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

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

[In_25_words_or_less]

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

Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...

I’ve been hearing more and more rumors about another trilogy of STAR WARS films, and from fairly reliable sources. One licenser recently said they reupped their overall Lucasfilm deal for an additional ten years after EPISODE III’s release next year. They only make money during years there is some STAR WARS related in production or in release. That was an early indicator that this might be serious. Now, we’re hearing it from any number of places. And, yes, I know that all of this is still somewhat incidental, but it’s starting to add up.

For example, there was this letter today:

Hi Harry,

So my Hitchhiker's news [expletive deleted]. I can dig it.

How about this:

Pacific Title employees working at Skywalker Ranch have just signed new contracts to run until 2012. Pacific Title are an optical and digital effects production company and the extended contacts are a carry over from their work on Episode II & III.

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

Gliddy McFlid.

Sure. You could. But that’s still just an assumption, right? It’s not like they’re actually crewing up for the films... ... are they?!

All this hubbub this week started here, though:

Hi there!

Just saw over on The Force.Net this little tidbit. Purely gossip, of course, but just the fact that Lucas would have covered his tracks by putting that in the contract..... it's a bone this fan will take!

Miss Charlie

December 2003 issue of the British movie mag HOTDOG has just hit the stands here in the U.S. and found several cool Star Wars related things. In particular, on page 12, here's this possibly amazing passage:

"No wonder Peter "Chewbacca" Mayhew is smiling. Not only has he been rescued from obscurity and given the chance to reprise his role as our Wookiee comrade for Episode III, but his contract also stipulates that he'd be required to appear in Episodes 7, 8, and 9.

Yes folks, seems there are actual whispers at Lucasfilm that the 'sequel' trilogy might be in the works..."

I’m sure all of you would love to sort this out, but I’m not sure even Lucas knows if there’s a concrete answer to this question yet. Will he make a sequel trilogy? Who knows? But it sure looks like he’s keeping his options open for now...

"Moriarty" out.

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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?

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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!

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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.