Disney Buys LucasFilms For $4 Billion – At Least Three New Star Wars Movies Coming …
“Disney announced today that it would be purchasing LucasFilms for $4.05 billion. Half the consideration is in cash; the other half is in issuing approximately 40 million shares based on the company’s October 26 stock price. The company said it intends to buy back all the shares in the next two years. This purchase includes rights to the entire Star Wars franchise, Industrial Light + Magic and LucasSound.”
You can read more at Deadline | Hollywood.
Plans on the new Star Wars films + TV plans.
And Lucas speaks …
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30 October 2012
8 Comments
Star Wars has already been fairly well integrated into Disney anyway; Star Tours (and the Star Tours gift shop with Disney/Star Wars mashup trinketsa), Star Wars Weekends in June, etc.
Kinda looking forward to a Darth Mater diecast — though much less so to Jar Jar Binks dancing down Main Street USA in the Electrical Parade…
(MET: I think George Lucas was the only person still a fan of Jar Jar so now that’s he’s sidelined, I think we’ll see Jar Jar only “in the vault” parade … maybe now we’ll not only get a remastered original Star Wars but maybe we’ll get a remastered version of Ep 1 where he’s cut down to 3 lines as one guy did – and the plot suffers zero …).
I think as long as they remain true to the franchise like they did with Marvel instead of trying to ‘appeal to younger audience’ by adding Jar Jar, it should be good. Just don’t do, “Stitch meets the Ewoks.”
Rumor is the first movie will focus on Jar Jar Binks and the Ewoks.
I pray that this ins’t true! Jar Jar…. ugh
I seriously can’t think of a better company to take over the Star Wars franchise. This is going to be amazing!
It is REALLY important they go back to the original style of New hope,Empire,and a new hope to keep what made Star Wars what it is! Really Excited about it, something as big as Star wars was bound to spawn more sequels.
Think i need a new hope…i meant Return of the jedi.
Awesome!