Star Wars Episode 7: 2015 Release


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10/30/12 03:29pm
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In a surprise announcement today, Disney announced that they have bought Lucasfilm and all its assets for 4.05 billion dollars. More importantly, they announced at the same time that they are planning to release a new Star Wars feature film aiming to hit theatres in 2015, only three years away.

There haven’t been any details announced about Star Wars Episode 7, but Disney has announced that Episode 7 is not going to be the only film they make. They plan to create multiple films for a new generation.

Kathleen Kennedy, a Disney executive, is set to be in charge of the new films as executive producer, with George Lucas still being involved as a creative consultant, according to the official press release.

This snap announcement is already getting mixed reactions from fans, who worry that this will be the Jar Jar Binks of the franchise and will simply traumatize fans further, but you have to be at least a little excited for the Jedis to return to the big screen.

How do you feel about the reboot? Let us know in the comments!

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  • Adam

    No. Just no.

    • Sarah

      I hear ya, Adam. NOPE. NOPE.

  • critterfur

    Wow. I am surprised beyond belief by this announcement. I had to make sure I hadn’t accidentally slept for about 5 months and woken up on April 1st. I had no clue that such a deal was happening. I know George Lucas and Disney have had their dealings in the past, but it’s always seemed as if Lucas particularly prided himself on his independence from the Hollywood machine; it’s why he build up his own studio, his own special-effects company, his own secluded estate, and why he funded most of his projects with his company’s own money. I had no hope (and no real desire anymore, really) to ever see the long-ago talked-about third trilogy of Star Wars. I figured Lucas would finish up his Clone Wars series, maybe do a few other projects along the way, but nothing like this. And certainly not under Disney’s umbrella. Although I still see Disney as a viable, creative force, I’m not a big fan of mega-corporations that swallow up other entities, because the bigger the company, the more chance there is that creativity and independence will be stifled or subverted. The fact that Disney has acquired Pixar, Marvel, the Muppets, and now Lucas’ creations in such a short time doesn’t sit very well with me. There just seems to be a huge risk of “the suits”, people with business savvy but little to no artistic sensibilities, calling all the shots. I’ve seen too many bad decisions by these types in my lifetime. At this point I guess I’m willing to see how it all plays out, but part of me worries about how recklessly Lucas threw his self-made empire to the wind.

  • http://www.facebook.com/anna.l.stephenson.7 Anna Leigh Stephenson

    It sucks because I know I’m going to hate it, but of course I’m going to see it. I’ll complain the whole time, but they’re still going to take my money. Meh.

  • Lance Pierce

    I don’t see it being any worse than the prequel trilogy. I say get writers from Pixar and cinematographers from Avengers and make the first good one in twenty nine years!

    • critterfur

      Well, I guess my feeling is that it wasn’t so much Disney’s efforts that made Avengers great, it was Joss Whedon’s. Also, Pixar has shown that they produce duds (Cars 2, anyone?) and writers who become directors that also make duds (Andrew Stanton and the mess that was John Carter). Disney has gone through highs and lows over the years, just like any creative outlet; during the early years of the 1940s and 1950s, it was basically a golden age under Walt. Disney were the Pixar of their time, independent, motivated, fresh and willing to take chances. As time went on, however, they became a bit bloated by their success, and when Walt died, it had much the same effect as when Jim Henson died, and you realized just how much creative influence one person had at the company. Disney struggled severely through the 1970s and 80s (their animation became lackluster and methodical, and their answer to Star Wars was the abysmal The Black Hole). It was only by getting Alan Menken on their side (and the slew of Disney “Broadway-type” musical features that followed) that brought them back to life. So we know they can produce works of absolute genius, and we also know that, like Lucas with the prequel trilogies, they can completely phone it in at times. So everyone who feels that Disney will be a disaster for Star Wars is probably wrong, but everyone who feels that Disney can do no wrong is probably a little naive (perhaps quite a bit younger than me) and has only grown up during the Disney “Renaissance” since 1989 or so, and doesn’t remember the decades preceding it when Disney was something of a joke.

  • Raven

    I’m pretty sure it’s going to be animated, so NO.

  • lowry

    Between the books and the video games everything is already written for the next story line of the Jedi, so i wonder how close they are going to keep to what the fans already know?

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