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Attack of the Clones: Less Plastic Crap, More Story?

Posted by chrisd on from the jar-jar-is-raj-raj-spelled-backwards dept.

Newsweek has an article in which George Lucas states that there were parts of Episode One that were damaging to the Star Wars franchise. (shocker, I know) "The last movie did not live up to expectations." They'll cut the merchandise by two thirds, as they still have tons of unsold Episode One merchandise. Yahoo is also running an AOTC story. Mild spoilers in the linked stories, by the way.

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  1. Re:Tough Problem by Stonehand · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think this Lucas quote says it best:


    "There's only one issue for a filmmaker," he says. "Will this make its money back so I can make the next one?"

    From a Time Magazine article.

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  2. Re:but what about...? by Stonehand · · Score: 3, Informative

    That's Senator Jar-Jar Binks, at least according to IMDB and other sources.

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  3. Maxim Magazine... by Razor+Sex · · Score: 3, Informative

    The current edition of Maxim has a pretty cool interview with George Lucas that covers a couple pages. Not too many spilers, and it also covers the general direction Lucas is taking it in (as a director and as a story). Some of us might find some cool stuff to look at in the magazine as well...

  4. Re:Whew! by dimator · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you really must know....

    MAJOR SPOILERS!!
    http://www.aaronmccray.com/entertainment/episode2p lot.html

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  5. Great Story on TIME.com by Aix · · Score: 2, Informative

    I really enjoyed this story on time.com but didn't feel like dealing with submitting it and having it summarily rejected.

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  6. better quote by thopo · · Score: 2, Informative

    another quote from the same interview: Fans are very opinionated, and that's good. But I can't make a movie for fans

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  7. Re:Can we trust Lucas? by aarku · · Score: 2, Informative
    "The last movie did not live up to expectations," writes Lucas in a pitch memo to toy maker Hasbro--one of the key Star Wars merchandisers--obtained by Newsweek

    Uhmm... is he saying the movie itself didn't live up to expectations or the toy sales didn't. This quote seems to be out of context...

    =rq

  8. Re:Will Episodes 7-9 Ever be made? by BitterOak · · Score: 2, Informative
    Way, way back, when the first Star Wars movie was playing, Lucas originally planned a total of nine movies. He'd make the middle three first, then the others.

    However, when writing "Return of the Jedi", it was becoming clear that he could really finish up everything in episode six and there wouldn't be any need for episodes 7-9. (He originally planned for the death of the Emperor and redemption of Annakin Skywalker in episode 9.)

    If I recall correctly, it was this drastic change in plans that led to the dispute between George Lucas and Gary Kurtz, and why Gary Kurtz didn't stick around for episode 6. I'm not sure if this is a rumor, or fact.

    But after Jedi, I don't think there were any plans for any episodes 7-9.

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  9. Re:You're wrong. by drik00 · · Score: 2, Informative

    >> Also, if it follows the basic trend from the first 3, The first one is more light hearted, introducing characters. The second one is dark, and deepens the plot. The third one will release the darkness, but show the light at the end of the tunnel. *shrug* <<

    Actually, Lucas has said it will be a bit different, analogous, but different. If I remember correctly, before Ep I even came out, Lucas said that Ep I would be more like Return of the Jedi, Ep II would be more like A New Hope, and Ep III would be the darkest, which would hold the fall of Anakin into the Vader persona, just as Empire was the darkest of the original three. It does seem to be following that pattern, and btw, all these posters need to actually READ the article before posting...the /. article was about a comment by Lucas, not the movie itself...

    yeah.

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  10. Re:I won't see Episode 2 by Dragoness+Eclectic · · Score: 3, Informative

    One thing I really like is that, according to the Time article (and written SW publications?) the Empire doesn't come and attack the Republic. The Empire IS the Republic.
    As an American trudging through 2002 I seriously like the idea that Lucas is using the mass media to put forth THIS idea for people to think about: that the well intentioned Republic can turn into the Empire through expansion, greed and expediency.

    And here I thought he was just translating the history of the Roman Republic/Empire into space opera... considering that the politics in TPM look just like late Roman Republic politics, and that they've got the exact same corruption and abuses that led to the fall of the Roman Republic. Unfortunately, I don't think Palpatine is going to be a Julius Caesar... more like a Tiberius or Diocletian.

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