Only seen Star Trek out of the films Abrams has done, which I enjoyed. Didn't like Falling Skies or Revolution or Lost. So thumbs down on that decision.

Would just like to say that one of my favorite sci-fi films is a Disney production. Can you guess what it is?

Would just like to say that one of my favorite sci-fi films is a Disney production. Can you guess what it is?

Never seen a Star Wars film.

Me neither mate.

Me neither mate.

Disney CEO Bob Iger Confirms Star Wars Standalone Movies

Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed rumors that there are indeed standalone Star Wars movies in the works in addition to the next Star Wars trilogy.

In an interview with CNBC, Iger said the studio will make different Star Wars solo films during the same time frame as the new trilogy will be released.

"We are in fact working on a few stand-alone films," said Iger. "(Lawrence) Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are both working on films derived from great Star Wars characters that are not part of the overall saga. So we plan to make Star Wars VII, VIII and IX over roughly a six-year period of time starting in 2015. But there are going to be a few other films released in that period of time too."

Iger would not confirm, deny or comment further on any of the Star Wars characters who might get their own standalone movies. Everyone from Yoda to Boba Fett to a Seven Samurai-style Jedi team film have been rumored as candidates for possible Star Wars spin-off movies.

http://au.ign.com/articles/2013/02/05/disney-ceo-bob-iger-confirms-star-wars-standalone-movies

Star Wars master returns

DateFebruary 15, 2013 - 10:59AM

The writer of The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi is returning to the Star Wars universe and is looking forward to starting afresh.

The words behind the voice behind the mask ... Lawrence Kasdan wrote the immortal "I am your father" by Darth Vader in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.

Star Wars fans were relieved to learn that Lawrence Kasdan would be writing another instalment in the movie saga.

After all, it was Kasdan who penned The Empire Strikes Back, the film that is almost universally regarded as the best in the series. It was partly for the fans, Kasdan said, that he decided to return to Star Wars — just not the fans you’d expect.

People have a lot invested in Star Wars, and I think some of them were happy that I was back.
"(My) kids are looking forward to it," the 64-year-old filmmaker said. "It’s a movie that my grandson, who’s not even 3, is already excited about. There are not many movies like that."

Indeed, and Kasdan wrote three of them. After 1980’s Empire (Kasdan shared a credit with Leigh Brackett), George Lucas recruited Kasdan to pen Return of the Jedi — the final instalment in the trilogy — as well as Raiders of the Lost Ark, the film that began the Indiana Jones franchise.

What followed for Kasdan was a prolific writing and directing career, which boasts such cinematic landmarks as Body Heat, The Big Chill and The Accidental Tourist.

But it is his contribution 30-plus years ago and his upcoming return to the Star Wars universe that have made him the subject of intense focus in the world of fandom.

Kasdan and X-Men: Days of Future Past scribe Simon Kinberg will each write a stand-alone Star Wars spinoff movie for Lucasfilm and its new corporate parent, Disney. The spinoffs will follow the J.J. Abrams-directed Episode VII, the first in a planned Star Wars sequel trilogy.

Kasdan reflected on his career in a sit-down interview before his induction into software firm Final Draft’s screenwriting hall of fame last week at the Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, and said he was excited about writing another Star Wars film.

"Hollywood’s become such a difficult place to do certain kinds of stories, and a lot of them are the kind of stories that I did all the time," Kasdan said.

"To do a big movie that Hollywood does now, that you think can be better than most of them ... that’s a rare opportunity."

Kasdan would not confirm reports that the spinoff films would centre on iconic characters Han Solo, Boba Fett or Yoda, but said he wasn’t focusing on his previous scripts or the extended Star Wars universe in his approach to the new film.

"I’m trying to start fresh," he said. "There are certain pleasures that we think the saga can bring to people that they’ve been missing, and we’re hoping to bring them that, and at the same time, have them feel that it’s all new."

Kasdan said he was looking forward to working with "terrific writers" Kinberg and Episode VII screenwriter Michael Arndt.

Asked if it would be strange to work on Star Wars without Lucas at the helm, Kasdan was quick to point out that it was Lucas who recruited him to the project last fall.

"George sort of brought me into this part of it, and he’s stepping back from the company," he said. "He’s sort of given his blessing to everybody, and he’ll be there if you need him. I think everyone’s interested to see where this can go. It’s been some very different places over 30 years. ... I think with J.J., we’ll get something entirely new."

It’s well-trod territory. Since the original trilogy three decades ago, Star Wars has expanded to include novels, comics, video games, the critically praised animated TV series The Clone Wars, and the oft-maligned prequel trilogy, beginning with 1999’s The Phantom Menace. But the first three films stand apart, Kasdan said.

"The ones I worked on were a long time ago, and they had a slightly different feeling than the ones that followed," he said. "The first three, Star Wars, Empire and Return of the Jedi, are all sort of more about people than the ones that followed. Empire appeals to people, I think, because it’s the second act of a three-act play, and everything sort of goes to hell during the movie. And when you leave, everyone is in trouble, and that is the best part of the story to write. And people responded to it. Irvin Kershner was a completely different kind of director than George, so the movie’s much darker than the first Star Wars. It’s more edgy."

Despite its popularity, Empire is not his favourite instalment in the series.

"I must say, I think that the great, great film is the first Star Wars," he said. "I do. It’s hilarious, and it changed movies forever."

It also had a profound effect on pop culture, inspiring a deeply devoted fan base that has only grown with the advent of the Internet. But Kasdan says that the exposure and scrutiny haven’t changed his process.

"Nothing changes, really," he said. "I don’t read that much of it. But when it was announced that I was doing it, it was a really nice response on the Internet. People have a lot invested in Star Wars, and I think some of them were happy that I was back."

Los Angeles Times



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How on earth did yo make it through high school?

Remember when we found out that Samuel L Jackson was going to be a jedi in the prequels. (and we thought that the prequels were actually going to be really good). "Does yoda look like a bitch?"
Holding the lightsaber shouting out "Ï double dare you motherfucker"

I went to an all girls school?

Remember when we found out that Samuel L Jackson was going to be a jedi in the prequels. (and we thought that the prequels were actually going to be really good). "Does yoda look like a bitch?"
Holding the lightsaber shouting out "Ï double dare you motherfucker"

Gonna keep this short and sweeeeeeeeet... If we're gonna have spin offs, I just have one request...

Tarantino.

PLEASE.

Report today that Episode XII could focus on the Skywalker and Solo children.

Report today that Episode XII could focus on the Skywalker and Solo children.

Would be a little upset if Luke had a child. That's very un-Jedi like.

Better not read any of the extended universe material set after Jedi then :lol: :p

Yeah I know about the "EU". I happily disregard it as alot of it is nonsensical anyway. I can't disregard what happens in the movies though.

My understanding was that the EU was sanctioned by Lucasfilm and they ensured the whole process was linear, ie different books couldn't have events happening at the same time on the timeline and authors had to honour each others work, so a character who died can't reappear in a book set afterwards on the timeline.
For me this makes the EU a lot more relevant that other series where novels havn't been as cohesive.
It'd actually be a bit disapointing to if the new movies muddy the waters and deviate completely from the EU.

They will completely deviate from the EU and so they should. Most of EU just isn't marketable blockbuster material. And alot of the story lines sound very stupid and petty to me.
Apparently Chewbacca dies from a moon falling on him...?

I hear the first book series was decent. But it had no lightsaber fights.............. so it won't get a movie.

I think the EU will soon become known as the AU (Alternate Universe).

It's Star Wars. Those two words are all it needs to be marketable blockbuster material. I mean just look at how much money the prequels made and how nonsensical some of that shit was :lol:.

All you need to do is put Star Wars in the title and you're guaranteed a blockbuster.