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George Lucas has a terrible plan to re-release the "Star Wars" movies in 3D
By Brian FairbanksSeptember 29th, 2010, 10:24 amComments (18)
George Lucas, as part of his slow-moving plan to update the Star Wars films with new technology, plans to re-release the entire series in 3D on the big screen, beginning in 2012. There are a slew of reasons why this is disappointing news:
1) The films, obviously, were not meant to be seen in 3D. What can we possibly gain for paying $20 or whatever the ticket price will be in two years, to see them?
2) He plans on releasing them in order. No, not in the order they were originally released... in chronological story order, which means The Phantom Character Development and Revenge of the Sleeping Audience will be up first.
3) He plans on releasing one film per year, meaning we'll have to wait till 2017 to see those goddamned Ewoks again... although it will be hilarious to drink heavy amounts of booze and pretend to "pet" the three-dimensional creatures as they loom in front of our special glasses.
4) Shouldn't he be busy getting us the damn movies transferred to Blu-Ray so we can see them in all their glory? Enough!
The Wrap and The Hollywood Reporter have more on Lucas' announcement.
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Commentarium (18 Comments)
Please God....No........
It's as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.
It's a trap!
I have a bad feeling about this...
SR, that should be "Please God....Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
George Lucas is such a nerf herder.
I'll never join you!!!
Dammit George-enough already!
Skywalker Ranch. You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
You know you're all going to watch every single one of them.
What a piece of junk!
He definitely has his work cut out for him on this project. Getting the one-dimensional characters in the Phantom Menace to 3-D is going to require serious CGI work. On the brighter side, maybe he can be persuaded to cut out all the love scenes and the stupid dialog between Anakin and Padme. That may make it almost watchable.
They told me they fixed it! I *trusted* them to *fix* it! It's not my fault!
Is there a country that Star Wars has not been exported to? I'm moving.
derp derp derp
He's a monster.
You don't have to do this to impress me...
Okay, I am a big fan of Star Wars, but there are some things that drive me off the deep end. I have already seen The Phantom Menace twice in 3-D, and Jar-Jar made me wanna jump into the screen and throttle 'im. I didn't take my sibs, since I didn't want them emotionally scarred. Hear that Lucas?!? Jar-Jar scarred me for LIFE! Thank you, VERY MUCH!
Btw, Revenge of the Sith is going to be awesome in 3-D! Just think, 'The Battle over Coruscant', all those ships, blaster-fire, explosions... Makes me giddy! Then 'Battle of the Heroes'- ooooh I can't WAIT! But I have to see 'Attack of the emotional love-birds' first. I'll make sure to bring a doggie-bag along... But the Asteriod chase and the Arena are the best shots- not to mention 'Yoda and the Younglings'. :-)