Disney Buying LucasFilm! WHOA

[flynnibus]

Part of the acquisition when Disney bought Marvel was that Universal would keep the park rights to Marvel on the East Coast. Disney is free to do with what they want with Marvel in the parks in Anaheim, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Paris though.

Not so much 'part of the acquisition..' but rather it was a pre-existing deal that neither Marvel nor Disney as the acquirer had any out to nullify the existing deal. It was baggage Disney just had to accept.

 

[Ransom]

Don't know if this has been posted yet...but I wonder if Disney would give us the Original Trilogy, untouched on DVD and Blue Ray

I sure hope so.

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

Not so much 'part of the acquisition..' but rather it was a pre-existing deal that neither Marvel nor Disney as the acquirer had any out to nullify the existing deal. It was baggage Disney just had to accept.

True. Either way, Universal has the park rights for Marvel in Orlando.

 

[sweetpee_1993]

I just got my power back from Hurricane Sandy after being without for over 24 hours and this news explodes.

Wow!

It was the force. YOu needed to be here.

 

[Turtle]

Since Disney will could be building a Star Wars land in the future. Who would win in rides and merchandise?! Discuss!

 

[dopeylover]

I just sent the link w/ the article to my husband. His two favorite things merge even more. I have a feeling there's a police officer in Buffalo crying tears of joy...

 

[FrankLapidus]

I wonder what this means for the Studios makeover (I'm certainly even more convinced it will be big and impressive) and what it means for Iger's timeline for leaving.

Do you think this curtails Cars Land being brought to DHS or could it happen alongside a possible Star Wars expansion?

 

[Dasnowz]

Not having read all 14 pages I am curious s anyone seen reference to lucasarts being included? wonder what will happen to the games over there if its not

 

[John]

No, absolutely not.

How tough is it to make these deals when you can get the price you want? What fanboi wouldn't have pulled the trigger on Pixar ... on Marvel (OK, this Spirit here!) ... or on Lucas?

But the same reason you would give props to Iger for getting them you have to look at the flipside and that says 'we can't create compelling product at all anymore, so we have to buy it wherever and whenever we can' ...

Again I agree with you...Buttttttt given the chance to buy Lucas and passing on it (for this price) would have been the dumbest thing he ever did.....bar none.

 

[captainkidd]

This isn't even close. Harry Potter is a wildly successful book and movie franchise. Star Wars is an integral part of pop culture. What Disney COULD do with this is beyond imagination.

 

[lobelia]

Talk about the ultimate head fake.....here's some leaked blue prints for something we might build in DAK. Talk among yourselves. Oh by the way we are buying STAR WARS, the world in which many of us dreamed of being in as kids, played as characters and stood in line to see.

WDW1974, I do understand your point in that Disney is buying creativity though. But seeing this fantasy world come to life could rock.

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

Do you think this curtails Cars Land being brought to DHS or could it happen alongside a possible Star Wars expansion?

In a perfect world, that would be awesome! An expansion of the Lucas area and the addition of Cars Land. That will be one hell of a park if so!

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

Not having read all 14 pages I am curious s anyone seen reference to lucasarts being included? wonder what will happen to the games over there if its not

I believe that's park of it, since they acquired ILM and Skywalker Sound with the purchase...

 

[SirLink]

I just wonder what Cameron thinks of the deal in general. And I'm sure he's been aware they've been talking. Perhaps, this was what enabled Disney to strong arm him into agreeing to a two-attraction Pandora and not a three attracton land.

So much to ponder ...

I mentioned this 20 minute ago in the other thread kind Spirit. It makes you wonder though! So the over under on more Star Wars in DHS expansion.

 

[Ciciwoowoo]

And there we go....

Disney has officially topped Potter...Even without the attractions lined up yet.

 

[td1129]

Not even close to being close.

 

[jdmdisney99]

Don't have time to read the thread, but as a Disney fan I dislike this move (not that it isn't good business wise). Disney still has a toxic creative culture and this just shows that Iger has never been interesting in fixing Disney's heart. Pixar, Marvel, LucasFilm have all been acquired to fill ulcers within Disney without any real medicine. It's a great strategy so long as these entities remain free of the Disney poison, and its a poor long term strategy.

"I find your lack of faith disturbing..."

 

[DisneyDad1977]

Emperor's Throne Room?

Couldn't that be a themed restroom as well?

 

[Dukeblue1227]

Overall extremely extremely happy about this... This is great news!

Though not entirely looking forward to when they start Mass Marketing this worse than PoTC and signing on Johnny Depp to play Jack Skywalker......

 

[WDW1974]

One thing to throw water on the droolfest ...

The thing is Disney will have to move quickly to capitalize on this from a parks perspective. ... They can't plan things for 6-8-10 years from now ... they need to pull a UNI and start building ASAP and go from there. They haven't shown they have the ability to turn around quickly and get a project moving (although there are MANY Star Wars and some Indy concepts that have just collected dust that may get looked at with new eyes). This isn't the Disney that buillt EPCOT Center from start to finish in three years. This is the Disney that takes five to build something as tiny and non-earthshaking as the Fantasyland 'expansion'.