Might Episodes VII - IX Still Be Made?

LE UI Guy writes "According to the HoustonChronicle.com, with all the hype surrounding the recent release of ROTS, speculation abounds that someone may still take a stab at creating episodes VII - IX. Gary Kurtz, producer of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, gives some insight into where the storyline may, or may not, go. On a related note, Roger Ebert, is also giving a thumbs up to a continuation of the storyline as well. Where does the line start?"

Comments

Re:the thrawn trilogy of course

[tangent3]

I'm pretty sure they were written by Timothy Zahn. Yes, I have the books sitting on my shelf behind me...

Re:traditional saga format?

[JollyGoodChase]

One only has to look at the work of the Irish folk-teller, Táin Cúailnge and his quest cycle "The Second Battle of Mag Tuired" to see the roots of Lucas' dramatic framework and where he fleshes it out like the "La Camara Prohibida" of Iberian writer, Cayetano Coll y Toste.

Re:It'll happen...

[jolande]

here is an article talking about a sequel in the works. My favorite idea was:

One pithy fan suggested the new movie be called "Spaceballs I", and the original one renamed Spaceballs It-Was-Always-Episode-IV. We'll let you know what Brooks decides on.

Re:It'll happen...

[double-oh three]

No no no no no. It's Spaceball 3; The Search For Spaceballs 2.

The "Balance" of the Force

[figgypower]

You know, and this may be blasphemy, someone at work once suggested that both sides are actually flawed. The Jedi order fell because it was arrogant and to content in its position. I'm not saying it actually tried to take over the Republic, but they were too complacent with themselves.

To the Jedi, balance to the Force can mean two things: peace or getting rid of the Sith entirely. In this case, "balance" seems to deviate from the Asian religious/philisophical ideals that the Jedi seem to be based on and rather leans toward the meaning of Greco-Roman/Western religious and philisopical ideals. Thus, "balance" means pure good. Of course, this calls into question of whether the Jedi are flawed themselves -- pure goodness?

Lastly, more on topic with the primary discussion, perhaps the Sith are not destroyed and that's how Episode VII through IX will work out. I know that in the books it actually has to do with alien life forms not connected to the Force, but somehow, I don't see that getting integrated into the Star Wars movies. I don't know where the Sith would survive though, but if it's really clever than future episodes might be decent. Of course, this is despite the fact that the whole Jedi-Sith thing is getting kinda old. Alas, I can see George taking the easy way out if there were going to be anymore episodes...

Re:It'll happen...

[Blondie-Wan]

When it first played in theatres, ANH was just titled Star Wars and there was no reference to "Episode IV" or "A New Hope". This was changed within a few months when it became clear that it would be possible to make more films in the same saga. Subsequent theatrical releases, and all TV and video, et al, releases, refer to "Episode IV: A New Hope" in the scrolling introduction

Almost. It wasn't a few months, but a few years; the movie was simply Star Wars from its original May 1977 release through its '78 and '79 reissues. Star Wars - Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back was released in May of 1980, and then the original movie was reissued in April of 1981; it was in this April '81 release that it first bore the onscreen title "Star Wars - Episode IV: A New Hope" (though the impending title change had been reported earlier, of course).