No, at least not what's been said publicly.

Amen to every word of that, getting his stale dialogue & style out of it can only be a positive.

At this point, being a consultant is really the best place for him, he can help answer the bigger picture "meaning of the mythos" type questions for the new crew.

Here, Donger. Bloody Lucasfilm copyright claims!!!!

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So will Lucas still have some control over scripts and direction? Imagine if they hired someone like Fincher, or Cameron to direct it?

http://collider.com/star-wars-episode-7/207393/

Update: A conference call with shareholders just ended, in which a few more details of the deal were revealed:

• Star Wars: Episode 7 will be the beginning of a new trilogy that has been mapped out.
• The treatment for Episode 7 is already completed, on which Lucas consulted.
• Episodes 8 and 9 will be released approximately every other year following 2015, so expect the sequels in 2017 and 2019.
• 20th Century Fox will not be involved with these future releases.
• Disney “really likes” the potential of expanding Star Wars into television on their Disney XD channel, so expect more than a few new animated series.
• The studio’s concentration is on the Star Wars franchise, so as of now there are no plans to toy with Indiana Jones. The reason being that those films are tied up in some legal shambles with Paramount, who distributed the films. Indiana Jones was not part of the valuation of Lucasfilm when Disney was eyeing the acquisition.
• Disney plans to leave Lucasfilm’s visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) “as it is.”

20th Century Fox are dicks, so that's good.

The best thing the episodes 7-9 could do would be to negate the notion of the "Midichlorians".

Lucas absolutely destroyed the franchise with that revelation. In the original Star Wars movie, the Jedi were referred to as a "religion" and sorcery. Obi Wan convinced Luke to look beyond his physical being and become one with the Force, as if anyone that truly believe could tap into the Force.

With TPM, he utterly destroyed that which made the idea of The Force so special by requiring Force users to be born with a certain amount of garbage in their bloodstream or DNA.

He ripped the heart out of the Jedi Knights with that decision.

Gotta respect Unca George for this statement:

So when will we get Willow 2 ?

Right after Howard the Duck 5.

I guess. I'm just happy he finally let go.

Some fanboy just posted that Michael Fassbender would make a great Grand Admiral Thrawn.

IN.

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http://www.theforce.net/books/images/TZ-THRAWN1.jpg

George being old and talking.

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Indiana Jones 5 anyone?

Go see Argo. You'll ****ing love it.

Guillermo del Toro. Guillermo del Toro. I will say it forever.

Ben Affleck

This clip looks like it was shot in the early 80's.

WTF?...Have these people not gotten a new hair cut or article of clothing since the Empire struck back?...

I loved those when I read them back in the day. I think that would be a solid direction, actually.

I loved those novels as well but there is so much information that a trilogy would require a fantastic screenwriter able to provide the backstory without making it too "cheap".

As far as the general public is concerned, I think the Young Jedi series that features Han & Leia's twins and Luke's son would be an easier sell.

One thing I like about this...I now have a sudden urge to re-read the Thrawn novels.

I haven't read them since I was a teenager.

Zahn initially wanted the character of C'Boath to be Obi Wan but Lucas vetoed that.

If you re-read, be sure to read both Zahn dualities that follow. They fill in a TON of back story.

I'm sorry? What did Lucas say in the DVD commentary?

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And you think that proves what?

JFC.

Donger, have you ever read any works of literature before?

What would be your guess?

Based on your reluctance to accept this simple character development premise just because it's not emphasized in the dialogue with a ****ing sledgehammer, I'm going to say no. I don't think you've ever read a work of literature where you were forced to make plot inferences yourself.

hell they own howard the duck

Did you even listen? :facepalm:

It's clear evidence that Yoda wasn't being cute just to be cute.

It was part of a test, as in the mythological motif that Lucas quoted.

Lucas goes on to talk about Yoda revealing who he really is later in the movie.

You are either dumb as a rock or trolling.

I do love a good Star Wars thread, guys.

Thanks.

Who's the strongest Star Wars character?

Speaking of the Thrawn novels, they've done a 20th anniversary audiobook re-recording of the series in the last year or so: http://www.audible.com/pd/ref=pd_sim...sin=B005IHAT1A

First three movies - my childhood

Last three pieces of shit - raping my childhood

Donger is trolling you guys...for like well over half the thread. He's got ya by the balls.

Outbound Flight was absolutely fantastic and really, really dark at times. That book did an amazing job of filling out Thrawns character.

Lucas has said repeatedly that there will be no Episode 7 and I'd imagine he still owns the rights unless someone has said different.

Yeah...but the whole story starts before the clone wars and ends some 20 years ABY.

So then what of LucasFilm do you see being worth 4.05 Billion?

That's fine and I accept the premise. The muppet was being cute in order to provoke an emotional response from Luke. How long did you take to find all those examples, BTW?

How about the other cute scenes, such as when Chewy growls at the little toaster R/C thing and it squeaks and takes off in the opposite direction (or the previously mentioned Han scene)? All examples of a cuteness directed at children.

I think it has already been established that there will be a new trilogy.

ROFL DOnger is a troll.

Yoda is a muppet.

http://pvponline.com/news/yoda-is-a-muppet

Not at all. Let's look at the facts:

Some people say that the prequels were kiddie movies and the first three were not.

Yet only one of the prequels was overtly kiddie (Episode I), as was Episode VI (Ewoks).

Therefore, it cannot be concluded that the prequels were kiddie films and the originals were not.

Donger is ****ing up a perfectly good thread again. :mad: This should be about the future of the Star Wars franchise, not arguing minutia from 30 years ago.

I was 7 when the original Episode 4 came out. I was fascinated. There is not a doubt that there was a dual purpose to the films, they appealed to a wide audience, including kids. In fact, I think they were the first film to really capitalize on toys and such. But I don't remember it as "cutsie" as much as it was Bad Ass. When I was young, Empire was my least favorite. It is the darkest part of the story arc. When Jedi came out, even I knew that the Ewoks were really kiddie stuff, but it didn't detract from the story itself. Basically Episodes 4, 5, and 6 were a masterful combination that appealed to a wide audience. When they came back and did 1, 2 and 3, they went CGI and effects crazy and forgot about any kind of smart writing and character development. And they seemed to go way more kid crazy (Anakin, Jar Jar, little kid Padawans, fart jokes, etc).

IMO, the diagnosis of Yoda being specifically a "kiddie" device is incorrect. He was definitely "cute" but not so much for the kids as for the purpose of his character and what he was doing with Luke.

The bloody severed alien arm was a hoot. Aimed at children! And the burning corpses of Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru! Sponge Bob should do a bit with that! HAHA kiddies the Empire just burned up your auntie! Now who wants pudding?

LMAO

How about Anakin being cut in half by Obi Wan? Anakin killing all the kids?

We could do this all day...

Knock yourself out. Again, my problem with the last movies is that they're horrible, not their target demographics.

You may have Clay wound up over this, but I'm just laughing at your typical dongerishness.

Okay, but since you brought up the violence of the originals, I thought I'd bring up the violence of the prequels.

I don' think that GoChiefs is wound up at all.

Frankie told me that Yoda is definitely not a muppet. He was also concerned about the scary prospect of Luke's X-Wing breaking apart in mid air after being stuck in that swamp.

Does Lucas Films include ILM and Lucasarts?

I don't think it has...

when Lucas was doing the spots for RedTails and I quote "This is as close to episode 7 as you're ever going to get."

Disney now owns the joint and they said in the press release that Episode 7 is coming out in 2015. **** what George Lucas says from now on. It's Mickey's call.

Dude

:facepalm:

Just do a web search.

We'll be seeing Star Wars films, TV, animated characters, etc. for the next 100 years.

Episode 7, 8 & 9 are slated for 2015, 2017 and 2019 with tons more to come.

Not sure why anyone sees this as a surprise.....Star Wars has been tied to Disney's hip for some time now.

Henley said the Eagles would get back together when hell freezes over.

Clinton said he did not have sexual relations with that woman.

Herm said you play to win the game.

People lie all the time, dude.

Is Garcia Bronco a mouth-breather? Does he not understand how the sale of intellectual property works? When Lucas sold Lucasfilm, he sold the Star-Wars franchise along with it. Disney is free to do with it whatever they would like...which, as they've ALREADY said, includes more films. The neckbeard has no say in what happens to the franchise and they've paid him handsomely to STFU.

To put this in terms that you may easier understand...

Let's say you drew a pretty picture of Peyton Manning and everyone loved it. You then decided to start a business drawing Peyton Manning photos. People are buying these things up like hot cakes. But somewhere along the line you lose the drive to draw these things, so you go back and touch up the old drawings. Then, when you do new ones...they are completely shitty kid cartoons. Everyone hates you. You then say, out of spite, that there will be no more Peyton Manning drawings. Ever. But then...I come to you and give you 4 billion dollars to buy your Peyton Manning picture business. I am free to do with these drawings whatever I'd like and you can't say shit about it. I would then burn all of your Peyton Manning drawings and mail you the ashes. You get the picture.

Avatar completely blew George away and he began thinking about more Star Wars movies as soon as he saw it. The problem was that he didn't have the energy to do more films. The response to the prequels really hurt him on a personal level.

Once he saw the incredible success of Marvel, he decided to align with Disney. He didn't want his legacy to be a movie from 1977 and with this sale, his I.P. will live forever.

It's all about the ego with these guys.

just looked it up, maybe I'm slow to the party--disney DID acquire Lucasfilms' IP... freaking STEAL right there.

Is everything an argument to you? Or are you just the old man troll that everyone seems to underestimate?

What makes you say that?

/Donger

CP has gone full nerd.

As long as Lucas and his ego are no longer involved in the creative process, I don't care what he does.

As far as his legacy goes, if he was really concerned about it, he shouldn't have shit all over it with Episodes I-III and the last Indiana Jones disaster (which I was smart enough to never watch).

Again, **** you, George.

this.

Agreed. He ruined any legacy that he had with those debacles.

Yes.

I'm sure he still has ultimate creative say on anything SW.

Early in the thread, it was stated (speculated?) that future Star Wars movies would NOT be based on any novels, then the talk focused on the sequels being about the Jedi Academy?

Seriously - if they want to do movies based on novels, do the Thrawn stories. Dane said it would take a great screenwriter, so go offer that person a check to do it. If done properly, the Thrawn series would make ridiculous amounts of money.

Nope, I say Legacy era with the Solo kids and the Vong.

The Vong are badass and immune to the Force.

The worst part is that I don't think he even knew that he was shitting on beloved I.P.

Like I said earlier, the Midichlorians ruined the Star Wars Universe for me. Jar Jar sucked, Ani was a whiny bitch, the dialogue in each prequel was laughable and stiff.

But once he made it known that you had to be born with a certain bloodline to use The Force, ALL the fun was taken away. Hopefully, a smart writer will quickly negate that notion in the onslaught of sequels, TV shows, etc.

Was the dialogue really any better in the originals? I remember watching Harrison Ford giving an interview about how bad the dialogue was in the first ones.

Hayden sucked. Poor casting. Not even Natalie could save that poor hack.

The biggest problem with doing a Thrawn series today is that first off, the real age of Hamill, Fisher and Ford don't line up with the books. Plus, I seriously doubt that Ford would even consider it.

I'm guessing they'll do the Thrawn trilogy and the follow up Dualities at some point but I'll bet it'll be when the original actors have absolutely no chance of reprising their role, making it a reboot of sorts.

Yep. Plus, you'd have to do some serious CG to get Carrie back to form...

The dialogue wasn't necessarily better, but it was certainly more believable due to the actors delivering the lines.

In the prequels, the only guy that I truly believed was Liam Neeson. But then again, he's awesome in everything.

American Graffeti 3, John Milner Reborn!

Starring Nicholas Cage, a Jerry Bruckheimer production.

Yeah, Disney's not going that route. They have a large universe to explore and a timeline of like 20,000 years.

I could see them going back 1,000 years before ANH and starting out with a young Yoda and the Republic at that time before doing anything of note with the original cast (outside of Hamill, the droids and Chewy).

Old Republic is hot right now.