New 'Star Wars' film to be set 30 years after 'Return of the Jedi'

Rueters ^ | Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:57pm EDT | Lisa Richwine

[BenLurkin]

The highly anticipated next installment of the "Star Wars" franchise will be set 30 years after "Episode VI: Return of the Jedi," Walt Disney Co.'s chief executive officer Bob Iger said on Tuesday at the company's annual shareholders meeting.

Disney purchased "Star Wars" production company LucasFilm for $4.05 billion in 2012 and announced it would release three new films in the popular sci-fi series. Fans have been avidly awaiting details of the next film, "Star Wars: Episode VII."

[MUDDOG]

LOL!

[prisoner6]

Reply of the day.

Why can’t they let it go?

[ObozoMustGo2012]

Is Luke going to sit his son down and talk to him about signing up for the Galactic Alliance health insurance program?

http://twitchy.com/2014/03/12/luke-skywalker-joined-the-dark-side-mark-hamill-mocked-for-obamacare-pimping-funny-or-die-tweet/

[BenLurkin]

Or something else strange...

[left that other site]

If it’s Disney, it will be all CGI characters with just the voices of the actors.

The thing that made the ORIGINAL Star Wars so wonderful was that the SFX were done by hand on a shoestring, and looked great. As the franchise grew rich, the whole look of the movies suffered greatly.

[ObozoMustGo2012]

C3PO always sounded a bit effeminate...

[Revolting cat!]

The working title is 'Stairclimber Wars'.

[MrB]

Or British... same diff.

[Jeff Chandler]

There's Harrison Ford, fresh off the set of Indiana Jones and the Secret of the Prostatic Stent.

[ClayinVA]

Star Wars already has a guy character, C3PO

[yarddog]

There will be an evil character whose name sounds like Ronald Reagan or Ted Cruz.

[dfwgator]

LOL.

[BenLurkin]

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Jeez, will there be a gay character in it?

You can bet your life on that one. It's a lock. Perhaps not overtly and more of a hint but it will definitely be there. Perhaps a couple of 'life partners'.

[chrisser]

I suspect the plot will revolve around something like ridding the universe of galactic warming deniers and fundamentalist jedis.

[BenLurkin]

Parr’tay Tee

[Riley]

Those things drive me up a wall.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Howard Stern was in Star Wars?

Peter Mayhew.

[JoeProBono]

[shotgun]

As long there not a gray headed Jar Jar Binks!