Disney Acquires Lucasfilm - Star Wars Episode VII is a reality

[Joker's Wild]

Singer also did the first two X Men films which were received pretty well and he produced X Men: First Class which was probably the best of the lot. So it would seem that he has already achieved success with the franchise.

True mate but my point was that despite his past success, there is no guarantee that he won't bigger it up ala Superman Returns

 

[bileduct]

True mate but my point was that despite his past success, there is no guarantee that he won't bigger it up ala Superman Returns

Yeah, fair enough. I'm gonna remain optimistic about it though.

Then again, I didn't think they could f**k Prometheus up...

 

[Zoidberg]

Singer was responsible for the worst Superman movie since The Quest For Peace..

Um, the ONLY Superman movie since The Quest For Peace!

X-men 2 is awesome and still one of the best comic book films ever (IMO). Hopefully Singer can take that form into DOFP.

 

[The Eagle]

I'm a massive fan of star wars

That said the franchise has had more black eyes than Robert Lui's Mrs

From ewoks,C3-PO and star wars galaxies to f**king jar jar binks

When I bought tickets,a lightsaber and a sith robe/cloths I decided to re watch from ep1 to ep6, start to finish

At the time where the blow alderaan out of space forever I realized something,I miss Hayden Christensen and Ewen McGregor....because the of the so called actors in the originals the only one who shouldn't be embarrassed are Harrison Ford and James Earl Jones

The rest were a pathetic rabble of sub par acting, even Carie Fisher was f**king woeful

To me, the new series needs to have more in common with 2,3 and 5 and ditch all the mistakes of the rest, especially Jar Jar and f**king ewoks, even jawas are irritating

Go with the idea from Jedi academy with a student finding a sith Holocron and end with the fall of Anakin Solo (please anyone but Christian Bale), then make a Darth Bane prequel series, from there do whatever and I'll still watch, probably old republic but seeing as that story isn't finished (SWTOR) I'd go with the KOTR story and hope that Swtor ends before the kotr series has ended so it can brush over the relevant bits

There's so many good stories in the star wars universe they could all be gold if done well and casted well,in other news Obi-Wan's ghost needs to be changed to Ewan McGregor so Obi-Wan can still speak to Luke (Hamill but they must baby him into doing it right, he's a poor actor)

 

[Storm13]

It's being reported everywhere now that J.J. Abrams is the new director of Episode 7 not to sure what that means for Star Trek but Spielberg apparently courted him over.

 

[perverse]

I have something to share with you all that will fix many of the atrocities that Lucas has committed to the franchise over the years. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you Star Wars: Machete Order.

 

[Firey_Dragon]

There may be hope yet. But I'll never be able to unforget the last lot. In saying that, I never thought the originals were written or directed well either. They were however good to watch as a kid.

J.J. Abrams is directing Star Wars VII.

Let's get one thing perfectly straight here: Abrams nailed the Star Trek reboot. I mean, he absolutely nailed that sucker to the wall. It was funny, passionate, epic and tight. Sure, it had one too many lens flares, but focusing on that kind of cosmetic non-issue is sort of like buying a (expensive car) and criticising the (part of the car that doesn't matter) (I don't drive cars).

Secondly, Star Wars VII is being written by Michael Arndt, Oscar winning screenwriter of Little Miss Sunshine, and Toy Story 3. If you can name two films that better exemplify superb character dynamics and dialogue, films that better embody the complex, bright and stupefyingly vital core of what it means to be in a dysfunctional family group, I'll eat every hat I own. Arndt is going to be perfect for this job.

So now, we have Arndt and Abrams as writer and director of Star Wars VII. Which is the kind of news that is nine kinds of wonderful, provided they approach the new movie the way I outlined in my somewhat expansive blog right here. But I'm now far, far calmer, seeing as how Abrams handled Trek mythology so deftly. Here, he'll have an easier job; whilst there's a wealth of expanded universe material which really should be taken into account (did you know Boba Fett escaped the Sarlaac pit and had a whole series of adventures? Because he totally actually did!), and whilst (unlike with most Trek novels and comics) Star Wars EU material is considered canon (meaning, it's considered locked-in and part of the universe by Lucasfilm), it'll all be fine. Because Abrams is going to nail it.

I hope. He managed to skirt the ocean of backstory and other material in Trek by hopping us over into a mirror universe, thereby letting everything from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise (huuuurk) and all the films exist untouched. With Star Wars, he can't very well pull that trick off again. We have until 2015 to see whether he can help make this a non-heartbreaking event, but let me just reiterate: Lucas ruined Star Wars. Now we have talented, passionate people involved, and that awful prequel trilogy there as a bloody smear next to the electric fence giving us pretty clear indicators as to how we shouldn't be trying to get past it.
So… fingers crossed.

I hope you Arndt worried.

*cough*

Source: http://www.thevine.com.au/entertainment/news/j-j-abrams-set-to-direct-star-wars-vii/

 

[Frederick]

Even so, George Lucas will still find a way to ruin it

 

[perverse]

Abrams coming on board is possibly the best movie-related news I've ever heard. He treated the Star Trek reboot with the love and care that you would expect from a die-hard nerd. A near-perfect reboot that didn't alienate the core fanbase, whilst making it accessible to a much, much wider audience. This grants a LOT of credibility to the project for mine. They are serious about making it good whilst cashing in, rather than just cashing in. Well played, Disney... you now have my attention proper.

 

[Joker's Wild]

He made probably the best Sci-fi TV show of the last 10 years, Firefly
He made Star Trek relevant again and gave it something it had always lacked, some edge

The dude is the perfect guy to take Star Wars in a direction it has always been capable of going but has never been done.

As a hardcore Starwars fan, especially the EU, I for one am very excited about this. Very excited

 

[perverse]

Absolutely agree, JW. There can't possibly be a better candidate for the job. 100% spot on - perfect.

 

[gronkathon]

I have something to share with you all that will fix many of the atrocities that Lucas has committed to the franchise over the years. Ladies and gentlemen, I present you Star Wars: Machete Order.

F'ing A. I read that this week and found myself nodding along.

Only issue is I found Episode II totally unwatchable when I tried again last year.

 

[perverse]

F'ing A. I read that this week and found myself nodding along.

Only issue is I found Episode II totally unwatchable when I tried again last year.

I'm going to give machete order a crack this weekend. I agree with you, Episode II is bad... but in machete context it might actually be tolerable?

I still feel Episode I is the true steaming pile of shit in the prequels... although I have had the debate that Episode II is just as bad, or worse with others in the past.

 

[Red Bear]

I rewatched the original trilogy this week. Still good movies, still love Return of the Jedi, despite the ewoks.

C3PO is such a little bitch though

 

[Zoidberg]

He made probably the best Sci-fi TV show of the last 10 years, Firefly

Hate to one up you in the nerd stakes, but Joss Whedon made Firefly not J.J.

J.J did Lost though which I loved.

But I do agree J.J is a good choice for Ep VII (and beyond?)

 

[Joker's Wild]

Hate to one up you in the nerd stakes, but Joss Whedon made Firefly not J.J.

J.J did Lost though which I loved.

But I do agree J.J is a good choice for Ep VII (and beyond?)

Faaaarrrrrrrrkkkkkkk you are right. Why do I always, always get those 2 mixed up.

Ok Disney, get Whedon involved too lol

 

[Haffa]

Not sure how many of you read comics, but, Brian Wood's latest take on the series is pretty good. He's decided to start just at the end of IV. Only one out so far so its early days but I'm excited to see where it goes.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/11/star-wars-review-dark-horse-brian-wood-carlos-danda/

 

[Firey_Dragon]

Faaaarrrrrrrrkkkkkkk you are right. Why do I always, always get those 2 mixed up.

Ok Disney, get Whedon involved too lol

Joss Whedon did the avengers movie... His cred is ruined for mine, has to be the worst movie of 2012 IMO.

In saying that I also hated lost, so JJ Abrams gets a little bit of hate from me on that too.

He did a fantastic job on the star trek reboot though, got a little happy with the lens flare effects in after effects though.

 

[Joker's Wild]

Not sure how many of you read comics, but, Brian Wood's latest take on the series is pretty good. He's decided to start just at the end of IV. Only one out so far so its early days but I'm excited to see where it goes.

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2013/01/11/star-wars-review-dark-horse-brian-wood-carlos-danda/

I read it the other day

The art is nice and the story seems like it has some legs however setting it between 2 movies limits it to a fair degree. Ill give it a few issues

 

[LESStar58]

Even so, George Lucas will still find a way to ruin it

George Lucas is not involved, in any capacity.

At the time Disney acquired LFL Lucas stated that he had story TREATMENTS for episodes 7, 8 and 9. A story treatment, for those who may not know, is nothing more than a two to 4 page document outlining point a to point b on a movie. For instance;

http://www.scifiscripts.com/scripts/Terminator_Treatment.txt

This is all Lucas has contributed and this is all he WILL contribute. He has no say on direction and, more importantly, have to say on the writing. He might have a God-awful treatment to contribute but the words we will see come out of the actor's mouths will have nothing to do with the beared-one.

This is why Empire is the greatest movie of the original 6. It was started by Leigh Bracket, who died not long after penning her first words on it, and finished with class and aplomb by Lawrance Kasdan. Now compare that dialogue to Eps 4 and 6 and one through 3 which Lucas was soley repsonsible for save for Jedi which was co-written with Kasdan. Some of the dialogue got more cringe worthy as the series progressed.

No Lucas is the silver lining.