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George Lucas Says 'Star Wars' Returns for Hamill, Ford and Fisher Almost Finalized
hollywoodreporter.com ^ | 9:22 AM PST 3/7/2013 by | Jordan Zakarin

Posted on 03/07/2013 4:57:21 PM PST by BenLurkin

Another day, another Star Wars rumor -- though this one is more trustworthy than most.

In a new profile in Bloomberg Businessweek, George Lucas and Disney executives discuss the long road that led to the purchase of Lucasfilm in October. Of particular interest for fans of the movies is the fact that Lucas confirms that he had begun talks with original Star Wars stars Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford to have them return to the franchise for its new films -- before he had even begun the process of the corporate offloading.

"We had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison -- or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation," Lucas told the magazine. "So I called them to say, ‘Look, this is what’s going on.' Maybe I’m not supposed to say that. I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-dee-doo, but we were negotiating with them. … I won’t say whether the negotiations were successful or not."

(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...


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KEYWORDS: starwars
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1 posted on 03/07/2013 4:57:23 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

So is Carrie going to come back as Jabba the Hutt?


2 posted on 03/07/2013 4:59:30 PM PST by rwilson99 (Please tell me how the words "shall not perish and have everlasting life" would NOT apply to Mary.)
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To: BenLurkin
hmmm....was the Millenium Falcon retrofitted to be handicapped-accessible?
3 posted on 03/07/2013 5:01:00 PM PST by ZinGirl (kids in college....can't afford a tagline right now)
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To: BenLurkin

“Star Wars: The Search For Jenny Craig”


4 posted on 03/07/2013 5:10:32 PM PST by mkmensinger
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To: ZinGirl

Well it did have a ramp.


5 posted on 03/07/2013 5:12:44 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: BenLurkin

Ford is the only one who remembers what its like to act.


6 posted on 03/07/2013 5:13:41 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: mkmensinger

Maybe they’ll film Carrie the way the obese Brando was in Apocalypse Now.

Mostly in shadows.


7 posted on 03/07/2013 5:14:02 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: rwilson99

You had to go for the fat angle. How easy was that.

Me, I was going to go for the crazy angle.

Does that make us both bad people?


8 posted on 03/07/2013 5:14:44 PM PST by Vermont Lt (Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?)
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To: BenLurkin

They better find Hamill some teeth.


9 posted on 03/07/2013 5:15:01 PM PST by CityCenter (No matter how good your PR is, you can't outsmart the truth.)
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To: rwilson99

“So is Carrie going to come back as Jabba the Hutt?”

It was reported that her boobs were taped down in the fist film to keep her from being too “curvy”.

My guess is that won’t be a problem now......


10 posted on 03/07/2013 5:15:54 PM PST by Howie66 (Molon Labe, Traitors!)
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To: CityCenter

May the Poligrip be with you


11 posted on 03/07/2013 5:16:49 PM PST by digger48
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To: Howie66

with no gravity in space, those thing flopping around would scare a Mynock


12 posted on 03/07/2013 5:18:36 PM PST by digger48
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To: BenLurkin

You all can crack jokes but this had to be done. Replacing them with other actors wouldn’t work and Carrie Fisher is by no means fat.


13 posted on 03/07/2013 5:19:12 PM PST by TheRhinelander
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To: TheRhinelander

They don’t need those roles at all do they?

It’s not like the Episode VII will pick up right where Episode 6 left off. It can’t UNLESS they re-cast the roles.

Which, now that you mention it. Might not be a bad idea.


14 posted on 03/07/2013 5:21:16 PM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: BenLurkin

This has turned into the ‘Carrie is fat’ thread. LOL Hey, she needs the work.. May the force be with her. Have at it, FReepers!


15 posted on 03/07/2013 5:22:16 PM PST by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: cripplecreek

Hamill does some pretty good voice acting for cartoons. I was surprised.


16 posted on 03/07/2013 5:23:29 PM PST by CommieCutter
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To: TheRhinelander

Good for her. It’s the other two I worry about.


17 posted on 03/07/2013 5:24:35 PM PST by x
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To: BenLurkin
Don't forget that they can make them look as they once did by using the latest computer graphics systems.

Did you see what Bruce Willis looked like in "Surrogates" And that was made 4 years ago, 4 years is pretty far back and the technology is much better now.


18 posted on 03/07/2013 5:25:52 PM PST by Bobalu (It is not obama we are fighting, it is the media.)
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To: ZinGirl
was the Millenium Falcon retrofitted to be handicapped-accessible?

Yes. Also, it will keep its left turn signal on throughout the entire movie.

19 posted on 03/07/2013 5:26:01 PM PST by GreenHornet
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To: x

Fisher??

Last time I looked she looked like Chaz Bono and had the same kind of politics.

Has she lost some weight and some ugly?


20 posted on 03/07/2013 5:26:50 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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