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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGeorge Lucas: Disney Took All Of My Ideas For Star Wars 7 & 'Threw Them Right Into the Garbage'
The new Star Wars movie, coming in December, is nothing like the one George Lucas would have made, the film-maker tells a website called Cinema Blend.
Youll recall that in 2012 Lucas, who made the first six films in the series, sold the whole Star Wars universe to Disney, for $4 billion, rather than spend a decade on a bunch more instalments. Turns out he also handed over some notes and ideas for film No. 7 and now he says Disney just threw all those plans in the garbage.
The ones that I sold to Disney, they came up to the decision that they didnt really want to do those. So they made up their own. So its not the ones that I originally wrote.
Lucas is 70. http://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/celebrity/doug-camilli-disney-scrapped-my-star-wars-ideas-lucas-says
bluedigger
(17,087 posts)If he wanted creative control he should have retained the rights.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Me-sa think thats was a-stupid (somewhat racist) character.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)and saved us from the Ewoks. But he made a fortune off those toys I am sure...
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)Stephen Spielberg fresh off of Raiders. That means Ewoks would have been Wookies. Still sells toys, but in the way RoboCop sold toys instead of Care Bears.
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)chock full of breezy, "aren't-we-so-clever" sitcom one-liner dialogue that appears in so many films today.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)he had quite a resume back in the 70s and into the early 80s- American Graffiti, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark...
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)Avalux
(35,015 posts)TeamPooka
(24,254 posts)olddots
(10,237 posts)if so it will be great .
bobclark86
(1,415 posts)Not for him, but whatever.
GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)Disney has paid you very handsomely for your creation. Now take your billions & go away George. You don't get to play anymore with these toys.
Oh, and by the way Han shot first!
Deal with it Lucas.
Orrex
(63,224 posts)Actually, Han shot ONLY. There was no "second" shot.
Once we accept the shot first/shot second framing of the scene, we have already surrendered.
Telcontar
(660 posts)Save us from Ewoks and Gungans
oberliner
(58,724 posts)His last three were dreadful.
orleans
(34,073 posts)davidn3600
(6,342 posts)MicaelS
(8,747 posts)About how many SW films he actually planned to do, at this point, I don't believe a thing he has to say.
BootinUp
(47,186 posts)Reter
(2,188 posts)What's the point? He already had over a billion dollars. He should have passed it on to his kids when he died.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)...poor baby's $4 billion not enough to assuage that grief, huh? Maybe you shouldn't have sold the franchise?
- Nahhhh...........
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)fadedrose
(10,044 posts)did an episode yesterday where George Lucas and Steven Spielberg were severely criticized by the kids because they didn't want the old movies "remade," like Lost Ark, Star Wars, etc. The producer/directors were going to go so far as to destroy all negatives of the old favorites. Kids organized and fought...
Goofy episode as usual, but at the same time, it made sense.
I get more news watching South Park then most mainstream sources.
Since I got accustomed to Cartman's swearing, I've become comfortable and share many of the kids' opinions about matters they totally misunderstand but somehow get right...
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)- They'll always let 'em tell us a little bit of the truth -- as along as it's couched in terms of fantasy or comedy......
liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)SW movies hadn't come FROM the garbage, then maybe he wouldn't have had anything to worry about now! lol
LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','Infindel B',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]Not to mention that they can have both star wars and Mavel comics in the next installment of Kingdom Hearts [/font]
Orrex
(63,224 posts)Padiddle
(58 posts)How will he ever manage to pay the bills simply living off his art?