The seventh movie, with a working title of "Episode 7," is set for release in
2015. Episodes 8 and 9 will follow. The new trilogy will carry 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.

Lucas could never direct worth a crap, but his vision compensated. I can only imagine improvements to the deliverables with this news.

In all fairness, I did get goosebumps when Darth Vader breathed for the first time and that is the best moment for me of the whole series. But when I compare 1,2,3 to 4,5,6, the latter wins. JarJar just pisses me off,..

Interesting times,..

I'd love to see the stories use Timothy Zahn's trilogy with Grand Admiral Thrawn.

42 minutes ago, spivonious wrote

I just hope that they don't use Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, and Harrison Ford. They're way too old now.

Actually I'd like to see them making cameos playing their now old characters as a new generation take up the main plot -- it would give a good sense of continuity.

Herbie

20 minutes ago, Dr Herbie wrote

*snip*

Actually I'd like to see them making cameos playing their now old characters as a new generation take up the main plot -- it would give a good sense of continuity.

Herbie

Carrie Fisher was 19 in the first movie.

I am old.

That is all.

My issue with disney is they are too 'family friendly'.

Herbie

4 minutes ago, kettch wrote

@ScanIAm: Some of their recent stuff isn't really too squishy/family friendly. Stuff like Pirates, and the Marvel movies are done well.

Indeed, the pirates sequels are beating Mulholland drive, Solyaris, and Naked Lunch in terms of mindfuckness.

I had a far easier time figuring out those than keeping track of all the plots-in-plots-in-plots-in-schemes of the later pirate movies.

Hans Solo got Ariel pregnant, I hear...

Or was that Tie Fighter, X-wing or X-wing vs Tie Fighter,..?

Apparently, the new movies will be original stories (http://www.eonline.com/news/358685/star-wars-7-plot-will-be-an-original-story-says-lucasfilm-source)

1 hour ago, Maddus Mattus wrote

In the books of 7,8 and 9 Luke is busy rounding up rouge imperial generals,...

Was he looking for cross-dressers?

1 hour ago, spivonious wrote

@Maddus Mattus: There never were any official 7,8,9 books, but the fiction authors tended to use each other's storylines. Big ones were Timothy Zahn's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thrawn_trilogy) and Kevin J. Anderson's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jedi_Academy_trilogy).

 

Apparently, the new movies will be original stories (http://www.eonline.com/news/358685/star-wars-7-plot-will-be-an-original-story-says-lucasfilm-source)

Awww... I was really hoping for Thrawn too

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2012/11/01/george-lucas-disney-money-will-go-toward-education/

1 day ago, ScanIAm wrote

I seem to recall a lot of toys when the other movies came out, too.

My issue with disney is they are too 'family friendly'.

 

Disney also owns Miramax, which is not family friendly.

12 hours ago, brian.​shapiro wrote

*snip*

 

Disney also owns Miramax, which is not family friendly.

As well as Touchstone, which distributed a Cinderella story about that heart-of-gold hooker named "Vivian".

16 seconds ago, spivonious wrote

I just remembered, there's an old Star Wars section of DisneyWorld at their Hollywood Studios park (formerly MGM Studios). It's been there since it opened, I think.

Yes, it has been there since day 1. 

That's the nicest park of the bunch, for a nice stroll, imho. Animal Kingdom was(is) also beautiful but there's not as many open spaces as what I remember from MGM Studios.

I wonder if the indoor magnetic-propelled rollercoaster is still playing Aerosmith in the cabs.

23 minutes ago, JohnAskew wrote

*snip*

Yes, it has been there since day 1. 

That's the nicest park of the bunch, for a nice stroll, imho. Animal Kingdom was(is) also beautiful but there's not as many open spaces as what I remember from MGM Studios.

I wonder if the indoor magnetic-propelled rollercoaster is still playing Aerosmith in the cabs.

Ha, yep it does, at least when I was there a few years ago. The whole theme is getting Aerosmith to the show in time.

That's one thing Disney does right. Even the rollercoasters have a story and aren't just empty thrills.

My favorite park was Epcot. Hollywood Studios wasn't big enough for a whole day's visit.

30 minutes ago, spivonious wrote

*snip*

Ha, yep it does, at least when I was there a few years ago. The whole theme is getting Aerosmith to the show in time.

That's one thing Disney does right. Even the rollercoasters have a story and aren't just empty thrills.

My favorite park was Epcot. Hollywood Studios wasn't big enough for a whole day's visit.

I used to live 20 minutes away from the parks, in Clermont. I'd take my young kids and spend an afternoon in a park on a whim, so the get-it-all-done-in-a-day was never an issue and, man, it makes the stroll so much nicer to not fret about missing content due to time contraints...

3:04 Mark Hamill talking about sequels

2 days ago, kettch wrote

@MasterPie: Disney parks never get old. I know a few families who live near Disney parks. They have season passes, and go a couple times a month and indicate that they don't get tired of it. I also have known people who worked at Disneyland, and I've spoken with current empl^H^H^H^Hcast members, and the answer to the question "What do you do on your day off?" is always "Go to the park".

Very true. That's why after many many short trips, I came to prefer the MGM Stuidos park for its open air landscaping design. Most pleasant. Animal Kingdom comes in second because you're walking down corridors lined with bamboo so much it feels uncomfortable walking between areas. However, the visuals at Animal Kingdom are the best ~ the African village stands out for me.

Epcot was where I would go for beer. Mmmmmm, beer. Good beer there.

Notice of the clearance was issued Tuesday.

http://bostonherald.com/business/media/view.bg?articleid=1061179461

Patent issues loom... j/k

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