Star Wars Episode 7, anyone?

[Cain]

So, Disney bought Lucafilms Ltd. and plans to release Star Wars Ep.7 in 2015.

http://www.streetinsider.com/Press+Releases/Disney+to+Acquire+Lucasfilm+Ltd./7828436.html

http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-star-wars-creator/

Thoughts?
For me, it's a case of 'My cynicism is tingling!'. I'm not surprised Disney already has plans for Star Wars episode 7, because who wants to miss up on that cash cow, right? Overall, why can't they see we don't want more movies?

 

[queenofdisco]

Might be good might be ****e, who can tell. Either way I actually liked the new Star wars trilogy so I'm looking forward to more. The animated film Clone wars was absolutely dreadful though, I hated that aside from that I see no reason not to do what Lucas has been putting off for a century.

 

[SelfAppointedGunslinger]

I'd rather not, if it were up to me the first three would have been the end of it. No prequels, no clone wars animated series, none of that stuff.

 

[Purple Nurple]

Since they're gonna be a continuation of the Skywalker-Solo-Leia storyline I honestly think it'll be frustrating watching other actors fill those roles.

 

[queenofdisco]

https://twitter.com/DepressedDarth/status/263427168950947840​

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[Angel]

I still HATE that anything other than the original 3 were made.

Although as spin-off cartoons, I loved watching Droids and Ewoks as a kid - but anything else is crap.

 

[Dark Drakan]

Ive heard The Clone Wars animated series is meant to be good (only seen bits when Jacks been watching it) but ive hated everything but the original 3 too.

 

[Tsuyu]

In my humble opinion, only a movie based on the animated series would be tolerable. Might even be awesome.

 

[Cain]

Since they're gonna be a continuation of the Skywalker-Solo-Leia storyline I honestly think it'll be frustrating watching other actors fill those roles.

I hope they at least try and stay with the expanded universe canon.

 

[Quistrix]

I must be one of the few people here that actually liked the prequels.

 

[Tsuyu]

I must be one of the few people here that actually liked the prequels.

It is not that they aren't likeable, its that they are just so very inferior to the original trilogy.

 

[Quistrix]

It is not that they aren't likeable, its that they are just so very inferior to the original trilogy.

True.

I'm glad The Matrix never had any sequels.

>.>

<.<

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

You can't really be mad at Disney for it. They wouldn't buy the rights to Star Wars unless they wanted to make another movie. I can't see how you would be mad for them wanting a return on their investment.

 

[Tsuyu]

Who's mad at Disney?

 

[cheezMcNASTY]

I never said anyone was....?

 

[Walker]

I hope they at least try and stay with the expanded universe canon.

Ha. Haha. BAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Expanded universe canon my white ass, have you READ the expanded universe? The very first expanded universe book had Luke killing Darth Vader, making out with Leia, and running off with a magic crystal that enhanced force powers.

(EDIT: And that was by Alan Dean Foster, who's kinda awesome, so don't take that as a diss against the book or the author.)

Trying to stay to some kind of EU canon would be insane. On the other hand, if "Episode 7" ends up being "we made movies of the Timothy Zahn trilogy of novels" or even some of the other ones (I liked Courtship of Princess Leia, when I read it circa about 10 years old) I could get behind that.

EDIT2: The problem there being that Harrison Ford is old as **** and I have no idea if Carrie Fisher is even alive. Mark Hamill is, I think, but I only know that because he did that Simpsons episode years ago.

So... hopefully they don't do anything too immediately after the original trilogy.

EDIT3: I just googled. I could see Mark Hamill as old, badass Luke. He's fugly, but that works. Carrie Fisher... she's old, shockingly, but I think she could pull of "motherly old Leia kicking ass at the negotiating table."

You can't really be mad at Disney for it. They wouldn't buy the rights to Star Wars unless they wanted to make another movie. I can't see how you would be mad for them wanting a return on their investment.

I never said anyone was....?

Your initial comment up there could be interpreted as you implying that someone was mad. Given that two out of three sentences are about a nebulous someone hypothetically being mad.

EDIT4: Mark Hamill wants to be Luke, I guess?

 

[Dark Drakan]

From what I read earlier it will be an original story according to a LucasFilms source.

Star Wars Episode 7 will be an original story

 

[Walker]

Yeah, and I hope so. Because I really want to see Ford/Hamill/Fisher come back, but the stories that take place with their characters as old as the actors are now kind of suck. I don't know if you read the New Jedi Order series, but I despised them. SPOILER: The first book kills Chewbacca and has Han and Leia's kid turn into a whiny, near-suicidal emo bitch for the next ten books because Chewbacca died saving him. That's when I lost interest.

 

[MazeisMaze]

I actually heard about this when I was searching for "wookie monster". This sucks. I personally think that disney will ruin the series. They're going to make it a kiddie film or something. When I heard about this Lucasfilms had lost a big fan of star wars.

 

[Walker]

I actually heard about this when I was searching for "wookie monster". This sucks. I personally think that disney will ruin the series. They're going to make it a kiddie film or something. When I heard about this Lucasfilms had lost a big fan of star wars.

You really think that Disney's ownership will produce something worse than the I-III trilogy? I mean, like Queen said (maybe in the OTHER Star Wars thread,) this is the same Disney that made (or at least owns) Avengers. Disney does cool ****, and they're fully capable of funding a great Star Wars VII. Just don't know if they actually WILL yet.

And if you're bitching about a kiddy film, isn't it Lucasfilm who made the Clone Wars movie followed by the TV series?