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Lucas Sells Star Wars to Disney!
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What's this I have seen that Carrie fisher and Harrison ford are onboard for VII? Mark Hamill is also interested in a return?
I'm surprised.
I'm surprised.
100% agreed! Legendary games. My Pc was always too lame for running X-Wing, though...wasn't there even a Tie Fighter game? Couldn't even say what's my favorite game, probably Monkey Island, because it was the first I got addicted to.
I don't like it, but from a core business perspective, I can understand the move. Disney is not about writing games but rather licensing. From what I read, they're intent is to further leverage LucasArts by licensing star wars games instead of producing them.
The cost of game development has easily grown into 6 figures, so I can see why Disney wants to focus on what they do best and license products from companies that focus on games
Michael Arndt's scrapped Star Wars story was about Luke and Han's kids
A new story about aged characters doesn't sound interesting, Abrams. Say it ain't so. With so many potential storylines... He's gonna dip in an old well. Ugh.
A new story about aged characters doesn't sound interesting, Abrams. Say it ain't so. With so many potential storylines... He's gonna dip in an old well. Ugh.
Well, at least he's not rebooting the series. The last thing we need is a BS love triangle between Han, Leia and Luke, ending with the awkward reveal of the latter two's shared parentage.
Yeah, a reboot would be awful. But that's stating the obvious, even to Abrams. Even the idea of mixing the old characters with the new, unless extremely briefly, really turns me off. This galaxy is far, far away. Plenty of space for new adventures with new characters. My eyes can't unsee that last Indiana Jones Crystal Skull abomination and I fear a script trying to reignite an old fire with burnt logs ain't gonna work for similar reasons.
Agreed, They've successfully rebooted Batman and Superman, but I hated the Star Trek reboot, but the second movie wasn't bad, even if it was a shameless ripoff of the first Kahn movie.
As for Star Wars, this would be disastrous, dare I say there's way too many books and comic books out there that a reboot would alienate all of the fans.
I'm not a big fan of trotting out a 70 year old Han Solo, or Princess Lei either. They need to develop some good characters, they shouldn't have Yoda/Obi Wan/Anakin in ghost form either.
I think the love triangle between Han, Leia, and Luke was over during ROTJ. I doubt that they'll start that up.
All I'm sure about is that there is a good chance they're going to f this up. The new SW better be at least a pg-13 and NO PUPPETS!
All I'm sure about is that there is a good chance they're going to f this up. The new SW better be at least a pg-13 and NO PUPPETS!
The Superman reboot was successful? I dunno about that... the story seemed all over the place, and the symbolism was about as subtle as a brick to the face. (He's Jesus, get it? Yup, Jesus. Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus Jesus. Oh, and did we mention he is Jesus?)
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I thought it was, I don't know if it was a commercial success but myself and many of my friends thought it was better then the previous reboot.
I love the new Star Trek movies. But I agree with you about Star Wars. They should be new stories. There are lots of books to pull story lines from.
I didn't like the first Star Trek movie, but the second (the Kahn ripoff) was a good movie on its own, which was surprising why they felt they needed to copy the original so closely. They could have made Kahn someone else and altered how Kirk worked on the warp engines to something else.
Either way, I like the second Star Trek movie, not the first and I'm hopeful that Star Wars will have a tight story line.
As an avid reader of post ROTJ novels I'm quite used to the idea of the original characters being older.
I'm more concerned how the children of these characters will be included. In the novels Luke has a child called Ben. Han and Leia have three, Jacen and jaina (twins) and Anakin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_family
Are they just going to ignore all that or try and fit the new story's in with the already written time line?
I'm more concerned how the children of these characters will be included. In the novels Luke has a child called Ben. Han and Leia have three, Jacen and jaina (twins) and Anakin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solo_family
Are they just going to ignore all that or try and fit the new story's in with the already written time line?
No you are not...
I do not want to see the older versions of the OT characters (why I haven't read some of the novels.)
There are so many things Disney could do, but with the recent and obvious announcement that Marvel will start publishing OT focused comics in 2015, it looks rather meh to me.
Shuts off fan woman dismay.
But if Disney were to give us a cracking stand alone Obi-Wan Kenobi film with McGregor reprising the role, THAT I would go see. Kenobi is the only character from the OT I still enjoy.
I do not want to see the older versions of the OT characters (why I haven't read some of the novels.)
There are so many things Disney could do, but with the recent and obvious announcement that Marvel will start publishing OT focused comics in 2015, it looks rather meh to me.
Shuts off fan woman dismay.
But if Disney were to give us a cracking stand alone Obi-Wan Kenobi film with McGregor reprising the role, THAT I would go see. Kenobi is the only character from the OT I still enjoy.
The most recent casting call has two roles that are classified as "leads"; a caucasian male aged 17-21 and an any race/bi-racial female aged 16-19.
Another casting call is also looking for a "large number" of "tall actors, preferably over 2m in height".
I'm intrigued by the fact that they are planning on using a mixture of physical effects, miniatures and CGI.
Another casting call is also looking for a "large number" of "tall actors, preferably over 2m in height".
I'm intrigued by the fact that they are planning on using a mixture of physical effects, miniatures and CGI.
They did, when the clones were fighting the droid army - just before order 66 was to be issued
Not to mention a certain holiday special George Lucas wishes he could destroy every copy of.
Yes. Including a brief cameo from the only Wookiee we really care about.