tamplain
Well-Known Member
No, but it did have a chapter number.
Disney buying Lucasfilm (new Star Wars movies on tap)
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No, but it did have a chapter number.
Zuiun
Sr Member
Personally, I hope they borrow a page out of the Douglas Adams playbook:
"The SEVENTH film in the increasingly inaccurately named Star Wars Trilogy!"
tamplain
Well-Known Member
IT WAS an episode number. It's at the beginning of the opening crawl!!
Nope. Episode IV and the subtitle "A NEW HOPE" were added for the 1981 re-release.
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
No matter how crap Lucas' later SW efforts may have been, I'd always rather SW product came from him rather than anyone else.
This is a truly bleak day. Lucas at least was always making his films for the right reasons - to express himself artistically. With this deal, all future SW will be motivated by purely mercenary concerns. And yes, we can expect the miserable corporate suits at Disney to come down on unlicensed prop replicators like a ton of bricks...
gcngamer128
Well-Known Member
Why? The RPF has members who make a ton of Marvel (Disney) items.
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
Re: Disney buys Lucasfilm announce ep7
Why assume Disney are capable of doing what Lucas can't? I.e re-capture the youthful mind of George Lucas? Because that's what you have to do to make a decent SW film. It's like expecting EMI to throw a band together that can make new Beatles albums! SW is finished in all but brand labelling.
wow!! Hopefully this is their attempt to stop him from destroying Star Wars more!
Why assume Disney are capable of doing what Lucas can't? I.e re-capture the youthful mind of George Lucas? Because that's what you have to do to make a decent SW film. It's like expecting EMI to throw a band together that can make new Beatles albums! SW is finished in all but brand labelling.
Ohhhh i really hope they make this idea i had for a SW flick into a movie. This little Opee fish called Nero, gets lost, in the vast reaches of space when a bungled attempt to snatch him for a pet store goes horribly wrong.
I pencilled it a long time ago.......in a living room not far away......its call Finding Nero....i really should file for copyright, you know what Disney can be like eh?
This is super, super news though, i mean, we can have, The Little Rancor, The Mynock and the Hound, the list is endless my friends.
lee
I pencilled it a long time ago.......in a living room not far away......its call Finding Nero....i really should file for copyright, you know what Disney can be like eh?
This is super, super news though, i mean, we can have, The Little Rancor, The Mynock and the Hound, the list is endless my friends.
lee
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
Excellent work, my man.
DuneMuadDib
Sr Member
Yeah, because there was so much integrity in slapping the Star Wars logo on anything that would pay the licensing fee. It's one merchandizing (board censored word for woman who sells her body) buying another one.
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It doesnt have to end Steve, not with Disney, they could roll this stuff out yearly, The Hunchback of Sluis Van, anybody?
We could even have little animated cameo's of George, in various roles, like Stan Winston in the Marvel movies, itll be cool!
Oh, this is intended as sarcasm BTW, the lowest form of wit im told, i excel at it, im exempt, to be this good at sarcasm, you have to be pretty much a god.
lee
Well, I've slept on this news and I have a rather more balanced view of the whole thing.
Firstly, whatever you wish to say about George Lucas creatively, he has done wonders for the film industry technically ,virtually revolutionising how a film can be made. Both he and Disney have a very long history of working together so this deal will not have been thrown together overnight and as a move to secure the future of ILM its a brilliant one. Lucasfilm secures a huge amount of future inhouse special effects work at a stroke and Disney get to own a ready made state of the art effects facility to support all their film productions.
Lets face it , that kind of cost will now be kept within their control (No John Carter ballooning effects budgets) and as an accounting tool thats very handy (the costs of making John Carter ,as well as the Avengers ,are now moved within the Disney Corporation, and suddenly its made them alot of money). Thats a very,very clever move within an accounting period.
And the success of the Avengers must have left them with alot of money to spend. And they have done so VERY wisely. As a business recently they've really been extremely canny with the way they have "mapped" their future, Marvel being the most obvious example. With Lucasfilm they get the franchise, ILM and Lucasart to boot.
And George. Well, I am a little concerned for him. His actions are that of a man who is intent on securing his legacy, knowing his reign is coming to an end. How he has done that is actually a bit humbling. Instead of pulling the house down on top of him he's actually stepped away and allowed someone else in to buck up the foundations.Try to imagine what WOULD have happened to Lucasfilm if he had died suddenly. A business he struggled for years against daunting odds to guide and build as the founding chief. It would have been chaos.
So it takes some guts and no small measure of courage to have done what he has . My respect for him has gone up about ten thousand fold. In a moment he has given us all a gift , hope out of nowhere, that we will suddenly get more Starwars films. That is a remarkable thing to have done, given what he COULD have actually chosen to do.
So I'm fairly annoyed by all the doomsayers here. Given the choice between a future with NO starwars films in it and one that has I know which one I'd pick.
And I think he has recognised that his creative ability, at seventy years of age, to make the kind of films the new (and old) generations want, is not what we or he would like it to be. That there are others out there that could do better. It is no coincidence that both he and Steven Spielberg have announced this year they will never do any action movies again. And look at the generations of extremely talented film directors who just worship Starwars who could step in to make the next trilogy. That takes some courage and no small amount of humility.
The trouble he had with Red Tails and its failure , all the personal critisism he's faced making the others has obviously heavily influenced him and he has decided to gracefully bowed out and leave the future of the universe he created to be made by others. That, more than anything should show people he really does care about the films and the company he made.
Of course he has made alot of money from it, but then again he's given millions away. Arguably he's done one of the smartest, bravest and most generous things he could have ever done for the franchise. He's given it to others to love and cherish. And for that he deserves a HUGE amount of respect .Give the guy a break now and leave him alone.
And trust in the Force.
Firstly, whatever you wish to say about George Lucas creatively, he has done wonders for the film industry technically ,virtually revolutionising how a film can be made. Both he and Disney have a very long history of working together so this deal will not have been thrown together overnight and as a move to secure the future of ILM its a brilliant one. Lucasfilm secures a huge amount of future inhouse special effects work at a stroke and Disney get to own a ready made state of the art effects facility to support all their film productions.
Lets face it , that kind of cost will now be kept within their control (No John Carter ballooning effects budgets) and as an accounting tool thats very handy (the costs of making John Carter ,as well as the Avengers ,are now moved within the Disney Corporation, and suddenly its made them alot of money). Thats a very,very clever move within an accounting period.
And the success of the Avengers must have left them with alot of money to spend. And they have done so VERY wisely. As a business recently they've really been extremely canny with the way they have "mapped" their future, Marvel being the most obvious example. With Lucasfilm they get the franchise, ILM and Lucasart to boot.
And George. Well, I am a little concerned for him. His actions are that of a man who is intent on securing his legacy, knowing his reign is coming to an end. How he has done that is actually a bit humbling. Instead of pulling the house down on top of him he's actually stepped away and allowed someone else in to buck up the foundations.Try to imagine what WOULD have happened to Lucasfilm if he had died suddenly. A business he struggled for years against daunting odds to guide and build as the founding chief. It would have been chaos.
So it takes some guts and no small measure of courage to have done what he has . My respect for him has gone up about ten thousand fold. In a moment he has given us all a gift , hope out of nowhere, that we will suddenly get more Starwars films. That is a remarkable thing to have done, given what he COULD have actually chosen to do.
So I'm fairly annoyed by all the doomsayers here. Given the choice between a future with NO starwars films in it and one that has I know which one I'd pick.
And I think he has recognised that his creative ability, at seventy years of age, to make the kind of films the new (and old) generations want, is not what we or he would like it to be. That there are others out there that could do better. It is no coincidence that both he and Steven Spielberg have announced this year they will never do any action movies again. And look at the generations of extremely talented film directors who just worship Starwars who could step in to make the next trilogy. That takes some courage and no small amount of humility.
The trouble he had with Red Tails and its failure , all the personal critisism he's faced making the others has obviously heavily influenced him and he has decided to gracefully bowed out and leave the future of the universe he created to be made by others. That, more than anything should show people he really does care about the films and the company he made.
Of course he has made alot of money from it, but then again he's given millions away. Arguably he's done one of the smartest, bravest and most generous things he could have ever done for the franchise. He's given it to others to love and cherish. And for that he deserves a HUGE amount of respect .Give the guy a break now and leave him alone.
And trust in the Force.
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KrokoHunter
Sr Member
All hail Ralphoorr -- Demigod of Sarcasm :behave
Hello all,
Maybe in Spain and the whole Europe our ignorance about what is behind Disney ( i mean the Dark side of Disney) made us believe that a new era has begun for Star Wars.
But after reading all the comments, we (or at least I) are starting to realize that probably that means more problems, than good news.
I am 46 now, and for many many years Star Wras for me was only 3 movies (and still is) and the more movies they make the worst it will be....
Lucas had a great idea on the beginning, and maybe because of the lack of computer graphics and 3D animation the overall result were more "real" and the films were more authentic... besed on a better script, with better and more deep dialogues
In the USA and UK during all those years getting Star Wars Toys or props were a lot easier than here.... but with the irruption of internet everithing was in our reach, specially with forums like the RPF. I have read that Disney Lawyers will go after anybody that is making props, replicas or any itmes without license....
If this is true, forums like this one will become scarce, and maybe with limited membership.... something like a ghost forum...
What do you think? Will this type of forums disappear? Will prop makers and their items also disappear?
Alfredo
(sorry for my english, but when this is not your mother language feelings become difficult to express...)
Maybe in Spain and the whole Europe our ignorance about what is behind Disney ( i mean the Dark side of Disney) made us believe that a new era has begun for Star Wars.
But after reading all the comments, we (or at least I) are starting to realize that probably that means more problems, than good news.
I am 46 now, and for many many years Star Wras for me was only 3 movies (and still is) and the more movies they make the worst it will be....
Lucas had a great idea on the beginning, and maybe because of the lack of computer graphics and 3D animation the overall result were more "real" and the films were more authentic... besed on a better script, with better and more deep dialogues
In the USA and UK during all those years getting Star Wars Toys or props were a lot easier than here.... but with the irruption of internet everithing was in our reach, specially with forums like the RPF. I have read that Disney Lawyers will go after anybody that is making props, replicas or any itmes without license....
If this is true, forums like this one will become scarce, and maybe with limited membership.... something like a ghost forum...
What do you think? Will this type of forums disappear? Will prop makers and their items also disappear?
Alfredo
(sorry for my english, but when this is not your mother language feelings become difficult to express...)
Colin Droidmilk
Sr Member
I was talking about the motivation behind the films. While Lucas obviously sold out on the licensing side, the actual films retained artistic expression as their main motivation. He made messes of those films, sure, but his heart was in the right place. Disney's won't be.
I won't accept a Disney SW movie in the same way I that I won't accept a Hercule Poirot novel not written by Agatha Christie, or a Tintin comic not drawn by Herge.
Cutthumb makes a good point and without qouting his entire post I agree with him. I saw SW in '77 at age 10. I would rather have a few more exciting movies to see than none at all. To get the chance to see real actors dress up as Jedi and Sith with real lightsabers and yes even CGI monsters would be a good thing to me. I watched a few Clone Wars cartoons, but those are still cartoons for kids. Sure they may be edgy and on at 11pm, but still a cartoon. What could be worse than that?
Give me real movies with new props to make, new model kits to build, new costumes to make, and new stories to see, on the BIG SCREEN!
Give me real movies with new props to make, new model kits to build, new costumes to make, and new stories to see, on the BIG SCREEN!
