Star Wars 3D - Is this necessary at all?

I may seem like a bit of a nerd when I go into this, but is it really necessary to have all the Star Wars films in 3D?

Here’s the thing, films that get converted to 3D look terrible, don’t offer a whole lot in the way of “eye-popping” effects, and have a tendency to give me a headache when I have to wear MORE glasses than I already have on. Secondly, the prequels are horrible anyway. It’s not that I don’t love Star Wars, I grew up on the Lightsaber duels and the original “Droids” cartoon show and reading comics from Dark horse; it’s that Phantom menace destroyed anything sacred about the Star Wars Franchise. Let’s break it down.

1. Star Wars opens with an epic space battle above a desolate planet. Phantom Menace opens up with a “trade negotiation.”
2. Jar Jar Binks {need I say more?}
3. Midichlorians… This is the slap in the face to every Star Wars geek. How can you turn the mystical fantasy magic of the Force into a regular sciencey thing. You mean that Yoda is only as badass as he is because of a bacteria growing in his stomach or something? Not because he’s just that hardcore? Dammit!
4. Anakin Skywalker. No I am not giving that kid a break, why did I need to know about Anakin’s mom? Or that he was a slave, or that he had a racing ability? Why was he even there, couldn’t they have started off with, I don’t know, something relevant?

Look, this is just the FIRST film that I’m making comments about here, but they all disappoint in ways that make no sense. I am willing to admit that the first trilogy is not accessible to everyone, is convoluted and silly, but at least it was a simple tale about heroes and villains, set in a magical futuristic world with honor and thoughtful character development. The prequels are just an obvious cash cow built around a shoddy idea that didn’t even make sense in the seventies.

Long story short {too late} is that George Lucas is just trying to get our money again, and after the number of times those films have been sifted over and sold at market, it seems like the fruit is getting a bit overripe, if you know what I’m trying to say.

The next thing you know he’s going to be making three MORE Star Wars movies starring the likenesses of all those dead celebrities he secured the rights to. I can see it now, Star Wars, Episode Seven, Gone with the Force starring Clark Gable followed by Star Wars Episode Eight The Millennium Maltese Falcon. God, someone just shave his beard and put his fat ass on a treadmill, will ya?

No. No, it is not. Just like all the constant "upgrades" to the original Trilogy, the Prequels, the Clone Wars animated series and everything else good ol' Georgie has been desperately doing over the years in order to fully murder the once beloved and stellar franchise.

The Original Trilogy will always have a warm place in my hearth for being this almost Arthurian legend about a poor lad who learns about a greater destiny he must fulfil and who, amidst doing so, meets a whole myriad of righteous and interesting characters and, in the end, preserves his misguided father and restores peace to the Galaxy.

A brilliant and refined story and a picturesque example of outstanding and superb film-making that needs no "improvements" or "addons". That is all...

You mean we shouldn't go back and colorize "Citizen Kane," or add awesome special effects to "The Day the Earth Stood Still," {too late} or, god forbid, remake "Plan 9" so it is even shittier? That's just blasphemy, I demand your internet membership card... And your hat. GIVE THEM TO ME!

They should just remake the 3 prequels. Scrap what we have so far, burn it all, and start over. This time, whenever George Lucas even so much as touches a typewriter, a keyboard, or a pencil, he gets Maced.

@neuroplay

You can take my land, my women and even my life... BUT NOONE - AND I MEAN NOONE - TAKES MY HAT!

@LaughingMan

What strikes me as odd is that the Star Wars Universe is, needless to say, immense and if they really wanted to make another trilogy/film series they could've easily elaborated on the events that happen thousands of years before the Original Trilogy (a-la Star Wars: KotOR) or after (I'm not sure if I remember correctly, but I think there was a comic book series where an ancestor of Luke turns to the Dark Side of the Force but near the end of the story realises his mistakes and seeks for redemption), but no! They just had to go for teenage angsty drama...

Well, I can understand wanting to tell the story of Darth Vader's turn to the dark side, and it WOULD have been epic.... but unfortunately, like Matt Stone and Trey Parker mentioned in their South Park commentary of 'Jackoffasaur', no one objected to Lucas's scripts, as though Lucas could do absolutely no wrong. Just a bunch of yes-men who didn't have the balls to say: "This sounds like shit."

I'm with Cine and LM I dont think they are necessary at all!!!

Besides the man has more money than god dose he really need more?! I can completely understand and respect wanting to bring entertainment to a fanbase that has lasted and grown since the 1970s but unless you are going to IMPROVE or CONTINUE the franchise give it a break.

For the record according to Wikipedia our beloved Mr. George Lucas's net worth is $3 Billion as of 2010!!!! And the man is still fairly young hes only 66!!!

Personally I think I rather he continued the saga and show us whats happened to Luke and everyone after the big battle. I had heard years ago that Lucas actually wrote a total of 9 episodes, not just the 6 we know, minus the animated Clone Wars saga on Cartoon Network.

@LaughingMan
Thinking back to it, you're probably right - even if it were the fans who demanded another Trilogy/Film Series, the story they most likely would've wanted to see told would be the origin and downfall of Darth Vader, but, just as you yourself have conjectured, instead of an epic tragic tale of a man destined to bring peace and prosperity to the Galaxy, but who, sadly, fell victim to his inner anger and desires, we got a story of a spoiled whiny brat who couldn't keep his mouth shut for five fucking minutes...

@*STAR*
I heard about Lucas' original plan for shooting nine films before, but, frankly, if you ask me, there is no need for any kind of sequel to the Original Trilogy. It was an enthralling and superb journey that came to a satisfying and compelling crescendo, and any further elaboration would feel like your standard boring "After Hours with Luke and the Gang"... Besides, hasn't that already been covered in the Expanded Universe?

Expanded Universe?!

The books if I'm not mistaken. The Truce at Bakura, Dark Force Rising, and so on until the last nerd has been made a virgin sacrifice to a volcano.