Awesome... listen, they're already producing a TV show, okay? The gears are spinning, the wheels are turning, and there's no stopping it, no going back, just as the sun will surely rise again at night.
And Palps melted his own face.
http://forums.starwars.com/thread.jspathreadID=7673&tstart=0&start=20
http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=51109&st=195
http://sideshowcollectors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8515
Just some poles to smooth out the PT OT drama
There is only one reason why the sequel trilogy will/should be made:
MONEY!
There is absolutely no artistic merit in extending the movie series beyond Jedi. It's a natural ending to the storyline, whether it's the OT or the 6 episode saga. I don't see loads of people wanting a ST and although most people here knock it, a ST would overwrite the last 20 years of EU storyline's, alienating the fans of the early EU novels.
But hay, everyone has a mortgage to pay so anything could happen when money is the driving force behind the decision.
Your brain just makes s**t up!
A fate worse than death? Having your head digitally replaced with that of Hayden Christensen!
I would love if Lucas made 7,8,9 so that would totally contradict the story of 'The Tragedy of Anakin Skywalker.' That would shut up all the PT apologists who believe Lucas had this all planned from the start.
Then to jive with Lucas new story of Episodes 1-9, he would go back and start tampering with the PT, so then you could have these fanbases:
1. OOT fans
2. Saga Fans (PT/Original Versions) + OT/Special Editions)
3. Saga Fans, Part II (PT/Special Editions + OT/Special Editions + ST)
It would make the OOT that much greater, because there would be so many bad sequels and prequels, and special edition changes, the only ones that stand out as great quality would be the original 3 OT movies!
Bobby Jay said:
But hay, everyone has a mortgage to pay...
Er...I think Lucas is doing ok in that department.
TV's Frink said:
Bobby Jay said:
But hay, everyone has a mortgage to pay...
Er...I think Lucas is doing ok in that department.
LOL. Well yeah, I think he doesn't have to worry about that either but it was just a way to get across my belief that money would be the only reason to do a ST
Your brain just makes s**t up!
A fate worse than death? Having your head digitally replaced with that of Hayden Christensen!
CO said:
I would love if Lucas made 7,8,9 so that would totally contradict the story of 'The Tragedy of Anakin Skywalker.' That would shut up all the PT apologists who believe Lucas had this all planned from the start.
I'm sorry, but since when does one thing contradicts the other? Planned from the start or not, the saga as it is, is the story of Anakin Skywalker.
So, you want a sequel trilogy made just to go against PT fans? That's sad.
If its the story of Anakin Skywalker, and they make Episodes 7-9, then why does the main character die in episode 6? They should have just stopped making SW movies after ROTJ. Just because you can make a billion dollars on making shitty movies doesn't mean you should.
I can't see it happening, not while the merchandising is doing so well. They make more dough from that than from the movie tickets, so why bother. GL hates making the movies anyway (and he really hates making prints and the cost and hassles of distribution). A season of the cartoon gets you close enough without the effort, the only part you miss out on is theater tickets, which gets divvied up too much anyway.(Plus, you don't have to make up a whole new phoney baloney reason the new "story" is just too important not to tell.)
generalfrevious said:
If its the story of Anakin Skywalker, and they make Episodes 7-9, then why does the main character die in episode 6? They should have just stopped making SW movies after ROTJ. Just because you can make a billion dollars on making shitty movies doesn't mean you should.
If I could make a billion dollars by making some shitty movies trust me I would and trust me so would everyone here. Money talks. Unless you already have plenty of it.
I am starting to believe that lucas knows the OT films were the good ones and he knows he did not put much thought or care into the pt films cause by that time all he wanted was money. he was hurting for it. He uses star wars as a cats paw to trick ppl into giving him more money. after the blue ray dvds it will be even more behind the scenes stuff and then finally when all that is done he will announce plans for a new movie. its only a matter of time. He is just slowly milking it for all its worth
haljordan28 said:
If I could make a billion dollars by making some shitty movies trust me I would and trust me so would everyone here. Money talks. Unless you already have plenty of it.
Since GL already has plenty, he won't do anything.
I am starting to believe that lucas knows the OT films were the good ones and he knows he did not put much thought or care into the pt films cause by that time all he wanted was money. he was hurting for it. He uses star wars as a cats paw to trick ppl into giving him more money. after the blue ray dvds it will be even more behind the scenes stuff and then finally when all that is done he will announce plans for a new movie. its only a matter of time. He is just slowly milking it for all its worth
Of course, because he's a greedy old man who plans to rule the world. Enough with the soap opera, please.
Alexrd said:
haljordan28 said:
If I could make a billion dollars by making some shitty movies trust me I would and trust me so would everyone here. Money talks. Unless you already have plenty of it.
Since GL already has plenty, he won't do anything.
I am starting to believe that lucas knows the OT films were the good ones and he knows he did not put much thought or care into the pt films cause by that time all he wanted was money. he was hurting for it. He uses star wars as a cats paw to trick ppl into giving him more money. after the blue ray dvds it will be even more behind the scenes stuff and then finally when all that is done he will announce plans for a new movie. its only a matter of time. He is just slowly milking it for all its worth
Of course, because he's a greedy old man who plans to rule the world. Enough with the soap opera, please.
'Since GL already has plenty, he won't do anything."
If there is one constant in life it i that the more money you have the more you want. THe rich are never satisfied.
haljordan28 said:
If there is one constant in life it i that the more money you have the more you want. THe rich are never satisfied.
Says who?
Alexrd said:
haljordan28 said:
If there is one constant in life it i that the more money you have the more you want. THe rich are never satisfied.
Says who?
George seems to be more of an investor than anything. Regardless of what anybody says, he creates jobs.
I never saw him as greedy. I always just saw a big ego.
"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas
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He is nothing close to greedy. Yes, however i do think he has a big ego seeing as how he can make anything he wants without Fox freaking out about it like they would during Episode IV
Alexrd said:
So, you want a sequel trilogy made just to go against PT fans? That's sad.
Did you ever hear of sarcasm? I was joking......... of course he's not going to make another trilogy at his age.
CO said:
Did you ever hear of sarcasm? I was joking that he would splinter the fanbase ever more, but of course he's not going to make another trilogy at his age.
I didn't pick on the fanbase split part.
He's not some greedy megalomaniac, nothing that cartoony. We have these expectations that a director will have a passion for directing, and he's just not that guy. (Which is fine, except it can make him seem cunty when he acts like he's doing everyone a favor by releasing dvds or various products, or that it's this huge imposition that people have affection for his early work.)
I sometimes wonder what was going through his mind when he made the PT. I mean, the whole Padme Anaking love thing seemed really Romeo and Juliet with the corny acting.
He should just hand over the directors chair to someone else to do any more Star Wars movies, if that does happen, which i don't think it will in the near future.
Baronlando said:
(Which is fine, except it can make him seem cunty when he acts like he's doing everyone a favor by releasing dvds or various products,)
He is. Otherwise they wouldn't sell so much.
I really do think that episodes 7 8 and 9 should be made.
Partly because of all the iterations of the myth of a planned episodic saga a trilogy of trilogies was the most publicly touted and giving us a final trilogy (if it was a well made trilogy naturally) would in a way fulfill a covenant with people who followed the saga from the beginning (we were promised nine...mostly, then were told we only get three, then got three more which weren't very well made, we sort of deserve three good new ones as compensation).
Then there comes the potential left over in the story which is rather fertile ground for a film trilogy (if you largely ignore the EU).
The PT is about how a badly maintained democracy and an un-cherished peace can lead to division and open the door to war, chaos and tyranny.
The OT is about resistance to tyranny and fighting to restore an idealistic vision of a kinder society.
A ST could be about the reality of trying to match that idealism with the consequences of the war and what caused it, basically building the peace. Will the heroes become the new villains or will they manage to fulfill the dreams they fought for?
If the PT was made properly we would have cared about Anakin and his fall would have been emblematic of the fall of the Republic.
Luke's redemption of his father in the OT (if ROTJ was done a bit better) would have saved the character we cared about in the PT and cleared the way for the heroes of the OT to be (like Anakin before) the focus of the next stage of the grander saga, the struggle to rebuild or start afresh (or fail and become new tyrants).
New characters could present challenges to and perspectives on what they attempt to do once they have won their war.
If the PT should have be a decent into darkness and the OT the fight to keep a spark of light alive a ST could complete the cycle (but it would have to be well written and well made).
Alexrd said:
Baronlando said:
(Which is fine, except it can make him seem cunty when he acts like he's doing everyone a favor by releasing dvds or various products,)
He is. Otherwise they wouldn't sell so much.
Huh?
Baronlando said:
Alexrd said:
Baronlando said:
(Which is fine, except it can make him seem cunty when he acts like he's doing everyone a favor by releasing dvds or various products,)
He is. Otherwise they wouldn't sell so much.
Huh?
Yes?
Bingowings said:
I really do think that episodes 7 8 and 9 should be made.
Partly because of all the iterations of the myth of a planned episodic saga a trilogy of trilogies was the most publicly touted and giving us a final trilogy (if it was a well made trilogy naturally) would in a way fulfill a covenant with people who followed the saga from the beginning (we were promised nine...mostly, then were told we only get three, then got three more which weren't very well made, we sort of deserve three good new ones as compensation).
Then there comes the potential left over in the story which is rather fertile ground for a film trilogy (if you largely ignore the EU).
The PT is about how a badly maintained democracy and an un-cherished peace can lead to division and open the door to war, chaos and tyranny.
The OT is about resistance to tyranny and fighting to restore an idealistic vision of a kinder society.
A ST could be about the reality of trying to match that idealism with the consequences of the war and what caused it, basically building the peace. Will the heroes become the new villains or will they manage to fulfill the dreams they fought for?
If the PT was made properly we would have cared about Anakin and his fall would have been emblematic of the fall of the Republic.
Luke's redemption of his father in the OT (if ROTJ was done a bit better) would have saved the character we cared about in the PT and cleared the way for the heroes of the OT to be (like Anakin before) the focus of the next stage of the grander saga, the struggle to rebuild or start afresh (or fail and become new tyrants).
New characters could present challenges to and perspectives on what they attempt to do once they have won their war.
If the PT should have be a decent into darkness and the OT the fight to keep a spark of light alive a ST could complete the cycle (but it would have to be well written and well made).
Words from the Prophet
WhatsMyName said:
Words from the Prophet
Merely a Pope from Benidorm I assure you ;-)