Disney buys Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 slated for 2015

[JT]

http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-news/press-releases/2012/10/disney-acquire-lucasfilm-ltd

[AnonymousPondScum]

Remember how Los Angeles got burned to a crisp in the backstory (forestory?) of the Terminator films?

I'm starting to think now that that would have been an improvement.

[Tengukami]

I hate to sound like a hipster purist, but LucasFilms in general and the Star Wars franchise in particular more or less became Disney from the moment Jar Jar Binks first opened his mouth. And by that I don't just mean the cartoon racism. It's a commercial franchise built on merchandising. Disney and LucasFilms having themselves a $4 billion make-out session was just a matter of time.

EDIT: You may need this before watching ep 7.

[JT]

You're preaching to the Star Wars Hipster choir here. There were so many things fundamentally wrong with the prequels. Between the glaring inconsistencies, the soulless characters, the boring, shitty cinematography, the dialogue that sounds like it was written by a 10-year-old... Jar Jar is just the tiniest tip of the iceberg.

[DX7.EP]

This doesn't come to any surprise, I must say.

Though I wonder if Disney Interactive will make use of the LucasArts games portfolio? :V

[AnonymousPondScum]

Though I wonder if Disney Interactive will make use of the LucasArts games portfolio? :V

Gotta be at least SOMETHING of a step up from Bioware's schizophrenic handling of the line.

[Stuffman]

Disney buys Lucasfilm, Star Wars Episode 7 slated for 2015

This looks so much like an Onion headline it's depressing.

[Reddyne]

This blew me out my door. Feelings of ambivalence cannot be any more powerful.

[Tengukami]

Wait, I forgot the money quote:

"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, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers."

And what says "passing it on to a new generation" like selling your entire body of work to the oldest and most creatively conservative studio in the world?

[HakureiSM]

Meh, I'm sick and tired of Star Wars fanboys bitching and moaning about every little fucking thing ever ever since I exist.

I hate this piece of news, hate that the corporation that made a movie about battleship the paper game now got their hands on a marvelous franchise(both trilogies, fuck you hipsters), but what sucks harder is knowing that for the next year I'll to listen to people talk about this for the next year. Or decade. Also this

This looks so much like an Onion headline it's depressing.

e: I was wrong, wasn't Disney that made battleship. Still.

[Kilgamayan]

How would an Episode 7 even work? The story ended.

[Suikama]

darth vader confirmed for kingdom hearts 3

[theshirn]

How would an Episode 7 even work? The story ended.

expaaaaaaaanded uuuuuuuuuniveeeeeerse

[Moerin]

I for one think this is actually a good thing. >.> I mean, if anyone can help recapture the spirit of the original trilogy that was lost in the prequels, Disney are probably most likely to be it.  Does anyone remember how people got upset when Marvel got bought out by Disney?  Yeah, that went really badly, didn't it? >.>

[Raikaria]

How would an Episode 7 even work? The story ended.

George Lucas always intended to make 7,8,9, which are basically what is currently labeled as the 'Expended Universe' right now, from the start. It's stuff like rebuilding the Jedi Order, and of course MORE EVIL which I won't go into because spoilers.

He decided after III to not make 7,8,9, because he was afraid he'd die before they were finished. I heard anyway that was his reason.

Also am I the only one that doesn't hate 1,2,3? Honestly I think half the thing about 1,2,3 is the fact that you already had a pretty good idea what was gonna happen because of 4,5,6. You know, it's like reading a book backwards, the start ain't gonna be that good when you know how it ends.

[theshirn]

Also am I the only one that doesn't hate 1,2,3? Honestly I think half the thing about 1,2,3 is the fact that you already had a pretty good idea what was gonna happen because of 4,5,6. You know, it's like reading a book backwards, the start ain't gonna be that good when you know how it ends.

As with most of the people who disliked 1,2,3...it wasn't the fact that they were prequels.  It was the fact that the writing, acting, characters, plot twists, and pretty much everything that wasn't special effects (and even those get a black mark because of Jar Jar) were all absolutely insipid trash, and that people who had celebrated the massive opening of our collective minds that Star Wars gave us were utterly repulsed by the sharp drop in quality.  Some of that may have been unrealistic expectations not being met, but nonetheless, it's a matter of quality that makes a lot of people hissy.

[Cadmas]

I can't wait for the rides.

[Tengukami]

Also am I the only one that doesn't hate 1,2,3? Honestly I think half the thing about 1,2,3 is the fact that you already had a pretty good idea what was gonna happen because of 4,5,6. You know, it's like reading a book backwards, the start ain't gonna be that good when you know how it ends.

There might be something to that, as that gives a higher set of expectations to meet. But I think it would be too easy to dismiss the subsequent fallout as whiny fanboyism. The prequels were in Lucas' control, and instead of even attempting to work up a good pre-story, it relied heavily on special effects over story quality - much like Disney did with Marvel, so maybe this is the perfect wedding.

NB: I'm not so much of a fanboy that I will literally argue about the prequels. I'm happy people can get enjoyment out of them.

(In fairness, I find superhero stuff incredibly boring, with the exception of Iron Man, which owned.

Also, I saw the original Star Wars movie at the muthafuckin' drive-in, bitches.


OK, I was six and all I remember was the Sandman suddenly leaping up in front of Luke's space-age binoculars, and Han Solo's "YEE-HAWWW!" at the end.)

[Alfred F. Jones]

God damn I thought the Episode 7 thing was a joke until I clicked through to the article to read it.

[NekoNekoRex]

I was pretty disappointed  to hear it too. I have no idea how Expanded Universe works so how the story can go on from "They blew up the second Death Star and saved the galaxy" is a complete mystery to me.

I'm guessing it will involve more Death Stars somehow.

[JT]

Honestly I think half the thing about 1,2,3 is the fact that you already had a pretty good idea what was gonna happen because of 4,5,6. You know, it's like reading a book backwards, the start ain't gonna be that good when you know how it ends.

No, the problems go way, way deeper than that. I'm going to try not to sperg out and write a giant wall of text explaining everything the prequels got wrong, but just trust me: I know what I'm talking about, and nobody here is gonna be able to change my mind about it.

I can see why you (people in general, not you specifically) would like the prequels if the only thing you care about is the flashy action sequences and special effects, Everything else about them is terrible, and it especially bothers me because the original trilogy had actual depth to it and wasn't about brainless spectacle. The action that did happen wasn't just action, it was about the characters, and the characters actually behaved like real people who the audience could sympathize with. That's part of why the original Star Wars is considered a classic of cinema rather than just another old movie. Seriously, just compare, let's say, Han Solo to the characters from the prequels.

Can you name a single personality trait of Qui-Gon Jinn? What was his role in the story? What about Darth Maul? Who the fuck was that guy? Why did he exist other than to give Obi-Wan and Qui-Gon someone to have a flashy, overly-choreographed fight sequence with? Why should we give a fuck about the "romance" between Anakin and Amidala? Anakin is a whiny shit, Amidala literally does not have a personality, and all the dialogue between them sounds like it was written by a space alien awkwardly trying to grasp the concept of hyoo-man love. Also, I know everyone harps on this, but seriously, fuck midichlorians. What in the hell is the point of this concept? They bring it up in the first movie, it has zero relevance or importance to the story, and it's literally never mentioned again. All it serves to do is give a big middle finger to the audience by taking the mysticism out of the Force.

Again, I'm trying my best to keep it short and not lose my spaghetti. I could go on and on about this. Just be aware that 30 years from now, nobody's going to remember the prequels except for angry nerds like me. They have neither the spirit nor the quality of the originals. They're not even good movies. But sure, just give Yoda a light saber and shove in Samuel L. Jackson and a bunch of computerized explosions and shit, because all that matters is money.

You just don't get it, maaaaan. Oops, dropped my fedora.

Edit: Seriously, get a load of this shit:

ANAKIN: You are so beautiful!

PADME: It's only because I'm so in love . . .

ANAKIN: No, it's because I'm so in love with you.

PADME: So love has blinded you?

ANAKIN: Well, that's not exactly what I meant . . .

PADME: But it's probably true!

They laugh.

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[theshirn]

I'm just gonna leave this here

(while it is filled with a lot of stupidity and random crap, it also makes some superbly salient points, much the same that JT has made, and is frequently hilarious to boot)

[MatsuriSakuragi]

Hrm.

You have one shot with me, Disney.

Don't let me down. :|

[Hello Purvis]

Disney literally cannot hurt the series worse than Lucas has in the past 13 years.

This is neutral news at worst.

Now, if it's at best, they turn everything over to Timothy Zahn, and Part 7 is all about Thrawn.

[Moerin]

Better yet, just adapt the Thrawn trilogy as the new trilogy?  Always thought it was supposed to be a sort of unofficial sequel trilogy, after all...

[Reddyne]

expaaaaaaaanded uuuuuuuuuniveeeeeerse

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[AnonymousPondScum]

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[Hello Purvis]

Better yet, just adapt the Thrawn trilogy as the new trilogy?  Always thought it was supposed to be a sort of unofficial sequel trilogy, after all...

Precisely.

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Is this Starkillah?

[AnonymousPondScum]

Episode 7 will be about Kyle Katarn's childhood.

Episodes 8 and 9 will be about the rise of his beard from mere stubble to the most powerful living being in the Star Wars universe.

[Aya Reiko]

Not sure if this is "You have got to be kidding me. D:" or "You have got to be kidding me. ".