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** Star Wars Episode VII - SPOILERS WITHIN **
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Yeah but exactly that, they will go to him for advice. I would like to think they would ignore his crap advice, as they have ownership of the IP!
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I quite enjoyed John Carter. Having said that I have a fairly increased tolerance level when it comes to hard scifi because it's so limited these days...
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Im still truly shocked he sold it, i wonder if all the hatred he got for the prequels had any baring on this decision.
Hmmm it's a tough route to take. They either make the expanded universe books, so little surprises but that worked anyway with fans of harry potter who had read the books. Or they go their own route and completely **** off million of people who have invested 20 years in the expanded books.
What worries me is in the video clip Lucas comments on his outline for 7,8 &9. So it will still be his storyboard for those films. Whether they follow the books remains to be seen.
All the essential components to make a once-great franchise superb again are already there. Removing Lucas as scriptwriter and getting in someone who knows what they're doing is all that's really required. Episodes I-III were terrible because Lucas had carte blanche to do his own thing how he wanted. Disney are infinitely more likely to give the people what they want.
How can they finish the story of Luke without using Hamill and co? I don't think I could watch another actor/s play Han and Luke. Trouble is Carrie Fisher now looks like Jabba. The rest could get away with it, apart from her.
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I think Joss Whedon is a little busy at the moment tbh!
Still dunno how to feel about this! Shocked at first and I'm still unsure carrying on the storyline with be the right thing to do. Perhaps someone who's read the books that continue after Ep. 6 can give us a little idea where it might go? Do they all have children etc to carry it on? 
Oh and also:
Oh and also:
you mean like gene roddenberry with star trek ... and they basically laughed in his face and went fk you
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"Worrying that Disney will ruin Star Wars is like worrying that a second iceberg will dive down to hit the Titanic."
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Lucas looked close to tears in that video clip.
Not sure how I feel about this.
Not sure how I feel about this.
I hope not, replace them and start again. Especially as they want to make one every two years, would make no sense using the old actors and not needed.
$4bn for this?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm#Filmography
Will be interesting to see if Disney recoup that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucasfilm#Filmography
Will be interesting to see if Disney recoup that.
I can't see it, Lucas always said the 9 films were Lukes story, which is why even in the expanded universe he gave rights to kill any main character except Luke. Luke is in his 60's in the latest set of books. If they went that far into the future they could get away with it.
I feel though they will roll these out so often they need to start again and it will make no one except 8 year olds happy. I feel we will get a pirates of the Caribbean experience from now on.
You kidding? Seriously? You know Avengers Assemble took $1.5bil right? They are talking another 3+ movies of the biggest movie Franchise in history.
Easily. Forget the films just think merchandising and all the stuff that's had limited runs that they can pump back out on mass. Lego, figures etc.
DVD's Blu rays for the next trilogy, new figures, new lego new video games. They will make their money back 10 fold. Clearly Lucas just cannot be bothered to run with it anymore.