Will Disney ruin Star Wars or will they make it better?

This first one has a budget of over $200,000,000 and i reckon it will be great and so will episode 8 and 9 and all other trilogy's they might do but I hope they dont ruin the whole bloody franchise with the spin offs!

 

Better, at least by how they are handling the franchise at the moment.

My issue with the EU was that there were too many cooks in the kitchen, each trying to make a 'signature dish'. To follow a 'Restaurant' metaphor, the Disney acquisition puts someone as the lead Chef, with everyone working in tandem to create the PERFECT dish. It's not about Disney or Lucasfilm - it's about Star Wars.

A perfect example of this is the teaser that was released. No Disney logo. No Lucasfilm logo. Just fade from black right into the teaser, with the only logo being Star Wars at the end.

That's a HUGE statement of how this is going to be handled from a business who invested quite a bit of money in it.....they don't even have their name attached and are letting the franchise sell itself.

 

All in all I think Disney will do great things for SW. Sure they may do things here and there we all aren't thrilled about but you can't please everyone.

 

Yeah it hopefully has a budget of over $200

 

Sounds like a fan film.

 

Disney has proved that it is good at finding and utilizing not just top talent but putting together teams that are capable and complementary collaborators. If I had a complaint about what I am seeing go on is that they are building temp sets of foam and plywood that look amazing sure but not full size permanent sets that will be part of a Disney Star Wars Theme Park.

 

i trust Disney. and i trust JJ. They make movies that are just plain fun to watch! Pixar and Marvel are both great examples. they seem to be the parent company only. guiding here and there, for the most part the name brands govern themselves. I liked the Toby McGuire spider-mans up until he practically ruined the roll in 3. they had no choice after that than to reboot. i don't see that happening with star wars though. to much love and a lot riding on this one. too soon to form an opinion yet for the future of the franchise.

 

I like what they have done so far. Canon now is aligned, and though there are great stories in EU I will miss, the chances are higher now that a consistent version of a story in the EU could be fitted in in some shape or form. Marvel has some of the top writers and artists in the comics field right now, so I am excited for what they will do to continue of the great work in Star Wars: Legacy and such. Star Wars: Rebels really has been bringing fans of all ages together, and it has been handled in a unique and exciting way, from story to animation, and so far is a huge success that is only getting started. The movie, as excited as we all are, are huge unknowns due to secrecy, as well as the spinoffs thanks to limited info, but I believe Disney is making good on their promise to continue Star Wars for another 100 years, so hopefully they do amazing for these movies

 

Well... I suppose that depends on what you define "ruining" the series as.

I'm very confident that they'll release a fine film, and it looks like it might be the best since 1983. Rebels is also a pretty good show. Rumors of spin-offs have me a little concerned, but I also don't feel they'd ruin the trilogies.

I do get bothered when you see stuff at like Disneyworld and all that, with Vader, stormtroopers, and even Boba Fett doing stupid dance routines. But, eh, even that doesn't ruin it so long as it remains local to the park. I'm confident that Star Wars is in pretty good hands.

 

I think both. I think they will do well with the main series of episodic movies. Disney will take great care to get those right But they will have a deluge of crappy spin off material. Disney is going to make their money an it won't be on the episodic movies alone. They love churning out straight to dvd crappy cartoons and films.

Just wait until we get "Tyler Perry's Christmas With The Calrissians" with Billy Dee Williams playing 5 roles at the dinner table.

 

I was concerned when Disney bought Lucas arts at first but considering they have made many space movies Disney would not have taken on the task of creating another trilogy if they did not think it would appeal to the fans don't forget it's been ten years since ROTS a lot has changed, I hope for a unique story, unique characters & a unique outcome that will carry forward to several spin-off movies.

 

I'm excited for all things Star Wars at the moment, I've even taken to writing about it on MoviePilot:

The Force Awakens! 4 Reasons Why It's the Perfect Time to Become a Star Wars Fan

I also think they should pursue the Netflix vein of entertainment as well, which, of course, I also wrote about:

Netflix Needs a Live-Action Star Wars Series

 

I have 100% confidence in the fact that they brought back Lawrence Kasden, Ben Burtt and others who made Star Wars what it is. They've made all the right moves in this and I am so excited to see what Disney will do. Think about this. Disney paid $4 BILLION (with a b) essentially for the rights to use Star Wars in their theme parks, marketing, and movie releases in the future. It's a match made in heaven. Disney knows how to grow a brand. They made a freaking mouse the most recognizable cartoon character in the world. Imagine what they'll do with Star Wars. We're going to have incorporation of scenery into Disneyland and Walt Disney World. We're getting ANOTHER trilogy to hopefully bring everyone back to 1977. They're making marvel Star Wars comics now. It's going to be one of the biggest movie releases of all time.

With the purchase of Lucasfilm they affirmed the belief that Star Wars is not just a collection of movies. It's a brand and a damn good one at that. Lucas brought it as far as he could and now Disney is going to take it to new heights. Look at Avengers. I was not a fan of superhero movies (other than dark knight) until that one and now I want to see them all. It's going to gain new fans, ones that were not Star Wars nuts like we were.

I feel very strongly that Disney will make Star Wars even better. Though it all depends on how people receive TFA.

 

All of a sudden fans are born because the coming of TFA, what is wrong with everyone, catch up with your knowledge please.

 

I think it will be hit or miss. One one hand, they're making strides in making Star Wars the way many fans have wanted. I've noticed Rebels is taking the purist philosophy of limiting lightsaber screen time to heart. They even threw in a chatterbox villian to facilitate important philosophical discussion while they're trying to cut each others heads off; another bone tossed to the purists. They still hate the show, of course; no surprise there...
At the same time the product is targeted at 12yr old boys. That, among other things, makes me think their general approach is going to be that: targeting early adolescents with the product. Oh, sure, they'll go for a mature ESB style movie every now and then, probably in the spinoffs. And even the main films won't really be kiddie flicks. But anyone who's standard is Episode V every time is going to disappointed.
That said, I hope I'm wrong.

 

Using Rebels is stretching it, but it's all we really have to go on for how Disney wants to handle this franchise.
I think PotC is right where they're going with the main films. A lot of this also comes down to money, and Empire never put the butts in the seats like that of it's sister films. That's kinda why I'm leaning more towards a spinoff film having an ESB tone. If the kiddies don't like a 1313-style Boba Fett film, no worries. They'll be back for Episode 8 next Christmas.