3-D Star Wars

[Simon Phoenix]

Is George Lucas Considering 'Star Wars' in 3-D?
The Jedi master has noticed the success of "Avatar" and is thinking about retooling his films to fit the format
By Brent Lang
The Wrap.com
George Lucas just can't stop fiddling around with his galaxy far, far away.
If the inveterate tinkerer has his way Han, Luke, Leia and Chewie may be headed for yet another makeover. This time the rebel insurgents and the evil empire may be getting the 3-D treatment...and we have "Avatar" to thank.
At an HBO after party following Sunday's Golden Globe awards, the director told Access Hollywood that James Cameron's monster hit has convinced him that the technology has evolved to the point where he was willing to reconfigure the outer space series so it could be viewed in three dimensions.
"We've been looking for years and years and years of trying to take 'Star Wars' and put it in 3-D," Lucas said. "We've been struggling with it, but I think this will be a new impetus to make that happen."
"Haven't been a big fan of 3-D, but that movie definitely improves in (the field of) 3-D," Lucas added.
Before he heads back into space, however, Lucas will film "Red Tails," which tells the story of the Tuskegee airmen, according to Access Hollywood.
This isn't the first time Lucas has re-visited the original trilogy. In 1997, the director spent over $10 million up revising the movies he shot in the 1970s and 80s and inserting scenes and characters that exploited CGI technology. Though the subsequent theatrical re-releases were box office successes, many of the director's changes were bemoaned by fans who believed that they weakened the arc of central characters such as Han Solo by scrubbing away their harder edges. Lucas festooned the movie with new digital alien creations, inserted a scene with Jabba the Hut in the first film, and changed a cantina shoot out to have the alien Greedo fire the first shot at Solo instead of the other way around.
As for the director's other attempt to revisit the Star Wars galaxy some 20 years later, well, that can be summed up in three words - "The Phantom Menace."

i'm actually looking forward to seeing that Red Tails movie, the tuskegee story has always been intereto me, but idk about another update for star wars.

[Alias-Revolution]

Interesting, but I doubt anyone can truely replace the original Star Wars cast, and Harrison Ford is too damn old to do another action flick.

If Lucas pulls his head out of his bung-hole and puts EFFORT into this project, unlike he has with his last few, he may become the richest man in history. Godspeed, Lucas. Don't screw this one up, and don't let Spielburg in on this one.

[Gjallarhorn]

"3-D" films are just a tacky gimmick that comes bundled with awkward glasses.

No thank you.

[Cobra Commander]

I want more from Star Wars, but 3-D isn't something I care about.

[Ryuuzaki HD]

I'd love to see the first in 3D but I imagine the novelty would ware off pretty quick.

I just want to see this in 3D:

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[Alias-Revolution]

You know, on second thought, I think Star Wars in 3-D would make my eyeballs explode. I have a hard time watching 3-D as it is.

[RexCars]

Yeah, terrible idea.

But if Lucas inserted an extra Death Star scene where the Empire blows up what is referred to as ''Pandora,'' I'd pay full price to see that in 3-D.

[Skylar1]

I don't like 3D movies. Not that I don't like the effects of it or anything, but that I can't wear the glasses too well considering that I already wear glasses. I end up having to push them really hard against my face, and they keep sliding off the entire time I'm try to watch the show. Very annoying.

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[Simon Phoenix]

yea, after the 97 remake idk if i trust him to do it again.

[Eris]

"3-D" films are just a tacky gimmick that comes bundled with awkward glasses.

They're aren't even new. 3D films were quite popular back in the '50s and '60s. So, in a sense, cinema has de-evolved into the gimmicky low-budget sci-fi flicks of the '50s. ... though, actually, I find them more enjoyable, as they have more worth-while plot and aren't completely special effects-centric.

[3pleT]

Will somebody please murder this man already?

[Simon Phoenix]

well you know lucas, trying to get paid off of movies he did 30 years ago.

[unruley700]

hate to break it to you guys, but george lucas doesn't need money. the man is worth somewhere around 3 bil (not 100% on this figure). he could buy a small african nation with that much cash. if he's gonna make another star wars flick, it's gonna be because he wants to.

[DOOM!]

hate to break it to you guys, but george lucas doesn't need money. the man is worth somewhere around 3 bil (not 100% on this figure). he could buy a small african nation with that much cash. if he's gonna make another star wars flick, it's gonna be because he wants to.

No, it's the money alright. 3 Bil. is never enough, even for one man. Then there's the jealousy and nostalgia of the days of glory that all these old geizers think they once had. James "Can-make-wrong" followed a recent fad in the history of lame movies with his latest Bullsh-buster "Avatar".
Then all the people start to think "If and idiot like Cameron can make a movie with no original plot 3D, I sure as hell can make a 3D movie with a plot that sucks bollocks and get better ratings."

[Simon Phoenix]

^^^pretty much