Star Wars VII

[TyTanium]

It's happening. 2015.

Disney to buy Lucasfilm for $4.05B. Stock and cash deal.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I really really really really want this to be a hoax.

Please tell me this is a hoax? 1, 2, and 3 were bad enough. But now DISNEY will be at the helm?

I, for one, will ensure that I always have a VHS player, so that I can continue to enjoy my un-edited (Han shot first!) versions of 4, 5, and 6.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

I really really really really want this to be a hoax.

Please tell me this is a hoax? 1, 2, and 3 were bad enough. But now DISNEY will be at the helm?

I, for one, will ensure that I always have a VHS player, so that I can continue to enjoy my un-edited (Han shot first!) versions of 4, 5, and 6.

Donald will make for an awesome Sith Lord!

 

[cheezydemon3]

Honestly if the get Lucas ****** away from the helm it might have a chance.

I would watch a disney film before another GL starwars abomination.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Honestly if the get Lucas ****** away from the helm it might have a chance.

I would watch a disney film before another GL starwars abomination.

I agree with taking it away from Lucas. But Disney is the last place I'd want it to go. Honestly I think it's worse.

 

[JonM]

I, for one, will ensure that I always have a VHS player, so that I can continue to enjoy my un-edited (Han shot first!) versions of 4, 5, and 6.

With ya 100%. There ain't no windows on Cloud City, there ain't no stupid ass rockin' musical number in Jabba's palace, Han got the ONLY shot off, etc. etc.

 

[cheezydemon3]

With ya 100%. There ain't no windows on Cloud City, there ain't no stupid ass rockin' musical number in Jabba's palace, Han got the ONLY shot off, etc. etc.

Oh Dear god......must.....not.....hate.........George "The ******" Lucas.....




Oh well! Why fight it? I'll go ahead and hate him a LOT.

 

[JonM]

Maybe they'll be entirely animated like those Clone Wars cartoons my nephew likes. Those are easy to separate from the movies I grew up with.

 

[Subsailor]

Who's ready for Darth Stitch?

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

Who's ready for Darth Stitch?

Princess Lilo is just wrong!

 

[weirdboy]

It can't really be much worse than having Lucas in charge, anyway.

Maybe they'll let the Pixar guys do something with it.

 

[Qhrumphf]

Also, looks like Lucas won't be too far out of it, they're going to keep him involved as a "consultant". Worst possible scenario IMHO. Okay, second worse. Could have sold it to Uwe Boll...

 

[cheezydemon3]

Also, looks like Lucas won't be too far out of it, they're going to keep him involved as a "consultant". Worst possible scenario IMHO. Okay, second worse. Could have sold it to Uwe Boll...

Nah, it is worst case. Having Lucas involved at all is abysmally crappy. If he was the key grip, it would still barely be a worst case scenario.

Runner up would be if they had sold it to Inbev. Inbev would actually do a slightly better job despite cheaper ingredients than Lucas would do.

Uwe Boll is actually 17th worst.

 

[DisturbdChemist]

Star Wars VII, the very first all digital star wars with real robots not humans acting like robots!

 

[JonM]

Horrifying thought: So Plinkett said that one good thing about Ep. I through III are that Han Solo and the Milennium Falcon didn't get dragged into that mess. What if Disney does some kind of "The Han Solo Chronicles" bulls**t...

 

[cheezydemon3]

Another article with a picture of Dbag and the new cast

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/30/technology/disney-buys-lucasfilm/index.html?hpt=hp_t3

 

[tjpfeister]

I'm excited to see what subliminal messages get hidden in the stars as ships enter hyperspace

 

[weirdboy]

Disney is also responsible for the recent Marvel stuff like Iron Man 2, Captain America, Thor, and Avengers. Those weren't anywhere near as bad as anything Lucas has directed in recent years.

 

[todd_k]

I want my Boba Fett movie.

 

[GoldMiner]

I bet they put Johnny Depp in them.

 

[Qhrumphf]

I want my Boba Fett movie.

If they did that, I might have to pay to see it...

 

[neosapien]

Honestly if the get Lucas ****** away from the helm it might have a chance.

I would watch a disney film before another GL starwars abomination.

i'd like to agree. i prefer not to swear, but **** a bunch of lucas. I grew up on star wars. i've grown to learn to dislike everything he has ever done to it since. there is a version of 1 through 6 coming out soon that are revamped a la fansub-style. if you know what a torrent is, check it out.

I <3 4, 5, and 6. lucas is a massive joke. disney is only going to make this worse.

now if pixar hadn't ever been purchased by disney, and PIXAR were to buy the rights....then we're talkin' good stuff.

 

[mattd2]

I want my Boba Fett movie.

If they did that, I might have to pay to see it...

There already is one... Jake the Mus... errrr I mean Jango Fett was really good in it

 

[bioguy]

Disney has been a _lot_ better since John Lasseter (formerly head of Pixar) became Chief Creative Officer. Compare Tangled (the Rapunzel movie) to the straight to DVD stuff they were putting out several years back. If you were a fan of Jar-Jar-Binks and think that is the height of creativity, I suppose that having Disney buy Lucasfilms is bad. But I thought that everything but the first 3 movies stank. With Lasseter in charge, I have some hope that Star Wars will have some quality returned.

 

[mcbaumannerb]

I'm betting Tim Burton will direct Johnny Depp as Jedi Master Sparrow

 

[dfc]

I hope you guys like Randy Newman doing Star Wars songs.

 

[cheezydemon3]

i'd like to agree. i prefer not to swear, but **** a bunch of lucas. I grew up on star wars. i've grown to learn to dislike everything he has ever done to it since. there is a version of 1 through 6 coming out soon that are revamped a la fansub-style. if you know what a torrent is, check it out.

I <3 4, 5, and 6. lucas is a massive joke. disney is only going to make this worse.

now if pixar hadn't ever been purchased by disney, and PIXAR were to buy the rights....then we're talkin' good stuff.

It is a feeling of betrayal, unfortunately. I'm embarrassed to say that I was so in love with the first Star Wars movies (episodes 4-6) that the resulting crapola with jarjar is an absolute betrayal.
F()ck George. He looks so bored and Gay. (please pardon me, this my inner child who doesn't yet know the actual meaning of "gay")
With his "I'm a rich ugly guy" gotee and his ex-nerd chip on his shoulder. I want a tee that says "F*** George Lucas"

 

[neosapien]

It is a feeling of betrayal, unfortunately. I'm embarrassed to say that I was so in love with the first Star Wars movies (episodes 4-6) that the resulting crapola with jarjar is an absolute betrayal.
F()ck George. He looks so bored and Gay. (please pardon me, this my inner child who doesn't yet know the actual meaning of "gay")
With his "I'm a rich ugly guy" gotee and his ex-nerd chip on his shoulder. I want a tee that says "F*** George Lucas"

it means somebody on their harley going BRUBRUBRUBRUBRUBRUB!

and yeah. it's the same thing. As soon as i find the restructured episodes of 4-6 i will PM you with the link. dude spent 6 years fixing episode IV back to the original VHS edition, and it looks BETTER than the blu-ray copies out these days.

 

[dudius]

I have mixed feelings. I totally get why Disney wanted Star Wars, same reason they bought Marvel. They needed something for boys because boys aren't into the Disney princesses (until they're old enough to look up porn). Why invent when you can buy the rights?

My knee-jerk reaction was "eff this". But Disney could do a lot of good as long as they don't piss on the fans. I'll pay to see movies because I've been a fan since my earliest memories. But as stated, Disney didn't do too bad with the Marvel franchise so far. I have hope Star Wars can be everything George Lucas and the fans want without being like episodes 1-3. And I'm hoping this could mean the development of some good video games, I'm still butthurt Activision disbanded Pandemic during the making of SW Battlefront 3.

 

[turvis]

They don't need to more movies about Luke Han and Leia they have books for that part of the story. They need to branch off for new characters maybe Luke's son Ben. Or let Pixar work their magic with old republic stories.