Lucas has just undoubtedly sold the one of the largest and most well known franchises to Walt Disney. What are your thoughts on this? Personally, as long as they follow already existing cannon (unlike Dave Filoni does in TCW) like the books - especially the books, they could make it something decent.
I don't necessarily agree with George's decision but it has been done.

Please feel free to make your opinions heard.

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I'm just scared. I hope they don't destroy the franchise.
I've never been too keen on post episode VI but I hope they stay true to Star Wars.

Right now we are like the original fans having heard of the prequel trilogy. So I guess that makes us the old wave of fans now. The orginal fans are the older and those to come will be the newest.
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Yes, I feel the same. If they stuff this up I will be disappointed beyond comprehension. Personally I didn't mind the prequels - the Clone Wars era is probably my favourite time period (though the show is starting to press that liking) but I know lots of people who despise them and refuse to except their existence. I can only imagine the uproar that 7-9 will receive.

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Guys guys. They're not going to ruin the franchise. Disney has made a lot of good movies and tv-shows, they have worked with Marvel and others and don't forget that they've made Pirates of the Carribean movies. But if they touch TCW... well I can't even imagine what's going to happen. But the new sequel trilogy sounds good. Everything is good as long they don't touch TCW! That would be disaster and we are so close to the Ep. 3, I really want to see how all will turn out for the characters like Ahsoka and Rex.
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I honestly think it sounds like a good idea. Disney has made some good movies, and I don't think they're going to disappoint. I think they'll add some more Boba Fett (because it has been accepted as canon that he escaped from the Sarlacc), but what about Luke? Will they get a different actor? Mark Hamill, and Harrison Ford are getting a little old. Maybe some extended universe, or some Jacen Solo and Ben Skywalker? I'm personally looking forward to it. However, that IS how I was feeling with TCW...
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As a big fan of the Star Wars live action films and the Star Wars novels, I am very concerned about this. I'm worried that they will mess up the Star Wars continuity. I really didn't like The Clone Wars. That was a very big disappointment for me. I haven't watched any of that since I saw the movie in theaters four years ago. I'm also worried that since Disney aims most of their movies at kids, they'll forget about the adult fans. That happened with The Clone Wars. I'm also not sure about having Cinderella's castle precede each Star Wars movie and have a new Star Wars TV show on Disney Channel, the same channel that Hannah Montana is on (the best movie of all time definitely doesn't go with that awful TV show). I'm just not very happy with this.
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I couldn't have said it better. While I can't blame George for taking a 4 billion dollar pension, so to speak, I do fear for Star Wars as a whole, especially the EU.
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I love reading the EU books and comments so I'm really worried too. I think some of the authors are too, especially the ones hat are big fans like us. Timothy Zahn (author of Heir to the Empire) posted on Facebook that he was very shocked and surprised about all of this. He says that he hasn't heard of any talk from Disney of them definitely using EU material in the next Star Wars movie, but they do own the rights to all of it now so it's still possible. I really hope that Disney allows some of the veteran Star Wars EU authors to have some say in the development of the next three Star Wars movies because they know what they are doing and know what the fans want since they go to fan events. Timothy Zahn, Aaron Allston, James Luceno, Troy Denning, and a few others were at Star Wars Celebration VI signing books and talking to fans (I met them and they were really nice). Timothy Zahn said he would help with the new Star Wars movie if he was asked to.
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Oh dear, http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_VII (last sentence of the opening paragraph)

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Oh no. I don't expect them to use everything from the EU universe, but at least they should value their ideas and use some of them for inspiration.
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I would just use the same actors, but also add a new generation, so that everything seems familiar, but still is interesting and new.
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I don't think they will use the ones from the original trilogy. They're all too old and probably wouldn't agree to it. Especially Harrison Ford.
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Yeah I agree. They are too old now.
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I think this could go either way, i want to see how this turns out. overall i'm disappointed.
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Unfortunately these new films are meant to take place during the New Republic Era, when they're all in their forties (approximately). They're all much older than that, I would have set it in the Legacy Era if they wanted that to make some sort of sense.

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I don't really care about Disney buying them, but I don't have high hopes for Star Wars movies under Disney, but I'm sure episodes 7, 8, and 9 will be entertaining at least.
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;(
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Oh no> I thought this might be good, but not anymore. If they're just going to pull this one out of thin air, then why the heck did they even buy LucasArts? Gosh, just tweek it a little and save millions of dollars.
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Ah, so you've heard of this as well. I honestly don't feel good about it. There's a disturbance in the force XD I really hope Disney doesn't ruin Star Wars, although my Dad said that Disney stated they will NOT interfere with whatever Lucasfilm makes, and the only reason they in is for the money. I honestly don't think we need 3 more Star Wars' (although it is kind of awesome). I really hope George and everyone else stay true the Canon already made, and just put it in movie form.
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That is NOT ok. They shouldn't ignore the EU.
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This is exactly what I was afraid of...there truly is a disturbance in the force...

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Apparently, Lucas has written the general story of the films, though.
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Well that's good. But I'm sure Disney will find some way to put their annoying twist on it. I'm not excited about this.
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That's the main problem with TCW, Filoni doesn't follow any already written cannon. If they do that with the new movies... I cannot comprehend how terrible it will be

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I agree. It would be really bad if they totally ignored the official canon. The EU authors put a lot of love and effort into their stuff. They would not only ignore their work, but also make a whole generation of SW fans disappointed.
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My brother told me he had read that TCW may end on Series 6 because of the Disney takeover.
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Yeah, I feel bad for this generation that is growing up with TCW and these movies.
I just HOPE the pay attention to EU authors and not disregard what they worked hard on, unlike Filoni has done.
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If that is true, I have mixed feelings about that. On the one hand I would really like to see the rest of TCW, because the quality improved a lot, on the other hand I do not care about it, because I like episode I-VI much better.
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As long as disney don't water down the franchise for 4 year olds then it should be OK.
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Yeah, like they did to TCW. Good thought though.
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I wonder if Lego would come out another Lego Star Wars game! Speaking of which, do you think Lego will have Lego Star Wars IV that is for the rest of the Clone Wars TV series?
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Almost definitely. More games = more money for LEGO. Besides, there's always something new to include from TCW. Personally, I never cared for the game.
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From Star Wars III, I was expecting a little more from the big battle levels. The Separatists never attacked your bases! The only threat were the groups of droids that would attack you, even that was too easy.
I wish Lego games would add in a harder challenge option to their games, also adding combo attacks so that lightsaber battles for instance, would look cooler!
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