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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.
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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.
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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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.
www.kitchengeek.com -- Nosh for
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?
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
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.
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."
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.
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?
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
Bart: How could you Krusty, I'd never lend my name to an inferior product.
Krusty: Oh! They drove a dumptruck full of money up to my house. I'm not made of stone!
/greger
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
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!
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...
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.
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.
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....
What Would Jesus Do
(for a Klondike bar)?