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Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
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Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
I didn't know there was an episode 7 in the works...
Supposedly Lucas himself at one time thought about eps 7-9 as another trilogy. There is also the extended universe (which has traditionally been recognized as canon) that is quite clear about what happened after Return of the Jedi, so there's plenty of material, assuming they don't toss away the entirety of the extended universe...
It's true. I remember just before Empire Strikes Back was released the Detroit Free Press had a full-color section insert with movie artwork and interviews with the movie creators. George Lucas said the cadence was to be episodes 4-6, then 7-9, and then 1-3. If anyone has that newspaper section I'd love to see it again.
Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#113Star Wars Episode 7 will come out in 2015. They also acquired all of the assets including Indiana Jones, Star Wars, ILM, LucasArts and Skywalker Sound
I'm no media/film expert, but this sounds like a great acquisition for Disney. The current library/brands and Disney's distribution can squeeze any cash left from past movies/brands. Going forward this can be a true money-printing machine. Lets just hope they acknowledge the internet is the retail distribution channel of today. Also, funny how life works. Pixar, a spin-off of Lucasfilm back in the 90's "acquires" Luc…
>Lets just hope they acknowledge the internet is the retail distribution channel of today.
I wouldn't count on it. Just look at the absurdity that is the "Disney Vault."
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#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I seriously doubt that Apple wants to be in the content biz any more than they already are with their first party apps. I'd guess Steve was fairly cognizant of the fact that the decline of Sony was directly related to their media acquisitions in the late 80's. When the media people get seats at the big table you develop an institutional hostility to the sorts of disruptive devices that Apple wants to build and Sony u…
The relevant point is that Sony was not a distribution platform/network, and Apple is. And ESPN is mission critical for all cable platforms, so Dis ~by proxy, if not outright.
I don't follow.
Sony is not a distribution platform, ok. Apple is, ok. ESPN is mission critical for all cable platforms, ok. Dis by proxy, ok.
None of these statements are false but none of them lead me to think Apple wants to own any of these content businesses.
If Apple was going to buy any content company it's pretty obvious that they would have bought Pixar. Instead Steve sold Pixar to Disney. Now you're telling us that Disney's owning of these properties like Pixar is terrible for Apple but it doesn't fit the observed data.
Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#115Earlier quoted context omitted.
Fortunately, corporations are pretty shitty at deliberately pushing a cultural agenda. I dare you to find a consistent agenda in any media conglomerate's output.
Well, Fox has a pretty consistent message, as does MSNBC. Newscorp as a whole also has a pretty well controlled message.
MSNBC definitely does not have a consistent message, other than one or two primetime programs, the rest of their lineup is all over the place.
Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#116All I wanna know is whether or not Lucas signed first.
Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#117Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy
That series would seem to have the highest probability of happening, but I hope they move away from numerical episode numbering and toward just movie Titles like "Star Wars Heir to the Empire" because titles like "Star Wars Episode 6.625 Wraith Squadron" are just silly.
I look forward to Plinkett's evisceration of the Thrawn trilogy's mothball fleet of 200 dreadnoughts all slaved to one ship that can be effectively operated by a skeleton crew.
Sadly the best Star Wars books I know are Brian Daley's Han Solo Trilogy and the X-Wing books by Michael Stackpole. Both are light on Jedis and not likely to get made into films.
Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#118I have a bad feeling about this.
Re: Disney to Acquire Lucasfilm Ltd.
#119$4 Billion and it's 100% owned by George Lucas. Does anyone know if that 100% is literal? That he didn't give away ANYTHING, even for a pool for employees?
Lucasfilm was essentially a holding company, so it's not unreasonable for him to own 100% of it.
I don't believe the subsidiaries (Skywalker Sound, LucasArts, ILM, etc) are wholly owned by Lucasfilms.
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#120> I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. This is effectively Lucas' slow decent into retirement; he's not actively directing Episode 7 but instead consulting. Say what you want about the movies and franchises, ILM and Skywalker Sound are gold standards created by a tech visionary.
I hope they are doing the Thrawn trilogy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrawn_trilogy
My thoughts exactly when hearing of the news, but I doubt it'd actually happen :( They'd probably have to get rights from Zahns publisher or Dark Horse or whomever owns it, I'd think. I don't think this purchase counts as an umbrella IP grab for all offshoots too?