The Big Picture: That's No Moon

[Steve the Pocket]

The part about the lack of leaks was something I hadn't even thought about. Other than Valve, I don't know anyone who can keep things a secret for that long, and Valve has the benefit of being a relatively small company whose staff is basically a tight-knit community not unlike a middle-American small town. And even they have stuff get leaked from time to time (the entire Half-Life 2 beta, for example, or an early version of Source Filmmaker).

 

[malestrithe]

As someone who listened to the conference call that broke the news, I can tell you that part of the agreement between Lucas and Disney is that Lucas films still have final say over the Star Wars franchise. That was made explicitly clear at several places in the conference call.

In the short term, that means Disney has no control over the books, over the graphic novels, the toys, or what gets on Television. That also means as long as Lucas films says no, kiss all thoughts of a Original versions Blurays good bye.

At least in the short term anyway.

 

[MB202]

I have to admit, it IS impressive how they managed to keep this a secret until now. So yeah, I'm excited about the prospect of new Star Wars movies, I'd like to see what they come up with. Also, lol, poor Song of the South.

 

[Stabby Joe]

I didn't jump on either bandwagon that emerged during the first announcement IE the far negative view of "High School Musical IN SPAAAAAPCE!" to the far positive view of "Whedon casts Nathan Fillion in VII", I just breathed a sigh of relief that Lucas no longer has his claws on it.

Anything could happen, but the notion of original Bluray releases is a refreshing notion.

 

[samahain]

Dear Movie Bob,

It's the first time I stop mid-video to post a comment.
It's about the "remastered/unaltered original Episode IV-V-VI"... Yes, where Solo shoots first. No CGI, even good one.

...Amen. If they do it, I will buy it, and I will shed tears of extasy.

Then the tapes are going back "To the vault" LOL

 

[Krantos]

Pretty much sums up what most (sane) people have been saying.

Seeing LucasFilm sold was pretty shocking, but I think we can all agree that Lucas really hasn't been treating his IP's well as of late and in the hands of the people who oversaw the making of the Avengers movies Star Wars has the potential to be awesome again.

Doesn't mean it's going to be, but there is actually A New Hope for it again.

And yes, the THX remastered version on DVD would be FANTASTIC. I have the VHS, but no longer have a VCR. :'(

 

[rofltehcat]

Hm... yeah, Star Wars is guaranteed to earn you some money. Though that probably only works for movies. SWToR doesn't seem to be doing so good.

 

[BaronFelX]

I'm honestly surprised more isn't being made about the fact that Disney also bought Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker sound in the package. I guess culturally that won't change much, but those two companies are involved in nearly every single movie production and have to be huge money makers in their own right. I can see George parting with some of his intellectual property that he isn't exploiting, but I'm curious why he would sell off companies that do nothing but print money. Maybe he wants the cash up front to pay for his charity work?

 

[dubious_wolf]

Yeah no one wants to see "heir to the empire". That was a good book. Lets keep it that way please and thanks.
Star Wars reboot anyone? Anyone?

 

[Aureliano]

Oh Avengers. The most paint-by-numbers superhero movie I've seen in the last five years and it gets lauded as the second coming just because Robert Downey Jr. didn't eat anybody else on set.

It's never good news when Disney buys up a studio. That just means that whatever property they now own will never take a risk again with their story. They'll be pretty and have interesting aesthetic styles, but their central message is always along the lines of 'give up your dreams and do whatever it is you're supposed to do'. Tron: don't be a rebel, be a computer nerd like your father. Avengers: got superpowers? You gotta fight crime now. Toy Story 3: you're a toy? Do whatever your owner tells you. Wreck-It Ralph: you're cast as a bad guy in a repetitive, boring universe? Do that until you die, or else.

So, no. I don't just want Star Wars again. I want something new. Perhaps another actually interesting story within the Star Wars universe. The relationship between The Empire Strikes Back to A New Hope, if you will. All I actually expect to see is Return of the Jedi with significantly more Ewoks and a lot less sister-bangin'.

 

[Rad Party God]

Well, I can only imagine that, just like Marvel with Disney, pretty much nothing will change (besides the hypotetical chibbi Star Wars stuff on Disney Channels, but the Lego Star Wars shorts of CN are already terrible, so yeah) and in fact, things will get a bit better this time around.

Squeenix?, where's our Star Wars cameo in Kingdom Hearts?.

 

[JaceArveduin]

I wonder... Does this mean there's a small chance for Battlefront 3 and the Republic Commando stuff to resurface?

 

[Milanezi]

WOW WOW Wooooow... EVERYONE HELP ME OUT...

So, Bob kinda stated that the expanded universe is canon but "not really"... Look it doesn't make any sense, I READ that there's (or was) a kind of OFFICIAL council (recognized by lucas) in which "experts" went through the released books to state if they were canon or not. Shit George Lucas directly ordered certain directives, such as "which major character might get killed or not",

Spoiler

such was the case with Chewie in the New Jedi Order Saga, Lucas had to directly AUTHORIZE his killing, it seems they actually planned to take out Leia, but Lucas said no, otherwise the saga wouldn't be canon

. Same thing with the Darth Plagueis book, he prohibted any book on Darth Sidious' origins to be released until he himself gave a say so.

I do agree the expanded universe is sorta messed up in places, look at characters like Asajj Ventress, what's her official story???...

 

[Milanezi]

That CIA director joke was aces, Bob. :lol:

Indeed

 

[Joriss]

Yeah, it is pretty damn impressive how they can keep stuff like this secret for so ever long, makes me think about this penny arcade comic:

http://penny-arcade.com/comic/2007/05/23

 

[Milanezi]

Well, I can only imagine that, just like Marvel with Disney, pretty much nothing will change (besides the hypotetical chibbi Star Wars stuff on Disney Channels, but the Lego Star Wars shorts of CN are already terrible, so yeah) and in fact, things will get a bit better this time around.

Squeenix?, where's our Star Wars cameo in Kingdom Hearts?.

We could summon Yoda, have an amalgamation of Luke Obi-Wan and Han Solo, and Palpatine as one of the evil bosses hahahaha

 

[Electromagnet]

Anyway this also means we will get new Star Tours or possibly an entire revamp of the future Land as SW land. That is worth being excited about.

Star Tours was just redone not too long ago, so I don't see anything changing on it again anytime soon. Making Tomorrowland Star Wars themed would be...meh. The Carousel of Progress wouldn't fit in anymore, which would suck because the whole section is based on it's theme of progress and innovation on Earth, not what happened long ago in a galaxy far away. They could move the carousel to Epcot, then turn Tomorrowland into Star Wars land, but then there'd be a lot of angry Buzz Lightyear and Stitch fans. Although Disney does own enough land to double the size of Disney World, so there is potential for a full Star Wars park in the somewhat-distant future.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Anyway this also means we will get new Star Tours or possibly an entire revamp of the future Land as SW land. That is worth being excited about.

Star Tours was just redone not too long ago, so I don't see anything changing on it again anytime soon. Making Tomorrowland Star Wars themed would be...meh. The Carousel of Progress wouldn't fit in anymore, which would suck because the whole section is based on it's theme of progress and innovation on Earth, not what happened long ago in a galaxy far away. They could move the carousel to Epcot, then turn Tomorrowland into Star Wars land, but then there'd be a lot of angry Buzz Lightyear and Stitch fans. Although Disney does own enough land to double the size of Disney World, so there is potential for a full Star Wars park in the somewhat-distant future.

I think you quoted the wrong person, or you messed up some editing. I was just bragging about having the original 1994 rerelease tapes, not Star Tours.

 

[Electromagnet]

Anyway this also means we will get new Star Tours or possibly an entire revamp of the future Land as SW land. That is worth being excited about.

Star Tours was just redone not too long ago, so I don't see anything changing on it again anytime soon. Making Tomorrowland Star Wars themed would be...meh. The Carousel of Progress wouldn't fit in anymore, which would suck because the whole section is based on it's theme of progress and innovation on Earth, not what happened long ago in a galaxy far away. They could move the carousel to Epcot, then turn Tomorrowland into Star Wars land, but then there'd be a lot of angry Buzz Lightyear and Stitch fans. Although Disney does own enough land to double the size of Disney World, so there is potential for a full Star Wars park in the somewhat-distant future.

I think you quoted the wrong person, or you messed up some editing. I was just bragging about having the original 1994 rerelease tapes, not Star Tours.

Huh, that was weird. Fixed now though.