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Lucas To Make New Live Action Star Wars Films
DrNASA writes "George Lucas says that he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era.
"But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said."
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I'm already in line to miss them.
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of the ewok series! go wicket!
Hopefully he will take a cue and make it similar to the "Holiday Special".
I can't wait to see the dynamics of Jar-Jar's family!
the Star Wars universe would be a great setting for many different kinds of stories..then Timothy Zahn came along and proved me wrong.
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He said they will be for TV, similar to the Clone Wars series, and about 1 hour long each. He's already said he resigned from making [theater] films and Indy 4 will be his last involvement.
Demented But Determined.
"The Return Of Jar-Jar" and "The Children of Jar-Jar" will probably kill Star Wars this time around.
...but there was no mention of Lucas laughing maniacally as lightning crashed behind him. It would havce seemed appropriate.
On Topic: Best headline ever.
[Insert pithy quote here]
He's gone from mere milking the franchise to raping it. There's little doubt now (in my mind at least) that he has no new ideas, can't be bothered to push himself to come up with something new, so he's gonna fuck his legacy in the ass till it's seen as nothing more than some cheap little whore.
And there's nothing anyone can do to stop it, because it wont matter how bad it sucks (and it WILL suck), it will make mountains of money.
as if millions of Star Wars fans cried out in horror and fainted.
I'm hoping it's an adaptation of "The Mandalorian Armor". I was always told this was be the natural next progression after Return of the Jedi.
and...
But of course, we were most interested in talking with George Lucas, the affable genius film director who occasionally graces us in New York with an appearance. Lucas is absolutely one of my favorite people, a lovely guy who seems unaffected by his enormous success. Lucas is currently preparing "Indiana Jones 4" with Harrison Ford, Blanchett and Shia LaBoeuf. The latter plays Ford's son, which means his mother was possibly the character Karen Allen played in "Raiders of the Lost Ark." "I can't say," Lucas said when I brought up Allen. Lucas says that Sean Connery still hasn't signed on, but his character, Indy's dad, is in the script. Other than that, his lips are sealed. "Steven thinks we can keep the whole thing a secret," Lucas told me. "I explained to him that it's impossible nowadays. We can't live like that." So then, tell me more about "Indy 4," I suggested. "Oh no," replied Lucas with a smile. Lucas told me he has seen all the summer movies since his company, Industrial Light and Magic, does most of the special effects. The only one they didn't work on was "Spider-Man 3." What did he think of it? "It's silly. It's a silly movie," he said. "There just isn't much there. Once you take it all apart, there's not much story, is there?" Well, it's not "Star Wars." "People thought 'Star Wars' was silly, too," he added, with a wink. "But it wasn't." Lucas, by the way, says he is readying "Clone Wars," an animated series for TV that's derived from "Star Wars." Many "Star Wars" characters appear in "Clone Wars," but voiced by other actors. And here's a little news: Lucas tells me he will make two more live-action films based in the "Star Wars" era. "But they won't have members of the Skywalker family as characters," he said. "They will be other people of that milieu." The two extra films will also be made for TV and probably be an hour long each. But, like "Clone Wars," Lucas doesn't know where on TV they will land. Hello, HBO and Showtime. It may be time to pony up.
Help me out here...How's this a story?
This is just PR GARBAGE!
I prefer Flambe as apposed flamebait.
You mean like when he produced good movies and chose actors properly?
It is the sound of a dead horse being well and truely flogged.
Do not want.
Well, it was supposed to be one word.
I've got a bad feeling about this....
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It's 1984 and 1985 all over again!
"I am sick and tired of these mother-f**king Gungans . . . on this mother-f**king starship!"
Hmm, come to think if it, I might actually pay to see this movie! ;-)
George. Sweetie. You've worked hard, and you've earned a rest. It's alright. You can take a break. Let someone else write the script. We know you don't like actors, and that's alright too. Give some director the job of dealing with them.
We won't think any less of you.
Everyone knows that R2D2 is the true hero of Star Wars..
Repton.
They say that only an experienced wizard can do the tengu shuffle.
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who worked on the death star. Tell us the story of how those contracts came in, and follow these contractors through to the destruction of the second death star. Perhaps Randall will stop ranting about how they were innocent bystanders in this conflict.
A big middle finger in the air to all those Lucas haters out there.
There are alot of stories in the Star Wars universe that can be done and done well. The KOTOR games created some really good stories. There are lots of possibilities with the old republic, Mandalorian wars, Sith Lore, etc. that would make great stories.
Lucas wrote and directed some of the best movies ever made. Only in comparison to the Original trilogy can the new Star Wars movies be considered somehow weak. Lucas still makes great movies.
For those out there griping and complaining, all I can say is save your money and go watch Delta Farce 2, or whatever else it is you are going to be watching that is so darn great.
Kinda like the muppet babies, only more Rastafarian influence.
Just because you can, does not mean you should.
He could base it off of the the "Knights of The Old Republic" series. Perhaps if he doesn't write the stories for them, they may actually be decent.
I kind of got discouraged by being having to hear about--stop the presses--how gorgeous Cate Blanchett was. Especially when there was a photo. I mean, I can judge the ladies for myself, thank you.
Please stop stalking me, bro.
Considering how wooden the acting was, I'm not sure the last three Star Wars films had members of the Skywalker family as 'characters'.
She's going play Empress Palpatine.
Damn, yet more SW cash-ins, and here I was hoping for Howard The Duck 2...
To do something right, you often have to roll up your sleeves and get busy.
The "Clone Wars" shorts gave me back my love of Star Wars. Unfortunately Genndy Tartakovsky is not involved in the upcoming CGI series but from what I understand the people at the helm of that (no, not Lucas, Lucas is just bankrolling it) are similarly SW fans with a major love of animation as a form of cinema.
If these movies have a prayer of being good, he should pay Lawrence Kasdan silly money to write the screenplay, point him in the direction he wants him to write, and stand back and let him do it. Or maybe Paul Dini, with similar lack of interference from Lucas.
From what I understand, these movies will be set between Episode III and the original Star Wars. (I refuse to call it Episode IV...that was the first damn movie, dammit.) And they will have lots of action. Like the animated shorts. Just keep Lucas away from the script. And for crissake keep him away from writing dialogue. Please.
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Optimist.
Assume I was drunk when I posted this.
'A Gungan Christmas'
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I'd like to see masses of Jedi and Sith battling over territory and the minds of the weak. It could actually be good. Jedi and Sith from all the familiar species and a bunch of new ones.
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You know you want it too.
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Joss Whedon is my master now.
...Long live Mike Binkley...
...an irretrievable moron.
I cite the following:
1. The 80's were musically irrelevant...
2. Rush was a heavy metal band.
While the first is open to debate, the second has long since been proven in the court of public opinion to be absolutely false.
Conclusion:
If faced with a side-by-side comparison of his head and his ass, our dear columnist would be hard-pressed to find any dissimilarity.
Thank you.
"Jar Jar, you're being appointed as the Imperial ambassador to Alderaan."
"Me-sa honored, Big Boss Tarkin, When me go?"
(Tarkin whispers to Vader) "You've got the princess on the Death Star, right?"
(Vader) "Yes, governor."
"Why right away, Jar Jar, as soon as you're packed!"
"Whoopee!" (exit right).
(Tarkin) "So we'll finally be rid of this annoying fool?"
(Vader) "I've been wanting to do this since I was 10."