Might Episodes VII - IX Still Be Made?

LE UI Guy writes "According to the HoustonChronicle.com, with all the hype surrounding the recent release of ROTS, speculation abounds that someone may still take a stab at creating episodes VII - IX. Gary Kurtz, producer of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, gives some insight into where the storyline may, or may not, go. On a related note, Roger Ebert, is also giving a thumbs up to a continuation of the storyline as well. Where does the line start?"

Re:YRO?

[Anonymous Coward]

LMAO!

I'm downloading Ep 7 right now.

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously though. The series had a happy ending, so what are they going to do? Morph a new bad guy? Have R2 turn evil?
Make the ewoks rabid?

Old man Luke?

[Anonymous Coward]

Luke, I am your grandson?

Re:YRO?

[kyleinc]

Apparently it is one has the right to see those episodes and Lucas should be punished as a human rights criminal if he doesn't produce them.

Please God no.

[nokilli]

If there's a VII, VII and IX, you just know there's going to be X, XI, and XII after that.

Then it's the prequel to the prequel. Negative I, II and III. I don't know, maybe Darth Vader discovers time travel.

Unless you get Natalie Portman to be wearing that outfit Carrie Fisher wore in RotJ, I don't want to hear any more about it. Please.

Enough already.

Re:YRO?

[psetzer]

I think Episodes 7-9 are specifically mentioned by name in the UN Convention on Torture and Inhumane Treatment.

3 Stages

[thatguywhoiam]

Stage 1 - Phantom Menace:
"Lucas you sonofabitch, you have shat upon my childhood."

Stage 2 - Attack of the Clones:
"I still hate him even though these movies are absolutely gorgeous. Last 15 minutes were ok."

Stave 3 - Revenge of the Sith:
"Wow that was cool seeing all those early Darth Vader moments and... wha? no more? Noooooooooooooo! Make more! MAKE MORE"

I hear

[whiteranger99x]

that in these sequels, the Ewoks will shoot first.

Re:YRO?

[oGMo]

So are 1-3, didn't stop Lucas!

Where it may go.

[PseudoThink]

Gary Kurtz, producer of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back, gives some insight into where the storyline may, or may not, go.

My guess is it'll go "up". That's the only place it can go, from these last three travesties of writing/directing.

Note to filmmakers of the future: bad dialog leads to anger, bad directing leads to hatred, shallow action sequences lead to suffering. Farming out a movie to a corporation of computer animators is a path to the dark side of filmmaking.

The Next Movie

[Renraku]

Star Wars VII: The Search for More Money

Re:Ahoy! Rough Seas Ahead!

[Anonymous Coward]

I smell some hot Jar-Jar on Ewocks action.

You mean 3 Stooges, right?

[nokilli]

Stooge 1 - Moe:
"You're holding the wrong end of your light saber, moron."

Stooge 2 - Larry:
"This isn't a light saber. Moron."

Stooge3 - Curly:
"Now THIS is using the force, Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk."

Stooge 3 1/2 - Shemp:
"I always knew they were gay."

Re:YRO?

[Anonymous Coward]

STFU.

Jesus, battered wife syndrom anybody?

[grasshoppa]

Seriously. How many times does Lucas get to kick us in the nuts before we finally decide enough is enough?

"He really didn't mean Episode 1&2, and especially Jar Jar. He really does love me. We deserved what we got from Ep 1&2"

Re:It'll happen...

[CyberSlugGump]

I'm still waiting for Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money to come out!

I hate to break it to you, but...

[hound3000]

...those were made a long time ago.

Episode VII: The Ewok Adventure [imdb.com]
Episode VIII: Ewoks: The Battle for Endor [imdb.com]
Episode IX: Star Wars Holiday Special [imdb.com]

Re:YRO?

[Anonymous Coward]

LOL

Here's a great idea...

[gamer4Life]

Let's do X, XI, XII

then wait 10 years to do VII, VIII, IX

Re:YRO?

[whiteranger99x]

Two words: Chewbacca Defense.

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Re:Keeping the Spirit of "Star Wars" Alive

[Schemat1c]

Hopefully, George Lucas will not destroy his own creation by cheapening it.

You're right, he would never do something cheap like allowing his characters to appear in diet pepsi commercials or something.

Doh!

Re:Lucas seems to be ambivalent

[discogravy]

On the other hand, it gives Mr Lucas a chance to bow out of Star Wars on the kind of high note that very very few directors ever get to have.

Because if there's one thing that George Lucas is known for, it's restraint and knowing when to stop, right?

I can't wait until he re-re-re-releases IV, V and VI with computer-aided wooden actors replacing everyone that wasn't Mark Hammil (whose acting was bad enough that Lucas probably won't want to change it.)

Re:Please God no.

[ignorant_coward]

Natalie Portman + Carrie Fisher = Not all of Han Solo got thawed...

Re:YRO?

[Anonymous Coward]

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to ???. ??? leads to...profit.

And I quote from Ep3....

[Man in Spandex]

NNNNNNNNNNnooooooooooooooOoooooooooooOooooo *wave arms like a robotic monkey*

Re:I guarantee a SW Movie every Summer

[Anonymous Coward]

"Star Wars is a 20 Billion Dollar industry, all told, between movies, DVD, toys, merchandising tie-ins, commercials for those tie-ins, etc., etc., -- "

Don't forget about TIE Fighters.

Re:YRO?

[stfvon007]

Except that no lifespan has been defined for Jar jar's species They could live 30 years, or they could live 3000 years, though I think most fans would be in support of a short lifespan.

Re:YRO?

[Clock Nova]

In a way, you're right. Lucas should produce them. PRODUCE them. Not write, not direct - produce. He's a great producer. The rest... I'm not so sure about.

Wait a minute. Of course I'm sure.

Re:YRO?

[Walt Dismal]

Yes, Ben Affleck is slated to play Obi Wan Kenobi in the remake. Han Solo will be played by Commander Taco, and Linus Torvalds plays a cameo as a Finnish Wookie. Steve Balmer is the captain of the Death Star. Princess Leia will be played by Paris Hilton. You KNOW who Darl McBride will play. Excuse me now, I must go and have my head Roto-Rootered.

Re:Please God no.

[Anonymous Coward]

The world is full of pretty girls just like them, but we don't make such big fuss about it.

Dude, for real? She's fucking retardo hot...

I totally got where Vader was coming from in the new movie... I would lay waste the entire lot of you if it would ensure I could continue to screw Portma^H^H^HPrincess Ama-ama-ama-gonna-fuck-her-brains-out.

Re:YRO?

[seanmeister]

Steve Balmer is the captain of the Death Star.

That should read Steve Balmer is the Death Star.

Re:I Feel A Great Disturbance in the Force...

[SpryGuy]

I think you meant:

"...It's as if a million Slashdot readers all screamed out in orgasm at a single moment and then...went to sleep."

Re:That's Star Whores, Dude

[Anonymous Coward]

Episode I : The Phantom Penis
Episode II: Attack of the Boners
Episode III: Revenge of the Syphillis

Re:It'll happen...

[thenerdgod]

Actually, it is going to be called Spaceballs 3: The Search for Spaceballs 2

Re:YRO?

[EpsCylonB]

Girls can't direct.

Re:And I quote from Ep3....

[hairykrishna]

Ah. The vader - calculon moment.

Re:It'll happen...

[Xyrus]

After RotJ, I can just imagine Ewoks with Jedi powers trying to mind-trick Wookie females into bed.

The day will be saved by the muppets.

Ugh.

~X~

Re:YRO?

[mbrewthx]

I assume your not married...

Re:YRO?

[Afrosheen]

He might be married. He intended to say 'girls can't direct anything entertaining'. Lots and lots of drama, very little action, no explosions.

Re:YRO?

[coopex]

That does not make sense.

Re:I guarantee a SW Movie every Summer

[khallow]

This can't be just about the money. If it were, he would release the original 3, unmodified. He knows there is huge number of people who want the originals that the profit to be made from the untouched originals would be huge.

OTOH, retouching the movies every so often means that you can re-release them and get people to buy them. After all, have you seen Star Wars IV version 3.4.2 yet? It repatches the "Han Solo Shot First" bug.

Re:Star Trek saga tired because it lacked human fl

[snuf23]

Picard/Crusher?

No! Say it isn't so! ...oh you mean Beverly.