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Posted: **Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:21 pm**

Wonder if she'll be stoned 99% of the time on set like Episodes IV-VI.

Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:16 pm**

Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:35 pm**

It's hard to imagine living in a world where Star Wars is an ongoing franchise, like James Bond or Star Trek.

But after what Lucas did with I, II, and III, I guess it can't get any worse.

Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 3:45 pm**

TPRJones wrote:But after what Lucas did with I, II, and III, I guess it can't get any worse.

Yes, yes it can. I'll point out that Tolkien specifically didn't want Disney near his shit because ...

I recognize his [Walt Disney's] talent, but it has always seemed to me hopelessly corrupted. Though in most of the 'pictures' proceeding from his studios there are admirable or charming passages, the effect of all of them to me is disgusting. Some have given me nausea...

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Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:33 pm**

Disney studios are no longer about art, they are about making money. They have to know that Lucas ran the franchise into the toilet, they will know it behooves them to pull it out.

Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:47 pm**

GORDON wrote:Disney studios are no longer about art, they are about making money. They have to know that Lucas ran the franchise into the toilet, they will know it behooves them to pull it out.

I don't want it going from the Lucas toilet just to get swirlied in the Disney communal latrine.

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Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 4:49 pm**

Like someone said... they can't do any worse with it. I am literally incapable of being disappointed by what Disney does to Star Wars.

Posted: **Wed Apr 17, 2013 5:05 pm**

GORDON wrote:Like someone said... they can't do any worse with it. I am literally incapable of being disappointed by what Disney does to Star Wars.

It could turn a profit, like "The Avengers." Or it could cost an exec his job, like "John Carter." The former had a fuckload of material to draw from the comics books that've been out for decades, coupled with a feature film for each of the superheroes.

Could they get ideas from the Star Wars literature? Yeah. Not quite the same as going from Marvel for source material, though. Still wondering how they're going to have the Jedi not be whining pussies and instead turn them into compelling protagonists, not pseudo-Buddhist pacifists. The Empire hunted a lot of them down and exterminated them. Maybe it's time to change your philosophy, Flanders.

Posted: **Thu Apr 18, 2013 4:03 pm**

Ford loses it on Kimmel. (not really)

Posted: **Thu Apr 18, 2013 11:46 pm**

He had a feud with Chewbacca last year too (for the same reason).
Last night's episode was just rekindling it.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 3:03 pm**

No idea if this is real, but it's cool.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 3:07 pm**

They have someone else don the mask of Vader?

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 3:09 pm**

Why? That has to be hell on your peripheral vision if you don't actually need it to keep you alive. And even then.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 3:30 pm**

No doubt merely symbolic.

What I find interesting is that light saber in conjunction with identification as evil. Looks like they might be delving into the Expanded Universe for #7, which would be a wise choice on their part.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 3:51 pm**

No doubt merely symbolic.

Maybe. I firmly believe there are writers stupid enough to try.

What I find interesting is that light saber in conjunction with identification as evil.

Hmm, you have a point. The Sith typically run with red.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 6:16 pm**

I've been noticing a lot of Star Wars stuff mixed in with the shows my daughter watches on the Disney Channel.
I guess they do it because they can.

And there are commercials for Marvel Comics.
And one of the Disney shows is going to have a Muppets musical pretty soon.

Posted: **Thu May 02, 2013 8:06 pm**

And one of the Disney shows is going to have a Muppets musical pretty soon.

It came out decades ago. It was called "Return of the Jedi."

Posted: **Fri May 03, 2013 3:51 pm**

What we know so far.

Posted: **Fri May 03, 2013 3:56 pm**

I hope that Arndt and Abrams have the nuts to tell Lucas to fuck off when he starts to try to screw up the script. Which he will inevitably do.

Although I'm disappointed they're going to ditch the entire Expanded Universe. There's some good stuff in there it would be a shame to waste.

Posted: **Fri May 03, 2013 4:00 pm**

Although I'm disappointed they're going to ditch the entire Expanded Universe. There's some good stuff in there it would be a shame to waste.

Like Thrawn.

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