Rumor: There MIGHT be a Star Wars sequel trilogy.
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Posted on: 2010-10-23 16:13 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Keep Berman and Braga away from Star Wars. |
Originally Posted by Lothic
I'd never really openly wish Lucas any harm and I'm sure he's got a good number of years ahead of him. But to be honest I find myself increasingly fascinated to see what's going to happen to the whole Star Wars franchise after Lucas passes away.
Case in point Gene Roddenberry's been gone for 19 years now and there has been some pretty interesting things that have happened to Star Trek since then. Some good, some bad. Who knows what new Star Wars trilogies and/or TV shows are going to be made in the decades after Lucas. |
Hopefully Lucas has it arranged for his kids to inherit the Lucas Empire and then they can make the decisions. Keep it in the family.
What's this about 'might'? We know there's going to be one. We always knew there was going to be one. Lucas has always had a story idea for that time period, and it's a guaranteed money maker, so it's going to happen no matter how much fans moan or Lucas drags his feet. This is fated. It's so fated, I'm pretty sure the release date was inscribed on the Mayan calendar somewhere.
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Oh I have no doubt Lucas already has an elaborate plan for how he wants his "vision" of Star Wars to live on after he dies. And no I was not specifically assuming any particular people (like Berman and Braga) get their hands on it. |
Originally Posted by Nericus
Keep Berman and Braga away from Star Wars.
Hopefully Lucas has it arranged for his kids to inherit the Lucas Empire and then they can make the decisions. Keep it in the family. |
My point was is that no matter who's "left in charge" so to speak things WILL be different once Lucas is not directly calling the shots. It may turn out to be a good thing or a bad thing. But what is clear is that things that Lucas is currently "stubborn" about now could eventually change and evolve as time goes on.
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Oh I just used B&B as an example of who should NOT be running the show. For all that Lucas has done to Star Wars, B&B did worse damage to Star Trek, imo.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
Oh I have no doubt Lucas already has an elaborate plan for how he wants his "vision" of Star Wars to live on after he dies. And no I was not specifically assuming any particular people (like Berman and Braga) get their hands on it.
My point was is that no matter who's "left in charge" so to speak things WILL be different once Lucas is not directly calling the shots. It may turn out to be a good thing or a bad thing. But what is clear is that things that Lucas is currently "stubborn" about now could eventually change and evolve as time goes on. |
For all the griping that we do about Lucas and how we think he has wrecked Star Wars, many of us are also protesting too much. The instant a new Star Wars film is scheduled for the theatres, is the instant the vast majority of the fans will rush to get tickets despite any misgivings they may have or ill feelings about things they didn't like about the prequels.
There are somethings I don't like about the prequels, yes. There are a few minor complaints I have about Indy 4, yes. (the fridge nuke is NOT one of them given all the other near death escapes he shouldn't have made).
But I don't have the level of rancor that so many other fans have expressed on the internet. I expected fun movies that I felt were worthy of the franchise, NOT mega blockbusters like when the franchises first started.
Also, hate Lucas all you want but he founded/co founded: Lucasfilm Ltd, Industrial Light and Magic, Skywalker Sound, Pixar, and THX.
Where would Hollywood be without ILM, Skywalker Sound, Pixar and THX?
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Because of Episode One I waited until Eps 2 & 3, along with Indy 4, came out on video to watch them. I refuse to see any of his work in theaters anymore. Mainly because when I rented Indy 4 I stopped watching halfway through.
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Originally Posted by Nericus
For all the griping that we do about Lucas and how we think he has wrecked Star Wars, many of us are also protesting too much. The instant a new Star Wars film is scheduled for the theatres, is the instant the vast majority of the fans will rush to get tickets despite any misgivings they may have or ill feelings about things they didn't like about the prequels.
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Hence why I said "Vast majority", there will be exceptions of course. Mileage varies.
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Originally Posted by Teldon
Because of Episode One I waited until Eps 2 & 3, along with Indy 4, came out on video to watch them. I refuse to see any of his work in theaters anymore. Mainly because when I rented Indy 4 I stopped watching halfway through.
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Obviously Lucas has made an unparalleled impact on the history of movies and his legacy for the entire movie industry will be felt for decades to come. Will I likely go spend good money on the 3D re-releases of movies I've already seen dozens of times already? Very probably...
But even after all that it doesn't really stop me from thinking about what the future of Star Wars will be after Lucas no longer has direct control over it. I hope it will have a good future DESPITE anything Lucas has or will do for it.
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Originally Posted by Veritech
an entire trilogy of Star Wars movies that look like the trailers to The Old Republic?
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Yes, it is interesting to see what the heirs to the lucas empire will do. Perhaps remake all six from the ground up? Though please reuse all audio of James Earl Jones as the voice of Vader. That is irreplaceable.
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Originally Posted by Lothic
Obviously Lucas has made an unparalleled impact on the history of movies and his legacy for the entire movie industry will be felt for decades to come. Will I likely go spend good money on the 3D re-releases of movies I've already seen dozens of times already? Very probably...
But even after all that it doesn't really stop me from thinking about what the future of Star Wars will be after Lucas no longer has direct control over it. I hope it will have a good future DESPITE anything Lucas has or will do for it. |
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Lucas would feel obligated to maybe include Bioware in it as where with something in the future he has free reign on adding in his "touch."
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Originally Posted by Sevenpenny
Why do sequels? Why not do Old Republic?
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How about a movie that explains why humans exist a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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What amused me was talking to one of the supposed haters, that went to see the Phantom Menace 8 times. Seriously? Wow, that's a lot of hate. Because I know if I absolutely hated something seeing it 8 times is exactly the sort of reaction I would have. :P |
Originally Posted by Nericus
For all the griping that we do about Lucas and how we think he has wrecked Star Wars, many of us are also protesting too much. The instant a new Star Wars film is scheduled for the theatres, is the instant the vast majority of the fans will rush to get tickets despite any misgivings they may have or ill feelings about things they didn't like about the prequels.
There are somethings I don't like about the prequels, yes. There are a few minor complaints I have about Indy 4, yes. (the fridge nuke is NOT one of them given all the other near death escapes he shouldn't have made). But I don't have the level of rancor that so many other fans have expressed on the internet. I expected fun movies that I felt were worthy of the franchise, NOT mega blockbusters like when the franchises first started. |
I wonder if maybe it was the seventh or eighth viewing that finally put him over the top. Because at that point, I had only seen it maybe 4 or 5 times in the theater and thought it was okay, barring Jar Jar and Anakin moments of Yippee and piloting a starfighter and that overly long Pod racing sequence.
Heck, I could understand seeing something 2, maybe 3 times, as you might get dragged to it by multiple groups of friends, but you'd think at 4 you'd be dead set against going anywhere near that theater. I would have asked him why he kept going back, but was content to believe that he probably really loved the film and just wanted to save face in front of his other friends.
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the question isnt whether or not he would make 3 more Star Wars movies given the chance. but whether or not he'll be able to. George will be turning 68 before the 1st of the SW3D movies hits theaters, and then each one will be released 1 a year until all 6 are out. meaning he'll be 73 years old before any real production work begins on a new trilogy. i bring this up because given how involved he's been with the other movies, he probably won't be devoting full time resources to another trilogy until the first 6 are 3-D'd up and ready to go, which will be a pretty time consuming process. then there's the actual production time and planning time involved in getting 3 more Star Wars movies up and running. |
Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
What's this about 'might'? We know there's going to be one. We always knew there was going to be one. Lucas has always had a story idea for that time period, and it's a guaranteed money maker, so it's going to happen no matter how much fans moan or Lucas drags his feet. This is fated. It's so fated, I'm pretty sure the release date was inscribed on the Mayan calendar somewhere.
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He's also said at some point he wants a 5th and 6th Indy movie to happen. So THOSE need to be done at some point as well. Dude's already on the olden side, so unless he realizes he CANT do it all on his own and delegates to others (in which case, there is the possibility of awesome as much as true suck) i just don't see a new trilogy happening. i doubt they'll even push out another Indy movie.
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There have been many stories in Sci-Fi where the events of the story led up to explaining the origin of humans on planet Earth. An easy example of that is the conclusion of the recent Battlestar Galactic series which implied that the human race as we know it descended from the arrival of the last survivors of the "rag-tag" fleet which had been chased by the Cylons across the galaxy.|
Originally Posted by starphoenix
How about a movie that explains why humans exist a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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I think it'd be funny if we learned in the "last" Star Wars movie that Earth had been populated by a small group of refugee humans who had traveled a long time ago from a galaxy far, far away.
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Same reason they exist Now, Right Here. <shrug>|
Originally Posted by starphoenix
How about a movie that explains why humans exist a long time ago in a galaxy far far away.
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The real question is, "Why do they all have British Accents?"
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And whether or not they go with eps 6-9, while there are the books that follow the original trilogy, the Star Wars: Legacy comics take place like 100 years after the books.
'Course I still think they're going to remake 1-6 after George becomes one with the Force.
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Yes please.
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Originally Posted by Veritech
an entire trilogy of Star Wars movies that look like the trailers to The Old Republic?
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Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
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That's not quite true - most of the handful of ideas he had for the post-ESB storyline were compressed into RoTJ.
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Originally Posted by RemusShepherd
Lucas has always had a story idea for that time period
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Because in the Star Wars universe the American Rebels never managed to successfully rebel from the British Empire?|
Originally Posted by galadiman
The real question is, "Why do they all have British Accents?"
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Or maybe it has something to do with the fact that Pinewood Studios was involved.
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There's a fundamental difference between the two. Roddenberry didn't own the property outright, Paramount did. Lucas however owns nearly everything to do with Star Wars.|
Originally Posted by Lothic
Case in point Gene Roddenberry's been gone for 19 years now and there has been some pretty interesting things that have happened to Star Trek since then. Some good, some bad. Who knows what new Star Wars trilogies and/or TV shows are going to be made in the decades after Lucas.
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While under normal circumstances those rights go to his heirs, it's entirely possible that he has a clause in his will that nothing new can be done after his passing, and all they can do is make money on the royalties of existing deals.
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It's true the details of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises are different. But the fundamental idea I was stressing was what happened to Star Trek after its primary "Creator" passed away and comparing that with what could happen to Star Wars.|
Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
There's a fundamental difference between the two. Roddenberry didn't own the property outright, Paramount did. Lucas however owns nearly everything to do with Star Wars.
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| While under normal circumstances those rights go to his heirs, it's entirely possible that he has a clause in his will that nothing new can be done after his passing, and all they can do is make money on the royalties of existing deals. |
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Heh. Makes one wonder how many times the bean counters and corporate bigwigs that let Lucas keep the rights to Star Wars were beating themselves over the head with a blunt object over their underestimation of the popularity explosion that occurred.
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Originally Posted by Lemur Lad
Lucas however owns nearly everything to do with Star Wars.
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20th Century Fox totally underestimated the merchandising potential - they agreed to Lucas' suggestion that they could have a bigger share of the box office in exchange for him having a reduced director's fee and total control of the merchandising rights, because pre-Star Wars, merchandising for movies was mostly a few T-shirts and lunchboxes and maybe a novelisation - they had no idea of the things he'd dreamed up to sell in connection with his new movie 
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hey at least Fox got something out of the deal. think about the studios that completely shot Lucas down about his "space movie". most of those folks are probably janitors by now. |
Originally Posted by Nericus
Heh. Makes one wonder how many times the bean counters and corporate bigwigs that let Lucas keep the rights to Star Wars were beating themselves over the head with a blunt object over their underestimation of the popularity explosion that occurred.
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