no.
it can't be.
when my mum told me i was just like...
no.
i mean...
i heard of Disney buying Lucasfilm but...
STAR WARS 7?!?!??!
and i was so shocked, i was like
no.
it can't be
but then i saw this and this.
i'm so worried now.
FIRSTLY:
the picture of the animation IS NOT from the film, it's from a short/series/something on YouTube called "Star Wars Detour".
SECONDLY:
i sure hope that the film isn't animated.
THIRDLY:
it's supposed to be released in 2015 and apparently it's not in production yet (although I haven't read anything along those lines so i'm not sure). if it's not in production yet, i doubt it will be animated because it takes a good several years to do animated films.
FOURTHLY:
the Wikipedia article that i linked to above says:
The key actors, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, would appear, in their 60s or 70s.
i sure hope this means that it's live actors, but the article also says:
...hints that George Lucas has given over time...(sometimes contradictory)...
FIFTHLY:
animated or not, i think this is a terrible idea. i think the Dark Knight is the only thing that has ever lived up to a famous film legacy and that's Batman, not even Star Wars. there have been so many Star Wars spin-offs and series, nothing has lived up to it. even the second trilogy of the original series was not super fantastic (i mean it was good, but still)
SIXTHLY:
i love Disney. i love Star Wars. but that doesn't mean i ever believed, wanted or thought they would or could ever join forces (yay pun).
SEVENTHLY:
Disney does not always equal animations. sure, it's what they do best and it's a large part of why they were famous. but think Pirates of the Caribbean, Remember the Titans, Cool Runnings, National Treasure, Holes, The Mighty Ducks, Around the World in 80 Days, Bedtime Stories and The Princess Diaries. All amazing non-animated Disney films, so there is hope.
EIGHTHLY:
i would have much preferred Disney just make a space-based film (especially if it's animated) rather than a Star Wars-based film. I love classic Disney and modern Disney-Pixar, but modern Disney has really started to get very weird and...worrying.
Anyway, I guess we just have to wait until 2015 and see how this pans out.
