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I think Empire should open up its email address book and ask as many film stars what they think. First and foremost for me would be Simon Pegg / Edgar Wright / Nick Frost and Kevin Smith.
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"you've got yourself a new apprentice, now lets go kill some Jedi kids!"
Anakin has already committed infanticide long before he becomes a Sith ( the Tusken slaughter). It's established throughout the movies that Sith (e.g. the Darth Tyranous stuff) that Anakin knows full well that the Sith do evil things. Committing evil is the price he has to pay for saving Padme, which is all he cares about. People who sell their soul More
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I think Empire should open up its email address book and ask as many film stars what they think. First and foremost for me would be Simon Pegg / Edgar Wright / Nick Frost and Kevin Smith.
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I think one of the great challenges for the new trilogy is to come up with a strong villain. Darth Vader was one of the greatest film villains of all time. It's going to be very hard to come up with a new character that can rival Lord Vader!
Do you think so! Iconic, yes, wouldnt put him in the top ten greatest villians personally. I think its The Emperor that will be hard to rival. More
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"you've got yourself a new apprentice, now lets go kill some Jedi kids!"
Anakin has already committed infanticide long before he becomes a Sith ( the Tusken slaughter). It's established throughout the movies that Sith (e.g. the Darth Tyranous stuff) that Anakin knows full well that the Sith do evil things. Committing evil is the price he has to pay for saving Padme, which is all he cares about. People who sell their soul to the devil don't ten More
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I think one of the great challenges for the new trilogy is to come up with a strong villain. Darth Vader was one of the greatest film villains of all time. It's going to be very hard to come up with a new character that can rival Lord Vader!
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"you've got yourself a new apprentice, now lets go kill some Jedi kids!"
Anakin has already committed infanticide long before he becomes a Sith ( the Tusken slaughter). It's established throughout the movies that Sith (e.g. the Darth Tyranous stuff) that Anakin knows full well that the Sith do evil things. Committing evil is the price he has to pay for saving Padme, which is all he cares about. People who sell their soul to the devil don't tend to pay in installment More
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Actually the pressure will be on Kathleen Kennedy as the 'Kevin Feige' of the new LucasFilm. But it's not like she has no experience in such things. I'd say its in good hands.
s far as I can tell, although she has worked on all 4 Indy movies and has a long history of working with Spielberg, she has never been involved in Star Wars. ever.
my initial thought is: Does that mean Spielberg will direct Episode VII? My second is a worry about her lack of More
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Actually the pressure will be on Kathleen Kennedy as the 'Kevin Feige' of the new LucasFilm. But it's not like she has no experience in such things. I'd say its in good hands.
s far as I can tell, although she has worked on all 4 Indy movies and has a long history of working with Spielberg, she has never been involved in Star Wars. ever.
my initial thought is: Does that mean Spielberg will direct Episode VII? My second is a worry about her lack of SW experience, and my More
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I don't think this isn't a bad thing, Disney/ Marvel have done well with the Avengers films, so they obviously have people that cherish the material and understand the fans. I'd say it's safer in Disney's hands than Lucas's. He can't leave them alone. With that in mind Disney need to release a blu ray none Special Edition of the first three films (Han Shot first Mickey deal with it) It's a blatant cash in but would get fans on side.
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ALWAYS thought that Lucas and that lady who wrote Romaning The Stone had planned a third cycle. The further trilogy of re-booted capers for Luke, Han, Chewie & Leila without Lucas dominating? Or even the old guard reprising their roles to make way for young blood? Another chance for Spielberg to do one? Very promising indeed. More
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Just got an image in my head of a masked George Lucas standing over legions of Star Wars fans, menacingly stating "when Star Wars is ashes, you have my permission to cry".
The only good thing that might come of this is the release of restored theatrical editions on Blu-ray (which would never have happened while Lucas had full control). Other than that, I don't particularly want to see a haggered Princess Leia strutting around in a gold bikini hand-in-hand with a dementia-suffering Han Solo More
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Actually the pressure will be on Kathleen Kennedy as the 'Kevin Feige' of the new LucasFilm. But it's not like she has no experience in such things. I'd say its in good hands. More
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I just hope they learn the lessons of the prequels. Lucas not writing them is a good start.
Don't f#ck this up, mouse boy. More
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I really hope they do not mess Indiana Jones up.
font=calibri]Lucasfilm already did that and then some. They pummeled the poor old chaps face in to the dirt with KotCS! And just kept kicking his face while he was down. Awful
would expect the casting of Bradley Cooper as Indy to happen in the coming months/years, if Indy 5 is greenlit.
esus wept, dear God no, no, no ... just no! More
Posted by The Hooded Man at 11:13 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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py. Haters: ignore it and move on with your lives.
hey can't, man. That is why they hang around on the internet.
They can bitch and moan without having to look a real person in the eye. More
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we can expect at least seventeen covers, 5 exclusive retrospectives, 13 filler "never before seen photos of the original trilogy" features and one whole magazine dedicated to Episode VII then.
o true
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I am with Timon, I think it's great news... I hope they new films are darker with new characters and a sprinkling of old characters if they fit in with the story... and older, wiser, more powerful, Obi-Wan esc - Luke,,, would be awesome.!!
In theory. In reality : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Skywalker#Expanded_Universe_ appearancesI spent years reading every expanded universe comic that Dark Horse published. Aside from the cool scene that showed how Anakin got his scars More
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I really hope they do not mess Indiana Jones up.
font=calibri]Lucasfilm already did that and then some. They pummeled the poor old chaps face in to the dirt with KotCS! And just kept kicking his face while he was down. Awful
would expect the casting of Bradley Cooper as Indy to happen in the coming months/years, if Indy 5 is greenlit. More
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we can expect at least seventeen covers, 5 exclusive retrospectives, 13 filler "never before seen photos of the original trilogy" features and one whole magazine dedicated to Episode VII then.
o true More
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Hmm, I realise I'm in the minority in liking the prequels, but at least, on paper, there was enough potential story points there (Anakin's fall to the dark side, rise of the Empire) to make a compelling yarn. In contrast Cracked pointed out (very amusingly) that most of the Expanded Universe comics sequels stuff tend to be witless retreads of the original trilogy
www.cracked.com/article/167_5-reasons-star-wars-sequels -would-be-worse-than-prequels/
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Incidentally there was a report yesterday that Star Wars was also being made into a tv show! More
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They need real stories. Exciting stories not trade disputes about tax affairs of racially suspect depictions of aliens. Zzzzzz.
Make them for Adults and incidentally for kids. Hence why Cuaron. His films really fit and what he did with Prisoner of Azkaban was spot on. Mature while treating the kids with respect. There would be no Jar Jar under this guy. More
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I am with Timon, I think it's great news... I hope they new films are darker with new characters and a sprinkling of old characters if they fit in with the story... and older, wiser, more powerful, Obi-Wan esc - Luke,,, would be awesome.!!
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ORIGINAL: NCC1701A
I really hope they do not mess Indiana Jones up.
Lucasfilm already did that and then some. They pummeled the poor old chaps face in to the dirt with KotCS! And just kept kicking his face while he was down. Awful
et me be a heretic.
I actually enjoyed Crystal Skull. Yeah some bits (the cgi, eg. The fucking ants suck) was shitty but tonally it is closer to Raiders than, say Temple of doom, which to this day makes me want to harpoon miss Capshaw th More
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It is sad to see the Maker go, but godamned exciting that we are going to an Epidode VII at last.
Hopefully it isn't going to involve that pap in the comics where the Sith return again and kill all the Jedi again but live one alive again.
And hopefully we will get a Rebellion era cartoon to go with Clone Wars. More
Posted by potemkin1925 at 10:23 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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No computer generated shit. Use MODELS to mirror look and feel of originals.
This is the most disturbing thing I've seen on this thread! Why the hell would a company as advanced as Disney dump 30+ years of technology and rebate back to the horrible, horrible, horrible stop-motion and puppetry of the OT just to please a few old people who still think computers run by magic?
Yeah cause computer generated Jabba looks so much better to mode More
Posted by Dannybohy at 10:21 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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I really hope they do not mess Indiana Jones up.
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RIGINAL: boristhespie
No computer generated shit. Use MODELS to mirror look and feel of originals.
This is the most disturbing thing I've seen on this thread! Why the hell would a company as advanced as Disney dump 30+ years of technology and rebate back to the horrible, horrible, horrible stop-motion and puppetry of the OT just to please a few old people who still think computers run by magic?
Yeah cause computer generated Jabba looks so much better to model Jabba while the compute More
Posted by boristhespie at 10:17 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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If it's the same 'control' he had over Empire Strikes Back, I'm ok with that - just let someone else write and direct it.
look what we got...the best Starwars film made so far!!!....so this could be a great thing for Starwars. I want to see Vince Gilligan writing the next three movies More
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If it's the same 'control' he had over Empire Strikes Back, I'm ok with that - just let someone else write and direct it. More
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I honestly don't understand all those who hate this news. George Lucas no longer has creative control over Star Wars!
^This^^
Although the radio this morning on the way to work said that he would remain involved "creatively", whatever that means!
The further away he is from it the better, that's not to say Disney will hit it out of the park mind you, but it will be interesting to see what happens none the less. More
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Having slept on it I have a feeling Lucas is trying to mirror his own creation by first being good (the original trilogy) then becoming swayed by the dark side (the CGI fest of the new trilogy) promptly turning to the darkside because everyone keeps bitching at him "it's not fair" (selling up to Disney) and then just when we think all is lost and episode 9 features a Jar Jar meets the Ewoks song and dance number Lucas buys all the rights back (with loose change found in his neckbeard) and rest More
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hmmm... lets hope it doesn't go that route! More
Posted by stucy at 09:56 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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It's the whole company, people. Think bigger. It's all LucasFilm properties (i.e. Star Wars AND Indiana Jones) plus Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound. They have also said that the plan is to make a Star Wars movie every 2-3 years and they could potentially do the same thing with Indy. They've obviously worked out that nerds like spending a lot of money on any old tat that has a certain character's name or face on it. The geeks have nobody but themselves to blame. LOL. More
Posted by Nicky C at 09:55 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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I honestly don't understand all those who hate this news. George Lucas no longer has creative control over Star Wars! There's a chance we'll have decent writing/directing and, as a side-effect, movies!
Think of all the decent writers and directors out there who have always wanted to do a Star Wars film but haven't been able to because Lucas wanted to steer the ship. The man wanted to ensure his creative vision, but had no problem pimping his creations out to Vodafone or whoever else threw More
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What on earth is everyone complaining about? This is brilliant news. Instead of Lucas we can now have future Star Wars films created by different writers and directors. We could potentially have a Star Wars movie directed by Chris Nolan, Peter Jackson, James Cameron etc etc,, How is this a bad thing?
It's not like Disney stopped Pixar from makin great films or Marvel and Joss Whedon from makin a good Avengers movie
here had to be one to mention Chris fuckin Nolan!!. yeh a More
Posted by Dannybohy at 09:25 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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This has potential and I'll be watching every development as well as the films when they are released. If you're not happy about this news (disney purchasing star wars, not me being interested!)then just ignore it all and focus on the original trilogy which no one will ever come close to again! Let's see what other creative people can do. More
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And here we are, many months on and we've all been able to breathe a collective sigh of relief. The comics are continuing to go from strength to strength (X-Men Vs Avengers a particular highlight, for me personally at least) and the films are the same. Iron Man 3 looks excellent if the teaser is anything to go by and the whole damn Marvel Universe looks to be in good hands. Despite being shocked by the Star Wars news when I read it last night, that initial surprise eventually gave way to cautiou More
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I do not care what they do to Star Wars but I really hope they do not mess Indiana Jones up. More
Posted by NCC1701A at 09:14 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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I suppose it really comes down to who writes and directs the films. We (the fans) might get lucky and Paul Thomas Anderson might sign on (we can hope!). Maybe we'll finally see what Spielberg can make out of Star Wars. Just so long as it isn't someone trying to ape Michael Bay or is Michael Bay (no offence to him but I really wouldn't to see his idea or good characters in a Star Wars film).
Another thing regarding the general look of the more recent Star Wars. Please stop using so much C More
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Being a bit sad I'm kinda glad that there's another Star Wars. Even though the prequels were sub par compared to the originals, I still enjoyed them for the pure popcorn fun they were (taxation subplots notwithstanding). The fact that Kathleen Kennedy is going to be in charge can only be a good thing, nigh on all of the films she's presided over have been great fare.
The Thrawn trilogy, whilst being nigh on impossible due to the age of Ford et al, would be a great treat. More
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Expect a Willow and Labyrinth remake.
hree words: Howard.The.Duck More
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i heard about another possible indiana jones, will these also be made by lucas/disney films?
ndiana Jones IP was indeed part of the deal with Disney. More
Posted by Histeria at 07:44 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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After seeing the news, and being completely shocked by this, I figured it must be a joke. But, no. It's happening. I really don't know how I feel about this after the last trilogy...And can Disney in charge really be worse than Mr Lucas directing again? Bring on Brett Ratner! More
Posted by film man aidy at 07:23 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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Im not sure how I feel about this. Star Wars has awesome concepts within it, but the whole saga is so poorly put together, even the OT has major problems. On one hand, I really dont want to see Star Wars 7 - the mythology is a load of pap. On the other, Disney has it, and Im a little bit excited to see what they might offer, especially if it is a REBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!! More
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We old people dont want all the CGI removed,just the lame added on bits of the special editions. I'm all for improvement but not at exspense of spoiling the film. All the extra stuff was put in because they could do it,not because the film needed it. Even Spielberg has corrected what he did with E.T. on the Blu-ray release.
t is so true. If you want to see how the BlueRay treatment can be done go and watch the TRON-classic. It is perfect. CGI has been added, some scenes reedi More
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We old people dont want all the CGI removed,just the lame added on bits of the special editions. I'm all for improvement but not at exspense of spoiling the film. All the extra stuff was put in because they could do it,not because the film needed it. Even Spielberg has corrected what he did with E.T. on the Blu-ray release. More
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I don't really care. I've never been bothered by the prequels, and to my surprise, I even re-watched the original trilogy recently and I really wasn't that fussed about them. These new ones, you never know, they might be good... More
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If Disney get it right,like they have with the Marvel franchise this could be a good thing.
But now that good old George is standing down please Disney,release the original untouched movies on blu-ray and satisfy the cravings of the original fans,after all were older now and were the ones with the money to re-buy them all over again.
Go on,release them and make a bucket load of cash out of us,because in this instance I wouldn't mind More
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No computer generated shit. Use MODELS to mirror look and feel of originals.This is the most disturbing thing I've seen on this thread! Why the hell would a company as advanced as Disney dump 30+ years of technology and rebate back to the horrible, horrible, horrible stop-motion and puppetry of the OT just to please a few old people who still think computers run by magic? More
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...Han didn't shoot first! You own it, you can fix it! Put it right and I'll buy all the toys for my kids over and over again!
What this guy said!
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Looking at Marvel and TRON and then casting a glance at the last three SWmovies (though epIII was good) I have no fear. I do know that the old Lucasfriends Spielberg and Coppola have been begging on their knees to direct a SWfilm. Now that can happen :) More
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Damn submit button. Here's a link to an article with some info and questions we might have about the whole take over.
http://www.slashfilm.com/your-questions-answer ed-disney-purchase-lucasfilm-star-wars-episode-7/ More
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What on earth is everyone complaining about? This is brilliant news. Instead of Lucas we can now have future Star Wars films created by different writers and directors. We could potentially have a Star Wars movie directed by Chris Nolan, Peter Jackson, James Cameron etc etc,, How is this a bad thing?
It's not like Disney stopped Pixar from makin great films or Marvel and Joss Whedon from makin a good Avengers movie More
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What on earth is everyone complaining about? This is brilliant news. Instead of Lucas we can now have future Star Wars films created by different writers and directors. We could potentially have a Star Wars movie directed by Chris Nolan, Peter Jackson, James Cameron etc etc,, How is this a bad thing?
It's not like Disney stopped Pixar from makin great films or Marvel and Joss Whedon from makin a good Avengers movie More
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It´s all said... More
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No no no no no. It's not about artistic expression it's about wanting to make more cash. They'll be determined to get back there $4 billion and then some. Their versions of Star Wars (i.e Black Hole and John Carter) sucked something terrible. They're no good at action movies. Star Wars has been ruined by Episodes 1 &2 and Clone Wars Indiana Jones by Crystal Skull and countless other franchises by incessant remakes/reimaginings. Some times you need to just leave a franchise be or to end up de More
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A reasonable summary of what we can likely expect
http://www.slashfilm.com/your-questions-answered-disney -purchase-lucasfilm-star-wars-episode-7/
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Well - this is a turn up - surely a new Star Wars movie where George Lucas is not totally in control can only be a good thing?
The director of the year for Disney has been Joss Whedon, might he be given the helm for this one? Interesting.... More
Posted by Jimmyduudah at 00:19 on 31 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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The only up side I can see, is maybe with the franchise in new hands they'll finally release the original trilogy theatrical cut in HD.
I'm not bothered about new films either way... The trilogy has already been tarnished by the prequels, I find it very unlikely that episodes VII to IX are going to be any worse! ...Right?
OOOOOOOOOOO! More
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That was a big memory of the early films for me... And Universal/ Paramount for Indiana, presumably. But yeah Disney did screw up John Carter not from Mars, so let's hope they let them get on with it- like with Marvel. Could be a good thing, after the appalling sequels- but I don't doubt Lucas will still have his say on things...
And no Willow 2 please :-) More
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Great. Now Disney can get a great director (curacon for example) to go back and do the prequels right. Tell us who the Jedi are, why they are special and who the darkside is. Needs more mysticism. No computer generated shit. Use MODELS to mirror look and feel of originals. Make the worlds come alive and don't make a kids film. The originals were not overtly kids orientated, more dads taking their boys to the pictures but for their own selfish reasons orientated. More
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It's just a shame they didn't buy it in 1999 and made a better job of the prequels More
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What will the ep 7,8 and 9 be about ???will it take on the Vong and Jasen Solo/Darth Caden stories which are awesome?? There is plenty of material as the star wars books are fab (well some!)
I would love to see it but i don't think disney would touch it..please Disney don't john carter-rise Star wars! More
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| Almost Certainly Good News |
The prequels left a bad taste in my mouth, and nearly everyone else's, so this is probably a good thing. Get the right creative team in there-- making sure to keep Lucas out of the director's chair-- and the new movies could be amazing. They'll never be the original trilogy, but what is? There's no way any new Star Wars movie could've lived up to our collective memories of them, and that's the main reason the naysayers feel so strongly about the prequels. (No, scratch that. They really WERE most More
Posted by intelandroid at 23:40 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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es that mean Disney have their hooks into Indiana Jones too?es. A rebooted Indiana Jones franchise will mean a new actor playing the role. The franchise can't sustain itself with Ford playing the part. He's in his 70s so it will be a new actor as Indiana Jones. Well, I assume so. I guess Ford could return for one last film but it would make sense to reboot the franchise with a new actor. More
Posted by manwihtheplan at 23:34 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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If handled properly this could be really good. A new grittier, mature and darker star wars adventure would be great, they only have to look at the new batman and jim bond films to see which direction to go. More
Posted by mike87 at 23:34 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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L: BenTramer
Well, this was a shock. Lucas is a billionaire already, surely he didn't need another four billion. Everyone is asking who will write and direct Episode 7, more importantly how can you have a Star Wars film without Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker? And does that mean Disney have their hooks into Indiana Jones too?
know, Lucas sold out!! Who saw that coming? More
Posted by musht at 23:32 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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With Disney owing all of Lucasfilm do you think this means George Lucas won't get much out of the new films? I wonder if he'll still get a cut of the new toys for the new prequels, plus a percentage of the films' gross? He's a canny businessman so there might be more to the deal than just the four billion dollars sale. More
Posted by manwihtheplan at 23:24 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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i heard about another possible indiana jones, will these also be made by lucas/disney films? More
Posted by rphughes at 23:14 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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Expect a Willow and Labyrinth remake. More
Posted by theoriginalcynic at 23:14 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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Well, this was a shock. Lucas is a billionaire already, surely he didn't need another four billion. Everyone is asking who will write and direct Episode 7, more importantly how can you have a Star Wars film without Darth Vader/Anakin Skywalker? And does that mean Disney have their hooks into Indiana Jones too? More
Posted by BenTramer at 23:11 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Can we have a Stan Lee cameo in the New Disney Wars Films! |
Walt Disney's conference call about the takeover of Yoda and Luke Skyflopper:
http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/c2nj5j33/lan/en%20%20
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Posted by manwihtheplan at 23:06 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| 7th starwars film |
don't see much point in another film other then them making more money, i hear rumors about the film being about boba fetts life, after attack of the clones....what does anyone else think? More
Posted by rphughes at 23:05 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Can we have a Stan Lee cameo in the New Disney Wars Films! |
He sold out his creation for four billion dollars. What a greedy bearded man! Can you imagine relatives of Mr Lucas going round to his house...
"Hi, George. I've got a few cash flow problems. Could you help me out?"
And he says
"Sure, here's one dollar.Spend it wisely."
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Posted by manwihtheplan at 22:58 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Can we have a Stan Lee cameo in the New Disney Wars Films! |
Music to my ears....Just what Star Wars Needs...Giseppo Lucas selling out again...but never fear....as long as there's merchandise...the kid's can wait til next month to be fed! More
Posted by GALLYMOO at 22:55 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| New start |
Can't be any worse than those other 3 rubbish films. You'd have to be a muppet to make them. I reckon Lucas watched them back and realised this, and (like a dog staring at its own vomit) knew it was over...
Perhaps they'll bring back Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamil. Jedi in an old peoples home. More
Posted by Count Karnstein at 22:54 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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I'm confused. Does this mean we will see more whoring out of the Star Wars name or less now? More
Posted by Karl Crutchley at 22:47 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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That's not true, that's impossible! NOOOOOOOOO More
Posted by stephenand at 22:35 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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Great news. Edgar Wright needs to drop Ant-Man and get onto this right now! More
Posted by kingy_55 at 22:33 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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The news websites has missed out some of the detail of the deal.
Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company, said:
]Disney has the exclusive rights to rename all future Star Wars films as Mickey Mouse Wars.]
That seems a reasonable compromise. More
Posted by manwihtheplan at 22:11 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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Lucas looks like a concerned pensioner signing over his home to the care home who will look after him as he sees out his final years! More
Posted by roobarb at 22:10 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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I must admit, this news completely blindsided me. My initial thougts were of the 'on rolls the cash cow' variety but, thinking on it, this could actually be a good thing.
The best thing aboout it that there will be no George Lucas on directorial duties and, whilst I imagine he will have some say with the overall story development, scripting duties will probably go elsewhere. This is potentially very good news and if it's all done properly, we could get some great Star Wars movies. Given th More
Posted by Filmfan 2 at 22:04 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Did not see that coming |
Not sure this is a good thing - if only because Disney seems to be slowing absorbing everything. Still it's a nice payday for Uncle George so I doubt he'll care too much what they do with his properties.
I bet the Mouse House won't be nearly so generous towards fan films. spoofs etc as Lucas has been though
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Posted by Scruffybobby at 22:03 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: One other thing... |
Disney own the Muppets, Pixar, Marvel and now Lucasfilm. Next: Planet Earth. More
Posted by theoriginalcynic at 21:58 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| One other thing... |
...Han didn't shoot first! You own it, you can fix it! Put it right and I'll buy all the toys for my kids over and over again! More
Posted by Porter at 21:49 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| This will be amazing. |
If George Lucas stays the fuck away from it. More
Posted by VwikusM at 21:49 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Caravan of Courage 2? |
Best news in ages! Fingers crossed we start hearing "reboot" soon and Disney give us the prequels we deserved. Let's also give Christian Bale a lightsaber and Anakin Skywalker his ass! He'd be awesome. Come on Mouse House! It's time for the real episodes 1-3 (tho you can call 'em Episodes 7-9 if you've got legal obligations etc.). I feel like I'm 8 years old again...tho I'm actually nearly 40. Shit. More
Posted by Porter at 21:47 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Star Wars: Episode VII For 2015 |
py. Haters: ignore it and move on with your lives. More
Posted by Artoo02 at 21:43 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| RE: Put the pen down George! |
Does this mean a Blu Ray release of the original trilogy may come to light now that Lucas can no longer put a stop to it?
I have zero interest in any new films but hey. I'm 35 and was brought up on the OT. These films aren't going to be made for me and I hope the kids it's made for enjoy them More
Posted by Charles B. Potatoes at 21:40 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Put the pen down George! |
Oh Lord, that's not a pic of George penning the script is it?! More
Posted by Rooby at 21:36 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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we can expect at least seventeen covers, 5 exclusive retrospectives, 13 filler "never before seen photos of the original trilogy" features and one whole magazine dedicated to Episode VII then. More
Posted by Spider at 21:34 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| star wars but not star wars |
Would love this to work but it will prob be a star wars film in name only with secondary characters from originals and no primary characters which means virtually no connection to episodes i-vi. Still interested to see how it goes. More
Posted by smcdonagh at 21:33 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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Who - WHO - wants to see more Star Wars films? Well, obviously accountants and 5 years olds who want to be a jedi...it is unbelievably depressing that they dictate which films get made. More
Posted by sinaplenty at 21:24 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Mixed Feelings |
A Disney "Star Wars" film, is this a good thing? More
Posted by Jon walker27 at 21:19 on 30 October 2012 | Report This Post |
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