Disney acquires Lucasfilm; Episode VII proposed for 2015

Originally posted by focus4chumps
http://www.slashfilm.com/more-lucasfilm-rumor-safety-not-guaranteed-helmer-colin-trevorrow-up-for-star-wars-vii/

I can see it now...

...A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....

In the days after the battle of Endor a Rebel Alliance rose from the smoldering ashes of the Galatic Empire to become a New Republic. Facing a new threat that could destroy the New Repbulic, current Cheif of State Leia Organa Solo must employ help from her brother and the New Jedi Order to preserve the peace they fought so hard to obtain....

Or something like that...

Is it 2015 yet?

maybe they wont even have the opening crawl.....for all we know.

Question though. What are the circumstances for having the star wars opening crawl? Didn't Lucas get fined for doing it in ANH, then he got special permission to do it for the remaining 5 movies? Does this apply to Disney?

Originally posted by JediRobin23
Didn't Lucas get fined for doing it in ANH, then he got special permission to do it for the remaining 5 movies? Does this apply to Disney?

uh...wut?

rules for opening credits. I think its common practice now

There is no way they wont include those iconic opening credits.

How about having the whole gang back, but never having them on screen at the same time? Might reduce the shock of their ageing. Luke would be training Padawans, Leia will be involved with the senate or something and Han could be playing the sax at Chewie's funeral.

What about Billy Dee Williams? He's probably aged quite well I would imagine. (Is that racial profiling?)

Originally posted by JediRobin23
rules for opening credits. I think its common practice now

i never heard of this. though in most cases long opening credits are annoying. any citations you can provide?

regardless though, credits involve just that. credits to people who worked on/starred in the film.

Originally posted by focus4chumps
i never heard of this. though in most cases long opening credits are annoying. any citations you can provide?

regardless though, credits involve just that. credits to people who worked on/starred in the film.

All I can find is on wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opening_credits

section says Lucas was fined $250 000 by not giving opening credit to the director.

In the Directors guild of America section at the end it says Lucas resigned from their membership

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directors_Guild_of_America

Also, found this

http://www.dga.org/The-Guild/Departments/Credits.aspx

Ridley Scott 'got away with it' on Prometheus this year too.
Just the movie title on that movie, if memory serves...

Ok, recasting the original cast members is paramount to treason. It's worked for some rebooted franchises, but please, not Star Wars. Horrible decision. And if Disney did away with the opening crawl? Sacrilege...

I'm conflicted. I want the series to continue the story of the original characters (at least in part), but I don't want to see old Han Solo. I wouldn't mind old Luke, but then you'd be left wondering where Han went. At this point I'd rather they went with a pre-PT EU story.

OH ok now i get it. jedirobin implied that the opening crawl was somehow a violation but it was actually the LACK of credits in the beginning. ok thanks for clearing that up.

Originally posted by Lord Lucien
I'm conflicted. I want the series to continue the story of the original characters (at least in part), but I don't want to see old Han Solo. I wouldn't mind old Luke, but then you'd be left wondering where Han went. At this point I'd rather they went with a pre-PT EU story.

I hope they don't make the same mistake as with Indy. Most of the success of Solo and Indy was not that people wanted to SEE these characters, they wanted to BE these characters. I certainly know I did.
Old Indy and Old Solo do not have quite the same appeal.

Originally posted by Stun
Ok, recasting the original cast members is paramount to treason. It's worked for some rebooted franchises, but please, not Star Wars. Horrible decision.

So you'd honestly rather have a Han Solo whose as old as the Emporer was (or there abouts) and a horrible looking Leia.

Re-Cast all the way for me. I don't see why people think Mark Hamill's and Carrie Fisher's performances are not replaceable.

Any way you don't need to worry. From the rumors and hints being dropped it looks like we will get the Old Folks back.

Originally posted by CaedusRules
I can see it now...

...A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....

In the days after the battle of Endor a Rebel Alliance rose from the smoldering ashes of the Galactic Empire to become a New Republic. Facing a new threat that could destroy the New Republic, current Chief of State Leia Organa Solo must employ help from her brother and the New Jedi Order to preserve the peace they fought so hard to obtain....

Or something like that...

Is it 2015 yet?

Well done.

👆

That had the Star Wars feel and the premise is certainly not bad. But creating a problem is not going to cut it. I think the Yuuzhan Vong problem, and the Emperor creating a true "grand army" to combat them is one of the best writing justifications I have seen in a story for creating a new legit threat.

Originally posted by queeq
I hope they don't make the same mistake as with Indy. Most of the success of Solo and Indy was not that people wanted to SEE these characters, they wanted to BE these characters. I certainly know I did.
Old Indy and Old Solo do not have quite the same appeal.

well thats the real trick. old characters with a new protagonist to fit that mold. how about shia labeouf?

Originally posted by dadudemon
Well done.

👆

That had the Star Wars feel and the premise is certainly not bad. But creating a problem is not going to cut it. I think the Yuuzhan Vong problem, and the Emperor creating a true "grand army" to combat them is one of the best writing justifications I have seen in a story for creating a new legit threat.

I think the Vong would be the best translation of any EU books, for the characters and thier current actors ages. Obviously Thrawn would have been 25 years ago, but now... with the special effects and awesome make-up we have, we could really bring the Vong to life, and provide a legit threat to Jedi, as they are imune to the force.

I can see it now... after opening crawl, a huge Coral ship appears out of almost no-where and skims by the camera angle, to a forested planet, and releases a host of beetle like insects into the atmosphere, in minutes people begin to die.... Science team fails to report in, and the New Republic sends a Jedi to investiagate....

Love to see Thud Bugs, The Vongs sacrred faces, Ampistaffs, Crab Armour, Plasma cannons, etc.... it would just be perfect for the level of technology we have today.

Besides, the idea of Religious fanatics that want to convert everyone that doesnt follow them, is something people can relate to today.

To those who think that Harrison Ford would look too old on screen; Check out the flashback episodes of Fringe to see how they made John Noble, who is 64, look about 20+ years younger. I'm saying that just because he's old isn't an issue in this day and age IMO.

Originally posted by Jedi Sheriff
To those who think that Harrison Ford would look too old on screen; Check out the flashback episodes of Fringe to see how they made John Noble, who is 64, look about 20+ years younger. I'm saying that just because he's old isn't an issue in this day and age IMO.

You say that and yet it clearly was an issue in the last Indiana Jones.

Originally posted by DARTH POWER
You say that and yet it clearly was an issue in the last Indiana Jones.

your conclusion that indy4 failed because of harrison ford's age is baseless and silly

Originally posted by focus4chumps
your conclusion that indy4 failed because of harrison ford's age is baseless and silly

Well yeah the whole plot was a bit silly as well.

But were you really thinking, "oH yeah Indiana Jones is well cool," like you did in ALL THE OTHER Indy movies? No of course not.

And btw who said Indy4 failed? It was a huge financial success.