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I'm a little leery about the whole thing, but I will attempt to reserve judgment until we get more information about the new trilogy and the story therein.

I am curious about Lucasfilm's distribution deal with 20th Century Fox, though. I have to assume that Disney will want to buy them out of the contract (or at least not renew it, if that's an option).

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Originally Posted by Black Dynomite

Thrawn triligy? Isn't that supposed to take place right after E6 (canon wise)?

The Thrawn Trilogy takes place 10 years after the events of ROTJ. The story goes that Lucas set up a window of 10 years so he could do the last trilogy, if he ever got around to it. So all the sequel novels, comics, etc., had to be after that timeframe. That was one reason why Shadows of the Empire was such a big deal at the time it came out. It was the only non-movie SW story that was considered in-continuity by Lucas himself at the time of its release.

Then, of course, the PT came out and various writers started filling in the gaps between those films and the OT (as well as in-between individual films, a la Clone Wars and the "Tales from..." series).

I think there's enough material available that they could easily do a movie every couple of years for the foreseeable future. Whether anyone is willing to watch them is another story altogether.

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Originally Posted by MeLikeJinx

I think Disney is gonna treat SW like Marvel... like how they release a different Marvel movie every few years like Cap, Thor, IM, Avengers, Spiderman, X-men, Wolverine, Fantastic Four, etc... they will do the same thing with Star Wars. After they finish the next trilogy they will do individual character/story movies set within the SW universe.

I really hope Disney goes this route. It seems to be working for Marvel, so why not let Lucasfilm do its thing too? Then Disney can just sit back and make even more money.

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Originally Posted by MegaPrime33

It seems like the majority of fan boys are horrified by this. I think it's a good thing. The way I see it, I have been waiting for years to get a new decent movie and now something is finally going to be done about it. Yes, it may suck, but at least it's happening, rather than George being so damn picky about it and sitting on it for years and years.

Pretty much agreed. Aside from ANH, it seems Star Wars is better off when he's just the writer and someone else is directing. But that also has a lot to do with who gets chosen to direct, I guess.