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Reply #15 - Jan 12th, 2014 at 2:53am

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Peter Mayhew's (Chewbacca) on the set STAR WARS photos:

Includes this one:

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Reply #16 - Jan 12th, 2014 at 6:25pm

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Is the STAR WARS universe about to be Chainsawed!??

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Disney takes a chainsaw to the Star Wars expanded universe
And good riddance, because almost all of it is crap.

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Reply #17 - Jan 12th, 2014 at 7:11pm

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This has been the case with roughly every piece of tie-in media ever, with the apparent exception of Doctor Who.  Heck, Star Wars already went through it once, as it was understood that Lucas had the ability to moot anything that had been mentioned in other media when he made the prequels.
 
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Not the droid we're looking for....

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Reply #19 - Jan 12th, 2014 at 9:15pm

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I don't think that's quite right. Most franchises like STAR TREK, HARRY POTTER and the Lucasfilm controlled STAR WARS, seemed to have had a pretty laissez-faire outlook on offshoots, alternate worlds and fan-based projects as long as they didn't violate their trademarks.

I think Disney is being more aggressive here than the norm. And, Disney has traditionally been the most INflexible of all Hollywood players in that regard for decades. That's a major reason why so many in the industry were shocked that Disney didn't go after ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW (in that case, the Mouse House was smart since the film sank without much of a trace once it got out of the hothouse Festival circuit)

Jay Seaver wrote on Jan 12th, 2014 at 7:11pm:
This has been the case with roughly every piece of tie-in media ever, with the apparent exception of Doctor Who.  Heck, Star Wars already went through it once, as it was understood that Lucas had the ability to moot anything that had been mentioned in other media when he made the prequels.

 
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Reply #20 - Jan 13th, 2014 at 5:55pm

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L.A. Connection wrote on Jan 12th, 2014 at 9:15pm:
I don't think that's quite right. Most franchises like STAR TREK, HARRY POTTER and the Lucasfilm controlled STAR WARS, seemed to have had a pretty laissez-faire outlook on offshoots, alternate worlds and fan-based projects as long as they didn't violate their trademarks.

I think Disney is being more aggressive here than the norm. And, Disney has traditionally been the most INflexible of all Hollywood players in that regard for decades. That's a major reason why so many in the industry were shocked that Disney didn't go after ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW (in that case, the Mouse House was smart since the film sank without much of a trace once it got out of the hothouse Festival circuit)


I think Disney took a look at Escape From Tomorrow and just decided that it was too arty to bother with.
What MIGHT come back to bite them later is that anyone else pulling the same trick at the parks can now use that film as a reason they can make their film.

As to the Star Wars offshoots, if the Lucas prequel trilogy could not kill the franchise you have to wonder if anything can.
Disney does look like they are going to try as not a week goes by without an announcement of a new project be it TV show (animated or live action) or a new rumor of who will star in episode 7 or what character will get a spinoff movie.
 
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Reply #21 - Mar 31st, 2014 at 8:06am

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Cosmos host Neil DeGrasse Tyson weighs in on Trek vs Star Wars:

http://www.businessinsider.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-cosmos-star-trek-star-wars-20...
 
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Reply #22 - Jun 24th, 2014 at 11:49pm

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Apparently,  a long long ago time, David Cronenberg was asked if he wanted to direct a STAR WARS sequel. He turned it down out of hand.

Would it have been great? Awful? Who knows!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/celebrity-news/the-a-list/david-cronenberg-s...


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