Sequel trilogy? George, say it ain't so!

[DigiFluid]

http://iesb.net/index.php?option=com...news&Itemid=71


Oy, and people complain that TCW fights with canon

[nayanroo]

Hasn't Lucas basically made it word-of-god that he won't do another trilogy? Like, multiple times?

[DigiFluid]

Hasn't Lucas basically made it word-of-god that he won't do another trilogy? Like, multiple times?

He certainly has. But George Lucas is also rather well-known for both exaggeration and for backpedaling on his promises, so it's difficult to judge his intentions here.

I don't know, my gut reaction to this is a panicked "oh crap". But I suppose it's not fair to judge a project that's still only a rumour.

[Sp!der]

As long there is no second Jar Jar Binks in it, i am in for it.

[TBA]

Won't happen, GL has said that several times now.

[nayanroo]

Yeah, apparently Lucasfilm's denied this latest rumor too.

[Janus]

Sounds terrible....make it, so it can flop and make all the Star Wars Fans run away screaming and watch Stargate instead.

[Replicator Todd]

A long time ago I believe George said Star Wars was planned as three trilogies, but he said that far before the prequel trilogy. He obviously changed his mind.

[Col.Foley]

If it were to happen I would have to adopt wait and see. It would depend on the era and who were doing it and what was going on. SO I will wait and see and likely see them if he did do the project and probably on some level really enjoy it.

[SaberBlade]

Both trilogies are really about Anakin, so I don't see a point to a third trilogy. To top it off, I like the uncertainty of the movies canon as to what happens next.

It really is something best left to the Expanded Universe because Star Wars in general has the same thing happening over and over again, a Jedi turns to dark side, wants to rule galaxy, builds an army and goes to war with the Jedi and Republic. I wouldn't be surprised if it was done, because 3D just makes it more profitable and as a TFU fan (and hopefully TFU2) it would be nice for those games to get some recognition in another format.

That said, part of me also thinks that the future of Star Wars may not be in live action but CGI. There is a lot of stuff that could be done cheaply in CGI, and still make a lot of money outside a cinema release. Even if they decided to do Star Wars: The Next Generation with the Solo and Skywalker children. They'd have to be aimed at an older audience, the younger one Clone Wars is aimed at, and best to do it in the style of Final Fantasy, Final Flight of the Osiris (Matrix) and Old Republic's Hope and Deceived trailers.

[Everlovin]

I'm waiting for the page to load *stupid slow computer* but wouldn't the third trilogy spoken of - from way back when - be the Timothy Zahn books? If that's the trilogy being talked of making, wouldn't the original actors all be way too old? And they definitely can't recast Luke, Leia, Han and the others.

[Ar3s]

From the site -

Lucasfilm is already hard at work converting the entire Star Wars saga into 3D which will be released starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace

Great, just what we need...a 3D Jar Jar

[Replicator Todd]

From the site -

Great, just what we need...a 3D Jar Jar

Indeed.

[SaberBlade]

I'd bet money the reason they are doing Episode I first, is not just because it's new (so won't be as hard turning to HD/3D) but because it gives them more time to spend redoing IV-VI, like a second special edition.

[DigiFluid]

I'd bet money the reason they are doing Episode I first, is not just because it's new (so won't be as hard turning to HD/3D) but because it gives them more time to spend redoing IV-VI, like a second special edition.

Yeah, it's probably going to be easier for them to convert the newer films to 3D than the old ones. So, chronology aside, it does seem likely that this is why.