It's Official...

[lazypadawan]

Episode VII will NOT be based on the books:

http://www.theforce.net/latestnews/story/LFL_Source_SW_Episode_VII_An_Original_Story_148665.asp

Comments

[quidawn.livejournal.com]

Ha, I knew it! :D *fervently applauds and cheers with emphasis and vigor* We told 'em all so, too, didn't we....just this whole entire time, all along, of *course* we did-! Aye, yes, talk of vindication, true enough. :)

[may-child.livejournal.com]

Thank GOODNESS. That's one thing that gives me hope.

Still reeling from Disney buying Lucasfilm.

[a-blue-moon-cat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the news. :) I can only hope that it will be a good story.

[bookwrm17.livejournal.com]

That's what I figured, given that Lucas said he had started coming up with story treatments himself.

Now, I do actually like (most) of the post-RotJ EU, but this doesn't bother me at all. The books will still be there, even if they're not "canon" (which becomes a rather meaningless term when a story reaches mythological status the way Star Wars has). I'd rather see new stories told than see the old stories rehashed.

[knight-ander.livejournal.com]

Same here. :)

[sreya.livejournal.com]

PHEW!!! Now let's just hope they can hold to a minimum the demands to insert certain EU characters. (You know who I'm talking about!)

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Yup, heh heh.