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George Lucas: "I'm Done With Star Wars"
HughPickens.com writes: Entertainment Weekly reports that George Lucas has compared his retirement from Star Wars to a break-up – a mutual one, maybe, but one that nonetheless comes with hard feelings and although Lucas came up with story treatments for a new trilogy, those materials, to put it bluntly, were discarded. "They decided they didn't want to use those stories, they decided they were gonna go do their own thing," says Lucas. "They weren't that keen to have me involved anyway. But at the same time, I said if I get in there I'm just going to cause trouble. Because they're not going to do what I want them to do. And I don't have the control to do that anymore. All I would do is muck everything up. So I said, 'Okay, I will go my way, and I'll let them go their way.'" Lucas says he was going to tell a story about the grandchildren of figures from the original trilogy. "The issue was, ultimately, they looked at the stories and they said, 'We want to make something for the fans,'" says Lucas. "So, I said, all I want to do is tell a story of what happened – it started here and went there. It's all about generations, and issues of fathers and sons and grandfathers. It's a family soap opera."
Although the team behind The Force Awakens acknowledges they're taking the story in a different direction from what Lucas intended, they maintain affection for his original creations and the man himself. "Before I showed up, it was already something that Disney had decided they wanted to go a different way with," says J. J. Abrams. "But the spirit of what he wrote, both in those pages and prior, is everything that this movie is built upon." Some fans question why there was no "Based on" credit for Lucas in the poster for The Force Awakens. "I don't know why it isn't on the poster, but it's a valid point. I'm sure that that will be a credit in the film," says Abrams. "We are standing on the shoulders of Episodes I through VI."
Although the team behind The Force Awakens acknowledges they're taking the story in a different direction from what Lucas intended, they maintain affection for his original creations and the man himself. "Before I showed up, it was already something that Disney had decided they wanted to go a different way with," says J. J. Abrams. "But the spirit of what he wrote, both in those pages and prior, is everything that this movie is built upon." Some fans question why there was no "Based on" credit for Lucas in the poster for The Force Awakens. "I don't know why it isn't on the poster, but it's a valid point. I'm sure that that will be a credit in the film," says Abrams. "We are standing on the shoulders of Episodes I through VI."
I'm done with Star Wars too!
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Good news, but several parsecs too late.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Star Wars the flame thrower!
His car had 160K miles on it, and they just declined his Amex card at the restaurant?
Had doesn't shoot first.
Han shoots.
Greed doesn't shoot at all.
Because he's dead.
Because that's what happens when Han Fucking Solo shoots you.
Meesa so happy Mickey Mouse will be here with me, and Ani! Meesa hopes the Muppets come too!
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
I have a bad feeling about this.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Well, if Disney does well enough with 7-9, maybe they will go back and remake eps 1-3. I'd like to see the look on Lucas's face...
I think I know how you made all that money: You get paid by the word!
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public." -Ray Zalinsky (Tommy Boy)
It has been a long time since I have had someone so infatuated with me as this. Thanks for all the attention, but no, I won't be your boyfriend.
APK likes to ask for responses to the same things over and over. Maybe he just likes the responses?