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Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All? 842

Posted by CmdrTaco from the let-someone-else-direct-it-please dept.
SageMadHatter writes "After denying the possibility of three new Star Wars movies taking place after the original triology story line, it appears that the possibility has actually opened up."
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Lucas to Make Sequels to Star Wars After All?

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  • Awesome! (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:22PM (#10048222)
    His work on the last couple movies has been outstanding. I hope he keeps directing them himself. May the force be with him!

  • Han shot first! (Score:5, Funny)

    by daeley ( 126313 ) * on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:22PM (#10048226) Homepage
    "Hokey moneygrabbing and ancient storylines are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."

  • Funny... (Score:5, Insightful)

    by detritus` ( 32392 ) * <awitzke@wesaGIRA ... minus herbivore> on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:22PM (#10048231) Homepage Journal
    Funny how a couple hundred million can make someone change their minds :)

    On the otherside its all just rumors until the cameras start rolling....

  • Comment removed (Score:5, Funny)

    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048234)
    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  • Wow, (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Emugamer ( 143719 ) * on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048237) Homepage Journal
    Who would have thought that an anonymous post on a fan site about something so obvious would lead to something like this.... no ... no really... who would have thought?

  • Great! (Score:4, Funny)

    by Sandman69 ( 788697 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048238)
    Not only has George Lucas destroyed our Star Wars past, but the future as well!
    • Yeah, SW1,2,3 fucked up story line in such matter that not even one more movie and reedited 4,5,6 couldn't bring it back.

      In parts 3.1, 3.2, 3.3 (or 7,8,9) you can expect that final truth will be revealed, Luke is in fact illegitimate son of Christel and Steven Carrington (here is the surprise twist that Lucas was carrefully preparing for last few years, Steven is supposed to be gay, but Lucas will show that all the facts were run by money play in Dinasty) and 3PI0 gets killed with can opener from sundays c

  • Reliable Source (Score:4, Funny)

    by GeorgeMcBay ( 106610 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048239)
    My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with a girl who saw Lucas pass out NDAs at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

  • Hmm... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by shirai ( 42309 ) * on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048242) Homepage
    I wonder if George Lucas will revise history again and say that he *DID* originally plan to film 9 chapters from the beginning.

    The story on this has changed a few times.

  • Thank God! (Score:5, Funny)

    by still_sick ( 585332 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048243)
    Without ten more years of new Star Wars, whatever would fans have to complain about?

  • Please find another director. (Score:5, Insightful)

    by wray ( 59341 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048245)
    Preferably the same who directed ESB.

    • Irvin Kershner (Score:3, Informative)

      by slashd'oh ( 234025 )
      You're referring to: Irvin Kershner [imdb.com]
    • Sadly, it seems Irvin Kershner hasn't done anything since the Seaquest DSV television series in 1993... link [imdb.com]

  • No thanks. (Score:5, Insightful)

    by keiferb ( 267153 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:23PM (#10048256) Homepage
    The first trilogy was excellent.

    The second trilogy has, to date, been somewhere between lousy and sub-par.

    I'm no mensa member, but I can spot a pattern here.

    --

    • Re:No thanks. (Score:4, Insightful)

      by TrekCycling ( 468080 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:30PM (#10048378) Homepage
      "somewhere between lousy and sub-par"??

      That's being quite generous.

    • Re:No thanks. (Score:3, Interesting)

      by Nasarius ( 593729 )
      Actually, we have five data points.
      ANH: great
      ESB: excellent
      ROTJ: good
      TPM: bad
      AOTC: awful

      • Re:No thanks. (Score:4, Interesting)

        by XO ( 250276 ) <blade.eric@gmEIN ... minus physicist> on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:42PM (#10048584) Homepage Journal
        I disagree.
        ANH: good
        ESB: bad
        ROTJ: excellent
        TPM: awful
        AOTC: good

        And I am not a Star Wars geek. I'm a bit more subjective, in that Star Wars has never ruled my life.

        • Re:No thanks. (Score:5, Interesting)

          by blincoln ( 592401 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @03:23PM (#10049191) Homepage Journal
          ANH: good
          ESB: bad
          ROTJ: excellent
          TPM: awful
          AOTC: good

          And I am not a Star Wars geek.

          I think you meant to say "I'm not a person with good taste in films" =P.

          How can you prefer a movie like RotJ over ESB? Let's compare:

          ESB:

          - Has Boba Fett, the ultimate badass.
          - Has a dark, mature storyline.
          - Has excellent writing and acting.

          RotJ:

          - Turns Boba Fett into a dork in armour who gets killed by a blind man (although the SE "macking on the alien chicks" scene slightly redeems him).
          - Ewoks. WTF? WT*F*?

          The Battle of Endor and Luke/Vader duel were excellent, but overall it can't touch ESB or ANH.

          So far the prequel trilogy has been incredibly disappointing. About all I can watch of TPM is the Maul/Jinn/Kenobi fight. AotC has a few decent scenes. The opening is excellent, parts of the chase through Coruscant are good (although I could do without the lame dialogue), and the battle at the end would be awesome if it weren't for the incredibly stupid C3PO jokes.

          If the prequels had come out at the same time as the original trilogy I might be more forgiving, but there have been *so* many good films since then that combine that level of action with deep storyline and characters (e.g. Blade Runner, Heat, Aliens, Firefly).

    • Re:No thanks. (Score:3, Insightful)

      by cybermage ( 112274 ) *
      I'm no mensa member, but I can spot a pattern here.

      Well, as a friend of mine is fond of saying: "If you have one point, you can draw any line you'd like. With two, you can draw any curve you like."

      If you have insufficient data, you can use it to support any conclusion you'd like. So which pattern did you spot with your two points of subjective data?

    • Re:No thanks. (Score:5, Funny)

      by maxpublic ( 450413 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @03:09PM (#10048983) Homepage
      I'm no mensa member, but I can spot a pattern here.

      If you were a Mensa member you'd be spending so much time praising your own intellect and insulting your 'inferiors' the pattern would make a 'whooshing' sound as it flew over your head, unnoticed in the neon glare of your ego.

      Max

  • Four more beers. (Score:5, Insightful)

    by scowling ( 215030 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:25PM (#10048288) Homepage
    So far, we've got three movies which don't stand the test of time (the orignal three) and two movies that stand neither the test of time nor of wallet nor of stomach (the most recent pair).

    It's a pretty safe bet that Revenge of the Sith is going to smell like the ass of a baboon, too.

    And yet, finding a SW fan who'll mail nine bucks to UNICEF, instead of going to the midnight show of a movie with a character named Kit Fisto, is like pulling teeth from a chicken.

    Pass. Pass pass pass pass pass.

  • Anybody surprised? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Wind_Walker ( 83965 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:25PM (#10048289) Homepage Journal
    Honestly, is anybody surprised by this move? If there's one thing that history has taught us about George Lucas, it's that he has exactly one master - money.

    If Lucas thinks that he can get money out of the frothing masses of geeks, then he'll do it. Hence, the DVDs to be released this fall, after saying that he would only release DVDs as a full 6-box set?

    I honestly ask, is anybody surprised anymore?

  • It makes sense.. (Score:4, Insightful)

    by slungsolow ( 722380 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:25PM (#10048299) Homepage
    No matter how bad he makes the prequels they are still doing well financially. He's releasing the original trilogy on DVD and thats gonna make a good buck. It was only a matter of time before he made the full 9 films he originally promised.

    If we are lucky he'll go with the formula of the original trilogy and let others direct.

    If we are really lucky he'll go out and get someone who actually knows how to write a good script.

    It would be nice to actually see if they can get some no name actors that actually know how to act.

    oh.. and wookies!!!

  • History repeats itself (Score:5, Funny)

    by DrXym ( 126579 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:26PM (#10048305)
    Not content with raping the childhood memories of fans of the original movies, he's now doing the same for fans of the prequels. All seventeen of them.

  • Thrawn Trilogy (Score:5, Insightful)

    by dazilla ( 647166 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:26PM (#10048309)
    If he used the stories from the Thrawn Trilogy, and got a different director, basically only producing the project (taking some cut), they might be ok.

  • Just NDAs (Score:4, Funny)

    by DrWho520 ( 655973 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:26PM (#10048319) Journal
    Lucas Arts personelle are just signing NDA's...that say they specifically cannot discuss Star Wars 7, 8 and 9.

    I can neither confirm, nor deny that statement.

    Although this begs the question, should we ponder if it will happen or if we want it to happen?

    I agree with everyone equally.

  • Uh, oh... (Score:5, Funny)

    by 14erCleaner ( 745600 ) <FourteenerCleaner@yahoo.com> on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:27PM (#10048325) Homepage Journal
    I've got a bad feeling about this...

  • "I want to be sure I'm the one to fuck them up." (Score:5, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:28PM (#10048346)
    "If I don't make them, someone else might later," said Lucas. "I want to be sure I'm the one to fuck them up."

  • Just one question... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Dutchmaan ( 442553 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:29PM (#10048361) Homepage
    Is it possible to fashion my lightsabre into a noose?

  • Didn't Spielberg express interest in directing? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by deathcloset ( 626704 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:30PM (#10048392) Journal
    He should hand the reigns over to Spielberg - at least for one movie.

    Seriously. Lucas is a great storyteller, but not the greatest writer.

    He's a great filmaker, but not the best director.

    He creates wonderful characters - but doesn't flesh them out as it seems they should be.

    I'm being a little harsh here; I personally think that episode II was pretty nifty (episode I had about 60% nifty): and I've never written a script nor some of the most renound movies of all time.

    But let speilberg take a whack. Lucas created this universe, but I think someone else may be able to wield it in ways never dreamed.

    After all, the greatest swordsmith isn't always the best fencer. The greatest composer not always the greatest musician.
    • He should hand the reigns over to Spielberg - at least for one movie.

      Well, according to rumor, a while back (in the neighborhood of a year ago, maybe?) Spielberg actually requested of Lucas that he be allowed to make episodes 7, 8, and 9. *Supposedly* of course. Also, Lucas didn't say that the sequals wouldn't be made, he said he was tired, and he didn't have it in him to make more Star Wars movies. So, maybe this is news that he intends to turn the reigns over to someone else.

  • The Hidden Fortress (Score:4, Interesting)

    by duffbeer703 ( 177751 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:31PM (#10048399)
    If you have a chance, look at the special features where Lucas tries to explain how basically every scene from Star Wars was copied from Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.

    Except for the laser guns, it's the same story in the same film. Even the music is similar.

  • Supposed to be 9 anyway... (Score:5, Informative)

    by st0rmshad0w ( 412661 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:32PM (#10048416)
    There were supposed to be 9 chapters anyway, at least thats what the original intention was.

    I don't know when the idea got popularized that there were going to be only 6 movies.

    At this point tho, I think there are many who have a firm belief that there are only the original 3, and I for one can't blame them.

  • Carrie Fisher in Bikini's (Score:4, Funny)

    by frankmu ( 68782 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:32PM (#10048420) Homepage
    hmm she was hot 20 years ago, but that was 20 years ago. will she be up to the task again?

  • Timothy Zahn's trilogy would be awesome! (Score:3, Interesting)

    by Thrymm ( 662097 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:32PM (#10048428)
    Grand Admiral Thrawn would be awesome to watch. The storly line of this trilogy was well thought out and written well. Of course the main participants of Luke and the gang came in and saved the day like they do in most of the post Episode 6 novels, they would have to get others to play their parts since they are all way too old. The guy who played Chewbacca has a clause in his contract that he must be in any sequels after RotJ, I believe I read that on starwars.com but could be mistaken.

  • seriously (Score:3, Funny)

    by pizza_milkshake ( 580452 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:33PM (#10048432)
    he could shit in a bucket and hopeless sw geeks would fight each other for it

  • To paraphrase the Emperor... (Score:3, Funny)

    by the_skywise ( 189793 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:38PM (#10048520)
    "Young fool... only now do you begin to understand..."

    "And now, young Skywalker... you will watch more of my movies!"

    BAAAZAPZAPZAPZAPZAPZAPZAP!!! "Jar Jar appears in Episode 8 as leader of Naboo!", "Han Solo was never freed from the caronite in Empire, that was his clone!" "Boba Fett ISN'T DEAD!!!"

    AUUUUUGHHH!!!

    FATHER! PLEASE!

  • Critiques of the movie aside.... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by StressGuy ( 472374 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:38PM (#10048526)
    The storyline is kinda left wide open. I mean if Anakin was supposed to bring balance to the force, wouldn't that imply the between Luke and Lea, one becomes Jedi and the other Sith?

    I'm wondering if not having all your original parts ultimately makes you more vulnerable to the dark side as well? - which would imply that Luke would ultimately turn to the dark side (presumably after training Lea).

    Might explain why Dooku did not kill Anakin outright but instead severed his arm and could imply that Vader cut off Luke's hand by design as well. ....oh well, just musing.....

    • Re:Critiques of the movie aside.... (Score:4, Interesting)

      by mesmartyoudumb ( 471890 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @03:15PM (#10049066)
      Normally I don't let the ultra Star Wars Dork side of me out, but you have blasphemed!

      Before Anakin, The Jedi council reigned supreme, there were thousands of "light" Jedi, Whom were trained by Yoda in Jedi Academies.

      I don't know what Obi Wan and Quigon Jin were thinking when they said "Anikin will bring balance to the force", Because well..the scales were tipped heavily in their favor. They hadn't even seen a Sith in hundreds of years.

      Anakin brought balance alright, He became Darth Vader, the most powerful jedi ever, In fact - He, with the help of Bohba Fett, killed Jedi by the thousands.

      He killed everyone but Obi wan and Yoda, Leaving 2 Jedi and 2 Sith. There can never be more than 2 of each now, This is why ObiWan died, And why Yoda died; To keep the balance. Master and Apprentice.

      Stop laughing..I'm cool in real life, honest! :(

  • I wonder (Score:3, Insightful)

    by TCaM ( 308943 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:40PM (#10048557) Homepage
    how they are going to work in the Space Pepsi.

  • The search for more money (Score:3, Funny)

    by fluor2 ( 242824 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:42PM (#10048588)
    The search for more money

  • Burned-out Mark Hamill will be perfect (Score:5, Funny)

    by AntonVoyl ( 125030 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @02:48PM (#10048695) Homepage
    for the role of burned-out Luke Skywalker. They can build the whole trilogy around him as antagonist!

    Carrie Fisher can play the harpy Leia. Billy Dee Williams and Harrison Ford will make great smugglers in dotage. This could be really dark. . .

  • Being the HP geek that I am, I immediately thought of JK Rowling's recent rather hilarious comment [slashdot.org] about George Lucas:

    Q: Will there be a book about Harry's Mum and Dad, about how they became friends and how they died?

    A: So it would be "Harry Potter: Episode One". [Laughter]. No, but a lot of people have asked that. It is all George Lucas's fault. You won't need a prequel; by the time I am finished, you will know enough. I think it would be shamelessly exploitative to do that. I am sure that Mr Lucas is doing it only for artistic reasons, but in my case I think that by the time you have had the seven books you will know everything you need to know for the story.

    "Artist reasons" -- LOL. I love JKR.

  • Is that him at the bank? (Score:5, Funny)

    by zipwow ( 1695 ) <zipwow@g[ ]l.com ['mai' in gap]> on Monday August 23, 2004 @03:23PM (#10049186) Homepage Journal
    The article has a picture of him laughing, but doesn't say whether it was actually taken at the bank? Can anyone confirm?

    -Zipwow

  • Whatever he makes... (Score:5, Funny)

    by Mignon ( 34109 ) <satan@programmer.net> on Monday August 23, 2004 @03:31PM (#10049299)
    Recent experience suggests that it will be a piece of sith.

  • Episode VII "Opening Starfield Text" (Score:5, Funny)

    by Sabu mark ( 205793 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @04:23PM (#10049970)
    EPISODE VII
    A CURIOUS MALADY

    Soon after the dubiously abrupt collapse of the Empire, the Galaxy finds itself confronting a new threat. Emboldened by their decisive victory at the Battle of Endor, militant EWOKS are wreaking terror on several helpless star systems, whose colossal battleships and armored troops are of no more avail against the Ewoks' invincible logs and pointy sticks than the Empire's Walkers and Stormtroopers proved to be.

    To resist the Ewok juggernaut, General HAN SOLO has volunteered to lead the armies of the Foboombah system, but his leadership has not proven valuable, since the Ewoks don't use blasters and he inexplicably refuses to fire the first shot. Nor can LUKE SKYWALKER be of assistance. Not only is he forbidden to instruct a new generation of Jedi, on account of his master's deathbed edict that "the last of the Jedi will [he] be," but he is also battling depression and hallucinations of ghosts who tell him profound-sounding things that usually turn out to be total bull a few years later.

    Meanwhile, Princess LEIA SKYWALKER-SOLO-CALRISSIAN is leading a diplomatic mission to Naboo, to ask for assistance from the only race with a military track record that matches that of the undefeated Ewoks; only the GUNGAN arsenal of slingshots and superballs is sufficiently primitive to stand a chance against the Ewoks' own weaponry. And Captain WEDGE ANTILLES prepares to attack the Ewoks on the Forest Moon itself, accompanied by two Jawas and a malfunctioning R2 unit, on the principle that the victory always, without fail, goes to the smallest party involved....

  • How to win a job as Director for a LucasFilm (Score:4, Funny)

    by yuud ( 690436 ) on Monday August 23, 2004 @06:38PM (#10051261) Journal
    scene: George Lucas and a horde of head-bobbing clones are all seated around a table.
    (you, a dashing job applicant, walk in, head bobbing already like some dashboard toy)

    George: Hi there!
    You: Yes.
    George (flicking through CV): so, it says here that you have no experience with the film industry at all--
    You: Yes!
    George:-- but I see here listed under hobbies that you are completely malleable, have no free will and enjoy words starting with Y?
    You: Yes!
    George (stroking fat-neck hiding beard, then punches this question out with a keen gaze and pointed finger): Hrm, so tell me your greatest skill!
    You: Yes!
    George (leaning back to crowd of yes-men): We gotta hire this guy.
    Crowd of goons: Yes! (with head bobbing)
    One goon trying to impress: Ya-huh! (George's scowl wipes the smile off his face)
    You: Yes!

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