Tyrphanax said:
I was just telling people the other day that "if the money was right..."
Be interesting to see more as it develops.
He probably saw the headlines reading "Disney buys Lucasfilm, Episode VII in 2015" and thought "no paycheck is too big," continued reading, saw "Lucas will not be writing or directing" and thought "I'm in!"
Haha
Anyway, this is my first post in this thread since the news broke just over a week ago. Here are my thoughts:
As several people have noted, we're looking at (potentially) the first live-action Star Wars (one with EPISODE in the title, even) to not have the 20th Century Fox fanfare. I guess it's not THAT big of a deal, but I must admit, against my better judgement, the nostalgic part of my brain just does not like that prospect.
I could almost see Disney doing the following:
Bartering with Fox to get home video distribution rights on the six existing films (TPM 3D hasn't even hit blu-ray yet!). Fox would probably ask a pretty penny for those rights, so to sweeten the deal, Disney gives them theatrical distribution rights for the upcoming sequels. Disney would hold on to distribution rights for Blu-ray/dvd/download/television etc which is where the REAL money is anyway. Also, let's not forget, Fox would only be getting a small cut of the gross. The bulk of the box office would go to LFL and therefore to Disney.
Still, it would give Fox the pride of continuing to release this legendary franchise in theaters, and nostalgic nerds like me will get to hear Alfred Newman's music when the lights go down.
Y'know what would also be nice?
Given what we've been told over the past week, it's not entirely unreasonable to think that George is no longer in a position to dictate terms of the OOT's release. Fox wants to make money, Disney wants to make money. You would certainly hope that 4.05 billion was enough to convince George not to be such a control freak. Seriously, if he included some ironclad clause about the older versions never again seeing the light of day that's just sad.
So here's what would be nice:
Whether it's from Disney or Fox, I'd like to see Ultimate Edition blu-rays of the six movies. Perhaps put them out one by one following their theatrical 3D releases. Starting with Episode I, an all-out set with the newest version and the original theatrical version. Same with Episodes II and III. For the OT, I would absolutely love it if we got all three theatrically-released versions of the three films, all in HD ala the Blade Runner set. Disc One would be whatever version ends up in theaters in a couple years, Disc Two would be the '97 version and Disc Three would be the original.
Are you listening, Disney (and/or Fox)?????
I will settle for nothing less!!!!
I'll save my thoughts on Episode VII for that thread.