Star Wars 7?

#26
#26
George Lucas sells the fans out again.

I refuse to watch Zac Efron playing Luke Skywalker.
 
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#29
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The horror.
 
#30
#30
Roughneck said:
Zac Efron? You know Disney owns marvel too right? They've done pretty good with those.
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To each their own but I've thought the comic movies have been awful for the most part. Spiderman, X-men, Hulk, Dare Devil, all crap imo.
 
#31
#31
TOP said:
To each their own but I've thought the comic movies have been awful for the most part. Spiderman, X-men, Hulk, Dare Devil, all crap imo.
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Most of those were done before Disneys involvement. They have only done Avengers and the lead up to those.
 
#33
#33
Roughneck said:
Most of those were done before Disneys involvement. They have only done Avengers and the lead up to those.
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Yes. Once Disney acquired the license to Marvel their films have been good to great. X-Men and Spiderman are still owned by Fox if memory serves me right.
 
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#34
Is it going to be a trilogy? I just saw where Episode 7 was announced, nothing about a new trilogy. Maybe I missed it.

I'm really surprised this isn't bigger news. It feels like everyone is kind of "eh" about it.
 
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#36
trevols81 said:
Yes. Once Disney acquired the license to Marvel their films have been good to great. X-Men and Spiderman are still owned by Fox if memory serves me right.
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x-men's rights are with Fox. (however there was some word that Disney at least got back the rights to daredevil)


However Spiderman's are with sony...which (to add to the fact it'd almost never be sold to Disney while it was doing well / making as much money as it does) also is a direct competitor with disney, if i understand correctly (making a trading of rights even less likely)
 
#40
#40
My family is pretty much Disney freaks. My parents own some Disney timeshare(Disney's Vacation Club) I am 24 and have been about 50 times. I see this more as Disney setting up another theme park. They will make these movies and at the same time announce a new thrill/coaster park. I could see them making it as a Marvel and Lucasfilm type park.
 
#41
#41
I know in this day and age its all about the animation and digital effects but I really hope they limit it and actually make real sets in the new movie not just a few actors in alien costumes in front of green screens for two hours like in episodes I, II, and III. I am happy Lucas will only have limited involvement(personally wish he would have none.) Disney has done pretty well with some movies in the last ten years or so. Pirates of the Carribean was pretty good. the new marvel films, and I even liked John Carter a good bit. As long as Jar Jar, Jawas, and Ewoks are only involved in slaughtering roles I think it will have a good shot at contributing to the Star Wars legacy
 
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#42
volsforever27 said:
Is it going to be a trilogy? I just saw where Episode 7 was announced, nothing about a new trilogy. Maybe I missed it.

I'm really surprised this isn't bigger news. It feels like everyone is kind of "eh" about it.
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The first Star Wars was 35 years ago. The prequel trilogy turned off a lot of people plus the younger kids just are like "I don't get the big deal about Star Wars."
 
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#43
MG1968 said:
Hopefully, Disney will use Timothy Zahn's "Thrawn Trilogy" as a template for the upcoming movies
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Would be a good reference.

Wouldn't Skywalker, Leia, and Han look a little old though? Been a while since I read that trilogy but I thought it was only a few years after Return of the Jedi.
 
#46
#46
zjcvols said:
The first Star Wars was 35 years ago. The prequel trilogy turned off a lot of people plus the younger kids just are like "I don't get the big deal about Star Wars."
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Kids still love it. My six year old nephew spent a solid year on Star Wars before moving onto Batman.
 
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#47
burntorangeVOLffle said:
Kids still love it. My six year old nephew spent a solid year on Star Wars before moving onto Batman.
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My nephew, who's 11 now, spent several years as a Star Wars addict. Movies, books, the cartoon series, legos, action figures, die cast. He loved it all.
 
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#48
TrueOrange said:
that almost (or did) bankrupt that studio at the time, did it not?
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I don't know about that but I dare say Disney can float it. Plus the technology has come a lot further since then. Just look at Avatar. That movie was 65% animated. Screenplay aside it looked incredible.
 
#49
#49
Time table doesn't seem feasible if they plan on doing it right. They have to tab someone to write it (or adapt it if they base it off a previously published Star Wars story) and then of course there will be re-writes. Adding in casting, location scouting, and everything else involved in pre-production and it just doesn't seem possible to have a quality movie by 2015. All the filmimg and then post-production, I'd think 2017 or 2018 would be more realistic IMO.

I will say thank God Lucas is finally surrendering control. I admire his original creation immensely, but his God complex was too much to take when it came to listening to fan input. The prequels could have been so much better.

Personally. I hope they set it a ways into the future. The original cast could not pull off the Thrawn trilogy and seing anyone else playing such iconic roles would be a huge disappointment. Also, I would hate to see them write off the history established in the novels. I've enjoyed the continuing stories and feel like they have added a lot to the Star Wars mythos. I think it would be cool to set the next trilogy around Ben(Luke's son) and Jaina(Han and Leia's daughter). Maybe that's why there are currently no novels set to publish focusing on the timeframe after Fate of the Jedi.

Whatever happens, I just hope they do it right and please don't let them screw up the Star Wars mythos. I love Star Wars. I read all the novels. Yes, I'm that nerdy. I'd hate to see them throw aside all the history the novels have established because they have truly fleshed out Star Wars in a way Lucas never could. But I'm afraid that's what they're going to do.
 
#50
#50
Clone Wars cartoon is proof that Star Wars can still be good, while staying close to the original vision, with limited involvement from Lucas. Lucas, after all, is at his best as a collaborator. He's an idea guy.

The purist in me wanted to see the Star Wars saga end with the Anakin's tale. The geek in me can only nerdgasm at the thought of Star Wars being brought to the big screen again in *possibly* the right way.
 
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