coupes. Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 http://arts.nationalpost.com/2012/10/30/disney-buys-lucasfilm-plans-star-wars-episode-7-by-2015/ Disney has purchased Lucasfilm Studios, the brainchild of Star Wars director George Lucas, for a cool US$4.5-billion, according to reports. And what’s more, the film giant plans to release a new Star Wars film — Episode VII — by 2015, with Lucas himself as a “creative consultant. (This BBCode requires its accompanying plugin to work properly.) Didn't see that one coming ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinny Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 hawt dang.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinny Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 So in the next Kingdom Hearts game I can have Mickey, Cloud, Wolverine, and Han Solo in my party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 You know, I think these are very bad news (I'll expand on that tomorrow, this news are being hard to digest). When I first saw the official press release, I thought it was a joke, but unfortunately it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 So Lucasfilm will now be headed by Kathleen Kennedy, who was the producer of: ET, Poltergeist, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Steven Hawking's A Brief History of Time, Hook, Tiny Toons, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List, Twister, The Sixth Sense, Seabiscuit, Munich, War Horse, and Lincoln. Maybe this won't be so bad.... But then again she was also the Executive Producer of The Last Airbender and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull so maybe it WILL be as bad as I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 This is at once exciting and terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Hmm. Didn't see THAT one coming so I have to agree. Yet star tours is in disneyland where I bought my forceFX luke skywalker collectible saber...I can't say I'm all that surprised. We can only pray that an episode 7 either won't contradict the previously established canon of EU, OR that it won't cheapen SW as a whole. But not both. It'd be nice if it went both ways but things rarely ever work out so well. As Rox already pointed out, the person to be heading it has a track record of more good than bad so there is some hope. Still I'm not holding my breath; I'm all inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 This is at once exciting and terrifying. Disney CEO Robert Iger briefly discussed Disney's plans for game development using the intellectual properties acquired in the acquisition, saying, "We're likely to focus more on social and mobile than we are on console. We'll look opportunistically at console, most likely in licensing rather than publishing, but we think that given the nature of these characters and how well known they are, and the storytelling, that they lend themselves quite nicely, as they've already demonstrated to the other platforms." Terrifying, for certain... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Terrifying, for certain... Bleh. But I think that's more of a universal trend for a lot of industries, unfortunately. I'm still waiting for the whole social/mobile bubble to burst. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PR-0927 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I am nervous as ****. The EU is so vast and well-put together. I'm worried that Disney will **** all over it. Lucas has been alright about respecting the EU stuff, for the most part, but Disney is uncharted territory. Here's hoping it's Thrawn Trilogy stuff... - PR-0927 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralPloKoon Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 This is at once exciting and terrifying. Definitely, the future will be quite interesting for Star Wars and maybe even Indiana Jones fans alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M@RS Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 I'm pretty excited about the prospects of new movies, but I do share in the worry that it will ruin everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duster Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 He looks sad on the video.So do i. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 George Lucas To Donate Most Of His $4 Billion To Education Charity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Groovy Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 That's it. I quit the Internet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinny Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Episode VII to be about Dash Rendar with a little bit of Thrawn: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexrd Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I like the costume. Very faithful to "Shadows of the Empire". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinny Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Yeah, pretty retro and authentic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Avlectus Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Episode VII to be about Dash Rendar with a little bit of Thrawn: Guess I had that one coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 JJ Abrams to direct. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/jj-abrams-star-wars-director_n_2545526.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duster Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 JJ Abrams to direct. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/24/jj-abrams-star-wars-director_n_2545526.html Same goes for Disney. Wellcome to the Jungle baby.XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leXX Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Oh I dunno, he did such a fantastic job on Star Trek that to me he has proven his worth in rebooting a franchise. I'm very happy it's J.J. Abrams and not someone like Michael Bay or Christopher Nolan. Can you imagine? The horrror. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralPloKoon Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I have faith in JJ Abrams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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