Disney buys Lucasfilms for 4 Billion; Star Wars VII in 2015

[soybean]

I didn't read through a lot of the responses in this thread but are you guys seriously mad about this? Disney is a huge company that's willing to shell out millions of dollars to produce an amazing product. They're not going to skimp on the bills for a franchise as big as star wars.

George Lucas is horrible now and ruining his own franchises.

LOOK AT ************* INDIANA JONES!

You guys just associate Disney with cartoons and feel good movies while majority of that is true, that's not all they do.

[CashmoneyDrew]

What doesn't Disney own at this point?

[Scott Wright]

Interesting...

Glad they are going to make more "Star Wars" flicks though.

[Rosebud]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

God dammit, George Lucas has now sold out twice. That useless bastard just had to go and milk it for all it was worth. No good will come of this. There will be 9000 Star Wars movies, TV shows, video games...It's just going to cheapen it. DAMN YOU LUCAS!

You're worried about Disney whoring it out worse than Lucas? Silly canucklehead.

[General Zod]

Originally Posted by A Perfect Score

No good will come of this.

Your lack of faith is disturbing....

[General Zod]

For a hilarious and very accurate review of the last 3 star wars movies, red letter media does a great job.

Yes there are several parts but they are all worth it.

[Cigaro]

I like this move. But mostly because I don't really have fan ties with Star Wars. Although I am not really too big of a fan of sci-fi, the epic scale that Star Wars would bring would have immense potential for greatness. If it doesn't live up to said potential and is nothing more than further movies made purely for money, then I truthfully won't care too much because of my aforementioned lack of connection for the series. I can understand however the deep apprehension true fans may have, but for me personally, I like it.

[Caddy]

Originally Posted by Grizzlegom

I'd be shocked if Lucas didn't get something out of the sale that says he will always have a strong creative influence in anything star wars until he dies so I don't think we'll be rid of him altogether. That being said, hopefully new writers will help spice up the dialogue some.

Someone in my facebook feed had a quote saying they would retain him as a creative advisor, but I have no source nor do I know what that would even mean. Hopefully it is either false, or a meaningless title.

[Shane P. Hallam]

Other LucasFilms properties:

-Indiana Jones
-The Land Before Time
-Howard The Duck
-Willow
-American Graffiti
-Labrynth

LucasArts Game Properties:
-Monkey Island
-Maniac Mansion
-Sam & Max
-Zak McKracken
-Grim Fandango
-Lucidity
-Thrillville
-Zombies Ate My Neighbors

[Shane P. Hallam]

Originally Posted by Caddy

Someone in my facebook feed had a quote saying they would retain him as a creative advisor, but I have no source nor do I know what that would even mean. Hopefully it is either false, or a meaningless title.

Read the article linked in the first post. He will be a creative consultant on the film and others from LucasFilms will remain to work on the film.

[niel89]

At first I wasn't sure about this and it sounded bad, but I actually have more faith in Disney at this point than Lucas. Plus Disney land is gonna get even more Star Wars stuff which should be cool.

Disney will be willing and able to explore different projects. Disney doesn't need to just make money of an individual film/tv show because they know that they can use it to build value for the brand in other ways.

[Rosebud]

I'd be down for a gritty reboot of Howard the Duck.

[Shane P. Hallam]

Originally Posted by Rosebud

I'd be down for a gritty reboot of Howard the Duck.

You forget that DISNEY is the one who did the purchase :) We do need a Howard meets Donald short though!

[Caddy]

Originally Posted by Shane P. Hallam

Read the article linked in the first post. He will be a creative consultant on the film and others from LucasFilms will remain to work on the film.

Damnit Jbond. Tell Grizz that!

[Caddy]

Hopefully we can finally get that Star Wars TV property we've always heard so much about.

[SuperMcGee]

Willow is so awesome.

[Brodeur]

Originally Posted by Shane P. Hallam

You forget that DISNEY is the one who did the purchase :) We do need a Howard meets Donald short though!

Disney did the Kill Bill movies...

[nobodyinparticular]

Originally Posted by Prowler

Anybody who thinks that this is a bad thing is completely out of their mind. George Lucas is terrible at executing his vision. The company that just put out the Avengers and has rebuilt Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, etc now has access to an even bigger fan-base. This is great news.

This gives us a shot at KOTOR, The Force Unleashed, or a new Trilogy. Also, with Lucas only serving as consultant and Disney running the show, the odds of us ending up with Gungans and killing off the best characters just went way down.

Now that I think about it...this has got to just be a way for them to green light the long time in development TV show. They already have 100 episodes written, they were just too costly for TV. Now, they can make a billion dollars with one movie, and then air the other episodes on Disney or ABC and sell a ton of toys. Literally all of the prep work was pretty much done for 100 episodes, so that's like 70 hrs worth of movies.

I want KOTOR movies!!!!!!!

[draftguru151]

[killxswitch]

This is a great thing. Yeah Lucas will be a "consultant" but Disney didn't pay $4 billion to let him make more ****** Star Wars movies. He will be a figurehead for a while and will fade, and the better creative minds will make movies (or maybe TV shows, OMG a weekly Star Wars show that is actually GOOD would be INCREDIBLE) that are actually worth watching.

There are dozens of Star Wars books out there, some of them very good. It wouldn't be hard to make some of those into movies.

[ryno626]

I've come around on the whole idea, I think getting the franchise out of George's hands will the best to happen to it since Empire.


edit - Lets get a sequel for Zombies Ate My Neighbors going!!!

[brat316]

John Carter anyone?

[CJSchneider]

Originally Posted by killxswitch

There are dozens of Star Wars books out there, some of them very good. It wouldn't be hard to make some of those into movies.

The Thrawn Trilogy was decent, but they won't start an Episode 7 that soon after the Battle of Endor.

[Rosebud]

I just hope they get new Spock back for the next one.

[Halsey]

I'd prefer someone just come up with something new and better than Star Wars. More "realism", less Jar-Jar Binks and Ewoks.