Star Wars Universe Thread: May The 4th Be With You

[SoleByThePound]

episode 3 of the prequels crapped all over the og 3 bro

You should have punched yourself square in the face after typing that bs.

 

[water]

episode 3 of the prequels crapped all over the og 3 bro

You should have punched yourself square in the face after typing that bs.

 But seriously, Originals are just Original, and better

 

[superantigen]

Not a fan of the merger/acquisition.
I like competition and distinction in my market place.
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did you like avengers?

While I'll admit that I enjoyed the avengers, let it noted that I enjoyed TDK/TDKR better.

I just personally don't like the thought of all these franchises being underneath the Disney, umbrella, media conglomerate. Fact is the Disney brand has an image it would like to maintain, and I feel like this could potentially clash with some content that may arise with some of the acquired brands. This is just me be super pessimistic, though

Diversity and competition within any given market place is healthy. Always! I'm likely over-reacting, but I'm still not a fan of the merger.


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[offwhitewhite]

People who state that they're worried about Disney meddling with studios they acquire are pretty dumb.

If Disney followed that logic it would put a hamper on which companies they can acquire and that would severely limit their growth.

Don't confuse Walt Disney Animation Studios with the Walt Disney Company.

The brands they acquire operate the same as they always did except they're under Disney now. 

Since they're under Disney they will have bigger budget, higher standards, and produce better films. 

Lucasfilm is creating the film WITHOUT George Lucas. Disney is distributing it.

That's the best possible news any Star Wars fan could ever achieve.

I respect George Lucas for creating Star Wars but his meddling and constantly changing scenes then changing them back did a lot of harm to the Star Wars legacy. After the first trilogy, he has done nothing but dilute the Star Wars brand.

 

[CP1708]

WELP...

Report: 'Star Wars 7' won't be based on the books

By Leslie Gornstein, E! Online

If Disney is buying LucasFilm, how will that affect Star Wars: Episode 7 and other Star Wars projects? Any word on what the movie will be about?--Flannel, via Twitter

"Star Wars" fans are already wondering what the seventh film will bring, and it's not due out till 2015.

Well, we know that, whatever the plot of Episode 7, George Lucas won't have a heavy hand in the day-to-day creation of it. He's apparently written the treatments for the films, but he won't produce or direct--an excellent opportunity for another visionary to jettison Jar Jar Binks out of an airlock permanently.

As for the plot, Star Wars superfans have a theory on what they'll be seeing next. But I have a surprise for them: They're wrong. If you're a fan, you're definitely gonna want to read on.

Read more details about Star Wars episodes 8, 9 and beyond

First of all, you should know that there is an official canon concerning the Star Wars universe. Those stories cover the years after rebel victory (i.e., after Return of the Jedi). It's written in a series of books called the Thrawn Trilogy, by author Timothy Zahn. Die-hard Star Wars fans know the trilogy well, and they say that a big-screen adaptation of the first book, "Heir to the Empire," would make the most logical Episode 7.

"Of all the speculation out there about the content of this new trilogy, that's the single most concrete idea," says Eric Geller of the fan site TheForce.net. "It's almost inevitable that the story will take place in the same time frame as those books."

So what happens in "those books?"

Well, Luke Skywalker meets a real would-be assassin lady named Mara Jade, who was trained to avenge the Emperor by crushing Luke's pretty blond head. Instead, Jade falls for Luke and, a subsequent graphic novel, the two marry. Skywalker also has to deal with the fact that he's the only Jedi left, at least, for now, and he goes about trying to fix that.

Princess Leia and Han Solo also play heavily into the Thrawn Trilogy, popping out a pair of twins (of course) among other things. As for the name Thrawn, well, that refers to a grand admiral with imperial sympathies who takes over as the leader of the vanquished enemy faction.
So is that the basis for Episode 7 or not? I've heard directly from LucasFilm and other sources close to the picture, and they say: Definitely not.

"It's an original story," a LucasFilm source tells me.

In other words, forget the Star Wars novels. Forget the graphic novels. Forget everything you think you know about what happens to Luke Skywalker. According to my sources, Episode 7 will literally be nothing you've ever seen or read before from the Star Wars universe.

I also hear from several sources that, no matter what you may hear to the contrary, no director has been officially attached to the project.

Meanwhile, there isn't much news regarding the other big Star Wars projects currently in development.

A spoofy cartoon TV series, Detours, was announced in August, spearheaded by Seth Green and the other creators of Robot Chicken. No release dates or networks were revealed, but Disney has said that it envisions some sort of Star Wars presence on its Disney XD channel. I wouldn't be surprised if Detours landed there.

Disney is paying how much for LucasFilm!?

Lastly, there's the live action series, which has been bubbling around since 2008 and which is supposed to take place between Episodes 3 and 4, when Luke Skywalker is growing up.

As I reported earlier, Lucasfilm was still talking in enthusiastic terms about Star Wars: Underworld less than a year ago. At that time, the show had a lot of scripts in the can but no financing. But if there's one thing that Disney has, it's money. Still, insiders tell me it's too soon to expect any announcements on either series.

This is all well and good, 7, 8, and 9 can be whatever. And honestly, having 3 new movies in which I don't know where they are going, I'm cool with that.

My question, and what means more to me is simple, will they, at some point begin to film the expanded universe? THAT'S what I care about.

Do the new Trilogy, great, thank you, but in 2021 or whenever, I want to see Thrawn, Daala, Jade, Karrde, Noghri, Pallaeon, Joruus C'baoth, Sabacc, Delta Source, Katana Fleet, the Maw, ALL THAT ****.

THEN, after all that fun stuff, let's go back, let me get some Sith Wars, Mandalorian Wars, Thought Bombs, Darth Bane, Darth Plagueis, Sidious, holocrons,

And then we can jump back ahead, and do all the new stuff.

That's what I want to know. Not today, not tomorrow, but at some point, do they plan on opening the vault and giving me what I want? They better.

 

[the hater boxden]

episode 3 of the prequels crapped all over the og 3 bro

better then a new hope, empire stricks back and return of the jedi?

i understand everyone is entitled to their opinion but your statement is ridiculous. i doubt you even saw the original trilogy before you saw the new one. and even if you did, you would not be saying that because the originals are classics. what they did for the movie industry will forever be cemented as greatness, whereas the new trilogy is barely talked about in a great manner.

Yes I do think so.

Those reasons have nothing to do with the movie itself head to head against another movie. If legacy determines how good a movie is to you then It devalues the actual movie itself.

episode 3 of the prequels crapped all over the og 3 bro

You should have punched yourself square in the face after typing that bs.

But seriously, Originals are just Original, and better

Oh good reasons they were first so they automatically have to be better

 

[water]

episode 3 of the prequels crapped all over the og 3 bro

better then a new hope, empire stricks back and return of the jedi?

i understand everyone is entitled to their opinion but your statement is ridiculous. i doubt you even saw the original trilogy before you saw the new one. and even if you did, you would not be saying that because the originals are classics. what they did for the movie industry will forever be cemented as greatness, whereas the new trilogy is barely talked about in a great manner.

Yes I do think so.

Those reasons have nothing to do with the movie itself head to head against another movie. If legacy determines how good a movie is to you then It devalues the actual movie itself.

episode 3 of the prequels crapped all over the og 3 bro

You should have punched yourself square in the face after typing that bs.

But seriously, Originals are just Original, and better

Oh good reasons they were first so they automatically have to be better

At the time, the originals were something that was new and somewhat have never been done before. It was fresh and a start of a movement for that time period. The prequels didn't have that wow effect after watching them like the originals did. They were good, just not as good.

 

[blakep267]

At the time, the originals were something that was new and somewhat have never been done before. It was fresh and a start of a movement for that time period. The prequels didn't have that wow effect after watching them like the originals did. They were good, just not as good.

thats the thing, while I appreciate the originals to me they are old movies. So while Empire was awesome, Im more inclined to go with the more up to date visually and imo just as entertaining (return was dumb and I think that people just let nostalgia cloud their judgement. Gimme ep 2-3 over 6 anyday)

But also I think its probably an age thing. Im 23 and as a 10 year old, I liked my movies to be beautiful and cool looking with alot of action. Thats 1 thing the prequels captured. Plus those lightsaber fights were amazing, in 1-3

 

[Nike Jordan]

Spoiler: Warning%3A%20Spoiler!

He's wearing Nikes.

 

[CP1708]

Those of you who don't believe there are places to go. This video shows otherwise. If they did even HALF as good as this stuff, live action, we'll never be the same.

 

[blakep267]

Those of you who don't believe there are places to go. This video shows otherwise. If they did even HALF as good as this stuff, live action, we'll never be the same.

\\screw live action, gimme a CGI Old republic movie and Im good

 

[CP1708]

^
They can do that too. Like I said, we should be invaded by Star Wars projects pretty soon. We can have cartoons, live action series, live action movies, animation movies, more novels gotta be in the pipeline now I would imagine, it's all unlocked. Lucas finally opened the treasure chest, now it's just gotta get sorted out, pick the right writers, directors, and start organizing when and where everything is going to get made.

It's only been a couple days and I'm still high off this news. I never thought it would happen, I thought the entire franchise was going to go away because he wouldn't let it out of his control. I'm so glad he did.

 

[illmatic34]

Do you guys think they'll recast or choose new actors?

 

[Master Zik]

Not a fan of the merger/acquisition.
I like competition and distinction in my market place.
...

did you like avengers?

While I'll admit that I enjoyed the avengers, let it noted that I enjoyed TDK/TDKR better.

I just personally don't like the thought of all these franchises being underneath the Disney, umbrella, media conglomerate. Fact is the Disney brand has an image it would like to maintain, and I feel like this could potentially clash with some content that may arise with some of the acquired brands. This is just me be super pessimistic, though

Diversity and competition within any given market place is healthy. Always! I'm likely over-reacting, but I'm still not a fan of the merger.

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You're overreacting and/or being pessimistic like you yourself have said. Also I don't see how you think there won't be competition anymore. There is competition but you're thinking about the wrong names. This acquisition will push Newscorp that owns 20th Century Fox, NBC Universal that owns Universal studios, Viacom that owns Paramount, Sony that owns Columbia and Time Warner that owns Warner Bros. among other film studios I haven't named to continue to make moves and come up with ideas to produce different films that will make a lot of money. I assumed you mean competition for movies in general (which varies) since it isn't a direct competition all the time and not just specifically competition of sci-fi space movies.

The way Disney has handled Pixar and Marvel studios with basically a hands off approach seems great and has worked out well for everyone so far.

I agree about Disney's image and how that'll affect certain movies that aren't children friendly. For instance, I'm already hearing talk that since FOX has lost the rights to Daredevil it's unlikely a DD movie will be made by Marvel cuz that character's darker tone doesn't jive with the current Marvel cinematic universe or Disney's image but Disney has already got around being able to make money off movies that don't reflect their image with Touchstone Films which have produced movies like Miracle at St. Anna, The Village, The Prestige, 25th Hour, etc. So really imo if you end up not liking the movies, feel they're not the same since the acquisition, blame whoever was directly involved and not just Disney.

 

[fidel cashflow]

Cant believe noones said this already.....

GET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TO DO IT!

 

[KingParappa]

Cant believe noones said this already.....


GET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TO DO IT!

I rather have Spielberg, Alfonso Cuaron or the District 9 guy to do it

 

[Master Zik]

Cant believe noones said this already.....


GET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TO DO IT!

For Star Wars? I honestly think that'd be too much for him or he'd cut out a lot to fit w/e vision he has in mind for the film.

I know as of now they (Disney) are rumored to have only made the purchase for Star Wars but I feel eventually they'll smarten up and do some Indy flicks, then I'd want Nolan all over that

 

[lil black jean jacket]

what's this episode gonna be about?

 

[Kimchi Papi]

what's this episode gonna be about?

No one has released details about it yet (too early), plus you would see endless discussion in the thread already if they did release details about the story...

 

[heshua]

Whoa. That video game trailer looked raw!

 

[Mark Antony]

Cant believe noones said this already.....


GET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TO DO IT!

Not for the main trilogy they are going for, but a Christopher Nolanesque side story set in that universe would be cool.

 

[illmatic34]

I think Joss Whedon or JJ Abrams would be perfect for the new trilogy.

 

[degenerate423]

Cant believe noones said this already.....


GET CHRISTOPHER NOLAN TO DO IT!

Not for the main trilogy they are going for, but a Christopher Nolanesque side story set in that universe would be cool.

Agreed.  Although I'd be curious to see Nolan's take on Star Wars, it's just not the movie for his style.

I've only seen bits and pieces of Star Wars movies, so I'll have to catch up before this comes out...

 

[Lunden]

Forget Harry Potter world in Orlando at Islands Of Adventure

can we get a Star Wars based theme park to add to Disney World?

half of the park be the dark side and the republic

have storm troppers and jedi's roaming

automatic doors for shops and bathrooms

imagine a pod racer ride

at night the park would be sick :x

 

[munnnjee]