Disney Buys Lucasfilm, Announces
New Star Wars Movie For 2015

I never post replies to anything but I’m sorry, star wars is just apart of my history as anyone else so I feel I have a say. For starters I see a lot of comments bashing episodes 1-3. How else could they have gone? They were great! The stories wove in nicely to the older ones. They selected a perfect actor for young obi wan and introduced some great new characters. Second, this was Georges vision. This guy thought up this entire Universe so how do u figure the creator “ruined” his own story? Technology has evolved so did u really expect them to shoot the films like they did in the 70s? I’m vexed that Disney is taking over this epic saga. which brings me to marvel movies. I can’t comment on the avengers because I haven’t seen it. Every single marvel movie I’ve watched was horrible. I think the only one that was decent was the blade trilogy. I could go on for ages about how horrible x-men was. I can see how some people are mad that episodes 1-3 did try to appeal to younger generations but disney is gonna take it to whole new level. Leave this great saga alone Disney!

 How witty.
Explains why you liked DS 9.

I remember that episode. Return of Yar, right? How exactly did they address logistical issues while they were spending the episode doing the Denise Crosby alternate universe love story, the hackneyed treatment of theoretical physics (nothing new there…) and the thirty minutes of Whoopi Goldberg screen-time? I mean, I’m really trying to see how that comment is anything but hyperbole. Unless of course by “a far more realistic portrayal of the result of ongoing galactic war” you mean everyone dying. Which I guess sort of would seem a bit more believable than everyone walking out the other side of DS9 alive.

I think it is fantastic.  Maybe we’ll get les tinkering with what we grew-up loving and get someone who grew-up inspired by Star Wars to return it to first principles and continue the story we all really wanted to see.  Maybe it will be a terrible set of films, but something is better than nothing.  Good for George to let go and congrats on the mondo payday.  Capitalism is wonderful.

 I will explain why I liked it.

1. The characters were deeper.
2. The stories progressed and evolved from week to week.
3. Most of the characters were morally grey or became so as the series progressed.
4. The Maquis and Section 31 showed that things weren’t all sunshine and light with the Federation. Their was corruption in the federation. Some people in the Federation wanted out. The Federation wasn’t perfect and some people were questioning their place in this so called utopia.
5. DS9 seemed less like a talk show in space like TNG did.
6. The themes of war addressed in DS9 were prescient and the show is MORE relevant in a post 9/11 world than it was when it aired. Enemies who want our destruction and can look like us? Yup. Corrupt powers in our government manipulating events in the war for their agenda? Yep. Children being orphaned by war? Yup. Unreliable allies who pursue their own agendas? Yup. Enemy combatants who think everyone who doesn’t revere their higher power should be destroyed? Yep. Maverick service men who resort to their own brand of terrorism to even the score with their enemies? Yep. Torture of prisoners? Yep.
7. The other shows did a lot of universe building but every week they went off to do another adventure. The other shows built the shared universe…DS9 was the only show who made good use of the shared universe.
8. Voyager and Enterprise were god awful. Voyager was just recycled TNG.
 9. Garek. The most fascinating Trek character ever.
10. Gul Dukat…a morally complex villain.

I think Disney might want to consider changing their theme song to something other than “When You Wish Upon A Star.”

 It can be “The Imperial March” now.