Liam Neeson returns as Qui gon jinn

[pandatrooper[TK]]

He'll be doing the voice overs for his force ghost character in the clone wars.

 

http://www.slashfilm.com/liam-neeson-reprising-role-quigon-jinn-episodes-star-wars-clone-wars/#more-96288

 

I don't really follow the tv series but its cool to see him return.

[RogueTrooper[TK]]

Cool.

 

I wish that they had done more with him in the prequels, even if it was as his ghost. I know Qui-Gon was one with the force/jedi ghost in AOTC. That's why you hear Qui-Gon voices yell " Anakin!Anakin! NOoooo!" when Anakin slaughtered the Tusken Raiders. But the didn't play that up too big, but in some of the SW novels they did.... go figure!?!

 

Can wait to see it. Thanks Terry for posting!

[tkrestonva[TK]]

Very cool, indeed.

 

IMO one of the Ep1 characters who had so much potential for character development, but was prematurely killed off. Same goes for Darth Maul. In a way, by providing further insight into these underdeveloped characters it seems that the Clone Wars cartoon series is trying to correct for some of the flaws of the prequels.

 

For convenience, link to a video clip is here

[pandatrooper[TK]]

Lucas had planned to use Qui gon as a force ghost mentor for Obi wan, but Liam neeson broke his leg / hip before filming. Theres concep paintings of his force ghost in the Utapau scenes.

 

I also read that Liam was frustrated with the greenscreen / Lucas style of not giving much direction to actors, so its surprising he has returned to SW.

[RogueTrooper[TK]]

Now that you mentioned it, I remember Liam had a motorcycle accident.

 

Neeson's frustration with the green screen and the non-direction from Lucas, was kind of echoed by Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman. I guess they didn't understand "faster, and more intense" either.

 

If Lucas had let loose of the reins a little bit on the prequels and allowed a good screen writer such as Lawrence Kasdan to help clean up and work on the storylines and character development, maybe brought in some other director, like he did on EP 5 and EP 6, to do Episodes 2 and 3. If Lucas could have stayed just in the executive producers spot, I think there would have been an extremely different outcome. In my mind it would have been on the better end of the spectrum with the prequels. It also would have been nice if he had brought Kersh back to have directed one of the prequels.

 

But, getting back to the Clone Wars Cartoons, I am seeing the same thing too about the better direction with the characters and storyline in the series. I don't think Lucas has his hands totally in the mix with that.

[Quebectrooper]

Liam Neeson's wife died in 2009 after a ski accident here in Quebec.

 

Have you guys seen Liam's movie Taken?

 

I just saw it and loved it. Lot of action.