More Star Wars Than You Can Handle

FTFY.

As long as the studio takes the franchise seriously and hires top talent the way that Marvel has handled their films. I actually have confidence in Kathleen Kennedy to run Lucasfilm and steer the franchise in the right direction. She and her husband Frank Marshall worked with Spielberg for years and she knows her stuff.

Just remember that Marvel has had its hits and misses, too. For every Iron Man. Captain America an The Avengers they've also had Iron Man 2, and two Hulks. Not terrible movies by any means, but not up to the other films. Still, overall the Marvel franchise is going strong and making consistently entertaining movies. While chances are we may get a stinker every now and then, especially if they are releasing a new film every year, still I think we will get more good fims than not.

It was inevitable, I suppose. But what a load of shit it is nonetheless.

Did you happen to catch The Princess and the Frog?

I liked The Princess and the Frog.
I didn't like Cars 2. That is the first Disney/Pixar movie I actually do not like. At all.

Sounds like Famous Last Words to me.

Disney may pull off a string of not-terrible films for Star Wars, but that doesn't mean the *cultured voice* discerning movie-goer will want to see them all. Disney is entirely capable of settling on a formula that seems to work and running with it. After three or four movies/trilogies of the Wacky Sidekick + Darth Maul knock-off + Death Star knock-off shtick, you may very well be announcing your intention to catch any more Star Wars movies on DVD. I don't anticipate that happening, if they're going to run several sub-series at once, but it's possible.

The novels already ran that formula into the ground.

And...even though I bailed on them in the late 90's, there's still a loyal audience for them.


We shall see...

The thing to pay attention to is if Disney brings back its Hollywood Pictures division. The slogan that folks in the industry attached to the division was, "If its the sphinx, it stinks!" since so many of the movies released by them were duds.

Damn, George Lucas has got to be the biggest hack in Hollywood history. Someone told me that he had originally wanted Episode One's storyline to be the first one he filmed back in '75 or whenever IV was filmed, and I thought she was full of shit. But from everything I've heard since, that would be the only idea of his that wasn't completely full of fail

He's a great visionary, but he really needed to turn the reigns over a long ass time ago.

This will probably be the second.

This was originally supposed to be a direct-to-DVD release, which tells me everything I need to know about this film. That, and someone in Pixar needs to get fired, and soon.

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I remember back in the late 1980s, there were questions in an entertainment magazine about when Lucas would produce the "other two trilogies" of Star Wars movies.

At that time, it was said that Lucas was badly burned out with Star Wars and really DID NOT WANT to bother with more Star Wars for various reasons. It was even said that he was disturbed by the criticism of "Return of the Jedi" which he considered the superior film of the three and that he did not like how the director of "The Empire Strikes Back" was given so much of the credit for that movies quality.

Lucas was NEVER a great visionary. He was a mediocre film maker who just happened to make one movie that it hit right note with audiences at the right time. But even that film was anything but original, having borrowed everything from other movies and old series

His original script for Star Wars: The Adventures of Luke Starkiller was a godawful, convoluted piece of shit that was such a mess it was completely unfilmable. The studio forced him to break it down to a smaller story. And even during filming Gary Kurtz would reign in his stupid ideas. I think the lower budget and having to answer to someone else helped Lucas make a better movie. But Lucas is totally unable to make a decent film on his own with no one to answer to. He's not nearly talented enough.

Yes, but enough about American Graffiti, this thread is about Star Wars.

Even the timing and the things about Star Wars "inventing" the "Summer Blockbuster" are false.

"Jaws" had already made the summer blockbuster with cool special effects (and little story) the thing that studios wanted to pull off.

One of the biggest things to impress me about the first Star Wars movie is how Lucas actually managed to pay so many good actors so little money....

It's called a "low-budget film". They still make them all the time. Most great actors prefer doing the smaller budget, independent films because they are usually much better written, and they get a chance to really act. Then they'll do the "blockbusters" to make a big paycheck so they can go back and continue to make smaller films. Stars like George Clooney and Bruce Willis have made dozens of smaller films that are more for actor showcasing than they are to make money.

As for Lucas, the only two great actors he got for Star Wars were Alec Guinness and Peter Cushing, both of whom fully understood they were making a small movie (since no one ever thought Star Wars would become the phenomenon it was). Everyone else were unknown actors who really weren't that good. Hell, I wouldn't even call Harrison Ford a good actor. He's okay, but nothing special.

Well, there, Hamill has blabbed it, the big three are going to be in Episode 7.

http://screencrush.com/star-wars-episode-7-plot-mark-hamill/

Star Wars: The Return of the AARP.....

Uh, huh, and I think we all know what the expression on Hamill's face was when he got the call asking him to be in the new movie. :obamanomics:

I seem to remember all the "old" jokes tossed around by the media during the first couple of Star Trek movies, too. So don't knock it.

Here's some information from Hamill that is making me quite excited about the new Star Wars film.

From Aint It Cool News:

Please God, I sincerely hope that is the direction they go for the new films. More practical sets and creatures, and less CGI porn.

That's one of the things I've always liked about Peter Jackson's LOTR films is how they merge CGI with good old-fashioned model work and practical SFX.

^ You can bet than he'll still be lining up for his paycheque even if it's a CG fest.