Episodes VII, VIII IX

This is my first post, so I apologise if this has been asked before, but does anyone think it is a shame that Lucas will not make the last 3 episodes of Star Wars? Or does anyone know differently?

Jonathan I have a bad feeling....

Those films will eventually get made. Not by Lucas, but they will. And I'm sure there will be a lot of complaining on this group about each & every one of them.

Have the scripts already been written?

It's only been asked about 30 times in the last few days. :-

Oh well ...

Way back in the mists of time George Lucas came up with a rough storyline for a series of movies (originally a possibility of 12, but soon scaled back to 9).

After making 'Star Wars' (later titled 'Episode IV: A New Hope' the storyline began to change, and by the time of Episode VI it had been squashed/altered so that the saga ended at that Episode.

There is now only 6 movies in the saga of Anakin Skywalker - from his near-birth (or Jedi birth) in Episode I, via his turn to the dark side in Episodes II and II, and onto his redemption and death in Episode VI.

There is NO George Lucas storyline for any more episodes, which is why the novels/comics have been allowed to take over the timeline after Return of the Jedi (and before The Phantom Menace).

George Lucas has stated he will not make any more episodes. Star Wars is George's baby and he has watched it grow over many years, it is EXTREMELY doubtful he'd let anyone else take it over.

They'll get made. Maybe not by Lucas, but by somebody. Just like running out of Ian Fleming books never stopped the Bond franchise, running out of Lucas won't stop star wars.

Lucas needs to hand star wars off to someone else. I don't think he's capable of writing good stories any longer.

RstJ Darth Critic

: This is my first post, so I apologise if this has been asked before, but : does anyone think it is a shame that Lucas will not make the last 3 episodes : of Star Wars? Or does anyone know differently? : : Jonathan : I have a bad feeling.... :

Even though the stories for 7, 8 and 9 have already been created....?

Why do people think there is an episode VII, VIII & IX? Isn't ROTJ a natural conclusion to the saga?

John Savard

Prediction : in 10 or 20 years, not by Lucas and by Computer Generated Images.....

He has laready made the *last* three episodes, they are known as Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi.

Anything more would be like Star Trek: Voyager ... stretching the idiom too far.

Lucas probably wont make them, but it's almost a certainty his kids will or at least license the Star Wars franchise out to the highest bidder.

It's hard to believe that a box office goldmine like SW will just end with EP 3 and that will be that. Like any other Hollywood enterprise, it will be milked for every last penny and then thrown on the scrap heap. Lucas is gonna be 62 when EP 3 comes out, and given his rotund appearance I would think a massive coronary is gonna take him out shortly after that. His 3 spoiled kids will inherit the LucasFilm empire and although $1 billion each is a lot of money, I think they will want even more cash and will license out the entire franchise in due time.....