The effects are just right, they are not Star Wars AOTC but they don't need to be, do they?
Lucasfilm has not released a Star Wars film since Revenge of the Sith in 2005.
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Boba Fett might not be as familiar to people who are not die hard Star Wars fans.
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Which is especially surprising since the very day after my article ran on Forbes, Abrams told Entertainment Weekly he would not direct any Star Wars films in the future.
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They are not going to loot Star Wars for a short term payout, they fully intend to milk such properties for (literally) generations and will make their choices accordingly.
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"We are in development of a few standalone films that are not part of the 'Star Wars' saga, " he said.
So would most, if not all, of the "Star Wars" fans I know.
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Thankfully, someone in this world can now track a wooden stick to emulate a lightsaber in real time, bringing one classic meme that much closer to actuality (and the promised Star Wars Kinect game not even parsec closer to release).
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For most franchises that would have been the end of it, after all Star Wars was films, not TV episodes that could be endlessly repeated.
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Media reports have blared the not-too-surprising fact that Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones had reached the Internet a few days before being officially released.
At least all the people following the satellite war will not have to wait as long as Star Wars fans for the conclusion that resolves all the plot lines.
As for Kingdom Hearts, no new game has been on the horizon before this news, and new Star Wars characters will likely not make it much higher of a priority.
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For those of you not fully conversant with the drama that is Star Wars: Behind the Scenes - or The People v George Lucas as a recent documentary put it - there has been an ongoing furore about George Lucas meddling with his masterpieces.
Star Wars is so widely enjoyed that not even George Lucas himself can destroy its goodwill.
Certainly not every day, but I definitely watched "Star Wars" a ton when I was growing up.
Does that hint that Abrams will be in not only a directing but also a producing role for the Star Wars franchise, for several films?
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He's not blowing smoke: Given Pixar's astronomical valuation and the value of the Star Wars series, that number may be low.
Since the next installment in the Star Wars saga is due in 2015, it will be on Starz, not Netflix.
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Such an epiphany does not come easily to a company of can-do techies who make intelligence satellites, Star Wars laser weapons and ballistic missiles.
He referenced Wikipedia, of course, where debates rage about what should and should not be made public, including the identity of the boy in the viral "Star Wars Kid" video.
After the struggles of Star Wars: The Old Republic, there must be questions around whether players simply do not want story-based, dialog-heavy MMOs, or whether they just want a different kind of story-based, dialog-heavy MMO.
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Star Wars, of course, shattered all box office records, making so much money that not even fancy Hollywood accounting could minimize Lucas' 40% of the net profits.
Star Wars: The Old Republic was a disaster of titanic proportions, losing EA millions (if not hundreds of millions) and causing fans to blame them for causing Bioware to fumble a concept that should have been a slam dunk, a Star Wars MMO.
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