Die Hard. Big Fish.


i think the issue is making movies of books that are already awesome and fully use the whole book structure effectively. you're kinda going to have to cut something great out. The better bets are books that have some good ideas but other flaws or limitations--especially if it's a visual thing that we've never seen before like Jurassic Park.

I kinda feel the same way about remakes. dont remake the classics--they were already done right. remake the interesting movies that didn't quite get it all together.

The new Sith light saber will kill you, or at least chop your own fingers off.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/colum...204-column.html

You may be right about books. Short stories though, definitely a few were better as movies: Total Recall (Rekall?), The Adjustment Bureau, A Scanner Darkly.

Dark Empire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Empire