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Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All?
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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His work on the last couple movies has been outstanding. I hope he keeps directing them himself. May the force be with him!
"Hokey moneygrabbing and ancient storylines are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Funny how a couple hundred million can make someone change their minds :)
On the otherside its all just rumors until the cameras start rolling....
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Who would have thought that an anonymous post on a fan site about something so obvious would lead to something like this.... no ... no really... who would have thought?
Not only has George Lucas destroyed our Star Wars past, but the future as well!
My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Lucas pass out NDAs at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.
I wonder if George Lucas will revise history again and say that he *DID* originally plan to film 9 chapters from the beginning.
The story on this has changed a few times.
Sunny
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Without ten more years of new Star Wars, whatever would fans have to complain about?
...Also, I didn't know Buggalo could fly.
Preferably the same who directed ESB.
Guess what? I got a fever! And the only prescription.. is more cowbell!
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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By episode 9, there will be no live actors at all.
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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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?
"What? More money? OK!"
-_-;;
I'm still clinging to the fleeting hope that the Ep. 3 doesn't completely suck ass. And maybe we'll get lucky and he'll have someone else write/direct/cast/everything the next three...
No matter how bad he makes the prequels they are still doing well financially. He's releasing the original trilogy on DVD and thats gonna make a good buck. It was only a matter of time before he made the full 9 films he originally promised.
If we are lucky he'll go with the formula of the original trilogy and let others direct.
If we are really lucky he'll go out and get someone who actually knows how to write a good script.
It would be nice to actually see if they can get some no name actors that actually know how to act.
oh.. and wookies!!!
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
Not content with raping the childhood memories of fans of the original movies, he's now doing the same for fans of the prequels. All seventeen of them.
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.
Lucas Arts personelle are just signing NDA's...that say they specifically cannot discuss Star Wars 7, 8 and 9.
I can neither confirm, nor deny that statement.
Although this begs the question, should we ponder if it will happen or if we want it to happen?
I agree with everyone equally.
The cancel button is your friend. Do not hesitate to use it.
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.
Greebo? Greebo??
Go stand in the corner and think about what you've done.
I've got a bad feeling about this...
Have you read my blog lately?
"If I don't make them, someone else might later," said Lucas. "I want to be sure I'm the one to fuck them up."
Is it possible to fashion my lightsabre into a noose?
Dark Jedi Cyborgs here we come!
Interesting how a post titled funny can be rated insightful!
I submitted this story last night, and it didn't get posted.
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.
If you have a chance, look at the special features where Lucas tries to explain how basically every scene from Star Wars was copied from Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.
Except for the laser guns, it's the same story in the same film. Even the music is similar.
Conformity is the jailer of freedom and enemy of growth. -JFK
... or if that's a bit strong, maybe just a stroke that would keep him from butchering the sequels as he has the prequels (and the 'special editions')...
Imagine if Coppola tried to do 'Godfather 4'.. I would have to kill him...
There were supposed to be 9 chapters anyway, at least thats what the original intention was.
I don't know when the idea got popularized that there were going to be only 6 movies.
At this point tho, I think there are many who have a firm belief that there are only the original 3, and I for one can't blame them.
hmm she was hot 20 years ago, but that was 20 years ago. will she be up to the task again?
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Grand Admiral Thrawn would be awesome to watch. The storly line of this trilogy was well thought out and written well. Of course the main participants of Luke and the gang came in and saved the day like they do in most of the post Episode 6 novels, they would have to get others to play their parts since they are all way too old. The guy who played Chewbacca has a clause in his contract that he must be in any sequels after RotJ, I believe I read that on starwars.com but could be mistaken.
he could shit in a bucket and hopeless sw geeks would fight each other for it
Actually, George Lucas wrote and produced the Indiana Jones series, but Spielberg directed them.
Maybe Spielberg should be the one to direct the new Star Wars?
Worse yet- Episodes 7-9 could be endless parlimentary procedure of resetting up the galactic senate.
SJW: a person who perceives an injustice, and while correcting it, commits a greater injustice.
Because I don't think the sequel can be stopped by any other three words.
Gonzo Granzeau
"Nothing the god of biomechanics wouldn't let you into heaven for.." -Roy Batty
Yeah, SW1,2,3 fucked up story line in such matter that not even one more movie and reedited 4,5,6 couldn't bring it back.
In parts 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (or 7,8,9) you can expect that final truth will be revealed, Luke is in fact illegitimate son of Christel and Steven Carrington (here is the surprise twist that Lucas was carrefully preparing for last few years, Steven is supposed to be gay, but Lucas will show that all the facts were run by money play in Dinasty) and 3PI0 gets killed with can opener from sundays commercial. Oh, yeah Ewoks that were cut from part 6 are now replaced by alieans who resined their role in Alien vs. Predator sequel (Thay are fed up that they loose every time, and wait with thrill to replace Ewoks in now completely new "Aliens dance").
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The Indy movies are directed by master Spielberg. Lucas is an FX man and, arguably, a decent editor. As a director he's a hack, as a writer he's way too quick to "borrow" story elements from classic works and other sources.
I almost fell on my butt when I saw the giant elephants in Return Of The King. "You mean Lucas stole the AT-ATs from Tolkien??" I had always thought the idea of elephant-like walking tanks was brilliant, turns out he stole that too.
All those years I thought Star Wars was great art, turns out it's just pulp. Factor in budget and expectations, Clones literally tops the list as worst movie ever made.
Sam
"Young fool... only now do you begin to understand..."
"And now, young Skywalker... you will watch more of my movies!"
BAAAZAPZAPZAPZAPZAPZAPZAP!!! "Jar Jar appears in Episode 8 as leader of Naboo!", "Han Solo was never freed from the caronite in Empire, that was his clone!" "Boba Fett ISN'T DEAD!!!"
AUUUUUGHHH!!!
FATHER! PLEASE!
The storyline is kinda left wide open. I mean if Anakin was supposed to bring balance to the force, wouldn't that imply the between Luke and Lea, one becomes Jedi and the other Sith?
....oh well, just musing.....
I'm wondering if not having all your original parts ultimately makes you more vulnerable to the dark side as well? - which would imply that Luke would ultimately turn to the dark side (presumably after training Lea).
Might explain why Dooku did not kill Anakin outright but instead severed his arm and could imply that Vader cut off Luke's hand by design as well.
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You're referring to: Irvin Kershner
how they are going to work in the Space Pepsi.
The search for more money
I didn't mind episodes 1 & 2 or the 2nd and 3rd matrix movies. You just have to be honest with yourself before you go in the theatre. Accept that the acting and plot may be horrible, and wait patiently for the special effects and fight scenes. It seems that half the purpose of the movie is to have something to talk about whether it be good or bad.
for years, i've known that Lucas would never let his best money-maker die.
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...
Luca$ ha$ excellent rea$on$ for making $uch a trilogy. After all, he ha$ $uch a large $tory to tell....
The only reason we have the rights we have is that people just like us died to gain those rights. -- Cheerio Boy
These aren't the sequels you're looking for...
He can go about his business...
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Carrie Fisher can play the harpy Leia. Billy Dee Williams and Harrison Ford will make great smugglers in dotage. This could be really dark. . .
sig semper tyrannis!
...that *if* they get made, they don't degrade my fun memories of what Star Wars *should be* any further.... :-(
Perhaps you shouldn't watch them, then. It's not like it's some third party - it's the creator of that universe. It's his to do with as he pleases, good or bad. If you didn't like the prequels, and can't take your rose-colored glasses off to watch the first three, perhaps just staying out of the theater is your best bet.
I think he will abandon the books mythos all together and not worry about conflicts.
I think this is a real shame because there were so many great characters in the books. I like that spidery-type guy who could spin brain cells.
.. that my childhood is being "re-invisioned" then resold to children today.
The poor kids... all they get are hand-me-downs.
Thank goodness for Harry Potter.
Please, oh please, Mr. Lucas, tell me you would base these on one or more of the existing series of Star Wars novels set in that timeframe, many of which were well written and thought out. I wouldn't presume to recommend anything specific, as I've only read a few (good and bad), but there is a lot of worthwhile material out there. It would be a tremendous disservice to both those authors and your fans to disregard or ignore it!
Screw that - he should reprise his role from Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, in the new Star Wars movies! Oh yeah. And Shannon Elizabeth can take over as Leia. I guess James Van Der Beek can be Luke - nobody really cares there. Piefucker can be C3PO. Kevin Smith as a new Sith, maybe. Jason Mewes as Darth Bong, for sure. Snootchie bootchie!
You don't want to appear less than heroic.
As long as Natalie Portman is casted into it somehow, as say, Leia's daughter and wears a Bikini I'm sure it'll be a box office hit.
Just because there's an NDA... doesn't mean there will ever be a product.
Seriously, if there is a sequel - I want the original actors - and I want to see Luke follow the same path as Anakin.
*THAT* would be worth seeing.
After all, anyone who paid any attention to what Yoda said in Empire knows that Luke is trending to the dark side. Heck, it is even shown in ROTJ. About the only "light side" thing he does is refuse to strike down Vader. Everything else really seems to go against Yoda's philosopy.
Having Han and Leia fighting against Luke would be interesting... provided that the other luke... LUCAS stayed out of it.
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...why must we feed off the table scraps of George Lucas?! WHY?!!!!
I'll tell you! Because we all want a lightsaber and an X-Wing!
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I registered with a special email addy on your freeipod thingie, for fun, since it doesn't work for people in Canada anyways...
Less than 30minutes later..I received a spam on it...
Meesa thought it couldnt get any worse... Meesa was wrong...
Has everyone forgotten the horrid episode IV-and-a-half, also known as 'Star Wars Holiday Special'?
Episode I was definitely not the first sub-par installment (in our chronology at least).
I also vaguely remember the two 'Ewok Adventures' I used to watch as a kid, and enjoyed, though at the time I was not yet old enough to be a good critic. When are these three bastard children going to be re-released?
Maybe Spielberg should be the one to direct the new Star Wars?
And through the miracle of CGI, all the roles will be played by Tom Hanks.
No doubt. The Zahn triology is clearly head and shoulders above anything else written in the Star Wars realm.
Lucas had better base the movies from it; or else I AM GONNA . . . .
pay the 12 bucks to watch just like everyone else.
(wimpering sound)
There is no need to worry over how Lucas will ruin 3 more Star Wars films; it will never happen. First, the NDA stuff is a rumor that has been around for a while, and is just there to protect some IP. Second, Lucas is too old to want to devote another solid 10 years to the single topic of SW films. Third, Lucas has said in public that he wants to do more stuff in TV next. Fourth, there is no story. Its now clear that ROTJ ends the story arc that Lucas wanted to tell. Fifth, and last, is that there is way too much SW Universe crap put there (30+ novels) that fill up from the day after ROTJ to 20+ years beyond. Yes, I know that they are not "canon" unless Lucas writes them, but there is way too much out there and way to much money invested to then have some new movies come out and change it all. Can you imagine the fan backlash if all the stuff the novels created was then just made into "fan-fiction?" Get real.
Q: Will there be a book about Harry's Mum and Dad, about how they became friends and how they died?
A: So it would be "Harry Potter: Episode One". [Laughter]. No, but a lot of people have asked that. It is all George Lucas's fault. You won't need a prequel; by the time I am finished, you will know enough. I think it would be shamelessly exploitative to do that. I am sure that Mr Lucas is doing it only for artistic reasons, but in my case I think that by the time you have had the seven books you will know everything you need to know for the story.
"Artist reasons" -- LOL. I love JKR.
Sometimes it's best to just let stupid people be stupid.
I still remember him saying.
Forgetting for a moment that Lucas just doesn't have the ability to direct these movies anymore. I try to think what could be done with 7-9 and I keep coming back to my friend's quote.
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I'd rather see a sequel to Mel Brook's Spaceballs.
Anyway, Yogurt promised! "Spaceballs II: The search for more money!"
After all, who can dismiss a wonderful parody like this:
Lord Helmet: I'm your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roomate.
Lone Starr: And what does that make us?
Lord Helmet: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
Hannibal is pissed with Tolkien and Lucas, I'm sure.
-buzz
You don't want to look, but you have to.
Seriously, George, if you're reading this, share some control with some of your trusted friends. Episodes I & II were so terribly bad. If you do VII-IX, please for the love of Yoda get your good buddy Steven Spielberg on the project and let him deal with the actors.
The movie will be called Star Wars: Episode VII: The Blatant Grab For Cash
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If you re-watch the original movies, then watch the new ones, they're all very much along the same vein. Simple, clear storylines; mostly predictable plot; silly alien characters and situations; and some nice special effects.
Aside from JarJar Binks I think I know what the real downfall of the Star Wars series is...
It's people who are now in their early 30s trying to relive the "magic" of their youth through, what was at the time, the biggest thing in their life. Now that they're older and the silliness isn't what they grew up on they think it's just idiotic. Star Wars was to my generation (I'm 31) what Shrek or Harry Potter is today to 8-12 year olds. If they make another Potter film in 2019 you're going to hear the same thing from the 30-something crowd about how it was different for them and the new films are only meant to appeal to the young crowd.
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Except that Jar Jar did not exist in the original trilogy - only in this "prequel" trilogy. He should not be in a "sequel" trilogy at all.
The problem is similar to Star Trek -- if you've killed off all the "most evil and powerful" bad guys, who do you deal with now? Star Trek threw in Q and the Borg and a wormhole to widen the available space. What is Star Wars going to throw in? Some descendant of Darth Maul, perhaps. The force behind the emperor and Darth Vader?
I was taking one day at a time, but then several days got together and ambushed me. (from a Rhymes with Orange comic)
Storm Trooper1: What have we got here then?
Storm Trooper2: It appears to be a case of suicide.
Storm Trooper1: His head's crushed in, surely he couldn't use the Force against himself like that!
Storm Trooper2: No, he made a positive comment regarding the first 2 episodes and was pummeled by a mob wearing 'Die Jar Jar' shirts.
Storm Trooper1: Yep, suicide alright
Honestly, I think George Lucas was watching Spaceballs and got to the part where Yogurt says the secret is 'Moichandising!' and saw they light.
"May da schwarz be wit you!"
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
...is that with Star Trek, it's no longer being guided by the man with the original vision, it's a couple of Roddenberry's lackeys and you can plainly see that they don't fully understand what he wanted Star Trek to be. (Although I will say that despite being in the obvious minority here, I really do enjoy Enterprise)
Star Wars however, only has Lucas to blame. It's as if it works better without a beginning or an end, like we'd rather look out the window into the story instead of walking down the street to see what's on the next block. It's like he's trying to come up with more story instead of letting it flow naturally, almost like his own creation doesn't make sense to him, and that is why I think the new ones don't appeal to us like the old ones did.
I thought it was fairly well known that the inspiration for the AT-ATs are those giant cargo loaders in the Port of Oakland. Nothing to do with Tolkein (or even elephants) at all.
"The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than that of whether a submarine can swim" -EWD
The article has a picture of him laughing, but doesn't say whether it was actually taken at the bank? Can anyone confirm?
-Zipwow
I don't know which is more depressing, that 2/3 didn't care enough to vote, or that 1/2 of those that did are crazy.
Behold the Unholy Union of Clan Binks and Clan Fett, Jar-Jar Fett!
Or is it Boba Binks?
I'm tired.
To put a witty saying into 120 characters, jst rmv ll th vwls.
Recent experience suggests that it will be a piece of sith.
...because he has always taken the profit from the last to finance the next one. Episode III will be almost a break even at best. Figure a production cost of $150 million, and that is about what its domestic gross will be give or take $25 million.
He has trashed the franchise so badly be making drawn out, boring movies that even Jar-Jar wouldn't watch the next one.
Call me a troll, but I really liked 4-6, but I did not enjoy 1, and I detested 2. It is not because I am older either. My 7 year old would rather watch IV than any other one.
Perhaps the saddest thing of all is that Genndy Tartakovsky made the 25 minute long animated Clone Wars and it was better and more gripping in every way. Episode 19 was the best two minutes of Star Wars ever made. Lucus just doesn't have it anymore. Simple as that.
Not necessarily in this order: 1. Buy extra large coke. 2. Buy pint of Jack Daniels 3. Mix ingredients. 4. Drink half during previews. The movie turns out halfway descent, and you pass out just in time to miss the "love story" of AotC.
I think it would be really cool if he did the story with Thrawn or some stuff from the X-Wing Saga. The Thrawn saga was amazing because Timothy Zahn did a great job with the story.
:(
But I would also love to see the return of the emporer and luke turning to the dark side. I loved the comic. But I don't think you could make 3 movies out of it
You know the movie biz - if there's a buck to be made, they'll find a way to make it - making a remake of a bad movie is a tried and true formula for it. And I ask you - how many remakes turn out as good or better than the original?
English -- gotta love it! / The engineers refuse to refuse the rocket until the refuse is removed from the launch pad.
Well, just because the Empire fell doesn't mean things were all happy and cheery in the New Republic. The Empire fell, true, but it was not out. The Remnant Forces (as they came to be known) became quite prevalent and the Sith did begin to return, as did the Jedi. Thus, I see a sequel as a likely possibility.
However, on the other hand, I don't see Lucas directing as the best of ideas. I WOULd like to see Lucas make the OUTLINE for the series. I'd like to see him shape the overall plot. But for the tiny details, for the dialogue, and for other such things... I'd much see... well, a lot of other people doing that.
And may the Force be with us. Please.
Yes and no. On a personal level, if one is truly objective about it, the new movies aren't much worse (or are nearly as good as) the original trilogy. Except that Star Wars (Episode IV, A New Hope, whatever) completely rearranged my four-year-old mind in a way that no movie since has matched. Of course, the prequels could never have reproduced that magic for me. And in the interim, I grew up and began to expect intelligent dialogue, good acting, and sensible stories. The prequels can't cut it on my current standards. But if I let myself regress, I like the prequels for what they are: good, clean fun.
But some things about the prequels are inexcusable: the racial stereotyping, the misuse of fine actors (hey, Alec Guiness was better as Obi Wan than Liam Neason was as Qui Gon, but Neason is as fine an actor as Guiness was), and the midichlorians thing.
And on a larger, cultural level, the prequels fall far short of the original trilogy. Star Wars imitated World War II movies (bad guys with english accents and vaguely nazi-like uniforms, an evil empire intent on tyranny and murder of innocents, stormtroopers, dogfights, impossible odds against the heroes) and thus more easily captured the imaginations of adults at the time as well as children. The whole original trilogy mirrored our cultural experience not only fresh in history but rife with parallels to the Cold War and the Evil Empire. Star Wars also came at a time when, as a nation, we needed to heal ourselves from the divisiveness of the late 60s and early 70s, and one way to heal was by recalling past glories. The prequels aren't rooted in anything, except Flash Gordon serials. Those serials were the direct precursor to TV, and TV culture is focused on immediate, short term consumer exploitation. Those serials don't reflect anything more than materialism. And that's all the prequels reflect as a result.
So, yeah, on a superficial level, the prequels are no better or worse than the original trilogy, but on a deeper level, the prequels lack a significant connection to our cultural history, which was something that the original trilogy did have. In that sense, the prequels are much worse than the original trilogy.
And Tolkein stole it from real-life Hannibal.
Repeat after me: theme and variation, theme and variation; art is not created in a vacuum.
Of course there is a line where being derivitive (as all art is to some degeree) becomes a fault. However I think that the original SW (and ESB) added more than enough new elements, or combined existing elements in new ways that it stands as a decent little film.
Cheers.
I would love to see some of the books turned into movies. I've only listened to a few of them on audio CD, but I think they are better. It just took Lucas to lay the general universe down.
I would love to see the rise of the republic back to glory but now they have to fight a new threat - rogue terrorists who benefitted from the Empire's 30 year dominance.
More bounty hunter action.
I would also like to see more technical history added in. Like; how to construct a lightsaber, what crystal is used to power it, is it a telescoping antenna?
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The notion of 9 films (3 trilogies) has been around since before The Empire Strikes Back was released. At one point, an article in Analog stated that there were plans for 12 films, but I've never seen this claim repeated.
At the very first screening I went to, the 'Episode 4' title was missing. This was added as soon as it was obvious Lucas had a hit on his hands.
that would be an AWESOME idea!
Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it's going to happen.
Spielberg already asked if he could and George said no!
(quote)
Steven Spielberg wants to direct Episode III
"I've asked him. He won't let me do one." These are the sad words of Steven Spielberg regarding his requests to direct Star Wars being turned down. For years, the director has begged George Lucas for a shot.
"I wanted to do one 15 years ago, and he didn't want me to do it. I understand why - Star Wars is George's baby." He mentioned he's still very interested in helming a story that takes place in a galaxy, far, far away.
(/quote)
Since Lucas continues to deny that he's going to do all 9 films that he originally envisioned, one can only hope that there might be a slim chance that he would giveup his throne and let another filmmaker finish off the last three.
Spielberg, Jackson, or Fincher would be nice.
Hopefully Lucas will get a clue and redeem himself with The Revenge of the Sith, although apparently he's already back in the cutting room after screening it to a bunch of "close" friends.
It's really tragic, because he pushes ILM incredibly hard and uses them as a source of inspiration to refine and make changes to things he hasn't decided on. In the end, a bunch of work from ILM goes either goes unnoticed, or gets exposed in the confines of a short-sighted story element, reducing the effectiveness of the visuals.
I just hope the whole "surfing on a bed of lava" ending turns out better than it sounds.
Oops.
Maybe Indy 4 will be good enough to remove the predictably bad taste leftover from EP3.
The above quote can be found here. It can also be found at this page hosted by the BBC.
There is also another quote by Spielberg on Lucas which I remember but cannot locate. Spielberg said something about Lucas's editing skills to the effect of: "I would allow George carte blanche to edit any one of my movies." It's a compliment to his editing skills, but sort of a left handed compliment when you think what that might imply about the rest of Lucas's movie making skills.
quiquid id est, timeo puellas et oscula dantes.
1. Make three cool movies
2. wait a long time
3. make six shitty movies
4. profit!
Help! I'm being repressed!
As for the ROTK think with the Oliphaunts, though, I think you're stretching a bit. As a previous poster mentioned, the idea for big 4 legged attack vehicles could have come from anywhere - probably Lucas' team of brainstorming concept artists.
The Luke/Legolas thing doesn't work either, because Legolas didn't do that ridiculous oliphaunt surfing stuff in the book - only in the movie that came out many years *after* TESB.
[javac] 100 errors
EPISODE VII
A CURIOUS MALADY
Soon after the dubiously abrupt collapse of the Empire, the Galaxy finds itself confronting a new threat. Emboldened by their decisive victory at the Battle of Endor, militant EWOKS are wreaking terror on several helpless star systems, whose colossal battleships and armored troops are of no more avail against the Ewoks' invincible logs and pointy sticks than the Empire's Walkers and Stormtroopers proved to be.
To resist the Ewok juggernaut, General HAN SOLO has volunteered to lead the armies of the Foboombah system, but his leadership has not proven valuable, since the Ewoks don't use blasters and he inexplicably refuses to fire the first shot. Nor can LUKE SKYWALKER be of assistance. Not only is he forbidden to instruct a new generation of Jedi, on account of his master's deathbed edict that "the last of the Jedi will [he] be," but he is also battling depression and hallucinations of ghosts who tell him profound-sounding things that usually turn out to be total bull a few years later.
Meanwhile, Princess LEIA SKYWALKER-SOLO-CALRISSIAN is leading a diplomatic mission to Naboo, to ask for assistance from the only race with a military track record that matches that of the undefeated Ewoks; only the GUNGAN arsenal of slingshots and superballs is sufficiently primitive to stand a chance against the Ewoks' own weaponry. And Captain WEDGE ANTILLES prepares to attack the Ewoks on the Forest Moon itself, accompanied by two Jawas and a malfunctioning R2 unit, on the principle that the victory always, without fail, goes to the smallest party involved....
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I could go on, but I just remembered I don't care.
*ahem*
Interesting how a post titled funny can be rated insightful!
Interesting how a post titled insightful can be rated funny!
Funny how a post titled insightful can be interesting!
Funny how a post titled interesting can be insightful!
Insightful how a post titled funny can be interesting!
Insightful how...
Oh, never mind. My soul has already been destroyed by this pointless, unfunny, whorish beaten-dead-horse of a post! I hope you're happy.
*sniff*
Maybe some of these are older?
More pics of cranes
I think you mean Greedo and not Greebo.
Millenium Man was a disaster, a stupid and annoying movie, IMO. I did not like A.I. either. Now Blade Runner was cool, especially the robot played by Rutger Hauer. However, I am not really interested in human-looking robots per se. I am more interested in their philosophy and motivation. In I, Robot, for example, we saw a little bit of the machines's (Viki) mind and rationale. Same thing in Blade Runner.
It would be cool to have a robot who did not know he was one, go on a hate-filled rampage against other robots, only to find out later that he/she is a robot as well. Can a machine have remorse? Would it self-destruct like Star Trek's Nomad?
CBG: Last night's episode of Itchy & Scratchy was the Worst Episode Ever. Rest assured, I was on the internet within moments, registering my disgust throughout the world.
BART: Hey man, what gives you the right to complain?
CBG: As a loyal fan, I feel they owe me.
Bart: They've given you hours of entertainment for free. How could they possibly owe you? If anything, you owe them.
CBG: (pause) Worst. Episode. Ever.
Not withstanding Lucas' seemingly awesome ability to f*ck things up... this should come as pretty great news. Why? Because hopefully Lucas will do two things:
1) Hire directors and stay out of the director's chair himself. Lucas is a far better visionary than he is a director. When he gets to close to the director's chair we get cutesy sh*t that even kids think is gay.
2) Draw from any of the truly great (non George Lucas) Star Wars fiction that exists. Let's face it: Timothy Zahn writes better Star Wars than Lucas ever did. Hell, even the Star Wars comic series (Marvel) was better written than anything by Lucas.
Bottom line: Lucas should paint in big strokes. He's got a great talent for epic space opera. He's got a lousy talent for actualizing it.
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> Mel will have to find a replacement for John Candy. That'll be tough.
Most actors today aren't half the man he was...
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Uh, Blade Runner touched on that very subject in a very impressive fashion; just because it didn't spell it out for you doesn't mean you couldn't interpret it in that exact way.
scene: George Lucas and a horde of head-bobbing clones are all seated around a table.
(you, a dashing job applicant, walk in, head bobbing already like some dashboard toy)
George: Hi there!
You: Yes.
George (flicking through CV): so, it says here that you have no experience with the film industry at all--
You: Yes!
George:-- but I see here listed under hobbies that you are completely malleable, have no free will and enjoy words starting with Y?
You: Yes!
George (stroking fat-neck hiding beard, then punches this question out with a keen gaze and pointed finger): Hrm, so tell me your greatest skill!
You: Yes!
George (leaning back to crowd of yes-men): We gotta hire this guy.
Crowd of goons: Yes! (with head bobbing)
One goon trying to impress: Ya-huh! (George's scowl wipes the smile off his face)
You: Yes!
You're right, although I don't think that was the main subject of the movie. But then again, I may be wrong again. Blade Runner touched on so many things, it's hard to unravel them and isolate the most important.
I don't have a link, but I recall Ep. 2 drawing in far less money than Ep. 1 did, even though it cost at least as much to make. Its gross was quite disappointing compared to blockbusters like Spider-Man
You're right that it didn't make as much as Episode 1 (or nearly as much as A New Hope). But Episode 2 is the 17th highest grossing film of all time. Kind of hard to be disappointed by that. I'm sure DVD sells weren't too shabby either.
My source
If Lucas were really smart, he'd admit to himself that he sucks at writing screenplays and dialog, and get an expert to do it like he did with Empire Strikes Back. But this seems very unlikely to happen.
TOTAL agreement there.
I dunno who it is
but it prolly is fhqwhgads.
Spring 1980 SW newsletter(Bantha Tracks):
"BT: At one point there were going to be twelve Star Wars films.
GL: I cut that number down to nine because the other three were tangential to the saga. Star Wars was the fourth story in the saga and was to have been called, "Star Wars, Episode Four: A New Hope." But I decided people wouldn't understand the numbering system so we dropped it. For Empire, though we're putting back the number and will call it Episode Five: The Empire Strikes Back. After the third film in this trilogy we'll go back and make the first trilogy, which deals with the young Ben Kenobi and the young Darth Vader.
BT: What is the third trilogy about?
GL: It deals with the character that survives Star Wars III and his adventures."
1995 reprint of the ESB novel:
GL:"From the onset I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies."
But, of course, nothing's set in stone. Even if it was, George would change it.
And ... BTW ... are the folks at ILM the biggest snitches on the planet or what. They sign a non-disclosure agreement, then tell people that they just signed one. Jeeze, guys. Let us have some mystery in our lives, will ya.
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I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of childhood memories suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
The thing that scares me though, if Lucas did end up doing that, I can just see him writing a hokey script along the lines of Star trek 8 (first contact)
The sending of this message pretty much inconveniences everyone involved.