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APRIL FOOLS: Zack Snyder Set for Star Wars Reboot!

Source:  MovieWeb.com
Zach Snyder Set For Star Wars Reboot
Jaw-dropping news hit the convention floors at this year's Showest as attendees of the Lucasfilm panel witnessed Watchmen director, Zack Snyder and George Lucas himself announce to the world that Snyder has been tapped to reboot the Star Wars franchise. Snyder is apparently writing and directing a new version of the seminal George Lucas opus, with plans to "re-imagine" Lucas's original fan-beloved trilogy, with episodes 4, 5 and 6 of the franchise.

"To be honest, Zack wasn't always my first choice," Lucas told a crowd of skeptical journalists and fans. "But I feel he can really 300 up the project."

Lucas went on, "The original trilogy is really lacking in terms of cohesiveness, writing, and overall story structure. I just didn't have the time then to do what I did with episodes 1, 2 and 3 which represent the true intended Star Wars universe."

"Quite frankly, and I know a lot of people won't want to hear this, but I find the episodes 4-6 to be somewhat boring when compared to episodes 1-3. I just have never felt totally satisfied with this franchise and I think the fans know that."


Director Zack Snyder told fans "not to worry" and revealed that he'd like to see Mark Hammil, Harrison Ford and Billy D. Williams lend their voices to the project in some way. There is even talk about new 3-D technology, and how some characters might reappear as their "younger" selves.

Lucas and Snyder plan to reveal more in the months to come.


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April 10th, 2009 8:15pm
Check out this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsotOoSUNJo&feature=related
It's awsome.
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April 10th, 2009 7:39am
Nice, I sure hope some people fell for this.
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April 9th, 2009 4:02pm
Slysnide: Good point. Look at Hitler. lol

Comrade: Are you serious or is that a joke?

Lol. i still can't believe they got me.
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April 7th, 2009 11:17am
silent reactor: of course anikan was a whiny bitch. who else would be an enforcer of a dictatorship? It's always the whiny runts and teased weaklings that score revenge against all others.
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April 7th, 2009 4:58am
Everyone figured it was a joke. Thank goodness!
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April 6th, 2009 9:09pm
GOOD ONE MOVIEWEB! lol
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April 6th, 2009 9:04am
Does it Agent Dildo? Does it say April Fools? Are you serious? It does. OMG!
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April 5th, 2009 12:31pm
Fuck it, if George Lucas signed all his SW rights to Zack Snyder on his deathbed, the result couldn't be half as bad as anything produced after TESB.
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April 5th, 2009 10:37am
Anakin skywalker is such a whinny little bitch, darth vader will never be the same ever!
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April 5th, 2009 5:49am
Oh, and I forgot to mention the overcast of digital effects...they were distracting. And he should NEVER have done the special editions of 4-6...damn the list goes on. He should have just let me handle it!!!
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April 5th, 2009 5:45am
You know...episodes 1-3 aren't bad storytelling...what's wrong is the fact Lucas can't write a script worth a damn. Omit Anakin's awkward lines, Jar-Jar and the whole "midichlorians" thing, get a director and screenplay writer who know what they're doing with Lucas' story. Let's face it, Menace would have been better had Anakin been a silent prodigy and no Jar-Jar and no ruining-the-Force-mythology-by-scientifically-explaining-it-away-with-midichlorians. Clones would have been better, again, if Anakin kept quiet. I agree, though, 4-6 can't be touched. Revenge of the Sith was really good, though, if you can stomach through Menace and Clones.
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April 4th, 2009 4:28pm
I cant believe i fell for this I knew what day it was when i read this
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April 4th, 2009 11:02am
What do you mean 'is this a joke' besides the caption of April Fools, GL wouldn't bash his original galactic opus, and say it needed a "300" type of boost. Of course it's just a joke. lolz
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April 3rd, 2009 12:14pm
...it DOES say April Fools
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April 3rd, 2009 6:24am
Is this a joke?-LOLZ!!!!!
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April 3rd, 2009 1:47am
What about a KOTOR trilogy based on the videogames?
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April 2nd, 2009 11:28pm
Haha. People lay off of George. I want to see you guys do something as creative or fun. Get real.
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April 2nd, 2009 10:40pm
Lol. fatguy hate George for his own original work! :D

Fair enough. Lol.
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April 2nd, 2009 10:33pm
fatguy, I totally agree. If it hadn't have been April Fools Day, i would've just thought "Yeah, that sounds like something George Lucas would do".
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April 2nd, 2009 9:44pm
You know if this were not April Fools than i would have definitely believed it because only George Lucas could do something that stupid, of course i wouldn't doubt it, he really knows how to &$^% these movies up, 123 sucked balls, and nothing will ever touch the originals... i hate you GL!!
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April 2nd, 2009 8:19pm
Not all people bought it, check my comments. What started as a joke, we saw it before as a good idea. Ep 1-2-3 are better in state.of.the.art.fx, plus acting and 4-5-6 are better in story telling and heart. The posibility of combine the best of both worlds are exciting.
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April 2nd, 2009 6:45pm
episodes 1-3are better then episodes 4-6? somebody please tell me tis is a joke!
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April 2nd, 2009 5:56pm
no pues oe
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April 2nd, 2009 5:09pm
if he want to reboot a film
reboot daredevil and fantastic four
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April 2nd, 2009 4:34pm
I dont know what is more funny...this joke...or the fact that people bought it.
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April 2nd, 2009 4:23pm
Mass Effect, please

OR

A brand new trilogy not tying into Lucas's saga
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April 2nd, 2009 3:05pm
dude he could so do it.
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April 2nd, 2009 2:40pm
DAMN IT!!!! WHAY!?!?!? I wanted Zack to at least do episodes 789! DAMN IT!!!!!!!!
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April 2nd, 2009 2:34pm
HAHAHAHAHAH...you got me Movieweb, good one...

...I'm gonna go sob in the corner now...blow me, April Fool. Your holiday is the most pointless shit imaginable
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April 2nd, 2009 12:39pm
Is anyone else sick of waiting for confimation. I still don't believe it. And like I said earlier. As much as I want to pay 30 bucks to see all three movies in theaters, I still want confirmation.
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