The "people you may have heard about but probably didn't" death thread.

[chippa13 1844]

Soon to be followed by 2017 and 2018 and....

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Well, until 2020 at least. 

In all seriousness, this year has been pretty abnormal.

[IPv6Freely 2092]

George Michael

GFY 2016.

[Monty22 833]

Carrie Fisher

[IPv6Freely 2092]

May the force be with her, always. 

[chippa13 1844]

I'm curious how they will deal with this in Episode VIII. They may already have as part of moving the Star Wars franchise toward the new characters.

[IPv6Freely 2092]

26 minutes ago, chippa13 said:

I'm curious how they will deal with this in Episode VIII. They may already have as part of moving the Star Wars franchise toward the new characters.

I suppose it's possible for them to find a way to write her out of the script depending on how far along in the process they are. Or perhaps they'll attempt the CGI route like with Rogue One. That looked pretty good for the 10 seconds she was on the screen but not sure if they could pull off any significant scenes with that. 

[Fat Buzz 70]

10 hours ago, chippa13 said:

I'm curious how they will deal with this in Episode VIII. They may already have as part of moving the Star Wars franchise toward the new characters.

I read on several articles that she had already completed all of her scenes in VIII.  

[IPv6Freely 2092]

7 hours ago, Pocketmonster18 said:

I read on several articles that she had already completed all of her scenes in VIII.  

Yeah I read that as well. So it's a question of whether they edit VIII somehow or just omit her from IX, or what. 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Debbie Reynolds.

Carrie Fisher's mom and legendary 1950s actress.

[Stewie 721]

few days behind, but Vera Rubin RIP.

[IPv6Freely 2092]

William Christopher

http://abc7.com/entertainment/william-christopher-father-mulcahy-on-mash-dies-at-84/1680901/ 

[Gummer12 134]

http://www.inquisitr.com/3848710/richard-mackmachowicz-of-future-weapons-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Milt Schmidt

[RadioGaGa 162]

On 12/28/2016 at 9:00 AM, IPv6Freely said:

Yeah I read that as well. So it's a question of whether they edit VIII somehow or just omit her from IX, or what. 

I wonder if they will do an off screen death and use the E9 crawl to explain what happened. 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

2 minutes ago, RadioGaGa said:

I wonder if they will do an off screen death and use the E9 crawl to explain what happened. 

That's actually a good point. They tend to do a lot of backstory filling out in the crawls, so it wouldn't surprise me if they just went with the easiest route possible. 

[Jamarquan 201]

4 hours ago, IPv6Freely said:

That's actually a good point. They tend to do a lot of backstory filling out in the crawls, so it wouldn't surprise me if they just went with the easiest route possible. 

Well, Rogue One had some very well done CGI for Leia and Tarkin. Not saying they can get away with CGI and a voice actor for Episode IX, but maybe.

[althoma1 574]

I thought Leia looked great and realistic, but Tarkin looked like he came straight out of a video game. A game with good graphics,  but very obviously animated. 

[kmfdm86 112]

12 hours ago, althoma1 said:

I thought Leia looked great and realistic, but Tarkin looked like he came straight out of a video game. A game with good graphics,  but very obviously animated. 

Yeah. It was pretty impressive until he started talking. The facial animation just didn't look quite right.

[chippa13 1844]

My bet is episode 9 opens with Leia's funeral.

[RadioGaGa 162]

14 hours ago, chippa13 said:

My bet is episode 9 opens with Leia's funeral.

Apparently, her role in E9 was supposed to be substantial. 

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Tilikum. At least he's finally free.

[Buzz_LightBeer 969]

Superfly Jimmy Snuka

 

i know he had problems later in life, but damn was he something to watch

[Buzz_LightBeer 969]

Superfly Jimmy Snuka

 

i know he had problems later in life, but damn was he something to watch

[fcalog 58]

Butch Trucks

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/butch-trucks-allman-brothers-founding-member-dead-at-69-w462870