Apparently they're going to retcon everything after Return of the Jedi.

Episode VII will be something entirely new.

Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Episode 7 is coming in 2015... I wonder what this movie will be about... any guesses?

Will be animated by Pixar and has 4 silly songs in it for sure :D

Originally posted by skydiver12

Johnny Depp playing a drunken shmuggler
Kira Knightley (again) playing a handmaiden of the (rip) Alderan Princess.
Olando Bloom as Ben Skywalker?

I'd watch that :)

but this is disney so what you will actually get is;

Daffy Duck as the drunken smuggler

Pluto (in a dress, again) playing a handmaiden of the (rip ???) Alderan Princess

Popeye as Ben Skywalker.. 

and something very kingdom hearts orientated probably..

i love how people are jumping to conclusions about disney...

look what they did with all the marvel movies, especially the avengers movie. It was epic, if they do star wars 7-9 right they too will be epic. nuff said

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by AdamTM
Story is here:

 

http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-star-wars-creator/

What does this mean for SWTOR?

Prospects for SWG reboot?

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For the love of Cthulhu, would you guys get over it? SWG is never coming back. Never.

 

...and Jedi would never be a starting profession.......

We all know how that turned out.

George Lucas video commentary on the deal

http://oceanicgamer.com/2012/10/official-response-on-future-of-star-wars-movies/

LucasArts too? are you sure? I only read about LucasFilm.

If they bought LucasArts too, I hope to be release a new MMO in the furute.

Originally posted by Daddydazzle
Heir to the Empire trilogy please!!!! i've been waiting forever to see those books on the big screen. besides being solid stories, they deserve a place for what they did for the expanded universe.

Yes. This. Yes x 342897846372 billionity.

Ralph Fiennes as Thrawn?

Yes please.

Originally posted by william0532

Originally posted by Torvaldr
Some people aren't giving Disney enough credit.  They did the Pirate movies, Narnia, Avengers, and several others.  DIsney can make fun, larger than life, action adventure movies and that's what Star Wars is to me.  This is good news to me.

Exactly. Plus, I don't think George Lucas can do starwars right lol. I know that's a wierd thing to say, but its my opinion. If he would have had carte blanche with the originals, they would have been, well like the prequels. If not for oversight by "the evil corparations" lucas would have had the following

Luke, was a girl, Han Solo was a lizard, Jabba was furry, he wanted all the good guys to be smaller than the bad guys so he was going to cast asians for all the lead roles, it was originally earth 33rd century, vader had an iron castle surrounded by lava lol.

So I guess sometimes, having a bigger company make some command decisions is a good thing. I'm hoping the new movie either A.has nothing to do with the original story, B. Or has to suck up recasting those roles, and hires someone with a big time love of the genre. Hell I didn't think jj Abrahms would be able to do star trek, but hell, he did a good job.

I'm looking forward to it.(more so now, that I think it has a chance to not be on the same page as the prequels)

 

-edit and disney doesn't micro manage, they hire who they think will do the best job and let them go with it. Also, disney has had a long relationship with starwars(startours, the jedi academy thing for kids at the park and so on) so at least a company that loves it, bought it. What if EA bought it....

For the record there is a huge division among the star trek community,  there about 75% of us who hated the reboot that JJ did, and those are the same folks who hated Enterprise with Scott Bacula.  Just saying most trekkies I know don't consider the reboot to be star trek.  All one has to do is go to star trek on facebook and anytime the movie is mention watched as the thread devolves.  JJ making a good movie no thanks.

Originally posted by necoo
Technically they only bought Lucasfilms, not Lucasarts. As far as I know, nothing will change with any of the Star Wars games, they are outside of Disney's influence.

They bought the whole kit and caboodle: ILM, Skywalker Sound, THX, LucasArts, LucasFilms, they bought George's entire empire.

Originally posted by Sevenstar61
Episode 7 is coming in 2015... I wonder what this movie will be about... any guesses?

my guess is it will be Luke and Laya rebuilding the jedi council, I think thats what the next book is about....honestly they could get the original cast cause they are all supposed to be old by then anyways

Originally posted by Icewhite

It means that that eventually ABC will have to promo everything in live broadcasts (leaving even less time for news).

There's still news on tv?

My 2 cents on Episode 7:

I think it will probably center on the children of Luke and Leia's generation.  And I doubt they will base it purely off of any of the books.  The movies tend to stand by themselves (probably because they were written first :P), and the books flesh out the universe around the movies.  So while the books will I'm sure influence the movies, I doubt they will base a trilogy strictly off any of the books.

Originally posted by cybersrs

LucasArts too? are you sure? I only read about LucasFilm.

If they bought LucasArts too, I hope to be release a new MMO in the furute.

as others have stated -- its *everything*

http://www.videogamer.com/xbox360/star_wars_1313/news/disney_buys_lucasfilm_lucasarts_included.html

Regarding LucasArts, LucasFilm's gaming division, Disney CEO Robert Iger said during an investor call (heard by GamesIndustry) that the firm plans to "focus more on social and mobile than we are on console."

Disney will, however, work "opportunistically" to license its properties for use in video games, rather than self-publishing.

Originally posted by lizardbones

 

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Originally posted by AdamTM
Story is here:

 

http://www.deadline.com/2012/10/disney-acquires-lucasfilm-star-wars-creator/

What does this mean for SWTOR?

Prospects for SWG reboot?

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For the love of Cthulhu, would you guys get over it? SWG is never coming back. Never.

 

Holy crap, thank you.

How deluded are SWG fans when their first thought is "Disney just bought LucasFilms? SWG REBOOT???"

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Originally posted by Phry

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Originally posted by skydiver12 Johnny Depp playing a drunken shmuggler Kira Knightley (again) playing a handmaiden of the (rip) Alderan Princess. Olando Bloom as Ben Skywalker? I'd watch that :)

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but this is disney so what you will actually get is;

Daffy Duck as the drunken smuggler

Pluto (in a dress, again) playing a handmaiden of the (rip ???) Alderan Princess

Popeye as Ben Skywalker.. 

 

and something very kingdom hearts orientated probably..

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Originally posted by Binny45

Apparently they're going to retcon everything after Return of the Jedi.

Episode VII will be something entirely new.

As it should be.  The books weren't very good, even Zahns first trilogy.

Originally posted by FrodoFragins

Originally posted by Binny45

Apparently they're going to retcon everything after Return of the Jedi.

Episode VII will be something entirely new.

As it should be.  The books weren't very good, even Zahns first trilogy.

you're allowed to have an opinion, but i thought they were solid stories, and a good read in general. also ignoring the expanded universe, and going a new direction, is going to piss off a lot of fans of the franchise.