Presto-digitation Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) (for whatever reason it's not letting me post the link....but it's true) Wow. Ep. 7 (so post-Jedi) in 2015. Feature film. I'm guessing not animated. Disney is buying Lucasfilm for $4 billion, adding the legendary Star Wars franchise to the entertainment giant's stable of characters. Lucasfilm is 100% owned by Founder George Lucas. The buyout ranks among one of the largest ever made by Disney. It's fourth behind the $19.7 billion, $7.6 billion and $5.2 billion buyouts of Capital Cities/ABC in 1995, Pixar in 2006 and Fox Family in 2001, respectively, says S&P Capital IQ. It tops the $3.96 billion Disney paid for Marvel in August 2009. Based on Disney's closing price on Oct. 26, the deal is valued at roughly $4.1 billion. Disney will pay half the deal value in cash and issue 40 million shares of Disney to pay for the deal. "For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next," said George Lucas, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lucasfilm, in a statement. "It's now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers." Kathleen Kennedy, co-chairman of LucasFilm, will report to Walt Disney Studios Chairman Alan Horn. The latest part of the Star Wars saga, Star Wars Episode 7 is targeted for a 2015 release. Read more: -->"] ... 1351628657#ixzz2Aoef3KcF Edited October 30, 2012 by Presto-digitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisible airwave Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Thank goodness he's passed on considering how awful the prequels were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingcinderellaman Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Interesting. I wonder if it will be any good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Who knows..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
default236 Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Darth Vader: NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Edited October 31, 2012 by Workaholic Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 To the Dexter fans, I just had a Deb-esk profanity laced freakout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D3strukt Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Methinks this will focus on the NJO , Kyle Katarn NEEDS to be IN THIS. Or they could do the Thawn Trilogy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Owl Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Joss Whedon........ just throwing it out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Probably about their kids, my guess. More mentor roles. Would love to see Hamill in a Yoda-type older role, though...not that old. Although who knows....Christopher Lee dueled in his 80s on set. Crazier things have happened. I wouldn't mind seeing Abrams helm this. I loved his work on Star Trek. Edited October 31, 2012 by Presto-digitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Darth Vader: NNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Probably about their kids, my guess. More mentor roles. Would love to see Hamill in a Yoda-type older role, though...not that old. Although who knows....Christopher Lee dueled in his 80s on set. Crazier things have happened. I wouldn't mind seeing Abrams helm this. I loved his work on Star Trek. Totally unrelated, but Angus Scrimm from the Phantasm series is 86 - I think he's still acting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Has it been confirmed that Episode 7 will follow these characters immediately after what happened in Jedi? The Star Wars universe is very large, there are many different stories they can choose to do. If they do choose to get the original cast members, this story will no doubt be taking place 25-30 years after the events in Jedi. At that point Luke has rebuilt the Jedi Order and he's the master and no longer the only one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Has it been confirmed that Episode 7 will follow these characters immediately after what happened in Jedi? The Star Wars universe is very large, there are many different stories they can choose to do. If they do choose to get the original cast members, this story will no doubt be taking place 25-30 years after the events in Jedi. At that point Luke has rebuilt the Jedi Order and he's the master and no longer the only one. That's possible, although conventional wisdom would suggest wanting to pull on the draw of seeing Luke, Han, and/or Leia again. I could very feasibly see Luke as a much older, wiser mentor to his children...or starting a new Jedi academy in a Yoda like role. I think it would be unwise to skip that opportunity altogether by simply fast-forwarding past their lifetimes... Edited October 31, 2012 by Presto-digitation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Has it been confirmed that Episode 7 will follow these characters immediately after what happened in Jedi? The Star Wars universe is very large, there are many different stories they can choose to do. If they do choose to get the original cast members, this story will no doubt be taking place 25-30 years after the events in Jedi. At that point Luke has rebuilt the Jedi Order and he's the master and no longer the only one. That's possible, although conventional wisdom would suggest wanting to pull on the draw of seeing Luke, Han, and/or Leia again. I could very feasibly see Luke as a much older, wiser mentor to his children...or starting a new Jedi academy in a Yoda like role. I think it would be unwise to skip that opportunity altogether by simply fast-forwarding past their lifetimes... If I remember, there were some books based on Han Solo and Princess Leia and they had children. Is this something to go on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theredtamasrule Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Scene 1 of the new film: a knife is plunged deep into the heart of Jar-Jar and his body is band-sawed into pieces and fed to Chewbacca as Binks Jerky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Scene 1 of the new film: a knife is plunged deep into the heart of Jar-Jar and his body is band-sawed into pieces and fed to Chewbacca as Binks Jerky. Ouch..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Has it been confirmed that Episode 7 will follow these characters immediately after what happened in Jedi? The Star Wars universe is very large, there are many different stories they can choose to do. If they do choose to get the original cast members, this story will no doubt be taking place 25-30 years after the events in Jedi. At that point Luke has rebuilt the Jedi Order and he's the master and no longer the only one. That's possible, although conventional wisdom would suggest wanting to pull on the draw of seeing Luke, Han, and/or Leia again. I could very feasibly see Luke as a much older, wiser mentor to his children...or starting a new Jedi academy in a Yoda like role. I think it would be unwise to skip that opportunity altogether by simply fast-forwarding past their lifetimes... If I remember, there were some books based on Han Solo and Princess Leia and they had children. Is this something to go on? Lucas has said these will not necessarily follow the books and will be original stories, but some of these ideas are just logical conclusions. We're left to assume Han and Leia become an item and Luke being the last Jedi, it would make sense that he would try to teach others. So I think invariably you're going to have some common sense crossover ideas, but it sounds like they're not BOUND to the characters and plots from these stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Whatever they decide to do, the Stars Wars geek in me is looking forward to what they come up with for the plot. I've always thought that filling in the gap between episodes 3 and 4 which would show the rise of The Emperor, Vader and The Empire would be a good idea for a moive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Here are new and updated details on this deal from the official Disney investors’ conference call this afternoon: •Deal signed and announced earlier today – includes Star Wars franchise and all Lucasfilm operating businesses.•Indiana Jones franchise rights ARE also included in this deal.•Disney loves the Indiana Jones franchise, but it wasn't included in the studio’s Lucasfilm valuation due to its “encumbrances” (meaning existing financial/legal involvement of Paramount).•First project under the joint under Disney/Lucas partnership will be Star Wars: Episode 7 in 2015, followed by Episode 8 and Episode 9.•Disney purchased “extensive and detailed” treatment for Episodes 7-9 as part of this deal which they “feel very good about.”•Disney long term plan is to release a new live-action Star Wars film every 2-3 years – films may eventually explore entire 20,000 year time-span of the franchise.•It’s Lucas’ plan to stay retired, but he will serve as creative consultant on new Star Wars films. Kathleen Kennedy will executive produce. Both are now sitting down with writers to discuss stories.•Fox retains certain distribution rights to the existing Star Wars films but not the new franchise films going forward.•Kennedy will serve as Lucasfilm president, reporting to Bob Iger at Disney.•Disney plans to expand Star Wars brand into many new product categories and internationally.•Star Wars brand will also be expanded into Disney parks, games and TV businesses.•Iger feels Disney XD would be a good TV home for the franchise going forward.•Star Wars interactive strategy: Disney will focus more on social and mobile platforms, opportunistically on consoles.•Deal was 50% cash and 50% stock – $4.05 billion•Disney believes Lucasfilm value is comparable to value of Marvel, but valuation is only based on Star Wars alone – value of other Lucasfilm intellectual properties are in addition to this.•Disney plans to let ILM continue operating as it currently does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burgeranacoke Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 If it it even remotely possible to get the bad taste I get when I say Star Wars, then I am all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Mark Hamill is 61 years old. Carrie Fisher is 56. Harrison Ford is 70. Episode 7 is expected to continue the adventures of Luke, Leia, and Han Solo. How the film is going to pull this off is anyone's guess..... Has it been confirmed that Episode 7 will follow these characters immediately after what happened in Jedi? The Star Wars universe is very large, there are many different stories they can choose to do. If they do choose to get the original cast members, this story will no doubt be taking place 25-30 years after the events in Jedi. At that point Luke has rebuilt the Jedi Order and he's the master and no longer the only one. That's possible, although conventional wisdom would suggest wanting to pull on the draw of seeing Luke, Han, and/or Leia again. I could very feasibly see Luke as a much older, wiser mentor to his children...or starting a new Jedi academy in a Yoda like role. I think it would be unwise to skip that opportunity altogether by simply fast-forwarding past their lifetimes... If I remember, there were some books based on Han Solo and Princess Leia and they had children. Is this something to go on? Lucas has said these will not necessarily follow the books and will be original stories, but some of these ideas are just logical conclusions. We're left to assume Han and Leia become an item and Luke being the last Jedi, it would make sense that he would try to teach others. So I think invariably you're going to have some common sense crossover ideas, but it sounds like they're not BOUND to the characters and plots from these stories. There's no way they could have the next film start where Return Of The Jedi left off, as Hamill, Fisher, and Ford are just too old now. The new film will have to show Luke as a Jedi Master....perhaps in a struggle with his children or Leia's children going to the Dark Side. They could even have cameos by Anakin and Padme in their spirit forms....bringing back Padme would be a very good idea, IMO.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeRoth Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 I guess this was inevitable, but this is just aweful news. If they bring back the original cast, Harrison Ford probably won't be apart of it--he hated filming the Star Wars movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Principled Man Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 (edited) If they bring back the original cast, Harrison Ford probably won't be apart of it--he hated filming the Star Wars movies. It could have been because of Lucas and his horrible writing. Now that Lucas is gone (and it's been 30 years), Ford may be more agreeable to returning. Edited November 1, 2012 by Workaholic Man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Methinks this will focus on the NJO , Kyle Katarn NEEDS to be IN THIS. Hell yes!Kyle Katarn is awesome.Those movie cut-scenes in the Jedi Knight computer game are better than anything from the prequels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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