Tuesday, October 30, 2012, I felt a disturbance in the Force. It was as if thousand of fan boys cried out in pain and were suddenly silenced. The headlines were out! Disney Buys LucasFilm! Episodes 7-9 have release dates! Well, the fan boys shouldn't have cried out. This is glorious news! Here are some reasons why:
-Over the last few years, Disney has proven that they excel at buying outside companies and then letting those acquired companies run themselves to great success. Examples? Pixar, Muppets, Marvel. So far so good there.
-You know who SHOULDN'T be making new Star Wars movies? George Lucas. Let's face it. Lucas is a great innovator and a visionary mind of the likes this world has rarely seen. But he's a crap director. I know the Star Wars prequels get a lot of flack (even though only episode 1 was the only truly bad one), but Lucas directed them to sub-par quality. The new movies will be based off of Lucas's treatments with someone else directing. You know what other Star Wars movies were made like that? The best ones!
-All the great directors currently making movies were kids that grew up with Star Wars as a major influence. Christopher Nolan, Brad Bird, J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, and countless others are now in the running to actually make their own Star Wars movie! Although, whoever wins that spot is going to be under some serious pressure to redeem the franchise from the bad taste the prequels left in the public's mouth.
-What happens after Return of the Jedi?? Galactic empires don't just fall because another Death Star gets destroyed and a bunch of adorable walking teddy bears takes out a small regime of troops...and you kill the emperor... There had to have been a contingency plan!
-I know this is a movie blog, so I'll just touch on this one: imagine the theme park possibilities! A whole Star Wars land? A whole Star Wars park? Let's wait and see together!
So far, things are looking good for the franchise. And people shouldn't be quick to call foul on a fantastic opportunity.
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