Lucasfilm Ltd. announced today that the live-action Star Wars Saga will be converted to 3D! There are few movies that lend themselves more perfectly to 3D; from the Death Star trench run to the Tatooine Podrace, the Star Wars Saga has always delivered an entertainment experience that is completely immersive. Presented by Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd., the cutting edge conversion will take that immersion to the next thrilling level, with Industrial Light & Magic supervising the project. Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace is expected to be released theatrically in 2012. A release date has not yet been determined.

"Getting good results on a stereo conversion is a matter of taking the time and getting it right," said John Knoll, Visual Effects Supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic. "It takes a critical and artistic eye along with an incredible attention to detail to be successful. It is not something that you can rush if you want to expect good results. For Star Wars we will take our time, applying everything we know both aesthetically and technically to bring audiences a fantastic new Star Wars experience."

To see an exclusive video with Knoll discussing his role in 3D stereo conversion, click on the image below to be taken to our video player.

Yeah, the acting isn't the greatest and the terminology is flawed, but Lucas created a masterpiece for the time with it. He embodied myths as well as modern issues into his films when he created the original 3. Like you said, people romanticized Lucas, but not for the films per sea, but more the idea they brought that good triumphs over evil. Also the fact that he created a great story overall. An upbeat first film, a second one that leaves you in despair, then a third that ultimately wins your heart when good finally does triumph over evil.

How is him making it in 3D destroying the franchise?

this coming out in 3d has no real affect on my daily life.

You're right, episodes 1,2 and 3 and the remasters of episodes 4-6 did that already.

So if you wanna think the remasters sucked then that's your opinion, but for me, it changed my whole childhood.

I think one of us is just a bit older and bitter about the whole thing
If the remasters introduced some new fans to the franchise, that's fine, but he's just out to keep milking that cow.

What does yet another remake in 3D add besides guaranteed $ for the Lucas estate?
Nada IMO and it's kinda sad at this point.

Oh I know he's doing it all for the money, but it's not all that bad of a thing because of what I said for the next gen. Hell, Lucas changed the whole story line of episode 6 so he could have more money. Just read this about how he sold out for toy sales.

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/08/ ... kurtz-wer/