Why so few Star Wars films/tv?

[Gotham Central]

We all know that George Lucas is a massive control freak as far as Star Wars is concerned, but I've always found it odd that he has not done more with Star Wars in film and on TV. The Star Wars universe has largely been defined by the expanded universe. However by his own admission he is indifferent to the EU and does not feel all that connected to it. Yet rather than make more movies/TV and expanding his vision of that universe, he has Lucas Arts spend more time and money creating mre EU projects (like more novels and the forthcoming Old Republic projects).

Why doesn't Lucas just make more of his definitive universe? Instead of an Old Republic game, why not a new series of films set in that or perhaps the legacy era?

 

[Admiral_Young]

I've not found it odd at all. Right now for whatever reason he felt that the Clone Wars needed to be told. That's the series we have right now. The live action series seems to be it's own beast. As for actual films...I don't think we'll see any more live action Star Wars films. I think he's content with the novels and the Clone Wars series right now.

 

[Trekker4747]

Why so few?!

I think there's too much as it is.

 

[6079SmithW]

He has told the story he wanted to. ROTJ wraps up the whole saga with the main character being redeemed and the good guys defeating the evil empire. It is the final act. Also, trilogies take a long time (and effort and money) to make and Lucas is making a ton of money off of the products that already exist. He created a successful, profitable franchise that rivals or even exceeds Star Trek with just six movies. Everything added onto the two trilogies is superfluous.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

The way the recent movies turned out, do you really want more of them? The TV series is doing great otoh, with a large volume of episodes and a high overall quality. They've solved the movies' problems with psychology and politics, and are introducing more depth to the mystical story, which the movies completely ignored, even though it should be the heart of any Star Wars story.

The biggest problem Star Wars has is not quantity but coherence. The TV series is contradicting the recent movies and everything contradicts the novels. At this point, I like the TV series so I'm just letting it decide on canon.

 

[Professor Zoom]

The biggest problem Star Wars has is not quantity but coherence. The TV series is contradicting the recent movies and everything contradicts the novels. At this point, I like the TV series so I'm just letting it decide on canon.

This.


And besides... live action Star Wars movies are expensive. Sure, they make a ton, but it might be because they aren't coming out every three years for 20 years...

There's plenty of Star Wars....

 

[Admiral_Young]

I totally agree with Temis's post. I wouldn't be shocked if we got another Clone Wars movie...perhaps to bookend the end of the series.

 

[DWF]

The biggest problem Star Wars has is not quantity but coherence. The TV series is contradicting the recent movies and everything contradicts the novels. At this point, I like the TV series so I'm just letting it decide on canon.

This.


And besides... live action Star Wars movies are expensive. Sure, they make a ton, but it might be because they aren't coming out every three years for 20 years...

There's plenty of Star Wars....

The Star Wars prequels cost less than the recent Spider-Man, Pirates Of The Caribbean and Harry Potter movies yet they contiinue to make more of them.

 

[Professor Zoom]

The biggest problem Star Wars has is not quantity but coherence. The TV series is contradicting the recent movies and everything contradicts the novels. At this point, I like the TV series so I'm just letting it decide on canon.

This.


And besides... live action Star Wars movies are expensive. Sure, they make a ton, but it might be because they aren't coming out every three years for 20 years...

There's plenty of Star Wars....

The Star Wars prequels cost less than the recent Spider-Man, Pirates Of The Caribbean and Harry Potter movies yet they contiinue to make more of them.

So?

They make money. And they all have studios footing the bill, where Lucas is footing the bill himself.

There's only going to be 2 more movies with the Harry Potter books and there are only 4 Pirates movies, and they are already rebooting Spider Man after 3...

I'm not saying that new Star Wars movies wouldn't make money, but, I think there's a point of diminishing returns...

And, on top of that, the prequels weren't very good, so, quite frankly, I don't want to go down that road again.

 

[P0sitr0nic]

Id love to see a legacy era, or heck, a 5 to 10 year post ROTJ SW TV show, animated like Clone Wars. But only after CW has run its course.

 

[Set Harth]

The TV series is contradicting the recent movies and everything contradicts the novels.

Actually, TCW is apparently trying to avoid contradicting the movies ( though it has contradicted the EU often enough due to its lack of comprehensive research ).
A case in point is Anakin and Grievous. The writers could easily have scripted any number of Anakin-Grievous encounters or battles by now, but they have avoided doing so, just so one scene in ROTS ( and not a particularly beloved one at that ) doesn't get violated. On the issue of the novels, a lot of the novels have themselves contradicted the films, due to reasons including errors and revisionism.

 

[fett51]

Lucas did allow an Ewok TV show and a TV show about the droids back in the 80s. I've only seen bits of them, but what I saw was utter crap, the Ewoks one in particular. I'm guessing those failures put off further TV shows until now.

Lucas has stated he has no interest in going post-Jedi, and I doubt he has any interest in the old republic period either, which suits me just fine. I'm very happy with that period as it stands now.

 

[Admiral_Young]

The Ewoks and Droids cartoons were targeted towards kids, the quality of the story telling was directed towards children. I loved those two shows when I was a kid. My brother was into Ewoks and I liked the Droid show with R2 and 3P0.

 

[fett51]

That doesn't really excuse it. TCW certainly is kid friendly, the same could be said of all the films, and they managed to not be unwatchable as an adult.

 

[Admiral_Young]

^ Fair enough. I've not watched them as an adult, all i know is that I enjoyed them when I was a kid lol.

 

[Bishop76]

Lucas has stated he has no interest in going post-Jedi, and I doubt he has any interest in the old republic period either, which suits me just fine. I'm very happy with that period as it stands now.

Yeah, I agree - the less he touches, the less I hate about Star Wars. The man has done nothing good for the franchise since 1983

 

[saturn5]

Because you CAN have too much of a good thing as the Stargate and Star Trek franchises proved, there isn't the material there for multipile shows/movies. Even L&O had to close some of it's spinoffs

 

[Rarewolf]

The TV series is contradicting the recent movies and everything contradicts the novels.

Actually, TCW is apparently trying to avoid contradicting the movies ( though it has contradicted the EU often enough due to its lack of comprehensive research ).
A case in point is Anakin and Grievous. The writers could easily have scripted any number of Anakin-Grievous encounters or battles by now, but they have avoided doing so, just so one scene in ROTS ( and not a particularly beloved one at that ) doesn't get violated.

I watched Revenge again recently for the first time since Clone Wars, but Anakin's interaction with the rest of the Jedi seems a bit basic since CW - the series has allowed the characters to grow a bit. Look at his hissy fit when Paps places him on the council, but he's not addressed as a Master. I can't imagine the Clone Wars Anakin doing that.

 

[Tulin]

Why so few?!

I think there's too much as it is.

There are AT LEAST three films too many!!!


And no....I am NOT including the Ewok films!!!

 

[Bishop76]

Why so few?!

I think there's too much as it is.

There are AT LEAST three films too many!!!


And no....I am NOT including the Ewok films!!!

Quoted for truth. The Ewok films are masterpieces compared to the prequels.

(For the record, I do hate the Ewok films too - just to be clear)