This was originally posted 14 years ago. Opinions, facts and reality may have changed.
Crikey. I didn’t see that coming. Just this evening, Disney has announced it’s agreed to buy Lucasfilm for $4bn plus change. And, at the same time, announced plans for “Star Wars 7” – due in 2015.
“I can’t believe I’ve convinced Disney to pay so much money for Jah-Jah Binks,” wasn’t said by George Lucas. But it may have been.
No what he said was: “For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next.”
Far be it for me to suggest he didn’t have to re-edit the films every time they were passed.
My only hope, as a member of the original Star Wars generation is that, well, Disney doesn’t give us anything as awful as “The Phantom Menace”.