nicked on 30/10/2012 at 21:03
Taking Star Wars away from senile consta-meddler George Lucas is bad because........?
Renault on 30/10/2012 at 21:16
Yeah, as a long time SW fan, I had pretty much had it with Lucas, so it's good to see that A) more movies will be made, and B) that someone besides Lucas will get a crack at it.
This is a very good thing.
As long as they don't fuck it up.
(Had to double check and make sure this wasn't an article from The Onion).
fett on 30/10/2012 at 21:32
No wait, what? There doesn't need to be anymore SW movies. The last three were so fucked up it would have been better left alone. What the hell is Episode 7 going to be about? The more serious fans have cannonized Zahn's follow up trilogy, so now I guess that is going to be shit all over as well. Fuck Lucas, and fuck Disney.
Stitch on 30/10/2012 at 21:44
You're really going to regret those harsh words after Disney releases a cleaned up original trilogy on Blu Ray with all of Lucas's added bullshit removed (because they will).
And I predict a solid Star Wars 7 out of them, for those of us who don't really give a shit about Star Wars novels (a demographic otherwise known as "most of the moviegoing public"). Seriously, release a solid film sequel and it'll be like the books never even happened, whoosh!
Taking Star Wars away from Lucas but (hopefully) giving him some creative input is the best thing possible for the franchise. I'll happily take sequels that don't fucking suck, thanks.
Great news!
Renault on 30/10/2012 at 22:10
Quote Posted by Stitch
You're really going to regret those harsh words after Disney releases a cleaned up original trilogy on Blu Ray with all of Lucas's added bullshit removed (because they will).
I seriously doubt this will happen, I'm sure Lucas put in some kind of provision against it.
Quote Posted by Stitch
And I predict a solid Star Wars 7 out of them, for those of us who don't really give a shit about Star Wars novels (a demographic otherwise known as "most of the moviegoing public"). Seriously, release a solid film sequel and it'll be like the books never even happened, whoosh!
The Zahn trilogy was actually pretty damn good, but I'm assuming Disney will go off in a different direction. The saga was always rumored to pan out this way:
Ep 1-3: focus on Anakin
Ep 4-6: focus on Luke
Ep 7-9: focus on Leia
so we'll see if they stick to that.
Come to think of it, wasn't there supposed to be a live-action Star Wars TV show released a few years ago under Lucas' direction? I wonder if that's just deader than dead or if Disney will resurrect that too.
Edit: Let me just say too that I'd love to see even a single movie based completely on Han from before he met up with Luke & Ben at Mos Eisley. Something showing his history as an Imperial officer and how he hooked up with Chewie by freeing him as a slave, and how he won the Falcon from Lando. That would rock.
Volitions Advocate on 30/10/2012 at 22:30
I think you're outnumbered here fett. I think this is a good thing. The real Star Wars has not been in the hands of Lucas for a long time. The fans have had to take it and protect it from him. The Star Wars books are pretty fantastic, I haven't read all of them by a long stretch, but I have read about half a dozen or so. Lucas said "Fuck you" to the lot of us a long time ago. I say Disney probably knows what to do with it better than anyone else would.
That and by the time my kids are old enough and I've got enough money to go on vacation for the only time in my entire life, it will probably be to Disney land, and I'm going to ride the hell out of all the Star Wars rides.
Angel Dust on 30/10/2012 at 22:55
Quote Posted by Stitch
You're really going to regret those harsh words after Disney releases a cleaned up original trilogy on Blu Ray with all of Lucas's added bullshit removed (because they will).
And I predict a solid Star Wars 7 out of them, for those of us who don't really give a shit about Star Wars novels (a demographic otherwise known as "most of the moviegoing public"). Seriously, release a solid film sequel and it'll be like the books never even happened, whoosh!
Taking Star Wars away from Lucas but (hopefully) giving him some creative input is the best thing possible for the franchise. I'll happily take sequels that don't fucking suck, thanks.
Great news!
This.
fett on 30/10/2012 at 23:08
How exactly are those sequels going to work though? Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher at 70 trying to reprise roles (which neither of them will do). A whole new story set in that universe? It would have to be awfully compelling to square with a universe that spawned some of the most beloved sci-fi/fantasy characters of all time. It'll be their kids, but they themselves don't show up in the films? Someone else plays the characters? None of these scenarios seem tenable in the least.
As for the Blu-Ray, I've seen these movies a million times. Am I really going to go ga-ga over yet another version just because it's on Blu-Ray? I might watch it once. Not worth it to potentially have what was once a great story cocked up by the same team that made Speed Racer or whateverthehell.
And that demographic that actually gives a shit about the books? They manage to put almost every single one that's released in the NYT Bestseller list for about 20 years running. It's a substantial group in terms of support and money. It's not that the franchise can't survive without them, because the masses will go see anything with Star Wars plastered on it. But they're largely the group that continued to buy merchandise and clamor for new movies during the 80's and 90's and Lucas has regularly disregarded and disrespected that. This feels like more of the same. I guess I can see the gain in him not being able to fuck with it anymore, but it will likely just become another insipid movie franchise rather than being held apart as the cultural phenomenon it was/is.
edit: My point being that some things are better left alone. If the prequels didn't teach us that...