Star Wars: Side Projects

[Cail]

oh god new xwing/tie fighter game would be so immensely awesome

[Tagus]

As a lifelong star wars fan, and after watching this (and the following videos)...



I've realized, Lucas crashed and burned, plain and simple. Disney could revive this series, and use it as a massive money-making machine for decades to come. From pretty much every angle star wars has sunk as low as it possibly can, and Disney is the perfect company to resurrect it... they're good at making shit, they're money hungry, and they know the better they do with it, the more money they will make. This should hopefully be a good thing, and if it's not? At least we'll get some hilarious movie reviews. Nobody can take away what star wars was, growing up in that time. Hopefully, they'll make it what it into what it should be.

[Draylo]

Very excited for it, I loved all the Star Wars movies.

[Souj]

George Lucas has always been very good about letting other people use Star Wars (such as with the family guy and robot chicken parodies) and I wonder if Disney will continue to let those happen. Personally I don't care, I don't really think all that highly of even the first 3 movies, but it does make me curious because of how easy going Lucas has been with his property.

[Grey Jorildyn]

Awesome. Looking forward to some better Star Wars flicks!

[Hirronimus]

I don't know about easy going. After all, the man stomped out a simple thing like trading card that showed Yoda's people and possible explanation of their race.

[BaneTheBrawler]

I'd say more he has a sense of humor than easy-going. Anything that tries to establish serious canon, if he doesn't like it, he stomps on it. If it's all in parody, he lets them do their thing.

[Anoat]

And so it begins...

[Seraph]

They should ask the producers of Halloween 2 how well this worked for them.

Whoa now. Hate on Halloween 3 I can understand. But 2? What's wrong with 2? I love the first 5 minutes of 2.

[Selamis]

And so it begins...

Yep, this was exactly what I expected when reading the news of this sale. Ugh.

[Tagus]

Yeah, nothing shocking there. Disney already had a annual star wars event. It was actually pretty awesome... storm troopers walking around on the roof of park entrances, fully costumed elaborate actors running everywhere, etc.

My autistic nephew had a surprise when we were at Disney... he's unable to comprehend the differences between television and reality, so the whole scene was overwhelming for him. At one point, we were at one of the parks walking to the "Bug's Life" exhibit, when all of a sudden Darth Vader turned the corner and started walking toward us, completely costumed with a glowing light saber and a speaker playing his breathing sounds built into his costume... the poor kid thought we were all going to die lol

It took us 20 minutes to get him to stop crying.

[Ksandra]

Yeah, nothing shocking there. Disney already had a annual star wars event. It was actually pretty awesome... storm troopers walking around on the roof of park entrances, fully costumed elaborate actors running everywhere, etc.

My autistic nephew had a surprise when we were at Disney... he's unable to comprehend the differences between television and reality, so the whole scene was overwhelming for him. At one point, we were at one of the parks walking to the "Bug's Life" exhibit, when all of a sudden Darth Vader turned the corner and started walking toward us, completely costumed with a glowing light saber and a speaker playing his breathing sounds built into his costume... the poor kid thought we were all going to die lol

It took us 20 minutes to get him to stop crying.

llol, ya Disney has always been pretty big on Star Wars even before this for sure. My nephew (a little high-strung) cried forever when he didn't get picked to be in the Jedi Academy thing they do at Disneyland.

Kids fucking love star wars, it's kinda crazy 'cause they really don't even understand all of it. My nephew is in 2nd grade and he still doesn't understand Anakin and Darth Vader are the same person.

[6souls]

Oh my gosh, what a shock that was! I had no idea that George was going to sell to Disney until I read it online like everybody else. He did tell us last summer about wanting to go on and do [Episodes] VII, VIII, and IX, and that [newly appointed Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy would be doing them. He seems to be in a really good place. He’s really happy. And that’s nice because I know that when we were making the movies, he was not a jolly guy on set. [Laughs] I always felt badly for him because he agonizes over details, and I’m sure after imagining it in his head for so many years, to see it realized — he’d look up and just hang his head and groan. Harrison [Ford], Carrie [Fisher], and I were always trying to cheer him up and joke him out of his doom and gloom. I missed his call yesterday, but I spoke to him maybe three weeks ago. But until we know more, it’s hard to make any comment other than congratulations to George.

Yeah, last August, he asked Carrie and I to have lunch with him and we did. I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the Star Wars TV series that I’ve heard about — which I don’t think we were going to be involved in anyway, because that takes place between the prequels and the ones we were in and, if Luke were in them, he’d be anywhere from a toddler to a teenager so they’d get an age-appropriate actor — or the 3-D releases. So when he said, 'We decided we’re going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX,' I was just gobsmacked. 'What? Are you nuts?!' [Laughs] I can see both sides of it. Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after and that’s the way it should be — and it’s great that people have fond memories, if they do have fond memories. But on the other hand, there’s this ravenous desire on the part of the true believers to have more and more and more material. It’s one of those things: people either just don’t care for it or are passionate about it. I guess that defines what cult movies are all about. We’ll see. I’m anxious to know what’s going on, but the main story [yesterday] was the sale to Disney. I have mixed feelings about that, but they haven’t done badly by Marvel and the Muppets and Pixar. It’s one of those big decisions that at first seems unusual but then the more you look at it, the more it makes sense.

- Mark Hamill

[6souls]

All of us Star Wars fans are incredibly excited to see what awaits us in this new Star Wars trilogy that will give us Episodes 7, 8 and 9 of George Lucas' epic story. Today, MarketSaw is reporting some details of those films, and one of the main things revealed is that Luke Skywalker will be a primary focus of these movies! MarketSaw has a very solid inside source feeding them this information. It was the same source that revealed earlier this year that episodes 7, 8 and 9 were coming so it's hard not to believe what is being reported here. What I'm trying to say is, that this is a solid source, and I believe it.

Here's what their source says:

Disney now has the power to make STAR WARS films, and everything else in the Lucasfilm archives. The movies I told you about are indeed the primary focus. Luke Skywalker is a primary focus, as are many of the original trilogy cast. Disney also realised that George Lucas and STAR WARS are one and the same, so George will certainly have a voice on any angle taken, in fact I believe it's one of many stipulations. However he will no longer have creative control, and as I said before George was already looking at other creative talents to bring his canon to life back before Disney and Lucasfilm really started negotiating (or at least to the best of my knowledge)...

So not only will Luke Skywalker be a part of the trilogy, but so will many of the original cast! Holy crap, that's awesome! It makes a lot more sense now that Lucas met with Mark Hamill and Carrie Fischer back in August to tell them about the new trilogy. The source goes on...

"Way back when I told you about the new movie trilogy planned, I never explained to you that they were being rewritten from previously secret drafts from way back during the making of the original trilogy. The main problem was the age of the cast, and the tone of the story. Now I do believe that Walt Disney intend on playing to the cultural significance of that original trilogy. You will see a tone more in line with the original trilogy, and specifically featuring that cast, if everything shakes out as intended. Which it will, I promise you.

Damn, this guy is making promises now! The source must be incredibly close to the production. I love that the new trilogy will have more of the same tone of the orignal films. The source then gives an update on the TV series Star Wars Underworld, most of this info we already knew, but the fact that it's still going to move forward is promising.

You can expect to hear more news on the live action TV show in the near future, as the scripts already written will be absorbed in some way into a TV format. The nature of the show and the technical requirements needed to meet a TV budget and schedule are pretty ambitious. Basically they are 45 minute long feature films. With concepts that are very ambitious and the fact that it focuses on characters that are not known and are completely different to what people may have in mind about a STARWARS TV show. This was the problem at the time, and I am pretty sure this is still a problem. At least on the live action front. I am told that soon there will be some kind of material released relating to shot footage and tests on that concept. So look out for that.

The next part of the emails goes into some details about the possible stroyline. I guess you could say there are spoilers here, but I know you all want to know anyway. The next part of the e-mail starts off with A NEW DAWN in bold letters... could this be the title of Episode VII? Are you ready for this...

A NEW DAWN.

I don't believe the empire was completely destroyed by the end of Return of the Jedi.

Luke Skywalker, Han Solo, Chewbacca, Princess Leia, C3PO and R2D2 are I am assured to feature prominently in the new trilogy, as was always the idea. Apparently some have already been approached. Quite a while back too to my understanding. Hamill is a certainty.

Holy shit. Want some more? This next part tells us about a new character!

There are two trilogies planned, all following an original overview by Lucas, which was always planned as a multi generational saga. Movies 10 - 12 are from my understanding about the offspring of the Skywalkers, set many years later with the surviving cast playing much older versions of themselves and featuring a female protagonist named Skywalker. This is something that I understand is being discussed as the latest trilogy may end up being an amalgamation of the two using themes and ideas from both, but still keeping the general story, also allowing for continuity of cast.

I remember hearing back in the day about the series possibly going to twelve chapters, looks like that plan is still in motion! The source goes on to talk about how the film will be released, and reveals that we can expect to see restored prints of the original trilogy, before Lucas statred making changes!

The movies from what I understand will adopt the Harry Potter model, and will be aggressively brought to the forefront of popular entertainment once again with consistent installments. This is just for starters though, especially for those who hold the original trilogy in high regard, they should be happy. You can expect lovingly restored prints of the original trilogy to surface in the near future. That's a no brainer. I along with the rest of the world want those movies in their original glory. Disney are all over that, believe me.

Amazing! I don't know about you but I'm swelling with excitement over all of this news right now! There are also directors names already being thrown around, want to know who they are? Of course you do! A lot of our speculation is right in line with what Disney is looking at...

From my understanding the movies that follow will be far more in line with the original trilogy in regards to tone and method, and from the few names I have heard being banded around I am very excited, as they are all choices that I think people will get behind.

- Steven Spielberg, who may actually get to direct his episode of STARWARS after all.

- Neil Blomkamp, District 9, Elysium.

- Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men, Gravity (which is a masterpiece by the way) When I was told this name, I said that's the guy.

- Matthew Vaughn. Kick Ass, First Class.

- Darren Arnofsky, The Fountain, Noah. (very popular candidate) and has been for a while.

- Joss Whedon. Serenity, The Avengers. That could work as Joss is currently overseeing Marvels next onslaught under the Disney Banner, but don't hold your breath for a directing gig for many years down the line. He may well have his part to play though

So very exciting times ahead if you are a STARWARS fan, and especially if you are an original trilogy fan.

Watch this space.

http://geektyrant.com/news/2012/11/2...s-trilogy.html
http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2012/1...28MarketSaw%29

[Siatdiat]

Unless this new trilogy has an overarching theme of obsession/addiction, Aronofsky is a terrrible choice.

[Ksandra]

So they gotta get hamill to lose weight, fisher to lose weight and get off drugs, and get ford to get on drugs so he'll do the damn thing. GL!

Spoiler: show

I know Carry isn't on drugs anymore, it just sounded better that way

[Trinsie]

Disney is already doing awesome things with their new control over star wars.

[Rhinox]

That's just terrible

[Greedouw]

I don't know... I wouldn't believe any rumors over storylines and returning OT actors at this point...

Star Wars Legacy of the Force with old characters would be pretty cool tho...

[Selamis]

Re: Trinsie's video

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