This is what has made me hate George Lucas for so long. There is TONS of material out there, TONS. They could make a new movie every 3 years til the end of time. Seriously, I have every single one of those books I listed, and have read them all. They all translate onto film. Now that doesn't mean you would have to do a book film for film, you could combine multiple books into a film, or a trilogy, or whatever, but you should be able to see Star Wars 47 someday EASY. (we may not be alive by then, but hey. ) And Lucas was the one that was always blockin it. When he did 1-3, and said he didn't have time for 7-9, I wanted to kill him. He's so full of ****. Those stories are already written, all he'd have to do is stop ******g around with the originals and make the films every 3 years, he'da been close to being done by now already. Phantom was 99, Clones 02, Sith 05, he coulda done 7 in 08, 8 in 11 ,and 9 shoulda been out in 2014. But oh well, I won't bash the dude anymore, we're getting what we want, FINALLY. AND, without his dumb ***, hopefully no more Jar Jar Binks type ****. Disney worries me with the "kiddieness" angle, but they didn't over kid it for Avengers and the Marvel franchise, no reason they should do it to Star Wars. They can easily still keep movies in the PG-13 area and still have plenty of darkness in it.
This is really shocking. Why would Lucas sell something he himself founded. He could have stepped down and still had other people run the company. This is a Power Move by Disney. 4 Billion dollars is a STEAL. For the entire Lucas Film Company? That's Star Wars and Indiana Jones. Not to mention Lucasfilm has been the leading the industry in special effects since they were founded. They're going to make that 4 Billion back back so fast. I guarantee the films are going to great. Disney did justice to both Pixar and Marvel properties. Feels like Star Wars is finally going to get the treatment it deserves. The next 3 movies are sequels set after Episode 6. Apparently Lucas planned 4 more trilogies since the 80's.
I just realized.... they will finally release the ORIGINAL Star Wars Trilogy on Bluray (not that BS George Lucas Greedo shooting first, etc). Today my friends is a win for the Rebel Alliance!
enough of the lucas bashing. please cut that crap out. the prequels were NOT hot trash......were they underwhelming? did my imagination expect something more fun, more intellectual, more thorough? Of course! but my imagination was also greatly intrigued by the newfound fact that Darth Vader made c3p0 and therefore had a hand in his own redemption......man the prequels have some mind blowing stuff in it if u just need to get passed jar jar and the weak natalie portman/hayden christiansen dynamic. Lucas is one of the greatest directors ever simply due to the fact that he wrote and directed the GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE - star wars episode 4: a new hope. which book exactly? dont worry, be happy. disney has some amazing talent at their disposa (writers/composers etc), they are going to do this series justice i can just about guarantee it......im beyond geeked this is incredible.
Star Wars was my entire childhood growing up. Like most diehards, I hated the prequel trilogy. I'm a bit reserved that this may turn out bad, but I'm extremely hyped for this. I wonder what direction they're gonna go with since the EU is so damn big.
greatest of all time? Sit down, kay. The only film tht was solid through and through was Empire. ANH was ok, but Jedi was bad. The prequels werent bad, but they suffered from horrible casting and script choices. And I def agree. Cut out jar jar, and recast both anakins and the trilogy is great. Lucas cant write dialogue. It isnt his strong suit. He needs to stick to consulting on the characters and world.
sorry but i am not stoked for this at all disney is just going to run the star wars name into the ground just like it has done with the marvel name look at the avengers it could have been so much better of a movie with 10 minutes less action and 10 minutes more story telling. the new iron man 3 trailer looks like a straight dark knight rises rip-off i realise disney has so much source material to work with within the star wars universe but i think its time to stop tarnishing a film franchise and just let it stay classic. soon disney is just going to put out sequels to movies much like the call of duty franchise but with dudes just thirsting over the next sequel because its a sequel to the last.
I was referring to the first book of the Thrawn trilogy : Heir to the Empire that picks up 5 years after Return of the Jedi.
George Lucas gets far more hate than he deserves. Yeah, the prequels could've been better but I'm losing sleep over that.
The haters are always just more vocal when it comes to anything they dont like. And I've always respected George in that, for good or bad, he's always stuck to HIS vision. But on a brighter note, my body is so open for the summer of 2013. Avengers 2 AND Episode VII? Life ain't so bad now.
How does it look like a dark knight rip off .In Iron Mans comics he lost control of his suits multiple times to the Mandarin hell he lost his empire before in a brutal takeover.
even though i would want to see that. SOFTE is in between episode V & VI and KOTOR takes place centuries before phantom menace
damn they still releasing the first 6 movies in 3d in theatres every year correct? hows that gonna work with the new movie coming out in 2015?