You are not alone, Roy. Every true Star Wars fan who has grown up with it is incredibly worried as to how Disney will wipe out the expanded Star Wars Universe we loved in the books, comics and video games.
Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilms was as much of an abomination as the Star Trek remake with that weak-kneed little worm Zachary Quinto as Spock and that overprimped fop Chris Pine as Kirk.
BTW, @johnzakour, @Thomas Scott Roberts, any chance of making your Sunday prints a bit bigger, say, maybe the size of any other comic’s Sunday print? This one’s a little tricky to read, even with the zoom.
Plu-eeeze! Disney could not possibly crap on Star Wars more than George Lucas himself did. The prequels were absolute crap. The scripts were awful, the performances just as bad and there were no compelling characters. The prequels were long, overproduced commercials for toys and video games.
Lucas demonstrated that he had lost touch with what made Star Wars great when he edited A New Hope and made Greedo shoot first. It has been downhill ever since for Star Wars. I think that the best thing that could happen to Star Wars was for Lucas to sell it to anyone else. Hell, Star Wars would have been better off if Lucas had burned all prints and negatives rather than inflict any more damage to the franchise.
Lucas doesn’t have what it takes anymore. Peter Jackson is the new George Lucas. Maybe Disney could convince Peter Jackson to revive Star Wars and make a decent film that actually has decent characters and a compelling story.
I think the Ewoks are adorable (at least I thought they were in the movies). I haven’t seen any of the movies in years though, maybe it was because I was so young.
Disney has done an awesome job with Marvel and allowing Marvel to make the movies the way THEY think they should be, hence the awesomeness of The Avengers. I can’t see how anything Disney does with Star Wars would be worse than Jar Jar Binks.
Michael Thorton almost 12 years ago
You are not alone, Roy. Every true Star Wars fan who has grown up with it is incredibly worried as to how Disney will wipe out the expanded Star Wars Universe we loved in the books, comics and video games.
Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilms was as much of an abomination as the Star Trek remake with that weak-kneed little worm Zachary Quinto as Spock and that overprimped fop Chris Pine as Kirk.
BTW, @johnzakour, @Thomas Scott Roberts, any chance of making your Sunday prints a bit bigger, say, maybe the size of any other comic’s Sunday print? This one’s a little tricky to read, even with the zoom.
rockngolfer almost 12 years ago
Windows 7 has two magnifiers. I keep my screen at 125% and there is this accessory magnifier program also.
feralmonkey4 almost 12 years ago
the way I look at it they have done good by Marvel so I will give em a chance.
Dragoncat almost 12 years ago
Roy’s dream would make a rather interesting video game, though.Imagine Magica DeSpell as a Sith Lord.
PoodleGroomer almost 12 years ago
Everyone knows Walt is in the black suit. His death was fabricated to cover his crossing to the dark side.
sandrino almost 12 years ago
Plu-eeeze! Disney could not possibly crap on Star Wars more than George Lucas himself did. The prequels were absolute crap. The scripts were awful, the performances just as bad and there were no compelling characters. The prequels were long, overproduced commercials for toys and video games.
Lucas demonstrated that he had lost touch with what made Star Wars great when he edited A New Hope and made Greedo shoot first. It has been downhill ever since for Star Wars. I think that the best thing that could happen to Star Wars was for Lucas to sell it to anyone else. Hell, Star Wars would have been better off if Lucas had burned all prints and negatives rather than inflict any more damage to the franchise.
Lucas doesn’t have what it takes anymore. Peter Jackson is the new George Lucas. Maybe Disney could convince Peter Jackson to revive Star Wars and make a decent film that actually has decent characters and a compelling story.
vwdualnomand almost 12 years ago
lucas did a solid though. he is donating 4 billion of the sale to education charity.
Amalagam Premium Member almost 12 years ago
This particular strip is the best take on the sale I’ve seen yet – most of them just have the Death Star with mouse ears.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 12 years ago
Thanks! Although I guess I’m really version 3- as far as how many artists have drawn the strip over the years.
johnzakour Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Agreed. Though I am hoping we may yet see the live action series.
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 12 years ago
Lucas really seems to believe that the Ewoks were the new teddy bears. He may overlooked the fact that they’re kinda sorta ugly.
3hourtour Premium Member almost 12 years ago
….actually…I liked it…
ecboston almost 12 years ago
Who knows with Disney they might remake Bambi with Vader doing in the deer
ecboston almost 12 years ago
Or Han & Captain Jack together
Thomas Scott Roberts creator almost 12 years ago
If Bambi’s mother is killed, it’ll be because Greedo shot first. They’d never let Han do that.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I agree with Roy on this one. But I think this is going to be a nightmare.
btrfly_lvr almost 12 years ago
I think the Ewoks are adorable (at least I thought they were in the movies). I haven’t seen any of the movies in years though, maybe it was because I was so young.
nj23nut almost 12 years ago
Disney has done an awesome job with Marvel and allowing Marvel to make the movies the way THEY think they should be, hence the awesomeness of The Avengers. I can’t see how anything Disney does with Star Wars would be worse than Jar Jar Binks.