The New Star Wars Movies

When I initially heard of the sale of Lucasfilm to Disney, I knew then that the bad times were coming. That George Lucas had finally given up hope and sold off everything to a multi-national company who cared little for the Star Wars franchise.

But after thinking about it for long enough, I couldn't think of anyone I'd least like in charge of any future Star Wars films than George himself. He has royally ruined the Star War universe and franchise with his prequel trilogy, and firmly shown himself as being inadequate when given total control over every film making element. The Phantom Menace is a textbook example of how not to make a film. Every preventable element that could have gone wrong went wrong. If George was at a crossroad and one direction was success and artistic integrity, and the other direction was commercial cash in and vapid content, he always choose the later. Rick McCallum (his executive producer) was from the outset a terrible yes-man who proved his worthlessness in helming the new trilogy. I am happy to see that with the acquisition by Disney his services are no longer required and is nowhere near the Star Wars franchise, and has hidden himself away in an Eastern European country.

I was always aware that Star Wars success was founded on one good idea that was "hi-jacked" by British film-makers who took over the film from a fairly useless American director and actually made a half decent film. Apparently that experience haunted George and he gave director duties to other directors for the remaining two films.

With the advent of digital technology it gave him a chance for total control, and the prequel trilogy is perfect evidence at how poor his talents really are.

So in retrospect, now that Disney have taken one of the biggest movie franchises away from the one man who has the power to ruin it, Im very happy.

We are promised one Star Wars movie every year, a continuation of the story one year, and the next year a one-off film about supporting characters ad finitum.

The only sad point is the closure of Lucasarts and all their development on games. My only hope is that they teams and personnel responsible move on to develop news games or carry on with projects they already were working on.

Aren't You a Little Short for a Stormtrooper?

That oft quoted insult to Luke Skywalker by Princess Leia (his unknowing sister), remarked when he arrives in her detention cell on the Death Star says

"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"

to which Luke responds by removing his helmet (another of Mr. Lucas's revealing moments) and saying

"Im Luke Skywalker, and Im here to rescue you."

Okay so Leia notices that Luke is short for a stormtrooper.
So why didnt anyone else notice? Or is Leia in prison so much she knows the "screws"!

A Black and White Star Wars Photo....candid

Odd but when I saw this, I thought it said a lot to me, not sure why. Maybe happier days?

Jedi Kittens

Star Wars Amelia

because it made sense to combine the last two posts..............

2 Muses on Star Wars

1) Darth Vadar is the only Jedi NOT to lie to Luke.

i) "Ben" Obi Wan Kenobi consistently lies to Luke about his father, his heritage, how his father died and even hides his real name. Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru knew what they were talking about. They hid the truth from him to protect him, Ben hid the truth to USE him to fuel the rebellion.
ii) On arrival at Dagobah, Yoda fucks him around relentlessly instead of training him. He is lazy and just tries to find excuses to not teach him.
iii) Vader, on first meeting Luke, tells him of his true parentage.
iv) When confronted with the evidence, Ben tries to blag it by saying what he told Luke was true from a certain perspective. You liar! His pants should have ignited right there and then!

2) Having watched IMPS The Relentless, you quickly realise the rebellion is just that, a rebellion. A group of insurgents and terrorists basing their actions on a old religion! Kinda reminds you of the Al Qaeda of today!

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