PT Rumors concerning the possibility of Disney throwing out the Prequels

"Disney potentially phasing out the prequel trilogy by lumping them in with the “Legends” non-canon fodder. This has apparently been the subject of gossip near Disney, though it’s very possibly just that – gossip amongst the worker bees. Anyway, it would allow for a reboot of sorts, with new prequel movies featuring Yoda, Darth Vader, etc."

http://www.bleedingcool.com/2014/05...al-trilogy-re-release-on-blu-rayvod-and-more/

Could it be true???

 

LOL no.

 

No.

 

I really wouldn't be surprised if they did do this down the road, but I don't think it will happen as long as George Lucas is alive. GL said himself around 2005 that he wanted to remake the OT using CGI because he wasn't happy with the original movies.

 

Not going to happen.

At least not for another...20, maybe 30 years, when they start to remake all the films starting with the OT.

 

Yep, PT reboot... Michael Bay style

 

That would be terrible, but since it won't happen, there is nothing to worry about.

 

user A: Hayden was the perfect Anakin

user B: nope Jaden Smith jnr is way better!

user C: nice edge bringing in his granddad (Will) for the role of Mace too!

user F: you're all haterz!!!

user T: Andrew Garfield as Palpatine...pure Genius!!

 

One simply does not 'remake' a Star Wars film.

But seriously, these films are unique. A remake of any of them would completely defeat the purpose.

 

Not going to happen.

 

He actually said that? Cool.

 

Haha thanks for the laugh, Bleeding Cool!

 

Any movie with a significant enough fanbase will eventually get remade. let alone if the plot is good (which I suppose would exclude the sequel trilogy), simply because $$$$$.

Won't be soon, and maybe my estimate is on the low side, but before I die, we'll see a remake, I'd wager on it.

 

Yeah, this definitely seems like a rumor; particularly in light of the recent statements made about the OT, PT, and TCW forming the foundation of the SW universe moving forward.

The only grain of truth I could imagine being here would be some possible discussion about what Disney/ Lucasfilm wants to do with the vast array of prequel related EU material that is already in existence. It's obvious as to why they'd want to move the post ROTJ EU material and some of the post ROTS stuff into the Legends category, but what about all of the prequel based EU stuff? Maybe we are hearing corrupted bits of a discussion that centered around the possibility of some prequel based stuff in the EU becoming canon moving forward?

 

Well if they are going to throw out the PT, might as well throw out the OT and the upcoming ST too

 

I stopped reading at 'Bleeding Cool reports'...

But seriously, how can people even slightly believe this?

 

People with low IQ.

 

I'm pretty sure that every Star Wars book whether it be pre-Prequel, in the Prequel era, between PT and OT, and after the OT are all part of the Legends line now. They are starting again completely. They have specifically stated the only things remaining in canon are the 6 films, TCW and Rebels. Nothing else is.

 

You are aware that even if the writer of the article thinks it's legit, that JJ Abrams has already said he's gonna feed out false rumors?

 

Rumours tend to have a grain of truth to them, and it may well be that Disney is making certain moves to distance the prequels from being associated too strongly in people's minds with the words "Star" and "Wars", just as it's making certain moves to align the original trilogy and what affection remains for that set of movies with the new trilogy in development; and possibly a lot of its future, or near-future, business plans. This is a long way from some Machiavellian plot to have the prequel movies quietly rounded up and burned, but it would at least speak to conservatism and cowardice on Disney's part -- not exactly strange concepts in the world of capitalism.

It may just be pessimism on my part, mixed in with a bit of anti-J.J. bias, but I find the recent official statement that they're working hard to make fans "proud" of the new film, and the leaked letter by J.J. Abrams imploring cast and crew to "give 'em something great" -- his emphasis, not mine -- suggestive of people acutely aware of discontent, and people trying their best to counter that discontent, and to break the chain of interminable antipathy and manufactured cynicism endlessly stretched out by a very vocal and very loud online geek-media complex. Indeed, that closing admonition of Abrams tacitly implies a view that the prequel movies were not great, and that it is now their task to restore a sense of greatness to the Star Wars name. Well, I did admit to my bias, didn't I?

 

Agree with the first part, not so much with the second part. I think disney is, for now, making a conscious effort on focusing on the OT era, and I think it has less to do with trying to distance themselves from the "lesser" films (why would they care as long as the brand is making them money?) and more about the fact that there are three movies coming up that are a direct continuation of the middle trilogy, and we're currently living in a generation where most kids are primarily familiar with the Clone Wars and the Prequels. Right now, Disney is trying to set a paradigm shift back to the OT so that when kids see Episode 7, it will register just as strongly as "Star Wars" to them as an episode of The Clone Wars. I have a feeling, though, that in the next 10 years, once nostalgia for the prequels is really going to reach a high point, Disney will have no qualms with milking prequel imagery for all its worth.

As for you second point.... clouded, your judgement is . I think JJ Abrams, as with many filmmakers around his age, has a tremendous amount of nostalgia and reverence for the OT, and even if he did like the prequels (he's never said definitively one way or the other, just that he likes the OT better) those films are never going to mean as much to him as a person as the OT does. That being said, he has stated in interviews that he recognizes how much love there is out there for the prequels, and that for an entire generation of kids, those films are their primary idea of what Star Wars is. So who knows how his mentality towards any of the existing 6 films is actually going to effect the making of his new one. It'll be interesting, to be sure.