So if this happens will the comics become non canon

[orpheusxi]

ok so as we all know the season 8 BTVS comics are out and in the Faith arc from what i understand Giles sends Faith on a mission and whatnot. If ripper comes out it was said to take place after the events of chosen and giles is all alone but he cant be if he has his own slayer squad. someone fill in the blanks as to if these two can coexsist please.

 

[nerd4hire]

I haven't heard it said publicly where, or when this current version of ripper is to be set, or what's happening when they get there. You're not confusing it with the old stories of Ripper are you? Give us a link, so we can understand what you mean.

 

[alexa]

Well it's being made for the BBC.. sounds like a series that is in the *early* stages of development. But it is promising that Joss has confirmed it. I'm also wondering if it will be set after or around what's going on in season 8.

I posted about it here: Ripper and Spike Movie to Be Revived - Page 2 - Buffy-Boards
Don't have much info about plots though.

 

[nerd4hire]

Here's the video of where Joss first announced the possibility of Ripper was starting to look probable.

YouTube - Comic-Con: Joss Whedon

Here's the history of Ripper from Wikipedia.

Ripper was originally a proposed television show based upon the character of Rupert Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (created by Joss Whedon). More recent information has suggested that if Ripper were ever made it would be a TV-movie or a DVD-movie.[3] Giles, played by British actor Anthony Stewart Head, was nicknamed 'Ripper' while he was dabbling in the occult during his rebellious youth.

Whedon said that the show would be in the tradition of "classic English ghost stories" and would explore the theme of loneliness. Head described the idea as being like "Cracker with ghosts";[4] Cracker was a successful and critically-acclaimed British television drama about the work of a criminal psychologist that had run on the ITV network in the early 1990s. Whedon elaborated on some the themes he had planned for the series: "The people who live there, it's all very isolated. [Giles] himself has been gone for many years. He was surrounded by a de facto family that he no longer has. And [he is] sort of picking up his life all alone, and then getting involved in the underbelly of other people's lives, and finding out all about them. Loneliness is what I think of. It may not be the theme so much as the emotional intent of the series, but that's what really attracts it to me the most"[5] It was later reported that Whedon had written the two-hour pilot, and that Espenson and other Buffy staff writers had penned story outlines for other potential episodes.[6]

Originally in 2001, the show was planned to be aired as a miniseries on the BBC. Later mentions suggested a TV movie, however in an interview in December 2005, Head suggested that Ripper would be a "two hour movie, that might become part of a series of [Buffyverse] DVDs".[7] Whedon is presently involved in Goners, Runaways, and Buffy Season 8.

At Comic Con 2007, Joss Whedon confirmed that talks were almost completed for a 90-minute Ripper special on the BBC,[1] with both Head and the BBC completely on board.

Undeveloped Buffyverse productions - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

So that's where you got the Giles alone thing from, right? The remark is from Buffy Magazine. October 2001. So the question would then be will this current proposal be the same script from back then? I'm going to go out on a limb, and say there's no news on that.

Will it be set after the events of Chosen? No confirmed word on that I know of.

Will it be canon? Yes.

Will the comics still be canon. Yes.

Will he make adjustments for continuity if the story should take place after Chosen? I'd guess yes.

 

[Hit The Books]

Besides, the comics pick up where Season Seven left off - which was four or so years ago.

 

[Rowan Hawthorn]

Well, not exactly where Season Seven stopped - according to interviews at the time the comic run started, they're supposed to be set about a year and half or so later.

 

[alexa]

I'm not sure why people are so confused about the timing >.> I think Joss will work it out guys 😛
I'm just looking forward to something new on tv. I suppose 90min is great, but I'd love a series.. I know Joss has said he's afraid of going through what he went through with Firefly and Angel, but I would have thought it was worth it, I'm glad Angel and Firefly exist even though they didn't finish where intended.