Jubal lives!

POSTED BY: Spinland
UPDATED: Sunday, December 11, 2005 16:01
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SPINLAND

Friday, December 2, 2005 10:18 PM

I, for one, have always just smirked at speculations that Jubal Early survived his space walk, and would have appeared in some later episode. The death was just too cool, too Joss, for him to let him slip the noose.

Until today.

Now, I have the impression that Joss isn't above speaking "from the hip" to frack with people's heads. Still, today I readn an interview with him; here's a little bit of it:

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The Dude: You also have to bring back Jubal Early, man.

Joss Whedon: I know! Especially because I love that character.

The Dude: It would be fitting if he survived that.

Joss Whedon: Oh, I know he survived.

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In Mal's immortal words, "Hunh."

Here's a link to the whole interview:

http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_6536.html

Keep flyin'!

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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds

GYPSYLIFE

Friday, December 2, 2005 10:37 PM

I KNOW. I totally knew it in my gut that he called his ship back to him or something. He had to survive. I just hope we see him in the comics or whatever venue continues.

NANDY

Friday, December 2, 2005 10:47 PM

I am so glad. That character was way too wierd an crazy to just be written off.

"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with until you understand who's in ruttin' command here."

SPINLAND

Saturday, December 3, 2005 12:13 AM

And, per usual, there was already a thread about this interview. Heh.

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=15250

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"That's what governments are for, [to] get in a man's way." -- Malcolm Reynolds

DUFF

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 5:01 AM

That... would actually be really, really cool. Jubal was an awesome character. Steeped in badass with a touch of Wash's silliness. He was one of the best characters.

Oh, hi, btw. I am new.

GIANTEVILHEAD

Wednesday, December 7, 2005 9:53 AM

I wonder how he'll come in conflict with Serenity again. It's actually a good thing that he didn't capture River, if he had, the Hands of Blue guys would have splattered his brain.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

LOUGOJIRA

Friday, December 9, 2005 4:11 AM

I've wondered why Jubal's ship drifts off there at the end. I'd figure that Mal and the crew could, if nothing else, tow it along and then sell it off for money, gut it out for replacement parts, or both. Plus, River was about half-way back to Mal and the Serenity when it took off. Unless she set the controls to have a delayed activation to send it away, I got the feeling that Early may have called his ship back to himself, or perhaps his ship has a homing mechanism to something in Early's suit.

Also, when he boards the Serenity, he doesn't bother with a safety line. If the Serentiy had taken off suddenly while he was in mid-drift, he'd have been screwed. Surely he's entered ships in this way before (he is a bounty hunter after all), so he's bound to have a safety net kind of plan for himself.

Finally, there at the end, Early isn't panicked at all as he's floating through space. Yeah, he's a cool character, but he's not above freaking out...look at how nervous he got when he found out that River had boarded his ship.

It's reasons like this that I think Early survived...he survived by his ship coming back to pick him up. Now, whether or not he's going to go after River again has yet to be seen. Personally, I'd think we would, but he'd try to catch her off of the ship.

For that matter, is the Alliance even after River or Simon anymore?

GIANTEVILHEAD

Friday, December 9, 2005 12:01 PM

Early's ship is very small, almost as small as the hospital shuttle in "Ariel", it's entirely possibly that there's a bigger ship waiting for him. Plus I don't think Early ever said that he was working alone. Maybe Early has an arrangement with the crew of a bigger ship similar to Inara's arrangement with Mal.

"I swallowed a bug." -River Tam

LOUGOJIRA

Friday, December 9, 2005 3:35 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Giantevilhead:
Early's ship is very small, almost as small as the hospital shuttle in "Ariel", it's entirely possibly that there's a bigger ship waiting for him. Plus I don't think Early ever said that he was working alone. Maybe Early has an arrangement with the crew of a bigger ship similar to Inara's arrangement with Mal.

I hadn't even considered that...but it sounds feasible to me!

ONLYFOOTPRINTS

Friday, December 9, 2005 4:52 PM

I don't think we should assume that the bounty Early was planning to collect was offered by the Alliance. Early appeared to have a great ability to accomplish his plan. To allow himself to get set adrift in space without some contingency in place would not be in keeping with the character as portrayed. Though Early appeared as a villain, he could later have acquired information as to River's plight and what caused it. He then could have become an ally or suddenly come to the rescue of Serenity in an inescapable predicament. Following the BDM certainly there are some empty places in the crew needing to be filled. That's why I love scifi: so many possibilities.

So many worlds. So little time.

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