ThomasMeadow Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) http://news.yahoo.co...-195100740.html Edited October 31, 2012 by ThomasMeadow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 And many of the fans that are enraged by Lucas' bastardization of the franchise will spend all their money on the ticket, the individual Blu-Ray, the new box set with all 7 episodes, and then the even newer box set with all 7 episodes...IN 3D!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 In fairness this could actually be a good thing. Imagine a Star Wars film without the involvement of George Lucas? Fuck me it might actually have a script! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 As long as Hayden Christensen doesn't star this one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxlisOld Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 In fairness this could actually be a good thing. Imagine a Star Wars film without the involvement of George Lucas? Fuck me it might actually have a script! As long as Hayden Christensen doesn't star this one...Both good points, actually. If you see footage behind the scenes of the orinials, Lucas got shot down a lot. New ones, everyone stares at him blankly while he outlines why Jar Jar Binks is important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Haters already hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bumble's Bridge Pickup Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Interesting to see how crappy villains they come up with this time... it will not make the original trilogy any worse though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Bearing in mind Disney bought Marvel and that turned out pretty well with the Avengers and the related films, I am cautiously optimistic about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PappyTron Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Star Wars is overrated anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Bearing in mind Disney bought Marvel and that turned out pretty well with the Avengers and the related films, I am cautiously optimistic about this.I thought they just bought distribution rights, but I guess I'm wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Wow. This should be interesting although I don't know how an 'Episode 7' is going to work. Maybe if it's set centuries after Jedi but even then it would be far enough removed from the original 6 that naming it 7 would be pointless.A movie set in the Old Republic would have worked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GivenToFly Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 four billion isn't even that much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Bearing in mind Disney bought Marvel and that turned out pretty well with the Avengers and the related films, I am cautiously optimistic about this.I thought they just bought distribution rights, but I guess I'm wrong?Either way I think a new Star Wars movie is a cert with this deal. No way they're gonna spend nearly 5 billion on a studio then not make the most of its most valuable property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 four billion isn't even that muchIt's the same price they paid for Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Wow. This should be interesting although I don't know how an 'Episode 7' is going to work. Maybe if it's set centuries after Jedi but even then it would be far enough removed from the original 6 that naming it 7 would be pointless.Set it a few years after Jedi with Luke in the Obi Wan jedi master role and go from there. Pretty simple isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RonMexico82 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It is not just Episode 7, but also 8 and 9 with a new film every 2-3 years after that.Holy fuck. Talk about unexpected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Disney buys Star Wars maker Lucasfilm from George LucasDisney is buying Lucasfilm, the company behind the Star Wars films, from its chairman and founder George Lucas for $4.05bn (£2.5bn).Mr Lucas said: "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of film-makers."In a statement announcing the purchase, Disney said it planned to release a new Star Wars film, episode seven, in 2015.That will be followed by episodes eight and nine and then one new movie every two or three years, the company said.The last Star Wars film was 2005's Revenge of the Sith, and Disney said it believed there was "substantial pent-up demand".Disney will pay about half in cash and half in stock, issuing 40 million Disney shares in the transaction."Our valuation of Lucasfilm is roughly comparable to the value we placed on Marvel when we announced that acquisition in 2009," Disney said, adding that the valuation was almost entirely driven by the Star Wars franchise.The first Star Wars film was released in 1977."For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," said George Lucas."I've always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izzygirl Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 It is not just Episode 7, but also 8 and 9 with a new film every 2-3 years after that.Holy fuck. Talk about unexpected. I think, at one point, they are gonna meet the cast of Star Trek and they are gonna have the final war. Then the Universe explodes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Bearing in mind Disney bought Marvel and that turned out pretty well with the Avengers and the related films, I am cautiously optimistic about this.I thought they just bought distribution rights, but I guess I'm wrong?Either way I think a new Star Wars movie is a cert with this deal. No way they're gonna spend nearly 5 billion on a studio then not make the most of its most valuable property.If we're talking about the Lucasfilm deal here the Disney bought everything including ILM and Skywalker Sound, not sure about the specifics of the Marvel deal though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Sabbath Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Bearing in mind Disney bought Marvel and that turned out pretty well with the Avengers and the related films, I am cautiously optimistic about this.I thought they just bought distribution rights, but I guess I'm wrong?Either way I think a new Star Wars movie is a cert with this deal. No way they're gonna spend nearly 5 billion on a studio then not make the most of its most valuable property.If we're talking about the Lucasfilm deal here the Disney bought everything including ILM and Skywalker Sound, not sure about the specifics of the Marvel deal though.Like I said, I could be wrong, but I thought they only had distribution rights, like blu-rays, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Wow. This should be interesting although I don't know how an 'Episode 7' is going to work. Maybe if it's set centuries after Jedi but even then it would be far enough removed from the original 6 that naming it 7 would be pointless.Set it a few years after Jedi with Luke in the Obi Wan jedi master role and go from there. Pretty simple isn't it? I guess. It just seems to me that the 6 films clearly encompass the life of Anakin Skywalker and his demise so anything not featuring that character would feel kind of tacked on. Like an epilogue of sorts.I suppose if it's not just 7 but 7,8,9 then the series could quickly become much bigger than that story arc.Like I said, I could be wrong, but I thought they only had distribution rights, like blu-rays, etc.They own it all.. characters, comics and the movie studios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desperado Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 well if George doesn't have anything to do with this it maybe will be good.it can't be worse then the prequels anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tater Totts Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 On August 31, 2009, The Walt Disney Company announced a deal to acquire Marvel Entertainment for $4.24 billion, with Marvel shareholders to receive $30 and about 0.745 Disney shares for each share of Marvel they own.[35] The voting occurred on December 31, 2009 and the merger was approved.[2][36] The acquisition of Marvel was finalized hours after the shareholder vote, therefore giving Disney full ownership of Marvel Entertainment.[37] The company was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange under its ticker symbol (MVL), due to the closing of the deal.So I guess the deal with Lucasfilm is more or less identical to the previous one with Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobodys_Fault Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 well if George doesn't have anything to do with this it maybe will be good.it can't be worse then the prequels anyway.He's still on board as a “creative consultant.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christinith Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Pretty sure I won't be watching it. I didn't watch the last two. And I'm a huge Star Wars fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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