When I heard that Disney bought Lucasfilm and that there will be another film trilogy, I thought it was a joke. I was wrong.
I've read many comments from people who are afraid that Disney will ruin the films, but I'm excited about the acquisition. The Disney people are masters at making stories. And remember, Disney bought Marvel, so they not only have the Lucasfilm team but Marvel employees as well (who made "The Avengers," Iron Man, Spiderman, etc.). If these great people can't make Star Wars films better, then no one can.
I expect the dialogue to be much better than the prequels and a better storyline. Star Wars creator George Lucas will still play a creative role in making the films, but remember, he wasn't the director of Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and those films still turned out great.
The acquisition deal was for $4.05 billion, which was less than the $7.4 billion paid for Pixar and about the same paid for Marvel. The only issue I see is that Disney is becoming an empire! Maybe I should stash my limited-edition, still-in-the-box "Goofy as Darth Vader" figure in a safe place for a while (yes, I have one). I certainly don't want it stolen.
Here's a summary of the news:
Here's Lucas talking about the future of Star Wars:
And in celebration, here's something to dance to:
I mean they can't mess it up anymore than Lucas already did, I have faith in them. Also, Lucas, what a sellout.
ReplyDeleteYeah, they can't make worse movies. Can they?
ReplyDeleteBudd and Alex, I guess we'll have to wait and see in 2015.
ReplyDeleteYou know what? you're the first person I've seen to have any faith in all of this. But you make a good point: they brought us Iron Man, right? So really, it can't be all that horrible and seeing how bad Lucas did on his own maybe this won't be such a bad thing? One can only hope because I truly felt like Lucas stuck a dagger right into my little cybernetic heart. We'll just have to wait and see right? Though really three years with a dagger in my heart seems mean =P
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If the next movie is worse than Phantom Menace, I'll be the first to say I was wrong.
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