Disney Buys Lucasfilm for $4 Billion - Page 2

Capt Jack · 10-30-2012, 02:28 PM

moreso does it mean Lucas will stop doing all the revisionist BS to the existing movies? can we talk Disney into starting over with Ep's 1-3 and maybe make them...I dunno, GOOD this time?

Kevy Baby · 10-30-2012, 02:30 PM

George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy discuss the future of Star Wars movies

Moonliner · 10-30-2012, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Capt Jack

moreso does it mean Lucas will stop doing all the revisionist BS to the existing movies? can we talk Disney into starting over with Ep's 1-3 and maybe make them...I dunno, GOOD this time?

No, it means they will re-edit the movie's to insert various Disney characters, but in a tasteful way that keeps the spirit of the originals of course.

Moonliner · 10-30-2012, 02:34 PM

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Didn't Lucas long ago (before episodes 1, 2, and 3) say that there were nine episodes outlined in the whole Star Wars series? If so, would they be using his drafts for 7, 8, and 9?

He said a lot of contradictory things in the early days, but based on what we got in episodes 1,2,3 I simply can't accept he had any grand design when he was making 4,5,6.

Capt Jack · 10-30-2012, 02:34 PM

almost a direct translation from Jar Jar to Goofy, so eh...Im not sure anyone would notice

Moonliner · 10-30-2012, 02:38 PM

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So wait, that means Lucas isn't doing 7 but Disney is? Does that mean they have to hire Lucas and he gets another big paycheck from them?

One of the potential good things about this purchase is that perhaps Lucas won't be involved with any future franchise movies.

Alex · 10-30-2012, 02:53 PM

Lucas may not be involved in future Star Wars movies. Or he might be involved in lots of Disney movies.

Depending on how much of the deal is stock, this probably makes Lucas the second biggest Disney shareholder behind the Jobs estate.

ETA: Apparently half stock so this will give him about 2.2-2.5% of Disney. I believe Jobs was around 6% when he died.

Moonliner · 10-30-2012, 03:16 PM

Speaking of Jobs, I wonder if Lucas is having health problems as well. Selling his baby does strike me as a bit odd.

Moonliner · 10-30-2012, 03:23 PM

Also, let's not forget Lucasfilm's is a lot more than just Star Wars. I can't wait for the Willow and Howard the Duck sequel's

innerSpaceman · 10-30-2012, 03:25 PM

BTW, Lucas did not have any grand design when he was making "5" and "6". He made up Darth Vader being Luke's father well after Star Wars was completed, and otherwise used stuff that was in his original long draft of the bloated and frankly crappy script to fill in the action bits of the O.T. episodes (which is why there's, um, another Death Star to destroy in Episode 6 - - that was the end of the story, and I'm kinda glad he didn't make something else up).

I'm more excited over this news in relation to Disneyland than new Star Wars movies. Maybe there will be some new attractions that are not barely-repeatable films. As for future films, I'm glad Lucas is out (except as a consultant), but I feel Disney will also stress the purportedly kid-appealing Jar-Jar-ish aspects of the series. So far, there's one work of classic genius, two sequels to that which are tons of fun, and three god-awful so-called "prequel" sequels that were made 16 years later and sucked ballz.

By the time so-called "7" is released, it will be 32 years after Episode 6 was released. How is that a recipe for quality? I don't think anything bodes well about this deal as far as future Star Wars movies goes.

But getting George Lucas out of the Star Wars business is a step in the right direction. And there's nowhere to go but up from where he left it. So I'm cautiously optimistic.

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Moonliner 8/30/14 - Disneyland -10k or Bust. Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 9,022	Also, let's not forget Lucasfilm's is a lot more than just Star Wars. I can't wait for the Willow and Howard the Duck sequel's __________________ - Taking it one step at a time.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	BTW, Lucas did not have any grand design when he was making "5" and "6". He made up Darth Vader being Luke's father well after Star Wars was completed, and otherwise used stuff that was in his original long draft of the bloated and frankly crappy script to fill in the action bits of the O.T. episodes (which is why there's, um, another Death Star to destroy in Episode 6 - - that was the end of the story, and I'm kinda glad he didn't make something else up). I'm more excited over this news in relation to Disneyland than new Star Wars movies. Maybe there will be some new attractions that are not barely-repeatable films. As for future films, I'm glad Lucas is out (except as a consultant), but I feel Disney will also stress the purportedly kid-appealing Jar-Jar-ish aspects of the series. So far, there's one work of classic genius, two sequels to that which are tons of fun, and three god-awful so-called "prequel" sequels that were made 16 years later and sucked ballz. By the time so-called "7" is released, it will be 32 years after Episode 6 was released. How is that a recipe for quality? I don't think anything bodes well about this deal as far as future Star Wars movies goes. But getting George Lucas out of the Star Wars business is a step in the right direction. And there's nowhere to go but up from where he left it. So I'm cautiously optimistic.
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