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> I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. This is effectively Luc

by ROFISH 14y ago

> I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. This is effectively Lucas' slow decent into retirement; he's not actively directing Episode 7 but instead consulting. Say what you want about the movies and franchises, ILM and Skywalker Sound are gold standards created by a tech visionary.

mchanson 14y ago
I didn't know there was an episode 7 in the works...
- robbiet480 14y ago
  They just announced it as part of the acquisition as per my comment below
- robterrell 14y ago
  It's buried in the press release. Episode 7 in 2015.
- jwarzech 14y ago
  Even more shocking: "That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 – and our long term plan is to release a new Star Wars feature film every two to three years"
  - brudgers 14y ago
    Star Wars has long been envisioned as three trilogies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd. Please don't get me started on Star Trek.
    - jwarzech 14y ago
      Wasn't the lore of Lucas having the entire series 'practically written/envisioned' debunked after people saw how the 'new' trilogy turned out? (ex. metachlorian)
      - gwern 14y ago
        Yes. I recommend _The Secret History of Star Wars_ - as a longtime EU fanatic, I was shocked how many pieces fell into place reading it. (Incidentally, the narrative of _The Secret History_ means that this sale is particularly interesting; we can see the sale as the definitive death of Lucas's youthful dream of a paradise for indie filmmakers like he was, who were going to revolutionize the staid Hollywood establishment of bloated corporate giants like Disney, the dream which motivated him to produce sequels to the standalone movie _Star Wars_ as cash cows.)
      - rhizome 14y ago
        I was a child when the original Star Wars came out, and I was never under the impression that the entire triple trilogy had already been written, though it was always supposed to be nine movies. If anything, he had an idea for its direction, but in hindsight I think that was more salesmanship on his part.
  - Pyrodogg 14y ago
    Every two to three years as a long term strategy? All they need to do is get on the super hero kick movie model. 1. Publish Trilogy 2. Reboot 3. Repeat
- potatolicious 14y ago
  Supposedly Lucas himself at one time thought about eps 7-9 as another trilogy. There is also the extended universe (which has traditionally been recognized as canon) that is quite clear about what happened after Return of the Jedi, so there's plenty of material, assuming they don't toss away the entirety of the extended universe...
  - weirdkid 14y ago
    It's true. I remember just before Empire Strikes Back was released the Detroit Free Press had a full-color section insert with movie artwork and interviews with the movie creators. George Lucas said the cadence was to be episodes 4-6, then 7-9, and then 1-3. If anyone has that newspaper section I'd love to see it again.
  - philwelch 14y ago
    Lucasfilm is actually pretty cavalier about the extended universe. I went back to read some of those books after some of the prequels came out, and quickly learned two things. First, those books are, for the most part, terrible. Second, the EU actually established a backstory about the Death Star that was totally ignored when Lucas went to write his own backstory.
2mur 14y ago
I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy
- joshAg 14y ago
  That series would seem to have the highest probability of happening, but I hope they move away from numerical episode numbering and toward just movie Titles like "Star Wars Heir to the Empire" because titles like "Star Wars Episode 6.625 Wraith Squadron" are just silly.
  - Steko 14y ago
    I look forward to Plinkett's evisceration of the Thrawn trilogy's mothball fleet of 200 dreadnoughts all slaved to one ship that can be effectively operated by a skeleton crew. Sadly the best Star Wars books I know are Brian Daley's Han Solo Trilogy and the X-Wing books by Michael Stackpole. Both are light on Jedis and not likely to get made into films.
    - malandrew 14y ago
      I know that the Hero with a 1000 Faces heavily influenced the first Trilogy, but I think some of the light on Jedi story lines have a lot to offer as well since they doesn't put so much focus on hero heavy mythology and can give more attention to the flaws of men (and women) (human, droid or otherwise) as the basis of a story. These stories have the potential to explore themes like those in Bladerunner, Alien(s), etc.
- theootz 14y ago
  My thoughts exactly when hearing of the news, but I doubt it'd actually happen :( They'd probably have to get rights from Zahns publisher or Dark Horse or whomever owns it, I'd think. I don't think this purchase counts as an umbrella IP grab for all offshoots too?
  - sylvinus 14y ago

by ROFISH 14y ago

mchanson 14y ago

I didn't know there was an episode 7 in the works...

robbiet480 14y ago
They just announced it as part of the acquisition as per my comment below
robterrell 14y ago
It's buried in the press release. Episode 7 in 2015.
jwarzech 14y ago
Even more shocking: "That will be followed by Episodes 8 and 9 – and our long term plan is to release a new Star Wars feature film every two to three years"
- brudgers 14y ago
  Star Wars has long been envisioned as three trilogies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_sequel_trilogy Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd. Please don't get me started on Star Trek.
  - jwarzech 14y ago
    Wasn't the lore of Lucas having the entire series 'practically written/envisioned' debunked after people saw how the 'new' trilogy turned out? (ex. metachlorian)
    - gwern 14y ago
      Yes. I recommend _The Secret History of Star Wars_ - as a longtime EU fanatic, I was shocked how many pieces fell into place reading it. (Incidentally, the narrative of _The Secret History_ means that this sale is particularly interesting; we can see the sale as the definitive death of Lucas's youthful dream of a paradise for indie filmmakers like he was, who were going to revolutionize the staid Hollywood establishment of bloated corporate giants like Disney, the dream which motivated him to produce sequels to the standalone movie _Star Wars_ as cash cows.)
    - rhizome 14y ago
      I was a child when the original Star Wars came out, and I was never under the impression that the entire triple trilogy had already been written, though it was always supposed to be nine movies. If anything, he had an idea for its direction, but in hindsight I think that was more salesmanship on his part.
- Pyrodogg 14y ago
  Every two to three years as a long term strategy? All they need to do is get on the super hero kick movie model. 1. Publish Trilogy 2. Reboot 3. Repeat
potatolicious 14y ago
Supposedly Lucas himself at one time thought about eps 7-9 as another trilogy. There is also the extended universe (which has traditionally been recognized as canon) that is quite clear about what happened after Return of the Jedi, so there's plenty of material, assuming they don't toss away the entirety of the extended universe...
- weirdkid 14y ago
  It's true. I remember just before Empire Strikes Back was released the Detroit Free Press had a full-color section insert with movie artwork and interviews with the movie creators. George Lucas said the cadence was to be episodes 4-6, then 7-9, and then 1-3. If anyone has that newspaper section I'd love to see it again.
- philwelch 14y ago
  Lucasfilm is actually pretty cavalier about the extended universe. I went back to read some of those books after some of the prequels came out, and quickly learned two things. First, those books are, for the most part, terrible. Second, the EU actually established a backstory about the Death Star that was totally ignored when Lucas went to write his own backstory.

2mur 14y ago

I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy

joshAg 14y ago
That series would seem to have the highest probability of happening, but I hope they move away from numerical episode numbering and toward just movie Titles like "Star Wars Heir to the Empire" because titles like "Star Wars Episode 6.625 Wraith Squadron" are just silly.
- Steko 14y ago
  I look forward to Plinkett's evisceration of the Thrawn trilogy's mothball fleet of 200 dreadnoughts all slaved to one ship that can be effectively operated by a skeleton crew. Sadly the best Star Wars books I know are Brian Daley's Han Solo Trilogy and the X-Wing books by Michael Stackpole. Both are light on Jedis and not likely to get made into films.
  - malandrew 14y ago
    I know that the Hero with a 1000 Faces heavily influenced the first Trilogy, but I think some of the light on Jedi story lines have a lot to offer as well since they doesn't put so much focus on hero heavy mythology and can give more attention to the flaws of men (and women) (human, droid or otherwise) as the basis of a story. These stories have the potential to explore themes like those in Bladerunner, Alien(s), etc.
theootz 14y ago
My thoughts exactly when hearing of the news, but I doubt it'd actually happen :( They'd probably have to get rights from Zahns publisher or Dark Horse or whomever owns it, I'd think. I don't think this purchase counts as an umbrella IP grab for all offshoots too?
- sylvinus 14y ago