Caffeinated Clint
We checked in with Lucasfilm ourselves today to see if we can’t get to the bottom of these "Star Wars 7,8,9" rumours.
Last week news surfaced over at TheForce.net that employees of the company have been asked to sign a non-disclosure agreement relating to Episodes 7, 8 and 9.
Talking to Moviehole this morning, Lucasfilm are quick to state that there won’t be any further "Star Wars" movies, adding that news about employees having had to sign a non-disclosure agreement with something about the sequels on them is false, because agreements are never film-specific there.
John Singh, of Lucasfilm, tells Moviehole : "The rumors of "Star Wars" VII, VIII and IX are absolutely false. "Star Wars" Episode III: "Revenge of the Sith" is being released worldwide on May 19, 2005, is our last and final installment. ILM employees sign a standard non-disclosure agreement that does not pertain to any particular film or project."
As much as I’d be interested to see what Lucas can do with a post-"Return of the Jedi" story, you’ve gotta admit : there’s gonna be some severe CGI needed to make Mark Hammil, Carrie Fisher and company look younger. In addition, can anyone actually see Harrison Ford signing on to reprise his role as Han Solo? Buckleys chance there.
Still, you never know, we mightn’t have seen the last of the "Star Wars" world. There’s rumours of a TV series too remember – and that ones yet to be debunked. In fact, IESB heard from a source who says that might be what Lucasfilm have in mind. Says the site, "I received an email from one of our sources deep inside the world of LFL who is backing up TheForce.net’s claim that there is indeed rumblings up in "The Ranch" regarding the rumored sequels. We were told that "Uncle George" isn’t planning to make anymore theatrical movies but he is looking at a possible animated TV series that might take advantage of Lucasfilm’s new Singapore animation venture that was announced a few weeks ago. That is the only way that we will ever see Luke, Han, Leia and the rest of the gang in any new adventure that would take place after Jedi.I was also reminded by our "friend" over at LFL of our video interview that we had with Steve Sansweet at Comic-Con last month where he clearly stated that they are indeed looking at several different avenues for Star Wars including animated and live action weekly TV".
