Will this mean we can get a Blu-Ray release of the Original Trilogy, remastered and restored but without Special edition additions (Han Shoots First, ROTJ 'Jedi Rocks sequence etc).
I hope so - i'd love to get the untouched vanilla versions on bluray.
It's certainly a major deal in any aspect. The one thing that worries me is the notion that they'll adopt an almost "conveyor belt" approach with the releases with the announcement of a new one "every 2 or 3 years". Unless they're planning to spend an absolute boatload of cash on each one, i can't see how they're going to be anything particularly amazing after, for the sake of argument, parts 10 and 11.
What i'd personally find more intruiging is if they rebooted the franchise and started again. Re-told the story from the start with new people playing Luke, Han, Leia e.t.c...
Will this mean we can get a Blu-Ray release of the Original Trilogy, remastered and restored but without Special edition additions (Han Shoots First, ROTJ 'Jedi Rocks sequence etc).
For gods sake!
Something is announced that's looks forward and will hopefully show us new and exciting things......and people still bang on about the same old bitter shite.
Move on!
Time to leave this SW thread when it turns into every other SW thread.
Why is it "bitter shite" when you want the original untouched versions of the original trilogy ? I don't get it.
I watched them when I was a kid and they're hugely memorable and certainly give me some good memories of back then, so why is it such a bad thing to want the unspoilt versions that I remember so fondly ?
For gods sake!
Something is announced that's looks forward and will hopefully show us new and exciting things......and people still bang on about the same old bitter shite.
Move on!
Time to leave this SW thread when it turns into every other SW thread.
You know what, I hate all the bitching about the edits, i really dont see the problem. They are (were) Lucas' films and he can do whatever he likes with them. BUT.... For those that want the original versions, now the franchise has a new owner there is a real possibility that it may happen. I hope they get what they want.
The plausible solution would probably be that Han Solo and Leia have minor parts (whoever is cast to play them) and that Luke would also have a largely peripheral role in order that the next generation Skywalker was becoming a Jedi on the good side of the force.
We never really see Luke as a full blown Jedi. So it would be good for the next gen to be an established Jedi with all the morals and skills of a proper Jedi.
The possibilities in the SW extended universe are endless, although I'd love to see a Starkiller triology.
And if Williams couldn't be brought back, I'd love to see Mark Griskey and Jesse Harlin be given scoring roles - the Force Unleashed music is very Williams Star Wars, but still very original.
We never really see Luke as a full blown Jedi. So it would be good for the next gen to be an established Jedi with all the morals and skills of a proper Jedi.
Yeah, I would like to see Luke as the Master to two padawan's one who turns to the darkside over the course of the three films, and the other Jedi has to face off against the other. Luke would die or self sacrifice himself in the first film a'la Ben Kenobi in episode IV, but would cameo in future films as a force ghost. The films would be set a generation later than RoTJ.
Droids and Chewbacca could easily return to join the new the ensemble cast, and I can imagine Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams would both agree to cameo.
I think the Star Wars movie franchise can always make money at the Box Office, just like Bond. (Hopefully these succeed so much; we can have a Moonraker type Bond again!! )
I also think the price Disney paid for the entire Lucasfilm is a absolute steal! Can't believe the price is so low.
Omg it's like I'm 10 years old again sitting in the cinema open mouthed as a huge Imperial star destroyer fills the screen in front of me......excited much!!!! I think I might be
Hehe, I was seven doing exactly the same thing after queuing with my dad and six-year-old brother for about half an hour to get in to see Star Wars, and I know exactly what you mean
Am I the only one who hopes they come up with a totally new story? I really can't see them re-casting Luke, Leia and Han. Use the universe, sure, and maybe bring back some of the ancillary characters (no ewoks please) but I really don't think ANY actor could do the original trio any justice. If they do go with this though I think the new films will be doomed to fail.
Mark Hamill is about the same age Alec Guinness was in the first film, he could surely play a similar role. Spooky.
The problem is that Star Wars is not Marvel, it's basically a story told.
This Disney purchase is like a purchase of the rights to recently filmed and completed The Lord of the Rings trilogy. What is there to say, the story ended. The prequels are done (nearly in the case of Rings)
So a new story in that Star Wars universe? Screams cheap knock-off.
Continue the story? What story, it's done.
Still, for $4b it's probably worth it even if the new films are not artistically with merit.
Really hoping for a Blu ray release of the original trilogy, cleaned up and remastered.
I wont buy the new versions.
Gosh how I want that. I acquired the original cinema versions on DVD (packaged with the CGI'd garbage) and it was like meeting an old friend after years away. They are my prizes, but Blu-ray cleaned versions...:eek: Want!
Please let George have waved tinkering rights to those and someone, somewhere still have some master copies he didn't manage to annihilate.
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I hope so - i'd love to get the untouched vanilla versions on bluray.
It's certainly a major deal in any aspect. The one thing that worries me is the notion that they'll adopt an almost "conveyor belt" approach with the releases with the announcement of a new one "every 2 or 3 years". Unless they're planning to spend an absolute boatload of cash on each one, i can't see how they're going to be anything particularly amazing after, for the sake of argument, parts 10 and 11.
What i'd personally find more intruiging is if they rebooted the franchise and started again. Re-told the story from the start with new people playing Luke, Han, Leia e.t.c...
Will be interesting to see what Disney come up with in terms of new ideas and what any new ships will look like with the Empire gone
And how Luke makes the transition to Jedi Master and also Grand Master like in the books
Then there's the Jedi Academy, New Republic and New Jedi Order
The possibilities are endless
I wont buy the new versions.
For gods sake!
Something is announced that's looks forward and will hopefully show us new and exciting things......and people still bang on about the same old bitter shite.
Move on!
Time to leave this SW thread when it turns into every other SW thread.
I watched them when I was a kid and they're hugely memorable and certainly give me some good memories of back then, so why is it such a bad thing to want the unspoilt versions that I remember so fondly ?
John Williams must also be brought onboard to provide the type of musical score only he can deliver to these movies.
You know what, I hate all the bitching about the edits, i really dont see the problem. They are (were) Lucas' films and he can do whatever he likes with them. BUT.... For those that want the original versions, now the franchise has a new owner there is a real possibility that it may happen. I hope they get what they want.
http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/223665_10151113568712073_944631382_n.jpg
We never really see Luke as a full blown Jedi. So it would be good for the next gen to be an established Jedi with all the morals and skills of a proper Jedi.
Would not surprise me if that was the Disney Intro to VII:o
The possibilities in the SW extended universe are endless, although I'd love to see a Starkiller triology.
And if Williams couldn't be brought back, I'd love to see Mark Griskey and Jesse Harlin be given scoring roles - the Force Unleashed music is very Williams Star Wars, but still very original.
Yeah, I would like to see Luke as the Master to two padawan's one who turns to the darkside over the course of the three films, and the other Jedi has to face off against the other. Luke would die or self sacrifice himself in the first film a'la Ben Kenobi in episode IV, but would cameo in future films as a force ghost. The films would be set a generation later than RoTJ.
Droids and Chewbacca could easily return to join the new the ensemble cast, and I can imagine Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams would both agree to cameo.
It'll be weird seeing the castle before the film starts.
I'm in.
Okay here's a real publicity shot:
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/63819000/jpg/_63819199_starwars.jpg
Imagaine if they did do it with Disney cartoon characters...
I also think the price Disney paid for the entire Lucasfilm is a absolute steal! Can't believe the price is so low.
Hehe, I was seven doing exactly the same thing after queuing with my dad and six-year-old brother for about half an hour to get in to see Star Wars, and I know exactly what you mean
The problem is that Star Wars is not Marvel, it's basically a story told.
This Disney purchase is like a purchase of the rights to recently filmed and completed The Lord of the Rings trilogy. What is there to say, the story ended. The prequels are done (nearly in the case of Rings)
So a new story in that Star Wars universe? Screams cheap knock-off.
Continue the story? What story, it's done.
Still, for $4b it's probably worth it even if the new films are not artistically with merit.
Gosh how I want that. I acquired the original cinema versions on DVD (packaged with the CGI'd garbage) and it was like meeting an old friend after years away. They are my prizes, but Blu-ray cleaned versions...:eek: Want!
Please let George have waved tinkering rights to those and someone, somewhere still have some master copies he didn't manage to annihilate.
The Star Trek reboot was basically like this, the living dead.
Maybe they can get away with having Mark Hamill in there with an entirely new story ark.
Genuinely shocked. I hope Disney treat it well.
I don't see why not.
Star Trek did a great job of reintroducing familiar characters.
Chris Pine is a great new Kirk, in my opinion. Spock and Bones too.
Don't see why we can't have a new Luke, Leia and Han.