More Star Wars films in works?

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:41 pm

Lucas to make more Star Wars?
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainmen ... =yy5xzy5zx

Lucas To Make Star Wars Sequels?
http://www.teenhollywood.com/d.asp?r=76598&cat=1027

Star Wars creator George Lucas could be poised to make three sequels to the original space opera trilogy, according to insiders at Lucasfilm.

According to fan site Theforce.Net, employees at Lucas's company Industrial Light And Magic (ILM) have all been made to sign non-disclosure agreements to promise not to talk about the possibility of episode's seven, eight and nine being made.

Now industry insiders are predicting the American Graffiti director will make the follow-ups, which pick up where 1983's Return of The Jedi left off, despite insisting he would never be lured into filming them.

A posting on the site says, "You didn't hear this from me, but you might be curious as to why everyone at ILM just signed NDA's saying that they will not discuss Star Wars episodes 7, 8, or 9.

"Since they're not being made, why the NDA's? Of course, since when has Lucas been consistent?".

Loomis comments:
Well, if this is true, it proves that Lucas never did have a plan in the first place and like Tucan Sam, he is just following his nose to the money.

MickeyMousePal · Post by **MickeyMousePal** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 9:45 pm

This is good and bad at the same time the good thing Star Wars sequels should be related to the books that took place after Return of the Jedi.
The bad thing it might have too much graphics!!!

Just look at episodes 1&2 they are far worst then the three original films.

Post by **Luke** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:08 pm

Well, let's see, the best we could hope for is having 60-something Harrison Ford and company running around like they did twenty-five years ago. And the worst we could hope for is more films in the vein of Episode II.

So this doesn't sound too promising in any event, except for Lucas, who could make money on anything with the Star Wars name on it.

DDMAN26 · Post by **DDMAN26** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 10:11 pm

Let's see here, these films get made. 1/3 of the people love them. 1/3 of the people hate them. 1/3 could really give a...... Sounds good to me.

AwallaceUNC · Post by **AwallaceUNC** » Sun Aug 22, 2004 11:14 pm

Good! I was disappointed when he debunked speculation of these episodes a few years back. I'll see them!

-Aaron

Paka · Post by **Paka** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:00 am

awallaceunc wrote:Good! I was disappointed when he debunked speculation of these episodes a few years back. I'll see them!

-Aaron

Yeesh. e_e

My thoughts? Just let it go, man! Don't you have enough friggin' money to get along with?! ...so, I suppose that he'll then go back to the other six and make further "cosmetic changes" to "maintain the continuity of the story", huh?

Damn. Someone needs to lance the pus out of that man's ego, I swear.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:05 am

Paka wrote:Damn. Someone needs to lance the pus out of that man's ego, I swear.

Paka - you are a Poet Laureate of the first order.

I do agree - it is about time that Lucas just moved on and made something else. I love Star Wars - or at least I did - as much as the next guy (unless the next guy is one of those people who sleeps in the Darth Vader-style hyperbolic chamber or something, and has Princess Leia pyjamas), but I want to see something new from what was obviously a very talented mind at one point (until he discovered CGI - he is more machine that man now!).

Paka · Post by **Paka** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:13 am

Loomis wrote:Paka - you are a Poet Laureate of the first order.

Thank'ee, kind sir. I try my best!

Being a doctor's daughter can yield some creative metaphors, I suppose.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 4:20 am

I reckon the whole thing is a cover for a planned TV series/sitcom.

A Girl, 2 Guys and a Universe

25 years after their exploits on Endor, Han and Leia have settled into domestic life. However, one day Luke comes around depressed - it is tough being a Jedi when he is not only the last, bu the Evil Galactic Empire has been defeated. Unemployed and needing somewhere to stay, Leia asks her brother to move in with them....with hilarious consequences!

Living next door are their two gay neighbours - C3PO and R2D2, and you have a recipe for hilarity.

Tune in to the Fox Network from November 12, 2005!

deathie mouse · Post by **deathie mouse** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:29 am

STAR WARS - The Real World

So now he's changing his mind again about the 9?
Must be a yin/yang thing

69

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:34 am

Star Wars Episode VII
Changing Spaces

Now that the evil Empire has been toppled, its not long before the rebels move into the Empire's centre of operations. But what's this? The place is so grey and dull.

Time for a property makeover, and the intergalactic Changing Rooms team are happy to help out.

(To be re-released in 20 years time as a Special edition with digitally added throw cushions in the final makeover reveal scene).

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:46 am

I seriously doubt this is true, but if it were, I would be pretty dissapointed actually. I think Episodes I-VI work very well as a whole, and extra sequels afterwards would just be needless.

I know Lucasfilm are pursuing ways to continue the SW story through different mediums. Maybe they are planning post-OT tv shows or video games?

Maerj · Post by **Maerj** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:29 pm

I heard this rumor before too. As there is no official word or info on this, all of this is just hearsay. Not that theforce.net is unreliable or anything, but it is a fan site and they are prone to rumors. If anything, I think we will get the TV series in 2006, but no more movies so you can all breath a hefty sigh of relief.

Loomis · Post by **Loomis** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:40 pm

Jack wrote:I think Episodes I-VI work very well as a whole...

Or in the case of Episodes I & II, they work well as a hole...

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 7:58 pm

Loomis wrote:
Jack wrote:I think Episodes I-VI work very well as a whole...
Or in the case of Episodes I & II, they work well as a hole...

Or in the case of Loomis, he works well as a . . . MOLE!

I'm the comeback king, baby!

Disneykid · Post by **Disneykid** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:06 pm

Even though I'm a sheep who'll watch the supposed sequels out of curiosity, I must say that this ridiculous. Nine episodes is simply overkill. I really hope this is some lame joke or rumor. Has Lucas lost touch with his imagination so much that he can't write original stories and characters anymore but has to milk existing ones for all they're worth?

Christian · Post by **Christian** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:26 am

Well, if this is true, it proves that Lucas never did have a plan in the first place.

Actually, he did, and it was to tell the story of Anakin Skywalker. He first thought of making one movie then realized it'd have to be split up and initially thought it'd be nine parts. When he actually started filming it all though he saw that it would really just be a six part story. The problem now is that he is damned if he makes them and damned if he doesn't. People will say anything they can about him as long as it is negative. "What a loser! I can't believe he's going back on his promise of making nine episodes of Star Wars." OR: "What a loser! I can't believe he's going to make it nine episodes. Why doesn't he just give up?" We don't even know if it will really happen and people are already talking about how awful he is because of the possibility that there might end up really being nine parts.

TheZue · Post by **TheZue** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 2:05 pm

Luke wrote:Well, let's see, the best we could hope for is having 60-something Harrison Ford and company running around like they did twenty-five years ago. And the worst we could hope for is more films in the vein of Episode II.

So this doesn't sound too promising in any event, except for Lucas, who could make money on anything with the Star Wars name on it.

That made me laugh toooo hard. Carrie Fisher certainly wouldn't be in the slinky outfits but Mark Hammil would probably be very very very happy to get some work

2099net · Post by **2099net** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 3:01 am

Christian wrote:
Well, if this is true, it proves that Lucas never did have a plan in the first place.
Actually, he did, and it was to tell the story of Anakin Skywalker.

But hold on. Hasn't he told that story. Anakin's dead from Ep VI onwards. And if you mean Luke Skywalker, then did we really need the prequels? (and do we know for sure Luke will even be in the new sequels if they are made?)

A film, especially one as "Stand Alone" as the first Star Wars ended up being (because he didn't know if he would be able to make any sequels) absolutely does not need all this additional exposition. Many classic films managed okay without exploring every single aspect of the characters or their world. Even Sci-Fi films like Planet of the Apes didn't need a whole prequel explaining in minute detail how the planet was taken over by the apes. I have to question how much the prequels were needed - the information we needed to know was already given in the "Original Trilogy". (It does seem a little silly to tell a story when a portion of it is already known to the audience. That's what worked against Attack of the Clones so much when I was watching it. It's hard to get worked up over the action scenes when you know the main characters are all going to survive - you feel oddly divorced from the narrative).

Of course, I'm a comic book geek and I can appreciate the allure of continuity and consistancy, but I still wonder if the Star Wars "expanded universe" stories made prequels and sequels redundant after such a long break between trilogies. Star Wars had become something much bigger than movies during these long years.

It's interesting but I bought the new UK Total Film magazine yesterday, and it has a big Speilberg retrospective feature where they analyse each of his films (and even bits of his TV work) in detail, followed by a long interview with the director himself.

What strikes you is that he has such a wide range of subjects and genres. Speilberg absolutely wants to make movies. He wants to make emotional movies about true-life stories. He wants to make thrilling adventure movies. He wants to make screwball comedies. And yes, Speilberg has "failed" on occasion (1941, Hook, somewould argue The Lost World) but he's shrugged it off and just made more films.

I also find it interesting that while Lucas was happy to pioneer effects work and CGI, it was basically others (Cameron, but most spectacularly Spielberg) who were the ones to have faith in the digital effects and actually put their neck on the line and create those initial films that wowed the audiences so much.

Personally I don't think Lucas is (alledgedly) considering making Star Wars sequels just for the money. I'm pretty sure the guy has enough money now. I think he's afraid. I think he's afraid of doing something new. That's why he wasn't the one to trailblaze his own ILM CGI technology and waited. That's why he's dithering about on Indiana Jones 4 now, when any sane person would know Harrison Ford's too old, and he should let go. And that's why he's thinking of continuing his most successful film series. He doesn't want to throw something different out, something which may flop.

A shame as American Grafitti was a good film, and he should have the courage to do more smaller, talky movies. He certainly has the financing for doing so! (I've not seen THX 1138).

deathie mouse · Post by **deathie mouse** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 9:25 am

Netty, I've seen THX-1138 (in the theater

but of course) It's a very different film from Star Wars. Very serious. Closer to Farenheit 451 and 1984 than to Battlestar Galactica

I hope the new DVD doesn't screw it with CGI muppets!

Christian: I don't wanna contradict you or burst your bubble

and this you can chalk up as my opinion if you want to, but for those of us who have been around STAR WARS from the beggining (at least me and my friends

) the 9 movie story is obviously a myth. Heh, even the greatness of ESB now seems like a total fluke (of good luck, writing, and directing, by OTHERS). He made a movie, it made millions, so he then suddenly found himself in the position of: "Sure I have more of them! How many do you want?!?"

The supossed prequels sounded very exciting at the time because we would see a young Darth Vader and the Emperor taking over the Republic and the Clone Wars. That hasn't come to pass. We got bad dialogue sitcoms! *Cue Loomis citing any Annakin dialogue here.
Even the ages of the characters seem to have been bent or fudged with. The 3 "sequels" would have been exciting if Return of The Jedi hadn't eliminated ALL the "bad" guys. At the time we thought something wouldn't go completely right at the end of it. But it didn't. The only thing missing from the end of Jedi is the Ewoks discovering liquid Latinum shooting out from the earth when they punch it with their spears.

Maybe Lucas will get Roberto Rosselini to direct the sequels a la Open Roma movies after WW II.. Open Coruscant?

Otherwise, more GCI demo reels coming our way.

Maybe things would be very different today if Ridley Scott had directed Dune and Lynch gone to direct Revenge Of the Jedi

*deathie looks for a DeLorean with atomic engine

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