And sorry Slornie, but it sounds like for the four BILLION dollars GL got, he's completely giving up creative control.Probably, but he's signed up to be creative consultant on the new film so hopefully it won't be *too* terrible.
Personally, I'm devastated most of all by the fact that a Disney-made Episode VII probably means they're going to ignore or just invalidate the entire EU, post RotJ.I'm certainly hoping that they will treat the expanded universe nicely and not just toss it away. People have always talked about turning the Thrawn trilogy into movies, so they could start by doing that?
Plus so far they did a pretty good job with marvel.Yeah, but the films were created after the comics (and treated as a completely seperate universe), whereas the Star Wars Expanded Universe was created around the films. Makes it somewhat different.
Yes folks, it's true. It's being reported everywhere. And sorry Slornie, but it sounds like for the four BILLION dollars GL got, he's completely giving up creative control.
And yeah a whole trilogy is planned but they're definitely slotting episode VII for 2015. Personally, I'm devastated most of all by the fact that a Disney-made Episode VII probably means they're going to ignore or just invalidate the entire EU, post RotJ.
Considering Disney's rather iron-fisted approach to copyright, I don't give the EU much of a chance on this one. I even wonder what they might do to future fan mods and videos.
That's a good point. Ascendancy might have to go back to being Ascension.
This is a good thing.
EDIT: 7) Disney only bought Lucas Film, not the same company that made EaW so I think we're safe on the mod front.
I too fear is that they completely ignore the existing EU and create their own kiddie version on the lines of CW.
But hopefully they make their episodes fit into the EU. Watching the Thrawn trilogy on the big screen would be a dream come true.
So it's time to hope the best and prepare for the worst.
<<preparing for the worst>>
...Maybe I'll become a Star Trek fan...
I hope you are joking about destroying EU being a good thing. Well, I'm felling kind of queasy to be honest after I read this. Disney is going to be treading on thin ice here, because if they mess up VII then Star Wars is pretty much dead. Since they are calling them 7,8 & 9 I assume that they take place after RotJ. If they do a Thrawn trilogy I will be thrilled (which is a possibility since it is believed that the trilogy might have originally been 7,8, & 9). If they destroy post-RotJ EU I will disown Star Wars and become a Trekkie (at least they have the guts to admit that any books are non canon).
You didn't look at what I said, I underlined the part where it said Lucas doesn't have creative control anymore. This is good. He's still on as a creative consultant, but.
Also, Star Wars has been getting kiddified more and more for years... don't get me started on what the Clone Wars tv show has done to the timeline. Just stick to your headcanon... it's pretty simple.
Rumors suggest that Episode VII will be an original story (read: not derived from the EU). So that's both good and bad. Good because it might mean that the EU might not be affected directly and that nothing will be contradicted or destroyed.It's equally likely that an "original story" will completely contradict the expanded universe. Although, the way the Disney press release talked about the size of the Star Wars universe, with tens of thousands of characters and thousands of planets, it is possible that they are perfectly aware of the audience dedicated to the expanded universe and will try to avoid alienating them.
Also, Star Wars has been getting kiddified more and more for years... don't get me started on what the Clone Wars tv show has done to the timeline. Just stick to your headcanon... it's pretty simple.The first CW series, the non-CG hand-drawn 5-minute shorts one, wasn't half bad. The current one is quite... Terrible... To say the least. How well Disney will be to SW depends entirely on the plots of episodes 7-9; namely if they destroy the EU or not.
The first CW series, the non-CG hand-drawn 5-minute shorts one, wasn't half bad.On this I have to respectfully disagree. The first CW cartoon was utterly terribad too. All the OTT Jedi powers got really boring really quickly.
On this I have to respectfully disagree. The first CW cartoon was utterly terribad too. All the OTT Jedi powers got really boring really quickly.
But at least there was very little preexisting canon to destroy.
But at least there was very little preexisting canon to destroy.That doesn't stop it being terrible. And even with the paucity of other Clone Wars canon around at the time it was created, they still managed to screw stuff up (http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars:_Clone_Wars#Continuity).