Comments on: The Gloriousness that Could Be Disney’s Star Wars

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By: Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 01:49:52 +0000

Joss Whedon doing Star Wars would be awful. It’s not that he’s bad (he’s not), it’s just that his style is so pervasive in everything he does that it wouldn’t FEEL like Star Wars, no matter how hard he tried to make it so. It’s like Quentin Tarantino, who if he does a movie, you KNOW it’s HIS movie, whether he wants you to or not. It’s the same with Joss, just as it is with Woody Allen and Guy Ritchie.

And yes, I am saying that The Avengers movie felt Jossed. Great movie, but it had his fingerprints all over it.

By: Steve2

Steve2 — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:25:58 +0000

Meh, I could care for an episode 7. Give me the original theatricals in HD and I’m fine.

By: Knoriel

Knoriel — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:02:40 +0000

Star wars 7 means that alot of the crap was the “Expanded Universe” is gone. Chewbacca is alive now!

By: Draugr

Draugr — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 22:03:19 +0000

“The Marvel films were all mapped-out, written, and whatnot before Disney took the brand name over so give them zero credit on that.”

This needs to be reiterated.
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Personally, I’m not holding my breath. I’m willing to check it out, but I don’t see it being punched up to anything amazing, and the emphasis towards a younger demographic will certainly not be lessened.

By: Caleb K

Caleb K — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:54:27 +0000

I’m stoked on this. Hope they make a movie about bounty hunters or something. Don’t get me wrong I like Jedi, but I think it would be cool to have the main character not be in tune with the force.

By: trashcanman

trashcanman — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:26:46 +0000

The Marvel films were all mapped-out, written, and whatnot before Disney took the brand name over so give them zero credit on that. I’m pretty shocked to see such excitement over something like this. However, this illogical optimism will make the beating of breasts and gnashing of teeth even more hilarious when the new films come out and they are even more kiddified than the franchise has become already. Oh Star Wars fans, you really are the most naive geek community of them all. Prepare for people to start referring to the prequels as “the good ol’ days”.

By: mat

mat — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:14:04 +0000

They’ve done well with marvel.

By: jediguy

jediguy — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:12:18 +0000

I couldn’t be more excited by this news. I grew up watching the original trilogy over and over again on VHS. I lost my mind when they announced the prequels and saw everyone of them multiple times in the theater. I won’t sit here and say the the prequels didn’t have their problems because they did. I’ve also read almost all the books that take place after ROTJ. How can any real fan of Star Wars not want to see more Star Wars movies regardless of whether or not the could possibly suck. Avengers could’ve sucked, the Dark Knight trilogy could’ve sucked would you rather they have just left those alone? I think the biggest travesty of all was that Lucas had a stranglehold on the franchise and wasn’t doing anything worthwhile with it. Now we get a chance to see something new and people are complaining that it might be no good? Get over it. Those of us that are real fans want to see more Star Wars movies, tv shows and video games regardless of whether or not they might suck.

By: DocDoom

DocDoom — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 19:06:06 +0000

Thanks for the positive piece, Paul! I myself am pretty excited for this. You and everyone else here has pretty much echoed my sentiments.

Keep in mind that Disney also owns Henson and Pixar. I think they know what they are doing.