Being the most successful movie trilogy of all times, Star Wars is simply amazing. It has changed in industry and affected countless lives, and made many die hard followers. Simply put, Star Wars is a great piece of entertainment history.

History, is a key word. Nothing can be done to bring the series any further. The EU games and the animated series simply do not cut it.

"actuallly this involves spiderman too, not batman. but im also taking a new approach, more comedy, less action. i dont see to many movies like that with more comedy than action" --SteveStarfyTV on an Indiana Jones meets Star Wars idea.

What annoys me is how he refuses to release the original versions with any restoration. Sure, they are available, but the aspect ratio is appalling and the audio sucks - whilst the messed-up versions receive several re-masterings and are in the best audio possible. This means that it is the altered versions that will go down in history as Lucas is doing his best to keep them alive - whilst the versions that made the franchise so famous will probably fade away.

I'm sure if Lucas restored the original versions, he will actually earn loads of money. I mean, the last DVD release had the original versions (though without any re-mastering which annoyed EVERYONE including me) and that's the only reason why people brought them.

I'm sorry to keep harping on about that guy, but he is the anti-Christ. He made three incredible movies, yet forgot the meaning of the phrase 'if it isn't broken: dont fix it'. Many other movies still hold up perfectly with slightly outdated visual effects, such as the 'Star Trek' Movies. Sure, there have been directors cuts, but the original footage has been left intact, and the most recent Blu-Ray release apparently has done a brilliant job of re-mastering all the movies. Can you imagine if 'Jaws' was altered so that the shark was a CGI monster? Or if '2001: A Space Oddessy' replaced the obvious men-in-ape-costumes with CGI apes? Or, heck, 'Metropolis' is pretty outdated! Why not make the spectacular scenes showing the futuristic world all CGI? Or replace the Chest-Bursting Scene in 'Alien' with CG-Oh wait, they already tried that in AVP - AND IT SUCKED!! (the CGI Aliens, I mean - although the movie was awful too)

I would love to come up with legitimate praise for Star Wars, but its so hard when we are dealing with a multiply raped franchise. Three incredible movies, some good comic books, a great cartoon (The Original Clone Wars Cartoon), a pretty good Prequel (Episode 3), a few really good video games, and a soild LEGO line is not enough to forgive the milking Lucas is doing. Do you remember when the guy ACTUALLY made anything not Star Wars/Indiana Jones related??

I actually agree with everything you say. I dont think its the prequels that are milking it, but the constant re-releasing to Home Video (trust me, he WILL release another Blu-Ray in a few years), the Clone Wars movie, and the amount of time it will take to see the movies in 3D. I think it would be better to release a 3D Episode perhaps every 4 months (kinda like the Toy Story re-releases), since a movie usually runs 2-3 months - and I dont think the 3D Re-Releases will be seen as much as the top movies at the moment (Rango, Hop, Rio, Source Code etc), so I dont see why yearly releasing them will increase profits.

I personally wont watch Episode 1 and 2, since I personally dont think the action and visuals will make up for it - but I cant wait for Episode 3 (I agree that the opening space battle will look AWESOME in 3D!! Heck, I'm hoping they show it in IMAX!!), and I will definitely watch the original trilogy. But...I wish Lucas made something new and original. Sure, he's earning billions, but the best Film making isn't all about the money...

I definitely agree that that would be better than waiting until next year for Ep. 1 to be released, and who knows how long for the rest of the saga (Hopefully not three years), but SW fanboys and 10 year olds would want to watch the saga in 3D, no matter how long it takes (Heck, the 10 year olds would force their parents to come with them). And then they will be released to HV (again), and we'll all cringe because we know that in the next 2-3 years, Lucas will make another 'special edition' video just to increase his billion dollar profits. As far as the rest of the SW franchise, other than some video games, he's just using it for more money, hence why the Clone Wars movie and series suck, more modern video games (TFU2) are terrible, and children's merchandise is just the same thing sold in the 80's and 90's, but with barely any updates and a much higher price (Though that's inevitible, it seems Lucus is definitely stretching his buck). Maybe Lucus should just let SW and Indiana Jones rest, and create something more original (He did come up with Darth Vader and the Force, so it's possible for him to be creative). There's nothing more now for me to say that hasn't been said already, except that I must say that Lucus has grown into the phat movie producer/director that no one ever likes (Or will ever like).

I totally agree there. Darth Maul is what makes Episode I worth every single time I watch it (anything else may suck, but I tend to wacth the positive aspects in star wars movies).
Though, I want to update you on one thing, JP: the lava wasn't CGI, in episode 3. At least not the scene where they are fighting in the "river".
And anyway, I'm going to see the original trilogy in 3D, that's something I can't miss. I'll do the same thing for episode 3, and maybe (maybe) for episode I.

I agree with Max, I wish he'd make more movies like American Graffiti, or even more Sci-Fi movies like THX...y'know, other movies.

I do know it, lamplight. It starts beautifully, then the quality decreases a bit in the end. A worth film to watch, though (I'm talking about the island, in case you didn't get it).

Last edited by MPfist0 (April 12, 2011 (10:36am))

Yes, that's it. I was sure about that part, about the rest you can say anything you want, I'll believe you .