Casette opened this issue on May 19, 2005 ยท 91 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Fri, 20 May 2005 at 1:06 PM
I don't know about kirk, Xenophonz, but as for star wars, Han Solo is aging along with the rest of the cast. The last novel I read (and didn't finish) in the star wars novel line (or expanded universe, as its commonly referred to), was Vector Prime which takes place approximately 25 years after the events of ROTJ, and in which Anakin "jr" and the twins are adults, Luke is married to Mara Jade and Han is in his mid to late 50s. Oh, and chewie's dead (which was approved by lucasarts).
Theoretically, Kirk was killed off, too.....but in the Star Trek universe, being dead is just a minor technicality.
A novel has already been written (by William Shatner, I think) in which Capt. Kirk is brought back to life by the Borg.
Neat trick, eh?
No.....my point concerning characters like Kirk and Solo being eternally 35 had more to do with the continuance of the story franchise.
Sure, I've even seen a many-years-ago "biography" of James Bond, in which the ex-agent was portrayed as an aging retiree.
But Bond is still doing what he's always done -- for all that. In fact, his "official biography" has dropped off into forgotten obscurity.
If nothing else, the fans will keep Han Solo alive. So long as the fans themselves are alive, and care about such things.
Who knows? If they can seriously talk about making a "Mr. Ed" movie, then someone might bring back Trek or SW's 50 years from now.........