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Star Wars update: Lucasfilm want to make 2-3 Star Wars movies per year

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No, I did not make a mistake in that headline and you’re not reading it wrong. Remember how Disney CEO Bob Iger said that after Episode VII in 2015 that they wanted to follow up with sequels every 2-3 years? Well, it turns out that their plans are a bit more ambitious than that. Way more ambitious.

The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly (via AICN) has revealed that newly appointed Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has plans to produce 2-3 new Star Wars movies every year.

It’s at this point that a whole bunch of you are probably shouting out, spittle flying from your lips, fists shaking at the heavens, about how you knew that this whole Disney/Lucasfilm thing was horrible news, and that Disney is milking this property dryer than grandma nipples in record time. Well, you may be right, but there’s just one word that should give pause to your nerd rage: Avengers.

No, Tony Stark won’t be building any red and yellow Death Stars any time soon, what I mean is that Disney has already shown that it can do this: pump out 2-3 movies a year based in the same universe. We’ve already learned that Episode VII will be an original story that will probably feature the original trilogy cast, but there are so many other stories in the Expanded Universe that a lot of fans were disappointed to hear wouldn’t be adapted. But what if they are? What if the Skywalker storyline became the spine of this universe, with all the others featuring peripheral characters/stories that stood alone, but contributed to the bigger picture a la Marvel’s Avengers universe?

Now that is an idea that I can fully get behind. Rogue Squadron, Thrawn, New Jedi Order, Old Republic, Yuzhaan Vong; they could all be turned into their own thing, while the original story continues on separately.

Of course the secret to all of this, and to Marvel’s success, was to have all their creators working together with somebody like Kevin Feige at the top making sure it all works cohesively. As much as I respect Kennedy as a producer, I just don’t think she’s the right person for that job. Feige was a massive fan and comic geek long before he became Marvel Studios president, and that’s the type of person they’ll need if they want to pull this off. And hey, there’s this Joe Johnston guy you may have heard of…

If this shared universe approach is really what Disney/Lucasfilm is aiming for then the risk of failure is bigger than Jabba the Hutt’s backside. And no, I’m not deluded in the slightest to think that this is anything but a business decision to exploit a popular franchise wholesale. As long as all that money making goes hand in hand with more Star Wars stories being told really well though, you won’t hear a peep out of me.

Last Updated: November 16, 2012

5 Comments

  1. Wonder if they will ignore the established history set by the novels?

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    • Mel

      November 16, 2012 at 15:14

      I really hope not….

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  2. Mel

    November 16, 2012 at 15:14

    As much as I love SW, I’ll rather see one EPIC movie every 2 years, than 2 rushjobs every year…. Please don’t screw up SW. :(::::::::::::::::::::

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  3. Rincethis

    November 16, 2012 at 15:24

    Wow, huge news. I am actually starting to get excited. I know it’s easy to turn on the hate, but let’s keep an open mind. If they can pull an Avengers, WOW…

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  4. Matthew Holliday

    November 19, 2012 at 10:28

    the thing is, you cant compare the avengers series to star wars. just because it worked for them, doesnt mean it will work for star wars.
    star wars is a dramatic epic, that should be designed along the lines of gladiator and saving private ryan, not just an action movie.

    I have hated every move that has been made sofar, from disney buying lucasflims, to the storylines theyr choosing, and now to their plans for future movies.

    waiting for them to announce that theyr redoing 4, 5 and 6 after theyr done with this silly luke skywalker story.

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