I’m sure you’ve all heard at this point that George Lucas sold the much beloved Star Wars franchise to Disney Corp for a whooping four billion dollars, the majority of which he donated to education-centric charities, and that a corresponding third trilogy was being prepped with Episode 7 slated for a 2014 release. This is another beast entirely. While there’s not too much news on this Zach Synder Star Wars adaptation, a few things are clear–

1) This story will not be Episode 7, nor is it likely to be a numbered addition to the saga at all.
2) The story is said to be inspired by Akira Kurosawa’s much lauded Seven Samurai
3) This experimental adaptation is unlikely to hit theaters until 2016.
4) This will run parallel to the stories told in the upcoming trilogy and won’t include any of those central characters. Cameos however are a maybe.

This is a lot to swallow considering the Episode 7 project is still without a director but it’s something we can take with a grain of salt. One thing’s for sure, it’ll be stirring up a lot of controversy and will be sure to be the talk around the water cooler, internet, communal bathing pool. Let the comments begin!

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