Disney Acquires Lucasfilm - Star Wars Episode VII is a reality

[AusKnightRKO]

that was awesome. " She was my wife, You Wookie sack of S***"

 

[nöyd]

Harrison Ford on Jimmy Kimmell this past week. I had tears in my eyes the first time I watched it. Absolute gold!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T0vs9gYydo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

brilliant :lol:

"ummm...d..do you like being in movies?" :lol: :lol:

 

[Matchball]

Meh. I won't watch anything star wars related that they produce.
No doubt we will see Hans solo using a iPhone or iPad in the film.

 

[butchmcdick]

Ten things you probably didn't know about Star Wars

1. While there were 65,000 "Jedi Knights" at the last Census, in the 2001 Census more than 70,000 Australians (0.37%) declared themselves members of the Jedi order.
2. Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace generated most box office sales worldwide - $1,007,044,677
3. The seven movies generate worldwide box office sales of $4,485,672,683
4. The Star Wars franchise generated $US27,000,000,000 by 2011
5. One of the "asteroids" in the famous asteroid-dodging scene in the Empire Strikes Back was really a potato.
6. R2-D2's name comes from the term "reel 2, dialogue 2"
7. The design of the Millenium Falcon is based on a cheeseburger, with the pickle spear sticking out the top becoming the communications dish.
8. Jabba the Hutt was originally going to be furry.
9. Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader has been played by six different people: David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Bob Anderson, Sebastian Shaw, Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen.
10. The original voice actor for Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, was so sure Star Wars would be a flop he asked to not have his name appear in the film's credits

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-always/1855116/

 

[Generalzod]

Ten things you probably didn't know about Star Wars

1. While there were 65,000 "Jedi Knights" at the last Census, in the 2001 Census more than 70,000 Australians (0.37%) declared themselves members of the Jedi order.
2. Star Wars Ep. I: The Phantom Menace generated most box office sales worldwide - $1,007,044,677
3. The seven movies generate worldwide box office sales of $4,485,672,683
4. The Star Wars franchise generated $US27,000,000,000 by 2011
5. One of the "asteroids" in the famous asteroid-dodging scene in the Empire Strikes Back was really a potato.
6. R2-D2's name comes from the term "reel 2, dialogue 2"
7. The design of the Millenium Falcon is based on a cheeseburger, with the pickle spear sticking out the top becoming the communications dish.
8. Jabba the Hutt was originally going to be furry.
9. Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader has been played by six different people: David Prowse, James Earl Jones, Bob Anderson, Sebastian Shaw, Jake Lloyd, Hayden Christensen.
10. The original voice actor for Darth Vader, James Earl Jones, was so sure Star Wars would be a flop he asked to not have his name appear in the film's credits

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/may-the-fourth-be-with-you-always/1855116/

Also Alec Guiness hated Star Wars:

Say it ain't so! Legendary actor Alec Guinness didn't have high hopes for George Lucas' space opera when he signed on; in fact, he downright hated it and had no idea what a smash it would become. Guinness begged Lucas to kill off Obi-Wan Kenobi, and he eventually relented. "What I didn't tell him," Guinness later revealed, "was that I just couldn't go on speaking those bloody awful, banal lines. I'd had enough of the mumbo jumbo." Harsh words, but prety accurate nonetheless.

http://www.virginmedia.com/movies/features/20-things-you-never-knew-about-star-wars.php?page=4

 

[Shorty]

Until now I've been ignoring the fact that this is going ahead probably because like others the prequels were so different to the originals.
I didn't actually hate the prequels as much as most do but they didn't tie in very well with the originals, massive fan of Abrahams but I'm not sure where the story goes?
If we are talking eu then the possibilities are endless.