Disney is buying Lucas Arts Media for 4 billion and is already promising episode 7 in 2015.
No, this isn't happening. We must revolt!
WHAAAAAT?!?!
Any idea about the timeline? When is Ep. 7 supposed to take place and who are the main characters?
This only fuels the hatred i already have for Disney.
Maybe Lucas is tired of all the flak hes gotten over the years, and can now blame any further butchering of the Original Three on Disney.
Lol I doubt that kind of info is available right now Double O. Everybody just needs to calm down. THERE'S NO NEED TO GET EXCITED!!! CALM DOWN!!!
Hey! Alladin was awesome. But seriously, I'm concerned that they'll screw with the story and of course this means another jar jar type fellow for the kids (boooo) but they have some serious cash behind them so there is potential for a job well done. The pressure must have got to him or some freaky fan probably threatened his life if he didn't make another film. Walt already bit it so Lucas sold the rights for safety. That's my guess.
Quote from: Double-O-Scotch on October 30, 2012, 04:36:30 PM
WHAAAAAT?!?!
Any idea about the timeline? When is Ep. 7 supposed to take place and who are the main characters?
Episode 7 was supposed filmed back in the early 80's but Harrison ford got famous and didn't want to do it. It's supposed to take place 2 years after "Return of the Jedi" continuing the war with the empire and finishing with the birth of the new republic.
Nice! The age of Thrawn!
Quote from: Double-O-Scotch on October 30, 2012, 04:44:13 PM
Nice! The age of Thrawn!
Yes!!!! I know I love the Thrawn trilogy.
Disney has really branched out and could actually take this seriously. Also they are in it for the money not the vision so they are more likely to allow outside input to ensure te movies gross enough money to make it all worth it. 2015 is long enough for them to pull their s*** together and make something decent. I hace hope, but see all the concerns.
Links or it didn't happen
There was supposed to be 9 total movies.
http://bottomline.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/30/14809629-disney-buying-lucasfilm-will-release-new-star-wars-movie-in-2015?lite
There is a link.
Please resurrect jar jar
/sarcasm
Honestly disappointed.
I think disney got wind of the animated series thing...
Guys, guys, guys. It's gonna be okay. Disney owns a crap ton of things that they haven't ruined. Espn, marvel, dreamworks, To name a few.
Quote from: Imdowd80 on October 30, 2012, 08:07:04 PM
Guys, guys, guys. It's gonna be okay. Disney owns a crap ton of things that they haven't ruined. Espn, marvel, dreamworks, To name a few.
But this is the Star Wars empire. IS NOTHING SACRED ANYMORE?!?!
But for real though. I wont knock it til i see the results.
If Episode 7 isnt tight b-hole, then we still have the Hobbit movies.
Original trilogy is and will always be sacred. Everything else are just cool things that accidentaly happens in the same universe totally uncanon.
Also in my head the three first episodes are very different and cant be changed for me.
Quote from: Imdowd80 on October 30, 2012, 08:07:04 PM
Guys, guys, guys. It's gonna be okay. Disney owns a crap ton of things that they haven't ruined. Espn, marvel, dreamworks, To name a few.
Disney owns Pixar, not DreamWorks.
Can't be any worse than ep. 1
Pod race was the only savior of that one.
Quote from: Rass on October 30, 2012, 06:23:08 PM
Please resurrect jar jar
I'm with Rass. Now that Disney owns their own galaxy far, far away, I would like to see a greater emphasis on characters that have been given a back seat in the land speeder. Jar Jar brought a richness of character and depth of humor that can never be matched by the sardonic edge of Han Solo or even the gently mocking tenderness of Princess Leia. Perhaps episode 7 could follow the gungans as they carve their own nitch in the new republic. Or even take us into a future where Jar Jar is the new model for republic clone troopers. Certainly, the other characters could cameo but I am excited about the potential for more gungantics. If you will.
Good idea maybe we can visit chewboccas home planet or revisit the ewoks.
Hooray! We will never have to suffer another George Lucas film! I wanna dance like they did on Endor, when the brutal empire that reigned for...17 years... was finally brought down!
Additionally, Disney made a billion dollars turning an amusement park ride into a film series (Pirates of the Caribbean). The billions they can make off Toys, Videogames (which they've also taken far more seriously, even tasking SquareEnix to design games) proves they have a certain commitment to their intellectual properties. That being said, this could mean an actual Disney BluRay treatment of the original Starwars trilogy (without the lame Lucas edits) and even a new Prequel saga involving Disney's special FX house and actual sets! Maybe even hire a decent director.
At $4 billion I wonder what they even bought. Did they get LucasFilm catalog of Starwars films? Or the rights to the characters in the film. It seems like LucasFilm brings in at least $300 million annually, no? Seems like a sound investment, unless LucasFilm has damaged the Starwars brand too much over the years. Still, with Disney Channel and kid oriented programming that this high time for a refresh and a series of cartoon shows. ABC can even support a prime time live action Star Wars drama, or one of their affiliates.
It's a good time to be a Star Wars fan (which ironically i am not), because its finally out of the hands of the plundering hack George Lucas.
They got everything under the Lucas brand: Industrial Light & Magic, Skywalker Sound,THX, etc. They EVERYTHING to EVERYTHING Lucas has done, including but not limited to Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and Howard the Duck (which they probably had partially due to their purchase of Marvel). 4B was actually quite cheap when you look at everything that Lucas owns. At least, to me.
Dang, so they got THX 1138 too? One of my favorite films.
Holy crap he sold the whole ranch?! ....
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Quote from: Double-O-Scotch on October 31, 2012, 12:32:51 AM
Holy crap he sold the whole ranch?! ....
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Yes
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There's a movie poster for the movie already....it's called Star Wars knights of the new republic. At least that's what my friend found on the Internet while trying to learn more about the movie.