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[Haemogoblin]

http://movies.broadw...n-2015-20121030

What to think, what to think?

[MilkManX]

Hmm. Good because Lucas needed to turn it over. I think in the short term it will be good. In the long term it may suffer mediocrity.

[Michael Miko]

Here are my thoughts at this moment on this news... It could be a really good thing or a really bad thing... I know thats obvious. But they better not touch episodes 4, 5 & 6. Or try to remake them. For me they should be non- remakable... ever. If they do... I am just going find a cave somewhere in the wilds where the Cherokee still fear to tread and hope like hell Mars beams me up.

[johnnypt]

Well, now we know what they did with all that Avengers money.

It looks like they're trying to do what they're doing with the Marvel films: lock in the release date and come up with a film later. The amazing thing has been so far it's pretty much worked out with good films. A lot of fans are throwing out the Thrawn trilogy as a possibility, but at this point I'd be satisfied with that as a animated project and have the originals just do their voices. I think Mark Hamill is really the only one who could realistically come back (though Billy Dee almost looks exactly the same!) I'll be interested to see who they get writing and directing.

[Michael Miko]

If they go with the extended universe stuff could be interesting cause Luke, Han and Leia are all older and with kids, especially considering the actors are still alive. Some good stories within it. Will be an interesting trip to see what they do.

[Buxom Sorceress]

http://movies.broadw...n-2015-20121030

What to think, what to think?

clever sale by Lucas.

Disney will have plans for more than 1 film: probably a big trilogy set in the star wars universe?

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I would like to see a SON of Luke skywalker and a Daughter of Leia
fighting against an invading very-alien empire which have tentacles and are based on mutated servants and cultists of a 'cthulhu-like mythos'.
the leaders would look a bit like 'mindflayers' and would be able to suck info out of, and control, some human brains.
they would have some unusual dark powers and bionic weapons.
and some limited shape-changing abilities.
[ and later... they could unleash some very powerful huge monsters... ]

the slug-like Hutts [ like jabba was ] are helping the aliens to secretly infiltrate some human frontier worlds, recon the defenses, and control some leaders.
the previous human-led 'empire' would now be fragmented and weakened by civil wars.

Several types of Light Sabers used by some jedi s, but only few jedis now.
and their powers are very limited now. [ some dark force is slowly leeching their force powers away. it is the evil aliens. can they be stopped ? ]

And, ofcourse, you need a cheeky, rogue, smuggler, fighter, who is female, sexy, cunning, and not related to Han Solo.
And her organisation of several different fast smuggling ships with a variety of tough and crazy pilots and crews.

You could still use C3PO droid character, and R2D2.
But some other new droid characters would be nice.
I would use a tough 'security/bodyguard droid' which has read REH-Conan books, and after it's head is damaged in combat, it thinks it is 'Cronan the barbarian droid'... and it is brave and fearless, and uses its big metal fists in combat...
but it is prone to breaking down/losing power at embarassing moments, and often needs emergency repairs and power-packs.

the new trilogy has to be fun as well as spectacularly exciting.
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Disney, please feel free to use my ideas... you can send me a nice cheque later...

[Dark Mark]

I think further films were inevitable and I would rather they took the reins off Lucas who can now probably afford to build his own Deathstar.

Edited by Dark Mark, 31 October 2012 - 12:10 AM.

[amster]

Wow! This is huge!

[KG Thunder]

At this point I doubt Disney could do any more damage to Star Wars than Lucas has. I say *shrug* why not?

[Haemogoblin]

I'm pretty confident. I wonder if Disney thinks Star Wars can be what "John Carter" was supposed to be, a blockbuster with huge appeal. If so, it probably means no more John Carter movies, though they weren't exactly likely anyways. I do have my fingers crossed for a fourth Indy film though.

On a different note, does anyone else think it's kind of sad to see how widely people are agreeing that Star Wars will be better off without Lucas at the helm? While I think the consensus is probably correct, it would be galling for just about any creator to hear that judgement on one his legacy.

[amster]

I wonder if Disney thinks Star Wars can be what "John Carter" was supposed to be, a blockbuster with huge appeal.

Ya' think???

[deuce]

On a different note, does anyone else think it's kind of sad to see how widely people are agreeing that Star Wars will be better off without Lucas at the helm? While I think the consensus is probably correct, it would be galling for just about any creator to hear that judgement on one his legacy.

Too bad he didn't figure out he needed to "pass it on" around 1982. Everything after was aimed at "the kids" (as Lucas adopted child after child), as opposed to a general audience. The kid-friendliness of "Return", "Temple" and everything subsequent can be traced back to that period.

I see nothing but good (or, at least, something better) coming out of this acquisition. Disney's done a great job with its Marvel properties. Hard to envision them screwing up worse than Episodes 1 & 2.

[EM Erdelac]

Deuce, you think Temple of Doom was kid-friendly? I remember it being condemened as just the opposite. It's actually my favorite of the Indy movies, after Raiders.

I have mixed feelings. I also think passing Star Wars to somebody else is a good thing in the long run for Star Wars. I have almost totally tuned out on the franchise since that awful Clone Wars animated show (not the Tarktakovsky one, which was fantastic, but the one currently running that brought back Darth Maul and pacified most of the Mandalorians among other things). I wonder what will happen to the Dark Horse comics run though (I expect it'll go back to Marvel)...and how long it will be before they decide to remake the originals (though it may go the other way and the originals will FINALLY come out on Blu-ray).

As somebody who has written for the post-Jedi Expanded Universe, of course I'm a little sad that my work will probably get obliterated, and I doubt I'll have the opportunity to write for them again in the near future as Disney seems pretty insular. Star Wars is becoming a Hollywood family....which means all blast doors sealed.

All that said, I hate the Thrawn Trilogy and hope they don't decide to do that for the new series.

Edited by EM Erdelac, 31 October 2012 - 04:49 AM.

[deuce]

Deuce, you think Temple of Doom was kid-friendly? I remember it being condemened as just the opposite. It's actually my favorite of the Indy movies, after Raiders.

I have no favorite Indy movies after "Raiders".

[KG Thunder]

I'm pretty confident. I wonder if Disney thinks Star Wars can be what "John Carter" was supposed to be, a blockbuster with huge appeal. If so, it probably means no more John Carter movies, though they weren't exactly likely anyways. I do have my fingers crossed for a fourth Indy film though.

On a different note, does anyone else think it's kind of sad to see how widely people are agreeing that Star Wars will be better off without Lucas at the helm? While I think the consensus is probably correct, it would be galling for just about any creator to hear that judgement on one his legacy.

You mean a 5th? My favorite Indy was Last Crusade, and I'd have been fine with them ending it there. Rebooting Indiana Jones now will be extremely tricky, with or without Harrison Ford.

Edited by KG Thunder, 31 October 2012 - 05:33 AM.

[Haemogoblin]

No. I mean a fourth. I've heard whispers of a certain film involving glass crania, monkey troops, and flying refrigerators, but I don't believe someone could actually make such a bad Indy movie. .

[monk]

i agree with those who feel he should have passed it on after empire strikes back.

boba fett went out like a sucker. pardon the pun. the ball was dropped so many times...ewoks, mace windu getting sucked out a window...

[Ironhand]

Maybe they will use the Lucasfilm technology and art to make John Carter sequels with a reasonable cost/profit ratio?

Edited by Ironhand, 31 October 2012 - 07:13 AM.

[witchfire]

i shed a tear for all those people out there making fan films , web comics with action figures (scale wars, troops of doom, ect)
or any thing based on star wars.

Dysney will mercylessly send it's lawyers after them in no time flat

Edited by witchfire, 31 October 2012 - 01:31 PM.

[Libaax]

Well, now we know what they did with all that Avengers money.

It looks like they're trying to do what they're doing with the Marvel films: lock in the release date and come up with a film later. The amazing thing has been so far it's pretty much worked out with good films. A lot of fans are throwing out the Thrawn trilogy as a possibility, but at this point I'd be satisfied with that as a animated project and have the originals just do their voices. I think Mark Hamill is really the only one who could realistically come back (though Billy Dee almost looks exactly the same!) I'll be interested to see who they get writing and directing.

They arent doing anything with Marvel films, it works because Marvel Studious is run by people from Marvel comics world and know how to make Marvel film after another. Its like giving Disney credit for Pixar films. It worked because Marvel and Pixar do their own thing and just have Disney attached name afterwards.

Disney working was a BO failure like John Carter... Buying dated studio,film series like Star Wars is far from owning BO dominators like Marvel,Pixar films.

Edited by Libaax, 31 October 2012 - 04:01 PM.