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DoctorBlade SuperDork
10/30/12 4:08 p.m.

Disney acqires Lucasfilm.

I've got a bad feeling about this.

stanger_missle GRM+ Memberand Reader
10/30/12 4:10 p.m.

Noooooooooooooooo!!!

stuart in mn PowerDork
10/30/12 4:14 p.m.

In June, "Star Wars" director and Lucasfilm owner George Lucas announced his plans to retire, and named producer Kathleen Kennedy as chief executive of Lucasfilm, which he wholly owns.

So that's $4 billion in the retirement plan for George?

DoctorBlade SuperDork
10/30/12 4:15 p.m.

$4Bil is what Disney paid for Marvel, and I thought they vastly overpaid for that.

Tom_Spangler GRM+ Memberand HalfDork
10/30/12 4:18 p.m.

All your entertainment base are belong to Disney.

And yes, another movie is a bad idea.

Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/30/12 4:22 p.m.

Hmmm, this could be good. Think about, Pixar does Star Wars? Disney has done well with a lot of their brands (Cars, Toy Story, etc) and George lost his damn marbles (Jar-Jar, berking Decipher on the Star Wars CCG which was bigger than Magic, etc).

SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltraDork
10/30/12 4:38 p.m.

I think everyone is forgetting that its not only movies, but all the spin-off animated shows and video games. There is still a lot of money to be made in the Star Wars Franchise.

mndsm PowerDork
10/30/12 4:42 p.m.

Javelin wrote: Hmmm, this could be good. Think about, Pixar does Star Wars? Disney has done well with a lot of their brands (Cars, Toy Story, etc) and George lost his damn marbles (Jar-Jar, berking Decipher on the Star Wars CCG which was bigger than Magic, etc).

I thought the same thing. Think of what Disney did visually with the Pirates movies. Now think about the horsepower of Lucasfilm behind it. If Disney parlays that into Marvel movies- we've got some seriously gorgeous things to look at.

rob_lewis GRM+ Memberand Dork
10/30/12 4:46 p.m.

And, supposedly, the backing to finish out the franchise:

http://www.toofab.com/2012/10/30/star-wars-episode-7-coming-in-2015/

Honestly, I felt sorry for Lucas. Star Wars, Empire and Jedi (kinda) were such huge successes that I don't think he could have made ANY film that would have pleased the critics. My 11 year old actually likes 1, 2 and 3 better than 4, 5 and 6. That's the ones his generation remembers. Yet, Lucas was railed when Episode 1 was released.

I'm glad, if nothing else, that there's a chance his original 9 stories will be finished. Just for completeness, if nothing else.

-Rob

carguy123 PowerDork
10/30/12 5:16 p.m.

I can see nothing but good in this.

ultraclyde Dork
10/30/12 5:16 p.m.

mndsm wrote: I thought the same thing. Think of what Disney did visually with the Pirates movies. Now think about the horsepower of Lucasfilm behind it. If Disney parlays that into Marvel movies- we've got some seriously gorgeous things to look at.

Parlay!

turboswede GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
10/30/12 5:19 p.m.

Yep, I'm excited about the prospects. Disney loves sequels and they love buying stories. Star Wars has lots of stories available for sequels, etc. Most better than anything written by Mr. Lucas.

I'm thinking an X-Wing Squadron TV series with Rogue, Wraith and even the Empire's 181st. Tons of great content there.

Bounty Hunter's, etc.

Also: Hand. Of. Thrawn. Trilogy. Boom.

Finally, Lucas didn't really want to do the prequel, he even warned that they would not be as good as the original three, but he did it anyway to shut everyone up about it. I think the final three could be better than the middle three, but that remains to be seen.

Kenny_McCormic Reader
10/30/12 5:28 p.m.

I'm a bit of a purist in terms of lucasfilm, all I want are 4k scans, or at least blu ray of the original trilogy, ET, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The last Crusade, all in their original theatrical cuts. Also, burn all of the Howard the Duck masters.

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/30/12 5:32 p.m.

I dunno, Howard the Duck had Lea Thompson in it. I appreciated that very much at the time. Probably still would.

Javelin GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/30/12 5:41 p.m.

turboswede wrote: Also: Hand. Of. Thrawn. Trilogy. Boom.

You need a job for Disney/LF as a content director.
That would be an epic series of movies. Zahn was the best SW author.

Aeromoto HalfDork
10/30/12 5:45 p.m.

Honestly, what sheeple can stand to watch any of the mainstream, big budget movies these days anyway, no matter what corporate megastudio spoon feeds them to you

Derick Freese SuperDork
10/30/12 6:55 p.m.

Will Dork
10/30/12 7:30 p.m.

And let us not forget that Disney can now make that Howard the Duck sequel we've been waiting for.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/30/12 9:09 p.m.

somebody needs to do the deathstar with mouse ears

novaderrik UltraDork
10/30/12 9:14 p.m.

Javelin wrote: Hmmm, this could be good. Think about, Pixar does Star Wars? Disney has done well with a lot of their brands (Cars, Toy Story, etc) and George lost his damn marbles (Jar-Jar, berking Decipher on the Star Wars CCG which was bigger than Magic, etc).

i worry that this might affect my ability to watch The Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network in the future.. personally, i think that some of the best stories from all of the Star Wars universe is in that series.

mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
10/30/12 9:15 p.m.

I agree with your Nova.. been watching that and buying the DVDs.. great series

mndsm PowerDork
10/30/12 9:30 p.m.

ultraclyde wrote:
mndsm wrote: I thought the same thing. Think of what Disney did visually with the Pirates movies. Now think about the horsepower of Lucasfilm behind it. If Disney parlays that into Marvel movies- we've got some seriously gorgeous things to look at.
Parlay!

OE36 M3! I didn't even think of that til you said it.

SyntheticBlinkerFluid UltraDork
10/30/12 9:48 p.m.

I think this pretty much sums up what good this purchase will do.

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/10/disney-star-wars-new-hope/