George Lucas sells Lucasfilm to Disney

[TimDoolan]

No discussion on this? Episodes 7 8 9 slated for production. 4 billion

[silence7]

As a person who grew up watching Star Wars, like everyone else I guess, I'm not real worried about new movies, especially when the last three weren't all that great.

What I am worried about is Disney's heavy copyright hand. There have been tons of Star Wars fan movies made, tons of people selling home made, and production Star Wars costumes, and fun stuff. I'm worried that Disney will shut down all the fun stuff people have been doing with Star Wars since it debuted years ago. People love Star Wars, and have done some incredible stuff with the characters and storyline. I'm worried that the FUN with Star Wars may be over now.

Plus, who wants to wait another 5 years for a new re-mastered super special deluxe edition with holographic cover blu-ray to come out of the Disney vault every 5 years (For a limited time only)? Not me.

[Lex Diamonds]

As a Star Wars fan, this is terrible news. It's too late to be a cohesive sequel trilogy; they're going to have to recast, and scale back the SFX and technology in a big way. It's going to be shit.

Fucking DISNEY?!? Lucas has long appeared intent on ruining the legacy of the original films in any way he can think of, but this is a new low.

[MC Moot]

Wow…what great news…we can look forward to the same high Disney quality product featured in “The Prince of Persia” and “John Carter”…gawd….well maybe this (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1325014/ ) will now warrant a sequel…:rolleyes:

[TAL]

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO :mad:

[Yeti]

Disney kept every single person that works for LucasFilms as they did with the Pixar franchise. Lucas will remain as creative director on Star Wars Episode 7 so I am kind of geeked up about it.

[Lex Diamonds]

Lucas will remain as creative director on Star Wars Episode 7
That's probably the worst news of all...

[ProfJIM]

Anyone who doesn't think this is good new is a moron.

[Lex Diamonds]

Anyone who doesn't think this is good new is a moron.
Anybody who makes sweeping generalisations about the intelligence of others whilst not knowing how to use the word "news" is a cunt.

[MC Moot]

That's probably the worst news of all...

Agreed...HANS SOLO SHOT FIRST!

[Lex Diamonds]

I love Hans Solo, he's my favourite maverick Bavarian smuggler!

[MC Moot]

I'd like to see the franchise revitalized by foregoing the kiddy shit and restoring some edge...I'd also like to see it harken back to the samurai/ronin influence that Akira Kurosawa had on Lucas in the first place...perhaps a series of films that covered singular jedi missions,particularily search and destroy,assasaintion or espionage plots...Jedi's as the lawmen/sherriffs of the galaxy...that is our only hope...

[ProfJIM]

Anybody who makes sweeping generalisations about the intelligence of others whilst not knowing how to use the word "news" is a cunt.

Wow. Make fun of an obvious typo as though I meant to write it like that. Now who's the cunt?

It's generalization with a z, not an s. Most British spelling is fucking stupid.

Anyways, they are doing a fine job with letting Marvel do it's thing and they are going to let Lucasfilm do the same. It already was a corporate juggernaut, so nothing has changed there.

The real news here is that we're getting more Star Wars that won't be ruined by Lucas. Him letting better creative types that love this franchise more than him is the best idea he's had in years. He's no longer a creative type; he's a business man, and he has no business making movies anymore.

[MC Moot]

Also no more killing robots it's so freak'n lame...lets have some loss of sentient life,some consequences and some coolness restored...I want to see limbs sabered off and some instant cauterization...

[afronaut]

Star Wars starring Jar Jar Binks fuck yeah!

[Lex Diamonds]

Him letting better creative types that love this franchise more than him is the best idea he's had in years.
What? I'm sure you're doing this on purpose, it's too ironic.

[MC Moot]

A new hope???… (http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x265/mcmoot/disney-star-wars2dfgdfgdfgd.jpg)

:D

[Micodin]

I've never understood why some Star Wars fans feel so entitled. As if they created the SW universe themselves. Lucas created it and he can do with it as he likes. You may not have liked the result, but to damn him and spread glee at his departure is childish. Those types of people could only wish to have that flash of brilliance to make its mark in the arts.

[abbott]

I like Star Wars. But my wife and kids have never seen it, maybe a few minutes here and there, but not the whole thing

[MC Moot]

I've never understood why some Star Wars fans feel so entitled. As if they created the SW universe themselves. Lucas created it and he can do with it as he likes. You may not have liked the result, but to damn him and spread glee at his departure is childish. Those types of people could only wish to have that flash of brilliance to make its mark in the arts.

I think it comes down to a strange sense of proprietorship…in that for many people,particularily between the ages of 30-40 it may have been the first movie they recall seeing…well, outside of Disney films, ironically…it was the first “block buster” and the first franchised film where like Saturday morning serials of old, that inspired Lucas, the viewer was left with the inevitable cliff dropper ending and then the ensuing wait for the next episode…add a sense of anticipation with an emotionally invested audience and pop goes your culture…

[yeahwho]

I'm looking forward to seeing Johnny Depp and Eddie Murphy in Star Wars 7.

[ProfJIM]

I've never understood why some Star Wars fans feel so entitled. As if they created the SW universe themselves. Lucas created it and he can do with it as he likes. You may not have liked the result, but to damn him and spread glee at his departure is childish. Those types of people could only wish to have that flash of brilliance to make its mark in the arts.

Yes he created it but the two best movies in the entire series the screenplay wasn't written by him and they weren't directed by him. That isn't a coincidence.

And even then, Star Wars was a mash-up of several serials with dialogue lifted from Samurai films. It was never intended to be what it became. It was just his next movie that ended up swallowing him up.

[Guy Incognito]

Anyways, they are doing a fine job with letting Marvel do it's thing and they are going to let Lucasfilm do the same. It already was a corporate juggernaut, so nothing has changed there.

The real news here is that we're getting more Star Wars that won't be ruined by Lucas. Him letting better creative types that love this franchise more than him is the best idea he's had in years. He's no longer a creative type; he's a business man, and he has no business making movies anymore.

i hadnt thought of it like that,you have changed my mind, so lets see what happens

do we think films in the mould of fanboys or paul will be not allowed to use shit from the movies now?

[cj hood]

I hope 7 picks up shortly after ROTJ bringing back most of the original characters.

[Pres Zount]

What I thought would be Indescribable feelings, can actually be described as: meh, don't care.

I hope that Star Wars 7 is basically a whole new world created specifically for new fans, and aimed at kids of the age where they can still harass their parents to buy all the inevitable surge of merchandise... I'm not naive enough to think that every turn will be a surprise; not because of some misguided sense of loyalty to fans, but because they have a proven method of printing money. What that means is that we can expect new horizons to pursue, but there's still a likelihood of also seeing the first Gungan Jedi. Don't you dare close your eyes.

Rather than telling a flowing story, we're going to see a mish-mash of action sequences (PG rated) where every moment is red-letter and attempts to top the last, since this is another proven way to grab children's attention and then overwhelm them with a hundred thousand things to see = instant "OMG it was awesome! I don't know what I watched but it was so cool!". Hold your breath kids; it gets better!

Star Wars is a franchise, like Subway or Starbucks. It's not three movies you saw and loved as a child anymore. It's like a shooting star, and it, like most other media, has come so far since the 70s. It literally cannot go back to where it used to be without going bust financially. Its whole reason for existence is the thrilling chase for money, not the formation of a wondrous imaginary place, for you and for me.

[BBboy20]

Well, hopefully Disney remains being a nazi towards it's own products then worrying about fanwork of STar Wars.

[Bernard Goetz]

Yes he created it but the two best movies in the entire series the screenplay wasn't written by him and they weren't directed by him. That isn't a coincidence.

Really, you think Return of the Jedi is better than A New Hope? Really?

[ProfJIM]

Its all about Empire man. But Jedi isn't as bad as people think. Especially before Lucas re-jiggered it to add that longer musical number in Jabba's palace.

[ProfJIM]

I hope 7 picks up shortly after ROTJ bringing back most of the original characters.

I think that's a horrible idea because obviously they would have to re-cast and that wouldn't work.

[cj hood]

I think that's a horrible idea because obviously they would have to re-cast and that wouldn't work.

the key word is 'few'...

definitely bring back luke & leia (Fisher better hit the treadmill). harrison ford & billy dee williams might be dead by the time they start filming. use mcgregor as kenobi ghost...

the rest will be new characters since the Empire was defeated in ROTJ....

[afronaut]

Its all about Empire man. But Jedi isn't as bad as people think. Especially before Lucas re-jiggered it to add that longer musical number in Jabba's palace.

I had never seen the re-fucked with versions, and I caught this scene on TV a little while back, and I nearly shat myself out of disbelief.

[afronaut]

Oh, and Star Wars 7 is going to be all about Ewoks.

[Guy Incognito]

Oh, and Star Wars 7 is going to be all about Ewoks.

ewoks and wookies.

Episode 7 - Its getting a bit hairy.

[MC Moot]

I think picking up the plot after ROTJ is a non-starter for me...a third Death Star maybe?...bullocks!...I insist on prequels to the prequels, shot on 35mm,featuring the origins and development of the Jedi...no more cutesy stuff...more bounty hunters,smugglers,thieves,proper villains, custom light saber assembly and blasters galore...basically sci-fi versions of Clint Eastwood westerns mashed up in a simplified film noir style...more grit, less twits…

[Lex Diamonds]

From what I can remember, (according to the books which have been deemed canon by Lucas) the Empire continues trying to rule the galaxy on the move from its remaining Super Star Destroyers. The Admirals surround themselves with assassins and murderous force-resistant aliens. It's pretty badass.

[Freebasser]

They could probably get Mark Hamill back. He's still in shape, right?


Right?

[Guy Incognito]

From what I can remember, (according to the books which have been deemed canon by Lucas) the Empire continues trying to rule the galaxy on the move from its remaining Super Star Destroyers. The Admirals surround themselves with assassins and murderous force-resistant aliens. It's pretty badass.

are there just 9 books though? I thought there was all kinds of short stories and things. My mates a proper nerd about it and tbh i switch off when he's wittering on about some of the books but am failry sure there's loads of stuff out there

.I seem to remember some story about boba fett and han solo actually meeting and deciding a respectful nod was the way to go instead of shooting each other. not very interesting i know but its all i can remember from the ramblings of my not very interesting friend.

[MC Moot]

^He's busy working a film called "Prius Summer" according to my people...

[Echewta]

Disney and Lucasfilms have been in bed with each other long before Pixar and Marvel. I think its pretty natural. Marvel has been with Disney for a few years now and you still don't see rides in the parks or much merchadise on the shelves like you do Star Wars when Disney didn't own those rights.

As a Disney employee, I'm stoked. Most of us are.

Lets see what happens first.

[Freebasser]

As a Disney employee, I'm stoked.

I thought you were a chocolatier by day and a volunteer fireman by night?

[Randetica]

i hate sci fi lol

[yeahwho]

Everybody focuses on Star Wars in this deal, for me the bigger picture is how Lucasfilms is going to bring in it's technical whiz bang machine to finally make the epic "Herbie the Love Bug" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8skS0xyWSrk) series.

[Guy Incognito]

Marvel has been with Disney for a few years now and you still don't see rides in the parks or much merchandise on the shelves like you do Star Wars when Disney didn't own those rights.

Lets see what happens first.

sorry but having a young son and having to buy for his mates at birthdays then i can tell you i have seen fuckloads of marvel stuff. yeah theres a big star wars section at most toy shops but its rivalled by their stuff. certainly at times of film releases it dominates.

but yes i dont think its all doom and gloom. patience required.

it'd be foolish to spend 4 billion dollars on something and then start chopping and changing everything and ripping it out. its made a lot of money the way its been run.

[cj hood]

http://badassdigest.com/2012/11/01/star-wars-update-587-luke-and-leia-met-with-lucas-this-summer/

[Lex Diamonds]

are there just 9 books though? I thought there was all kinds of short stories and things. My mates a proper nerd about it and tbh i switch off when he's wittering on about some of the books but am failry sure there's loads of stuff out there

.I seem to remember some story about boba fett and han solo actually meeting and deciding a respectful nod was the way to go instead of shooting each other. not very interesting i know but its all i can remember from the ramblings of my not very interesting friend.
I'm on about the Timothy Zahn books. There was a trilogy (with front (http://www.vaempires.com/Websites/vaempires/images/Timothy_Zahn_-_Heir_To_the_Empire.jpg) covers aping (http://img2.imagesbn.com/images/148030000/148038407.JPG) the movie posters in a pretty awesome (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060429041034/starwars/images/f/f6/Tlc.jpg) way) then, I'm guessing due to popularity and the money-making machine, he cranked out another two.

I can't remember much cuz this was all when I was about 12 and my memory isn't too good at the best of times (thanks THC) but I do know Han & Leia have twins, Luke marries some badass bounty hunter called Mara Jade (who is basically the female Han Solo) and knocks her up, and Luke becomes pretty much the boss of all Jedis (obviously). The main villain is this dude called Grand Admiral Thrawn who is into cloning himself for tactical reasons.

Maybe I'll go back and re-read them, I remember enjoying them a lot as a kid.

Aaand as I was looking for pictures of the books' front covers I found this (http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/sorry-timothy-zahn-fans-the-new-star-wars-movies-wont-be-using-his-stuff-nadam.php). Sheeeit.

[yeahwho]

What I thought would be Indescribable feelings, can actually be described as: meh, don't care.

I hope that Star Wars 7 is basically a whole new world created specifically for new fans, and aimed at kids of the age where they can still harass their parents to buy all the inevitable surge of merchandise... I'm not naive enough to think that every turn will be a surprise; not because of some misguided sense of loyalty to fans, but because they have a proven method of printing money. What that means is that we can expect new horizons to pursue, but there's still a likelihood of also seeing the first Gungan Jedi. Don't you dare close your eyes.

Rather than telling a flowing story, we're going to see a mish-mash of action sequences (PG rated) where every moment is red-letter and attempts to top the last, since this is another proven way to grab children's attention and then overwhelm them with a hundred thousand things to see = instant "OMG it was awesome! I don't know what I watched but it was so cool!". Hold your breath kids; it gets better!

Star Wars is a franchise, like Subway or Starbucks. It's not three movies you saw and loved as a child anymore. It's like a shooting star, and it, like most other media, has come so far since the 70s. It literally cannot go back to where it used to be without going bust financially. Its whole reason for existence is the thrilling chase for money, not the formation of a wondrous imaginary place, for you and for me.

I cannot argue with this point of view at all. Excellent writing, very astute.

[Guy Incognito]

Aaand as I was looking for pictures of the books' front covers I found this (http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/sorry-timothy-zahn-fans-the-new-star-wars-movies-wont-be-using-his-stuff-nadam.php). Sheeeit.

ah well.

as long as its not all motivated by cgi and what bits they can make to help sell stuff like games and shit. I dont mind their being them but certainly episode 4 had none of that to be thought about when it was made

[KingSpanner]

Doesn't really matter. The movies will be good, but nothing can top people's nostalgia. Tron II was an okay movie, but the original had much more style and story. We'll probably get Tron II with the new Star Wars films. Coolness everywhere over a bunch of over-actors who are excited to be in Star Wars. No subtlety in dialog, themes, or musical cues. Action everywhere and stuff happening all the time. I expect an Episode III-esque style to them and a lot of fanboy treatment.

A lot was learned from Episode I to Episode III, so with Lucas off I think the teams can take many cues from what people hated about the prequels.

[KingSpanner]

Aaand as I was looking for pictures of the books' front covers I found this (http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/news/sorry-timothy-zahn-fans-the-new-star-wars-movies-wont-be-using-his-stuff-nadam.php). Sheeeit.


http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/11/02/star-wars-sequels-timothy-zahn

There you go. Much more optimistic

[MC Moot]

Director Kevin Smith: My Prayer for “Star Wars”… (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/star-wars-vii-kevin-smith-387591 )succinctly put…

[MC Moot]

What Star Wars VII would look like if Michael Moore directed it … (http://teamcoco.com/video/highlight-michael-moore-star-wars-episode-vii-audition-tape)

[Echewta]

I thought you were a chocolatier by day and a volunteer fireman by night?

Add Disney and change night to day and you are golden.