New Plans From Lucasfilm

Lawrence Person writes "Locus Online has the announcement from Lucasfilms stating that they have authorized an 'adult' line of Star Wars novels. From the article: 'While the movies were still an ongoing project, it was important to portray all aspects of the Star Wars universe as wholesome family entertainment. However, now that the cycle of films is done, we can finally broaden the Star Wars franchise into marketing niches we'd heretofore avoided, and adult entertainment is at the top of our list.'" Relatedly, H_Fisher writes "In a first-of-its-kind move, George Lucas has announced that Lucasfilm and 20th Century Fox will offer free 'replacement DVDs' to anyone who mails in pre-Special Edition VHS and Laserdisc copies of Star Wars episodes IV, V, and VI by April 30th. From the press release: 'This unique opportunity will help fans experience the complete and correct vision of my epic story.'"

But wait?!

[Rodong]

Even if this is a april fools thing, and there WONT be an adult star wars movie, the idea does have merit in one way; If you define adult movie as=Movie for adults, void of bullshit, jar jar binks, cute fuzzy animals added to make it more child friendly, if you added a bit of grittyness, a heavier plot and even blood, then you might actually have a adult science fiction movie, something that hasn't been done in a good way in a long time, and i'm not counting I Robot.