Star Wars set for 3D rehash

George, please put down the stick...

Dear god, *another* version of Star Wars? Put down the stick, George - the horse is well and truly dead. Someone really ought to enforce Mr Lucas's retirement - no amount of re-hashing or technology of dubious value can hide the fact that it's been a long time since he's done anything even vaguely decent.

Space Opera in 3D is still Space Opera

'people who were there in 1977 staring at the screen with mouth agape.'

wondering, presumably, how this trite storyline with its many contradictions (advanced weapons you have to target by hand, explosions in space making a noise etc. etc.) could have been considered interesting enough to make a whole series of films out of.

Still, I understand some people like them...

Just one more re-release, honest.

I am sick and tired of Lucas rehashing these old turkeys every chance he gets.

Add a little here and pretend it's a completely different movie.

I did enjoy the first one when I was a kid but got bored quite quickly and now I'm just fed up of hearing about another re-release.

It isn't like he's short of a few quid and needs to wring the last few drops of blood out of the, surely pissed off, fanboys.

/rant

Delivered in "William Shatner" mode

Must # screw # MORE # money # from # cash # cow!

George, move on!!

gnarf

GL running out of money?

another rehash of SW, in a long line of remastering etc. to follow over the years?

Just let it be as it is, for once.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

Never a truer word said. It seems to stalk us like a spectre at every turn. Lucas! Just let the damn thing rest in peace and leave us all alone.

Oh FFS

Give it a rest will you.

You managed to collectively ruin the franchise 10 years ago, how many times are you going to flog this dead horse..

Should be re-written...

George Lucas has discovered another way of getting even more money out of his Star Wars franchise by re-releasing the same films he's re-released several times before in 3D.

No thanks

Money grabbing, no more, no less.

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

3d is a fad and sucks, films made for 3d don't make good 2d films because the bits that are meant to fly out just look wierd and now they are taking six films filmed long before things like CGI existed and trying to shoe horn 3d out of them.

Blatant money making exercise.

Maybe a chance to remover Jar-Jar?

Maybe the fat-necked greedy git* can do a bit of turd polishing and remove pretty much all screen appearances by Jar-Jar?

* Incidentally, my wife has already threatened me about giving him more money by buying the set *again* (on Blu-ray). After two sets of EP4-6 ("original" and "Greedo shot first" versions) on VHS and all 6 on DVD, I think she has a point.

How much

can you milk a franchise for.

Wrong

Just plain wrong.....

New generation

of kids to sell merchandise to?

Guess it's that time again

George must want to build that expansion on his house. Either that or he needs another private jet.

Sad thing is that a lot of Fanboys will go watch this just because they have to see if it is as bad as it was the first time round. Me, I'm going to wait for it to come to tv.. you know, cause 3d tv's will be the standard by then.

Rubbish.

Two dimensions of The Phantom Menace was plenty bad enough, thanks.

differences

Avatar was filmed in 3D.

Clash of the Titans had 3D applied in post-production, as with the majority of live action 3D releases.

Both were average movies, but Clash of the Titans looked much crappier. If you serve up a crappy product, of course there'll be no demand for it.

No 2D Blu-Ray release coming then?

Does this mean that the BD release will be delayed so that he can release a 3D-BD version? Who am I trying to kid? He'll release both of course.

When my son's old enough for the films I'm only showing him IV,V and VI any way. The other three were toilet and I'd rather watch Ewok Adventure again than those.

Selling your own legend for a few extra dollars

Lucas has already destroyed the legend of his finest achievement by diluting it with round after round of awful makeovers / prequels.

I suppose all that's left now is to run completely into the ground for the last squeeze of profit, then retire.

In other news, plans are afoot to retouch the Mona Lisa now that pigment technology has improved.

Do not want.

Even my well-developed sense of morbid curiosity kept me out of the cinemas for the release of Episodes II and III, judgement which subsequent viewings on free-to-air telly have proven to be utterly sound, and now I won't have Star Wars in the house.

I will not be shovelling any money into Lucas' neck-pouch this time around.

Is this a title?

I love 3D. I really hope it catches on big time, because if it does it means I'll never be watching movies, TV, etc, ever gain, thus giving me a lot more free time.

What...

...does George Lucas have against Simon Pegg. Another Phantom Menace film will drive him balmy again.

OMFG!

WTF?

GG!

Really George?

Way to go, George ...

Take whatever respect and good-will your fans might have left and piss it against the wall. Yep, that'll work.

The bank balance looking a bit peaky, is it?

only if ...

Only if they delete Jar-Jar Binks

The Crew will be happy

I have a friend who was a senior member of the crew on an early Star Wars movie. As I understand that every time they re-release the movie the cast and crew receive the same pay they got for the first movie. This will make a nice retirement bonus.

Am I the only one that enjoys 3D?

It's amazing, every time there's a 3D story on any news site that allows comments, there is a flood of "3D is a waste of time" and "it gives me headaches" and "I don't like wearing glasses".

Crappy upconverts, crappy 3D movies in general (ones that would be crap in 2D as well) and the Phantom Menace sucking bag aside, I don't get why so many people trash the technology in general.

If you don't want to wear glasses AND don't want to sacrifice resolution and viewing angles, you'll be waiting a while. I say enjoy it with glasses now, and upgrade to an autostereoscopic display later when they suck LESS than glasses and don't cost as much as a new car.

IMHO, any inconveniences about glasses or any complaints about quality 3D movie/TV content are presently outweighed by the 2D->3D hardware upconverting of ALL your existing 2D stills and motion content, 3D live sports and video games (Xbox 360, PS3 and PC... they're all great).

Other apps, as well, really benefit from the upconvert... e.g. Google Earth, Microsoft Worldwide Telescope. Check out the exploding crab nebula in 3D and tell me it ain't some cool shiz.

I can't comment about headaches... that'd piss me off too. I guess I've been wearing LCD shutter glasses since the Sega Master System so my brain is wired for them now... I can wear glasses for a full workday and no worries.

Terrible, terrible idea

I don't get the whole 3D fad at all. I'm holding out for the inevitable holographic edition!

3D??

I don't think we have the technology to get more than *one* dimension out of the characters present the second trilogy, let alone 3...

But when all is said and done, Lucas will be a little bit richer, I guess that's all that matters

They're actually trying to polish the turd

If anything can kill off 3D TV, this is it.

Speculation?

>However, Variety reckons the Star Wars rehashes

>"should stifle speculation that the format is a fading fad".

But at the same time, it may start speculation that they need more money before they can start with the first of the next three movies?

Me-sa can't wait to see Jar-Jar in 3D, Anakin!

I dont understand?

Why start with the worst of all the star wars films if they want to make money?

Jar Jar binks in 2D was bad enough, why would I want to see it in 3D?

I think this is a great idea!

I can't watch 3D movies, my brain is too intelligent to be fooled into thinking that a flat image is actually 3D, at which point, in walks Mr Headache to remind me not to sit through this so called 3D pap.

But that's fine, it gives me some extra pub time having a few drinks while every other schmuck hands over the extra cash to watch the same sad old movie again.

It gets rid of all them ratbag kids from my favourite drinking establishments, so good on you Georgie boy! Got anything else you can drag out of the basement and re-re-re-rehash a few more times? Can you start releasing the films on a Friday night instead of a Thursday night in Australia, so that it makes after work drinkies more worthwhile? :)

Paris, because she would be down at the pub too, she can't wear the glasses, it makes her look less attractive :)