I would really love a brutally dark atmosphere for the other films that maintains the fantastical spirit of the Star Wars Universe. Being absolutely realistic to what it means to live in such harsh worlds and endless creatures, but being fast and loose of the physics and gunfire. It's possible to strike a good balance, and I can see Abrams wanting to go for that, and Disney being absolutely opposed in every way. So here's hoping we don't get a confused mess of something glorious like most of TESB and the pod-racing in episode one or the award ceremony in ANH attempting to fill the same scene.
I recommend you check out the Star Wars comics published by Dark Horse, there's lots of that stuff going on!I would really love a brutally dark atmosphere for the other films that maintains the fantastical spirit of the Star Wars Universe. Being absolutely realistic to what it means to live in such harsh worlds and endless creatures, but being fast and loose of the physics and gunfire.
I have the original run of The Tales of the Jedi series from back in the 90's (with the cool foil covers and all) but I'll have to look into what the have now. I just went and checked out the Dark Horse catalogs and, not even including the digital catalog, just the hard copies they have for sale, there are 18 pages with 56 per page. Damn. Some of these look fantastic, at least art-wise.
Oh, the art is a whole lot better. The stories are much more cohesive and work well to bring a greater sense of that universe. I just plowed through a bunch of the latest series. I'd highly recommend them if you're into comics and Star Wars for sure.