Star Wars Ep 7 - early Movie news

[ITZTRU]

Holy crap! Disney buys Lucasarts including Star Wars!

http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbu...-wars-film-set

[jazzcomp]

yup, heard it on the radio.

Stars Wars 7, 8 and 9

[i_amtrunks]

How does Disney have the $$$ to throw around? They've acquired Pixar (kind of), Marvel and now Lucasarts.

What next Nickelodeon?

This probably means the death of the clone wars cartoon too, or at least the darker undertones of the series.

[Ultra Mackness]

Can you imagine Mickey mouse waving a light saber around?

[5FDP]

So... Leia is now a Disney Princess?

[GoktimusPrime]

How does Disney have the $$$ to throw around? They've acquired Pixar (kind of), Marvel and now Lucasarts.

What next Nickelodeon?

This probably means the death of the clone wars cartoon too, or at least the darker undertones of the series.

Disney released The Princess Mononoke in the West, and they kept the darkness of that film in tact (although they did release it under their Miramax name and not under the Disney logo). I hope they do that for Eps 7-9, cos there's a lot of dark stuff in that too.

Can you imagine Mickey mouse waving a light saber around?

Yes

So... Leia is now a Disney Princess?

Considering it's eps 7, 8 and 9 we'd also have Mara Jade Skywalker and Jaina Solo... and Qwi Xux just for good measure (what? They don't all have to be human, do they? ) Throw in a Yuuzhan Vong chick if you wanna get nas-tee.

What I'm curious to see is... will they pronounce Xizor's name correctly! It should be said as "Shee-zor," and not "Zikk-zor." Yes... stuff like this keeps me up at night.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Can you imagine Mickey mouse waving a light saber around?

I see Goki beat me to it, but still...
Funny you should mention that...

Oh for the love of God...

The only thing approaching being considered good news (or not abysmal news really) coming out of this is a rumour that they're after Timothy Zahn to do the writing.

That's pretty cool. IIRC Timothy Zahn was a good writer.

Anyway, I for one would love to see an aged Han Solo survive a Death Star blast hitting the planet he was on by hiding in a fridge.

[jazzcomp]

How does Disney have the $$$ to throw around? They've acquired Pixar (kind of), Marvel and now Lucasarts.

Don't know if I heard correctly, they bought the rights for $4B.

[tron07]

Don't know if I heard correctly, they bought the rights for $4B.

They can make starwars-land and make a huge profit... imagine the rides, the toys they can sell, etc..... strom troopers walking around, etc



According to the books, Starwars 7-9 will about their kids, so it will be totally new, maybe the existing cast will do a cameo somewhere as other characters.

[Gutsman Heavy]

The EU is horrible, hopefully they ignore that.