ST ideas for the opening logos that just came to me

since we wont have the fox music

1. the logos are completely silent until time for the crawl
1a. i wonder if disney may leave their logo off this film ever since their purchase of marvel no marvel film has bourne the disney logo

2. this video is only for a point of reference think only of the music



0:00-0:20 disney logo
0:20-0:28 lucasfilm logo
the rest bad robot logo (i realize this may rush the bad robot logo the idea would be to hold the kast bar or two til it finishes)

then a couple of seconds to breathe

then cue the a long time ago in a galaxy far far away and main theme and crawl as usual


2a. i wonder if Abrams will make a special bad robot logo containg c3po or r2

im pushed for time atm i may make a video of idea 2 later

 

I like the second idea. That'd be cool with me.

 

I'm not sure we will see a Bad Robot logo.

 

I hope it's the old Warner Bros. logo for the Looney Tunes.

 

Ha! The "Merrie Melodies" intro would be great with the rings, the WB shield, and then when it normally would shift to the Merrie Melodies logo, the Lucasfilm logo would appear--then when the music ends, "A long time ago etc" would appear, and then into the Williams theme & "Star Wars" logo & title scroll.

Too bad Disney got ahold of Lucasfilm instead of WB... that would've been a great 'official' parody they could've done.

 

Is THX involved anymore? There should be a Star Wars THX animation if so.

 

Remember the avengers had paramount and marvel in its logo sequence, and they didn't even work on that movie! i'll bet some rights will be bought or sold and the fox logo and fanfare will be preserved for the sake of tradition, no disney or bad robot to be found. at least I hope...

 

I like this idea. It would be great if they did a animated shot of Threepio kicking artoo from A New Hope with Bad Robot beneath it.

 

No to the second idea.

The first Star Wars music we hear in a theater since 2005 absolutely NEEDS to be the opening "BAAAAAAAAAM".

Think about the power in the silence leading up to that moment. Seeing the studio logos pass by with no sound, and everybody grabs the arm of their chair just a little too tight...

...and then John Williams just smacks us with full force for the first time in a decade. That would be amazing.


That being said, I do like your second idea for episodes 8 & 9. By then Star Wars will simply be "continuing" rather than "returning", so playing a little intro music wouldn't hurt any sense of anticipation.

 

Disney will probably make a legally distinctively different version of the "Fox Fanfare". If they take them to court over it anyway, they can say it was parody!

 

now we hammered this a lot in a old thread I made that since has been archived, but I'm for keeping as close to classic as possible. It would be a quick intro. Because since there is no 20th Century Fox fanfare, it should just go into the Lucasfim logo (green to gold) then start with a long time ago....

Definitely NO Bad Robot logo. Mostly because the Star Wars franchise has yet to be named "J.J. Abrams" exclusive. If we are lucky we will get different directors and Bat Robot wouldn't fit. If they HAVE to have a logo before the Lucasfilm logo, then let it be Disney. The thought of seeing the castle before a Star Wars movie still makes me want to vomit, BUT I'd rather have that then a Bad Robot logo. It should be all Lucasfilm, but since Disney owns it they have some right to be on it. Bad Robot is just EP7s director's company, that may not be the case with the whole ST yet..

 

Christpher Nolan's Syncopy Inc. is in front of the Batman flicks, heck it's even in front of Man of Steel and he's just a producer! And Bad Robot is in front of the Star Trek flicks. It's probably gonna happen. way it simply is nowadays with multi-production studios working on a single product.

While it is still a Lucasfilm Star Wars movie, we probably have to unlearn a lot of small things that we expect to be exactly the same in Star Wars, if only just because of who is making the movie.

 

Irvin Kershner's logo wasn't in front of ESB He was a elegant director for a more civilized age.

Now films have more logos than a NASCAR...

 

Just the way "The Biz" works now. Generally, every director has a company and if they make a flick their logo goes on dere. New Disney overlords means times they are a chagin'!

 

Well Paramount had a deal with Disney and actually IM3 was the last to have Paramount on the front. Thor: The Dark World on it will be Disney's logo.

 

It probably won't be as bad as people think. While we all got chills with the Fox fanfare, it's really the first notes of the SW theme that will take us away. As someone hinted above, it's the PAUSE that gives the feeling - not the specific sound.

 

I'm gonna bank on all-silence Disney Logo/ Bad Robot logo / Lucasfilm logo in that order. (No real long transitions, the Disney "castle" won't start at the mast, just fade in, bad robot, lucasfilm fade in) fade to "A Long Time Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away"

 

There won't be a Disney logo. This is not a Walt Disney Pictures film. Only Walt Disney Pictures films get that. Pixar falls under Disney Pictures. Marvel and Lucasfilm do not.

As for Pixar...From the wiki: "Animated features produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, DisneyToon Studios and Studio Ghibli are usually released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures under the Walt Disney Pictures banner."

WDP is under Walt Disney Studios. Lucasfilm is under Walt Disney Studios. Marvel Studios is under Walt Disney Studios.

See... Walt Disney Company is not Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is not Walt Disney Studios is not Walt Disney Pictures. Visualize a family tree hierarchy for the Walt Disney Company. Lucasfilm does not branch off of Walt Disney Pictures, hence no blue screen with the castle and scripty "Walt Disney" font.

Editted to add examples...

Pixar:


Any old actual Walt Disney Pictures:


Notice how they both say "Walt Disney Pictures". Since Lucasfilm is not under that, it won't have that.

Now that said, when the movie comes out on Blu-Ray/DVD...there will be a Disney logo of sorts before the movie because that involves its distribution company, which I forget what it's called now. It used to be Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Remember seeing those on EVERY Disney related movie? I think it's just Walt Disney Home Entertainment now, I could be wrong.

Touchstone is an imprint just like Lucasfilm is under Disney with Dreamworks in the same role as Bad Robot. Here's a good example of a collaboration akin to how Lucasfilm's opening credits will appear:

 

One last thing...(sorry wouldn't let me edit)

I'm pretty sure there'll be a new Lucasfilm logo/sequence. It's not Lucasfilm, LTD. any more so. Whatever the new Lucasfilm mark/identity will be will be incorporated to fit with whatever custom Bad Robot one along with some new fanfare from Williams, but also done in such a way as to easily swap out Bad Robot in case things don't work out for future episodes. Besides, the spin-off movies will most likely not be Bad Robot so Williams will keep that in mind when composing so whichever production companies that will be involved for those other Lucasfilm properties can just be slotted in easily.

 

i think its obvious jj will stay as long as he remains happy

 

I'm not so sure it's that obvious to me. Especially if the movie sucks/bombs.

Not that that's likely, but it is a possibility that could occur. At which Disney, et al will drop JJ as director faster than you can say midichlorians.

 

I hope VII is fantastic and we have new Directors for VIII and IX. I just want to see other great visual storytellers work in the SW Universe.

 

there is not enpugh time to constantly change directors with the schedule