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GreyWolf wrote:

THE_STIG wrote:Its just that Disney will never live that Hanna Montana garbage down

You have a point there, he wouldn't have done this if he knew they would make a hash of it. Will have to wait and see how it all works out

1. Disney is STILL doing Hannah Montana type stuff. Watch them try and appeal to young pre-teen females by making EP. VII about the misadventures of a bunch of females on Corusant and the local mall. Compete with musical numbers.

2. @ Stig, dude, why are you talking about Lucas as if he is a well adjusted and sane human being? This is a man that gave us Jar Jar and racial stereotypes. A man who gave the pivotal role to Christian Hayden. A man who gave Vader the line: "Nooooooooooooo!" In my opinion, it would be better if he never touched anything SW ever again.

You do realise he's also the guy who gave us Star Wars in the first place

Darth Goofy is the most awesome villian ever

Funy enough I never found SW all that interesting maybe because I didn'see it untill long after it was out

THE_STIG wrote:Its just that Disney will never live that Hanna Montana garbage down

Do you have any inkling of how wildly popular Hannah Montana was, and how much money she made for Disney? Disney couldn't give a flying fart in space about your opinions of their more family-oriented stuff. Believe it or not, they do not sit around panicking whether their ideas will meet the approval of some small fry in backwater Brackenhurst, South Africa. There's nothing for them to "live down."

SykomantiS wrote:Agreed on Binks, but I think the Clone Wars was aimed at a slightly different age group than the original stuff, which in itself is not a bad thing.

Let's face it, the entire thing was difficult to recreate so many years later. The original SW viewers watched and loved the thing when they were ten years old; Lucasfilms had to appeal to ten-year-olds and forty-year-olds with Episodes 1-3. Not an easy task.

My personal opinion on the whole matter?

In a statement on Tuesday, Lucas said: “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers.”

This is madness. When you have created something as wildly popular as Star Wars, don't expect a new generation of filmmakers to succeed with sequels. There comes a time to leave well enough alone.

Stuart wrote:

In a statement on Tuesday, Lucas said: “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers.”

This is madness. When you have created something as wildly popular as Star Wars, don't expect a new generation of filmmakers to succeed with sequels. There comes a time to leave well enough alone.

Nope it is busness you sell something while it still have value

I don't know Stuart, I think Star Wars still has a lot of potential. Just looking at some of the novels- those stories played out on screen alone would be worthwhile. (Heck, everybody else is dong it, and when done right that isn't a bad thing)

Stuart wrote:Do you have any inkling of how wildly popular Hannah Montana was, and how much money she made for Disney? Disney couldn't give a flying fart in space about your opinions of their more family-oriented stuff. Believe it or not, they do not sit around panicking whether their ideas will meet the approval of some small fry in backwater Brackenhurst, South Africa. There's nothing for them to "live down."

They wont live it down amongst star was fans. And the family are just forced to watch it because the children like it

SykomantiS wrote:I don't know Stuart, I think Star Wars still has a lot of potential. Just looking at some of the novels- those stories played out on screen alone would be worthwhile. (Heck, everybody else is dong it, and when done right that isn't a bad thing)

I have no doubt that there is potential. But the success that Lucas hit with the original series is something that comes along once in a lifetime or two.

Will sequels sell? Yes.

Will they make an insane amount of money? No doubt.

Will they probably get panned by critics and fanbois? Absolutely.

I'm not a hardcore SW fanboi, so I enjoyed all six films. I didn't even mind Jar Jar. But can a new generation of filmmakers keep the fanbois happy? I seriously doubt it, though I will be delighted to be proven wrong.

THE_STIG wrote:

Stuart wrote:Do you have any inkling of how wildly popular Hannah Montana was, and how much money she made for Disney? Disney couldn't give a flying fart in space about your opinions of their more family-oriented stuff. Believe it or not, they do not sit around panicking whether their ideas will meet the approval of some small fry in backwater Brackenhurst, South Africa. There's nothing for them to "live down."

They wont live it down amongst star was fans. And the family are just forced to watch it because the children like it

They care what Star Wars fans think about Hannah Montana as much as they care what rustypup thinks of Star Wars. They hit success big time with Hannah Montana, and no one who got a cut of the pie cares what non-fans think of their creation.

Stuart wrote:

SykomantiS wrote:I don't know Stuart, I think Star Wars still has a lot of potential. Just looking at some of the novels- those stories played out on screen alone would be worthwhile. (Heck, everybody else is dong it, and when done right that isn't a bad thing)

I have no doubt that there is potential. But the success that Lucas hit with the original series is something that comes along once in a lifetime or two.

Will sequels sell? Yes.

Will they make an insane amount of money? No doubt.

Will they probably get panned by critics and fanbois? Absolutely.

I'm not a hardcore SW fanboi, so I enjoyed all six films. I didn't even mind Jar Jar. But can a new generation of filmmakers keep the fanbois happy? I seriously doubt it, though I will be delighted to be proven wrong.

I find your lack of faith disturbing.














Too soon?

I enjoyed John Carter recently and am looking forward to the upcoming " The Lone Ranger " and don't forget Disney produced Pirates of the Caribbean...
So I believe Disney has the potential to deliver some good entertainment on the Star Wars Franchise. Looking forward to it.

Synthesis wrote:don't forget Disney produced Pirates of the Caribbean...

And how well did THAT turn out as the series progressed?

The best quadrilogy ever produced. Or at least the first quarter of it.

SykomantiS wrote:You do realise he's also the guy who gave us Star Wars in the first place

Actually no. Have a read around the web. Lucas had MINIMAL input with the writing of the 1st 3 movies.

GreyWolf wrote:

SykomantiS wrote:You do realise he's also the guy who gave us Star Wars in the first place

Actually no. Have a read around the web. Lucas had MINIMAL input with the writing of the 1st 3 movies.

If I "read around the web" I will also learn that Walt Disney's body is cryogenically frozen, a Daddy Long Legs is the most poisonous spider on the planet, and Santa Claus was invented by Coca Cola.

Stuart wrote:If I "read around the web" I will also learn that Walt Disney's body is cryogenically frozen, a Daddy Long Legs is the most poisonous spider on the planet, and Santa Claus was invented by Coca Cola.

All true!

Oh dear....

Specially for the Doom 'n Gloom amongst you.

Stop linking to 9derp

lol

@ Jamin: Why?

He spends so much time there - he hates clicking on links and seeing stuff he has seen so many times before.