Post by thomasallencummins on Jul 5, 2013 7:14:00 GMT -5
Wow. Who would have thought we would be discussing a Star Wars movie after George Lucas completed his prequel trilogy and vowed that he would never make another Star Wars film again.
Well as it turned out he wasn't lying. After selling his entire entertainment empire to Disney it didn't take long for the new owners to announce that they were going to produce, not only another Star Wars film, but lots of Star Wars films.
Many met this announcement with mixed emotions. "Yeah Star Wars is back!" or "Wahoo another piece of crap to disappoint us like the prequels!"
With the news that J.J. Abrams will be helming Star Wars Episode VII and the fact that the proposed story will include classic characters including Luke, Han and Leia (amazingly Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford are all up for it) I tend to have a certain amount of guarded optimism.
Remember back in 1999 when you sat in the theater about to watch Episode 1 for the very first time, that feeling you had that bordered on nostalgic hysteria? Remember seeing and hearing the opening "Star Wars" crawl and thinking "I don't believe this is happening, I'm watching a new Star Wars movie...OMG!"
Then that wonderful feeling began to fade as you got your first glimpse of Jar Jar Binks and the rest is history.
I have no wish to repeat that horrible experience. Maybe this time will be different. Maybe Disney and J.J. understand Star Wars better than its creator. Maybe Star Wars Episode VII will be the movie we thought we were going to see back in 1999. Maybe.
Well as it turned out he wasn't lying. After selling his entire entertainment empire to Disney it didn't take long for the new owners to announce that they were going to produce, not only another Star Wars film, but lots of Star Wars films.
Many met this announcement with mixed emotions. "Yeah Star Wars is back!" or "Wahoo another piece of crap to disappoint us like the prequels!"
With the news that J.J. Abrams will be helming Star Wars Episode VII and the fact that the proposed story will include classic characters including Luke, Han and Leia (amazingly Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill and Harrison Ford are all up for it) I tend to have a certain amount of guarded optimism.
Remember back in 1999 when you sat in the theater about to watch Episode 1 for the very first time, that feeling you had that bordered on nostalgic hysteria? Remember seeing and hearing the opening "Star Wars" crawl and thinking "I don't believe this is happening, I'm watching a new Star Wars movie...OMG!"
Then that wonderful feeling began to fade as you got your first glimpse of Jar Jar Binks and the rest is history.
I have no wish to repeat that horrible experience. Maybe this time will be different. Maybe Disney and J.J. understand Star Wars better than its creator. Maybe Star Wars Episode VII will be the movie we thought we were going to see back in 1999. Maybe.