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Lucasfilm (and ILM) sold to Disney

The StargliderThe Starglider
edited October 2012 in Chit chat
Interesting...

http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/30/technology/disney-buys-lucasfilm/

Especially the part about Episode 7. Hmmm, as long as it's done right, and Lucas isn't directing, I don't mind that part at all.
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  • milemile
    edited October 2012
    i have a bad feeling about this...
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    Who's the more of a money grabbing bast? The money grabbing bast, or the money grabbing bast who follows him?
  • MarkoMarko
    edited October 2012
    The Starglider wrote: »
    Interesting...

    http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/30/technology/disney-buys-lucasfilm/

    Especially the part about Episode 7. Hmmm, as long as it's done right, and Lucas isn't directing, I don't mind that part at all.

    Where on earth did they pluck that from? It's the first I've heard of it!*

    Well, apart from all those rumours, years ago.
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    Oh, no, this means we'll get characters with terrible Mickey Mouse voices.

    EDIT: Scratch that...
    ddbinksdk2.jpg
  • milemile
    edited October 2012
    they paid 7 billion for pixar, why is lucas arts and ilm so cheap?
  • MarkoMarko
    edited October 2012
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Oh, no, this means we'll get characters with terrible Mickey Mouse voices.

    EDIT: Scratch that...
    ddbinksdk2.jpg

    ...but voiced by John Ratzenberger.
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  • VampyreVampyre
    edited October 2012
    mile wrote: »
    they paid 7 billion for pixar, why is lucas arts and ilm so cheap?

    I don't think ILM are quite the SFx masters they used to be in the 70's to 90's. Weta have overtook them in regards to quality and they're not exactly prolific at churning out movies either.

    I'm still massively shocked by the news though. I don't think it will mean utterly kiddifying Star Wars, they bought Miramax just after Pulp Fiction was released and still produced adult-themed films on that label.
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  • milemile
    edited October 2012
    Vampyre wrote: »
    I don't think ILM are quite the SFx masters they used to be in the 70's to 90's. Weta have overtook them in regards to quality and they're not exactly prolific at churning out movies either.

    I'm still massively shocked by the news though. I don't think it will mean utterly kiddifying Star Wars, they bought Miramax just after Pulp Fiction was released and still produced adult-themed films on that label.

    yeah i agree with ilm, but star wars is such a huge brand name.

    yeah theres not a right lot to make more childish, unless they decide to put jar jar in a nappy.

    maybe it will be good, maybe not. will be interesting to see ep 7 just to see if they decide to ignore the 'extended universe' books. which they prolly will.
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    mile wrote: »
    ...yeah theres not a right lot to make more childish, unless they decide to put jar jar in a nappy...

    Just imagine the cross-over possibilities.

    "You guys get Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem and we get the Max Rebo band ... no, wait, we'd prefer Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes."
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    "OK, ok, but then we get Jerk Jerk Stinks, and we'll trade you Goofy for him ... errr ... it?"
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited October 2012
    Funny if they went with the rumours from years ago about the Jedi Academy, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher both look about 900 years old, and they've already used Ewan Mc Gregor on episodes 1-3 so they can't use that handsome bastard to play Luke :lol:

    I think Noel Gallegher should play luke, he's as ugly as Mark Hamill and he has the same stupid haircut.
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  • guesserguesser
    edited October 2012
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher both look about 900 years old

    This is Disney Pixar... why would they need human actors? :-P
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited October 2012
    guesser wrote: »
    This is Disney Pixar... why would they need human actors? :-P

    Good point I stand erected....erm I mean corrected...erm....look at me I'm just doing Normski's next post for him ;)
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  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited October 2012
    Ejsy jr dsof!

    Edit: That's what happens when your finger is off by pmr lru.
  • chop983chop983
    edited October 2012
    Going way way back it was always meant to be three trilogy's, the original was the adventures of Luke Skywalker, the new Obi-Wan-Kenobi and the third which hasn't been done was Han Solo. This is what I'm hoping for.
  • redballoonredballoon
    edited October 2012
    I'm looking forward to the Disney/Pixar/Star Wars crossover about a culinary genius rat helping a young Luke Skywalker in his quest to have the best French Restaurant in the Galaxy. It will be called 'Ratatooine'.
  • MarkoMarko
    edited October 2012
    ZnorXman wrote: »
    Ejsy jr dsof!

    Edit: That's what happens when your finger is off by pmr lru.

    So THAT'S how George Lucas comes up with the names for his characters! I've often wondereed...
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  • ZagrebZagreb
    edited October 2012
    The Starglider wrote: »
    and Lucas isn't directing

    This x100.
  • Rebelstar without a causeRebelstar without a cause
    edited October 2012
    Vampyre wrote: »
    I don't think it will mean utterly kiddifying Star Wars, .

    That's because it already is utterly kiddified! :p
  • fogfog
    edited October 2012
    mile wrote: »
    they paid 7 billion for pixar, why is lucas arts and ilm so cheap?

    buyers market at the moment.

    don't think it's a good move though. although lucasfilm did some great atari 8 bit / c64 games
  • chop983chop983
    edited October 2012
    I suppose as well as Star Wars they also get Indiana Jones
  • fogfog
    edited October 2012
    chop983 wrote: »
    I suppose as well as Star Wars they also get Indiana Jones

    willow and howard the duck :D
  • VincentACVincentAC
    edited October 2012
    The Starglider wrote: »
    Hmmm, as long as it's done right, and Lucas isn't directing, I don't mind that part at all.
    Zagreb wrote: »
    This x100.
    And they get better script writers and don't do every scene on a greenscreen.
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  • fogfog
    edited October 2012
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    I just hope it doesn't affect the Star Wars Revisited fan edits by Adywan, the amount of work that guy has put in is unbelievable.

    I can't watch Lucas's continual mucking around with the films adding CG where it isn't needed (R2D2 behind a load of rocks in the Blu Ray version that were never there before etc) since I watched A New Hope Revisted, how Adywan increased the pace in the fight scene between Obi Wan and Darth is a joy and Han actually get some 'manouvers' rather than 'listing lazily to the left'.

    Wouldn't mind seeing some films based on the New Jedi Order fighting the incursion from the Yuuzhan Vong, or perhaps some Knights of the Old Republic, Lucas seems fixated on the bloody Clone Wars (although I do like the cartoon).

    2015, hmmm I wonder what we will see.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited October 2012
    chop983 wrote: »
    Going way way back it was always meant to be three trilogy's, the original was the adventures of Luke Skywalker, the new Obi-Wan-Kenobi and the third which hasn't been done was Han Solo. This is what I'm hoping for.

    Yep, that's what I also read some years ago, but apart from this, according to the article, new Star Wars films every 2-3 years will spoil the franchise.
  • napoleonblownapartenapoleonblownaparte
    edited October 2012
    Disney are going to milk it for every drop.

    I like the original trilogy and I got dragged to see The Phantom Menace at the cinema, I hate the cinema but it wouldn't have been too bad if it wasn't for Jar Jar Binks. I still haven't seen the middle one and the last one was just a joke, I literally fell off my chair laughing at 'Nooooooooooooo......' and spent the next 10 minutes laid on the floor heaving with laughter to the point where my mate thought I was going to have some kind of apoplectic seizure.
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited October 2012
    napoleonblownaparte wrote: »
    Disney are going to milk it for every drop.

    I like the original trilogy and I got dragged to see The Phantom Menace at the cinema, I hate the cinema but it wouldn't have been too bad if it wasn't for Jar Jar Binks. I still haven't seen the middle one and the last one was just a joke, I literally fell off my chair laughing at 'Nooooooooooooo......' and spent the next 10 minutes laid on the floor heaving with laughter to the point where my mate thought I was going to have some kind of apoplectic seizure.

    Interesting. I thought the first two were utter pants and the third was a little more like it (only a little, mind). Then again, I've never been crazy about ROTJ either...
  • BiNMaNBiNMaN
    edited October 2012
    Thing is with Star Wars is that the whole is greater than the sum of it's parts.

    The films leave you feeling slightly disappointed (well except Empire for the most part). The books on the whole are well written, as are the graphic novels.

    I think that Lucas' control over the whole universe was a good thing, but as a director I've never really rated him so if there are some new films I will be really interested to see what is done I just hope that the control over the timeline is adhered to.
  • Tom GaleTom Gale
    edited October 2012
    There's really no need to panic. Disney can't just stuff the whole lot into an envelope, post it to Joss Whedon and everything will be amazing. It sounds like I'm being sarcastic, but I'm not.
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