movies are cool. here is a place to talk about how cool they are. or maybe how much they suck, sometimes. like that fucking piece of shit 'mac and me'. worst fucking movie ever, a two-hour ad for fucking coca-cola.
I agree with JJL. They'll throw in some visual Easter Eggs like the Outrider on Tatooine, or mentioning Vos in ROTS, but other than brief nods to EU stuff to give hardcore fans nerd boners, they won't go full Thrawn.
However, down the road animation/CGI will get to the point where adapting earlier books or comics to "live action" (The CG horizon on making people look life like is disintegrating rapidly) will be inexpensive enough that they'll just pump out an adaptation every year or six months or whatever. We will all be in our sixties by then, but wev.
George Lucas is donating the entire $4.05 billion to a (currently unnamed and/or undetermined) educational charity.
All of it.
You can criticize his work, but this means you're officially a dickbag cocksucker if you criticize him over this sale, and you should go choke on your own rotted semen.
*--For behavior unbecoming anyone, perpetrated in real time over an extended--AH, FUCK IT! MORE MALIBU, BITCHES!!
I don't think it's all of it, just the majority of it - I mean, even at least $2 billion is more than I've ever done for anything. I've seen some people bitching about him possibly putting some of the money into his Edutopia company, but that's still putting it into education funding, which is better than just buying a bunch of cars or a new addition to the ranch or something.
Ugh. Why are you jack offs excited about another Star Wars movie? Didn't the last three or four suck sweaty balls? That's like having herpes and getting a sore on your mouth three times and then getting excited when someone tells you're gonna get three more mouth sores soon. What the fuck? Why would you be happy about getting reminded you have herpes you idiots. Assholes.
Matthew Vaughn announced today he will be backing out of the director's gig for the upcoming Star Wars film. While Vaughn has not been officially announced as the director nor will he for a few months, he's just so excited and dedicated about backing out of projects, he jumped the gun a bit.
He's looking forward to backing out of other projects in the future.
Also, Mark Millar, professional autopimp, is pissed because had he known, he would've waited a few weeks and tried for the Star Wars consulting position instead. "Ach. This Marvel shite is old news, innit?" he said at a press conference he called himself to let the media know what he had for breakfast this morning and what his BM was like.
And finally, Disney offered Harrison Ford $2B to return and play Han Solo in the upcoming trilogy. Harrison Ford has been thinking about buying Montana, Wyoming, and half of the Dakotas to turn into his own private state, and $2 billion would be more than enough to achieve that twice over.
Something else to think about. A Star Wars film without a John Williams score. I know that sounds blasphemous, but the guy is getting old and eventually somebody else is gonna do the music for these films.
Disney might to some kind of distribution deal with Fox to get back their Marvel properties so Fox can continue to share in the SW profits and the familiar 20thCF fanfare will still be heard on Star Wars films.
"No Tom Foolery today, Ron. I'm tired of looking at your dreadful, speckled mug." "Why do you hurt me in this way, Harry?" ”It’s a grid system motherfucker. Eleven up and one over, you simple bitch.”
I'm not sure if that last part about the 20th Century Fox fanfare is true but I seriously was thinking the other day that they may try to strike some sort of deal to have it included. I realize that it's only 15 seconds but if you ask a decent amount of people they will most likely tell you that every time they hear it they expect to see the Lucasfilm banner and then here the Star Wars music. I just don't think it'd be the same without it.
Here's another blasphemous thought to wrap your head around.
Episode VII might not be released in the traditional Star Wars month of May.
Disney has already staked out May 1st for Avengers 2 and they certainly won't cannibalize A2 ticket sales by releasing SW7 anywhere near it.
Now it's possible they could shift A2 to later in the summer, but from a strategic/business POV, A2 has the proven track record.
Look for your next Star Wars fix in late June or probably on the 4th of July.
"May the Fourth be with You, this Force of July"
"No Tom Foolery today, Ron. I'm tired of looking at your dreadful, speckled mug." "Why do you hurt me in this way, Harry?" ”It’s a grid system motherfucker. Eleven up and one over, you simple bitch.”
Even though they've released the six films in May, they did the Special Editions January-March, The Clone Wars in August, TPM 3D in February, and next year AOTC and ROTS in September and October, so I'm not really bothered by that idea.
Michael Arndt of Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3, and the upcoming Hunger Games: Catching Fire has been officially announced as the writer of Episode VII, and he has been working on the story with Lucas and Kennedy. This guy seems to really understand Star Wars, along with having a really good understanding of characters and good storytelling. I'm excited. Something something Newsbot.
I read something about him lecturing at a writing school & using the resolution of the OT as the perfect example of how to provide the feeling of euphoria to your audience by resolving multiple conflicts within short time frames - kinda interesting - but the kicker is that he LOVES Star Wars. Also, I was very surprised by Little Miss Sunshine. It's quite the story for anyone who hasn't watched it, filled with quirky characters and unexpected nuggets of tragedy & comedy. It's very, very good news that he's writing as far as I'm concerned.
RoIIo, I know the net nerds have already chafed their cocks stroking themselves at the thought of Tarantino jumping on board this new trilogy at some point...but after a bunch of other directors offered praise for the Disney purchase, QT had to be the cunt of the group and criticize it.
Awesome. 
