Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Star Wars Episode VII?

George Lucas, famous for creating the beloved movie series "Star Wars" as well as "Indiana Jones" (aka my favorite movies ever) has sold LucasArts to Disney. Promptly, Disney has announced Star Wars Episode 7 to be in production for 2015.

I love Star Wars. It was my favorite movie series growing up, and I still love them as much as I did way back when, but as much of a fan as I am, I can see that there is a line that shouldn't be crossed. I'm not exactly looking forward to there being an Episode 7, because the story of the series was about Anakin Skywalker's journey becoming Darth Vader (the argument can be made that the Original Trilogy is about Luke, but big picture is about Vader) and the rise and fall of the Galactic Empire. Both Darth Vader and the Empire were defeated, so is there really any further story to tag onto this movie series? The established story arc was brought to a close.

another thing that bugs me is that the visual difference between the Original and Prequel trilogies are like night and day. The prequel trilogy is probably like 80% computer-generated (a good deal of Episode 1 was shot practically) as opposed to the Original Trilogy, which was probably 25% or less computer-generated. Adding another 80% or more computer-generated trilogy could potentially decrease the magic of the Original Trilogy. This pains me greatly.

All this being said, I'm still a fan of Star Wars. All I'm really trying to say is that while I will be interested to see the movie, I'm not jumping up in down in my seat for it.

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