Disney Buys Lucas Films? Including Star Wars?
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Honestly, I think the Star Wars video-games are a lot better than the movies. And I've played some that take place both before and after the whole series, and they were pretty well-written.
I agree with DreadyLocks, they should let someone whose been a little successful with fan fiction write it and consider it canon
I agree with DreadyLocks, they should let someone whose been a little successful with fan fiction write it and consider it canon
The Han Solo trilogy was classic and would be great. But I think it'd be real hard to pull off a series that takes place between Empire and Jedi. I mean, it would mean doing a 're-boot' and those typically require a new origin story or re-telling of the originals (not that that's a half-bad idea.) One upside I guess is all the young pretty-boy actors already have the same hairstyles as the original trilogy
Nerd confession:
The Jedi Knight storyline in SW:ToR is pretty epic, and very well done. The "smuggler"character is awesome, but the storyline goes to crap after the first act. And the two opening cinematics rivaled anything that the more recent "episodes" had to offer.
As a game, it was pretty terrible though.
Bailed about a day after I
singlehandedly defeated the Emperor after having previously freed myself from his mind control and thwarted his attempts at slaughtering the galaxy wholesale to absorb the energy of the dead and become some sort of space-god of nothingness.
Video-games based on shows or movies are very hard to pull off... some games are just cheap action games, and some have some great story-telling, such as The Force Unleashed though the sequel was stupid as hell...
They seem to be pretty terrible at making sequels to their games because Star Wars: Battlefront is one of the best war games ever... it focused on the random soldiers fighting the big battles in all the movies, even having quasi-cameo appearances with the heroes/villains, whom you couldn't kill, but they could pretty much annihilate your entire army... then they ruined it with the sequel by letting you play as the heroes/villains.
They seem to be pretty terrible at making sequels to their games because Star Wars: Battlefront is one of the best war games ever... it focused on the random soldiers fighting the big battles in all the movies, even having quasi-cameo appearances with the heroes/villains, whom you couldn't kill, but they could pretty much annihilate your entire army... then they ruined it with the sequel by letting you play as the heroes/villains.
As sort of an aside:
George Lucas only directed A New Hope out of the originals..
He then directed all three prequels
Add American Graffitti to the mix and there you have it: the extent of this 'great filmmaker's' feature directing career.
Even as a Producer, he's only really exec produced most of the things he's been involved in as Producer..
Not tryin to bash Lucas, hell - if I could come up with a world like that, and then sit back and rake in the millions upon millions of dollars I certainly would.
I just find it interesting that the man is seen as an amazing filmmaker and Director, sometimes seen as the god of film and he's Directed 5 films - three of which were collectively hated by the general public, despite the fact that they made money.
If anything, he's a great businessman.
Perhaps I'm just being controversial.
George Lucas only directed A New Hope out of the originals..
He then directed all three prequels
Add American Graffitti to the mix and there you have it: the extent of this 'great filmmaker's' feature directing career.
Even as a Producer, he's only really exec produced most of the things he's been involved in as Producer..
Not tryin to bash Lucas, hell - if I could come up with a world like that, and then sit back and rake in the millions upon millions of dollars I certainly would.
I just find it interesting that the man is seen as an amazing filmmaker and Director, sometimes seen as the god of film and he's Directed 5 films - three of which were collectively hated by the general public, despite the fact that they made money.
If anything, he's a great businessman.
Perhaps I'm just being controversial.
It can't be bad news I mean Star Wars films can't get worse. Lucas has been a nut with his beloved franchise. I believe the franchise is in better hands. Somebody dust off Harrison Ford there is work to do!
I read an interview with Lucas a number of years ago in which he said that he would never make Episodes 7-9 because he wouldn't live long enough to do them to his standards. In that same interview he said that he would never relinquish control of the franchise because he didn't trust anyone else to live up to his creative vision. I am paraphrasing there.
Disney definitely has the resources, talent, vision, and profit motive to bring the final trilogy to life. If they stick to the original vision of the story and put as much effort into it as they did for the Marvel films, I think it will be a good thing.
One little bit of context I'd like to add, before hitting the sack. Though the prequels were disappointing, all this Lucas-bashing is unwarranted.
Besides creating Indy and Star Wars, let's not forget that without Lucas, there's no THX, ILM, or Pixar (he didn't create the latter, but was instrumental in its growth). I think it's kinda silly for any of us to talk shit about him, as a creator and artist. Dude changed the fucking world of cinema. And now he's passing the torch. Thanks for that!
Besides creating Indy and Star Wars, let's not forget that without Lucas, there's no THX, ILM, or Pixar (he didn't create the latter, but was instrumental in its growth). I think it's kinda silly for any of us to talk shit about him, as a creator and artist. Dude changed the fucking world of cinema. And now he's passing the torch. Thanks for that!
Wow Disney control a lot more than I thought then!
I was thinking the same thing. I am wondering, however, if Disney is overreaching itself, having bought the Avengers and Star Wars.
I have a dream of being a mogul, and stories like this keep it alive.
Premise puts butts in seats = $$$$
Reviews, favorable and otherwise, only add or detract from future ticket sales.
Looks like Lucky Hardwood & I are the only ones that distinctly recall (from the pointless trash bins of our memories) that the "original" trilogy was known to be the middle set of a nine story epic.
Expect the planned loss of beloved characters from episodes 4 5 6 enshrined in film lore.
It's a brilliant plan.
Has my complete respect.
I don't understand this love of this and hate of that viewers/fans bring to the table.
No one gets this upset over McDonald's rotating their menus and evolving them over time or Ford changing the way that the Mustang looks over time. (God, they were ugly in the 80s!)
The purpose of a business is to make money. Not art.
If you wanna trash a franchise look to Hellraiser.
Episodes 7 8 9 will be great. Probably. Certainly from a financial/business PoV. Unless Michael Bay gets to direct. (shudder...
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Reviews, favorable and otherwise, only add or detract from future ticket sales.
Looks like Lucky Hardwood & I are the only ones that distinctly recall (from the pointless trash bins of our memories) that the "original" trilogy was known to be the middle set of a nine story epic.
1977 - 1983 episodes 4 5 6
- dick around for a decade and a half letting your principal actors age
1999 - 2005 episodes 1 2 3
- dick around for another decade letting your principal actors physically mature a full four decades (hoping nothing terrible happens to them)
2015-ish jump start the last trilogy with the principal actors looking their parts.
- They will likely pass the baton onto a younger principal cast at this point.
- dick around for a decade and a half letting your principal actors age
1999 - 2005 episodes 1 2 3
- dick around for another decade letting your principal actors physically mature a full four decades (hoping nothing terrible happens to them)
2015-ish jump start the last trilogy with the principal actors looking their parts.
- They will likely pass the baton onto a younger principal cast at this point.
Expect the planned loss of beloved characters from episodes 4 5 6 enshrined in film lore.
It's a brilliant plan.
Has my complete respect.
I don't understand this love of this and hate of that viewers/fans bring to the table.
No one gets this upset over McDonald's rotating their menus and evolving them over time or Ford changing the way that the Mustang looks over time. (God, they were ugly in the 80s!)
The purpose of a business is to make money. Not art.
If you wanna trash a franchise look to Hellraiser.
Episodes 7 8 9 will be great. Probably. Certainly from a financial/business PoV. Unless Michael Bay gets to direct. (shudder...