Thank you George!
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Dudes… The stories, the screen plays are already written. They have been for AGES. He wrote all nine, took 4-6 because he believed they would tell the best story, as he never thought he would have the funds to make all nine.
Personally, i love that Disney has taken over. I am dying to have the story finished.
That's a myth Lucas continues to tell.
He wrote Star Wars to be Star Wars, expecting no sequel. It exploded, and then he wrote the others.
Actually doesn't the story go he had Star Wars 1-6 planned out, but he did Episode 4, then 5 and 6 because he didn't expect it to take off if he did 1-3 as he originally planned?
It was definitely the right choice, I don't think Star Wars would've had the same immortality if he didn't start it with Han, Vader, Luke and etc vs having Qui-Gon, young Obi-Wan and kid Anakin.
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Actually doesn't the story go he had Star Wars 1-6 planned out, but he did Episode 4, then 5 and 6 because he didn't expect it to take off if he did 1-3 as he originally planned?
That's the mythical tale, but it too has evidence of falsehood. For starters, the "Episode IV" part of the opening crawl attached to A New Hope didn't exist until it was re-released post-Empire Strikes Back. And up until Empire Strikes Back hit theaters, the second movie was still being touted as "Star Wars II".
There were undoubtedly times where more chapters were planned, but clearly not from the very beginning.
An excellent read for those with time is Kaminski's Secret History of Star Wars. It used to be available on his site as a full eBook, but was removed after publication. The whole thing is still out there on the net easily enough from google, however. Check out Appendix D in particular for the pieced together puzzle of the fabled Sequel Trilogy as it was under George's vision.
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@O'louth:
Dudes… The stories, the screen plays are already written. They have been for AGES. He wrote all nine, took 4-6 because he believed they would tell the best story, as he never thought he would have the funds to make all nine.
Personally, i love that Disney has taken over. I am dying to have the story finished.
That's a myth Lucas continues to tell.
He wrote Star Wars to be Star Wars, expecting no sequel. It exploded, and then he wrote the others.
Actually, yeah. There was a novel called "Splinter of the Mind's eye" that was written as an EU sequel to Star Wars, because he never expected the movie would be successful and go on to make more.
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Kinda of two minds about this. I fear it just turn into a PG rated rehash of existing materials, marketed for under tens and designed to milk as much money as it can. However I hope Disney will continue its recent habit of keeping to the spirit of franchise its acquired and making awesome films with them.
I -really- hope they do the smart thing and let the new Star Wars film be written and directed by someone with lots of balls (to do radical stuff to the universe) and ability to write something good!
The Star Trek reboot went well because this, and I rather hear a story about a Jedi walking the fine line between dark and light (with the story focusing on how clarity between dark and light isn't always clear cut) or some good hearted normal man fighting Sith on the edge of known space, than Luke's story mark 2.
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Star Wars continuity is so messed up, and under Disney, it will continue to be a mess.
Fans just need to accept two different "time lines" of the universe: The Movies (under Lucas and now Disney) and the EU (books, comics, games etc)
Star Trek did it, and we came out just fine.
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Disney will be fine. They may have earned their fame with kids' stuff, but they can handle serious franchises.
I still think WB would have worked better for Star wars, though.
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Yep, as I said before, look no further than what's been done with Marvel since Disney took ownership. At a minimum, you'd have to admit that without knowing about the ownership, you'd think nothing changed.
Is Star Wars EU really that bad? I know there's a helping of retcons in the wake of the prequels, but thought it was mostly solid as far as most expanded licenses get. That said, unsubstantiated rumors are placing Episode VII enough years into the future to bypass the EU altogether. That sounds like the most logical route to me - doesn't step on anyone's toes by keeping everything intact, and gives the breathing room for full creativity (look where the Old Republic time period thrived when not shackled down by any real continuity of the movies).
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EU, when it took off (mainly with Zahn's excellent series featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn. That guy was like a Star Wars Light Yagami.) it was consistent and really interesting.
Another one was Tales of the Jedi, set in the KOTOR era (which indeed, inspired the game that started the KOTOR sub franchise) about Ulic Qel Droma and Exar Kun. Although it was pretty much a rehash of palpatine and vader, but that fall-from-grace story was MUCH better than the prequel movies, because unlike that brat Anakin, Ulic really was a hero, and you got to see how he corrupted himself slowly.
The crap came later, in the 2000s. Things got ridiculously complicated, and went in totally unreliable directions. Trouble is, and Lucas never seemed to realize this; Things are cool when they are used SPARINGLY. If you keeping shoving crap into retail, it gets mundane.