ScoobyWon't

There will ne a new Star Wars film in 2015, after Disney purchased Lucas Arts.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20146942

Then more to follow. I'm not sure if Disney could make them any worse than Episode 1, but I have a feeling they could.

What do you think we'll get?

SJ_Skyline

Disappointment

I have low expectations and reckon I will be disappointed with what's delivered.

CrisPDuk

So long as Lucas stays out of the script writing sessions it might turn out OK

Markus

Disney = more Jar Jar, and we know that was a very low point.

brendy76

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Starwars 7 (disney dyslexic edition) revenge of the ****.
Not a fan of the newer ones myself.

Nic1911

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Agreed i think the original episode 4, 5 and 6 are excellent then 1, 2 and 3 were crap made partly due to public/fan demand but were poor and as with any film franchise the more made the worse it gets. Imo

Gear Head

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I don't see the problem with 1, 2 & 3.

Never have done.
May be because I am not a massive Star Wars nut job!

I agree though that Disney making 7 is just a bit daft. The story has been concluded.
Let it die.

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

It's not like Mark Hamill is going to reprise his role is it? (I would LOVE that BTW) So who's going to play Luke?

Disney = Zac Efron

martin850

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The only thing I can think of is that Disney have also bought the scripts to episodes 7,8 and 9 which Lucas wrote at the same time as the other six and these will make the basis for the next three films.

martin850

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Also don't forget that Disney also own Marvel now and the recent Avengers, Ironman, Thor etc films have been pretty damn good.

ScoobyWon't

They want to make one a year after 7, 8 and 9, I'm not sure if Lucas had even thought about 10, 11, 12... I feel the cloak of the Dark Side may have fallen again. This time Iger is the Emperor

As long as there is no more Jar Jar!

mgcvk

The films will certainly be aimed at a younger audience, but then so were the original films which had such a lasting impact on those of us who first saw them back in the seventies. With Disney's budget as long as the stories and scripts are good the films will be good. Lucas could have done anything within reason to restart the back story and we ended up with the absolutely very awful Phantom Menace.

PeteBrant

They are making 7,8 &9.

And I just can't think why Disney, who have just paid $2.5 billion would want ressurect a series virtually guaranteed to make a return on that investment

New_scooby_04

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On the plus side: Disney can create a good story and have access to the best visual effects in the biz.

On the negative side, if they use it as a vehicle for promoting Disney club talent, it'll blow!

I think they "could" pull this off!

Carlh

Were disney anything to do with the animated series?, they are fantastic

ReallyReallyGoodMeat

No that was all Lucasfilm. The quality can only go down IMO

urban

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Its going to have an element of Disney in it.

So long as they don't over do it, then it'll be fine

hodgy0_2

i agree, financially it is a no brainer - just very very lazy

and it's not just the films, the Starwars franchise makes more from toys etc

^Qwerty^

I'm sure if they wanted to make a film, it could be episode 3.5. But yeah, dump that Jar Jar

Nimbus

Has anyone seen the fan edits of the old star wars films? For those who want to dump Jar Jar, I suggest you take a look at "The Phantom Edit" for a re-do of ep1. It still has Jar Jar, but all the things that make him a ridiculous character have been edited out, along with some other editing, so it makes a much more serious story. Worth a look..

'7'

and also don't forget that Disney made Pulp Fiction (via Miramax that they own)

CrisPDuk

If they involve the Pixar people I think things will be fine

But if they go the Disney Club route, I fear the end result is going to make Ep1 look like a masterpiece