Disney Buying LucasFilm! WHOA

[LithiumBill]

Really? People liked that story? I thought it was pretty "meh".

MEH?! OMG man... lol. OMG!

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

The original actors would be too old for the Thrawn trilogy... maybe New Jedi Order or even Legacy of the Force.

Or some other direction entirely.

This is true... as long as they don't do the Yuzzan Vong invasion... haha

 

[RSoxNo1]

I already have an idea for an attraction called the Admiral Ackbar Experience...

Admiral Snackbar... It's a Frappe!

Next door you can have the Admiral Snackbar restrooms... It's a crap!

 

[LithiumBill]

Yeah, the rumor had been out there but I don't think many of us believed it. All I got to say is wow. The possibilities are amazing but all of it will depend on execution. Hopefully they will let Lucasfilm run itself like they do Marvel and Pixar.

No. Hopefully the geniuses at PIXAR will walk into LUCASFILM and say, "LISTEN UP!"....

 

[RSoxNo1]

True. But why build Avatar and Star Wars?

The plan right now was to build Avatar and Carsland?

 

[lebeau]

MEH?! OMG man... lol. OMG!

Yeah. Keep the "expanded universe" away. Not interested.

 

[tman2000]

They could move far ahead to the New Jedi Order, where the characters are still alive with kids... (the books were actually really good)

I don't think they should movie canonize the books. They'll need to say the old expanded universe is a alternate/parallel universe. It's too complicated to fit it all together which is why Lucas gave up. I like the idea of Luke/Han/leia being old and it's about their adult kids.

 

[MattM]

The likelihood that Fickley-Baker ever had a sniff of this prior to now is effectively zero.

You may be right in that she didn't know details, just that a big time announcement may have been coming.

 

[lebeau]

The plan right now was to build Avatar and Carsland?

Right. But if you put Carsland on hold to build Star Wars, you get Avatar and Star Wars.

 

[lazyboy97o]

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.

 

[GeorgiaPinesRJB]

Admiral Snackbar... It's a Frappe!

Next door you can have the Admiral Snackbar restrooms... It's a crap!

Actually... Admiral Snackbar would be a hilarious quick service restaurant...

 

[Atomicmickey]

 

[Lee]

Wow.
I knew of talks, but I figured Lucas would price it too high.
$4billion...could be a steal. I figured he would ask for at least eight.

This explains those Disney delegations visiting Skywalker Ranch last month.

 

[Mickey_777]

This is a big deal.

 

[LithiumBill]

Yeah. Keep the "expanded universe" away. Not interested.

I'm fine with that, but that trilogy was an amazing read!

 

[Kobe!!]

Star Wars fans from all over the world are turning over in their graves. lol


Great, a Star Wars movie every 2-3 years.. way to kill that franchise Disney. ha

 

[DocMcHulk]

Wow.
I knew of talks, but I figured Lucas would price it too high.
$4billion...could be a steal. I figured he would ask for at least eight.

The income from next thee movies will completely cover that $4 billion.

 

[janoimagine]

Admiral Snackbar... It's a Frappe!

Next door you can have the Admiral Snackbar restrooms... It's a crap!

I haven't laughed that hard in a while. Well played sir.

 

[tman2000]

Ok I just realized this, they can finally rerelease the DVD of the pre-special editoon

 

[Mawg]

....Speechless