Disney To Acquire Lucasfilm

hobie16 · Post by **hobie16** » Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:08 pm

goofyjoe wrote:As one of my coworkers put it, "Disney can't do much worse than Lucas did!" (He was referring to Episode I.)

“Why would I make any more when everybody yells at you all the time and says what a terrible person you are?”
---George Lucas

GRUMPY PIRATE · Post by **GRUMPY PIRATE** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:52 am

I read that article and for a person that has made as many movies and as much money, and fame as lucas, he sounds like a bit of a wuss when it comes to getting (unwanted) comments.

jeez, George, just tell them to go suck an egg.

SG I Yam · Post by **SG I Yam** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 6:29 am

Y'all are thinking too small. Star Wars, Marvel, and a long shot of maybe Middle Earth. Fifth gate...

WEDFan · Post by **WEDFan** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:46 am

Star Wars Weekends ought to be interesting inthe future. Disney really has gone on a buying spree! It will be interesting to see everything they do with it.

I also wonder if there will be any significant cross-pollenation between Imagineering and ILM -- that has the potential for being pretty spectacular. :D:

February · Post by **February** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:12 am

When I heard this news the six year old in me exploded from sheer excitement.

My two great childhood loves merging? SQUEEEE!

Wow. Just wow.

bru

hobie16 · Post by **hobie16** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:32 am

For me the long talked about but dead Episodes 7, 8, and 9 will be made. Score!!

EpcotFan · Post by **EpcotFan** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:14 pm

hobie16 wrote:For me the long talked about but dead Episodes 7, 8, and 9 will be made. Score!!

That's pretty exciting too. It will be interesting to see where this goes. Hopefully this will bring back the original actors (although Harrison Ford might be too expensive these days) rather than recasting or setting this so far in the future that the Skywalkers and Solos are pushing up daisies. The Zahn series and the Fate of the Jedi series would both be much better than the prequels, but I have no idea if they would consider adaptations of those books as opposed to an entirely new script. Heck, do a new script and get Zahn to do the story treatment.

How about a Rogue Squadron animated series? Disney XD needs more material. :)

WEDFan · Post by **WEDFan** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:59 pm

One of the articles I read said that the new trilogy would be several decades in the future and would deal with Luke and the others. At least initially, they are starting with treatments done by George Lucas. He passed those over Kathleen Kennedy as part of passing the reigns.

You do wonder, though, if they'd be able to get them all.

hobie16 · Post by **hobie16** » Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:58 pm

My bet is only Luke gets carried over to Episode 7. He'll be used to bring the timeline up to date and then pass the light sabre on to a new group of heroes.

BRWombat · Post by **BRWombat** » Thu Nov 01, 2012 11:53 am

Here's a lighthearted take over at TelevisionWithoutPity.com about the pros and cons of the merger.

And coming soon: Cracked is running a photoshop contest titled What George Lucas is Going to Do Next.

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