The Raid actors joining Star Wars 7

[zumbledum]

I am guessing they are for choreography. Which is cool.

I read a cool idea that maybe they would be bounty hunters. And I totally love that idea.

wouldn't it make more sense to hire the choreographers if thats what they wanted? they are quite different skill sets, i mean being able to play the violin doesn't make you a conductor.

the thing that made the action pieces in the original 3 so good and memorable was they were not really action scenes they were all plot devices they all told important story. as much as i want to see these guys go nuts with light sabers there just not going to have the impact of "if you strike me down...."

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

I am guessing they are for choreography. Which is cool.

I read a cool idea that maybe they would be bounty hunters. And I totally love that idea.

wouldn't it make more sense to hire the choreographers if thats what they wanted? they are quite different skill sets, i mean being able to play the violin doesn't make you a conductor.

Actually, two of them are both. Iko Uwais (Rama) and Yayan Ruhian (Mad Dog/Prakoso) did fight choreography for both The Raid movies in addition to starring in them.

 

[Guffe]

Yeah, bring back Ray Park and his opponent in G.I.Joe and make the lightsabers shorter, more like short katanas or long knives and we're going to have a hell of a 2 hours to sit through
Honestly I think this is good, I hope they still keep the fighting a bit slower. Maul was the first one which fighted very fast (due to lack of not using the force?) but then again I liked the slower paced more samurai-ish battles like Count Dooku and the 3 first movies (Vader and co).
But we'll see, we'll see. They did good in Raid movies so I doubt they're that bad choices!