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Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:30 am**

Phatscotty wrote:Sneak Peak of the new Chewbacca!

RAWRRRRR!

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Heh...that's awesome!

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:38 pm**

wait, what happened to Episode 7?

Also this sounds like an awful idea. Lucas is trying his hardest to ruin the original 3.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:13 pm**

Army of GOD wrote:wait, what happened to Episode 7?

Also this sounds like an awful idea. Lucas is trying his hardest to ruin the original 3.

Maybe if Episode 7 reallly realallllly sucks, then Episode 1-3 will become relatively better.

I suspect movie manipulation here.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 5:25 pm**

One of the best arguments against calling yourself a Star Wars fan I've ever seen has to be the franchise. Most Star Wars fans like Episode 4 and 5, and think Return of the Jedi was good, but a bit disappointing. Then, they generally write off the new movies and the animated Clone Wars.

So, if you only really like 2 of the 7 Star Wars movies, it's tough to really call yourself a fan.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:22 pm**

Symmetry wrote:One of the best arguments against calling yourself a Star Wars fan I've ever seen has to be the franchise. Most Star Wars fans like Episode 4 and 5, and think Return of the Jedi was good, but a bit disappointing. Then, they generally write off the new movies and the animated Clone Wars.

So, if you only really like 2 of the 7 Star Wars movies, it's tough to really call yourself a fan.

Can I call myself a Matrix fan despite loathing 2 out of the 3 movies?

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:43 pm**

... Lucas remains as "creative consultant" .....

... That's not good.

... Who wrote and directed Hell-Raiser? That would be a good movie if they did Star Wars 7.

...

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:44 pm**

Army of GOD wrote:
Symmetry wrote:One of the best arguments against calling yourself a Star Wars fan I've ever seen has to be the franchise. Most Star Wars fans like Episode 4 and 5, and think Return of the Jedi was good, but a bit disappointing. Then, they generally write off the new movies and the animated Clone Wars.

So, if you only really like 2 of the 7 Star Wars movies, it's tough to really call yourself a fan.

Can I call myself a Matrix fan despite loathing 2 out of the 3 movies?

Not really, unfortunately. You just like the Matrix.

Have that as compensation.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:47 pm**

I've already read all xckds so the JOKES ON YOU

also, I think what I'm getting at is that I'm a The Matrix fan but not a The Matrix Series fan.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:28 pm**

Army of GOD wrote:I've already read all xckds so the JOKES ON YOU

also, I think what I'm getting at is that I'm a The Matrix fan but not a The Matrix Series fan.

So you like a movie, big whoop.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:33 pm**

If I enjoy half of a band's albums, am I a 50% fan? Or not a fan at all? Or am I fan?

... Or am I fan?

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:34 pm**

Symmetry wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:I've already read all xckds so the JOKES ON YOU

also, I think what I'm getting at is that I'm a The Matrix fan but not a The Matrix Series fan.

So you like a movie, big whoop.

So you like a series, bigger whoop?

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:39 pm**

Army of GOD wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:I've already read all xckds so the JOKES ON YOU

also, I think what I'm getting at is that I'm a The Matrix fan but not a The Matrix Series fan.

So you like a movie, big whoop.

So you like a series, bigger whoop?

I don't like the Matrix series, or the Star Wars series. Whoopsie doo.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:40 pm**

Symmetry wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:I've already read all xckds so the JOKES ON YOU

also, I think what I'm getting at is that I'm a The Matrix fan but not a The Matrix Series fan.

So you like a movie, big whoop.

So you like a series, bigger whoop?

I don't like the Matrix series, or the Star Wars series. Whoopsie doo.

Generic, impersonal "you", not Symmetry "you"

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:45 pm**

Army of GOD wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:
Symmetry wrote:
Army of GOD wrote:I've already read all xckds so the JOKES ON YOU

also, I think what I'm getting at is that I'm a The Matrix fan but not a The Matrix Series fan.

So you like a movie, big whoop.

So you like a series, bigger whoop?

I don't like the Matrix series, or the Star Wars series. Whoopsie doo.

Generic, impersonal "you", not Symmetry "you"

Fair enough, may as well leave a link to the red letter review of episode one on the off chance someone has been unfortunate enough not to see it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxKtZmQgxrI

Yeah, I could have done a proper link, or a youtube thingy, but I think we're all burned out on Star Wars. I can't be bothered.

Posted: **Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:51 pm**

I've read some of the expanded universe books. I like Zahn's the best, but I wonder if Thrawn and C'Bouth and the rest would work in a movie. I feel like the story is not movie-esque enough. And the other novels just weren't that good.

The universe is rich enough or can be rich enough for additional stories. I would like to see that.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 5:35 am**

... Chewie gets whacked in one of the expanded universe books, by an author named Salvatore.

... (Salvatore wrote the book, didn't whack Chewie in the story).

...

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:43 am**

Baron Von PWN wrote:I dunno if it's been ripped out of lucas' clutches it might be ok. My understanding was that part of the rason the last 3 were so bad was lucas wasn't as limited as he was with the first three. With money and power he was able to make as much a hash of it as he liked.

I love Star Wars... to me it's the absolute best Sci-Fi series/universe of all time.

That said... I agree Lucas has done a lot of stoopid shit. To name 3...
1) Ewoks
2) Jar Jar Binks
3) Midi-chlorians

Assuming Disney will f-up the universe is not appropriate.

They have done a good job with Pixar and Marvel. I see no logical reason why this will result in a bastardization of the SW Universe.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:43 am**

Phatscotty wrote:Read Star Wars 7 now....

THRAWN!!!

Did you read it?

I wasn't impressed with this book.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:44 am**

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:01 pm**

So the timing on this couldn't be better for us. We bought a Darth Vader mask for our daughter either last year or the one before. So I was supposed to wear it to the kid's school for their costume parade. We also had a set of mouskateer ears. So my avatar is me wearing said outfit.

Posted: **Thu Nov 01, 2012 3:23 pm**

Posted: **Fri Nov 02, 2012 6:46 pm**

Posted: **Fri Nov 02, 2012 9:00 pm**

Bad move by Disney in my opinion. As some have pointed out, the franchise has been thoroughly wrecked by Lucas. I suspect even the hardcore fans are starting to feel suckered. Unless the first new movie is spectacularly well written(rare these days) I don't know how much disney will be able to squeeze out of the works.
As far as lucas being used as a creative consultant I'm sure this is more or less a formality for the benefit of his remaining fans.

Posted: **Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:17 am**

Here is an interesting take looking at it from George's POV. Speculation: Lucas Selling ‘Star Wars’ Brand to Disney by Year End to Avoid Taxamageddon:

Since none of Lucas’s three adopted children plan to take over his film empire, financial advisers say the strategy will save his heirs the the responsibility of managing their inheritance – and potentially going through the often long and fraught process of dividing it. “Mr. Lucas has obviously surrounded himself for years with world class legal, estate and tax advisers,” Wade Westhoff, a financial adviser based in Danville, Calif., says of the Disney deal. “This is a textbook example of exit planning for a private business owner.”

Posted: **Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:28 am**

tzor wrote:Here is an interesting take looking at it from George's POV. Speculation: Lucas Selling ‘Star Wars’ Brand to Disney by Year End to Avoid Taxamageddon:

Since none of Lucas’s three adopted children plan to take over his film empire, financial advisers say the strategy will save his heirs the the responsibility of managing their inheritance – and potentially going through the often long and fraught process of dividing it. “Mr. Lucas has obviously surrounded himself for years with world class legal, estate and tax advisers,” Wade Westhoff, a financial adviser based in Danville, Calif., says of the Disney deal. “This is a textbook example of exit planning for a private business owner.”

Damn... I wish he would have adopted me.

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