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Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the let-someone-else-direct-it-please dept.

SageMadHatter writes "After denying the possibility of three new Star Wars movies taking place after the original triology story line, it appears that the possibility has actually opened up."

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  1. No thanks. by keiferb · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The first trilogy was excellent.

    The second trilogy has, to date, been somewhere between lousy and sub-par.

    I'm no mensa member, but I can spot a pattern here.

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  2. Four more beers. by scowling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So far, we've got three movies which don't stand the test of time (the orignal three) and two movies that stand neither the test of time nor of wallet nor of stomach (the most recent pair).

    It's a pretty safe bet that Revenge of the Sith is going to smell like the ass of a baboon, too.

    And yet, finding a SW fan who'll mail nine bucks to UNICEF, instead of going to the midnight show of a movie with a character named Kit Fisto, is like pulling teeth from a chicken.

    Pass. Pass pass pass pass pass.

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  3. Anybody surprised? by Wind_Walker · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Honestly, is anybody surprised by this move? If there's one thing that history has taught us about George Lucas, it's that he has exactly one master - money.

    If Lucas thinks that he can get money out of the frothing masses of geeks, then he'll do it. Hence, the DVDs to be released this fall, after saying that he would only release DVDs as a full 6-box set?

    I honestly ask, is anybody surprised anymore?

  4. Thrawn Trilogy by dazilla · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If he used the stories from the Thrawn Trilogy, and got a different director, basically only producing the project (taking some cut), they might be ok.

  5. A POST ON A FANSITE CONFIRMS!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Wau!!! A trilogy of trilogies!!! This breaking news brought to you by theforce.net, a bunch of rabid fanboys who certainly are unbiased and don't want this to be true more than anything else.

    Wake me when Lucasfilm makes an announcement.

  6. Didn't Spielberg express interest in directing? by deathcloset · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He should hand the reigns over to Spielberg - at least for one movie.

    Seriously. Lucas is a great storyteller, but not the greatest writer.

    He's a great filmaker, but not the best director.

    He creates wonderful characters - but doesn't flesh them out as it seems they should be.

    I'm being a little harsh here; I personally think that episode II was pretty nifty (episode I had about 60% nifty): and I've never written a script nor some of the most renound movies of all time.

    But let speilberg take a whack. Lucas created this universe, but I think someone else may be able to wield it in ways never dreamed.

    After all, the greatest swordsmith isn't always the best fencer. The greatest composer not always the greatest musician.

  7. Re:Awesome! by baudilus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Dude... you realize that you don't have to watch the movies, right?

  8. Re:Awesome! by the+unbeliever · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Technically? No, no we don't. But realistically we do. And we will, and we will bitch and moan and accuse Lucas of destroying our childhoods.

    Why do we do this?

    Because deep down inside, we are all just like the Comic Book Guy.

  9. Re:ha-ha by kalidasa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    and i'm also betting that there will be more star wars movies made after Lucas dies. after all, star trek didn't die with Roddenberry...

    You haven't watched Enterprise much, have you?

    Hey, someone had to say it...

  10. Re:Awesome! by Sebadude · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because deep down inside, we are all just like the Comic Book Guy.

    And that, my nerdy friend, is precisely why the world doesn't give a damn whether we like these movies or not.

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    Eh.
  11. Re:Awesome! by cjpez · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Er, speak for yourself. The first Star Wars prequel sucked, so I waited until the second one was at a budget theater to see it, at a matinee no less, which ended up convincing me not to see the third one at all. The second Matrix sucked ass in previously unheard-of ways. I didn't see the third one.

    There's no "technically" about it. If you don't want to go see a movie, just don't fucking go. It's not that difficult.

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