But what's really gotten some knickers into twists is the fact that three more Star Wars movies have been announced.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Disney is paying $4.05 billion to buy Lucasfilm Ltd., the production company behind "Star Wars," from its chairman and founder, George Lucas. It's also making a seventh movie in the "Star Wars" series called "Episode 7," set for release in 2015, with plans to follow it with Episodes 8 and 9 and then one new movie every two or three years.
Tweets are showing people aghast.
Whaaaaat? 3 more Star Wars movies? My inner geek is freaking out right now!!
Gosh, what a shock.
People, Lucas announced that there were TWELVE parts to the Star Wars saga as early as 1979. TWELVE parts. In 1979.
As someone who keeps everything, I needed only 5 minutes tonight to locate my August 1979, edition of Scholastic's Dynamite magazine (Vol. 3 No. 2). (No, I am NOT kidding. It's right in front of me as I type this.)
In the article, "Dynamite Update: Star Wars Sequel, The Empire Strikes Back," (pp. 12-13) by Chip Lovitt, we have this little tidbit, "Originally, Empire was to be called Star Wars II, but Lucas and Kurtz decided against it. It seems that Lucas's original outline for Star Wars was so long, it had to be divided into 12 parts. Star Wars was actually the fourth segment of the outline. According to Lucas's master plan, if the sequel is a success, we may be seeing other films showing some of the 10 other segments."
Yes, people, Lucas announced there were 12 parts before the release of The Empire Strikes Back. Why is anyone surprised that there is to be a movie #7? We've only half-finished the master plan. If all goes according to Lucas, there are SIX more movies coming, not three.
Ha! I can't believe you have your 1979 Dynamite Magazine, although the title brings back memories of an era for me. I didn't know about the 12 parts either. The new ones will all be made by the same people, right?
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