[Star Wars] Rumor: Sequel Trilogy to be Remade as Series for Disney+, Lucas to take over as Pres.

If you pair him with someone like Favreau who can reel him in, I think it could work. He just needs to check his ego at the door.

Reminds me of Chris Claremont, a famous sci-fi writer for the X-Men. His material rocked in the 70's-80's but he was out of touch by the 90's.

So they paired him with a young up-and-comer named Jim Lee (now head of DC something-or-other) - and they went on to create X-Men content that was as good as ever.

Lucas' only way back is to partner with someone who GETS IT.

 

Sith Jedi Wars?

 

I get the feeling Lucas justs wants to feel like Nerd Emperor for a few months than go back to playing his ridiculously expensive toys. They're his babies, it should be all or nothing with him.

I can't see Disney not offering at the very least, the role as creative consultant and be allowed any vanity project of his choosing, but after the trilogy and some spinoff debacles, it must've been hard for him to let go.

He's prob too old to be President...

 

I would get Disney+ for that. I want it to happen but will it? We've never seen anything like it before. It would make the entire SW universe somewhat of a joke. Yes I know Disney made things non canon with the legends vs Canon split, but we've never seen full production movies get retconned. It would be humiliating on a grand scale to everyone involved in making those movies.

If they are gonna do it, they might as well redo the prequel trilogies too. People were clamoring for that around 2005-2010. I know that the prequels look way better now compared to the sequels, but they are also far from perfect. If you're gonna do it, you might as well reset everything.

 

They should get the writers for Mandalorian, Rogue One, and other great new SW writers to create the new movies.

TFA did a good job of transitioning our love for the old characters to new characters, but the other sequel movies didn't do enough development of those new characters and their dynamics.

They should continue to make us fall in love with new characters and help us let go of the old ones.

 

This is probably as good a place as any to point out: the whole format of a series of +/- 1 hour shows that you can view in the comfort of your own home is just vastly superior to the whole “going to the movies” experience. Sure....a huge screen and great sound is awesome, and not everyone can afford that at home, but trying to cram a whole story into a roughly two hour format and then having to watch that with a bunch of strangers who may or may not enhance.....or severely disrupt the whole experience.........to me, it’s a no brainer. Maybe I’m in the minority, but I think Covid is gonna be the death knell for conventional movies.

 

noooo... the sequel trilogy was a revolutionary series

 

Releasing the movies that they did should have been humiliating on a grand scale to everyone involved in making the sequel trilogy. As someone else said, the final two movies were basically the last season of GOT. A complete dumpster fire that nearly killed the IP.

The Mandalorian saved the Star Wars IP, the GOT IP might be dead though.

 

A Queen's Gambit length mini-series would be great.

 

I miss the Alamo Drafthouse that was near me. Incredibly fun and they would take out the strangers that are disruptive.

Though, I do like the in home experience for many movies and shows. Convenience.

I like both options, but I expect the convenience of streaming will eventually kill the big movie theatres.

 

LOL.

No it did not, The IP is stronger than it ever was.

 

Which one?

The GOT IP is most likely dead.

The Star Wars IP was headed in that direction with production of all future movies being canceled before The Mandalorian saved it.

That's the statement you are responding to.....so are you trying to say that the GOT IP is "stronger than it ever was"? Because that's just inaccurate. As to Star Wars, sure it's back from the dead due to The Mandalorian, but it was nearly in the coffin due to the last 2 sequel movies.

 

This is the 3rd or 4th GOT spinoff that was supposed to be coming out, all the rest were canceled due to the damage the final season of GOT did to the IP.

Now sure, it's possible that this spinoff comes out and saves the franchise the way The Mandalorian did, but it's not unfair to point out just how much damage the final season did to the IP. Hell at this point I doubt GRRM even finishes the books because he sure as hell can't go the same route the show did anymore.

 

My bad i thought you were talking about SW.

Don't really know about GOT but I know they are doing a spin off.