FF:NZ ** EPISODE III CANCELLED!!! **

NO MORE STAR WARS, Says Lucas; Episode 3 Cancelled

Marin County, CA (AP) -- In a shocking announcement today, acclaimed filmmaker George Lucas proclaimed today that Episode 3, the final of his Star Wars saga of films, has been cancelled.

"Mostly money issues," was Lucas' primary reason given to reporters for the abrupt cancellation. "I was disheartened by the take of Episode 2 in theaters. The general feeling I got from the movie was that people just didn't care anymore. I mean, this kind of movie hits $300 million *well* before its 15th week of release. That fact alone told me that not only would my financial resources for continuing the saga be horribly inadequate, but that the public would rather see something else to entertain them."

Lucas refused to answer allegations that he had grown lazy, or that his kids didn't want to write the next movie like they did Episodes 1 and 2, or that he was wrong and the public sector has an attention span as short as its concerns for the environment or violence on TV, but indicated that he would begin work on the new Indiana Jones film, due out sometime before the 40th anniversary of that movie franchise.

"This is a truly sad day for the filmmaking community," said Rick McCallum, former producer of the star-spanning films. "I personally have lost faith in making movies, and will probably go home to surf the Internet all day and pretend I'm still relevant." McCallum, who assumed he was fired when Lucas reportedly told everyone who worked at Skywalker Ranch "get the **** off my property," appeared dishevelled as he made his statement to the press.

Across the country, and the world, reactions were overwhelming and surprising.

Actor Sir Alec Guinness, an integral part of the movie saga, was unavailable for comment. Close sources indicate "he's been dead for years."

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Dude, no ****,you had me going.That link is crap,thank you!I thought I was gonna be out of a job.And my favourite passtime.

 

The link is part of the joke ... read the last part of the link.

 

LOL!

I love the Rick McCallum bit.

 

Sir Alec Guinness may have been 'dead for years' but I seem him now & then, in Jedi Ghost form of course.

 

I believe the correct term is "magical ghost body"

 

Holy Crap that had me going there for a min!

 

That came from the Usenet newsgroups, although I edited out some of the more beepable wording and some garbage about Bin Laden.

 

i spewed after just looking at the threads name

that was immature

 

That's hilarious.

Buzz, why didn't you post a link to that? Sounds like the complete version is juicier.

 

Well, if you really want to you can read it HERE, but it's only really three silly paragraphs near the end that I edited out.

 

Clever, clever, funny stuff.

 

Thank goodness that was just a gag!!

 

Some people actualy thought it's real?

 

As soon as I saw the subject line in the Usenet newsgroup I was thinking "someone's a bit late with their April Fools joke".

 

You could say they're a bit too early too!