Walt Disney Company to acquire LucasFilm, release new StarWars in 2015

[HailGreen28]

Originally Posted by Bishop Hammer

Dawg I don't care what anyone says; the lightsabre battles in the prequel are brilliant and are cooler than any from the classic.

If emotions and story told within a battle is important than Revenge of the Sith is the best ever. It had all the aforementioned qualities and bad ass action.

The Anakin/ObiWan fight went on too long. After climbing towers after each other, swinging on ropes, and jumping on moving platforms, a small mound was the key to victory?

"And they have those flashlight thingies, and Jedi powers of mind control, and they can move things, so they're telekinetic, and they hover on their jet saucers over molten lava, so they can jump and fly around like they're in Cirque du Soleil. But what gives one Jedi knight the edge over the other, huh? The ultimate advantage? They stand on a mound of dirt and declare, 'You can't win; I've got the high ground.' He's four feet up a little slope, and that wipes out all the other guy's powers to fly, jump around, move things around with his brain, use his flashlight thingy?
— Luke, Gilmore Girls

[skinsfanthru&thru]

Drector found and holy crap geekgasms ensued!!

BREAKING: J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode VII! - ComingSoon.net

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

Drector found and holy crap geekgasms ensued!!

BREAKING: J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode VII! - ComingSoon.net

2 thumbs up!

[itvnetop]

Originally Posted by skinsfanthru&thru

Drector found and holy crap geekgasms ensued!!

BREAKING: J.J. Abrams to Direct Star Wars: Episode VII! - ComingSoon.net

Star Wars & Star Trek? Somewhere, two universes just blew their respective gaskets.

[mredskins]

Wow jj made me actually like star trek cant wait see what he does with star wars.

[mbedner3420]

Should be a solid choice. I like this move.

[NC_Skins]

We should be in for a treat if the Star Wars ends up anything like the Star Trek movie.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by NC_Skins

We should be in for a treat if the Star Wars ends up anything like the Star Trek movie.

I KNOW! I hate Star Trek but the last movie was so good! Better then any of the new Star Wars movies.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

LOVE the hire. The biggest problem with the prequel trilogy was that the characters just werent compelling. If i hadnt seen the original trilogy and known that anakin grew up to be darth vader, or that ewan mcgregor would grow up to to be alec guiness, or that padme was leias mom, i wouldnt have given a crap about the movies. The dialog was horrible. the acting was bland.

JJ will fix that. Look at what he did with the MI franchise. It was dead, but he made it exciting, whitty, and fun again with MI3 and 4 (yes, i know he didnt direct 4, but he produced and oversaw it). He did hte same thing with star trek. The franchise had become so ridiculously oversaturated and stale. Yet, he took on the challenge of rebooting the franchise with the geekiest fans in history. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, and Deforest Kelly were pop culture ICONS for 40 years. Imagine what a disaster it could have been. But he casted the PERFECT actors to replace those iconic characters, brought life into the defunct franchise, and, most importantly, made it FUN again.

There's no reason to doubt that he wont do the same for Star Wars. Bye bye Manequin Skywalker, emotionless obiwan, and a horribly cheesy, cringe-worthy love story with Padme. No more stilted dialog. No more completely digital sets. We'll have a fun and exciting adventure story with characters who actually have chemistry with one another. I cannot wait for this movie. It probably wont come out until 2016, but it will be worth the wait.