Star Wars 7,8,9, and possibly more, are going to be made

[Princess Luna]

Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind “Star Wars,” from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It’s also making a seventh movie in the “Star Wars” series called “Episode 7,” set for release in 2015, with plans to follow it with Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years.

The Walt Disney Co. announced the blockbuster agreement to make the purchase in cash and stock Tuesday. The deal includes Lucasfilm’s prized high-tech production companies, Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, as well as rights to the “Indiana Jones” franchise.

Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement that the acquisition is a great fit and will help preserve and grow the “Star Wars” franchise.

“The last ‘Star Wars’ movie release was 2005’s ‘Revenge of the Sith’ — and we believe there’s substantial pent-up demand,” Iger said.

Kathleen Kennedy, the current co-chairman of Lucasfilm, will become the division’s president and report to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. Lucas will be creative consultant on new “Star Wars” films.

Lucas said in a statement, “It’s now time for me to pass ‘Star Wars’ on to a new generation of filmmakers.”

The deal brings Lucasfilm under the Disney banner with other brands including Pixar, Marvel, ESPN and ABC, all companies that Disney has acquired over the years. A former weatherman who rose through the ranks of ABC, Iger has orchestrated some of the company’s biggest acquisitions, including the $7.4 billion purchase of animated movie studio Pixar in 2006 and the $4.2 billion acquisition of comic book giant Marvel in 2009.

Disney shares were not trading with stock markets closed due to the impact of Superstorm Sandy in New York.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/disney-says-it-is-buying-star-wars-maker-lucasfilm-for-405-billion-from-george-lucas/2012/10/30/dc0ace18-22cc-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html

When I first read this I thought it had to be a joke, so here are two more links confirming it....

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2012/10/30/disney-buying-tar-wars-maker-lucasfilm-for-405b/

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2012/10/holy_disney_just_bought_lucasfilm_and_theyre_gonna .php

[Prometeo liberado]

After the last three "films" it was just a matter of time before the entire series got turned out like a 12 year old Thai boy. And the sad part about this is that some here will find it just as criminal. They lost me when my 10th Christmas was ruined because my self-centered and lazy birth parents couldn't pick up extra shifts picking strawberries to buy me the goddamn Death Star(action figures not included)! No loss of tears here comrades.
Goddamn it. :mad:

[Ostrinski]

Nice. Although I thought George Lucas specifically said he wouldn't do any more of them?

[R_P_A_S]

After the last three "films" it was just a matter of time before the entire series got turned out like a 12 year old Thai boy. And the sad part about this is that some here will find it just as criminal. They lost me when my 10th Christmas was ruined because my self-centered and lazy birth parents couldn't pick up extra shifts picking strawberries to buy me the goddamn Death Star(action figures not included)! No loss of tears here comrades.
Goddamn it. :mad:

Like a 12 year old Thai boy? WTF

[Let's Get Free]

I have been waiting for this shit my entire life

[Princess Luna]

Nice. Although I thought George Lucas specifically said he wouldn't do any more of them?

To be fair he isn't, some one else will direct and Lucas will serve only as a consultant

[Ostrinski]

They might not be as good then.

[Prometeo liberado]

Nice. Although I thought George Lucas specifically said he wouldn't do any more of them?
He won't. Did you not read the OP? Disney will do the dirty deed for him.


Like a 12 year old Thai boy? WTF

Yes, WTF indeed. 12 year old boys are a delicacy in Thailand. Organizations like the infamous Hell Fire Clubs never truly disappeared. No, the loons and drunken deviants simply take "sex vacations" now. Yup, bus loads of fat white men drooling to be the first to "tilt the lion" on any newbie young boy. My beloved Star Wars has been turned out just like that young boy. A fiend is a fiend, whether it be to exploit young boys or the movies(sans Jar Jar Binks) he holds dear. Many a dream has gone down that sweat and discharge filled hallway where these ugly and unoriginal people operate, only to be turned out and die unremembered, and for no good reason at all. :(

[Let's Get Free]

They might not be as good then.

If they mess up, it'll be the worst thing to happen to Star Wars since Jar-Jar Binks.

[doesn't even make sense]

Star Wars is shit, anyway.

[DDR]

I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced

[Ostrinski]

Fuck the Jar-Jar hate there I said it

[TheGodlessUtopian]

I am skeptical on this... to say the least. But with literally no details available right now as to the status of what the next movie will be like it is hard to say.

[Althusser]

They will suck.
I am more looking forward to the Red Letter Media Plinkett reviews.

[l'Enfermé]

If they don't make Jar-Jar Binks the main character of this third trilogy, they're gonna ruin this entire decade for me :(

[Igor]

as long as they don't touch indy all will be fine imo

[Sasha]

cant be worse than 1,2,3
if they get josh whedon to direct i might even go and see them in the theater

[Ostrinski]

Am I the only one that didn't think the prequel trilogy was complete shit

[l'Enfermé]

^Objectively, it wasn't much good. But then again the original trilogy wasn't good either, but all the prequel-haters don't acknowledge that for some reason.

[Let's Get Free]

Am I the only one that didn't think the prequel trilogy was complete shit

I didn't care much for episode one, but I thought episode two and especially episode three were quite good.

[Althusser]

Star Wars is shit, anyway.

If I was an admin...

[Prometeo liberado]

I'll bet all of your savings that some ass-hat corporate Disney exec takes it upon itself to cast, forever-unable-to-smile, Kristen Stewart as part of some cynical marketing ploy. Just imagine as the excruciatingly painful hours go by and all you see is Jar Jar and HER doing their best not to look dead or dieing. Is that what we paid for?

Why O' Lord?!!!:cursing:

[Ostrinski]

I felt the same way, Insurrectionist.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

Ostrinski: I thought episodes I-III were okay, and it was nice to see the back story of Darth Vader elaborated on, but nothing could possibly touch episodes IV-VI.

And Empire. Nothing can touch Empire. That movie is the king of Star Wars.

[Rugged Collectivist]

Am I the only one that didn't think the prequel trilogy was complete shit

I liked them, but I saw them when I was a kid, and I only really remember the third. Honestly I think star wars is really overrated.

[GPDP]

Star Wars has already hit rock bottom under the direction of that manchild we call George Lucas. It can only go uphill from here.

I, for one, welcome our new Disney overlords. Disney actually has proven to be quite competent with handling movies as of late. Give the franchise a good, competent director, and I'm confident the new movies will turn out fine. Better than the goddamn prequels, anyway.

[Ostrinski]

As long as John Williams does the music, I think it has a chance of being ok. Say what you want about the prequel trilogy but the Ep III soundtrack kicked ass.

no John Williams = no Star Wars

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Disney actually has proven to be quite competent with handling movies as of late.
Lol, John Carter/Alice in Wonderland/Prince of Persia/Pirates 4 etc...

Personally I'm split on this. No George Lucas is good: he's a shit director, in my opinion. And there's always a chance that they'll acquire the rights to the Timothy Zahn Thrawn Trilogy as those are actually really good books that take off 5 years after Return. It'd be like Game of Thrones in space.

But another part of me is seeing this image of a souless corporate machine just plastering remakes directly into people's eyes while screaming "NOW IN 3D! BUY OUR MERCHANDISE!".

[GPDP]

But another part of me is seeing this image of a souless corporate machine just plastering remakes directly into people's eyes while screaming "NOW IN 3D! BUY OUR MERCHANDISE!".

So at worst, it'll be business as usual.

Like I said, it's already rock bottom. At least this way there's a chance someone else can do something with the franchise without catering to one singular asshole's whims.

[Princess Luna]

Sometimes I really hate the George Lucas haters , I dislike the special editions as much as anybody else, but some of the viscous hatred directed towards the man would be undeserved by the likes of Michael Bay and Uwe Boll , much less the creator of one of the greatest film franchises of all time.

Disney paid $4,000,000,000 for the franchise I seriously doubt they would do something stupid to screw the films up , like hiring a shitty director or demanding that inane stuff be put in. I am curious how they are going to go about this, they can't really make squeals involving the main cast because the original cast is to old (and I KNOW Disney isn't dumb enough to hire new actors to the play the classic characters) so are they going to mine the books and already expanded universe or create original content. The best option would be for them to set it in the old republic, as it would allow them to use all the star wars themes but still keep the "purity" of the original movies intact, however this maybe one area Disney , regrettably, puts their foot down on fearing the the old republic universe might be less marketable to children.

[Ostrinski]

I used to be really into the expanded universe books back in middle school. Good times. I especially liked the Jacen Solo series, anyone read that one?

[Igor]

yeah I hate the fact that new movies are being made but because that's gonna happen, I'm pretty happy they're by Disney instead of Lucas. Disney is actually pretty decent company, I mean we're talking about company that owns Marvel and Pixar: they can make good movies ok. same really can't be said of lucas

but best case scenario would still pretty much no sequels but you can't have it all :(

[Drosophila]

I used to be really into the expanded universe books back in middle school. Good times. I especially liked the Jacen Solo series, anyone read that one?

Kotor and a few other things were the best that the EU had to offer. Everything else was pretty lame, IMO - i.e. most of the stuff after Jedi

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[Yuppie Grinder]

star wars 4 and 5 were cool, 6 would have been good if it weren't for the puppets
fuck star wars tho

[Ostrinski]

RotJ>>>>>

[Ele'ill]

star wars is horrible

[Le Socialiste]

star wars is horrible

Resign. Now.

JK, I'm not that big a fan of the series either. I do enjoy them though, they're good for what they are.

I am intrigued by this news, however. Disney has proven that it's able to put out relatively good stuff (people can disagree with this), so I'll hold out on any opinions until the movies actually start getting made. I wonder what direction they'll go in terms of the story?

[Ele'ill]

the memories i have of star wars aren't of the first three being good it's of my friends and I being kids and building snow, forest, random debris forts to defend against the imperial walkers so clearly it rubbed off

[smellincoffee]

Disney's execs must be going apeshit over the merchandising opportunities. Just think of all the toys and t-shirts they'll sell.

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Goofy...i am your father!

Ahuh, noooo! :laugh:

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

:crying:

My soul has died, I'm gonna call it, 09:08 am, EST.

[bad ideas actualised by alcohol]

Worst thing is, I'll probably still buy tickets and the $400 collectors edition of the nine-ology when that comes out.

[KurtFF8]

Am I the only one that didn't think the prequel trilogy was complete shit

I enjoyed it. I even hold a controversial view that Episode 3 is a good film that holds up to the OT.

But yeah this is quite big news for the entertainment industry and for SW fans (like myself).

There's a lot that we can discuss as to how this will affect the SW franchise, but to put our "Leftist hats" on for a moment: this in a way demonstrates a continuing trend of consolidation of media companies.

Granted Lucas has always expressed a desire to give up the franchise at some point but having ILM and LucasArts also go makes this a relatively significant consolidation.

This means that fewer and fewer folks (read corporate execs) are in charge of decisions of the entertainment content produced in the US.

Many seem to think that Disney has offered a decent amount of autonomy to the companies (like Marvel) that it's acquired in recent times however.

[thriller]

Star Wars is shit, anyway.

STFU
As to the OP, WTF!?!?!? If this shit does happen, will it just mimic the books that came out after Episode VI or will be something entirely new? Because a movie with Grand Admiral Thrawn would be the shit! But if it's all new, they may pass over books already written and confuse the hell out of die-hard Star Wars fans. But as many others have said, if it's like Episodes I-III, no thanks. I have many people to text now that this news ha broke.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

RotJ>>>>>
Empire!!!!
30GD25un0XQ

[NoOneIsIllegal]

^Objectively, it wasn't much good. But then again the original trilogy wasn't good either, but all the prequel-haters don't acknowledge that for some reason.
What are you even talking about? Yeah, there are plenty of criticism for the original series, but compared to 4-6, 1-3 was an abomination on a whole different level. Did you notice any of the acting? It looks like they literally just woke up out of bed, seemed quite tired and sleepy, filmed the first take, and called it a wrap. Or is it the fact that a lot of characters, especially in Episode 1 have absolutely no personality? Man, characters like Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan, Queen Padme had no tone to them whatsoever. I'd be hesitant to criticize child actors, because a lot of them are bad, but it was just plain hard to watch the Anakin character. There was no good character that the audience could even relate to.

At least 4-6 had redeeming features and each character had their own personality trait, even if you didn't like the movies. If anything, the limit's that Lucas encountered while filming 4-6 made it more interesting. He filmed out in the desert, he made animatronics, and had to rely on good camera angles, acting, and dialogue to carry the movie. In 1-3, he just fucking hired a bunch of computer geeks to make a visual presentation and called it done. It's so hard to watch because everything looks and feels so fake.

[Drosophila]

^Besides that, the Originals actually have a lot of nostalgic value, plus Empire is considered to be one of the best movies of all time. The Prequel trilogy is trash because the story, acting, and dialogue were awful.

I encourage Prequel haters and lovers alike to watch this:

http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/

[NoOneIsIllegal]

I encourage Prequel haters and lovers alike to watch this:

http://redlettermedia.com/plinkett/star-wars/
The Plinkett reviews are probably the best few hours hours on the internet a person could spend. Review of Episode 1 is probably the most important, but the character Plinkett is probably one of the best critics of all time because he does come off as pretentious and elite. Mixing excellent humor and criticism, I encourage everyone to watch it as well.

[Princess Luna]

Apparently George Lucas is donating almost all of the $4,000,000,000 to charity

ww.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-deal-george-lucas-will-

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Apparently George Lucas is donating almost all of the $4,000,000,000 to charity

ww.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disney-deal-george-lucas-will-

Oh, well then disney-star wars won't be shite!
:confused:

[GPDP]

What are you even talking about? Yeah, there are plenty of criticism for the original series, but compared to 4-6, 1-3 was an abomination on a whole different level. Did you notice any of the acting? It looks like they literally just woke up out of bed, seemed quite tired and sleepy, filmed the first take, and called it a wrap. Or is it the fact that a lot of characters, especially in Episode 1 have absolutely no personality? Man, characters like Qui-Gon Jinn, Obi-Wan, Queen Padme had no tone to them whatsoever. I'd be hesitant to criticize child actors, because a lot of them are bad, but it was just plain hard to watch the Anakin character. There was no good character that the audience could even relate to.

At least 4-6 had redeeming features and each character had their own personality trait, even if you didn't like the movies. If anything, the limit's that Lucas encountered while filming 4-6 made it more interesting. He filmed out in the desert, he made animatronics, and had to rely on good camera angles, acting, and dialogue to carry the movie. In 1-3, he just fucking hired a bunch of computer geeks to make a visual presentation and called it done. It's so hard to watch because everything looks and feels so fake.

To be fair, a lot of fault for the shitty acting lies squarely on the writing (read: Lucas), not so much the actors themselves. The actors themselves are quite good in plenty other movies, but there's only so much they could do given what they were working with. Not even the greatest actors could possibly have made the monologue about sand Anakin gives in episode II sound good.

[Invader Zim]

cant be worse than 1,2,3
if they get josh whedon to direct i might even go and see them in the theater

And Nathan Fillion as Han Solo?

[Ostrinski]

I wish they'd remake the original trilogy for the simple purpose of pissing off the OT purists

[Will Scarlet]

Oh, well then disney-star wars won't be shite!
:confused:
Disney doesn't just touch something and it turns to shit, Disney and Disney subsidaries have made a lot of good films. Lucas made the shitty Star Wars himself and Lucasfilm made the apparently shitty new Indiana Jones as well, as well as unrelated bad films.

I don't really care too much about these film franchises but Star Wars not made by George Lucas seems more likely to be good at this point.

[PC LOAD LETTER]

I wish they'd remake the original trilogy for the simple purpose of pissing off the OT purists
It'd be kind of like this:


http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/358/d/3/Pitchforks_and_torches_by_TheMobplz.jpg


I'd be up front (even though I'm not really a 'purist' because I'm okay with the prequel trilogy)

[Yuppie Grinder]

Star Trek has Marxist-Humanism, while Star Wars has Ancient Rome-style Republicanism.
Star Trek is better.
pzqW0YaN2ho

[GiantMonkeyMan]

Star Trek has Marxist-Humanism, while Star Wars has Ancient Rome-style Republicanism.
Star Trek is better.
pzqW0YaN2ho
The Picard era Star Trek laid on the humanism a bit thick, I thought. In parts it was less entertainment and more preaching. Deep Space 9 was always cool because it wasn't so black and white.

Still.... lightsabers. Your argument is invalid. :tt2:

[Domela Nieuwenhuis]

Star Trek has Marxist-Humanism, while Star Wars has Ancient Rome-style Republicanism.
Star Trek is better.

Holy [email protected]#$ I never watched tv like this!
Star Wars was just Star Wars and Star Trek was still for nerds.

Watching CSI, House, Heroes and some other series, i keep scanning for signs of communism and anarchy!

(aargh! stop it! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!! :scared: )