Disney buying Lucasfilm

[Ironwood]

My problem with Ahsoka is she's absolute Dark Side bait.

I mean, really.  You can see her being seduced in a heartbeat.  Impulsive, emotional, angry, the lot.  She's a wee fruitcake.

[Merusk]

We're the ones who'll be bringing the kids to the theater. If the movie is good enough, we'll bring them repeatedly. More importantly, as others sadi, we'll be bringing home the 1080p/4k download, or bluray for our home theaters we occasionally let the kids use. And finally (and most relevantly), whatever video game is made will be squarely for us, if it's getting a AAA budget and isn't some bullshit Facebook thing. The core video game industry is aging right along with us....

Who are a lot of adult males themselves 

Right.  Because Cars and Cars2 left a lot of money on the table by not marketing to 35 year old men.

 

You're too close to the material, folks. The general public doesn't give two shits.  I saw a discussion of Star Wars on the news this morning between a group of 30-50 yeear olds because of Fischer's "I was just kidding" about being on board for EP7 yesterday.  It made the geek in me wince because they didn't know if Leia ever used the Force.  Consensus; "Uh, yeah sure why not?!"

That's the audience taking their kids and that's how much they care.  They outnumber the sad man-baby crowd.  Get out of the IT department and talk to the other 90% of your company sometime.  Thanks for making me channel WUA on this.

My problem with Ahsoka is she's absolute Dark Side bait.

I mean, really.  You can see her being seduced in a heartbeat.  Impulsive, emotional, angry, the lot.  She's a wee fruitcake.

Of course she is. It's the only way they'll justify her not being caught in the slaughter of EP3 and Vader's follow-up purge.  They set that up perfectly after last week's episode.

[Yegolev]

Thanks for making me channel WUA on this.

Trying to remember an exchange on Big Bang Theory...
Penny: That's Star Wars, not Star Trek.
Amy: What's the difference?
Penny: There is absolutely no difference.

[Ironwood]

Of course she is. It's the only way they'll justify her not being caught in the slaughter of EP3 and Vader's follow-up purge.  They set that up perfectly after last week's episode.

Um.  Bearing in mind how far behind the UK probably is compared to you chaps (I had no idea about Mechana-Maul, for example) I think I'll just take this line as a 'Yes, Ironwood, once again you've spoiled another show for yourself by understanding how narrative works.

Dammit.  Poor wee orange lassie.


(Though I always found it amusing that she seemed to have more hate than Ventriss.)

[Merusk]

Naw, I knew you were very far behind and didn't spoil anything.  They're heavily foreshadowing for anyone paying any sort of attention or with a basic narrative understanding.   That's the only way I caught it, as I'm nowhere near skilled at picking-apart stories.

Yeg: EXACTLY!

[Nevermore]

My problem with Ahsoka is she's absolute Dark Side bait.

I mean, really.  You can see her being seduced in a heartbeat.  Impulsive, emotional, angry, the lot.  She's a wee fruitcake.

Of course she is. It's the only way they'll justify her not being caught in the slaughter of EP3 and Vader's follow-up purge.  They set that up perfectly after last week's episode.

Uh, not the only way.

[Merusk]

Yeah, but:

[tazelbain]

To me the Star Wars could use some sith running around passionately wrecking shit in the name of doing good vigilante style. Asoka would make a good sith in this way.

[Nevermore]

Yeah, but:

[Numtini]

Lucas is shooting off his mouth claiming that it's definite that the old crew will be part of the new Star Wars movie because before the company sale he was already in the work of signing them for the new movie--you know--the one he swore he wasn't going to make.

[Yegolev]

He wouldn't revise past events, would he?

[DraconianOne]

Of course she is. It's the only way they'll justify her not being caught in the slaughter of EP3 and Vader's follow-up purge.  They set that up perfectly after last week's episode.

They don't need to justify it. All the Clone Wars stuff released so far (comics, books, cartoons) has shit all over whatever was in the films or other versions of events. None of them tie in nicely with anything else - there is no canon any more.




About fucking time.  

[Ratman_tf]

He wouldn't revise past events, would he?

Lucas is like a crazy uncle. He's loads of fun, but don't take him too seriously.

[UnSub]

 Get out of the IT department and talk to the other 90% of your company sometime.  

I don't want to and you can't make me! 

[Venkman]

We're the ones who'll be bringing the kids to the theater. If the movie is good enough, we'll bring them repeatedly. More importantly, as others sadi, we'll be bringing home the 1080p/4k download, or bluray for our home theaters we occasionally let the kids use. And finally (and most relevantly), whatever video game is made will be squarely for us, if it's getting a AAA budget and isn't some bullshit Facebook thing. The core video game industry is aging right along with us....

Who are a lot of adult males themselves 

Right.  Because Cars and Cars2 left a lot of money on the table by not marketing to 35 year old men.

 

wut? Unless you're thinking Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was a 70s-era (ok: '68) predecessor to a few decades of books culminating in Cars, I can't really parse your equivalency.

I'm not saying we're the audience. I'm saying we're the audience too. This is about the business of the movie. They wouldn't even bother talking about Harrison Ford or Mark Hamil if we weren't a consideration. Those guys are "old codger my parents like" and "The Joker" respectively to the just-kids audience you're talking about (and even that is a stretch for Mark Hamil).

[Samprimary]

i don't even have to be the target demographic (but i am shutup) to know what should happen with the IP.

hell, anyone with a brain knew no lucas was the first step.

[koro]

www.starwars.com/news/a-new-direction-for-lucasfilm-animation.html

Lucasfilm is shifting their animation production to begin working on Star Wars stories not shown in films or on TV already, in the ramp-up to Episode VII in 2015.

Basically what this means is that the Clone Wars show's canceled and Detours (Star Wars Robot Chicken) is "delayed". If this is the direction they're planning to go, with little to no new shows or properties based around the rise of the Empire era and just afterward, then that Star Wars Uncharted clone, 1313, is probably going to get the axe too.

[Merusk]

I hadn't realized Clone Wars was 5 years old.  Seems like a decent time to sunset it, though the reasons are a bit off.  Detours looked interesting but was absolutely George trying to monetize things.  I'd forgotten about it but totally get how Disney wants no part of McFarlane and Green's brand of comedy.

[eldaec]

Detours was always a bad idea.

Parody is best left to others.

[Nevermore]

Kind of surprised to see them 66ing Clone Wars.

[Merusk]

I think the concern is brand confusion.  You don't see original trilogy stuff out there now that CW is the focus... so they're pulling CW while they move focus to the sequel trilogy.

[Khaldun]

Well, plus, they are honestly running out of room for character development in the narrative space of the show.

[Draegan]

Kind of surprised to see them 66ing Clone Wars.

86

[Nevermore]

Kind of surprised to see them 66ing Clone Wars.

86

Well, at least one person missed the joke.  

[Ironwood]

 

[Hammond]

I figured they were pulling clone wars because it was on Cartoon Network which is owned by a direct competitor to Disney (Turner Broadcasting / Time Warner). Disney pulled all the marvel products off of CN once Disney bought marvel and the contracts expired. Most likely anything else out there that is not directly controlled will get shut down also.

My nephew is a huge Clone War fan and I feel for him not getting a finish to the series. Thankfully he is young enough he should forget about it fairly quickly though.

[Merusk]

There's going to be a finish to the series. That was what the announcement video above was explaining.  They're going to sew-up some of the threads that are open and sunset the series.   

It's not an "All production ends NOW" stoppage.

[murdoc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=5BBhNkywMJY#!

Patton Oswalt's Star Wars Filibuster from Parks and Rec.

[Shannow]

Supposdly improv. Oswalt's on fire this week.

[Lakov_Sanite]

It may not have been scripted but trust me, very nerd out there has a manifesto written down in their heads.  I'm just surprised that it was slave-1 saving luke and not the enterprise.

[eldaec]

So, release date is 18/Dec/2015. And depressingly but predictably it is in 3d.

[Reg]

I hear it's going to be in colour too. 

[Ironwood]

THX Sound too ?

Fuck Sake.

[Phildo]

Did they actually get the rights to THX?

[eldaec]

It is depressing when it rains, even if you live in Manchester.