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Disney buys LucasFilms

B5CB5C Veteran
edited October 2012 in General Banter
LucasArts Purchased by Disney for $4.05 Billion. New Star Wars Movies?

This press release outlines the details of Walt Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion dollars. The details of this transaction includes LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic & Skywalker Sound and the rights to an untold amount of video games and licensing agreements that will suddenly come under question in a very trouble time for the video game market.

With this merger, Disney Entertainment, who also owns Marvel, Universal, ESPN, Pixar, and a huge number of Intellectual Properties, now gains the ability to do with the franchse as they like. The first move from Disney is to announce that Star Wars: Episode 7 is scheduled for releease in 2015.

http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/10365/article/lucasarts-purchased-by-disney-for-4-5-billion-new-star-wars-movies/

What I think?:


Comments

  • RebeccaSRebeccaS Veteran
    Noooooooooooo

    No more star wars. Please, no more. They already mutilated it, killed it and then molested its corpse. No more. I couldn't bear it.
    DaftChrisOneLifeForm
  • cazcaz Veteran United Kingdom Veteran
    When they do it they had better do it right.
  • RebeccaSRebeccaS Veteran
    Like that will happen :shake:
    caz
  • BhanteLuckyBhanteLucky Alternative lifestyle person in the South Island of New Zealand New Zealand Veteran
    It's going to be Clone Wars all over again. But bigger. Nooooo!
  • JeffreyJeffrey Veteran
    Will Mark Hamill be back? :lol:
  • RebeccaSRebeccaS Veteran
    Four reasons you should be thrilled Disney bought Star Wars
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    Jeffrey said:

    Will Mark Hamill be back? :lol:

    Yes, with a walker.

    JeffreyBhanteLucky
  • ZeroZero Veteran
    Hicks' Law satisfied...

  • DaltheJigsawDaltheJigsaw Mountain View Veteran
    I think this is insane! And honestly 7th episode really? :(
  • DaftChrisDaftChris Spiritually conflicted. Not of this world. Veteran
    Sometimes I feel like the only person on the Internet who just does not care about the merger.
  • vinlynvinlyn Colorado...for now Veteran
    No, @DaftChris, you are not alone. Yawn.
  • karastikarasti Breathing Minnesota Moderator
    The 7th episode isn't a surprise, as Lucas intended SW to be a 3 part trilogy, so 9 episodes. Hopefully they aren't done horribly. On the plus side, there is a good chance Disney will release them in a better format, in the real version as a dvd set, which would be nice.

    The other big plus, Lucas is donating the money from the sale (assuming it is approved) to charity, to education. All 4 billion of it.
    JeffreyRebeccaS
  • personperson Don't believe everything you think The liminal space Veteran
    Lucas isn't that great of a director anyway so for Star Wars fans this could easily be a positive.
    caz
  • lamaramadingdonglamaramadingdong Veteran
    Lucas avoiding the implications of the fiscal cliff.
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