Date: August 27, 2004
Source: IESB.NET
Author: Robert Sanchez
TheForce.net posted a story last week that Lucasfilm employees had signed a non-disclosure agreement regarding Episodes VII, VIII and IX giving Star Wars fans everywhere hope that Revenge of the Sith would not be the final installment of the series. E! online later refuted the story when they spoke to Lucasfilm spokesman Lynn Fox who said "The rumors are absolutely untrue, Star Wars: Episode III--Revenge of the Sith is our last and final installment." She was also very adamant that Lucas would not pass the franchise on to another director.
Clint over at Moviehole also talked to John Singh from Lucasfilm who said "The rumors of "Star Wars" VII, VIII and IX are absolutely false. "Star Wars" Episode III: "Revenge of the Sith" is being released worldwide on May 19, 2005, is our last and final installment. ILM employees sign a standard non-disclosure agreement that does not pertain to any particular film or project."
So we wont see Star Wars sequels, right? Hold on, wait a minute. I received an email from one of our sources deep inside the world of LFL who is backing up TheForce.net's claim that there is indeed rumblings up in "The Ranch" regarding the rumored sequels. We were told that "Uncle George" isn't planning to make anymore theatrical movies but he is looking at a possible animated TV series that might take advantage of Lucasfilm's new Singapore animation venture that was announced a few weeks ago. That is the only way that we will ever see Luke, Han, Leia and the rest of the gang in any new adventure that would take place after Jedi.
I was also reminded by our "friend" over at LFL of our video interview that we had with Steve Sansweet at Comic-Con last month where he clearly stated that they are indeed looking at several different avenues for Star Wars including animated and live action weekly TV (Click here for the video interview).
George has allowed other people to direct Star Wars in the past and I truly believe that any future live action TV series would be no different. So will we see the sequels in one way or another? George is no idiot and Star Wars is to big of a cash cow to let it go. There will be more Star Wars after Revenge of the Sith.
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