Rumor: Lucas Planning New Star Wars Trilogy

[BlumiereBleck]

*sits in corner and mopes*

 

[internetzealot1]

Good luck, Lucas. I have no idea how you can successfully pull this one off.

 

[Kratenser]

ok no no no no no.
Someone give Lucas another idea and quickly, this can only end in disaster.

Star wars is well and truly dead, it had a good run but its over now.
Bit hypocritical of me to say so considering im looking forward to the release of the old republic but, the film series is gone.

Why cant lucas make a film about erm, i dunno err
A werewolf who wants to be a pirate or something? That would be original (i think) and would probably be amusing to watch.

 

[13lackfriday]

He gave his wife the scripts as an anniversary present and said he wouldn't touch them unless she gave him permission because of how upset she was at how much time the movies took of his life. I doubt she folded so quickly. This is probably wrong.

Didn't his wife divorce him after the third movie, or did he remarry and I wasn't looking?

More on topic, I'm torn between "yay! More lightsabers without those God awful continuity issues!" and "DEAR GOD! ABANDON SHIP! THE DRUNK CAPTAIN'S AT THE HELM AGAIN!"

Hahahaha, amen to that, brotha.

I'd like to see some new real Star Wars content, not the diverting side projects like the Cartoon Network CGI series (though the animated one before was damned good) or the planned TV show, but I've still got reservations on Lucas' ability to put together an intriguing plot and less-than-hammy dialogue...(Hopefully he'll let someone else do the heavy screenwriting.)

1000+ yrs jump in the continuity might be good for it. I mean look what it did for KOTOR (before the MMO potentially ruins it).

 

[Doug]

The less than stellar prequel trilogy left a bitter taste in everyone's mouth, but if these rumors are actually true, it could actually be wonderful news. A little room to maneuverer with the story might be just what Lucas needs to get his creative juices flowing again, and by going so far forward in the timeline, he won't interfere with the Expanded Universe content either. At the very least, a new Star Wars trilogy would likely have some cool lightsaber battles in it, and would let Lucas get back to telling stories about good triumphing over evil, which he seems to be quite good at, rather than a great hero's descent into villainy, which he's not so good at.

Actually, Lucas himself was never very good -at all-. The reasons that the original Star Wars trilogy was good are directly connected to the reasons the 'prequel' trilogy are bad:

1) Low budgets in the originals meant Lucas' 'creative juices' where forced to reign in their sillier extremes, whereas now he can GCI in creatures like Jar-Jar whenever he finds a section of movie 'lacking'.

2) Lucas used to have people who questioned and challenged his idea's, sorting out the wheat from the chaff. Today, Lucas is unquestionned by anyone on his team.

3) Lucas couldn't rely on an existing audience for his movies back in the day, and had to work hard to keep them happy. These days, Star Wars is a franchise that spreads across all area's of media, like a cultural virus, infecting anything that comes too close.

 

[Doug]

you know, I know these are probably gonna suck, but even as I'm writing this, there's a hyperactive voice in the back of my brain freaking out over it. Cannot... Suppress...any... longer!

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New Star Wars! Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy.

I'm with you on this one, buddy. Haters can go suck a dick!!!!

That would be more bearible that sitting through another Jar-Jar Binks. To be fair though, Episode 3 was alright, though they could have strengthened it up no end by showing the new Dark Vader dicing Jar Jar into tiny pieces.

Another trilogy? [http://www.nooooooooooooooo.com/]

A trilogy of trilogies. Though if they show Jar-Jar's species being wiped out, I promise to buy the DVDs.

 

[Doug]

Double post.

 

[FURY_007]

Either The Thrawn trilogy or the Dark Forces series should be made, that would be sooo awesome

 

[Canid117]

http://www.cracked.com/funny-2585-george-lucas/

He still has total control so...

 

[RMoD]

And with its dying breath...the franchise exclaims, "WHY DID YOU DO THIS TO ME, LUCAS! I COULD HAVE RETIRED HAPPY BUT NOW I'M BECOMING 3D AND OLDER! WHYYYYYYY"

 

[Blue_vision]

Hmm... I don't know what to think of this. One part of my brain (the cynical part) is letting out that knowing sigh and telling me how this is just another cash-grab to squeeze a little more out of the goose that lays the golden eggs. Plus the prequels weren't the best. I didn't like Ep 1, Ep 2 was okay, and Ep 3 was actually pretty good in my opinion; but I'm still worried that this new trilogy will come down with a case of what I like to call "'Sequel' decay".

Then there is the other part of my (the more hopeful and fanboyish part) that is pretty excited about this anouncement. It sounds like Lucas may have realized his mistake with the prequeals and plans on making some more interesting Star Wars films by seperating them from the original 3. I'm interested to see whether he goes forward or backwards in time in relation to "New Hope". Backwords seems more likely due to the fact that the article said it wouldn't focus on any Skywalkers (or Solos I'd imagine), but put it far enough ahead and perhaps the Skywalker-Solo clan would decrease in influence (they don't really seem to be surviving that well anyway). Plus its Star Wars! Woohoo!

This sums up my opinion pretty well.

Hopefully he can get more balance into the series and mature it a bit though, as well as mix up the formula. I may actually be excited for this.

 

[ServebotFrank]

Well I think we all thought the same thing when we read this, "Damn it"

 

[dillirgaf]

Whadda think Admiral Ackbar?
ITS A TRAP!

 

[tehweave]

No, no. Nono. No, no, no, no, no, no. Negative. Nyet. Not not no. Definitely not. Absolutely no. George... Stop please. Just stop. You were king and god of all men in the 70s and 80s. You're done. It's over. Stop. No no nononononononononononono. No more. None.

 

[CheckD3]

How about someone in Lucasarts OTHER than George himself make a Kotor based game? Explore the origin of the Sith, forget about the Jedi as the center of attention and give us the first Sith lord to rise from those banished by the Jedi for falling to the Dark side.

Though, the fact that it's not going to be directly based on the Star Wars movies of old is at least better than anything...

 

[Squilookle]

I dunno- to me it just ain't Star Wars without Star Destroyers, TIE Fighters, and X-wings.

 

[Astoria]

*sigh* Why? Why why why why why Wasn't The Clone Wars a good enough indication that Star Wars should be left alone?

 

[AnAngryMoose]

No! Bad, George! Down, boy!

If he can pull it off and make it as good or better than the originals than more power to him, but if it's a flop like the Phantom Menace then don't bother.