Disney Acquires LucasFilm for $4.05 billion, Episode 7 in 2015, 8 and 9 to Follow, New Film Every 2-3 Years — Page 12

AntcuFaalb said:

Ewan McGregor: "Wonder if they will need any Obi-Wan Hologram action??!”

What does he mean? I'm confused...

If Obi-Wan shows up again as a ghost, Ewan wants to play him.  Another thing that will make the OT in the middle look awkward.

cbaka said:

greenpenguino said:

cbaka said:

R.I.P Lucasfilm 1971-2012 :(

that's what happened to my Jorg Sacul action figures, when i heard the news...Today will be a day long remembered. It has seen the death of Lucasfilms, and will soon see the end of SW fan's childhood ...Sad...sad.

and all the expand universe stuff is not interesting at all, to see in films..seriously if there's some disney's good films from franchise (Avangers for exeeeeeeemple) they are all forgettable..and i'm pretty sur that the episodes 1,2,3 will be masterpieces compared to every new SW disney movie to come.

no more fox fanfare, no more lucafilm logo, no more darkness, more ewoks, more jar jar ear Mickey, and more princess leia SWHS songs...

lightning my lightsaber, cut my head off !!!! oh shitt i'm still waking

Btw : from what Simon pegg's movie is that ?

It is from a British TV series called "Spaced", which was directed by Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, etc.) and co-stars Nick Frost.  The funniest thing about this scene to me is that, as far as I can figure, the first season may have been in production before Star Wars Episode 1 came out, during that time they were very positive about Star Wars but didn't use any actual sounds, music, or paraphernalia of Star Wars, but come season 2 (produced well after SW Episode 1) it seemed almost as if they got permission from Lucasfilm to reference and use Star Wars stuff more based on how positive the first season was toward Star Wars, but, of course, they were now jaded.  (How was that for a lengthy sentence?)  So, when the season starts, one of the characters has come back from a trip and asks what Simon Pegg's character has been up to, he says he had a few things to work through... with George Lucas, and they cut to the bonfire that you asked about (complete with Return of the Jedi music).  Here's a clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJlgpozN31s  and the Jar-Jar hate train doesn't stop there http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUQfHRfX2o8

rpvee said:

Bingowings said:

rpvee said:

The way Disney has been phrasing this... "there will be more films"... it's not like they're even trying to convince us they care about the story.  The story ended at the end of Jedi, simple as that, but they say "more films" as if they'll keep making them until people stop paying to see them.  They didn't say "another trilogy".  "More films".  However many that means.  Star Wars will lose its identity.  But at least the original six will maintain their status, since they'll always be seen as officially Lucas' vision/ideas.

Honestly, I'm really worried about the scores.  A Star Wars feature, live-action film without John Williams?  Unthinkable.

There you go again.

The story only ends with Jedi if you think it's about the living flesh of Anakin Skywalker (something that would never have crossed anyone's mind until 1999.

If you think it's about wars in the stars of a distant galaxy a long time ago you can have hundreds of legitimate episodes.

I suspect that there will be suckage but there is the potential with billions of clones, former Imperial generals and the like to try and unsteady the new republic, not to mention Leia going off the rails and Anakin existing as a ghost to keep some of that continuity going (just not the the EU one).

It sucks space balls if the saga ends with Jedi anyway, it's a really bad film and almost as bad as the PT.

The story ends with Jedi even in terms of just the OT.  The bad guys we've encountered since Star Wars are dead, the good guys we've loved since Star Wars are happy, their arcs are complete, story over.  Even if Jedi isn't the best of the trilogy, no one has outright called it a bad or incomplete ending to the saga, so why should it be now?

I'd be fine with more Star Wars movies if they just didn't use the "Episode" thing.  The "Episodes" should be left be, done and over with, the tale of Luke Skywalker and his father (or Anakin Skywalker and his son, whichever) made by George Lucas and respected as that.  And from there, we can have "Star Wars: The New Jedi" or "Star Wars: Boba Fett" or "Star Wars: Winds Forming Sand Dunes on Tatooine"... just not "Episodes".

Still doesn't make sense.

It's set in the same continuity has many of the same characters so why not have them as episodes?

The latest stories of Doctor Who are episodes of the same show and that is constantly in flux.

If we see stuff that Qui-Gon did rippling out past ROTJ it's a continuation so it deserves to be recognised as such.

I liked the Vong.

They were a breath of fresh air after all those superweapon plots and dark jedi attempting to abduct Leia's kids storylines.

A powerful enemy that would unite the remains of the Empire with the Alliance.

They look odd (maybe not so much after Maul but I digress), have totally different motives than the Empire and are genuinely dangerous.

I liked the way it could almost be used as justification for what Palpatine did if he could see them coming.

And the guy is a much more proven director than anyone else who has made a Star Wars film, even St Kersh.

A lot of pessimism on this board.  I expected people to be excited at the prospect of new movies without Lucas screwing them up.

In all honesty, I think the new movies will be good.  Because it makes sense business-wise to make good movies.  I'm sure Disney knows how special this property is, and how much pressure is being directed at them.  I seriously doubt they're gonna screw this up.

Think of all the film makers who are huge SW fans.  I highly doubt they'll hire just some hack to do this.  I imagine somebody getting the job based on how driven they seem.  I mean, hell, they hired freakin' James Gunn for the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.

Really, If I get a new Star Wars movie that is fun and doesn't suck, I think it'll be great.

Also, do you think some of the actors from the original movies have been signed for the new ones without us knowing it?

twister111 said:

I laughed WAY too hard at this... nicely done!

I remain mostly optimistic. 

• Nothing Disney can do could be any worse than AOTC. 
• Disney loved releasing deluxe DVD/BRD. This makes me hopeful that a "Diamond Edition" of the OT with the OUT included is on the way 'before it goes back in the vault!' 
• The POTC were not to my personal liking, but should be looked at as Disney not always making films pandering to little kids (although mostly family friendly, the way Star Wars should be).
• It's not like they can somehow make a film worse than AOTC.
• I have no concern about the EU. It's been fun, sometimes it sucks, maybe Disney will take some of the good bits, maybe not, but it's of no truck to me. 
• It's been 25+ years since the real Star Wars (OT) ended. Now there's a strong line between the work I love, and lots and lots and lots of derivative works. I see it like my favorite novel, "Dracula." There's lots of Dracula stuff getting made, and I feel pleased if it turns out to be something I can enjoy, and if it isn't, maybe the next Dracula film will be enjoyable. 
• Worst case scenario, anything Disney makes is poor to mediocre. So are most movies. I'd rather watch a mediocre Star Wars movie than "Battleship."
  
  
• AOTC is insurpassably bad.  

Bingowings said:

I liked the way it could almost be used as justification for what Palpatine did if he could see them coming.

And the guy is a much more proven director than anyone else who has made a Star Wars film, even St Kersh.

I hated the idea that the bad guys were really 'justified' because they were so far-seeing. It also made the good guys a bunch of short sighted tools.

I loved both Serenity and Avengers, but to be fair Serenity was a pretty niche movie, and Avengers benefited from what has to be the single most elaborate build up and marketing plan in the history of film. 

ps. 

Oh yeah, I guess I'm back. Woop Woop!

I don't believe in evil people so it just plays better for me if a guy thinks he is doing things for the right reasons ends up doing evil things.

Palpatiine included.

I still think it would would have been more interesting if he was a nice old politician who got a few magic lessons from his pal Anakin and became an addict.

We have all done that from time to time, haven't we?

AntcuFaalb said:

A lot of pessimism on this board.

This may be the result of LFL dicking-over its fans so many times *cough*GOUT*cough*.

This may also be the result of Disney dicking-over its fans so many times *cough*Song of the South*cough*.

This implies that once she goes LFL + Disney, she'll never go back.

(Take from that previous sentence what you will.)

The OUT and Song of the South situations could not be more different.  Clearly there's a reason Song of the South is locked away.  It's really not accurate to compare them.  Besides, Fox still has the original trilogy, right?