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The New Lucasfilm Looking To Release Multiple 'Star Wars' Movies In A Single Year?
The web has been inundated over the last few weeks on what might become of the new 'Star Wars' movies; who's interested in starring, who's not interested in directing, etc. This is of course all a function of Disney's recent acquisition of Lucasfilm. In many ways, it's been a bit tiresome, but as a diehard fan of the original trilogy, I can't help but get caught up in the fervor and speculation. This latest piece of news comes straight from Kathleen Kennedy, newly appointed head of Lucasfilm. We had been hearing that the Disney/Lucasfilm conglomerate were looking to release multiple new 'Star Wars' films, the first to be released in 2015. Now it appears that their plan is even more ambitious than that. According to Kennedy, in a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, their aim is to produce "two or three films" a year. Considering that there has always been a three-year gap from movie to movie (both in the originals and in the prequels), this would be a monumental increase in output.
But is that a good thing? I'll admit to falling under the umbrella of the tawdry fanboy label, and that can often make it difficult to remain objective. So yeah, on the one hand, it's exciting to think that there are that many 'Star Wars' films are in our future, if only because it expands the number of story avenues that could be explored as well as lengthens the list of directing talent that can leave their stamp on this iconic franchise. The 'Star Wars' universe can be as massive and sprawling as the filmmakers can imagine, and the preponderance of new films would allow for a host of differing visual styles and tones to be applied to that universe. On the other hand, this crank-out-as-many-as-possible mentality could not be more dangerous for this series. Why is the goal to flood theaters with as many films as possible, and why is that approach being adopted before the first film in the new franchise is even released? Slow down, take your time, and make something great. It almost sounds like they're saying, "let's throw everything at the wall and see what sticks," and that is alarming. My one hope here is that she actually means that they'll produce multiple movies in one year, but then release them over time. Even that still suggests an overly-rushed plan, but it's at least somewhat more reasonable.
What do you guys think? Does the prospect of multiple 'Star Wars' films in a given year excite or worry you?
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Comment by Vigilante412 on November 17, 2012 at 6:20am -
Oversaturation...
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Comment by IrishSpartan on November 17, 2012 at 6:00am -
This really worries me because when I hear multiple movies in a year I fear they plan to not do live action and will just fall back on computer animation. Quality should always be considered greater than quantity and Disney/Lucasfilm needs to learn this principle. My message to Disney/Lucasfilm: SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!!!!!
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Comment by Happy Birthday Roboto on November 17, 2012 at 4:06am -
Seems like Disney want to make Star Wars into the new "Avengers" franchise.
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Comment by Superbadmike on November 17, 2012 at 2:12am
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Man, when I read the headline I laughed my goddman ass off.
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Comment by Keewoong Sung on November 17, 2012 at 1:34am -
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Comment by Dredd on November 17, 2012 at 12:32am -
"Comment by MyCoolYoungHistory 6 hours ago
This is actually a misread quote. They were trying to say that there might be three Lucasfilm movies a year. Not specifically Star Wars."
Can someone verify this or shall we just go into panic-mode directly? :P
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Comment by Eric Turpel on November 16, 2012 at 11:43pm -
Wow, wow, wow! Lucasfilm, listen...you don't have to have Roger Coreman on this!
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Comment by hewylewis on November 16, 2012 at 11:22pm
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NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!! Take your time with each film, don't rush them, or you'll have crappy films!
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Comment by AndrewWILLSONThe ShogunOfAustin on November 16, 2012 at 10:44pm -
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Comment by DoomReaper on November 16, 2012 at 8:16pm -
Perhaps multiple animated films in a year with live action films only being made from time to time? 2-3 in a year is simply unheard of and would probably lead to the worst quality series ever. I'm not sure why that is the plan anyhow, each Star Wars movie is likely to bring in hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars in revenue, but people won't be hyped to wait in lines at the theaters if there are 2-3 films per year to watch.
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