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'Star Wars' Musical Gets Approval from George Lucas
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by Jarrett Martineau | December 23, 2008 at 08:43 am
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Get ready, world, Star Wars: the musical is coming to the stage in London next April.
The production looks to condense all six movies from the franchise into a single two hour performance.
There's no word yet on a Broadway run — or on how much stage time will be agonizingly filled by the impossibly annoying Jar Jar Binks.
George Lucas, beloved director and ever-watchful protector of the Star Wars brand, has officially given his blessing to Star Wars: A Musical Journey, a stage production featuring dancing Stormtroopers and singing Wookies, according to E! Online. The show will play London's O2 arena next April with a European tour supposedly in the works. There's currently no word on a Broadway run, but, given the available theater space and the recession-proof appeal of completely ridiculous nonsense (admittedly, we would probably pay money to see this), you'd have to expect that one is definitely inevitable. SW: AMJ will reportedly condense the boring, convoluted plots of all six Star Wars movies down into a snappy, concise two hours, which actually makes us think that it could be sort of good, provided they focus primarily on the two non-shitty ones.
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at 08:56 on December 23rd, 2008
OH NO!
This can't be! Tell me it isn't so?
Well, Wake me during act 6 when leia is in Jabba's court...
at 09:03 on December 23rd, 2008
I do not want to see that.
at 10:36 on December 23rd, 2008
I agree. I don't see how they can successfully condense the six movies into two hours.
at 10:48 on December 23rd, 2008
paschen, I want to be in the show. Luke! I am your father! LOL :)
at 09:03 on December 23rd, 2008
"Springtime for Vader and LucasFilm..."
at 10:12 on December 23rd, 2008
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at 10:18 on December 23rd, 2008
This photo was posted on my Flickr site and I gave permission for it to be used, but you should know it originally came from an anonymous contributor to PostSecret and not from me.
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at 11:05 on December 23rd, 2008
Luke Skywalker from "Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy"
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at 13:25 on December 23rd, 2008
It's the picture of a hot air balloon that passed in the sky nearby my place here in Belgium.
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at 04:21 on December 24th, 2008
Ack! "Star Wars" and "musical" had an unfortunate crossover during a certain holiday special in 1978... Run and hide. Run. And hide.
at 05:07 on December 24th, 2008
hahaha...
All those who truly love Star Wars have swarn NEVER to mention that special again!
As far as Lucas, and all who love SW are concerned, it never happened...
at 09:13 on December 24th, 2008
Do you know if this is a grownup version or something kids could love as well like the Lion King?
at 09:33 on December 24th, 2008
I thought all the Star Wars movies were for grown ups? With the exception of Jar Jar that is...
plus, I don't know how many kids would sit for 2 hours listening to Han Solo sing about Boba Fett and Princess Leia...