I'm looking forward to this. Being a child of the 80s, the original 3 Star Wars movies are all in my personal top 10. Here's a few reasons I'm excited:
1- Lucas isn't as involved as he was for the most recent trio of crap movies. I'm a firm believer that 2 things made the originals great and the most recent ones terrible:
- Lucas had to fight to get his way in the originals; everything was an ordeal. In the most recent trio, he was basically god and if you didn't agree with him, your career got shut down. Thus he has absolute say, and his decisions/writing/directing were terrible, terrible, terrible.
- Lucas didn't make the originals as kid's movies. They're adult movies accessible to kids. This makes them timeless. The recent trio were made squarely as kid's movies; hence why they're so hard to get into for adults.
2- JJ Abrams grew up with Star Trek and Star Wars, and he nailed the latest Star Wars reboot. If anyone can get down to the essence of what makes these movies great and stick to that formula, it should be him. The only person I'd trust other than him is already busy: Wheedon.
3- Disney might still make kids movies, but they back more than that. Did you enjoy The Avengers? Guess who!
I'm also hoping that Disney realizes they can make a lot of money by releasing the original versions of the first three films on bluray. Screw the changes Lucas put in later.
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