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Title: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: GuyStarwind on October 30, 2012, 02:06:22 PM
http://www.businessinsider.com/disney-buys-lucasfilm-for-4-billion-2012-10 (http://www.businessinsider.com/disney-buys-lucasfilm-for-4-billion-2012-10)

Yeah I'm not sure what to think.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Abnormal Freak on October 30, 2012, 02:14:26 PM
I do know what to think: the next Star Wars and likely Indiana Jones movies will be loads better than what Lucas has shat out over the past decade plus, so it can't be a terrible change.

And hopefully Disney will give the original films the love they deserve and release the theatrical cut on Blu-ray and not go crazy on the noise reduction.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: GuyStarwind on October 30, 2012, 02:19:43 PM
Oh I agree. It's just something doesn't feel right about it. I'm mostly concerned about the episode 7.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: crisis on October 30, 2012, 02:41:44 PM
"Episode VII" is prolly just the working title. It's prolly gonna be a complete REBOOT, calling it now

The Star Wars saga ended at VI, any & everything else that comes after that's not prequel stories is non-canon. The Sith are forever destroyed (despite what the Expanded Universe stories say), balance is finally restored to the Force, and there's absolutely nothing left to tell canon-wise (at least, according to Lucas himself. he is quoted as saying all the movies are essentially  about "the rise, fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker, nothing more")

only other option is if they choose to adapt those certain Expanded Universe stories. I really can't see Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford returning to their roles (maybe as cameos), so "ep. VII" will likely feature all-new characters & leads, possibly descendants of Luke. Only familiar faces will prolly be C-3PO & R2, only because they're "immortal"

calling it now lol
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: GuyStarwind on October 30, 2012, 02:51:18 PM
"Episode VII" is prolly just the working title. It's prolly gonna be a complete REBOOT, calling it now

The Star Wars saga ended at VI, any & everything else that comes after that's not prequel stories is non-canon. The Sith are forever destroyed (despite what the Expanded Universe stories say), balance is finally restored to the Force, and there's absolutely nothing left to tell canon-wise (at least, according to Lucas himself)

only other option is if they choose to adapt those certain Expanded Universe stories. I really can't see Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford returning to their roles (maybe as cameos), so "ep. VII" will likely feature all-new characters & leads, possibly descendants of Luke. Only familiar faces will prolly be C-3PO & R2, only because they're "immortal"

calling it now lol

This is how I feel too.

To me Star Wars ended with episode 6. I couldn't get into the expanded universe but then again I'm not everyone.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheCruelAngel on October 30, 2012, 03:19:25 PM
Yeah, I'm hoping more for "Shadows of the Empire" but I doubt it...still, a release of the original theatrical version would be the bees knees.  ;D
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Successor The Cruel on October 30, 2012, 03:42:59 PM
Aside from the early Timothy Zahn stories, I feel that most Star Wars stuff not done by Lucas is a bunch of crap that's quite often way off base. I'm still surprised there are some people who like the Extended Universe novels more than the movies, because those, more often than not, seem like something else entirely. Well, I guess that makes some sense, then, that there would be people attuned to that type of Star Wars and not the real one, because they're so different.

Ultimately, I think this is not good. There's really nothing else of great worth to tell in Star Wars unless it's a prequel of some sort. That's one problem with the EU. Let the galaxy take a break, goddamn. All these crises make everything seem utterly ridiculous and Han Solo has got to be about 85 years old now, still flying around in his ship going on adventures like a hotshot. He's like Ric Flair. The whole thing is just ungraceful.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on October 30, 2012, 06:15:19 PM
Wow  ???  Don't really know what to make of this...

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only other option is if they choose to adapt those certain Expanded Universe stories. I really can't see Mark Hamill or Harrison Ford returning to their roles (maybe as cameos), so "ep. VII" will likely feature all-new characters & leads, possibly descendants of Luke. Only familiar faces will prolly be C-3PO & R2, only because they're "immortal"

Yeah having the original cast come back to reprise their roles is a little difficult now...or maybe not. The actors are still alive so all they would need to do is use computer graphics to bring their ages back to a more youthful look, like they did for Jeff Bridges' character; Kevin Flynn in TRON: Legacy. But I think a movie version of Knights of the Old Republic could also work. Those stories were five thousand years before the original Star Wars. Lots of room to work with.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: GuyStarwind on October 30, 2012, 06:28:20 PM
They could make a movie WAY in the future. I would like to see some past stuff(before episode 1) or maybe even a side movie(not even refer it to as episode whatever) of the events between episodes 3 and 4.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on October 30, 2012, 08:37:14 PM
The prequels pretty much ruined Star Wars for me, but it will be nice when Disney finally restores and releases the original theatrical cut that Lucas has let decay for the last decade plus. I'll finally be able to watch it on something other than VHS. As for the expanded universe I tried to get into it but kept getting spoiler'd really really badly so gave up. I know I wouldn't care for any of it that came out post 1999 anyway.

This was a smart move on Disney's part, between this and Marvel Comics they've completely made up the gap that they had in product appealing to boys, since with the "Disney Princess" line they've had the market on little girl's entertainment and merchandise cornered for a long time, but lost out on the male demographic. In fact, between Marvel and Star Wars they might have a stronger hold on the male than the female demographic now. "Disney, we own your childhood."
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Highwind Dragoon on October 30, 2012, 08:59:24 PM
Nope, Warner Bros. and Nickelodeon are safe from them for now.  8) :P
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Abnormal Freak on October 31, 2012, 12:09:26 AM
The actors are still alive so all they would need to do is use computer graphics to bring their ages back to a more youthful look, like they did for Jeff Bridges' character; Kevin Flynn in TRON: Legacy.

Hokiest, shattiest special effects ever. I hope no one ever attempts that again.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheCruelAngel on October 31, 2012, 08:53:36 AM
Hokiest, shattiest special effects ever. I hope no one ever attempts that again.

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Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Mooning Freddy on October 31, 2012, 09:03:04 AM
Disney is an empire of evil they're slowly taking over everything related to childhood with their cute characters while subliminally brainwashing the younger generation to be their mindless slaves
seek the truth seek the truth
you did not hear that from me
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheouAegis on October 31, 2012, 09:10:52 AM
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And it bridged the generational gap!

Do you think they made up afterward and played a nice game of Bridge afterward?
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Vampire Killer on October 31, 2012, 03:09:35 PM
I'm really excited about the possibilities. I mean, I doubt it's possible to screw up the series worse than Lucas already has.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Gunlord on October 31, 2012, 03:22:49 PM
Like I said on Facebook, maybe if they stick to the Expanded Universe it won't be so bad. Can't go wrong with Thrawn, right?
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: beingthehero on October 31, 2012, 05:13:50 PM
The only thing from the expanded universe that I'm familiar with are the Dark Forces games. I guess I should count myself lucky.

Anyways here's to a GRIM GRITTY Disney reboot or something.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheouAegis on October 31, 2012, 05:44:12 PM
Disney isn't all kid-friendly. One of the biggest steps toward notoriety Disney made in recent years (aside from the legacy of Tron and Black Hole) is when they picked up distribution rights from Studio Ghibli. For Disney to accept a contract that stipulates they cannot edit Studio Ghibli's films beyond synching lips was a big step away from what people normally consider Disney kitsch: Tanuki flailing their testicles about in Pom Poko, for one example that caught a lot of people off guard. And Princess Mononoke blew the minds of the uninitiated -- decapitations, disarming (literally), a girl sucking blood out of a bullet wound, a giant boar with gore dangling under its belly and coughing up copious amounts of blood, and giant wolf attacking numerous humans with its disembodied bloodied head. Princess Mononoke was nothing like anything Disney ever released before and yet it bore the Disney label. I don't know if Walt would have ever gone for that, but the Disney of today isn't the Disney of our childhoods.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Lashen on October 31, 2012, 08:26:30 PM
Should I witness Prince Xizor—as told by Disney/Pixar—no one will be safe.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: crisis on November 01, 2012, 08:24:31 AM
No Prince Xizor, no Thrawn; the next movie(s) will feature a completely original story that's not tied to any Expanded Universe novels/characters:

http://m.superherohype.com/news/articles/173435-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-will-an-original-story (http://m.superherohype.com/news/articles/173435-the-new-star-wars-trilogy-will-an-original-story)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: VladCT on November 01, 2012, 08:30:47 AM
So is it going to be another continuity reboot?
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on November 01, 2012, 09:57:30 AM
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Disney isn't all kid-friendly. One of the biggest steps toward notoriety Disney made in recent years (aside from the legacy of Tron and Black Hole) is when they picked up distribution rights from Studio Ghibli

And don't forget all those classic black & White cartoons like the Skeleton Dance. People today might find it a bit morbid but I thought it was funny. And you also have that one Mickey Mouse cartoon that has Pluto dog-napped by some mad scientist who looks like Rasputin and Mickey has to go through his castle of torture to save him, but ends up being tied down to a self-mobile surgical bed awaiting his very own dissection.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Abnormal Freak on November 01, 2012, 10:12:27 AM
Disney isn't all kid-friendly. One of the biggest steps toward notoriety Disney made in recent years (aside from the legacy of Tron and Black Hole) is when they picked up distribution rights from Studio Ghibli. For Disney to accept a contract that stipulates they cannot edit Studio Ghibli's films beyond synching lips was a big step away from what people normally consider Disney kitsch: Tanuki flailing their testicles about in Pom Poko, for one example that caught a lot of people off guard. And Princess Mononoke blew the minds of the uninitiated -- decapitations, disarming (literally), a girl sucking blood out of a bullet wound, a giant boar with gore dangling under its belly and coughing up copious amounts of blood, and giant wolf attacking numerous humans with its disembodied bloodied head. Princess Mononoke was nothing like anything Disney ever released before and yet it bore the Disney label. I don't know if Walt would have ever gone for that, but the Disney of today isn't the Disney of our childhoods.

Disney have dropped the ball in regard to less kid-friendly Ghibli films, however. They don't have Grave of the Fireflies and I believe they allowed their rights to Mononoke to expire, and it looks like other films they're licensing to other distributors; From Up on Poppy Hill will be brought to DVD/Blu-ray by GKIDS, who also hold theatrical distribution rights to a lot of Ghibli films. (They're actually doing a two-week Ghibli marathon here soon, 35mm prints and mostly subbed. Definitely gonna hit up some favorites and ones I haven't seen, like Pom Poko and Only Yesterday.)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: A-Yty on November 01, 2012, 01:24:36 PM
Hokiest, shattiest special effects ever. I hope no one ever attempts that again.

Indeed.

Only good example of this I can think of CGI youthfulness is Patrick Stewart in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And that hardly counts because this is Patrick Stewart we're talking about.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Abnormal Freak on November 01, 2012, 01:35:35 PM
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyozzJhaP1ryni82o1_1280.jpg)

What a dapper man.

http://picardpervert.ytmnd.com/ (http://picardpervert.ytmnd.com/)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: A-Yty on November 01, 2012, 01:42:02 PM
I bet he wears those glasses only to create the illusion that time somehow affects him.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheCruelAngel on November 01, 2012, 02:25:49 PM
While it's a little sad to see the expanded universe is going to be ignored (though I never really believed they would be used anyway), I think a trilogy set in a farther future than the original trilogy could be kind of cool and definitely would allow for a lot of neat mechanical designs. Without regard to looking "too futuristic" like in the prequel I hope they let their imaginations run wild and we get some really memorable and forward thinking designs.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Lashen on November 01, 2012, 10:05:49 PM
Image slightly too wide for most browsers. (http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcsbrfFfSy1rk93eao1_1280.jpg)

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Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on November 02, 2012, 01:19:51 AM
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbyozzJhaP1ryni82o1_1280.jpg)

What a dapper man.

http://picardpervert.ytmnd.com/ (http://picardpervert.ytmnd.com/)

The love of archaeology & history and affinity for outdated tech like paper books, slight Scottish twang to the speech even though he's supposedly of French origin. It all makes sense now, Picard is the Highlander!

Or, well, one of them anyway.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Phoenix7786 on November 03, 2012, 01:04:34 PM
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Best part about this picture is he has no one to blame but himself.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: GuyStarwind on November 03, 2012, 01:26:19 PM
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He looks so sad.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: K.G. Morder on November 03, 2012, 02:45:38 PM
Wow  ???  Don't really know what to make of this...

Yeah having the original cast come back to reprise their roles is a little difficult now...or maybe not. The actors are still alive so all they would need to do is use computer graphics to bring their ages back to a more youthful look, like they did for Jeff Bridges' character; Kevin Flynn in TRON: Legacy. But I think a movie version of Knights of the Old Republic could also work. Those stories were five thousand years before the original Star Wars. Lots of room to work with.

Well Arnold is playing Conan again, so I don't see why the hell not get some of the original cast back and do some kind of new story.

I'm calling it now, the next movie craze Is going to be sequels to old movies, with the original older actors.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Phoenix7786 on November 03, 2012, 03:08:57 PM

I'm calling it now, the next movie craze Is going to be sequels to old movies, with the original older actors.

You know what, I can totally see this happening. At least the nostalgia levels are going to hit Mars, bounce to the Moon, hit the side pocket of Jupiter, and comet back down to Earth.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: K.G. Morder on November 03, 2012, 03:22:31 PM
And yknow what, it would in many cases be better than the reboots that often happen.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on November 04, 2012, 10:45:39 AM
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Well Arnold is playing Conan again, so I don't see why the hell not get some of the original cast back and do some kind of new story.

Arnold is playing Conan again?? Why'd they replace him to begin with if he was going to reprise his role?
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Abnormal Freak on November 04, 2012, 02:50:29 PM
And yknow what, it would in many cases be better than the reboots that often happen.


If Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Terminator 3 are anything to go by, I'd say likely not.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on November 05, 2012, 02:55:34 AM
Arnold is playing Conan again?? Why'd they replace him to begin with if he was going to reprise his role?

Sounds like they're going with an idea for the series which was getting ready to go right before he became the Governator. The plan was (at least as I read it in an Entertainment Weekly years ago) to have a transition movie where Arnold would play King Conan and pass the torch on to Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson who would play his son. But there were thoughts of switching The Rock out for another actor since at that time it had only been recently that Johnson had starred in another sword and sandal flick called The Scorpion King.

Also from what I've heard the attempted reboot was a miserable failure.

I always liked Robert E. Howard's other barbarian hero Kull better myself.
Kull the Conqueror (1997) Trailer (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWayoYSLHA#)
Heck yeah Kevin Sorbo!


If Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Terminator 3 are anything to go by, I'd say likely not.

Good point.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Abnormal Freak on November 05, 2012, 03:01:32 PM
Kevin Sorbo's the man in Kull the Conqueror. I gotta watch that again soon; I own the DVD.

My brother lent me a collection of Kull stories that's been on my shelf for over a year. I oughta read that.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on November 05, 2012, 08:24:17 PM
Kevin Sorbo's the man in Kull the Conqueror. I gotta watch that again soon; I own the DVD.

My brother lent me a collection of Kull stories that's been on my shelf for over a year. I oughta read that.

Yeah I've got the DVD to, it looks good especially considering the age of the transfer. Funny coincidence, I lent out my collection of Kull stories before I had read it (mostly because it reeked of tobacco when I got it from ebay) about a year or two ago and still haven't got it back. Knowing the relative I lent it to I might be better off just getting another copy. I've read some of the Kull stories from marvel comics and they were good though.

PS- For a funny comparison check out how differently they were able to advertise the movie in the theatrical trailer as opposed to the home video one above, despite the fact they use most of the same clips.

KULL THE CONQUEROR TRAILER (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjRgaaO-YVQ#)

The video trailer says "Epic Fantasy" and the theatrical trailer says "Rockin' good low budget 90s action movie wooooo!" Strange thing is that they're both right.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Lelygax on November 14, 2012, 10:29:59 PM
What about episodes VII, VIII and IX? I never read the books, but I know that they exist, they even show how
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, I read about this in a magazine years ago, before they launched the episode III.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on November 15, 2012, 10:10:52 AM
I did hear some talk on the radio about how in the new episode VII Darth Vader is supposed to come back from the ashes so to speak. At this point I'll only see this as a rumor not to be taken literally. However it does leave me scratching my head in wondering how they plan to bring Vader back. He was saved by Luke at the end and his body was cremated on Endor. As for Palpatine surviving his plummet to the Deathstar's core where his body exploded? I highly doubt it. But that's not to say they can't clone him like they did in the expanded universe stories.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Lelygax on November 16, 2012, 05:36:24 PM
About Palpatine, his body indeed didnt survived, he transfered his soul to another body before dying, that his the ultimate power of imortality that he seeked. About Darth Vader I never heard about that, since he is dead and we can clearly see that in VI end.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: K.G. Morder on November 17, 2012, 12:42:42 PM

If Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Terminator 3 are anything to go by, I'd say likely not.

Well of course it depends who's making them... Lucas has no idea what he's doing when it comes to movies, and only Cameron really knew what to do with Terminator. (he made it after all)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on November 17, 2012, 02:49:32 PM
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Well of course it depends who's making them... Lucas has no idea what he's doing when it comes to movies, and only Cameron really knew what to do with Terminator. (he made it after all)

Cameron did make several continuity errors in T2 with regards to his original Terminator story so he's not perfect in that sense either. Like Lucas they both made mistakes in their creations.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: crisis on November 17, 2012, 03:10:03 PM
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About Palpatine, his body indeed didnt survived, he transfered his soul to another body before dying, that his the ultimate power of imortality that he seeked. About Darth Vader I never heard about that, since he is dead and we can clearly see that in VI end.

To clarify, canon-wise, Palpatine is dead, so any & all Expanded Universe stories that take place after VI are non-canon.

However, there is already a "treatment" for the Ep. VII story that is 100% original (http://www.superherohype.com/news/articles/173579-its-official-michael-arndt-to-draft-star-wars-episode-vii), not connected to any novel or EU characters. Sorry, Jacen Solo/Clone Palpatine/Mara Jade,etc. fans!

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Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: GuyStarwind on November 17, 2012, 05:44:45 PM
I've read several places they're bringing Vader back. I sure hope they don't.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: crisis on November 17, 2012, 06:49:40 PM
The only way Vader can return is as Anakin, portrayed by Hayden Christensen, as a Force Ghost, to mentor Luke.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on November 18, 2012, 11:06:34 AM
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The only way Vader can return is as Anakin, portrayed by Hayden Christensen, as a Force Ghost, to mentor Luke.

Exactly. The only way they can re-introduce Vader is by having another villain wear the suit. But it still would not be THE Darth Vader.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: A-Yty on November 18, 2012, 11:13:15 AM
They should do a Chewie trilogy. Everything in the movie should happen in his home galaxy. All the characters and dialogue would be wookiee.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: crisis on November 18, 2012, 01:32:08 PM
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Exactly. The only way they can re-introduce Vader is by having another villain wear the suit. But it still would not be THE Darth Vader.

Not to say it wouldn't be kinda weird that an old Luke (Mark Hamill is 61) would be visited by a significantly younger version of his father (which is very likely to happen in Ep. VII, in fact I'm betting on it), but weirder stuff has happened (like Genya Arikado confronting Soma, lol)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on November 19, 2012, 12:34:58 AM
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They should do a Chewie trilogy. Everything in the movie should happen in his home galaxy. All the characters and dialogue would be wookiee.

Chewie isn't from another galaxy, he hails from a planet called Kashyyyk.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: A-Yty on November 19, 2012, 01:36:31 AM
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Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: crisis on November 19, 2012, 06:27:29 AM
owned hard
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on December 07, 2012, 02:40:40 PM
Chewie isn't from another galaxy, he hails from a planet called Kashyyyk.

But remember that the Holiday Special is still canon, which means Chewie's son Lumpy and all the other characters from it are canon to, and so is Life Day.
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/6927/chewie.jpg)
Merry Life Day season everyone!

(Image from: http://mclapsis.blogspot.com/ (http://mclapsis.blogspot.com/) )
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on December 08, 2012, 12:27:56 AM
I never did see the Christmas special and from what I read about it I don't think I ever want to. Even Lucas admitted it was awful and I'm fairly certain that he removed them from the canon as it was just that bad. The only two shows that were far more successful and tolerable would be the two Ewoks flicks; Caravan of Courage and Battle for Endor. I seem to watch Battle for Endor quite frequently. Maybe cause it's a rather dark story for a children's TV movie which totally kicks ass in my mind.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on December 08, 2012, 09:56:41 AM
I never did see the Christmas special and from what I read about it I don't think I ever want to. Even Lucas admitted it was awful and I'm fairly certain that he removed them from the canon as it was just that bad. The only two shows that were far more successful and tolerable would be the two Ewoks flicks; Caravan of Courage and Battle for Endor. I seem to watch Battle for Endor quite frequently. Maybe cause it's a rather dark story for a children's TV movie which totally kicks ass in my mind.

Nah it's still canon unless disney decides to change that for some reason http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special#Canonicity_of_the_special (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special#Canonicity_of_the_special)
The special was iirc the first appearance of Boba Fett, he showed up in a couldn't-possibly-be-more-70s cartoon halfway through that's the only part of the special that isn't cringe-worthy in some way. It's true that Lucas is ashamed of it though, it's really a shadow of the prequels from way back when. It only aired 1 time as I recall. If anything it should be considered more canon than the two Ewok movies and the Ewok cartoon though, because it depicts Chewie/Han/Luke/Leia/C-3PO/R2D2 all played by their original actors.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on December 08, 2012, 08:27:15 PM
Just because a show in the same universe doesn't depict the iconic heroes doesn't mean it isn't canon. That's just wishful thinking for some. It's simply another tale in the saga. And while Boba Fett had his first introduction in the Christmas special his actual first appearance was in Episode IV: A New Hope. It was a scene that Lucas cut from the final production as it just wasn't working out with the tech that they had at the time. However when they relaunched the original trilogy with the new CG scenes they were able to restore it. I just wish they could've also added in the Tosche Station scene as well since it was one of the major points of the film that had Luke's friend Biggs in it, And that we don't see him again until the final battle.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on December 13, 2012, 01:34:47 PM
Just because a show in the same universe doesn't depict the iconic heroes doesn't mean it isn't canon. That's just wishful thinking for some. It's simply another tale in the saga. And while Boba Fett had his first introduction in the Christmas special his actual first appearance was in Episode IV: A New Hope. It was a scene that Lucas cut from the final production as it just wasn't working out with the tech that they had at the time. However when they relaunched the original trilogy with the new CG scenes they were able to restore it. I just wish they could've also added in the Tosche Station scene as well since it was one of the major points of the film that had Luke's friend Biggs in it, And that we don't see him again until the final battle.

Yeah but that wasn't the main part of my argument. Lucasfilm considers it canon so it's canon. Unless disney decides to change that. Here's hoping that disney soon releases complete sets of the other Star Wars rarities, the 2 Ewok Adventure movies and the Droids/Ewoks cartoons.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheCruelAngel on December 14, 2012, 08:21:28 AM
This is the closest I've gotten to seeing the full special (I've seen the part with Boba) and I have to admit it's pretty painful.

Also, warning: LANGUAGE
Nostalgia Critic - Starwars Christmas Special (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6PwQcCIXo#ws)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Dark Nemesis on February 06, 2013, 09:41:31 AM
I just had to post it!!

Disney Wars (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWRWetofarw#ws)
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheCruelAngel on February 06, 2013, 10:00:19 AM
That gave me a good chuckle. Thanks for sharing.  :D
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Super Waffle on February 16, 2013, 02:45:04 PM
I don't like sand.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Ratty on February 16, 2013, 08:21:08 PM
I don't like sand.

Well of coarse you don't. It's irritating and it gets everywhere. Just like the poo that Harrison Ford is dumping on his other great film legacy by appearing as a 70 year old version of a beloved character. http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/harrison-ford-reportedly-returning-han-solo-star-wars-184512556.html (http://movies.yahoo.com/blogs/movie-talk/harrison-ford-reportedly-returning-han-solo-star-wars-184512556.html)
Now all we need is Blade Runner: Replicant Retirement Home to complete the trifecta.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: TheouAegis on February 17, 2013, 07:32:54 PM
Darth Mufasa!

"Kimba-- I mean, Simba, I am your father!"


As for that picture earlier of Disney characters as Star Wars characters... Ariel with a chained collar totally gave me a boner.
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: X on February 17, 2013, 11:07:25 PM
Scar: Use your aggressive feelings Simba! Let the hate flow through you!
Title: Re: Disney buys Star Wars
Post by: Kale on February 18, 2013, 12:54:17 AM
Look at it this way, Lucas already messed the whole thing up. (Just wanted to note, I didn't think the stuff he created was actually good anyway. The off shoot stuff were better. Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy! WOO!) So Disney can't make it worst... I hope.