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Star Wars 7 in 2015; Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4B
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10-30-2012, 03:55 PM | #2 |
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Ugh. Will George Lucas never be happy with his original success?
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10-30-2012, 04:03 PM | #3 |
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George Lucas isn't directing, thank god.
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10-30-2012, 04:11 PM | #4 |
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Lucasfilm ... is now owned by Disney!? More importantly, 20th Century Fox decided that public confidence in George Lucas was so low that his studio was only worth $4 billion?
One has to wonder what this will mean for older films. Will Fox retain distribution rights on Star Wars (1-6)? Will Paramount retain distribution rights on Indiana Jones? I guess only time will tell. The article is sadly sparse on details for the seventh film. Will it be Episode VII? When will it be set? Will it trample upon the sometimes great sometimes shitty Expanded Universe? What will the story be? Will it be mostly new faces or mostly old ones? Are we to assume Grandma Leia, Grandpa Han, and Old Luke Skywalker will be showing up? I have to say that my confidence in this film being any good has been shot to hell by the three prequels. Although I also felt that Episode 1 was by far the worst of the prequels so it's not like all hope for improvement is lost. LOLOLOL STAR TOURS IS ACTUALLY A DISNEY-RELEVANT RIDE NOW!
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10-30-2012, 04:16 PM | #6 |
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@Talon -
No details yet, but people expect the Thrawn trilogy atm @ T-dos - No one is arguing he didn't make an amazing universe, he just blows at directing. |
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In before Disney's vision of the Noghri 99% doesn't line up with my own, the only thing they have in common being that they're black. (That was certainly the case with the artwork in the PC game Star Wars: Rebellion. Ugh.)
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10-30-2012, 05:16 PM | #10 |
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Good grief.
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10-30-2012, 05:18 PM | #11 |
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I think one of my buds on Smogon summed it up the best:
<shnen> next disney princess: princess leia Yup, seems like a bad idea to me too.
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This was in your original press release. I just don't think any of us had read that far initially.
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As for the Zahn trilogy, I'm still not sold. As a kid when I read those books I was certainly pleased with them but I never said to myself "Wow, these are just as good as the original films!" The villain, cool as he was in many ways, was really hindered by how Zahn wrote him in others. (I didn't care for the whole "there were twelve Grand Admirals and I was the only alien among them" racial angle. And I never felt like Thrawn was a villain who ranked up there with Vader. Never mind how lame I felt C'baoth was. >_>) Were Zahn's books the best of the Expanded Universe bunch? (spoiler for the end of Zahn's books and beyond? Yeah I guess. Click only if you don't care period.) Spoiler: show If I had to pick anything Star Wars property to see turned into a film, tbh it would probably be BioWare's Knights of the Old Republic. Just tell the Light Side Best End version of the story and you've got yourself an awesome film everyone can enjoy. My second pick would be Crispin's Han Solo trilogy but I realize it's not for everyone and casting would be a bitch because you want a 20-year old Harrison Ford but you're not going to be able to get a 20-year old Harrison Ford. ^^;
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10-30-2012, 05:33 PM | #13 |
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Ugh, you make a good point - if the movies starred Luke, Leia, and Han - who would play them?
Spoiler: show Part of me would love to see a reunion of the actors in their current ages, but that would mess with some canon in the EU wouldn't it? |
10-30-2012, 05:42 PM | #14 |
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While I mostly agree with Talon's point, I for one liked the Geonosians. But then I'm a sucker for insects.
Honestly I've never dabbled much in the EU - could but never been arsed with it - so I have no idea how certain things go bar things like Leia becoming Force-sensitive and lots of children happening. I mean I love Clone Wars (the good one, not the 3D one) but that's literally it. Anyway. Not sure how Episode VII would go down. Since both existing Trilogies occupy different time frames to each other, having it be set a good while in the future would seem to be the most logical choice. I agree that not having a Jedi/Sith focus would be good, mind. |
10-30-2012, 05:45 PM | #15 |
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Also I've just noticed that the thread title says '$48'. Surely it wasn't that low :p
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10-30-2012, 06:18 PM | #18 |
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Ah yes, that's more like it.
Though my eyes being broken is hardly news. |
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Talon's post made me sad.
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10-30-2012, 07:28 PM | #20 |
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I absolutely luuuuurv Mara Jade. The concept of her character is one of my favorites. I'd have to say that she's one of the very, very few truly gray characters in the Star Wars universe. I find her complex and interesting, but I do realize there is no accounting for taste.
I'm not sure how I feel about Disney though...Talon's picture is making me fear the worst. Hopefully it's not going to be a bad film(s)! *crosses fingers*
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I don't know, I wouldn't mind seeing maybe a little short before the movie or something about Mickey Mouse Star Wars.
In regards to the actual buy out and seventh movie, I really couldn't care less. I have never really liked Star Wars, growing up it never appealed to me, with the exception of the racing game that was released on N64 that was based on the first prequel and was amazing. Though I would probably be interested in watching the seventh movie if it didn't focus on Jedis and Siths.
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10-30-2012, 07:34 PM | #22 |
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Regarding people cacking themselves over it being Disney - they own Marvel now and The Avengers turned out alright.
>the racing game that was released on N64 that was based on the first prequel and was amazing Star Wars Episode I: Racer? My god that was a terrible game. The Rogue Squadron series, on the other hand... |
10-30-2012, 07:43 PM | #23 |
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Star Wars Episode I: Racer was a GREAT game, what are you talking about!?
Oh God I loved the Rogue Squadron series, and the Battlefront series, too... tfw Disney now owns the rights to Lucasarts and Indiana Jones, too. Oh hey, also, let me remind everyone that Disney took over Marvel and the Avengers turned out alright, too, yes? (edit: DOH, Dave just pointed this out) tfw Avengers + Star Wars crossover in Kingdom Hearts 3 is imminent Last edited by deoxys; 10-30-2012 at 07:45 PM. |
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Just popping in to say that Disney now owns Marvel too, and... oh wait, Dave stole my point. While I'm here though, I agree with Deo in that the Battlefront games were great, especially the second one.
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