Disney buys Lucasfilm, announces Star Wars Episode VII

[yayfulness]

My brain is exploding right now.

Thoughts?

[Digit]

They should show the Star Wars Holiday Special on ABC at 2 AM on Christmas morning.

[Defy V]

wall-to-wall ewoks . . .

[Defy V]

They should show the Star Wars Holiday Special on ABC at 2 AM on Christmas morning.

I tried to get my family to watch some of that. We only made it through the first YouTube segment. Princess Leia's song is pretty awesome, though.

[C is for]

They should show the Star Wars Holiday Special on ABC at 2 AM on Christmas morning.

I tried to get my family to watch some of that. We only made it through the first YouTube segment. Princess Leia's song is pretty awesome, though.

I don't remember this!!

Also, nice FoxTrot reference there.

[yayfulness]

wall-to-wall ewoks . . .

Also, nice FoxTrot reference there.

I knew I'd heard that somewhere before. Level of impressedness: +1.

[Whistler]

Grim Fandango Pixar movie!

[Giovanni Schwartz]

If I was handy with CGI, I would totally spoof a PixStar movie.

[UffishThought]

I thought they specifically said it was going to be an all-original Dia de Los Muertos movie! Though they didn't own Lucasarts back then....

[Whistler]

haha yeah, twitter was just saying it was a cool idea

[Katya]

They should show the Star Wars Holiday Special on ABC at 2 AM on Christmas morning.

I tried to get my family to watch some of that. We only made it through the first YouTube segment. Princess Leia's song is pretty awesome, though.

http://xkcd.com/653/

[Waldorf and Sauron]

I was freaking out all day yesterday. I'm still freaking out. I think it's good news, at least until the movie comes out. At this point the possibilities are infinite.

[yayfulness]

Wikipedia says Episodes VII-IX will be set after Episode VI, featuring Luke, Leia, and Han, and won't be based on any preexisting material.

[Waldorf and Sauron]

If you're going to quote a wiki about star wars, you really ought to use wookiepedia

[yayfulness]

If you say so.

[bobtheenchantedone]

Wikipedia says Episodes VII-IX will be set after Episode VI, featuring Luke, Leia, and Han, and won't be based on any preexisting material.

Any? Do they know how extensively the universe has been mapped out with permission by a dozen writers or so? They're going to try to strike out on an entirely new path even after we all know things like where Luke set up the new Jedi school and what happened to Han and Leia's son?

[Waldorf and Sauron]

In a word: yep. I think it'll be a reboot for the post-ROTJ Expanded Universe.

[bobtheenchantedone]

Wow.