Holy crap! It's been a whole year. The last thing I remember was cleaning out the Carbon Freeze chamber and accidentally leaning on the button that said, "DO NOT PUSH".
So let me get this straight. The mouse now owns Vader's ass and Lucas Arts it toast?
I have a hunch that when Disney saw the Star Wars license had been whored to the Angry Birds franchise they decided to step up to the plate and pull the whole damn thing out of the insane nose-dive it was in.
Thank you Disney.
Yeah, you canned The Clone Wars and gave everyone at Lucas Arts their walking papers but I know you'll turn this ship around and get her back on course.
And J.J. Abrams at the helm of Episode VII sounds too good to be true. His reboot of the Star Trek franchise was beyond all expectations and this summer's sequel Into Darkness is going to be phenomenal. At last Trekkies/Trekkers and Star Wars fans can set aside their age-old grudges and rejoice in the rebirths of their beloved franchises with singular gratitude. We're family now.
It's also reportedly true that Ford and Fisher are on board for the new trilogy with Hamill not so certain as of yet (but, come on, you know he'll do it).
There is also talk of one-shot Star Wars flicks not anchored to the Trilogies. Details are vague with everyone guessing who the movie(s) will focus on. Fett? Obi Wan? Ahsoka? I'm betting Ahsoka will get her own movie with young Fett being part of the story arc. Why else would Disney put and end to The Clone Wars series so abruptly? Ahsoka has been a staple of the Disney Star Wars Weekends since it's inception and they just can't let her fade into oblivion. Can they?
Thankfully that ass-hat of a director Michael Bay who butchered the Transformers and is now intent on sodomizing the Ninja Turtles has not been mentioned to have any ties thus far. I peed a little when I first hear Zack Snyder was going to helm one of the movies but I believe that was all just early fan-boy chatter that amounted to nothing but a half-used box of tissues.
Some folks are concerned with the whole Disney take-over but I know Star Wars is now in the right hands. I've thoroughly enjoyed the films Disney has been putting out lately and for the most part they've taken off those big puffy white kid-gloves and learned to make movies for adults that remind them how awesome it is to be young.
