What can Disney and Lucasfilm do together?
I must applaud the Blue Sky Disney blog for writing one of the most tantalizing posts we have seen on the internet in quite some time. Among the many topics discussed in today’s piece, he drops this little nugget on us…
…By early 2008 there will be some form of an announcement about Star Tours 2.0. The folks at WDI are hard at work creating a sequel to our current attraction that will be designed to mimic the lines at the Finding Nemo Submarine Ride. There will be more of a synergy between the two companies regarding the Star Wars properties, both here in Anaheim and WDW(more on that in a future post). There has been talk of having some form of promotion to coincide with the new Star Wars television show that will debut in about a year and a half.
So now that he has successfully ensured that we will all be checking his blog everyday waiting for the “more on that in a future post” to show up, what do you think? The sentence he has about mimicking the lines at the Finding Nemo Submarine Ride is a bit confusing, but what I think he means is that Star Tours 2.0 will be a true gate-buster. Considering the power the Star Wars franchise has, it is not difficult to see that being the case. Everyone fears Lucas will push the prequels into the parks, but that seems unlikely at this point.
Can any of our many Star Wars aficionados tell us more about this proposed television show? What is the premise? Is this being budgeted to the point that I think a sci-fi series needs to be in order to really be good?
Mike said,
July 18, 2007 @ 4:05 pm
There are 2 new shows. The first one to be released perhaps in 2008 will be a CGI animated show entitled the Clone Wars and will detail the, you guessed it, Clone Wars. It will feature many of the characters from that era like Yoda, Grievous, Mace Windu, etc plus new charaters. Lucas hopes to complete about 100 episodes.
Lucas is trying to find a writing team for a second show which will be live action. Its far from production. All we know is that it will take place between the 3rd and 4th movie.
biblioadonis aka George said,
July 18, 2007 @ 6:10 pm
The live action show is purported to be two one hour made-for-TV movies.
We can only hope that it will spawn more films and shows. I wonder if Lucas is trying to re-invent and re-brand a la Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who?
David said,
July 18, 2007 @ 6:28 pm
At first, I thought George was suggesting Lucas re-make Battlestar Gallactica!!!
biblioadonis aka George said,
July 18, 2007 @ 9:24 pm
Yikes!
Talk about coming full circle! Battlestar Galactica was created to cash in on the Star Wars frenzy. I can’t imagine Lucas copying Battlestar since it is a minor hit (major on Sci-Fi).
But who knows what he is thinking. (Jar Jar)
Mike said,
July 19, 2007 @ 12:37 am
the new Battlestar is pretty good though
Jason said,
July 23, 2007 @ 8:25 pm
Announcing Star Tours 2.0 early in 2008 makes perfect sense, from Disneyland’s side of things. A very strong rumor has come out that next year Disneyland will be getting the Star Wars weekends along with WDW. What better way to kick off this new celebration for the resort than with a new Star Tours ride?