I keep thinking about what happened after Disney bought Marvel. People were flipping out over the possibility of the comics being kiddified and Zac Efron playing Wolverine or whatever, but instead Marvel made a bunch of good, successful movies with the promise of more on the way (I somehow doubt we'd be getting a Guardians of the Galaxy movie or a S.H.I.E.L.D. TV series if Disney didn't own Marvel). So combine that productivity with less involvement from Lucas and I can only imagine this being an improvement.

Given the timing, this was clearly just an excuse to put Manuel Calavera in Disneyland next to Jack Skellington for the showdown we've all been waiting for.

Honestly, I'm cautiously optimistic. Much less scared than I would be if Lucas were doing it, but still a little scared.

>>35674
To be honest, Marvel movies are a just kid friendly, innocuous and empty crap now.

How long did it take for George to kill his golden goose since Return of the Jedi? I'm not really sure I can trust Disney, especially after it’s been so long since the original trilogy and most of the actors involve are either too old or too bitter respectfully to play most of the New Republic stuff from the books. They may recast everyone with terrible teen idols – or worse, rewrite Ghost Hayden Christensen and Jar-Jar into everything.

>>35676
So....exactly the same as they were before Disney bought them. I'm glad you're following along with us.

>>35674
This is kind of where I'm settling with this. Neither Gisnep nor Lucasfilm have horribly impressed or distressed me in the last decade or so (yeah, Indie4 and the prequels, but ILM does a lot of cool stuff to even it out), so I'm cautiously apathetic until something tangible (not just announcements) comes out of this acquisition.

http://news.yahoo.com/disney-star-wars-films-buy-lucas-co-210816699--finance.html

>The seventh movie, with a working title of "Episode 7," is set for release in 2015. Episodes 8 and 9 will follow. The trilogy will continue the story of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia beyond "Return of the Jedi," the third film released and the sixth in the saga. After that, Disney plans a new "Star Wars" movie every two or three years. Lucas will serve as creative consultant in the new movies.

>The trilogy will continue the story of Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia beyond "Return of the Jedi,"

Wait...WHAT!!!

>>35681
Doesn't that mean it'll just be covering the novels and comics we've had for many, many years?

>>35682
Hopefully, yes. A movie trilogy about Thrawn could be a lot of fun.

I'm pretty hopeful about this whole thing. There's a chance it will be shit, but that's not exactly a let down. More like a return to normal.

>>35682
No telling yet. Lucas didn't feel too obligated to canonize the Expanded Universe stuff, though he threw nods in from time to time. Disney could either do the same thing, completely ignore the EU, or embrace it, but there's no telling as of yet.

if going straight from the end of Jedi its Truce at Bakura and then Courtship of Princess Leia..what is the third in that time period?

Superior OP image.

Actually the worst thing about this is that Kingdom Hearts now has access to Star Wars and Marvel Comics.

>>35687
>Worst
no sorry you mean best

And anyways, as for Ep VII-IX... no really how the hell are they going to do that? Animation? Creepy ass Tron Legacy de-aging?

>>35688
New actors and makeup?

>>35684
Video here suggests Lucas came up with very rough treatments that will go to a competent writer and after that he basically wants Disney to strip-mine the EU for movie ideas.

The Future of Star Wars Movies

>>35690
I could see some possible choices Jedi Academy stuff as a kids show they've got two solid trilogy series they could do and a ton of others close enough in time span to be effectively trilogy works as well. They could spend the next fifty so years mining content just from the books written in the '90s.

Silly anons, Episode 7 is clearly going to be a porno.

>>35688
No way, its going to be hilariously bad but inanely defended by rabid fans. Especially with Birth by Sleep literally being the prequel plot-line, the only thing that can happen is that they'll make a birth by sleep 2 with Anakin and Terra both being idiots.

>The studio plans to release the rest of a new trilogy every other year so you can expect Star Wars: Episode 8 in 2017 and Star Wars: Episode 9 in 2019
>He will not be directing or writing these new movies at all, so maybe disgruntled fans should have hope

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/watch-george-lucas-kathleen-kennedy-talk-future-of-star-wars/

>>35687
I want my slave-bikini Kairi, Namine, Xion and Aqua... now.

I don't think KH will ever cross over with Marvel or Star Wars. Even TWEWY was a stretch.

Part of me still wants Lucas to have some say. It's still his creation, I'd feel weird trying to pry someone's creation completely away from his hands no matter how hard he bungled it. (Although I seem to be in the camp that believes the prequels' main fault was that everyone else had their own idea of what the prequels should be, and anything other than their own idea would displease them.)

>>35699
Lucas will still have some say on what Disney will do with his characters, but he won't be writing and directing anytime soon.

>>35699
First... pry his creation away? The guy sold it away. He doesn't care anymore.

Second, there is no "everyone" making decision in the prequels. Perhaps you haven't watched the behind the scenes stuff? Because it is pretty clear that Lucas himnself made all the major decisions at almost all levels. All the shitty acting and dialogue delivery by good actors? you actually SEE Lucas directing them to act like that. Don't shift the blame, the guy had a clear idea of what he wanted with the prequels, and there was nobody there to tell him that those were bad ideas.

>wanting or even THINKING that the new trilogy will adapt or reference the mess that is the EU books

That's perhaps the worst fucking idea. I'm ready for something fresh. Get Hamill and Fisher back (I doubt Ford would do it) in minor roles. And please, enough with the Skywalkers. Yeah, we can have Luke's son/daughter if need be, but, let's introduce some new elements into the series.

The EU turned into horribly paced grim fan wank, and the Old Republic visually references the prequels designs FAR too much. I'm looking forward to something new.

>>35702
Best not to talk about any books past 2000 when discussing EU.

http://www.craveonline.com/film/articles/199077-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-will-be-all-new

though from the looks of things they wont do anything with the EU when making the films. Best guess with that is having to deal with the writers that wrote the novels and they want to avoid that.

But I dream of Thrawn. Why no Thrawn?

>>35704
>Best guess with that is having to deal with the writers that wrote the novels and they want to avoid that.

Straight from Timothy Zahn's Facebook, he says straight out that Lucasfilm holds all the rights to everything that happens in the EU novels. They could use Thrawn and Mara Jade and never even have to tell him about it.

Disney's concern would be that the actors are too old, and jumping too far ahead into the EU is likely to confuse newcomers. More to the point, as far as the EU goes, Zahn's novels are an island of quality in a roiling sea of utter awfulness. There may be some gems in there, but even if the new team looks at the EU they're going to be surgically extracting the good ideas and discarding everything else, because frankly who wants the hassle?

>>35701
I haven't, I'm sorry. I've only ever been lent the DVD's by someone else (short on money) and I had enough time only to watch the films and nothing else.

I wasn't shifting blame, but rather, pointing out that some fans (not all of them, but some) spent the long gap between the original movies and the trilogies with their own prequel ideas in their heads, and they didn't like canon differing from their fanon. But every fandom ever has had some degree of that.

They're basically going to have to let go of that whole "everything is canon, all of it" thing they've been holding on to no matter how little it makes sense if they don't want to touch the EU stuff.

Rumor: Brad Bird and Damon Lindelof working on Star Wars VII:

http://comicbook.com/blog/2012/11/01/star-wars-rumor-watch-lindelof-spotted-at-lucasfilm/

>>35711
I've got a mixed feeling about this!

Guybrush and LeChuck in Pirates of the Caribbean 5.

A man can dream.

>>35696
Just like James Bond!

http://www.eonline.com/news/359563/george-lucas-donating-disney-billions-to-fund-education

Well that sure is good of him.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nuJ46zriUkc#!
It begins.

Brad Bird For Star Wars Direct…

"You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain."

-George Lucas

http://www.vulture.com/2012/11/star-wars-episode-vii-may-have-found-its-writer.html?mid=twitter_vulture

Michael Arndt, writer of Little Miss Sunshine and Toy Story 3 created a 40 page treatment for the trilogy that's apparently set to be sent to Brad Bird, JJ Abrams and Spielberg among others.

>>35785
First two are alight (Personally I'd take Bird before Abrams) but keep Spielberg away from it. He's just as bad as Lucas is now with with Science Fiction.

What's that? More mysterious and unexplained aliens like in Encounters?
WELL HERE YOU GO!

Part 2: George Lucas and Kathl…

>>35785
>JJ Abrams

Hell no. The last thing a new Star Wars needs is braindead underwear model actors and yuppie product placement.

And between Prometheus, Lost, and Cloverfield, Lindelof is to me that guy who doesn't know jack shit about movies, sci-fi, stories at all, but gets gigs because he's in his friend's entourage.

I really don't like Joss Whedon, but at this point, he's by and far the best choice. Problem is whether he'd have time between his Marvel Studios duties and personal films.

>>35818
>Problem is whether he'd have time between his Marvel Studios duties and personal films.
And now, Anonymous Productions presents A CONVERSATION WHICH WILL NEVER HAPPEN:

"We'd like you to write the new Star Wars movie, (Insert anyone's name here, but in this scenario, it's Joss Whedon)"

"Oh man, I'd love to, but I'm so swamped right now I really don't have time to write the new Star Wars movie."

Yknow, speakin' of ol' Lucas...
>I won't have to struggle with a low budget!
>I'll replace props with CGI
>I won't ever have to get up from my chair!

>>35818
>Hell no. The last thing a new Star Wars needs is braindead underwear model actors and yuppie product placement.

Someone didn't see Super 8. Or Star Trek.

http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/357610/Darth-Vader-to-be-resurrected

>>35840
Well hopefully its just a Force Ghost like he did in the books a couple of times seeking forgiveness from Leia.

>>35840
With all the rumors flying around and being squashed one by one, it's best to take this news with a heavy pinch of salt.

>>35840
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Episode-VII/post/607293/#TopicPost607293

>>35845
>Supershadow

He's still around?

>>35840

> UK press
> not even a major site
> no source cited
> nobody else is reporting this
> not even scoop-stsrved shit-tier AICN
> again, UK press

Shiggy-diggy-doo

>>35840
>>35871
This is the Daily Express. It's like the Daily Mail, but instead of hurrah-for-the-blackshirts xenophobia it's fixated on conspiracy theories about Prince Philip murdering Princess Di. There's no "taking this with a pinch of salt", you might as well chuck it over your shoulder and eat the salt.

>>35845
Waaaiiit a second, I recognise the writing style from back when the prequels were being made. I think I read something of his.

Honestly, this is the best thing that could happen to Star Wars, next to George Lucas demanding Star Wars be put in the public domain in his will, and dying straight afterwards.

Star Wars and Indiana Jones have nowhere else to go, but UP!(Pun intended.)

I can't wait till that plaid shirted fat fuck drops dead, then maybe we can FINALLY release the original unaltered movies and remake that god awful prequel trilogy.

Here's hoping Disney buys out more companies in the future.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2ZarzBqtA

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=70762
So, this is good, right?
I'm not very familiar with Rick McCallum.

>>36050
That guy was the biggest yes man Lucas had while directing the prequels. This can only be a good thing.

>>36051
Oh thank goodness!
How the fuck he managed to stick around for so much time?

>>36052
"It's a producer's job to make possible a director's vision, whatever that may be"

By being that much of a yes man.

>>36050
Spectacular move.

A Yoda film, the first of the spinoffs is set to be.

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/05/yoda-getting-his-own-star-wars-spin-off-movie-other-established-characters-also-in-line/

Jabba, Boba and Chewbacca movies are also possible.

>>36500
Hrm, okay I'll see what comes of this.

Though the thought of recasting could work say a thing based upon Han in his early years back before and possibly during his stint in the Imperial forces.

soon.

>>36505
Billy Dee getting another contract buyout? Though would love to see him in a show regaling us in his gambler exploits or in the film mentoring the next line of Grifter/Conman/Gambler. Since Disney is so keen on solo films it would be a nice shot.

>>36506
>has lost a substantial amount of money in an underground poker game versus Billy Dee

QUESTION: If SW is not in Lucas' hands anymore, does that mean that eventually we will se a remastered but otherwise sans extra crap and untouched Blu-Ray release of the original trilogy? I mean, there is obviously a market for it, no way the people at Disny do not know this.

QUESTION: If SW is not in Lucas' hands anymore, does that mean that eventually we will se a remastered but otherwise sans extra crap and untouched Blu-Ray release of the original trilogy? I mean, there is obviously a market for it, no way the people at Disny do not know this.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/121968-The-Man-Who-Made-Yoda-Is-Gone

>>36514
there's already an unauthorized HD version of the original trilogy, utilizing blu-ray clips where they are the same as the original films, and the best transfers and touch ups possible for other scenes. I forget the name of it but it's been around in the download/torrent sector for a while, there's even clips of it on youtube.

http://www.toplessrobot.com/2013/05/regardless_of_what_one_thinks.php#more
I agree.