About Those STAR WARS 7, 8, and 9 Rumors...

Ain't It Cool News ^ | January 15, 2004 | "Moriarity"

[In_25_words_or_less]

Hmmmm. Has Peter Jackson's triumph with LOTR stirred competitiveness in Lucas? Or maybe inspired a rethink and new direction for SW?

[Bogey78O]

I hope Lucas doesn't kill what's left of the franchise. If Lucas had done 1 and 2 right then we'd be frothing at the mouth for 3. As it is I can't even tell you when it's coming out.

[dr_who_2]

I have little reason to watch 4 more films given the quality of the last two.

[Hank Rearden]

Hmmm. By 2012 you could probably make a whole new trilogy...

Do we have enough dorks, dweebs n' geeks to sustain it that long?

[In_25_words_or_less]

I'm one of those who thinks LOTR was kind of what SW fans were hoping Episodes 1 2 & 3 would be.

[Pikachu_Dad]

The last two were just fine. Stop being so jaundiced.

[discostu]

Oh man, if they do 7 8 and 9 the same way they've done 1 and 2 (and presumably 3) then the Star Wars series will consist of 2 good movies and 7 so-so to awful movies, I'm not sure I can take more crappy Star Wars movies.

[Windsong]

"I have little reason to watch 4 more films given the quality of the last two.."

As long as Lucas himseld *doesn't* direct, I'm all for it. The story at least was salvagable for the last two, but the half-assed direction, miscast of top characters, and dreadfully long script made it inaccessible to us fans who lived through the first release. Too bad Lucas finances this things with his own money now, otherwise someone could actually say to him "uh, georgie, this script needs a LOT of work, so the answer is no".

[Bogey78O]

Number 2 was ok. But Lucas really screwed up the franchise by having weak characters.

[jeremiah]

The last Star Wars movie was so bad, it would have flopped as a made for TV movie. Maybe the worst movie for the money ever made.

[MegaSilver]

I hope Lucas doesn't kill what's left of the franchise. If Lucas had done 1 and 2 right then we'd be frothing at the mouth for 3. As it is I can't even tell you when it's coming out.

Gotta agree.

And I believe it's May 2005.

[Pubbie]

1: Hire John McTiernan to direct the movie this time.

2: Do NOT use ANY CGI.

[MegaSilver]

The last Star Wars movie was so bad, it would have flopped as a made for TV movie. Maybe the worst movie for the money ever made.

I think it won an award for "Worst Movie of 2002." Personally, I thought it was definitely "better" than Episode II, but shoddily put together. The script killed it. Horrible writing.

[Bogey78O]

CGI can work if used as a peripheral. LOTR took a big gamble with doing Smeagol in all CGI but they did it to the hilt with him and made it work.

Doing a bunch of characters in low quality CGI is a bad move no matter how you cut it.

[MegaSilver]

Do we have enough dorks, dweebs n' geeks to sustain it that long?

Yes.

[68skylark]

Well, the last 30-40 minutes weren't too bad. The rest was pretty weak -- I agree.

[ClintonBeGone]

Star Wars Bump!

[Pubbie]

You know what, I didn't even like the CGI in LOTR.

Hollywood should stick to plastics and puppets and only use CGI to smooth the overall effects.

If you use too much CGI it makes the whole movie look like a giant Computer game - and that's any movie not just the Prequels.

[Elliott Jackalope]

I don't know if you got to see Smeagol's acceptance speech for the MTV awards, but if you didn't be sure to find it. BEST ACCEPTANCE SPEECH EVER!

[In_25_words_or_less]

If you use too much CGI it makes the whole movie look like a giant Computer game

Finding Nemo was the first CGI I've seen where colors looked . . . colorful. CGI often looks gray or metallic chrome or something.